think about dianne feinstein. first woman, member of the board, president of the board of supervisors, first woman mayor, first woman u.s. senator from the state of california, judiciary committee, intelligence committee, rules committee, first woman that in every one of these categories. she has broken every one of these barriers. an extraordinary leader, i can say this as i introduce her, the best is yet to come. ladies and gentlemen, senior senator from california, dianne feinstein! [cheers and applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you very much, gavin. ubiquotous, oh, that's what it means, all right. i'm just so happy to be home. i'm so happy to be home and look at this stage where you have got two young brilliant leaders in gavin newsom and kamala harris and where you have three mayors, a present mayor, two of us that are getting a little long in the tooth. wait until that. and all of us here to salute the next district attorney of the city and county o

will be done on treasure island, dianne feinstein. you drive around this city, cities large and small. and on a muni bus that goes on time, dianne feinstein, you will enjoy third streetlight rail. dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go on and on and

will be done on treasure island, dianne feinstein. you drive around this city, cities large and small. and on a muni bus that goes on

feinstein. >> no. >> mr. schumer. aye. >> mr. durbin. >> aye. >> mr. eh >> mr. franken. >> aye. >> mr. koonce. >> aye. >> mr. blumenthal. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> aye. >> mr. hatch. >> no by proxy. >> mr. kyl. >> no by proxy. >> mr. sessions. >> no by proxy. >> mr. graham. >> no by proxy. >> mr. cornin. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. lee. >> no by proxy. >> mr. coburn. no by proxy. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, the votes are 11 ayes seven nays. >> and senator feinstein, thank you for holding back. go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have opposed this in the past. i see no reason to change my point of view. let me give you my opinion. the court does not want this. they do not speak out as a whole but justicesbreyer, scalia, rehnquist, kennedy, and alito have opposed it. so five justices oppose this plus the judicial counts of the united states. i don't believe we should tell the supreme court what to do. we are separate branches of government. and i do not believe the justice is better because it's televised. i have seen actual situations where in my vie

sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator." [applause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause] and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put this event together. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, i would like to introduce the driving force behind this program, and award- winning, internationally known storyteller, recording artist, and educator. she is a truth teller and an artist for social change. she has made it her life's work to tell history through the words of its off forgotten witnesses. zero two one-women shows -- she wrote two one-women shows. she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott through the eyes of four women. please help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was

we have yet to see whether it's senator feinstein might pick up something similar to congressman hunter's bill but i will keep you posted as that develops. i'm not going to go through every single detail. a reminder that our retreat is on march 21. we start around 12 or 1:00 p.m. and go through 8:00 p.m.. i have met with commissioner adams and we started to draft an agenda for that retreat. there will likely be other additional items added. we will beginning -- be getting information in preparation for the retreat. with that, unless there is any questions, i will conclude my report. commissioner o'brien: i went and testified that the first meeting. i've understood there was a second hearing which i could not make it wanted to find out what happened or what you think of the possibilities. >> i think -- what has been communicated is that there is a willingness from the board of supervisors and the mayor to work together to ensure that we have job creation legislation. but at this point in time, the understanding is the charter amendment may not be the best fit for this particular election,

to my left, she will be on later on in the program, but we will start with dianne feinstein, the only woman who was ever held the mayorship of the city of san francisco. united states senator. [applause] start with the man who most recently left this job and went on to become the lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. [applause] frank jordan, former mayor frank jordan, former police chief of the city of san francisco. [applause] and my colleague from the legislative years and mayor of sanford says go, are new and tho san francisco. [applause] now that the stage is set, it is time clearly for prayer. reverend james, please come and give us the invocation. >> the per i offer todrayer i os on behalf of the more than 800 organizations in the city of county of san francisco. many of the agencies have served the people of san francisco for over 100 years. let us pray. got we come to you and prayer for our mayor, and when we. edwin lee. -- god, we come to you in prayer. as he renews his commitment to serve as our mayor, we ask you renewal his zeal for public service. grant him good

and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still give to our city. i will never forget our conversation last year outside the white house about what a special city san francisco is. worthy of every sacrifice. and thank you for your continued service and for your constant advice and counsel to me and all the former -- and to all the former mayor's here today. senator, we are looking forward to having you in washington looking out for us for many years to come. and [applause] into house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, thank you. [applause] thank you for all the amazing work you do for san francisco and for our country. whether it is leading the charge for health care reform or protecting funding for the treatment of hiv/aids, we are all going to work very hard to return speaker nancy pelosi to congress this year. [applause] congress woman spear, we want to return you to the majorit

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ >> ok, thank you. thank you, everybody, for being here. local 261, thank you, laborers, for being here. mr. harrington, thank you. john martin, our airport, thank you. d.e.m., of course, ann, thank you very much for being here and our human rights commission director, thank you very much, terese afor being here. it's a large city family. >> dennis, thank you. thank you very much, dennis, for being here. commissioner normandy, supervisor carmen chu, thank you. good morning, e

as a san franciscan to see san francisco speaker nancy pelosi up there with senior senator diane feinstein front and center in this, and our boys and girls chorus -- [applause] i know not everyone of the same political persuasion. but yes, the president that we have chosen, which we chose wisely from my humble perspective. [applause] but we are from san francisco. we can say that. this is an exciting moment. we're here because these folks are extraordinarily talented. these are grammy winners. isn't that amazing? what have we done in our lives? these are grammy winners. albums, prince charles comes in, let's bring out the boys chorus and the girls chorus. you've got all kinds of world leaders. and we just get to show off to the rest of the nation something that we get to experience more often out here in the bay area. so i'm just here to celebrate with you. we thought we would bring you together and a nice way to kick off the preinaugural ceremonies. and just to remind ourselves how blessed we are to be out here. and the great city and county of san francisco. but first, i just wanted to r

my good colleague, senator feinstein, we have had a spirited debate about this at the hearing, many good witnesses and a few things that i used from that hearing that i think helps to respond to what the senator said. first of all, the iowa chief justice testified that the concerns that some people have had with televised court proceedings have just not materialized in iowa, they have had cameras in the courtroom, all of their hearings are televised. they have been able to move forward as a court and they have seen it as a positive thing. and this is true of other courts in the land. the other piece about this, and i do have simply for the -- being a former prosecutor for eight years on the trial level, that you would not want to televise every trial, that there have been issues with that, that a judge should be able to make that kind of decision, but i think crew'you're in a whole different land when you're talking about the supreme court of our land, and that is the supreme court, you don't have the issue of witnesses somehow being affected by having a camera on or those types of conce

while senator feinstein is still in the committee room, she made reference to the simpson trial. i agree with her. this became a media circus. i am highly critical of the judge who did not maintain a courtroom the way it should be maintained. i would note that there is a huge difference between a trial and a pellet argument. that should have a limitation of time. you have a very structured thing. [unintelligible] itunes -- it would be hard to find one that once a grandstand. you have a limited time, unlike the open-ended aspect of a trial. i think we are dealing with different things. the part of the bill that allows a vote to close on a specific thing -- i imagine it may be a case that would be very rare. i have wrestled with this idea before. i am afraid that when you have so much distortion, what goes on by some of the media and so on where you are -- your help is to have so much openness as possible to as many people as possible, i am surprised by the number of people that travel around my state or the airport or in other states who come up and talk about some hearing they sa

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪

thank you very much. >> thanks very much, senator feinstein. thanks for your testimony, and i am personally very supportive of the proposal and i look forward to working with you as you say the others that have bills to see if we can find a way to include that in this proposal when it comes to the floor. thank you very much. >> thank you pittard >> have a good rest of the day. now, madam secretary, i hate to break up the conversation between the current secretary and the first secretary but we almost had the trifecta of the three secretaries of the department of homeland security come secretary chertoff wanted to testify at a previous commitment and has filed a statement for the record strongly in support of the legislation. senator napolitano, thanks very much for being here and for all of the work that you and people in the department have done to help us come to this plight of the bill. we welcome your testimony now. >> thank you, chairman lieberman, a ranking member collins, members of the committee, pleased to be here today to discuss the

thank you very much. >> thanks very much, senator feinstein. thanks for your testimony, and i am personally very supportive of the proposal and i look forward to working with you as you say the others that have bills to see if we can find a way to include that in this proposal when it comes to the floor. thank you very much. >> thank you pittard >> have a good rest of the day. now, madam secretary, i hate to break up the conversation between the current secretary and the first secretary but we almost had the trifecta of the three secretaries of the department of homeland security come secretary chertoff wanted to testify at a previous commitment and has filed a statement for the record strongly in support of the legislation. senator napolitano, thanks very much for being here and for all of the work that you and people in the department have done to help us come to this plight of the bill. we welcome your testimony now. >> thank you, chairman lieberman, a ranking member collins, members of the committee, pleased to be here today to discuss the

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the mayor's office of economic and workforce development. we are here to announce the 10- year lease for river bed at 680 folsom st.. 167,000 square foot lease. we have the mayor, ceo of river bed, the owner of the building, as well as david from jll to talk of the significance of this to the city. >> thank you, good morning. welcome to the super bowl of innovation. while we did not enjoy the other super bowl, we have been work

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ >> feel like it really is a community. they are not the same thing, but it really does feel like there's that kind of a five. everybody is there to enjoy a literary reading. >> the best lit in san francisco. friendly, free, and you might get fed. ♪ [applause] >> this san francisco ryther created the radar reading series in 2003. she was inspired when she first moved to this city in the early 1990's and discover the wild west atmosphere of open mi it's ic in the mission. >>

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ charles bennett's high school dream was to teach in the old neighborhood. but without the money for college, all he got was the old neighborhood. support the united negro college fund. a mind is a terrible thing to waste. >> the right to vote allows us to vote for candidates or party and it is a significant way to have our voice heard. exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 yea

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase

chairman feinstein, welcome and thank you again. you contributed immensely, particularly on the information-sharing section of the bill, and you bring all the expertise and intelligence from the senate committee on intelligence. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman, senator collins, senator landrieu. i look at this as quite a banner day. i look at it as finally the senate is coming together, that we are settling on one bill. this is the bill x if it needs improving, we'll improve it. >> right. >> but we have a focus thousand, and with a focus -- focus now, and with a focus we can hopefully move forward. i want to thank you for your hard work, for the dozen hearings you've held and for all the offers for consultation that you have placed out there to us. let me speak for a moment on behalf of what i do in the intelligence committee. we have examined cyber threats to our national and economic security, and just last month at the worldwide threat hearing which is an open hearing we heard fbi director bob muller testify that

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ ♪ impossible. announcer: when you open a book, you can explore new lands... [bird screeches] meet new friends, and discover new adventures. there are amazing possibilities when you open your mind to reading. [roar] you can log onto he library of congress website and let the journey begin. >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to yea

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ ♪ [horns honking] [siren wails] announcer: big dreams and goodrades aren't enough to get into college. there are actual steps you need to take. finding someone who can help is the first and most important. for the next steps, go to knowhow2go.org. >> the question when i started 11 years ago when i started doing resolution work is can anything be presented on a really low resolution device where it is potentially a digital image? can anything be presented that way? or will

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ >> sanrio famous for the designs for hello kitty. i thought i would try to make it as cute as possible. that way people might want to read the stories. then people might be open to learn about the deities and the culture. ♪ they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really

senator feinstein, welcome. we thank you again, particularly on the information sharing section of the bill. >> thank you very much. thank you mr. chairman, senator collins, senator landrieu. i look at this as a banner day. i look at that as finally the senate coming together, that we are settling on one bill. this is the bill. if it needs improving, we will improve it. but we have focused now, and with a focus we can hopefully moving forward. i want to thank you for your work, the hearings to have health the operas of consultation that you have placed out there it to us. let me speak for a moment on behalf of what idea in the intelligence committee. we have examined cyber threats to our national and economic security. just last month, at the world wide threat hearing, an open hearing, we heard fbi director bob mueller testified that the cyber threat which cuts across all programs will be the number-one threat to the country. already, cyber threats are doing great damage to the estates, and the trends are gettin

dianne feinstein and barbara boxer are among 23 senators who signed a letter calling on, and to reconsider its decision. >>james: 40's and 30's, chilly to start. this afternoon we will look great. the fog in the north bay is pretty dance. this afternoon is looking great. we are a degree or to cooler than yesterday but we will more than make up for that this weekend. we will take a look at the extended forecast coming up in a little bit. >>george: we are continuing to monitor an easy ride. no hot spots delays or problems. a bit of a backup on the bay bridge for the westbound ride. for the san mateo bridge is an easy trip as you head westbound. in the upper right-hand corner of your screen the changeable message signed is activated but that is with an alert for the closure of the westbound bay bridge coming up on president's day weekend. >>mark: in the nfl is finally coming of the 200 million promised to help fund the construction. >>jackie: i am across the street from the 49ers headquarters next to great america parkway, this is the parking lot where that 68,000 $1 billion stadium is going

california senator dianne feinstein said today in san diego she regrets that president obama changed his stance but she said she also understands that he had no option but to change course. senator feinstein told a meeting of the california democratic party that affordable healthcare and protecting a woman's right to choose are among the party's priorities. >>> it is an emotional story of survival. a dog near death at the oakland animal services is making quite a come-back. noel walker talked to the family who nursed van winkle back to health. a warning, some of the video might be upsetting. >> reporter: the care-free cocker spaniel this family has been fostering is going up for adoption. van winkle is special. his big paws match a big heart with a capacity to love people despite a horrific past. >> he's just the most lovable dog i've ever known. i just -- i don't know, there's something about him i could see. >> reporter: hard to believe this is the same dog. >> your ears are huge. >> reporter: he arrived in oakland animal services last summer bruised, emaciated, his fur matted beyo

leaders such as open hands, bruce brinker, barbara, congresswoman nancy pelosi, senator diane feinstein. and let me take a moment to thank wells fargo's own mario diaz. [applause] tom jensen, and him hanlin. [applause] >> for encouraging wells fargo to do what's right. and of course all the volunteers who make a difference every day on aids walks, aids hotlines, delivering meals or working here in the grove. i could go on and on. but let me leave you with this. as henry wells said, we have accomplished much, as we do render good. perhaps in the not too distant future we can return here to the national aids memorial grove. we can return to this very spot and celebrate all that we did to stop h.i.v. and aids and celebrate a cure. we are not alone amidst these trees and in the warm embrace of this grove, together we have, we can, and we are making a difference. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, martin. as i conveyed in my remarks a few minutes ago, were it not for the courageous leadership and the risk-taking ability of the community that we live in, the city

we have another -- a number of proclamations that was received from senator feinstein and boxer and other offices. a couple of other people we do have with you. michael sweet is with us and sheriff ross mirkarimi is with us. let's give them around of applause. hansothis is a membership organization. open to any -- anyone. ms. kelly spoke to in her remarks. you wrote him to join us. there is information about the society and refreshments. please join us in the light court. thank you for making this a wonderful kick off. let's give naomi kelly a round of applause again. thank you. [applause] thank you all very much. ♪ >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredien

so thank you very much. >> thanks very much, senator feinstein. we could have done it without you. thanks for your testimony. i'm personally very supportive of your aims with the data breach proposal, and i look forward to working with you, as you say, the others have bills, to see if we can find a way to include that in this proposal when it comes to the floor. floor. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> have a good rest of the day. and now, madam secretary i hate to break up a conversation between the current secretary and the first secretary, but -- we almost had the trifecta of the three secretaries of the department of homeland security here today. secretary chertoff wanted to testify, had a previous commitment, and has i will say filed his statement for the record, stronger in support of the legislation. secretary napolitano, thanks very much for being here, for all the work and you and people in department have done to help us come to this point with this bill. we welcome your testimony now. >> well, thank you chairman lieberman, ranking member co