. >> we want to bring in a representative jackie spear who is at the u.s. capitol building at the time of the insurrection. good evening, representative spear, thank you so much for taking time to to meet with you know, we we saw it all go down on live television. many, many thousands of miles away. but you are you are right there it it. what >> in your experience? i mean, all these days later sticks out in your mind. >> i was one of the 28 members that was sitting in the gallery waiting for california is call to be made and when the the lieutenant in the a capitol. police stood up at that at the diocese and said the capital has been breached. it was like someone had just told me that there's been a death in the family. i couldn't believe it. and then we were told to pick up these gas masks that were located under our seats and crawl across the perimeter, the chamber and get to the other side. and then we were told a taker member pins off and to life left lie down flat and i saw these. plainclothes officers put a piece, a large furniture up against the door

joining us is jackie spear. it's great to have you on. >> how are you? kristen: doing just great. today, president biden just wrapped up that news conference. he admitted he has not accomplished as much as he would've liked on social spending, voting rights, he calls himself an optimist. do you think he is optimistic? are you optimistic? >> can be saved. it needs to be fashioned differently in order to get the requisite number of votes in the senate. it's important to realize we have a razor thin majority in the senate. anyone senator can become king or queen because their vote is so critical to passing legislation. we have seen affair of the amount of that from senator's mansion and cinema over the last few months. but, in terms of build back better, where we would provide childcare that was going to be no more than 7% of the income of any one family, where we would have universal pre-k, those elements could be saved. it's important to save them because we have seen 1.3 million women leave the workforce since covid, the lowest number of participation in the workforce since 1988.

you can see jackie spear right there. we'll bring you details on the remarks on kron. 4 news at 3. 3 teens are in custody in connection to a deadly shooting reported in san francisco on new year's eve. san francisco police say that a 24 year-old man from oregon was killed after getting shot on cornwall street. that is in the city's richmond district. investigators say a 15 year-old and 2.17, year-olds from richmond shot the victim while robbing his car and puppy. police say that they arrested the teens yesterday recovered the victim's car. and dog. a california lawmaker is proposing a 4 day workweek. congressman mark takano from riverside is introducing a measure that would require employees to be paid over time. that after working 32 hours in a single week, economists bill has yet to be voted on in congress, but it was recently endorsed by the powerful congressional progressive caucus. all eyes in los angeles. all eyes here as well. because if you plan to like sit outside and socially distance, you want to know what the

as congresswoman jackie spears pointed out today, not just the big ones. >> we are talking about the bridges in our communities that crossover creeks. here in san mateo county alone, there are 20 bridges that are deemed to be deficient. >> that means they were built back when there was a lot less traffic. in all, more than 1500 california bridges will benefit from those federal funds. california's a to receive a total of $4.2 billion over the next 5 years for infrastructure improvements. >>> a big move on the horizon in san francisco. tonight, sephora confirmed it's moving its headquarters into salesforce east, where it will occupy several floors. it leaves room for growth. in the meantime, look at the beautiful nighttime sky. a beautiful day on tap. >>> and know he's on the horizon. high pressure is still in the control of the weather. generally, it means a stagnant air mass. the way this is arranged, it helped to squeeze the atmosphere over the bay area today and produce somewhat gusty offshore wind. it was strong enough, even at low elevations, that it helped to stir the atmospher

ama: earlier congresswoman jackie spear held a town hall. how long were we in the fight. >> that was horrible. it straight. >> ama: congresswoman spirit was herself in the capitol building when the instruction -- insurrection occurred. she joins us in the morning. tune in at 6:00 a.m.. dan: california's top doctor says next month's super bowl will go on as scheduled at savoy stadium. >> [indiscernible] in contact with the nfl to make sure strategies are put in place to ensure people can enjoy this important event while making sure we put things in place that allow covid mitigation. dan: dr. galli says that means everyone in attendance needs to wear a well fitting mask that stays on for most of the game. then nfl is reportedly looking at at&t stadium in dallas as a backup in case the situation gets worse in southern california. ama: the omicron variant is throwing award shows into a state of chaos. the sundance film festival has canceled its plans for an in person event in utah. the grammy awards his delayed at show indefinitely. the golden g

dan: congresswoman jackie spear came to san diego to talk transportation but we asked about the major ppe mistake she uncovered. she called the troubling but to remember the county has been a leader in drive-through testing, vaccinations and boosters. >> we need to keep in mind that san mateo county has been at the forefront and we have one of the highest levels of vaccination rates in the country. and that is all good news for all of us. dan: our story about the ppe was something the event center ceo did not want you to see. why is all the stuff going to waste? >> can you stop filming? dan: no, i work at channel 7. i need to ask questions. the county manager told me he didn't know they were sitting out there for months. >> it is clearly a mistake by the county. i'm ultimately responsible for the county so i take full response ability. dan: today he has learned event center staff moved all that ppe outside to accommodate the software as a service annual conference september 27 through the 29th. he does not know why the supplies were not moved back inside but he's hiring an independent

congresswoman jackie spear and peninsula transportation officials say they plan to aggressively pursue funds to repair 20 san mateo county bridges deemed to be deficient. that means the spans have maintenance concerns but don't necessarily pose a safety risk. she says they will also work to get funding for the highway 92 and 101 interchange improvement project as well as the highway 101 woodside road interchange, serves the redwood city port, google campus, stanford clinics, and kaiser hospital. >> getting that particular interchange improved is truly lifesaving and life delivering. larry: and takes a while. according to jackie speier, the interchange has been on the list to be improved since 1988. ama: after the introduction news conference, a hands-on lesson on how to drive a transit bus from the driver of the year. the congresswoman did not take the bus out for a spend, but she learned how things work. larry: that would be fun. right? assuming everybody else got out of the way. [laughter] we are going to get a check of the weather. ama: at least i have an idea of what is going to ha

she was joined by representative jackie spear and anna eshoo during their visit. the congresswoman talked about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from the bill. that money will go to improvements at the harvey milk terminal and for environmental upgrades. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> congresswoman speer said today she hopes some of the money will go to reducing noise for people who live near sfo. >> a california lawmaker is proposing a four-day workweek. congressman mark takano for riverside is introducing a measure that would require employees to be paid overtime after working 32 hours in a single week. the connellsville has yet to be voted on in congress, but it was recently endorsed by the powerful congressional progressive caucus. southwest airlines is planning to bring back alcohol service on his flights starting in the spring. >> the airlin

congresswoman jackie spear hosted a virtual town hall with police officers who were on duty that day. to michael. >> and that's to community now they're being lot of people come forward mission that he going to not much has changed since january 6, 2021. >> and we still have politicians. they engage in the same insightful, violent rhetoric. >> and in many ways they've doubled down. >> thursday marks one year since the attack on the first anniversary, there will be several day of remembrance in action. rallies nationwide calling for those responsible for the insurrection to be held accountable and for elected leaders to protect voting rights in the country. we stand for democracy. is organizing a vigil in san mateo elections should mean something and especially if they're run she strode get says least 300 people have our acp to the walnut creek event. the intention is first to condemn. >> the assault on our democracies and second to take this opportunity to to remember those who lost their lives, everyone who was harmed, everyone who is betrayed has been betrayed. san francisco will ha

ama: earlier congresswoman jackie spear held a town hall. how long were we in the fight. >> that was horrible. it straight. >> ama: congresswoman spirit was herself in the capitol building when the instruction -- insurrection occurred. she joins us in the morning. tune in at 6:00 a.m.. dan: california's top doctor says next month's super bowl will go on as scheduled at savoy stadium. >> [indiscernible] in contact with the nfl to make sure strategies are put in place to ensure people can enjoy this important event while making sure we put things in place that allow covid mitigation. dan: dr. galli says that means everyone in attendance needs to wear a well fitting mask that stays on for most of the game. then nfl is reportedly looking at at&t stadium in dallas as a backup in case the situation gets worse in southern california. ama: the omicron variant is throwing award shows into a state of chaos. the sundance film festival has canceled its plans for an in person event in utah. the grammy awards his delayed at show indefinitely. the golden g

dan: congresswoman jackie spear came to san diego to talk transportation but we asked about the major ppe mistake she uncovered. she called the troubling but to remember the county has been a leader in drive-through testing, vaccinations and boosters. >> we need to keep in mind that san mateo county has been at the forefront and we have one of the highest levels of vaccination rates in the country. and that is all good news for all of us. dan: our story about the ppe was something the event center ceo did not want you to see. why is all the stuff going to waste? >> can you stop filming? dan: no, i work at channel 7. i need to ask questions. the county manager told me he didn't know they were sitting out there for months. >> it is clearly a mistake by the county. i'm ultimately responsible for the county so i take full response ability. dan: today he has learned event center staff moved all that ppe outside to accommodate the software as a service annual conference september 27 through the 29th. he does not know why the supplies were not moved back inside but he's hiring an independent

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talking about money for local infrastructure projects to she was joined by bay area representative jackie spear and issue. >> during their visit, the congresswoman will talk about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from that bill. that money will go to improvements at the harvey milk terminal and environmental upgrades. this big hole you see behind us. >> it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spear also said today that she hopes some of the money will go to reducing noise for the people who live near the airport. >> speaking of infrastructure, we have a traffic alert for you starting tonight. caltrans will be closing the sir francis drake boulevard exit on northbound highway one. 0 one in larkspur in marin county. the closure will last until 8 o'clock saturday morning crews will be doing what they call bridge structure work. it's part of ongoing construction projects along highway one between the gold

. >> congresswoman jackie spear is talking up the infrastructure act and said it will help ease traffic- congested freeways and pay for other projects on the peninsula. for the part, san bruno's mayor said that some of the money will go towards a bike and pedestrian connector near fashion island boulevard. >> if the projects built for the first time, the city of san mateo and foster sea will be connected with the dedicated separate bookway to the heyward park cal train station. >> they praised santrans for embracing green technology for the buses. the federal money is supposed to help move it closer to a zero emission free by 2038. >>> 6:13 is the time. still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, rapid deployment of services will force claims to take extra -- planes to take extra safety precautions during bad weather. >> and a quick leave look outside on this saturday morning. thank you for joining us. we'll be right back. . >>> welcome back. this is a live look in san jose right now. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. the time now is 6:16. >>> and this video of st

. >> she was joined by representatives jackie spear and anna eshoo during their visit. the congresswoman shared how 25 billion dollars allocated for airports nationwide as part of a bipartisan infrastructure bill could be used here as sofo will be getting up to 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from that bill. the money will go toward improvements to the harvey milk terminal and environmental upgrades for the airport. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spears said that she hopes some of the money will be used to help reduce noise for people living near the airport. now to russian president biden says he will move thousands of u.s. troops to eastern europe soon as tensions continue to rise with russia. >> the bipartisan group of house foreign affairs committee members went to ukraine to meet with ukrainian leaders. they also met with nato, the european union and their member states. ukraine shares a border with several nato allies and the military has mo

spear and at the issue during their visit, the congresswoman talked about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 5, 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from this. if a structure built that money will go to improvements at the harvey milk terminal as well as environmental upgrades. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative speer said today that she hopes some of the money we'll go to reducing noise for people living near the airport. dramatic video shows a snowplow causing damage to dozens of vehicles along the ohio turnpike. the plows going 70 miles an hour while throwing massive amounts of snow and ice on 2 oncoming traffic. this is sunday caused several vehicles to swerve and cause one to drive off the road. 50 vehicles were involved in 12 people had minor injuries. >> when you look at the photos you see you see a lot of damage to windshield, you know to, you know, the body damage of the vehicles and you're

she was joined by local representatives jackie spear. and as you during their visit, the congresswoman talked about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of that bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo will be getting 500 million dollars a year for 5 years. thanks to that bill. and that money will go to improvement, said the harvey milk terminal as well as environmental upgrades. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative speer said today she hopes some of the money we'll go to reducing noise for people who live near the airport. >> president biden said that he will move thousands of u.s. troops to eastern europe as soon as tensions continue to rise with russia. the bipartisan group of house foreign affairs committee members went to craig to meet with ukrainian leaders. they also met with nato, the european union and other member states, ukraine shares a border with other several nato allies and the military has more than

bay area congresswoman jackie spear also hosted a virtual town hall last night with police officers who are on duty the day of the insurrection. >> not much has changed since january 6, 2021. and we still have politicians that engage in the same insightful, violent rhetoric. and in many ways they've doubled down. >> congresswoman spear will be joining us tonight during kron. 4 news at 5 o'clock. make sure you tune in for that. they'll be asking her some questions about what she remembers from that day. how we move forward. and at 3.30, this afternoon, oakland representative barbara lee will be hosting a virtual round table discussion on the insurrection. we have links to that on our website. kron 4 dot com. in the san ramon valley. the school district is sending covid test kits home with students and kron four's. charles covert explains the process and the importance. >> well, this week, the san ramon valley unified school district received a shipment of 30,000 of these covid-19 tests from the state. there are 2 tests per box in the district is working as quickly as it can just days bef

congresswoman jackie spear hosted a virtual town hall with police officers who were on duty that day. to >> and that's to community to from now they're things. lot of people come forward provide information that he was going to not much has changed since january 6, 2021. >> and we still have politicians that engage in the same insightful violent rhetoric. >> and in many ways they've doubled down. >> thursday marks one year since the attack on the first anniversary. there will be several day of remembrance in action rallies nationwide calling for those responsible for the insurrection to be held accountable. and for elected leaders to protect voting rights in the country. we stand for democracy. is organizing a vigil in san mateo elections should mean something and especially if they're run she strode get says least 300 people have are a soupy to the walnut creek event. the intention is first to condemn. >> the assault on our democracies and second to take this opportunity to to remember those who lost their lives. everyone who was harmed. everyone who is the trade has been betrayed. s

spear who worked so hard bring the pieces together, and wanted to make sure there was engagement, but clearly negative that engagement with a webex resume, he does not like you turn on your webpage and then you cook dinner while it's running, it's a very different experience and also the capacity to have a wider audience and still be effective so i would encourage the office to continue to do that and wondering if, along these lines, the virtual environment, we have the capacity to do even more. how you selected topics doing educational topics for outreach and training someone the most popular ones the ones most in demand at this point. >> thank you for the question because we have often is after we do the training, we will ask people was the training and west subjects and topics would you like to see covered and that is something that we do know the after training we also but issues like complicit bias which we see more more of what we do that in the way that it is really helping to raise awareness of the staff of the interactions with one another and we all have our own ways of doin

spear, both among the leaders at an event today to mark a milestone for caltrain. it's the final installation of a foundation that will provide power for the electrified service. there are more than 3000 foundations along the 150 mile caltrain corridor. today the final foundations for a new modern 21st century climate friendly electrification of this system is what we're celebrating today. so this day is taking its place in caltrain history. and in washington senators dianne feinstein and alex padilla today called on the department of transportation to boost federal funding for the electrification project. and right now it's total cost is $2.4 billion. the electrified service is on track to begin running in 2024. bay area gets ready to welcome the year of the tiger coming up the symbols special meaning for the aapi community, getting hit with racist attacks and other challenges and see how people in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood will be able to take advantage. of free ♪ in the last thirteen years after having kids, we get so busy in our day to day live

congresswoman jackie spear hosted a virtual town hall with police officers who were on duty that day. to michael. >> and that's to community from now they're things. lot of people come forward provide information that he was going to not much has changed since january 6, 2021. >> and we still have it politicians that engage in the same insightful violent rhetoric. >> and in many ways the double down. >> thursday marks one year since the attack on the first anniversary. there will be several day of remembrance in action rallies nationwide calling for those responsible for the insurrection to be held accountable. and for elected leaders to protect voting rights in the country. we stand for democracy. is organizing a vigil in san mateo elections should mean something and especially if they're run fairly of east row. gat says least 300 people have are a soupy to the walnut creek event. the intention is first to condemn. >> the assault on our democracies and second to take this opportunity to to remember those who lost their lives. everyone who was harmed. everyone who is the trade has bee

i am very pleased now to recognize congresswoman jackie spear and era champion for a brief opening statement. thank you, chairwoman maloney for holding the first full committee hearing on equal rights amendment and over 40 years. i know that when it matter to our constitution it will be no small part thanks to your steadfast commitment and leadership in the hard work of so many of the heroes that are here to testify today. we are here today to acknowledge the truth. our country's founding was based exclusively on excluding women in the constitution. it was intentional. we were deprived of basic rights to vote, preventing most jobs and from owning most property. to this day we are paid less for our work, violated with impunity and discriminated. first introduced in congress in 1923. that is 98 years ago. we are here today because nearly a century later the constitution still does not guarantee gender equality. we are here today because 193 united nation countries, 165 of them have an equal rights amendment. the united states does not. country set up look to us to model the constitutions have

she was joined by representative jackie spear and anna eshoo yesterday during their visit. the congresswoman talked about the 25 billion dollars allocated for airports as part of the bipartisan infrastructure bill sfo is going to be getting 50 million dollars a year for 5 years from that bill. the money will go towards improvements at the harvey milk terminal as well as some environmental upgrades. >> this big hole you see behind us. it's 200, 50 million dollars that will the rest of the final phase of the harvey terminal. one. >> representative spears said she hopes some of the money will go to reducing noise for people who live nearby the airport. president biden says he will move thousands of u.s. troops to eastern europe soon as tensions continue to rise with russia. the bipartisan group of house foreign affairs committee members want to ukraine to meet with ukrainian leaders there. they also met with nato, the european union and other member states. ukraine shares a border with several other nato allies and the military has more than 8,000 troops at a heightened readin

i started my career working for jackie spear during her time working in san mateo and san francisco counties. i moved over to the mayor's office and served as deputy communications officer for gavin newsome for almost five years. for the bay area county and also went on to help jim and tom stier focused on children, families and climate change. and then in 2012, started my own public agency handling my own media strategies. my firm has worked on many of the largest projects in the bay area including the entitlement of chase center, super bowl 50. in 2010, i joined the juvenile probation commission upon leaving the mayor's office because of my experience working in his administration with with the san francisco juvenile system. since then, i've been reappointed to the commission by mayor lee and now mayor breed. i've served two terms as president. i've worked with three chiefs. now chief katie miller. in the twelve years that i've served on the commission, i've worked with my colleagues on the commission as well as the staff from over 150 youth when i first started on the commission to now ju

and congresswoman spear appreciate you taking the time i know. you were in the house gallery one year ago when that mob stormed into the capital, one of the most vivid memories you have of that day. and what does this anniversary mean to you? well alex. thank you for the opportunity to talk about this horrific anniversary. really? it's nothing but a sad sad day in our country. i was in the gallery. the officer came up to the diocese and said the capital has been breached and it was like someone had told me someone my family had died. i couldn't believe it. we were then told to pick up these gas mask and open them up and i was trembling. and then we were told to just crawl under the brass railings to get to the other side of the gallery were then told to life flat on the ground . take her member pins off. and i remember the gun shot in the speaker's gallery speaker's lobby go off and i just put my cheek to the floor and oh, my god, i'm going to die. and 43 years earlier, i had been on an airstrip in jonestown, guyana, with five bullet holes in me,

we have american trucking president and ceo chris spear. it is great to see you. we know this is an industry has been impacted by mandates. we're talking about new types of vaccines and more booster shots and things that many americans don't want to continue to do as we move forward into the third year of the pandemic. your thoughts on where we are now and how this is all impacted, not just trucking but then the trickle-down effect to american consumers? >> well, it is significant and you really have to blend good public health policy with the economics and that's where they're failing at the white house, not listening to the economic advisors. really public health officials that continue to prevail with the mandate theme. we just bounced a 100 employee or more mandate out of the supreme court 6-3 decision couple weeks ago. we warned them that was going to happen. they exceeded their jurisdiction but more importantly with respect to our industry and industries like it, mandating your way out of this is not a healthy balance between economic policy. it is going to

. >> congresswoman jackie spore is talking up the -- jackie spear is talking up the infrastructure act and said it will ease high schools and pay for other projects on the peninsula. for his part, san bruno's mayor said some of the money will go toward a bicycle and pedestrian connector near fashion island boulevard. >> and if this project is about the for the first time, the sea of san mateo and city of foster city will be connected with a dedicate side know rat bikeway to the heyward park cal train station. >> and they praised san traps for embracing green technology. and the federal money is supposed to help it by 2038. >> and time now is 7:12. and still ahead on kpix 5, streaming on cbsn bay area, a deployment of new wireless serves will force planes to tack extra safety precautions during bad weather. speed limit and a quick live look outside. the sun is up on on this saturday morning. we'll be right back. - hi mommy! - hi honey! oh i missed you! you just want to video call the kids. ok. ♪ hush little baby...♪ ♪...don't say a word...♪ but if slow upload speeds turn your go