the decision used in estimate 1% to 3% of teachers are ineffective, and in a huge state of california that means thousands of educators. since most of those ineffective teachers, the judge reasoned too much in low income schools, if you give them the job protection offered by tenure you're hurting poor and minority students. teacher tenure is an constitution, and it helped professionalize and depoliticize k through 12 education. fast forward 100 years, teacher's unions and tenure rules are not portrayed as helpful but road blocks. the tenure rules would not take investigate after the judge's ruling survives an appeal. but when something this big happens in california, it's news and likely will have an impact elsewhere. >> the judge ruled that california's teacher tenure laws deprive students of a quality education service and violate the civil rights under state constitution. the judge used strong language saying the statutes disproportionately effect poor and minority students and the evidence is coming. indeed, it shocks the conscience. >> there were certain teach urgency you knew i

it just wasn't meant to be for the california red horse as he fell short in the belmont. >> it's up toou, new york, new york. ♪. >> more than 100,000 packing belmont park to see if california chrome could win the triple crown. chrome in the second post position gets off to a nice start in this race out of the gate and is able to move all the way inside to the rail, which is where he wants to be, but as the race went on, he was maneuvered outside. chrome is on the far outside lane down the stretch, and here's the finish. >> and they're into the stretch. it's general a-rod, tonalist, california roam on the far outside, and he's an if you remember long from i am mortality. he is up on the outside of commissioner. here's wicked strong in the center of the track. commissioner, california chrome on the outside. tonalist, tonalist commissioner. it won't be a triple crown this year. it's goeb to be close! it's going to be very close! and tonalist got there. >> the triple crown drought continues. tonalist hadn't raised in the previous two triple crown races and drew harsh criticism from chrome'

ethics commission made a desertion there's probable cause to building the following violations of the california government code was by the conduct code and the respondent melissa committed them one violation of the cool code for failing to file a campaign statement by the required deadline of january 31st and one violation of the government conduct code subsection a for failing to file a campaign statement by the required city council of july 21st, 2012, and 3 the violation of the government code for failing to file a campaign statement by the required deadline of january 31st, 2013, and four one violation of the california government code subsection a for failing to file a campaign attempt by the required deadline of january 31st and 5 one violation of the government code section subsection a for failing to file a campaign statement of january 31st, 2014. each commissioner would participated in the discussion must certificate on the record they reviewed the buyer xeerdz >> commending. softly. commissioner hayon i certificate as well. the respondent is presumed to be innocent in a sunset hearin

about 1,200 miles off the california coast. it is here where the crew from the ocean voyages institute studied the dump scattered over hundreds and hundreds of miles. >> you're struck by how much garbage is out there, both small pieces and large pieces. >> reporter: the crew brought back samples including this net. the crews said it took months before they discarded the waste. >> it just grows bigger and bigger and they're hazards to navigation and quite a problem. >> reporter: this is a photo of some of the sea junk. >> we found lots of detergent bottles, lots of drink bottles. as we got into the areas of more accumulation, there was a real sadness on board. >> still to come on a second look, off of our coast a busy highway of sharks, tuna and other predators travel unseen by most. a look at the paths that are well traveled. also ahead, creatures big and small making their home in the marine sanctuary off the coast of san francisco. >> she's checking me out. >>> tonight on a second look, a look at life in our oceans. this shark

here's the call. california on the outside. tonalist, tonalist.n't be a triple crown this year. it's going to be close rr very close. can tonalist get it? >> tonalist wins by a nose. his owner not happy with the fact all horses don't have to run all three events. there this was his third ver wig race. they set it up. i'm 61 years old and i'll never see in my lifetime another triple crown winner because of the way they do this. it's not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. if you cant make enough points to get in the kentucky derby, you can't run in the other two races. >> tonalist only ran the belmont. french open, maria share apoeva in the finals, while simone has never been in a grand slam. simona had not lost a set the entire tournament. first to do thatinse a grand slam since 1988 wru maria struggled in the second. 12 double faults and an unforced error. final set, his experience took over. on championship point, the championship match ended as it went wide. sharapova won her second french open in three years in three

we have the whole california water project developed by the federal government in the 1930s and a california state water project developed during administration of pat brown. those are the two big ones and the feds have say over theirs and we have say over ours and it gets more complicated. the state of california 30 years ago cut deals with private water owners that allowed them to own and control the water under ground. they can't tell them to move it away or to do something with it. so we have a very fractured environment. >> it seems so cumbersome like some people don't know who is turning on the facet and off and how it works. is there a more efficient way in your mind of how this could be controlled? do you study politics? you studied this for awhile. would there be a simpler way? >> every one of these interests believes the water they are entitled to and because of that, there is not enough to go around and nobody wants to yield. >> you know, on that, what do you think would happen if it was the whole government hands off attitude and we were able to get the water from the backyard wh

campaign statement by the required deadline of january 31st, 2013, and four one violation of the california government code subsection a for failing to file a campaign attempt by the required deadline of january 31st and 5 one violation of the government code section subsection a for failing to file a campaign statement of january 31st, 2014. each commissioner would participated in the discussion must certificate on the record they reviewed the buyer xeerdz >> commending. softly. commissioner hayon i certificate as well. the respondent is presumed to be innocent in a sunset hearing the executive director should issue an accusation with the ethics commission regulars is for investigation and enforcements proceeding. finally in its regular commission of monday, june 23, 2014, in the matter of ethics commission complainant number 20 dash plus the ethics commission made a determination there's probable cause to building the following violations of the california government code as incorporated by the san francisco campaign of governmental conducted code occurred one violation of the california

it just wasn't to be for the california bred horse as he fell short in the belmont. >> it's up to yous up to you, new york, new york! ♪ >> more than 100,000 packing belmont to see if california chrome can win the triple crown, chrome in the second post position, and at the start of the race, he gets off to a good start coming out of the gate and is able to move all the way inside the rails which is where he wants to be, but as the race went on, he was forced outside. chrome is on the far outside lane, down the stretch. >> and they're in the stretch, it's general arod, tonalist, there's california chrome, on the far outside, and he's furlough of immortality, here's wicked fun, commissioner, california chrome on the outside, tonalist, tonalist, it won't be a triple crown, and tonalist got there! >> disappointed, and the triple crown crowd continues, as he goes in the belmont, california chrome finishes tied for fourth. tonalist hadn't raced in the previous races and got criticism from chrome's coowner, coburn. >> i'll never see a triple crown winner because of the way they do this. it's

commission made a determination there recent probable cause to building the following violations of the california government cod as incorporated by the san francisco conjectural code and one one violation of california government code section 84200 subsections and i a for failing to file a campaign document by 2013. two one violation of government code subsection a for failing to file a campaign fund by required 12 of july 31st, 2013. 3 one violation of california government code subsection a for failing to file a campaign statement by required deadline of january 31st, 2014, arrest each commissioner would participated in the decision as you certificate on the record that jorge reviewed the testimony and reviewed the entire record of the proceedings. regulation each commissioner must publicly certify on the record >> commissioner renne commissioner andrews. commissioner hayon. commissioner keane. i also so certify >> the respondents are presumed to be innocent until the preertdz on the merits unifies regulations for investigation regulations the executive director shall issue an acquisition and t

we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard abo

kci which is before the california pelosi first appellant district in my opinion incorporates by reference. all of the matters that would be there before the coiling. those are the only materials we have. i think we have advised the public as to what materials we're working for when we tell them we're discussing that and we referenced the particular case for the coiling. there's nothing else we have that's secret or we're sandbagging the public on in any way that's sufficient notice. i think we've gone ahead and the discussion is starred in a robust healthy way we shouldn't and i abort it at this point >> short point of order please. mr. shaw you didn't notify the public - mr. shaw >> commissioner keane i think my concern here is the same way that you got the materials that we got the materials that was provided to us directly i don't think you expect the public to see all the pleadings if it's the opinion of the city attorney it needed to be included did by other commissioner want to comment. >> i just only heard the bulk of the city attorney said the bulk of the information was shared yo

. >>> a mile and a half to go with a california horse that's off to the races california chrome and mornings on 2, off to the races right now. >>> and good morning to you. you're taking a live look at contra costa county where firefighters are trying to put out a wildfire. you can see smoke burning in the distance there. this fire broke out overnight and coming up in a minute, our reporter will have more on the big challenge when firefighters tried to bring it all under control. >> i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach, let's get to you rosemary. >>> we have the warm up. tomorrow is the hottest day of the weekend. we'll give you a live look out in the estuary. san francisco is in the backdrop. along the coast and around the bay, there's patchy fog and it's thick in nature. the high pressure is pinning it closer to the ground. here's a look tell footprint here. we'll see a nice burnout. we'll remain partly to mostly cloudy today. the wind is gusting at 20 miles per hour. it's a lot like yesterday. the onshore breeze we will not get rid of completely. it will start pulling back. we have warmer

the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. speier: as my colleague said, this is a simple amendment while we deal with the dysfunction in the v.a. it's compassionate and appropriate action by this house and i urge its passage and with that i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 47 line 1, commodity assistance program, $275,701,000 to remain available through september 30, 2016. nutrition programs, $150 million. title 5, foreign assistance and related programs, foreign agricultural service, salaries and expenses including transfer f funds, $182,563,000. food for peace title i direct credit and food for progress program account including recision and transfer of funds, $2,528,000. food for peace title 2 grants, 1,466,000,000. mcgovern dole international food and child knew trishon program ,126,000. 8 mill commodi

here's the call. california on the outside. tonalist, tonalist.won't be a triple crown this year. it's going to be close rr very close. can tonalist get it? >> tonalist wins by a nose. his owner not happy with the fact all horses don't have to run all three events. there this was his third ver wig race. they set it up. i'm 61 years old and i'll never see in my lifetime another triple crown winner because of the way they do this. it's not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. if you cant make enough points to get in the kentucky derby, you can't run in the other two races. >> tonalist only ran the belmont. french open, maria share apoeva in the finals, while simone has never been in a grand slam. simona had not lost a set the entire tournament. first to do thatinse a grand slam since 1988 wru maria struggled in the second. 12 double faults and an unforced error. final set, his experience took over. on championship point, the championship match ended as it went wide. sharapova won her second french open in three years in thr

but the record crowd was here to witness history. california chrome was in striking distance for most of the race, swinging wide, but came up short down the home stretch. california chrome joins an infamous list. he is the 13th horse in 36 years to come to belmont with the triple crown on the line only to come up short. in an interview with nbc sports post-race, the 61-year-old owner steve coburn said he will never see a triple crown in his lifetime because not all triple crown horses run in each race. he came to bel fresh. >> it is not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. this is the coward's way out. >> for california chrome's jockey, victor espinosa, today was a chance at triple crown redemption, in 2002, he rode war emblem to the derby but finished eighth in the belmont. it is hard, too, for the millions of fans pulling for this underdog. >> really sad about what happened today. we were looking forward to california chrome winning today. >> a tough day for racing fans and everyone on team california chrome. the hor

this california is the 49th in the nation and in 2008, and 2011 has the california assistance >> thank you very much i hope your consider this resolution and get new attention to this problem thank you very much. >> greetings supervisor supervisor. affidavit east yet lose co-chair of the hospital in san francisco and appointed to the mayors task force. i'm here to talk about a mental health issue called laura's law this was an issue taken up but my board and the mayors care advisory committee who is involved in trying to help people that fall between the cracks we really want to help people that fall between the cracks unfortunately, i think laura's last is actually a law of unintended consequences to scare people from therapy and hurt people in trying to get therapy and end up helping few anyone can be referred to an impact care by a anger friend or anyone who was upset it brings people into a judicial system into a court setting where no law has been violated they're talking about the black robe just effect why should someone be brought into a court of law to compel treatment researc

and the act created well first of all, and the way that the california model is different and it is not a matter of nickels and dime upon the sale, but then paying that back upon refund, and redemption and it is also a matter of and that the manufacturers pay in order to cover whatever the cost of the recycling is. and some types of aluminum and a high scrap value and there is a profit to be made and the people will recycle that on his own, and currently with both class and with the plastic and this is lower than the cost of recycling and so for it to make it economically attractive and make attainment and nobody is losing money in that process and helping to avoid the further waste in the state and the landfill materials. and we are avoiding maybe most importantly the clean house gas and emissions. so the important. we have not thought about 28 years ago, but it is worth noting for the body, and in addition to that, and we have created an industry in california that did not exist, 28 years ago, and so the impression that the only employment that is created is that recycling not true. a

for what purpose does the gentleman california rise? >> mr. speaker, i have an amendment at the desk, amendment number five. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number five printed in the congressional record offered by mr. royce of california. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. royce: today i rise yet again to raise the alarm over taxpayer funded housing policy this straight forward amendment you have before you would prohibit fannie mae and freddie mac from using funds to pay housing advocacy groups or others through the housing trust fund at a time when they continue to owe money to the american people. beginning in 2008, the u.s. taxpayers bailed out the g.s.e.'s to the tune of $189 billion. that number is expected to grow to over $200 billion by 2015. but as the housing market has begun to recover, too have fannie and freddie's profits and at the first sign of money rolling in, some housing advocates are pressuring the federal housing finance agency to get a piece of the taxpaye

the glass in yuma. most of it once again is from california. abandoned by another company called dow management. >> a massive flow is moving out of the state of waste which is toxic waste which california citizens had thought was going to be recycled properly. >> reporter: elizabeth cook, kpix 5. >> we contacted the company for response and they never got back to us. >>> pretty much a clear day today except for a little smoke in my enabled but we are getting more warm weather this weekend. [ laughter ] >> paul deanno is live in san francisco. >> reporter: a lot of sunshine out here. the fire danger of course is elevated but the kpix 5 mobile weather lab there is a shadow in san francisco on the weather lab right now. it hit 72 degrees here on telegraph hill. we are on the corner of green and montgomery and the weather outsides is fantastic. look at the blue sky here. it is gorgeous outside. we'll talk more about the fire danger throughout the summer because yes, it will stay elevated such a dry winter but today a day to enjoy a beautiful friday

will give a commencement address at the university of california irvine. he is expected to issue a call to action on global warming. the president will spend the rest of the father's day weekend in rancho mirage at the home of decorator -- white house decorator michael smith and u.s. ambassador to spain. >>> today the president of iran says his country is ready to help iraq push back sunni militants. president hason wahani has in his words no option but to confront terrorism. this week militants have gone city to city across northern iraq seizing them. today hundreds of young iraqi men went to volunteer centers in baghdad. president obama is weighing his options, but has made it clear iraq's leadership needs to step up. >> this should be a wakeup call. the united states is not simply going to involve itself in a military action in the absence of a political plan by the iraqis that gives us some assurance that they're prepared to work together. >> now, right now the white house does not believe the city of baghdad is at risk of falling to the sunni extremist

one of the early races. california chrome had won six in a row over the course of getting up to this moment. he remains a winner, just not the winner of the triple crown here in the belmont stakes, julie? >> thank you, molly, reporting from belmont part. what a disappointment. and they call it a test of the champion and today, the test demonstrated why the competition attacks the crown after the kentucky derby and the preakness. michael owns a treatment facility for retired races and he had a horse that won in the belmont and he knows the pressure for the jockeys and the owners much thank you for talking to us. snsh certainly. >> describe to me the intense disappointment. we thought that california chrome would be a triple crown. and the horse fell short by a long shot. what is your take on the race? bred for speeds and they are winning the preakness and two weeks later belmont and run a mile and a half. and they are certainly babies and three year old horses and like{the teenager ares to play in the nba. it is no coin

some of the images in our report may disturb you. >> the coast of california has a wealth and varietye life. on beaches south of san francisco, hundreds of elephant seals back in the sun. sea lions gather, while whales, dolphins, sharks, and other sea life roam the open ocean. but these sea life of dead animals in the nets of fishermen have outraged conservationists. >> we're seeing these images of the decks just filled with these bloody dolphins, these amazing sea turtles and to literally just be going through hundreds of these images, it makes me sick to my stomach. >> the california program director for oceana, an international organization that focuses on ocean conservation. he obtained these photographs through noah, through a freedom of information request. these photos were taken by federal employees monitoring bicatch. fish and other marine creatures caught by accident during commercial fishing. the photos were taken on california commercial fishing boats that use drift gill nets, one-mile-long mesh nets intended to catch swordfish, but catch other sea life as well. >> in term

but yuba city resident was doine money dance at the airport today.. he >> californiachrome's owner perry martin stands to make millions on his horse, but the yuba city resident wasn't doing the money dance at the airport today. here is the top five. >> how excited are you to go to new york? >> really excited. >> what's the plan when you get to new york? >> we get to new york at 10:00. i figure we will check in and go to bed. >> there's the reason why the cubs wanted a new electric scoreboard. you see the guy sleeping on the job. riding in the shopping cart is fun. how did that get into the top five? back to drew doughty with the between the legs number to tie the game at 2-2. look at that. oh. scratch my back with a hacksaw. coco crisp out of the lineup. look at craig gentry in center field. incredible. we'll be right back. >> no kenny henderson. >> no, we won't be right back. but we will be tomorrow. bail me out please. [ laughter ] ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, our next newscast is tomor >> david letterman is next with anderson cooper. >> our next newscast tomorrow mor

chrome shines bright in the kentucky derby. >> then came the preakness stakes. >> california chrome has won the preakness. >> and tomorrow the final jewel in horse racings triple crown, the bellmemontbelmont. california chrome a three-year-old with white sox, a white stripe down the nose and blazing speed. ratesing to become the first horsd in 36 years to stweep the top prizes. only eleven horses have won the triple crown. most recently affirmed. many o have some konl to fall short in what's known as the "test of the champion." but california chrome's jockey says his horse is built for the distance. >> he saves energy in the beginning which is very important. >> the trainer says the horse is inquisitive, loves posing for pictures and has made their jobts easy. >> hard to describe. it's just been so much fun. and this horse is just taken us on the ride of our life. >> a ride no one thought would lead to racing royalty, given the horse's humble roots. california chrome's owners are first time breeders with day jobs who invested just ten thousand dollars to sbreed him. pennies c

took a trip to target before finally ending up here at the corner of california and ring store. according to the tracking device placed on the cat, 46m hung out under this bush for nine-and-a-half hours watching people and bikers and traffic. >> that is pretty scary though if you really think about it. i mean, with kids and everybody around. >> it could have eaten somebody. >> reporter: before finally getting pinned under an v. captured and released back into the wild. >> it ended well. nobody got hurt. >> reporter: leaving man and beast to meet another day. in mountain view, andria borba, kpix5. >> makes you feel kind of sleepy. >>> a wildlife biologist thinks the cougar got lost. >>> we haven't forgotten the fog, but it is taking a little break tonight. >> it is all cleared out, but it won't last forever. it is allowingtous see this. this being the honeymoon. peek outside. called the money moon because it is final fool moon before the summer solstice. it has been a summer like year. january through may, first five months of the year, the hottest start to the year in california

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plazas on the public right-of-way; and affirming the planning department's determination under the californiaironmental quality act. ~ public right-of-way and item 15 is an ordinance amending the police code to include "plazas" as identified in administrative code, chapter 94, as a type of limited live performance locale, and establish various requirements applicable to such plazas; and affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act. ~ applicable to such plazases. >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, colleagues and san franciscans. the san francisco plaza program is an exciting new urban plaza stewardship program that aims to build on community efforts to, to implement more innovative sustainable and livable solutions that engage and support san francisco's many vibrant communities. i'm happy to sponsor this legislation today. i believe it will have many positive long-term benefits to our city's plazas and open spaces. this legislation gives the city a tool to activate plazas with events like farmers market street, limi

that's what john perez faced when he be speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. prisoner in the war is homeward bound. he was captured in 2009 after disappearing from his post in afghanistan. tonight friends and family are waiting to see him for the first time in years. abc news reporter richard kent has the latest. >> tonight he remains in a u.s. military hospital in germany and his parents in idaho held off making contact with harrison. -- with their son. >> bo has been gone so long that it will be very difficult to come back. it is like a diver going deep on a dive, and if he comes up too fast it could kill him. >> his mother reassuring him. >> give yourself all of the time you need to recover and decompress. there is no hurry. i will see you

the department. number three, covered california, there are a ton of difficulties. if anything, this legislation will make it easier for workers to be able to afford the really expensive insurance through covered california. number four, we have talked to the blue shield who wants to work with the department to help fund the program design of our legislation and number five, in terms of time line, we're more than happy to work with the department to establish the timeline that would work for the department. >> thank you very much. i really appreciate this because that gives us that perspective and opportunities that you're describing which we hope the department will take advantage of. commissioner singer. >> i had a few questions. co-lien, it's great to have you here because you make complicated stuff retractable for me. i don't know if you have the sense, but when you think about each of the buckets that everyone flows to and proposed legislation, how many people are in those? speaker: it's two ways to think about that. thinking backwards with the remaining uninsur

here's the call. >> california chromium the outside! this year! it's going to be close! it's going to be very close! and toneless got there. >> wins the belmont by a nose. his owner not happy with the fact that all horses don't have to run all three events. >> this is his third very big race. these other horses, they always set them out. they set them out and try to upset the cart. i'm 61 years old. i'll never see in my lifetime, i will never see another triple crown winner because of the way they do this. it's not fair to these horses that have been in the game since day one. i look at it this way. if you can't make enough points getting to the kentucky derby, you can't run the other two races. >> not a bad point. >>> maria sharapova and halep. this is sharpe poefa's third straight. last time it went three sets, 2001. simona has not lost a set all tournament since 1998. but then she loses the first set. sharapova with the break point. 12 double faults and an unforced error, one of her seven service breaks. maria took over, halep couldn

adopt a fee to set survey monuments and affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act. -- i'm sorry, that's item number 5. item number 6, ordinance amending the subdivision code to adopt a fee to set survey monuments and affirming the planning department's determination under the california environmental quality act. ~ item number 11, ordinance amending the administrative code to adjust the fees for county clerk services for fiscal year 2014-2015; to remove fees for obsolete services; and to authorize annual automatic adjustment of municipal id card fees to reflect changes in the consumer price index. ~ 2014-2015. >> thank you, madam clerk. item number 6 is connected with the dpw budget, [speaker not understood]. i'm going to take a motion to continue these items. i'll first open it up to public comment. is there anybody wishing to comment on items 6 and 11? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> okay, colleagues, so, i have a motion that we will continue this item to the call of the chair. so moved. [gavel] >> so, ms. zamuda, do yo

a legal battle over the california environmental quality act and sequa. >> sequa says you have to be lly informed. you have to analyze the environmental impact. >> yep, you heard that right. protests of corporate shuttles like this one captured yesterday by berkley outlet may strive to highlight inequality. but appellates of the green lights shuttle program say the issue is, well, green. >> what are your concerns about the impacts to the environment? >> specifically, when you impact a large transportation system, then you are looking at environmental impactings. >> like what? >> when you slow down muni, you're increasing idle times, you're increasing particlat matter. >> it's pretty unambiguous that this is going to be an environmental positive. >> tlchlt mark thurman says this claim is pretty much wrong on its fact. there's no way you can take thousands of individual drivers off 101 and other bay area highways, condense them into busses and not see kplugs improvement. >> the studies that have been done suggest that about half of the people riding these shuttles would drive their own

the chair: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from california, mr. royce. mr. royce: mr. chairman, i yield my remaining one minute to mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: yes, i rise in support of mr. royce's amendment. i want to work with him on an offset that i think would be a little more desirable, but the notion here somehow that we are going to undercut the reforms that were achieved in the farm bill that requires food on average to take 74 days longer when you use u.s. source commodities, when it's going to be on average 25% more expensive, and to talk about our, quote, foreign competitors, when we're talking about being able to purchase locally from people who are on the edge of impofferment rather than flooding american commodities that are more expensive late in the game and undercutting local production i think is a sad step forward. i appreciate the gentleman's leadership and strongly urge support of this as we work for better offset. mr. royce: i am open to working with the chairman and ranking member to

the arena. >>> and shining bright. we're live at belmont park. california chrome's preparing for what could be a historic weekend in horse racing. >>> good morning. i'm linzie janis. >> i'm john muller. thousands of people converging on the northern shores of france, marking the 70th anniversary of d-day. one of the most decisive events in human history. >> world leaders and dignitaries have descended on the allied cemeteries there. this morning, president obama was at the american cemetery near omaha beach, calling the solemn spot where so many died, quote, democracy's beach head. the speech followed by that lunch with other world leaders, including vladimir putin, their first event together since the crisis in ukraine. tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: today, the world gathers on the beaches of normandy, for the 70th anniversary of d-day. some of the aging veterans have returned for what could be their last, major commemoration. june 6th, 1944, almost 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches. the largest amphibious invasion in history and the turning

but in the end, california chrome came up short in his quest to be the first horse in four decades to win the triple crown. kimberly terry is live with new details on what could have kept the people horse from finishing first. >> reporter: millions of eyes were on california chrome today, who many hoped would change history. people packed viewing parties across the state, including one at golden gate field. in less than 2 1/2 minutes, fans went from this to this. stunned silence after the horse who has captured the hearts of so many lost the belmont stakes and the triple crown. >> very devastating. >> i'm really upset. >> i wish he would have won. who wouldn't? he was named california. it was a beautiful raise. >> reporter: in the end, california chrome tied for fourth with totalist taking the top spot. >> i was disappointed. >> reporter: the belmont stakes is a 1 1/2 run and this is the first time chrome has had to kov they are much distance and also his third race in five weeks. sometime during today's competition, his right front foot was gashed. his jockey tweeted this photo of th

the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: this amendment says we are not going to fund combat operations after december 31, 2014. that's what it says and that's what it will do. for the life of me i don't understand why the opposition believes there is a solution. we have been there 13 years. history shows that the united states' military is not going to continue to have military presence and support, what is taking place in afghanistan. it is up to the afghan people to secure their own future and of course we aren't taking away any authority. we have taken away our constitutional duty and responsibility. we can't allow funding for combat operations beyond december, 2014. what are we talking about. we want you to continue funding? you said they would end in december of 2014. so we should do what we need to do here in congress. we should end it and not allow any more funding. if the president believes and if you believe we want to engage in more combat operations, which of course the american public are telling us in no un

>> the east side of san francisco bay, and to the interior of california. it used to go quite a ways into the interior. >> you have been chairman of a couple committees. what are those? >> chairman of the natural resources committee in the house, house education and labor committee, and a subcommittee on children, youth and families a number of years ago the tip o'neill created. >> go back to the days your father was in politics. what was he like? >> he was a big voice in california politics. he was one of the founders of the california democratic committee, the left wing of the democratic party, and very involved in education, very involved in our community. i saw the good things he was able to accomplish, created a master plan for higher education and made higher education accessible to communities, created community colleges, and the state college system and the university system and brought them together. for things in our community, helps people who are losing their fishing boats because commercial fishermen were being thrown off of the river and asking

it has completely shifted the political landscape here in california. rty that didn't include a lot of latinas and in the last two decades you've soon high numbers of registration. >> and how much did governor pete wilson and the signing of prop 187 regarding illegal immigrants, how much did that polarize at least the latino immigrant population in the state and is there any evidence, we've been talk a lot about neil kashkari, tim tonlly, is there any evidence that they can get back into in 1994, you had a republican governor, pete wilson, who ran on an anti-immigrant campaign, who tried to pass a bill denying state benefits to illegal immigrants. there was a huge backlash to that. there was an incredible effort to register latino voters and a lot of people who took citizenships and to get lek -- you have a large number of officials across the straight and larger numbers, those still not large enough, some would say, numbers of latina voters. >> i spend a lot of time in my day job thinking about the latino vote and the latino immigrant population in cali