(applause). >> assembly tom ammiano is here. (applause). >> and our state school chief tom torlichman is here and he is making his way to the podium. thank you all for being here. rob, i want to start with you. you are a los gatos man. how old was jill when this started happening. >> it started happening when jill was about 14, it started in december, she turned 15 in february and then less than a month later, she passed. >> i can't even imagine what that was like for you all. you have another daughter so you just couldn't fold so how did you deal with all that? >> that's one of the greatest challenges. you know, the devastation that jill went through, the pain, doesn't stop. families will testify it continues. it hits the community and now we have to continue to pull ourselves up and help our other daughter and the challenges of raising and parenting another child. you know, we can't just pull up in a shell. she has the right to have a childhood. she deserves to go to go to college. she deserves to be happy. we need to teach her

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state assemblyman tom ammiano of san francisco introduced this measure.for a plan to give the homeless access to health care, clean bathrooms and places to stay. ammiano says the goal is to help the homeless rather than criminalize them. the bill would also include free legal representation. >>> still to come, what's next for hillary clinton as she stems down as secretary of state. >>> and the former senator from nebraska who may take over the highest post in the pentagon. >>> but first silicon valley innovation and climate change, a new report on how the movers and shakers are trying to save the world. ,,,, ♪ [ male announcer ] the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the 2013 ram 1500 with best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. >>> we got light showers around the bay area but those will dry up as the day presses on, it will clear from the north to the south and the week ahead is looking dry. swimming in the bay. more tn two do

. >> in our remaining 6 1/2 but i'll say 8 minutes, i want to recognize tom ammiano who walked in, tony, i'm going to put you on the spot first just because i was so upset you left us when i was mayor and we tried to keep you, but i'm so happy for oakland. but, tony, you have any comments or questions for our two esteemed panelists, particularly ruslyn who has been saying so many nice things about you. you should reciprocate. >> we also have a really big investigation going in oakland. i'm not sure -- tony is right. be nice. >> thank you, yeah, good morning, everybody. thank you very much. so we are pretty deep in an investigation about the disproportionate suspension of african american males and the reason we have been able to engage so deeply is because of the understanding that unless we take a really deep healing approach, unless we look at the root issue, bullying will persist. so we said you need to have a universal goal that you can eliminate bullying but it's really about creating a caring school community. what i would ask, this question of definition, can you, though, ask for

democratic assemblyman tom ammiano wants to give the homeless legal permission to solicit money and sleep in public without harassment. the measure is sure to be controversial in cities like sacramento and san francisco where voters have already passed anned or against against sitting or lying on walks. >>> after decades of dominance, the curtain may soon be dropping on an illustrious era of de la sal football. the school at this hour not confirming the speculation but there's a press conference set for later on today talking about the future of de la sal football. ladouceur has a sparkling resume. 399 victories under his belt as head coach. he's held the post since 1979. >> he has to get to 400. >> you would think so. >>> christina loren, it is friday and dry outside. >> it is, but not for long. good morning to you, jon and marla. good morning to you at home. taking a live look. a little hazy here over san jose, but a crystal clear sky over that layer of haze. we're looking really good for today. temperatures are going to warm into the 60s, we're already in the 50s in some city, san fran

but, so, i'm going to introduce assemblyman tom ammiano next and then we'll have the gay men's chorusll go to jonathan. so, just before tom gets up, tom was one of harvey's volunteers for many campaignses. he walked precincts and he was a very brave person being a teacher at the time. and when no on 6 was an issue in our state and they were trying to use the state proposition, was trying to out law lesbian and gay teachers in our schools, tom, a gay teacher himself, spoke out and was the facebook, the picture book of that campaign. so, we aloe tom an incredible debt, and we thank you so much. * all owe (applause) [cheering and applauding] >> thank you so much. there is a note from willie brown that says, tom, be short. [laughter] >> i don't know, scott. every time i see you, i want to take off my clothes. i don't know what that is. [laughter] >> you can read into that whatever you wanted to. i think you should see from the remarks that preceded me that one strong attribute of both these extraordinary men was a sense of humor and a sense of irony. i've often thought about the differenc

assembly man tom ammiano has his own story about bullying but you are the author of what we've been talking about today. >> it sounds trite, but all politics being personal, you've probably heard that before many times. in the case of this bill, that does ring true. i was on the bridge board for many years and meeting after meeting parents would come, particularly of teenagers who had jumped, and it was heart breaking and poignant and that feeling of helplessness that we all have, very reminiscent of this story and of your story in terms of what the parents go through and the inaction. and we finally were able to get a suicide deterrent plan and we're looking forward to getting that money authorized soon so that we can start construction. but as a kid in the 50's in newark, new jersey, i was, shall we say, a little fey, a little high strung, my mother used to say. i guess like a moth to the flame attracted all kinds of undesirable attention including from some of the teachers. we had a football/history teacher who just loved tormenting me, surrounding me with other members of the football t

a democratic assemblyman tom ammiano wants to give the homeless legal permission to solicit money andthe measure is sure to be controversial in cities such as sacramento and san francisco where voters have already passed an ordinance against sitting or lying on sidewalks. >>> christina loren is tracking the friday forecast for us. >> good morning to you, marla, good morning to you at home. highs in the 60s. 62 in livermore, 62 in gilroy. as we get into your weekend overnight saturday to sunday we should clear out by sunday afternoon. >>> back now with more of "today" on this friday morning, the 4th day of january, 2013. a crisp, sunny day here in midtown manhattan. nice to spend it outside on the plaza on a friday. inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker and kit hoover from access hollywood. >> everything is backwards, like i'm sitting here with y'all. >> you don't want to go back to billy, do you? >> i'm not going anywhere. >> you're going to host with me. >> doing a little give and take. >> yeah. >> what else is coming up this half hour? >>> new year's resolutions, get