. >> this week on "to the contrary" california's senator barbara boxer versus carly fiorina. then, for the first time, more women earned doctoral degrees than men. hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to "to the contrary," a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. senate seat. this week, tea party candidates pulled off surprising wins in state primaries with the biggest win going to christine o'donnell in the delaware senate race. sarah palin's endorsement loomed large on tuesday. some say the real test of palin's political sway will be in california, where republican candidate carly fiorina hopes to unseat three-term democratic senator barbara boxer. we asked boxer and fiorina to square off in separate interviews, responding to the same questions. true to form, they don't even agree on whether today's women have achieved parity. >> when have always been equal. equally good. equally bad. and we deserve our chance. so i'm glad the republican party has turned to their women. it's good. >> obviously not yet. it is still true that in too many industries women s

welcome to the debate between state senator barbara boxer and her challenger, carly fiorina. before welcoming the candidates, let me introduce to you the journalists who will be asking tonight's questions. carla marenucci is the chronicle political reporter. scott chasey is of the report. and pilar is with the law. we'll also be taking some questions from ktvu viewers. now, it's time to introduce the candidates. please welcome senator barbara boxer and carly fiorina. [ applause ] >> thank you both for joining us. democrat barbara boxer is a three-term united states senator. she has served in the senate

democrat barbara boxer is a three-term united states senator. she'd served in the senate since 1993, before that, she served in the house of representatives for 10 years. republican carly fiorina is running for elected office for the first time. her background is in business. thank you both for joining us tonight. let's get started. before tonight's debate, your campaign participated in a coin toss to see who will answer first. you won but chose for fiorina to go first. you have 90 seconds. >> please, call my carly. thank you for letting us into your homes this evening. you know, i have lived the american dream. i started out like most americans do in a small business. i typed, i filed, i answered the phones for a little 9- person company about an hour from where we are tonight. my husband started out driving a tow truck for the city of pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and i am running for public office now because i, like so many of you think our country is headed in the wrong direction and think the american dream is too hard for our generation. we'r

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out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >>> high pressure sending temperatures soaring near the trim digits today it will be hotter tomorrow. where we will see the hotter temperatures coming up. >>> it's nice having people putting their money where their mouth is. >>> the tea party bringing its politics to the bay area. what they see as the priority in the weeks ahead for the november election. >>> this something you expect to see out of the back of the bus? >> ,no, especially not a big yellow school bus. >>> good evening ann notarangelo. the scorcher of the weekend, and it's not over yet. property longed heat wave has prompted a third bad air day in a row, but there's no free ride on mass transit to start the workweek. we will get the latest on the heat wave. >> reporter: heat is okay, but after several days it can wear on you. 99 degrees today. 964 in concord. 97-degrees in santa rosa. on the coastline, we had fog early on with cool temperatures and tomorrow, less sea breeze. livermoore could hit the triple digits. san francisco, probably a little

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out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. reality. drastic cuts to bay area mass transit. the >>> months of threats now a reality. drastic cuts to bay area mass transit. the neighborhoods hit the hardest. >>> a dad trying to protect his daughter or a police officer flexing his muscle? what happened before the camera started rolling? >>> it's like a bad episode of glee. the cheerleading coach accused of stealing thousands of dollars from her own squad to pay for a trip to vegas. >>> it would be impossible if everyone in the state was hooked up every day to smoke all the marijuana being produced in california. >> so where does that marijuana go? a cbs exclusive that helped make california the biggest exporter in the world. >>> good luck gets around the bay area because a couple of hours ago, the ax fell. and it fell hard. drastic cuts to mass transit. the biggest cuts we have seen. linda yee on the people that will be effected. >> reporter: these are the people stranded on weekends. the bus lines that go through most neighborhoods will

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senator barbara boxer. [applause] >> thank you. if i did not have this box, honest to god, i would not be able to see anybody. i have to update that biography. we have been married 48 years, but who is counting? i also have a granddaughter. thank you so much for the introduction. looking at the people on the stage, i think half of you have been in my office, in washington, speaking to me in detail about the need to move forward on high-speed rail and this transbay terminal. here we are, 2017, we are going to see the grand central station of the west. i am so proud of that. [applause] i have to say, as we all focus so hard on creating jobs, this transbay transit center project is, quite simply, a bullet train for job creation. the first phase has 48,000 jobs. 48,000 families will have that security. the entire project will employ 125,000 californians. it is so important in these tough times to get behind projects like these, that are so necessary, and produce so many jobs. and the center will be so much more than a transit hub, as m

senator barbara boxer. [applause] >> thank you. if i did not have this box, honest to god, i would not be able to see anybody. i have to update that biography. we have been married 48 years, but who is counting? i also have a granddaughter. thank you so much for the introduction. looking at the people on the stage, i think half of you have been in my office, in washington, speaking to me in detail about the need to move forward on high-speed rail and this transbay terminal. here we are, 2017, we are going to see the grand central station of the west. i am so proud of that. [applause] i have to say, as we all focus

that's what barbara boxer is doing. she agrees that the vast majority of crimes committed with the gun are committed by criminals who have broken laws to acquire their gun. so let us prosecute those laws, let us prosecute those criminals. let us not deny law-abiding citizens their constitutional rights. and instead give constitutional rights to terrorists as senator boxer would like to do. >> it's hard to know where to start. if you're on the no-fly list, only a few thoutz. if your sister wanted a gun, they would look and see she could have that, if, in fact, she live in california, she'd have to go to the local sheriff. but it seems to me as someone who authored a bill with a republican colleagues that became the law that says pilots who are trained have a right to carry a gun in the cockpit. because there's so much concern by the pilots that they be able to take action. that's where you want to have a gun on the airplane. not giving it to people who are on the terrorist watchlist. when i saw my opponent say that, i wa

senator barbara boxer. [applause] >> thank you. if i did not

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barbara boxer doesn't scare me a bit. it can't be that only easy.ñr >> no, i mean -- many things in life aren't easy. it doesn't mean they're not worthwhile things to do. although, i must say, now sometimes when i look back on those pictures, i think, holy cow, it really was short. >> reporter: and if you needed further proof how clearly their staking out the two sides, carly fiorina has had sarah palin's endorsement. and barack obama has been campaigning at barbara boxer's side. >> president obama has come out twice for me. he's so gracious to do that. sarah palin has endorsed very strongly my opponent carly fiorina. i think it says a lot. >> i'm very proud of sarah >> reporter: like to see her as president? >> oh, who knows, you know? you know me, diane, we've talked before. what you know about me, i am focused on the job at hand. barbara boxer knows she's going to have the race of her life. >> another of the fascinating races this campaign season. >>> and still ahead on "world news," another southern california town s

barbara boxer is promising numbers and jobs now. when she voted for that stimulus bill that has manifestly failed, she said that it would bring help and hope and 400,000 jobs to this state. and we now have 2.3 million people out of work. and as for fiscal discipline, why is it that she has voted six times against a balanced budget amendment, including during president clinton's time? why is it she has voted six times to increase the debt ceiling in the last 20 months alone? and why is it that she has voted four times against a relatively modest, bipartisan proposal, to slow the rate of increase in federal government spending to 1.5%. her record is crystal clear. >> time is up again. pilar. you have the next question. >> yes. and it's for ms. fiorina. your campaign put out an ad sometime ago, that seemed to equate global warming with the weather. you have also said that ab32, the anti-global warming measure in california is a job killer and should be suspended. there is a proposition now, prop 23, that would two just that. -- do just

yes. >> why is barbara boxer, nobody really thought barbara boxer would be in trouble. why is she in trouble? >> because the people of california figured out issues this this election are jobs and out of control government spending. barbara boxer's policy, she's an ultraliberal left wing, and destroyed jobs in california never met a spending bill she didn't love unless it's body armor for troops in iraq and afghanistan. that, she voted against. extended family leave for troops. she votes against the military, high taxes and high regulation n california people can see consek kenss -- consequence autos 23 county was unemployment. >> those numbers don't include people that gave up looking for underemployed. the number brings it up to 17% and 18%. it's interesting. democratic hierarchy, how many times has the president been -- . >> twice, twice. michelle obama is coming out to help a struggling candidate. joe biden has been in. barney frank has been in. and why do you think that -- is that the evidence, all evidence you need she knows she's in trouble with this campaign? i

>> barbara boxer said the stimulus bill worked. the only truck is our unemployment rate was 10.2% when the stimulus bill passed it is now 12.4%. so it clearly failed. this election is gonna be decided in california as it is across the nation by swing voters. when you talk to swing voters in california when you poll them, 78% believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. people have figured this out. >> sean: i don't know if you saw the town hall with barack obama the other day. one guy, we just played it. the is the american dream dead? another woman who actually i interviewed on my radio show, is this our new reality? she said my husband and i used to joke about it -- >> i hear it every day i met a woman at a tea party. she came up to me and took my hand in hers and she said i have never voted before. i'm voting for you, because i'm afraid for my children's future. >> sean: every kid now in america, when they are born, $42,000 in the republicans today came out with their pledge to america. we just went over with it karl rov

between carly fiorina and incumbent barbara boxer. there you see the real clear politics average, with boxer holding a lead. take a listen to the back and forth. >> the people are going to judge would they rather have me there who worked all these years to make their lives better, fighting for jobs or my opponent when she had the chance laid off 30,000 workers and shipped their jobs to china and india? >> this is a senator who loves government spending. and higher taxes. that's just her record in brief. >> she has been completely ineffective for the people of california. that's why her own hometown pape "the san francisco chronicle" refused to endorse her. >> bret: neil, what do you think of that race? >> this is a surprise to see this race so tight, so much so that they will roll out michelle obama to fundraise for barbara boxer. you think about clinton in a year it's full of personal attack and seeming to shape up to be the year of strong female candidates. i think california is certainly an example of that. >> bret: steve? >> it's

to barbara boxer as well, who has proven it is not just words that create jobs, but follow- through. it is about the leadership and the extension of past mayors, the good work of george miller, all the folks that that in four dimensions. let me conclude by saying that at the end of the day, all of that matters a lot come but it is simply not enough. the only way to cross the finish line, the only reason that we will be back here in 2017 completing -- celebrating its completion, it is all because there was a member of the congress to ended up becoming the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. her faith to this project, we are really celebrating her and her delegation. there is a guy with a hat on behind me. mike represents the building traders there is a lot of reason to be happy about what this project represents, but now more than ever, the job it -- the issue is jobs. that is also what we are celebrating. tens of thousands of jobs that will begin anew with the demolition and reconstruction. and that is something to celebrate. thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you, mr. may

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carly fiorina and barbara boxer went back and forth. mark matthews with more on the candidate's first and likely only debate. >> outside saint mary's college, they waived signs and shouted for the candidate of their choice, the majority supporters of carly fiorina. she teed off on barbara boxer in her opening statement. >> her long track record in washington, d.c. is consistent and clear. the results of her policies are did ef vas stating for the state. >> she attacked her six years as ceo of hewlett-packard. >> who made her name as a ceo in hewlett-packard laying thousands and thousands of workers off, shipping their jobs overseas and making no sacrifice while she was doing it and taking $100 million. >> she defended her tenure saying in the 21st century any job can go anywhere. and she promoted jobs at home. >> i proposed a two-year tax holiday for every small business that will hire an unemployed. worker. i proposed the tax holidays for businesses that willow indicate here. >> while fee rena talked tax cuts, barbara boxer talked gove

and with senator barbara boxer, lt. governor, abel maldonado and trying to get more information of this. hopefully when it these people will be able to return to their homes. at the very least to grab more clothing. we do not know how long there will be to when there will be able to return to their homes. and according to the attorney general, perhaps even as early as yesterday or this morning a. however, the city of san bruno is not giving any promises because that area where the explosion took place and the surrounding area. there still is treating it as a crime scene. and until police check that off and say that it is okay. there will not be able to return, on escorted, until probably today, tomorrow, and will find out about 40 minutes. >> off for will tran we took some of that video can you give us a sense of the pursley, your reaction of but you weren't seeing as you're going to the area-personally-- >> . and pretty quiet. it feels like a ghost town. you would expect people, especially on the weekend to move about

. ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law is keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy. to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer, and i approve this message... because i want to see the words made in america again. has filed lawsuits against city of bell leaders. the eight >>> the california attorney general's office has filed lawsuits against the city of bell leaders. the eight former and current leaders are accused of fraud, conspiracy and wasting taxpayers' money. so today attorney general jerry brown said the civil lawsuits demand the city officials return hundreds of thousands of dollars in the inflated salaries they gave themselves. bell has some of the highest paid official in the country, while one in six people lives th

you can see barbara boxer. she fought to get our veterans the first full combat care center in california. her after school law's keeping a million kids off the street and out of gangs. and she's fighting every day to create new jobs. boxer: i'm working to make california the leader in clean energy, to jump-start our small businesses with tax credits and loans, to create thousands more california jobs. i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message because i want to see the words "made in america" again. >>> our coverage of the san bruno fire continues in half an hour. at 6:00 what are the chances of this happening your neighborhood? we're going to identify two bay area pipelines that are most at risk. >> we have possibly several blocks on fire. >> dan noyes reports on chaos at ground zero. and a faulty information that founded first responders. >> and hope you can join us then. oprah giving away trips to australia. to every member of her 300 member audience. and celebrity guests included john travolta and don jo

the coverage of the debate between barbara boxer and carly fiorina continues at ktvu.com. you will find lengthier experts. >>> we're finding out more about the gunman who burst into the discovery channel headquarters yesterday. it's reported he talked to the network producer as he was holding three people person -- hostage. >> we knew something was going on. >> the gunman identified as james lee reportedly had some issues with some programs like kate plus 8. he says it promoted population growth. police eventually shot and killed lee. he's described as a homeless man, used to be here in california and police arrested all of the hostages following a four-hour standoff. right now ben ber bernanke is testifying before a panel about how to prevent another financial meltdown. these are live pictures of him right no. he's telling the crisis inquiry commission that if large institutions are a threat to the financial system they should be shut down before they trigger a crisis situation. and that bail -- and that bailouts are not the solution. the fed is discussing this. >>> teach

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out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >>> the man who hired meg whit man to run ebay said he likely would not vote more whitman if he still lived in california. he told bloomberg news that he thinks whitman makes good management decisions but he disagrees with her stances on social issues, mainly prop 8 and immigration. >>> the white house says mrs. obama will be making at least nine political appearances in six states, including california. she is scheduled to arrive in san francisco on october 25. the campaign for senator barbara boxer. >>> apparently she can't turn back time. cher is leaving las vegas, calling it quits after 200 shows, over-the-top kcostumes ad elaborate productions. the last show is set for february 5. ticket for her final run of shows starting january 11 will go on sale saturday. >> goodbye to another diva. >> she still does it for me. sdp >> she's pretty good, isn't she? >> is mayor nistrom stepping down? oh, you're saying rookie of the year. pull up the tarp. governor posey tohe t rescue. no, the sharks back in town? we

out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. f-d-a hearings began today.... >>> a different kind of fish may soon be on the menu. fda hearings begin today on genetically engineered salmon. dr. kim mulvilhill shows us some local scientists and environmentalists and local fishermen have serious concerns. >> reporter: for foody, the ferry building marketplace in san francisco is heaven. what is for sale here is fresh, local and sustainable. >> have you heard about genetically engineered salmon? >> what better place to protest what some are calling franken fish. a genetically engineered salmon the fda is poised to soon approve for sale. >> we're asking people to call president obama to sign petitions and really send the word to the fda and president obama that genetically engineered salmon has no business in our marketplace. >> the fish is an atlantic salmon that scientists have tweaked to contain snips of dna or genes from other fish. and the genes speed up growth and get the salmon to market more quickly. >> we can get a fish egg

out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. good evening everybody, the giants with a half-game lead and working for colorado you haven't heard of come he will tonight. he was great sitting down. meanwhile tam had a perfect game through five periods here is pad perot right now to six innings the giants with the couple had seven strikeouts and then sitting down at eric young as were waiting walking up here. the rockers just scored its 10 colorado. the giants seeing if they can stretch out a little bit there. how good is stanford football a good indication comes tomorrow at no danger of vernon glenn reports. >> averaging 52 points per game, and be to they will be on a national stage. at 12:30 p.m. game saturday at notre dame. that's 3:30 p.m. eastern the entire country will get to see jim high-powered attack led by quarterback interlock at the average is expense. >> or excited to go to south bend its historic place its a cradle football noted game it would be an honor to play there were no what's going to be a tough crowd but wit

out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. >>> home video tonight captures a deadly mud slide in colombia. at least 30 people are believed to have been killed in this slide. it happened as people were trying to switch buses, because of an earlier slide, which had blocked the road. heavy rain in recent weeks has led to deadly floods there as well. >>> in central mexico, heavy rain caused a hillside to collapse on sleeping residents in a small rural community. tonight rescue crews are digging through debris near the town. five people are confirmed dead, at least eight are missing. some reports claim more than 100 people are unaccounted for tonight. a collapsed bridge blocked roads and heavy rain are hampering rescue operations. >>> to the economy now. it appears the financial crisis has more couples holding up on saying "i do." back in 2000, 57% of adults say they tied the knot. experts say the economic downturn may be causing more young adults to resist making long-term commit also as they struggle to find work. speaking of work, it will hire about 4

they say that barbara boxer was on her game. but carly fiorina looked senatorial. reporting live, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, cheryl. >>> the candidates for governor will also face off before the november election. tom brokaw will moderate a debate between meg whitman and jerry brown on october 12th. the debate will be aired live here on nbcbayarea.com. >>> arrested at school. a pittsburg teacher yanked from his classroom suspected of downloading thousands of porn images of children. the 26-year-old is a teacher at an elementary school. contra costa sheriff's deputies arrested him after receiving a tip and raiding his home. there they say they found computers and hard drives filled with child porn. birsch was booked in the martinez detention facility with a $60,000 bail. >> it seems like with two kids, you're always overflowing with clothes. >> saving bay area families a bundle. the new company that promises free clothes and a way to clean up that clutter forever. >>> but first tonight, taking a major step towards peace in the middle east. why

out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. palo alto is temporarily banning >>> got some popular hiking trails in the bay area that are now off limits to dogs. palo alto's temporarily banning dogs from visiting trails along the western edge of the pearson arastradero preserve. several owners report a coyote bark, howling and nipping at their dogs. we caught this on camera in the area yesterday. one man says the coyote came right at him a few weeks ago but he was able to scare it away. >> and then it started coming towards me and i'm like whoa, this is not good. >> i like 'em and they have a right to be here. and they should be left alone when they need their privacy. it's a young one. >> that's what rangers say they are doing. this is the second ban on dogs this year. no word how long it will last. since there have been no actual attacks, the rangers plan to leave the coyotes alone. >>> countdown is on to the opening of the bay area's first- ever freeway express lane. kickoff celebration held this morning in fremont leading to

it is the only televised debate between senator barbara boxer and her opponent carly fiorina, a live report coming up. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon. we begin with several new developments in a bizarre killing spree across three bay area cities. at this point five people are confirmed dead, including the suspect, who was killed by police after a high speed chase last night. >>> two women reported missing a week ago have also turned up dead. the son of an elderly victim, found dead several days ago, is still missing. >>> there are several locations involved in this case, in hercules, richmond and vallejo, the atf is investigating a house full of potentially explosive chemicals that lead to the evacuation of neighbors this morning. we have team coverage on this complex and developing story. kraig debro will have more on the suspect but we begin with claudine wong. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori, yes, members of the atf or still out here and they could be out here for quite a while. they are

out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. ♪[ music ] >> who would have thought the ukelele would ever be that popular. they got together to try to set the new guiness book of world records. britain holds the record but even if the record wasn't broken hundreds of fans of all ages had a great time. all we need is a ukelele umbrella drink and is shade. >> that is the call for tomorrow. another hot one around the bay area. probably even a little hotter outside than it was today in spots. get out toward the coastline, not bad at all. temperatures were soaring in a hurry. strong ridge high pressure overhead, many of those hovering near 100 degrees in some spots fire dangers not bad a real strong offshore flow not seeing those howling winds. hazy out towards ocean beach, lurking off the coastline a couple patches of fog as we head into the evening hours, looking good around the bay area, patchy fog toward the coastline and again pretty squash down to the surface you will see only a few hundred feet but thick down this as well inside the bay, clear and mil

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out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message. take part in a controversial >>> well, today santa clara county leaders decided they don't want to take part in a controversial federal program aimed at illegal immigrants. len ramirez on what today's decision means for law enforcement. >> reporter: information sharing particularly fingerprint data is crucial to law enforcement as they try and solve crimes. but in this case, santa clara county decided to opt out of a certain kind of information sharing program because of who the information is shared with. >>> reporter: when inmates are booked into santa clara county jail, what happens to their fingerprint information. >> i don't have to do this. i don't want to do this. >> reporter: the board of supervisors made it clear, voting unanimously that they don't want to make it available to federal agents. >> they are not going to get cooperation until they take up the task of creating a just immigration law. >> reporter: although the vote was cheered by immigrant rights groups -- >> that