we're glad we we have a fighter that keep in mind it is a pleasure to invite congresswoman jackie speier (clapping.) >> thank you superintendent i want want you to stand up for a moment and i want you to see the incredible tie the superintendent has on that that matches the colors of the school willie brown watch out you've got competition in the style hear area mr. mayor to mayors family and the members of the school board and all the honored guests here what a privilege for me to join you today to cut this ribbon and announce the willie l. brown middle school now you may remember that there was an elementary school named after the mayor and now a middle school pea maybe someday if you live long enough a university named after you in fine design for fashion i'm not sure about that by the one thing i'm sure about is that this school is going to educate young people people into the century this is the kinds of skills they need to truly achieve your now i'm humored by the fact the mayor and i wouldn't be accepted we know nothing about civil engineering and such some of the classes offered

speier: thank you, mr. chairman. the republican game of brinksmanship must end. because it's a game that is being played out by stepping on the lives of women. there are at planned parenthood some 800,000 exams given every year. breast cancer exams, contraception, and s.t.d. testing. what does that mean? 800,000 is the size of the state of wyoming. or the state of vermont. or south dakota. or north dakota. we're talking about a lot of people. now i want to draw your one woman, who was 26 years old, in between jobs, she went to planned parenthood for health care. it was discovered she had stage 2 breast cancer. stage 2 breast cancer. and it was because she went to plan parenthood and got the health care she needed that she is alive today. it's not just women that get health care at planned parenthood. some 300,000 men seek services at planned parenthood as well. so the time for the republican majority in this house to stop the brinksmanship, stop their absolute focus on trying to shut down planned parenthood must stop because by doing that, they're shutting down h

mayor, my former seatmate jackie speier and david chiu, essential district i represented for so manyrs of the school board now and then and then and then and i'm talk about only about gene (laughter) let me say to all of you i am indeed honored beyond belief so honored something i've salesmen immensely do so they don't need security because some of the things i do generates hostile situations most of you have you could a know i have a family because they fear they'll be the victims but they sound-proofed they come i sound-proofed they come for the occasion of this school and i want to have them stand as if they were part of your team dem trust and part of the decades and the heartache group or whatever they really constitute the foundation for everything that i've done and all the years and for whatever adherence that's bestowed on me it should be bestowed on willie brown family and it begins with blanching (clapping.) susan who occurred more time (clapping.) robin who has responsible for the other two (clapping.) and one who joined. >> bus by way of of a marriage to any son michael

mayor, my former seatmate jackie speier and david chiu, essential district i represented for so manys of the school board now and then and then and then and i'm talk about only about gene (laughter) let me say to all of you i am indeed honored beyond belief so honored something i've salesmen immensely do so they don't need security because some of the things i do generates hostile situations most of you have you could a know i have a family because they fear they'll be the victims but they sound-proofed they come i sound-proofed they come for the occasion of this school and i want to have them stand as if they were part of your team dem trust and part of the decades and the heartache group or whatever they really constitute the foundation for everything that i've done and all the years and for whatever adherence that's bestowed on me it should be bestowed on willie brown family and it begins with blanching (clapping.) susan who occurred more time (clapping.) robin who has responsible for the other two (clapping.) and one who joined. >> bus by way of of a marriage to any son michael a

speier: i would say that kevin mccarthy is an amiable man. he's served here in congress and has developed great leadership skills. but you have a rump caucus in the republican party right now that is turning into a cancer. and they want their pound of flesh. and if they don't get their pound of flesh, they will shut down this government. kevin mccarthy will be faced with the same challenges that speaker boehner has been faced with. trying to assuage them and never assuaging them enough. reporter: following up on that. how do you counter that to prevent a shutdown from the minority? do you focus on senate, hoping mcconnell does something that will pressure mccarthy, who is going to be pressured from the right? or can you -- [inaudible] -- with house republicans and convince them not to listen to their red flank? mr. crowley: whoever the republican leadership will be in the house, it may not be as important how they get along with us as how they get along with themselves. quite frankly. i do think that there may be a learning curve, a time in w

. >> i understand that congresswoman speier would like to speak. >> i would ask that she be allowed and permitted to join the committee members for today and participate in this important hearing. >> without objection, congresswoman speier is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much for allowing me to participate today. i apologize for not being here for the entire hearing. i had a funeral to attend. but i want to applaud the committee for recognizing the gravity of this issue and the importance of putting a spotlight on the issue and coming up with some solutions to dealing with it. i understand you've taken up a complete review of the panelists with us today, many of whom are experts, that this is indeed a very serious problem. regardless of how you crunch the numbers, the incidence is widespread on college campuses, and we need to take steps to address it. let me say at the outset that i have worked on this issue now for over two years. i've worked very closely with my colleague on the other side of the aisle, pat, and we have introduced the halt act. but in doing all of t

local dignitaries including united states representative jackie speier and others are attending the event. >> happening now, caltran is testing a new system to keep traffic moving on interstate 880. we were in berkeley as the new signs were testified for the first time. the signs have censors giving drivers important information, a green air oh meaning traffic is flowing. they tell drivers when to change lanes because of a crash or slow conditions. >> coalition of civic leaders is launching an e to raise the minimum wage across silicon valley, and san jose mayor liccardo will be joined pit mayors of campbell and palo alto and cupertino and a representative from the city of santa clara in the effort. that is called the largest collective effort in silicon valley to raise wages and backers of the plan point to the gap between the wealthy and work class as a rope it goes up. >> crews are working to maintain a wildfire in lake county on the not side of clear lake near the town of upper lake with firefighters were able to hold to 450 acres overnight. it is 20 percent contained. higher humidity

. >> congresswoman jackie speier, congresswoman speier, i always mess up your name. don't take it personal. thank you so much. folks, be sure to tune in tonight for the "rachel maddow show." rachel maddow will be speaking with planned parenthood ceo cecile richards about this showdown on capitol hill, that's right here tonight at 9:00 p.m. on msnbc, "the rachel maddow show" still ahead, republicans try to find a way forward four days after john boehner says he has had enough of herding wet cats. that second meeti ining between president obama and fidel castro. and first lady michelle obama staying up late with stephen colbert. and trevor noah also stayed up late last night, debuted on "the daily show". >> jon stewart was more than just a late-night host. he was often our voice, our refuge, and in many ways, our political dad. and now it feels like the family has a new stepdad. and he's black. yes, when others focus on one thing, you see what's coming next. you see opportunity. that's what a type e* does. and so it begins. with e*trade's investing insights center, you

pope francis addresses augments session of congress and representative jackie speier want as five heronstituents to experience it. she is giving away 50 tickets do watch the address from the west lawn of the capitol on september 24. the tickets are given away if a lottery available only to those would live in her district we have more information on our website at abc7news.com. >> ama daetz will travel to washington, dc, to bring you coverage of pope francis visit and will canonize a priest on september 23 who established the missions in california. >> at 5:00 a.m., a deadly turn of events in an east bay lake with bystanders trying to save the life of a swimmer in distress. >> an apple festival does not have a key ingredient because of the drought and thieves. >> we leave you with abc7 news and a picture of the eastern span of the bay bridge moving along without any problems. we have more news and weather and traffic on the other side of the break. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. 5:00 a.m. on friday morning and we thank you for the company as we head spat

in san carlos with local dignitaries including jackie speier are expected to attend. >> we salute you>> the weather should be mild. >> a lot of sunshine. breezy. hold on to the hot and the steering wheel. you want some beach warmth? saturday at significant in half moon bay and 75 on sunday to 73 on monday, and this could be just a few degrees underdone. the difference will be because we have a northern wind and we will have temperatures that will drop reasonable and the low 60. rather than the mid-60s which is before average. temperatures in the 80s through the central valley. 71 if lake. 82 in yosemite. it is cooler than average around san diego and los angeles, mid-70s there. but 102 in palm springs. >> you said 101 maybe you are thinking because i was going to show you 101 in the north bay. >> we have that connection. >> 101 out of san rafael toward 580, continuing into mill valley, toward sausalito, through the tunnel and to the golden gate bridge traffic could not be better and we saw the zipper truck making its trek at mid-span headed to the marin side to expand the southbound l

you may remember she did this whole speier dance was to beyonce.was whip nae nae, got 70 million viewers. now she's got her new song called hit the kwon take a look. ♪ hit the kwon, hit the kwon. >> she was 2 years old when she first appeared on ell but this is hit the kwon. it has already gone viral. the nae nae got 70 million hits. a couple days of posting this one, almost a million views. her mom is also a dancer. the heaven show is where you can find it. >> she gets it from her mama. >> she's got moves. >> going to be the next big thing there. >>> there is a gardener in canada that is really excited right now because he has grown what he believes to be the largest cucumber ever. he's looking for ot guinness book of world records to certify that claim. it started off as 42 1/2 inches and since then it continues to grow. it's up to over 44 inches. there it is. >> wow. >> big cucumber. exactly. >> that is. >>> it's going to take i believe 12 weeks before he'll find out. his name is daniel tomlin before he finds out whether his has vegetable be in

witnesses saw salandy drive way from sweet speier drive.olice were able to catch up with him in germantown and arrested him and charged him with first-degree murder. >>> an assistant coach. investigators say he sent child porn to an undercover officer. bodenheimer was most recently an assistant coach for a group of middle schoolers. >>> pope francis took tough questions from reporters before his plane touched down in rome. we have video just in showing the pope talking with reporters there. when asked why he offered comfort and consolation to bishops regarding the sex abuse scandal, the pontiff said, quote, it's terrible thing and the words of comfort were not to say, don't worry, that was nothing, but it was so bad i imagine you cried hard. pope francis also said he was surprised by how warm the american people were to him during his first ever visit to this country. that is the latest. back to you. >> we're starting to see what kind of legacy pope francis has left. hundreds of thousands have followed his journey. pope francis called atten

mayor, my former seatmate jackie speier and david chiu, essential district i represented for so manyrs of the school board now and then and then and then and i'm talk about only about gene (laughter) let me say to all of you i am indeed honored beyond belief so honored something i've salesmen immensely do so they don't need security because some of the things i do generates hostile situations most of you have you could a know i have a family because they fear they'll be the victims but they sound-proofed they come i sound-proofed they come for the occasion of this school and i want to have them stand as if they were part of your team dem trust and part of the decades and the heartache group or whatever they really constitute the foundation for everything that i've done and all the years and for whatever adherence that's bestowed on me it should be bestowed on willie brown family and it begins with blanching (clapping.) susan who occurred more time (clapping.) robin who has responsible for the other two (clapping.) and one who joined. >> bus by way of of a marriage to any son michael

. >> i understand congresswoman speier would like to -- >> is my understanding she be allowed to join the committee members for today and participate in this important hearing. >> without objection. over some of speier is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for allowing me to participate today. i apologize for not being here the entire hearing. i had a funeral to attend. i want to applaud the committee for recognizing the gravity of the issue and the importance of putting a spotlight on the issue and coming up with solutions to dealing with it. i'm sure you've undertaken a complete review was a panelist at that today come in many of whom are experts about the fact this is indeed a very serious problem regardless of how you crunch the numbers, the incident is widespread on college campuses and we need to take steps to address it. let me say at the outset i worked on the issue for two years. i worked closely with my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and we have introduced the hall pass. it do in all of this, we have spent time at the office of civil rights and i want to co

. >> i understand that congresswoman speier would like to speak -- >> i ask consent that she be allowed and permitted to join the committee members for today and participate in this important hearing. >> without objection, congres womcongreswoman speier be allow to speak. >> thank you to the committee for recognizing the gravity of this issue and the importance of putting a spotlight on the issue and coming up with some solutions to dealing with it. i'm sure you've undertaken a complete review with the panelists that are with us today who are -- many of whom who are experts about the fact that this is indeed a very serious problem, regardless of how you crunch the numbers, the incidence is widespread on college campuses and we need to take steps to address it. let me say at the outset that i have worked on this issue now for over two years. i've worked very closely with my colleague on the other side of the aisle pat mehan and we have introduced the halt act. but in doing all of this we've spent time with the office of civil rights and i want to commend them. the ocr within the departme

speier of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. speier: i thank the speaker and my good friend from florida for yielding me time. lanned parenthood provides 865,000 pap smears and breast exams a year. that is more than the entire population of states like wyoming, south dakota, north dakota. i want to introduce you, members on the other side of e aisle, to colleen from albany, new york. 27 years old. i want you to look into her eyes and i want you to tell me that you'd rather see her dead. because she went to planned parenthood because she was in between jobs and sought health care. she received a breast cancer exam at planned parenthood, she had stage two breast cancer and she is alive today because it was identified at a planned parenthood clinic and they operated and she is healthy. she's not the only one. women e 86,000 men and who seek services at planned parenthood every year for breast cancer or for pap smears , for cervical cancer,

locals including united states representative jackie speier are expected to attend. >> students headd we are saluting the crossing guards where you live. hubert j. lee has been a crossing guard pore 19 areas and in oakland resident since 1973 and retired from a job with the federal government. each day he is stationed at 35th avenue and the kids from laurel elementary and the men indian school and skyline high school get to school safely thanks to hubert we would love to meet the crossing guard where live by sending us a picture. include their name and the school or schools they cover. >> salute to the crossing guards andcies are going to school should not face hazards from the weather. >> just breezy and cooler this morning. >> good morning, everyone, look a roller coaster, as we say goodbye to summer we will have 70s at half moon bay. saturday and sunday and monday. the water temperature is going to be dropping as we have a northwest wind the next couple of days. we will not be so warm. 69 in monday dry with sunshine and low-to-mid 80s in chico and yosemite and mid-to-upper 70s aro

. >>> congresswoman jackie speier wants to bring you to watch to see the pope. announced today she has a limited number of tickets to give away to her constituents for the pope's address to congress later this month. to enter, you have to live in the 14th congressional district which stretches from daly city to san mateo to half moon bay. the entry form is posted on her website, and the contest deadline is thursday. >>> sunshine in san francisco sunshine for the entire bay area today. but it was not that warm and it was kind of breezy. we are going to get chilly. we'll talk about how cool we get and then shortly thereafter, we'll talk about how warm we get. we'll talk about both extremes coming up. >>> i'm loving the weather, paul, down here ee levi's stadium! we are -- down here at levi's stadium. we are about 20 minutes away from kickoff 49ers and chargers. one-on-one with the man who signed to bring the 49ers the pass rush. straight ahead. ,,,,,, and i am a certified arborist for pg&e.ughes i oversee the patrolling of trees near power lines and roots near pip

speier, for five minutes. ms. speier: thank you, mr. speaker. like slumber parties and sleepovers, a pillow fight doesn't sound like the type of activity that would leave 30 of our nation's most promising future military leaders injured or cll into question the management practices of the army'sop academy. yet, that is exactly what happened. we just learned that on august 20, west point freshmen cadets got together for an annual pillow fight and according to press accounts swung pillowcases packed with large hard objects thought to be helmets. this fight badly injured 30 cadets, 24 of them iagnosed with concussions there were shoulders dislocated. one cadet diagnosed with a hairline fracture of the cheekbone, some with broken noses and split lip before the fight,pper classmen commanders reportly encouraged freshmen saying if you don't come back with a bloody nose you didn't try enough. the american people deserve to know what happened here. west point and the army he provided conflicting explanations saying in one instance that many members of t

the speier time i've been in congress i've never seen a witness beaten up and questioned about theirsalary. ms. richards heads a distinguished organization providing health care services to millions of americans. find it totally inappropriate and discriminatory. ms. richards, are you aware that there are over 285 rallies in support of planned parenthood, including one in my district today. and that many are calling today national pink out day in support of the services and life-changing and life support services of planned parenthood? are you aware of that? >> i am. i look forward to changing into pink as soon as these proceedings are finished today. >> are you aware that 2.7 million men and women in america choose planned parenthood as their primary health provider and that there are two planned parenthood clinics in the district that i am privileged to represent. and if you go at the end of the day, young women and men are lined up through the waiting room, out the door. and on some days clear down the block waiting for the health care services of planned parenthood? >> i'm glad to

charles: i want to bring in chris speier wild with us.been listening and john boehner november 17th was the day he would announce at the end of the year he would resign. perhaps extraordinarily moved by the visit and comment, what are you hearing about all of this? >> number 17 visits per day and my birthday, too. i don't want to say discount, but here is what i'm hearing from people and the amherst urkel have told me. this is the long-standing plan to get out. i don't put much credence in the idea that boehner had an emotional episode for spiritual revelation but in fact insiders said at least at the beginning of this week or perhaps the league before that a plan was put into place about how to do this in the near term. you couldn't do it before the pope because that would've stepped on a moment and boehner had worked for 20 years to bring the pope for congress. intended and have been a benediction so he does that in the next day is the right time you can come out and announce your decision. charles: obviously i can't almost everyone by

speier of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. speier: i thank the speaker and my good friend from florida for yielding me time. lanned parenthood provides 865,000 pap smears and breast exams a year. that is more than the entire population of states like wyoming, south dakota, north dakota. i want to introduce you, members on the other side of e aisle, to colleen from albany, new york. 27 years old. i want you to look into her eyes and i want you to tell me that you'd rather see her dead. because she went to planned parenthood because she was in between jobs and sought health care. she received a breast cancer exam at planned parenthood, she had stage two breast cancer and she is alive today because it was identified at a planned parenthood clinic and they operated and she is healthy. she's not the only one. women e 86,000 men and who seek services at planned parenthood every year for breast cancer or for pap smears , for cervical cancer,

the speier time i've been in congress i've never seen a witness beaten up and questioned about theirsalary. ms. richards heads a distinguished organization providing health care services to millions of americans. find it totally inappropriate and discriminatory. ms. richards, are you aware that there are over 285 rallies in support of planned parenthood, including one in my district today. and that many are calling today national pink out day in support of the services and life-changing and life support services of planned parenthood? are you aware of that? >> i am. i look forward to changing into pink as soon as these proceedings are finished today. >> are you aware that 2.7 million men and women in america choose planned parenthood as their primary health provider and that there are two planned parenthood clinics in the district that i am privileged to represent. and if you go at the end of the day, young women and men are lined up through the waiting room, out the door. and on some days clear down the block waiting for the health care services of planned parenthood? >> i'm glad to

speier: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, there's an old saying that says you can catch a lot more bees with honey than with vinegar. well, it turns out that's true in business too. the confectioners industry employs a whooping 250,000 busy worker bees in the united states. that's 55,000 people who are working directly in the confectionary industry, and indirectly supports another 400,000 jobs in other industries from retail to trucking. every confectionary job created in the united states supports another seven. but congress continues to maintain an unbelievably wrong-headed policy that is destroying these jobs. the department of commerce found that the protectionist provisions in the 2008 farm bill destroyed three jobs for every job they saved. they've cost consumers and businesses as much as $14 billion since 2008, and they've cost taxpayers over $300 million in subsidies. we've lost over 125,000 jobs in sugar-related industries since 1997. we cannot continue to hurt our own workers and consumers alike. this is n

jackie speier was shot five times. i am told she still has two bullets inside of her, so she carries this figuratively and literally with her everywhere she goes. seatid run for leo ryan's in the special election right after he was killed. she did not win, but six years later she ran for his seat in the state assembly and won that one. when he passed away in office, jackie spears succeeded him in a special election where she is now in congress. she has spoken of this a number of times. when she was elected to congress, she has given media interviews on this and does speak about this in the spirit of what kind of person leo ryan was and the mission he went on and why it was so important for him, and also the way he was a mentor. in some accounts, he is described as a father figure to her. >> you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. visitedcan history tv the national archives in washington to talk with billionaire philanthropist david rubens