speier: by d.o.d.'s own estimates 19,000 men and women in the military each and every year are sexual assaulted -- sexually assaulted or raped. only 13% actually report these sexual assaults and rapes and 90% of them, 90% of them are involuntarily honorably discharged. there is a message in the military, shut up, take an aspirin, go to bed, sleep it off. . these very modest elements are really very important. but if we are really going to deal with this issue, if we are truly going to say that you are no longer going to be more likely to be a victim of violence in the military by a fellow officer than by the enemy, if we are really going to be able to change that construct, then we are going to have to take the reporting of these crimes away from the chain of command and put it in a separate office where we will have experts, both military and civilian, that will be able to prosecute these cases and actually investigate them. right now there's a huge conflict of interest. i spoke on the floor this morni

i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar.nt to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices, our needs and concerns continue to be heard and addressed. i would like to ask the finalists for the emerging leadership category to please stand up. each of them are extremely accomplished in their areas of achievement. andrew lamb. andrew, could you please stand up. [applause] lisa lee. [applause] nicky sun. [applause] and the award goes to -- feel like the oscars here -- lisa lee, the publisher of hyphen magazine. the super cool online magazine and website. lisa is a graduate of u.c. berkeley and has degrees in math, communications, theater and p

steven speier says that is what it's all about. plastic bags are horrible. if the only good things come is that people use less of them, then it was a good idea. i really don't think it has anything to do with the environment. it's another tax and way to make money off of people because regardless, i recycle my bags. i have four big recycle bins in my backyard and they get used. and somebody calling himself or herself prairie stream said this. taxpayers are paying now to clean up litter caused by disposable plastic bags. let the cost of cleanup be picked up by people who take disposable bags. it makes a lot of sense. you know what? perhaps it does make sense, but here's the deal. i believe the objections are not really about the money. a nickel a bag isn't going to make or break anybody. it has a feel of literally being nickel and dimed at a time when most of us are not in the mood. even if the bag tax is the right thing to do for the environment, that does not alter the fact that it is annoying. something else we have to put up with. your e-mails and commen

jackie speier adopted the administration z said a billion coins are sitting in the vault because nobody wants to use them. today the white house announced stopping production will save $50 million a year. >> controversy over parking fines and tickets is heating up again in oakland there. is a new proposal out today of a grace period at parking meters. the city council is considering a plan to deal with all bad blood over recent changes to the policy. and nick smith joins wuts story. >> the idea is that this will allow drivers to have a bit of a grace period but shop owners say officials have become more aggressive. >> i think they're sitting in offices and they don't see reality of us who are in the trenches. >> the city's parking policies have small business owner frustrated. >> that translates into fewer sales for us. frustrated customers. >> saying shoppers fears of receiving a parking ticket will often than not happen to cruise past the boutique. >> people drive by. they slow down, if they can see parking they stop, park and come n if they don't, they leave. >> folks goring to place

speier parents are esteemed scholars and i'm wondering if they said to you maya you have to look at things did this affect you? not at all? >> was in my mother's milk, what can i say? [laughter] >> yes, could you address the question of those loyalists who either remained behind in the new nation or for whatever reason have it period of time in exile decided to return to the new nation and how they fared and how they were treated by their fellow americans? beasher. the question is how loyalist spared in this day. the majority of loyalist did stay and they were in various ways were integrated into american society. i think there are a couple of points i would like to stress here. the first is at the moment of the british withdrawal in 1783 that outcome was in no way clear. there were lots of episodes of violence, of legal measures taken against formal -- former loyalist so things were fairly uncertain. that said, there was not in the end -- we did not have guillotines in america. we had the rain of terror. we didn't have gulags of either so the story of the loyalists in america has often be

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: i rise again today to highlight the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military. this is the 14th time that i will stand on this floor to tell the story of yet another victim. each has proudly served their country. each was violently attacked. and each was subjected to a system of justice that protects the perpetrators and punishes the victims. make no mistake, the united states military is the finest in the world. but even the department of defense recognizes that there is a deep rooted problem of military sexual trauma. that must be addressed. d.o.d. estimates that there are some 19,000 soldiers who were sexually assaulted or raped each year in the military is a staggering figure. sexual assault in the military is a cans they're is undermining readiness, unes cohesion, and morale, and fixing this broken system will strengthen our military, not weaken it as some have argued. today i want to tell the story of specialist andrea nutsling, originally from a small town on

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise again today for the 13th time to talk about a stain on the american people, a stain on the american government. i am talking about military assault and rape. i'm talking about the 19,000 soldiers each year who are victims of sexual assault or rape in the military. those are figures by the department of defense. and yet only 13% will report because they know that if they do report they will be smarely removed. most are honorably discharged after they report rape. a few weeks ago not far from here an organization, a nonprofit, protect our defenders, was born. it launched to give voices to survivors of sexual assault in our military. more than 6,000 americans have signed survivor terry odom's petition, whose story i told here on the floor. terri's petition demands congress take the reporting of sexual assault and rape outside the normal chain of command. i imagine many of my colleagues have received emails and tweets or facebook messages from their constituents about this issue. t

that delay begins after the the 270 speier around to the toll road. everything is reported open.to the 14th street bridge. into the district, we are better on 14th street with everything open. the visibility's are improving along the bay. this is a time lapse starting at about 6:40 a.m. along the bay. you can see the marker up in the river and a little bit of the distance. visibility's are getting better. the district and 39 in martinsburg. a great day today, near 60 this afternoon with scattered rain tomorrow but it will be warm. thanks for watching and we will be back at noon. "live! with kelly" is next. it's "live with kelly." series "burn notice," jeffrey donovan. the new film "martha elizabeth arlene," olsen. we're kicking off "live's" feast week with the one only paula deen. want you to join us in to check out ed announcement. "dancing star" derek hough the co-host desk. on "live with kelly."

during peak hours it will cost 25 cents a mile or four bucks to travel the speier length of the icc.kins drove it. it took her 19 minutes during the regular normal rush. it would normally take 40. >> she was in the passenger seat. i just want to clarify that. >> yeah. >> it's going to be a zip to drive-through there. >> 20 minutes away from the 8:00 hour. 85-year-old woman claims she was strip searched at the airport. the tsa telling a very different story. both sides of the story when we come back. >>> that's right. also ahead, take a look at this. charlie sheen's ex-wife is in trouble with the law yet again. what a mug ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. i could use all the help i can get. like nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast, even whole-wheat waffle

in bloomington, indiana 22-year-old lauren speier went missing in june. >> a lot of times in these casese crimes of opportunity. >> reporter: this crime reporter says investigators don't think the cases are connected but adds -- >> investigators at this point have to take a look at all these cases and say, could there be a connection? yes, all these women do look alike. if there is a connection, what could that be? is it a crime of opportunity? or is it in fact someone who is just targeting specifically these younger blonde white women? >> reporter: back in tennessee, neighbors try to make sense of the tragedy. >> we all know each other and pretty much know each other's comings and goings. so it's hard to think that something like that could happen just right down the road. >> again, we spoke to several investigative agencies and while authorities don't believe the cases are linked they are looking into any and all possibilities. as for swift's husband we reached out to him several times for comment and he never returned our calls, matt and ann. >> all right. thank you. >>> now to the fi

speier book is made of some very poignant questions. one of them is a question and that john f.ennedy asked many years ago. if john f. kennedy were around today and asked you what you could do to your country, what you have done for your country recently, how would you answer? how would you answer? >> i would say i'd appear the new york public library. [laughter] >> that is one of the things. >> i honestly think that i am at a stage in my life -- if there's an oxymoron and american life it's a humble anchorman, we don't exist. so this is a modest for me but i have seen to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me and i have always cared about the country. "the greatest generation" of writing that book gave me a kind of a platform that was completely unanticipated. so i thought i ought not to squander that so i ought to step up as not just as a citizen and as a journalist but as a father, husband and a grandfather and if i see these things i ought to write about them and try to start this dialogue which is what i'm trying to do with this book about where we need

speier: 15 months ago in my district a pipeline, a gas pipeline exploded and killed eight of my constituents. 38 homes were destroyed. many more were severely damaged. many were victims that sat in burn centers for months, and i visited them. it was a horrific scene. it destroyed that community in so many respects and yet like a phoenix it has risen above it. this bill is really very personal to me because i lived with those experiences with all of those constituents. there are a couple things that must be said today. the chairwoman of the ntsb, the national transportation safety board, said in their final report, our investigation revealed that for years the operator exploited weaknesses in a lax system of oversight. we identified regulators that placed the blind trust in the companies they were charged with overseeing to the detriment of public safety. as a result of their report they made 30 safety recommendations, many of them identified as urgent, to address issues and record keeping information sharing. it highlighted the fact that the problem has been underregulation, not overregulati

speier tell us the "the sun" was trying to turn this into an opportunity. >> yes, this is to me a classic example of again, except this is far from being all journalist but there is a section of the press that sees opportunities in a situation like this that i felt like i was being blackmailed. what they really wanted was a photograph of me gratefully receiving back the stolen manuscript. so i was being asked to pose with the book. >> there was a similar sort of sequence in the offense but perhaps less seriously if you tell me that is right in relation to another book. i'm not sure whether it is the sixth of the seventh one. >> it's the sixth one, yes. i would agree it's less serious. this is opinion. my opinion is that if one shows oneself the page to take a stand, then i suppose i would say that the press is maybe being wary of me, in that on certain issues and often my children's privacy being the most important one, but that they worried because they were aware that i could afford to pay for expensive noise and that is a sad reflection on the state of affairs. i mean, i therefore rece

speier civil claim was successful and did you think that the court procedures provided an adequate remedy for you? >> no. i am still waiting for the full disclosure which is the only thing i really want from news international and so far to spend very unsatisfactory what i have received. i will continue to wait for it, but it is a long process. >> although this is strictly a matter between you and newsgroup news, it may be right that i tell you i am being told by counsel that order is going to be complied with. can we perhaps look at what it was that was admitted in the litigation that you brought? could we have pleased the document, the reference number which starts at 31105, and i am looking for paragraph 8 on the second page please. it must be a wrong reference. >> no i don't think so. i think that's what you want. >> yes, that's exactly what i want and thank you. we see that this is what was admitted in a nutshell in the civil proceedings, and perhaps i can read. this meant that newsgroup accepted the confidential and private information had been obtained by the unlawful act of the vo

speier work only strengthens my view that we need a permanent director at fhfa.onfirmation despite a bipartisan vote of support in this committee. because of the importance of fhfa's mission i urge the president to send to the senate a new nominee as soon as possible. mr. linick i thank you for your testimony and for being here with us today. this committee takes oversight of fhfa very seriously and your role as inspector general serves as an available resource and we appreciate it. fhfa continues to play a key role in the centralization of the market and a robust inspector general will only assist them in this process. this hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> christmas eve on c-span, house speaker john boehner and other members of congress lighting the capitol christmas tree at 7:20 eastern. >> november, the financial firm mf global declared bankruptcy. in the days before mf global collapse the $1.2 billion of customer money disappeared. the firm had been headed by forme

speier tell us the "the sun" was trying to turn this into an opportunity. >> yes, this is to me a classic example of again, except this is far from being all journalist but there is a section of the press that sees opportunities in a situation like this that i felt like i was being blackmailed. what they really wanted was a photograph of me gratefully receiving back the stolen manuscript. so i was being asked to pose with the book. >> there was a similar sort of sequence in the offense but perhaps less seriously if you tell me that is right in relation to another book. i'm not sure whether it is the sixth of the seventh one. >> it's the sixth one, yes. i would agree it's less serious. this is opinion. my opinion is that if one shows oneself the page to take a stand, then i suppose i would say that the press is maybe being wary of me, in that on certain issues and often my children's privacy being the most important one, but that they worried because they were aware that i could afford to pay for expensive noise and that is a sad reflection on the state of affairs. i mean, i therefore rece