she wrote and e-mail to senator diane feinstein, and before i knew it, the offices of senator feinstein were working on this. i know we have a representative from diane feinstein's office. could you raise your hand? where are you? [applause] thank you so much. within two days we had a letter from senator feinstein that was sent to the shanghai office of foreign owe fares urging their support and expediting the paperwork. now with this very official letter, we worked with the vice counsel of the chinese consulate and of the shrank high -- shanghai office of foreign affairs, and the director of the asian arts music and his director. we refer to mrs. yang of the shanghai cultural association. i want to say that the shanghai team and others finalized the paperwork, obtained the customs cleernls, not with a moment to spare. we had already missed two boats. this was the last boat in order for us to make this dedication. with that, with the mayor's future and schedule, who knew if we would ever get this gathering together. we are really pleased that it all worked out. i had a terrific professi

senator feinstein, you have a great delegation. they know what it takes to put people to work. the economic recovery plan, which our department got $40 billion, now we are going around the country making these kinds of announcements. we would not be here today if it was not for their courageous votes. we are grateful to them. let's thank them for what they did, putting americans to work. we would not be talking about high speed rail -- people who have been to europe, asia have ridden high-speed rail, they come back to america and ask, how come we do not have that here? because we never made the investment. this year, we have a million times more money than we have ever had invested, thanks to president obama's vision to connect us with high-speed rail. that is his vision. and it is also vice-president biden's vision. that money had -- would not have been in there if the president, chief of staff, others, said that we need a high speed system in america. this year, we will have $2.5 billion additionally. i have no doubt you will be competing for that, here in san francisco, and

but i digress -- senator feinstein, my partner in all of these great things, congressman miller, my buddy, a friend -- i do not know how many times john burton wrote us about this, but we thank you for your persistence on this. let me just take a moment to thank the person that i have called one of the greatest secretaries of transportation, is not the greatest -- ray lahood. you need to know about this man. he knows i feel this way about him. when you called ray, you cannot make small talk, you just get to the point. he knew about this because i remember i was with him when we were announcing another grant. he said, don't worry, i know about the transbay terminal. in other words, you do not need to talk to me about it again. he is a hero to me because he showed that we can work across party lines. lord knows that we need to come up particularly in times like these. i want to thank one more group of people and then i will sit down. i want to thank the people in the state of california who voted for nearly $10 billion in state funds to support high speed rail. that is why our state is so g

feinstein. feinstein said she thought jerry brown did well, but she wasn't completely happy with the way things turned out. >> i was impressed by some of it. i candidly thought that the time should have been enforced more equally. i felt jerry really didn't get his fair share of the time, and she managed to push past that red light and wasn't stopped. that's good for her, but it's not necessarily good to keep things on an unequal balance. >> here what people are saying about meg whitman on nbcbayarea.com. >>> let's have some health news now. what was now be good to you? we're talking about jogging. and you consult your doctor. >> i did have to watch, you know, how far i ran. i had to make sure there were some porta pottys along the way. >> doctors say pregnant women should stay physically fit, but most important, they're testifying to. . most are turpg on line to find everything from flee medication to papers. some are selling pro-forma players. 60% approve a fet. that's spn a year just on educa

it is very exciting to work with speaker pelosi, senator boxer, senator feinstein on these huge projects. we have always believed california is on the cutting edge. being here in this great city with this great leadership is once again the proof that we are on the cutting edge. thank you for the vision of the transportation secretary as well for recognizing that. [applause] >> thank you. now it is with great pleasure that i introduce senator barbara boxer, who from the beginning, has worked on the transbay project. a forceful advocate for families, children, consumers, the environment, and state of california, barbara boxer became a u.s. senator in 1993 after 10 years of service in the house of representatives. elected to a third term in 2004, she received more than 6.9 million votes, the highest total for any senate candidate in history. a liter on environmental protection, she is the first woman to chair the u.s. senate's environmental and public works committee. she advocates forcefully for clean air and water and the fight against global warming. in addition, senator boxer also serve

>> this is not a question that has come up for us in the feinstein case. the fact involved in rent control ordinance and in that case, the mayor had an interest in some of the properties. where the mayor owns five properties and a conflict that is such that they are voting that this can be passed. we know what the point of view is on the operation of the will of necessity notwithstanding their being a conflict. that is what we look to for guidance and that is not something that comes up on a daily or a yearly basis. >> what i'm trying to understand is that if it interpretation is such that no matter how severe the conflict is that there will of necessity allows the exercise of the veto without consideration. is that what you're saying? >> based on the backs in this case, we are satisfied. >> there might be a situation where different facts and conflict would lead to a mayor in not being able to exercise that? >> i read this case to spleen with the rule of necessity cents and the facts that outlines. i cannot it impact what the court might be faced with and

she was telling the audience she and feinstein would work better together than feinstein and boxer. >> on a host of issues i'm sure we'll be very productive cheegs and i was looking forward to working with her. >> after commenting on polls she said the only one that matters is next tuesday. >> so much is taken for granted in this election. the responsible thing is that someone feels no. i don't have to vote tuesday. >> turn out is going to decide the race. california has many more registered democrats, 13% more. but what republicans have this time around is momentum. in contra costa county, a higher percentage of republicans are returning their mail in ballots and leading democrats there by 4%. >> and we have a lot more news to cover for you coming up tonight. part two of an abc 7 news i team investigation. dan noyes goes on an $8 million pot raid telling us why so many get away. >> with california money problems far from over, leaders of the state court system vote to increase the pay of00s of bureaucrats. >> you've heard of banks foreclosing on homeowners, homeowners are foreclosing

vein, i would also like to thank acknowledge our congressional delegation, speaker pelosi, senator feinstein, senator boxer, congressman miller. [applause] is through their hard work and their contribution that we have been able to get to this day and have a successful transbay project. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. now, it gives me great pleasure to welcome the mayor of san francisco. mayor newsom has led the way in creating jobs and stimulating the city put the economic growth. under his leadership, san francisco has become a hub for clean technology, renewable energy, and green development. during his tenure, development progressed through the planning stages to the start of construction. we thank our mayor for his strong support of the project and for all his guidance. >> thank you all. welcome. a small crowd for san francisco. this is rather extraordinary. that did all the thank you's. god forbid that i repeat every single name he mentioned. we have another six or seven speakers coming up. but i do want to get to the banks after it was not long ago, and it is in dista

included't is an insert on letters from dianne feinstein, both as mayor and u.s. and letter from the former deputy director+q. we sent the executive director of rda nsthis letter, august 8, 1990. here are someç excerpts for yor edification. on may 9, 1984, mayor feinstein wrote to the@ v@Ñsupervisor and mayor, i havea long history with the redevelopment plan and agree that the particular side has always been considered set aside for recreational and o. space." january 24, senator, she wrote to gerald green, then director francisco planning department, "as a former mayor, i have long history with the redevelopment, and concur y,with those who believe this space was intended for recreation and open spaceteÑ." for the port to some its nose to groups and residents along the corridor is notgrñ only irresponsible, but borders on true arrogance -- for the port to0mñ thumb its nose. it is not toot and recognize the serious concerns of your neighbors. we encourage=c you to do so. commissioner fong: thank you. i have never crossed the street golden gateway center. 'd

speaker nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein have stepped up in ways that you cannot fully appreciate until you are really out there and you know the story. they have done everything to leverage this with their colleagues. they have done everything to make this happen. again, a big round of applause for those two for their work. [applause] now, it is my privilege to introduce a number of supervisors. supervisor maxwell first. no one has lived through this -- the good, the bad, every election, the naysayers. all the folks who i thought were arguing for the status quo. i always save the windshield is a lot bigger than the rearview mirror. she was always looking out, as opposed to looking back. i want to congratulate supervisor maxwell. no one is filled with more pride and more fulfillment. no one deserves to be than supervisor maxwell. [applause] supervisor maxwell: thank you. thank you. thank you. let me just say that all that belongs to the community as well. yes, this has been a long time coming, but it has been worth all the time it took to get us here. along the way, what have we done? w

i got calls from her and from congresswoman feinstein. they have asked me to say that they are here in spirit, even though they have to stay in washington, poor things. [laughter] this is on behalf of speaker policy. thank you, louise. speaker policy was heartbroken when she learned she would not be able to be in town for the celebration, but she did ask me to bring a few words from her. she asked me to say we did it. congratulations. thank you, louise. louise had been talking to the speaker for how many years before she was speaker? it is an exciting day. she asked me to share a few words with you. dear friends, this is indeed a historic day. the commemorate the opening of the new laguna honda hospital and rehabilitation center, which is the most modern, green, and technologically sophisticated hospital of its kind in the united states. thank you to dianne feinstein, who made it a priority, and to the city attorney who championed and continues to champion this project. many thanks are owed two majors -- to mayors jordan, brown, and newso

cochrane, nicole rivera representing nancy pelosi, we have a representative from the office of dianne feinstein, a representative from jackie spear. we also had a couple of other elected officials such as bill king, the district attorney. i want to acknowledge that we have supervisor avalos, mura karimi, campos. >> let's give them a round of applause. [applause] >> we have the general counsel of ireland, germany, hungary, the russian federation, also mexico. [applause] >> also the consul of gillette -- chile and peru. [applause] >> i would like to call-up the mayor's deputy chief of staff. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] i want to welcome all of you here. [speaking spanish] hopefully you are enjoying yourself. i am here on behalf of mayor newsom. -- newsom. september and october are important times for us. this allows us to celebrate our culture and show the rest of the community here in san francisco what makes us so special. this is a great opportunity for all of us and many of you have exciting events happening. we are glad to have you with us tonight. i have that great opportunity to prese

senator is to go to the office of dianne feinstein and work with her to get the water turned back on in our central valley. >> reporter: earlier this week, feinstein who is boxer's campaign chair, joined her to tour a solar energy manufacturing plant in san jose. boxer took issue with fiorina's claim she will buck her party. >> we have tracked every single one of her positions on every single bill since she became a senate candidate. she has not supported anything different than the republican leadership. >> reporter: and feinstein dismissed any doubts about whom she refers to work with. >> this is the candidate i support. i wouldn't be chair of her campaign unless i was 100% convinced that she is a fine united states senator for this state. e the election hasn't taken place. i believe this is the senator that's going to be reelected, and i believe that i will work hopefully with barbara for the next six years. >> reporter: feinstein is not the only prominent democrat who has been campaigning for boxer. both the president and first lady have been in california this past week. >> ther

valley and senator feinstein is the chair of boxer's campaign. finally if you would like to seat interviews in their entirety, go to www.abc7.com. >> president obama boarded air force one after raising more than $1.8 million. the president is in the middle of a four day campaign swing hoping to boost the fortunes for democrats in tough races. he appeared at a campaign rally at the university of southern california in los angeles on behalf of brown and boxer. the latest abc news poll shows the race is tightening up. republican meg whitman took her campaign to silicon valley t-shirt shop with mayor michael bloomberg. she says he is one of best examples of a successful business career to step into service. >> all the candidates are talking about the economy. 23 states reported a drop in the unemployment rates but california was not one of them. our jobless rate held steady at 12.4%. job markets remain weak throughout the country. the good news the number of bay area jobs grew last month by 3800 in marin, san francisco and san mateo counties, 3900 in

this week, she got support from michelle obama and even dianne feinstein. but even feinstein, when asked about democrats' prospect of keeping control of congress said -- >> i don't know. >> reporter: candida arguing th arguing that point, in final face-to-face debates. and in increasingly negative political ads, aimed at voters who are already lining up several deep in early voting states. >> i think it's probably one of the most important midterm elections in the last 100 years. >> we don't have the convenience of not caring anymore. >> reporter: on that "daily show" appearance, president obama said, if given the chance to do something over, he would change his 2008 campaign slogan to, yes, we can. but it's not going to happen overnight. vinita? >> serious side of the president last night. emily schmidt reporting from washington. thank you. >>> the president will be back on the campaign trail again tomorrow, on a swing through five states, where democrats are locked in some very tight races. >> he will focus on courting black voters, hoping they will turn

this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk about the significance of that? -- we see that one of the heads of the buddha is your face. >> i started doing public art almost 10 years ago. what i want to express this as an extension of my our practice. this is an accumulation of my own experience as a performance artist. >> we see that the scale is very important. we have seen other works where a limb of this culture is on the floor but everything is very big and large scale. wha

also senator feinstein has confirmed that boxer was on board with feinstein plan to move more water to the central valley. not surprisingly feinstein is the chair woman of pwoshtion's reelection campaign. if you would like to see the interview with boxer and carly in the entirety go to receive news.com click on the politic page. the this is abc 7 news. >>> and much more on our web site from both candidates. >>> to news from over seas for a few moment. united states is giving pakistan 2 billion dollars in military aid that is to help combat militant and assist in the war in afghanistan. 5 year panel but still must be approved by congress. >>> cholera epidemic spreading through haiti. 200 people are dead and 2000 others are sick. it is feared the outbreak could reach the tent cap in the capitol of port-au-prince where hundreds of thousands of survivrs of the january earthquake are still living. it could spread very rapidly if that happens. >> after days of protest, the french senate has approved a bill raising the retirement age to 62 years of age from 60 where it is now. measure is expe

of california to file treason complaints against 15 members of the 111th congress, including dianne feinstein, all of whom voted for the use of force in october 2002, which authorized the president to use force against me or anybody he wants as he determines necessary and created a dictatorship in the white house. you are all under oath to prevent the mass murder of people without due process, which is what an undeclared war is. you are under oath to defend the fifth amendment. you are under oath to prevent unreasonable seizures without due process. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. let me ask if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment. seeing none, at this time, general public comment is closed. if we could now move to our 3:30 special commendation. the first will be offered by supervisor daly. supervisor daly: thank you. bruce has called his team a group of characters, podcasts, and misfits, and i think that is part of the appeal and part of why san franciscans have rallied around our giants -- characters, outcasts, adnd misfits. but today,

this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oak

. >> today, feinstein made a campaign stop with feinstein with barbara boxer. solar panel company after expanding with federal money and tax breaks as part of the stimulus bill. that bill that carly fiorina has called a failure. all for boxer is leading her challenger by eight points in the latest poll, the political newcomer just got a new shot by the national senate republican by $3 million from more advertising. and, now she says that she is going to have our own party. >> today, a recent theory an ad was criticized by barbara boxer the issue is ready to go up against republican party when it is wrong. >> she is not supported anything different than the republican leadership. >> and she refused a similar claim the boxer herself is " bitterly partisan ". 500 pieces of legislation and live past tell . and mine have been an active and almost everyone of them has gone with the republicans. >> a sthere is no secret that she is in a difficult race. >> and more mud slinging predicted between now and the election. kron 4. maureen kelly. ♪ >> a live look of the cem

senator feinstein and boxer has been a great. the president said he would sign the extension of the bill. it is just pretty damning that we have a program that is creating private-sector jobs, creating a real opportunity, giving people a real opportunity, and a costs for many folks less