let me tell you, without speaker pelosi, nothing gets done. she has proved that we need to put more teachers back on the job so that kids have teachers in the classroom. but i digress -- senator feinstein, my partner in all of these great things, congressman miller, my buddy, a friend -- i do not know how many times john burton wrote us about this, but we thank you for your persistence on this. let me just take a moment to thank the person that i have called one of the greatest secretaries of transportation, is not the greatest -- ray lahood. you need to know about this man. he knows i feel this way about him. when you called ray, you cannot make small talk, you just get to the point. he knew about this because i remember i was with him when we were announcing another grant. he said, don't worry, i know about the transbay terminal. in other words, you do not need to talk to me about it again. he is a hero to me because he showed that we can work across party lines. lord knows that we need to come up particularly in times like these. i want to

congressman pelosi has represented the eight districts in congress since 1987. speaker pelosi is in her second term as the speaker of the house of representatives, making history in 2007 to serve as the first woman of the house. job creation has been her top priority for san francisco. she has worked to transfer treasure island from the navy, work to clean hunters point, and transformed the transbay transit center into a multi modal facility. speaker pelosi provided the first seed money to the project which allowed us to begin the planning process to get to this point, and has consistently worked tirelessly on behalf of the transbay project, culminating of the equipment -- commitment of recovery act funds. working with president obama, speaker pelosi has focused on creating american jobs and moving the economy in a new direction. under her leadership, congress passed tough wall street reform legislation to rein in big banks and protect consumers. historic health care reform is for promised achievement and she continues to be done energy, security to create jobs,

speaker nancy pelosi, mayor gavin newsom. mayor said some mighty nice things about me, but i tell you -- this would not have happened without the speaker and the mayor. i had been navy secretary about 10 minutes when the speaker called and said, "can we do something about treasure island?" i went up and talked to her, and and i talked to the mayor, and it was a group effort, a team effort, and we stood on the work that other people have done, and a couple of those folks are here today. mayor willie brown, and my predecessor as secretary of the navy, both of whom were here when this process started, and both of whom live the groundwork for what we are able to do here today, so thank you. united states navy in association with treasure island began 70 years ago, right after the completion of world expo, 1939-1940. the navy took this over, and from these shores, tens of thousands of sailors and marines left the fight in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time

house speaker nancy pelosi. i sat down with her in her a ceremonial office as the house prepared for the summer recess. thank you so much mofor joining me. >> my pleasure. >> can i ask you about some of new this is week? that would be on afghanistan. last year, 32 democrats society voted guest the war in afghanistan. this year, 102. that seems to be a dramatic rejection by the president's own party of his major strategic goals. >> not quite. our president came in, he was president maybe two months, three months by the time we took the vote last year. the republicans said they were not going to vote for the funding. and so it took all democratic votes. i persuaded my members to give this president a chance to give him room in order to have time to implement his plan. now the republicans said they would vote for it. it gave my members the freedom to express themselves on the war in afghanistan. >> you didn't vote. the speaker doesn't have to vote. how would you have voted? >> we brought the bill to the floor. that

in that same vein, i would also like to thank acknowledge our congressional delegation, speaker pelosi, senator feinstein, senator boxer, congressman miller. [applause] is through their hard work and their contribution that we have been able to get to this day and have a successful transbay project. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. now, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the mayor of san francisco. mayor newsom has led the way in creating jobs and stimulating the city put the economic growth. under his leadership, san francisco has become a hub for clean technology, renewable energy, and green development. during his tenure, development progressed through the planning stages to the start of construction. we thank our mayor for his strong support of the project and for all his guidance. >> thank you all. welcome. a small crowd for san francisco. this is rather extraordinary. that did all the thank you's. god forbid that i repeat every single name he mentioned. we have another six or seven speakers coming up. but i do want to get to the banks after it was not long ago,

rudy hernandez. >> nancy pelosi said, "for different from a thank you for your interest to the area.tion from left to itself felt fifth of a future. with and if america will have to our culture and for a fee of 5 ref info for tonight from line are on a table of hispanic immigrants.

so you know, this is in excess -- yeah, it's bad and pelosi is cracking down and it's coming back to bite her. she's doing the right thing. > charlie rangel has been pulling these for a long time. it reached critical mass for a long time. why? because we are in a unique political moment where the defense is like well everybody does it on capitol hill. these are venal sins and not marital sins. the american people are so done with that. we are experiencing a very volatile moment. >> hold on. i'm going to let you in after this. there was a celebration at the plaza hotel in new york this week saluting rangel's 80th birthday. ♪ [ music ] ♪ s because it really works. thank you, god bless you. >> is there any proof of prayer? >> we'll find out. we have been up and down on that one, john, you and i have. but you know, i just want to say to me i do think it's zealous. it's also selective. why should charlie rangel have a hearing and there's a senator -- i won't name his name. arranging lobbying deals for the husband his mistress. he is still on the floor of the senate. no investigation, no h

host: nancy pelosi talk about the november elections in general. the issue of ethics coming up in the paper this morning. after you saw and read about and heard about last week with charlie rangel and maxine waters being charged allegedly with the ethics violations, public child, those issues coming up. kentucky, a normal of the republican-led. caller: good morning. host: go ahead, norma. you are on the air. caller: good morning. host: you are on the air. we can hear you. caller: i vote for republican because republicans -- because i think the republican would be the best thing to vote for because obama is not doing a good job, he is listening to nancy pelosi, whatever her name is, and harry reid. and here he is supposed to be getting the boys out over their in afghanistan and everything else -- no, he is not a good democrat. he is not a good president. host: all right. the president is going to be talking about iraq today at a speech in georgia. that will be laid on this morning. go to c-span.org for our coverage. philadelphia, james, on independe

speaker pelosi was here. mayor newsom once here. level of support you have from your elected officials is incredible. speaker policy has been, on the national level, been helping us, as well as our committee chairman senator boxer. as well, senator feinstein has been very supportive of our transportation initiatives. we are here today to celebrate the continuation of doyle drive. it is important for me to recognize the importance of the recovery act. what we are doing today is try to maintain this by the land so that we can stand up to a potential earthquake in the future. but that is just part of the story, if you think beyond that parameter. across the nation, from the recovery act perspective, many similar products are occurring. we are rebuilding the economy as we rebuild the infrastructure. to run the nation, there are a lot of contacts on the shelf that would not become reality now if it was not for the recovery act. that was a major infusion to pay with to move transportation colon and has been very helpful. of course, lots o

nancy pelosi said we are going to drain the swamp. whether this is playing outside the beltway and republicans aren't so sure this has much as political ressonance as the economy and debt does. it is no help to democrats. they will come back and deal with the rangel issue and the waters' issue head on, potentially a trial in september. it will distract from everything they are trying to do to create any sort of momentum heading into the polls. the party will be divided. the news coverage will be focused on it. the one-day session that the house came back to pass a bill, $26 billion to what they said would save teachers' jobs, charlie rangel went to the floor and defended his -- himself against these charges and the party was forced to respond to that instead. and this is a distraction they don't want to deal with. >> that has been the real problem for democrats all year. late spring, democrats had been imploring the white house stay focused on jobs, jobs, jobs and then the huge oil spill. when this white house has wanted to pivot and

a lot of blue dog democrats are staying away from policy and obama -- pelosi and obama. pelosi, too, is a huge fund raiser and is doing a lot of work behind-the-scenes to make sure her party has fiscal strength going into the fall. that is one thing that democrats can take comfort in. while the polls show they're going to take big losses in the fall, they do have a financial advantage of the republicans. they have been preparing for a bad november for awhile. this is not sneaking up on the party. they are making sure they are in a position of strength. >> the president made news at that dinner on friday evening. following up on that yesterday in panama city, fla., on the issue of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and a mosque to two blocks from ground zero. here is president obama. >> but let me be clear. as a citizen and as president, i believe that muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. [applause] and that includes the right to build a place of worship in a community center on private property in lower manhattan, in

and under speaker pelosi's leadership, that has not happened. and so we have rushed back here to washington for one day to debate and pass, i presume they're going to have the votes to pass it, a $26 kp 1 billion measure. they continue -- $26.1 billion measure. they continue to say that it's paid for, it's paid for. my friend from houston says she will -- does not like the way it's paid for and will fix it later. how do they pay for it? they pay for it on the backs of those businesses that are today working very hard in difficult economic times to create jobs. they fix it by -- they pay for it on the backs of the poor with the food stamp program, and while we're all focused on improving our environment, they fix it on the backs -- they pay for it on the backs of those of us that want to continue to focus on improving our environment. meaning that it's nothing more than smoke and mirrors to claim that this is somehow paid for. the american people are hurting. my friend from atlanta just pointed out that fact, and he's absolutely right. madam spea

in response, bright said pelosi could locals her re-election, decide against running for speaker againr get sick and die. he insists it was a joke and the remark drew laughter from the crowd but also field rumors of a growing divide within the party item a house committee is calling on the owners of two iowa companies involved in a massive egg recall to testify before congress next month. the two farms recalls more than 550 million eggs after they were linked to more that will a thousand cases of salmonella poisoning. dozens got sick here in the bay areas. the committee wants answers along with the food and drug and agriculture department. >> firefighters expect to have the filed fire burning near mount diablo fully contained today. the fire broke out late tuesday near curry canyon and morgan territory road and quickly grew to almost 400 acres. no buildings were burned. three firefighters suffered minor injuries. >> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> starting to break up but i guess the damage has been done to the heat wave. it's over. good way to put it. show you whe

in response, bright said pelosi could locals her re-election, decidegainst running for speaker againr get sick and die. he insists it was a joke and the remark drew laughter from the crowd but also field rumors of a growing divide witn the party item a house committee is calling on the owners of two iowa companies involved in a massive egg recall to teify before congress next month. the two farms recalls more than 550 million eggs after they were linked to more that will a thousand cases of salmonella poisoning. dozens got sic here in the bay areas. the commite wants answers along with the food and drug and agriculture department. >> firefighters expect to have the filed fire burning near mount diablo fully contaid today. the fire broke out late tuesday near curry canyon and morgan territory road and quickly grew to almost 400 acres. no buildgs were burned. three firefighters suffered minor injuries. >> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast. >> starting to break up but i guess the damage has been done to the heat wave. it's over. good way to put it. show you where it's a l

what is barack obama, harry reid, and nancy pelosi want to ? they want to grow government. 16,000 irs agents -- really? for health care? really? come on. the people are not buying any more. what we saw happen in missouri proves that point. we stand for freedom, folks. we put our trust i people, not in government, folks. we trust americans to spend and save money that you -- in a way that creates a legacy of opportunity for generations to come, not for the federal government, not for the state government. [applause] >> we stand for the rescue of our economy of the chokehold be of the spend more, tax more, socialist wannabes in washington, d.c.. we stand for something bigger and greater because we stand for the american people -- we, you, me, all of loss -- we are about to embark on the next the of the selling a promise to the next generate -- of the selling a promise to the next generation. in 1775, the patriots of the second continental congress gathered in a small room, and wrote what just as easily could ve been penned today -- " honor, justi

. >>> speaker of the house nancy pelosi says she's not nervous at all about the possibility democrats could lose their house majority after the november election. on tv this morning, pelosi says she is confident about how far the democratic party has come, where it's heading and what that means for the u.s. >> you know what? i'm speaker of the house. i have a great chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, chris van holland. we have a solid plan of messaging and mobilizing the grassroots level and management of our campaigns. and we have a 2-1 advantage moneywise. so we feel very confident about where we are. >> pelosi also downplayed complaints about the hyper partisan atmosphere in washington arguing that it's less about politics and more about deep differences in philosophy. >>> a rate increase for cable customers, but we found a way to save you ten bucks a month. >>> plus, coming up, they're cute, cuddly and on a mission. why this event could bring about big changes for pet care here in the bay area. >>> good afternoon on this sunday. i'm chief meteorologist jef

finally, it was speaker pelosi. it was dianne feinstein. it was barbara boxer that brought us over the edge. guys, this is a legitimate stimulus project. this is a legitimate shot already project that would not have taken place a year ahead of schedule. it saved the taxpayers $90 million. that was for the leadership of speaker policy and president obama. 6200 jobs will be created over the course of this project, direct and indirect. 2600 direct jobs. you're seeing the hard hats and some of those folks. not just pictures. they are here physically with us. their lives have been enhanced because of the stimulus project. it was noted $100 million or more with the tiger grant got us a year ahead of schedule. in 2013 this will be done. what an extraordinary thing. this is right around the corner. this is real time construction and real leadership. thank you, speaker policy. thank you, barbara boxer. thank you, senator feinstein. thank you to jake mgoldrick. we had regional projects related to work on celebrity -- collectively together. he helped

so thanks again, speaker pelosi. and to everybody.s here are from out of town? and how many of this it's first time you've been up here? you have chosen wisely and picked an outstanding day. welcome. i want to thank obviously all of you for taking the tame -- time to be here and be part of this rather extraordinary day and i know we say that often. we tend, though, to only say it around the end of september and throughout the month of october when the weather actually cooperates. so it's appropriate and wise to do that. but this is an extraordinary moment because it marks an extraordinary moment in time in the history of san francisco some 75 years ago. in so many ways reflective of the challenges around the world today as it relates to credit crisis, relates to the economy. this was built in the midst of the great depression. this was a gift from someone who passed away just months after the infamous stock market crash that led to that great depression. this was parted of the renewal and rebirth of not only the city and county of san

speaker house pelosi has yet to take the stage.onight at abc 7 news 5:00 and 6:00, don sanchez will have the story what they say. >> terry, thanks a lot. a state lawmaker from san rafael is shelving its plans for one-year moratorium on high-end metal bats. the proposal became unnecessary after the governing body of high school sports banned what are known as composite bats starting next season. it was after gunner sandburg suffered serious injuries when he was hit in the head by a line drive in march. the ball was hit off a composite metal bat. other states are also expected to implement similar changes. authorities have stepped up security at an east bay apartment complex where a sexual predator is targeting women. investigators believe they're looking for just one plan but have released two different sketches. three women have been attacked inside their homes at the park regency apartments outside walnut creek in the last six weeks. sorry about the video. the latest accident happened just yesterday. she told police she woke up to