. >>> congresswoman jackie speier wants to know why a national park ranger taseed a man who had been stopped for walking his dogs off a leash in the golden gate area. it happened on sunday near montero in san mateo county. a witness says after handing over his identification to the ranger, the man told him to cite. speier says she's sent a letter to the superintendent asking for more information. >>> sugar is toxic an should be regulated. that's the conclusion researchers at ucsf reached in a new report. it suggests sugar is as dangerous as tobacco and alcohol and is responsible for 35 million deaths a year. people we talked to this morning did not dispute those findings. >>> i tried to cut it out of my diet. i definitely crave it. >> yeah. >> and the longer that i'm without it, the easier it gets. so i compare that to being addicted to something. >> we've known that for a long time. we love the taste of it. as far as will and discipline, we have to get sugar out of the diet. >> reporter: one of the researchers says they won't cut out sugeor an their own -- sugar on their own. >>> th

congresswoman jackie speier.hanks for coming on. >>> coming up on "hardball," michigan is the first of mitt romney's many home states. he's got five states he's claiming. he's like mccain who couldn't even count his homes. getting much of his home state love? no. voter city is not liking romney right now. if romney can't win in michigan, republicans will be looking around for that big, fat panic button and start pushing it. you're watching "hardball" on msnbc. >>> president obama's leading [ male announcer ] what if an entire car insurance company was thought up and built and run to save people money? what if that company was born online, with tools and apps to make people feel like geniuses? and what if that company was now backed by the stability and reliability of allstate? well, what if that company was esurance and this wasn't just a bunch of hypothetical questions? could be cool-ish. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call. >>> president obama's leading each republican contender now in a new

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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

congress woman jackie speier says she's disappointed. >> i have been a big booster of the susan gkomen organization but not anymore. their announcement yesterday they're no longer going to fund any organization that is being investigated by a federal, state or local body means that planned parenthood is no longer going to receive $600,000 a year. >> planned parenthood says the foundation is vowing to pressure from pro life groups. the komen foundation says actions are being mischaracterized. >> and if you're a college student or a parent you know costs have gotten sky high. >> the state legislature began to investigate ways to bring costs down. and there is some encouraging news. >> yes. anyone with a student in college is going like this. >> two? >> two? you're going to like this. >> i've been reporting on sta staggering costs for years. today the issue grabbed attention of state ledge slayors and shows students are paying up yards of -- upwards of $1200 per year on tex books. now, legislateors want to put textbooks online or in electronic form. a bill would require publickers to put

. >> and congress woman jackie speier just appointed to house armed sfrss committee taking on the issue of sexual assault in the military. tonight at 11:00 p.m. she talk was rape survivor btz bills she's offered. >> my bill would take it out of the hands so a victim reports it to a separate office that is staffed with experts and prosecution. and investigations, and case management. >> you'll hear from women who are raped soon after being enlisted and how they're now fighting to protect other degrernds, that is tonight in my special report called "military's dirty little secret" at 11:00 p.m. >> friends of a 25-year-old woman bat battling luke keemar organizing a bone marrow drive to try to save her life z finding a match is especially difficult. students in this high school are too young to sign up for the bone marrow trej rej story. but they're hoping to convince their parents and neighbors to get on the registry. this sunday and next saturday they will have two drives for former students, a 25-year-old. >> i was doing research. there are people around the state trying to get together

. >>> congresswoman jackie speier wants an independent probe into a park ranger tasing of a man that happened sunday in san mateo county and the golden gate national recreation area. the ranger initially approached gary hesterberg of montera because his dogs weren't on leash. that's a violation of a new law in the area. witnesses say hesterberg started to walk away and the ranger threatened to tase him if he continued to do so. >>> a rescue operation is under way after a passenger ferry accident in the south pacific. the ship sank today off the east coast papua new guinea an island nation north of australia. so far rescuers have pulled 38 survivors from the ocean but as many as 350 people were on board when the ship went down. there are no reports of bodies found at this point and it is still not clear what caused that accident. >>> a key ruling this morning. the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals here in san francisco plans to file a decision on releasing video recordings of the prop 8 trial and may decide to keep them sealed. judge vaughn walker had staffed members record the proc

. >>> congresswoman jackie speier is calling for an independent investigator to look into the tasing of a man who was walking his dogs in the golden gate national recreation area. so on sunday, i park ranger tased a man who tried to walk away after being stopped for having two small dogs off leash. that area had allowed pets to be off leash for years. but recently those rules changed. she wants to know if the ranger used excessive force. >>> the 49ers got a huge boost today in their plans for a stadium in santa clara. on his twitter page jed york said the nfl has approved $200 million in funding for the project. york says it will help the team hit its goal of opening the stadium in 2015. >>> anytime now we expect donald trump to announce his endorsement of mitt romney to be the republican nominee for president. >> i have had numerous meetings with him, and really got to know him over the last few months. >> the "associated press" record this morning that trump will back the former bay state governor as recently though as last night. the campaign for newt gingrich said it was expectin

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and on capitol hill, democratic congresswoman jackie speier urged women to call the komen foundationhem to reconsider. >> and tell them that you want them to stick to what they know. let's not make this a race to the political bottom. >> reporter: planned parenthood says there is one upside to this controversy, scott, and that is that they've razed more than $400,000 in the past 4 hours. >> pelley: nancy, thank you very much. the mississippi supreme court said today that it will hear a challenge to the pardons that haley barbour granted on his last day as governor. barbour granted more than 200 pardons to criminal convicts, including four murderers. most of those pardoned were already out of prison. indiana became a right-to-work state today, the 23rd in the country. workers there will no longer have to pay union dues if they don't want to. governor mitch daniels signed the bill right after the senate voted to approve it. thousands protested at the state capital. they say that wages will fall under the new law, but daniels says indiana needs it to attract business to the state. long

. >>> jackie speier is stepping into the controversy over dog walking tasing. she is calling for an investigation as to whether there was excessive force on sunday. a female ranger had detained a dog owner for walking his two dogs without a leash. the confrontation ended with the ranger tasing the dog owner gary hesterberg. the ranger remains on the job during the investigation. >>> tense times on capitol hill during a hearing that starts just over an hour from now. attorney general eric holder will go before a house committee to answer questions about operation fast and furious involving guns from the united states being sent down to mexico. the committee chairman, darrell ice so, threatens to find holder in contempt if he fails to deliver documents demanded by isso. >>> the government's lives suspected terrorists banned from flying to or within the u.s. has more than doubled in just the past year. the number has grown from 10,000 to about 21,000 according to an anonymous counter-terrorism official, who told the associated press that much of the increase is be

the wonders of us politicians happened speier jokes and parodies for decades has a campaign for the two thousand and twelve election heats up candidates mistakes are in the limelight once again by their critics are laughing as more important are reports some believe the comments made show nothing more than ignorance and disregard for world affairs. every four years america's top job is up for grabs. with each new election comes a new batch of candidates with compromising foreign policy credentials when they ask me who is the president of you becky becky becky becky stands i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border you can actually see where russia from land here in alaska africa was a country on the brink on the brink of complete meltdown and chaos geographically illiterate u.s. candidates have supplied comedians with endless material but all jokes aside some presidential hopefuls vying to lead the world's most powerful armed forces know very little about america's military int

miss speier and i could both be wrong about what the document means but i appreciate your allowing it to be placed in the record. i'll give that to the member. i ask unanimous consent doj 005811 and 12 be placed in the record but i will reserve myself until the minority has a chance to see it and be comfortable with it, and with that, we now go to the gentleman from texas, who's patiently been waiting down in the cheap skates, mr. fahrenhold. >> thank you very much, chairman issa. mr. attorney general i want to follow up on what mr. ross says, management in general and how the doj is managed. i think you told him that you were informed about agent terry's death but never heard anything back about it being associated with the guns that walked. i'm the kind of person, maybe our management styles are different, if an employee under my charge was killed in the line of duty, i would want to be briefed almost on a daily basis as to how that investigation is going. i'm asking you again, you didn't hear for quite some time that the fast and furious guns were involved in this? >> that's correc

the foundation says planned parenthood is under investigation by congress but jackie speier says she believes it's political. >> i rise sadden bid the news that the susan gkomen race for the cure has made a political decision. a fine nonprofit i have been associated with for years. i've been a big booster of the organization. but not anymore. >> planned parenthood says since the decision it's receiving support and raised nearly $400,000. >> packaging the steak by drug giant pfizer led to a recall of birth control pills including the pills seen here with expieration dates between july, 2013 and march, 2014 because a specific dose is taken, the mix up could lead to unintended pregnancy. >> what happened in the packaging line is that pills got mixed up. women don't know if pfizer doesn't know if a given pack of pills has too many of those active pills or too many of the sugar pills or mixed up, together. >> pfizer says it's connect corrected the problem estimating only 30 packets were flawed. and women who believe their prescription could be affected should contact their pharmacist. >>

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. speier: madam speaker, thank you. i rise again today to highlight the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military. this issue was recently brought up on fox news by a commentator who ignorantly declared that women who join the military should expect to be raped. yes, believe it or not this was what the commentator said. i don't think our women choose to enlist in the military with the expectations that they might get raped. this morning i'm going to tell you the story of u.s. marine stephanie schroeder who was raped in a public rest room by a fellow marine. he shoved her down, beat her, and force the her on her back. he ripped down her pants and raped her. then he ejaculated on her in they are thigh and spit on her. private schroeder reported the rape to command. her commander laughed at her and said, don't come blanking to me

. >> congress woman jackie speier is calling on the state p.u.c. to take action to ensure the public safety. david louie abc 7 news. >> a legal victory for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi tonight. the judge granted him the right to visit his son while he fights charges of domestic abuse, he's been prohibited from seeing his son and his wife since he was charged nearly a month ago now this, morning a judge approved an agreement between mirkarimi and lopez allowing him to supervised visits with his son for two hours on weekdays and up to six hours on weekends. >> we have a routine well. had a routine. that has been interrupted now, i want to be reunited we're doing everything to make this happen. and make this just nightmare go away. >> mirk ream gee accused of grabbing and bruising his wife during a new year's eve argument. >> and heavy fog and blamed for a dozen crashes this morning along a mile long stretch of road in the north bay. the accidents forced closure of the highway 37 near sonoma, solano county border, lanes were shult down three h

can gres woman jackie speier issued statement that it requires proof positive the public is not at risk. we tried to interview both but one is out of state, working and the other did not return our call. we'll hear from the consumer advocacy group called turn on abc 7 news at 6:00. in san bruno abc 7 news. >> we'll see you then z there was dangerously high surf in the bay area today. swells downtown were as high as 16 feet this morning. the waves led to a high surf advisory being called when expired just about an hour ago. all of the rain we got yesterday contributed to dense fog into san francisco around 9:00 a.m. it was e mailed via you reports. couldn't see the bridge from our camera along san francisco embarcadero. the weather team tells us visibility was a quarter mile above san francisco international airport. >> that was bad this, is worse. a chaotic morning commute for drivers in sonoma county. eastbound lanes near highway 121 were closed for three hours because of multiple accidents involving 31 cars. and fog contributed to crashes chp says drivers were to blame as well. abc 7

congress woman jackie speier says peeve gee partly to blame for the explosion citing a lack of oversight by the p.u.c. the investigation will determine if pg&e violated any laws. >> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi is asking for a speedy court hearing so he can ask a judge to allow him to see his 2-year-old son. his attorney asked for an expedited family court hearing. the sheriff barred from seeing his little boy after being booked on domestic violence charges. san francisco undersheriff says mirkarimi does not seem distracted on the job. >> the sheriff has been paying attention to day-to-day operations and very focused on his duties and he's very visible to his work force. >> mirkarimi is accused of bruising his wife's arm during a new year's eve argument. >> the san jose state university student arrested after four female students say someone groped them their dorm room made a court appear jens just moments ago, pleading not guilty to four counts of burglary, in this case translates to breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony sex offense. his attorney requested hoi

jacki speier, thank you. >>> a new law to have an ultrasound by an abortion. the house is expected to pass the bill and the governor is expected to sign that. republicans are in control of both chambers in virginia for only the second time since the civil war. what do you think of the virginia law and the komen controversy? tweet us. if there was a pill to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now, that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. insurance ... but afraid you can't afford it? well, look how much insurance many people can get through selectquote for less than a dollar a day. selectquote found, rich, 37, a $500,000 policy for under $18 a month. even tho

. >> joining me now is congresswoman jackie speier, democrat from california who is a tireless crusaderyou for your time tonight. >> my pleasure, reverend. >> what do you make of this decision by komen to defund planned parenthood. >> it's shocking, i think, for all of white house have been great supporters of the susan g. komen race for the cure. i've walked in the races. i've run in the races. i've emceed their events. and for them now to politicize breast cancer is absolutely jarring. and i think that women across this country are rising up and they have seen a huge blowback today. and organizations like planned parenthood have received enormous support as a result. but the fact is that they are a non-profit. if they want to be a political organization, then they should change their identification and become a 501c4. they have given to planned parenthood over the last five years enough money for 170,000 women to get breast exams. of the 4 million breast exams that planned parenthood does over the course of that time. where are those women going to turn to now? these are poor women. t

congresswoman jackie speier is calling for an investigation into a park ranger's tasing of a man in san this all happened sunday in the golden gate national recreation area. the ranger initially approached gary hesterberg of montera because his dogs were not on leash. that's a violation of a new law in the area. it's a new law. so a witness says has hesterberg started to walk away and the ranger threatened to tase him if he continued to do so. >>> 5:31. for the second time in a week a man is trapped in a trench in the bay area. this time, though, the man survived in brentwood in east contra costa county after an all-out rescue effort, the man finally pulled out alive. gil diaz in brentwood with what rescuers say about that victim. he joins us with more. gil. >> reporter: hi, frank. good morning. after that man was pulled out alive, he was rushed to the hospital in walnut creek. he is in stable condition today which is good news. but it's still unclear how he got stuck in this trench right behind me. but cal-osha is now investigating. now, the 50-year-old man was trapped around 5:0last n

under fire, jackie speier. >> i've been a big booster of the komen foundation but not anymore. >> komenw policy goes to the house. planned parenthood says komen's decision hurts. >> this money went to help young women getting a mammogram. the foundation says -- >>> donors reacting, they've contributed $650,000 in just 24 hours. that's nearly muff to replace all of last year's komen funding, according to co-men [ whistle blows ] whoa, whoa, whoa. break it up! please swipe credit card. i've got roughing the passenger's wallet. you okay, son? yeah, thanks, ref! looks like they hit you with a fee pretty hard. they sure did. good call, ref. please swipe credit card. look! see! that's it! you're gone! thanks, ref. swipe card, swipe card, swipe -- [ male announcer ] bags fly free. southwest airlines. it's the right call. . >>> the labor department reported the number of people filing initial unemployment claims continues to fall. 367,000 people filed for first- time benefits last week. that's down 12,000 from the week before. that level signals a steadily improving job market. the report came

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank youer -- thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. mr. speaker, today i rise quite saddened by the news that the susan g. komen race for the cure has made a political decision, a fine nonprofit that i have been associated with for years, i have run in the susan g. komen race for the cure, i have walked in the race for the cure, i have been the m.c. at a number of events locally that they have held. so i have been a big booster of the susan g. komen organization, but not anymore. their announcement yesterday that they are no longer going to fund any organization that is being investigated by a federal, state, or local body means that planned parenthood is no longer going to receive $600,000 a year. now, ironically yesterday the komen organization also announced and with great concern in a statement that the dismal rate of breast cancer screening with women who do not have insurance is something like 38.2%. last year the planned parenthood organization was responsible for over 700

. >>> congresswoman jackie speier wants an independent proposal into a park ranger's tasing of a man.he golden gate national recreation area. the ranger initially approached the man because his small dogs were not an leashes. and that's a violation of a new law in the area. >>> and in just about an hour, we'll find out if a court will unseal video recordings of the trial in california's same-sex marriage ban. judge vaughn walker had staff members record the proceedings with the caveat that the footage would be used only by him to help him reach a verdict. >>> we'll have an update on your traffic and weather coming right up. -- let's check your forecast on this groundhog day. lawrence. >> yeah. sunshine returning to the bay area, above normal temperatures coming our way. otherwise, blue skies elsewhere take you outside over san francisco looking over coit tower. plenty of blue and what a day it's going to be temperature- wise. these temperatures well above average almost 70 in santa rosa, 67 in the napa valley and 66 mostly sunny this afternoon into san jose. next couple of days we pic

that country with the assad machine -- regime continuing to destabilize through its own proxy and -- speier is absolutely. we are always saying we have a close interest in what is happening and in syria a great deal of the time has been an influence in lebanon and additionally events in lebanon are an important consideration in how we handled this crisis in syria. it is quite different from the libyan crisis so to point to the horrors of what has happened before and i'm conscious of the point that he makes. >> can i welcome and endorse the foreign secretary's remarks about taking action for the european union and the jenin assembly and the human rights council and the syrian group at one organization that he did not mention was nato. is it not time to have a discussion with a collective council including syria about whether we could have some kind of no-fly sound comparable to what happened 11 years ago over the northern part of syria? >> i don't think it is mr. speaker. first of all because i think if nato began planning for different eventualities in syria that would weaken rather than un

speier: the authors of this bill don't want a sustainable water policy for california. instead they want to overturn a century of california law that protects healthy waterways for fish, crops and drinking supplies. this bill should be called the grab act, give rights to agri-business. it represents an unprecedented intrusion on states' water rights by the federal government. this goes beyond california and would effect water policy across the western states -- affect water policy across the western states. taking water from farmers and fisherman struggling to make ends meet -- fishermen struggling to make ends meet is bad for our country. i urge my colleagues to protect states' rights, to support farming and fishing families and vote against this extreme overreach of a bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady from texas is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: yesterday, mr. speaker, i had the privilege of meeting with leaders