you just heard mayor cameron hamilton of porterville, california.joins me now along with mark omara and mel robbins are back with me now. mayor, your remarkes have upset a lot of people. do you want to take this opportunity to apologize to victims of bullying to say that kid should grow a pair and stick up for their damn selves? >> i think that you might have just put words in my mouth. what i said is people have to stick up for themselves. i didn't use the word youngsters. i didn't use the word 10-year-old girls. so i'm just saying that in today's world, we've gotten to the point where we don't take any accountability for ourselves. or for those that are around us. our friend. or for what we are doing in our schools. >> so you think that your remarks were taken out of context? i think most people are opposed to, you know, to the words "grow a pair." >> i believe that we were in an adult council meeting with no children around. and i probably could have used my words better because it grew into national attention, of course. but it also caused a nat

almost 2,000 miles away, the mayor of porterville, california, says he is all too familiar with the problem. >> i think it's a huge deal these days. i was bullied as a child. my event started in the seventh grade with a guy who kept pulling a knife on me. >> reporter: that may come as a surprise to those who were outraged over his comments at a meeting discussing safety zones for bullied children. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting damn tired of it being used as a mantra for everything that ills the world when all most people have to do is grow a pair. >> reporter: it is hard to stand up and grow a pair when you're maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> then maybe the other 10-year-olds that think that they want to stop bullying will stand up for her. >> reporter: did you mean to sound sort of insensitive and even sexist with this comment? >> i don't think so. i think it was just something i was thinking about. i'd read a book a while back called "grow a pair" and it was in the back of my mind. when i'm thinking, they want government to solve every issue that there is, and so i said, they

. >> cameron hamilton is the mayor of porterville in the central valley and was the only one in the council against creating bullying safe zones. >>> tonight the city clerk in pleasant hill has resigned and her resignation letter is a doozy. she didn't mince any words, did she? >> reporter: no. the e-mail is very eye popping. the city clerk was accused the past year of not transcribing notes from any city council meetings and tweeting during the meetings. well, she apparently took the time to write this e-mail. he e-mail today to recei . it doesn't end her name is still on the directory in the lobby, but tonight kim lehmkuhl's seat in the city chambers was filled by someone else. after months of city hall back fighting she wrote this e-mail, a one finger salute ofismic proportions resigning. the -- of epic proportions resigning. the first paragraph is standard. the second is a rage filled run- on. this has been an atrocious, incredibly depressing and mind numbing inane experience i would not wish on anyone. i wish the city the best of luck finding some schmuck eager to transcribe every pand

porterville mayor cameron hamilton had this to say at a recent city council meeting about a plan to establish safe zones for teens who are bullied after school. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting tired of it being used for the mantra for the ills of the world when all most people have to do is grow a pair and stick up for themselves. >> it is hard to stand up and grow a pair when you're maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> hamilton was the only one on the council who voted against further discussion of bullying safe zones. >>> okay. we'll move on now. it's 4:34. >> time for weather. >> there is a low over us. there's not a lot of energy with it, there's a chance we could spark a couple of showers, maybe even a thunderstorm around the bay area today. out the door we go, look at that low spinning right across the bay area looks like bringing showers and snow up in the sierra nevada. we have had a couple of light shires here today already. and it looks like we have another chance throughout the day today. so with that in mind, hi-def doppler radar showing you that fairly quiet but we have se

. >> this is a satsuma, a mandarin, and these come from a gty that we work with down in porterville, california. so a great way to eat it, if you want to try, you can actually pop your thumb right in the middle of it. it's a zipper skin, peels right off. it's super easy and delicious and tasty, so enjoy. >> thank you. >> all right, n. take care. >> you, too. >> i'm from the midwest, and so we have a lot of the traditional fruits and vegetables out there. um, a couple weeks ago they started putting persimmons in our box, and so it was great. i thought, oh, here's a new fruit to try. and so, um, i did, and i loved it. and, um, so it's been neat to kind of spread the word around the office, and everyone will try something new or something different. that's always--it's been a lot of fun. >> the fruit guys company now delivers about a quarter of a million pieces of fruit a week to companies all over california. chris says he tries to source new varieties of fruits all from small family farms, which are the inspiration for keeping fresh fruit ripe for the picking for weary workers, and wh

. >> what does this say about porterville and the mayor?eard virginia, she said on the council how can a 10-year-old girl grow a pair? >> that guys delivery not many people give a worst delivery than him. what he was trying to say something i do agree with, people do need to toughen up. kids will run your office for every possible reason. there are tears cried over things and i was a kid tears would not have been cried over because i would have been laughed at. there are cases serious bullying that have to be addressed. but they should not take everything so seriously. >> the mayor did say sensually i didn't say it the right way, i am against bullying. it goes too far and he did want to say maybe we are not preparing kids for rea real-liff we continue. >> should have said that the right way the first time. >> or grow up in the bronx. >> there you go be at controversy over the president's judicial nominee and to kill with drones without trial. and trying to make the kids more respectful. stop praising them so much and be more selfish. we wil

what many consider outrageous communities about bullying, the mayor of the central valley city of porterville is defending what he said. >> i' against bullying, we'll getting tired of it being used as a man tran for everything. all most people have to do is grow a pair and stick up for themselves. >> the mayor hamilton was speaking there in response to a city proposal to create pulley safe zones. the peel began as an effort by teenage students who wanted the city to designate off campus locations where they could get help dealing with bullies after school. today on fox news hamilton said he sympathizes with bullies because he was bull lid when he was young. >> made every excuse not to go to school. was in fear of a gentleman that kept on pulling a knife on me. one day, i had to confront my tormenter and therefore stood up for myself. >> no objection. >> the city council has not voted on the proposal. the mayor voted against further discussionings of the safe zones because he claims they would be costly and could expose the city to lawsuits. >>> up next, a ktvu special report on land sinking b

. >>> tonight, in porterville, california, about 80 miles south of san francisco, people plan to voice over the mayor calling out bully victims, saying they should grow a pair. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting [ bleep ] tired of it being used as a mantra for everything that ills the world when all most people have to do is grow a pair and stick up for them [ bleep ] selves. >> the mayor was referring to a program to confront bullying proposed by a city council member. >>> now some new developments involving the missing malaysian airlines plane. families of missing passengers have been begging them to release data in hopes of finding them that will help locate their loved ones. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's get your business rolling now, everybody sing. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as

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the porterville mayor cameron hamilton had this to say at a recent city council meeting about a plan to establish safe zones for teens bullied after school. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting [ censored ] and tired of it being used as a mantra for for everything and the ills of the world when --when all most people have to do is grow a pair. >> well -- >> and stick up for them [ censored ] selves. >> it is hard --it is hard to stand up and grow a pair when you're maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> hamilton was the only one on the council who voted against further discussion of bullying safe zones. >>> developing news about the nigeria schoolgirls. a member of the terror group talked with cbs news. he said they have everything they need. kidnappers have threatened to sell the girls into slavery but that won't happen because they were forced to convert to islam fro christianity. >> what's going to happen to these girls? [ indiscernible ] >>> the united states is using manned and unmanned spy planes to find the girls. >>> we now know which subcontractor made every may have started

the porterville mayor cameron hamilton had this to say at a recent city council meeting about a plan to establish safe zones for teens bullied after school. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting [ censored ] and tired of the this used for a mantra for everything and the ills of the world when -- when all most people have to do is grow a pair. >> well -- >> and stick up for them [ censored ] selves. >> it is hard -- it is hard to stand up and grow a pair when you're maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> hamilton was the only one on the council who voted against further discussion of bullying safe zones. >>> new this morning, we are learning that two passenger planes nearly collided in midair last month above a busy east coast airport and one of the planes was coming from san francisco. cbs reporter marlie hall has newly released details. >>> reporter: the national transportation safety board is calling the april 24 incident at newark liberty international airport a near midair collision. >> this could have been an absolute catastrophic and horrific event records according to the ntsb

other cities are considering efforts including porterville, california.city council meeting, the mayor seemed less than supportive. >> i'm against bullying, but i'm tired of it being yulsed as a montra for everything. you have to just grow a pair. >> it is hard to -- it is hard to stand-up and grow a pair when you are maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> reporter: jade archer says she felt isolated. >> i can't tell you how many kids have been silenced for too long. i was silenced and i did not turn out that happy. >> reporter: if passed, local law enforcement will get trained before it goes into effect june 19th. benefit tracy. >> that may be the quote of the day. >> which one? >> there were a couple there. >> which one. >> it's hard to grow a pair when you are a 10-year-old girl. >> especially when a group of other girls are going after you. it's difficult. and girls can't grow a pair, no matter how hard we try. >> glad we both went to biology class. >>> technology deployed to save the most majestic animals. that's a drone coming this way. governments are

. >> let's take you out to porterville, california.our town and so what we should do is establish some safe zones where if a kid feels like he's being bullied, they should go to the safe zone. well, mayor cameron hamilton, who says he's against bullying, said bullying victims should toughen up and defend themselves. >> this is how. listen here. >> i'm against bullying, but i'm getting damn tired of it being used as a mantra for everything in the ills of the world when all most people have to do is grow a pair. >> grow a pair. >> council woman -- >> a pair of what? >> i would imagine shoes? boots. these boots were made for walking. >> cucumbers. >> she told the mayor, quote, it's hard to grow a pair when you're a ten-year-old girl, end quote. what do you think about that? the response to bullying. safe zones or grow a pair? let us know. >> 26 minutes before the top of the hour. heather nauert joins us with some headlines. >> good morning to you. got an update on that malaysian airlines flight. there is still no trace of that missing air

porterville mayor cameron hamilton saying this is in response to the city's proposed student safe zoneof school. the proposal was pulled after hamilton casted the lone vote against it saying it would be costly and could open the city up to lawsuits. >>> a sinkhole opens up in york, pennsylvania, nearly swallowing this car that you see here. luckily the car was parked and no one was inside when the ground opened up. repair crews were able to temporarily stop it from spreading after a gas leak triggered the hole. crews will finish the repair on monday. >>> one young baseball fan showing off some major league game with the ladies in texas. take a look at this video. for the kid, he gets a foul ball right here, right? he's holding onto it as a souvenir. turns around and gives it to the pretty girl sitting right behind him. let's take a closer look at this. yeah you think oh, this is a nice kid. but he actually grabs the foul ball but he's holding onto another one. he keeps the game ball for himself. he's got the ball and he's got the girl. >> well played young man. well played. >> looking