california congresswoman jackie speier is sharing her me too story. hear why she is coming out about sexual harassment in congress. ( will ) good morning i'm will tran..( terisa ) and i'm teriisa estacio. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (james)mostly clear and cool with coastal fog and morning temps in the 50s. that's how we're waking up on friday. coastal communities will feel the cool down beginning today. the inland valleys will have to wait a little longer. look for mid to upper 80s inland this afternoon, with low 80s by the bay. at the coast temps will only get into the low 70s. sunny & mild weather continues this weekend. as for next week, halloween looks dry with possible rain next weekend. sunrise in san francisco is at 7:30 am. sunset is at 6:16 pm. don't forget you can always get the latest no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( terisa ) our top story this morning... bay area congresswoman jackie speier becomes the first member of the house of representatives to publicall

. >( terisa ) california congresswoman jackie speier is sharing her "me too" story. hear why she's coming out about sexual harassment in congress. ( terisa ) good morning i'm terisa estacio. and i'm will tran. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (will) breaking news this morning... arson investigators are working to determine what caused a massive fire at a k-f-c in san jose. it happened around 4-30 this morning at the k-f-c on cropley avenue. a kron4 viewer sent us this video through our "report it" app. you can see just how big the flames were when firefighters arrived. one witness on the scene says they saw a person throw something at the restaurant before the fire started. the cause of the fire has not been determined. no one was in the restaurant at the time and there are no inju

. >>> from our live desk this morning bay area congresswoman jackie speier is sharing her me too story this morning. and in a tweet this morning she said she was attacked when she was a congressional staffer, and she remembers the fear and shame. take a listen, and i do want to warn you, it's tough to here. >> i was working as a congressional staffer. the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. so i know what it's like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. >> and this morning speier has tweeted a lot but one of the ones i want to point out to you here, many of us have a me too story because congress has been a hostile work place for far too long. it must stop. it is time for #metoocongress. >> jessica, thank you for the update. >>> students at seven oakland schools are being exposed to elevated levels of lead in the water. the chronicle reports at some of the temporary sites of glenview elementary lead levels four times were found. other schools are lead levels exceeding recommendation are burckhalter elementary, joaquin miller elementary, broo

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. >>> plus, representative jackie speier reveals a 35-year-old secret her personal story of sexual assault on capitol hill. ♪ that one. this. that one. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome back. it is 7:10 on your saturday morning. taking a live look outside at the bay bridge from pier 7 along the embarcadero in san francisco. clouds, some marine layer covering the bay there, nothing surprising, but a nice return to some cooler temperatures, vianey arana will be along in just a bit with even cooler temperatures for tomorrow. >>> well, he went into beast mode at his alma mater, hitting the field with high school football players from oakland tech. this video of suspended running back marshawn lynch went viral and that's when trouble followed, trouble for the schools and the players and potentially the high school football coach who was not at last night's game. cheryl heard has the story. >> reporter: marshawn lynch is known to attend games to cheer his old high school on. on the sidelines of this homecoming match-up. if he was there, he didn't want to be seen. that's not unusual. what got lynch noticed e

bay area congresswoman jackie speier sharing her story, her me too story, amid the harvey weinstein scandal. a lot of victims of sexual abuse and harassment as well speaking out on social media using their platform on social media to ebbs pose their stories including high-profile women like speier. in a tweet this morning she says she was attacked as a congressional staffer, and she remembers the fear and shame. and take a listen here. a warning, though, it is tough to hear. >> i was working as a congressional staffer. the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. so i know what it's like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. >> and speier has been sending out a series of tweets this morning, one of them here says many of us have a me too story because congress has been a hostile work place for far too long. it must stop. it is time for #metoo congress. >> it still has legs. thank you so much, jessica. >>> students are being exposed to lead in water. at the temporary site of glenn view elementary, they are four times. others are burckhalter, fruitvale

now a starting revelation by jackie speier. she is sharing her own story of sexual misconduct that she was aville of on capitol hill. >> live in the newsroom. >> you know, it was congresswoman speier who in 2014 introduced a bill to make sexual harassment training mandatory in the house of representatives. it never materialized. so today, with these allegations, it is clear that speier is pushing a new movement. >> like so many of you, i have a me too story to share. >> it was a videotaped account of what congresswoman jackie speers said happened when she was an aide to then representative leo ryan in the late 1970s. the man she is accusing it was former chief of staff, g.w., who was around 50 at the time. she was in her mid 20s. >> the chief of staff held my face, kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> the #me too and stories of sexual misconduct have been shared by thousands of people following the allegations against harvey weinstein. speier is using the #me too congress and encouraging others in congress to step for

>> reporter: today, congresswoman jackie speier saying, me, too, when she was a capitol hill aide. >> the chief of staff held my face, kissed me and stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: now, several powerful men across many industries have resigned, been fired or suspended following allegations of sexual harassment. celebrity chef john besh leaving his restaurant group. nbc news political analyst mark halprain, off the air accused of lewd conduct while at abc news. some of the numbers are staggering. weinstein's accusers top 65 and more than 300 women accuse james toback of harassment, which he denies. and tonight more questions about the public behavior of former president george h.b. bush. a fourth woman says he grabbed her behind during a 2006 photo shoot. as more women tell their stories, advocates in detroit hope for real change. >> i'm thinking that finally that women will not be afraid to let someone know what's happening to them. >> you know, lester, tonight women are finding strength and power in the number of people coming forward with their stories. and they want men

going to capitol hill, congressman jackie speier saying it's also a toxic place there with regards to sexual harassment. how can we expect policy changes here with regard to sexual harassment in the workplace, when it's happening in the very place that we need change to come from? how can we trust the process? >> oh, well -- well, you can't trust the process. and i can tell you being an attorney who has filed a lot of sexual harassment cases that it's getting worse. it's not getting better. in fact, the last couple of complaints that i filed actually were so graphic that i had to put warning labels on them. so, part of this is, yes, it's part of the culture, whether it's d.c., hollywood, or corporate america. we have a public safety issue, i think, for women. men are not getting in trouble. it's confidentiality agreements, not warning any of the other women, whetherd.c. d.c. is known as a good old boys network. hollywood, the casting couch is not a term we just recently learned about. so, the policy has to stop with, obviously, a fiduciary duty, a duty to start protecting women and no

. >>> now when the house held a moment of silence today representative jackie speier defiantly wakd out the california congresswoman had long pushed to close loop holes in gun control laws. . >> where do most people buy them now? online for us not to do something as simple as that suggests to me that the nra runs this building. >> congresswoman speier also a survivor of a shooting massacre in 1978 as a congressional aid he was shot five times outside of jones town. she says until congress gets guts gun laws won't be dressed. >>. people from all over the country are doing what they can go to help victims. including a gofundme page. it's reached more than $2 million. that money will be used for relief and financial aid or the victims and families. if you're interested in donating we have posted the information t-nbcbayarea.com.hich is at and we have heard so many horrible things about the hanous crime and seen so many stories of people helping out. this is one way those removed from it can help out and try to ease their pain just a little. >> right people want to do something. this gofund

. >> reporter: california's jackie speier says her "me too" story happened on capitol hill, but in the 1970s when she was a low- level staffer. >> the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. >> reporter: the five-term congresswoman argues the same "boys club" culture exists today ocause congress operates, literally, by its own set of rules. a law passed in 1995 requires congressional victims of sexual harassment or misconduct to undergo 30 days of counseling, then a 30-day mediation period before they can pursue a hearing or a lawsuit. settlements, when they happen, are paid not by members or their offices but by a special u.s. treasury fund. unlike most federal workers, lawmakers and their aides are not required to get sexual harassment training. >> do i use salty language? yup. >> reporter: in recent years, new york's eric massa, and florida's mark foley were forced out for sexual misconduct. in 2015, texas congressman blake farenthold settled a harassment lawsuit brought by a former aide. but some female lawmakers believe the problem runs much deepe

. >>> jackie speier sending a me, too, story this morning. she was attacked as a congressional staffer and remembers the fear and shame. take a listen and a warning, this is tough to hear. >> i was working as a congressional staffer. the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. so i know what it's like to keep these things hidden. deep down inside. >> and this morning, she also tweeted "many of us have a me too story because congress has been a hostile workplace for far too long. it must stop. it's time for #metoocongress." we are catching up with representative as she travels to tennessee today, we're going to have more later on abc 7 news. >>> this morning b.a.r.t. cracked down on people looking for a free ride, a focus enforcement at four east bay stations. see them on this map. fruitvale, coliseum, east oakland and lake merritt. officers issued 25 citations and arrested one person. matt keller joins us at the warm springs b.a.r.t. station with what is coming soon. matt? >> reporter: fare evaders are a big

california congresswoman jackie speier dman being changes in washington. her attack happened as a congressional aid decade ago. she told the story in a one minute video on twitter. >> i was working a as a congressional staffer. the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and steak his tongue in my mouth. so i know what it's like to keep these thing hidden. >> representative speiers says it's time to expos the behavior and top it from happening. she says current rules discourage reporting. she is browsing sexual harassment legislation for workers oh on capitol hill. >> >>> back to breakingnous we've been following the fire in the east residential neighborhood. the chopper remains over the scene. we have two crews on the ground level and of course the chopper, east san jose near the raging waters water park. also also near via vista elementary school. started about an hour ago. you can see the thick plume in the air. still thick and heavy black meaning a lot of things continue to burn on the property. it started in the backyard of a property. we saw a lot of

california congresswoman jackie speier saying there should be a #metoocongress added to the list, speaking out on capitol hill, describing her personal experience with sexual assault as a young staffer and urging other women on the hill to share their own stories. >> i know what it's like years later to remember that rush of humiliation and anger. you know what, many of us in congress know what it's like because congress has been a breeding ground for hostile work environment for far too long. >> the congresswoman says the protocols in congress when it comes to sexual harassment are a joke and introducing legislation because sexual harassment training is not mandatory and congress has its own law dictating how to handle complaints. >>> we move on and we are watching the scene unfolding in spain at this hour in the region of catalonia. the parliament voting to create an independent state, thousands taking to the streets to celebrate. spanish lawmakers giving the central government extraordinary powers to stop the secession. late today the prime minister firing the government and ordered new

like this: 2 people were killed when this greyhound bus overturned on u-s >>> jackie speier is launching an effort to prevent more scenes like this. two people were killed when this greyhound bus overturned on u.s. 101 in san jose last year. passengers say the driver dozed off. she is now proposing the driver fatigue prevention act which would extend federal overtime provisions to cover long haul bus drives. the san mateo democrat says: she says if companies are required to pay overtime, they will be much less likely to overwork their drivers. >>> a piedmont high school teacher is on leave amid allegations of inappropriate behavior towards students. history teacher mark cowherd was first put on leave last month. accusers claim he touched students inappropriately, sent inappropriate text messages, and drank alcohol in front of students and made sexual comments. despite that, the piedmont unified school district allowed him back in the classroom in late september after a first suspension. wednesday parents demanded that the district remove him from campus. the "bay area news group" also re

congresswoman jackie speier is looking to co-sponsor protections starting with unlimited access to your credit report. >> so you access your credit report any time you want for free, to a dispute process whereby you can more simply and easily dispute something on your credit report. a credit freeze that is free and simple to request. >> reporter: the idea of a free credit freeze is getting a lot of attention at the state level too. california state senator jerry hill is drafting a bill to give free credit freezes to californians whose information has been breached. so instead of paying $10 to each of the three credit reporting agencies, consumers would pay nothing at all. hill is expecting a lot of pushback. why? money. >> if you're over 65, you can lock your credit for free. if you're under 65, you can't. if 34 people people freeze it, that's $744 million those credit companies could lose. if you pay the $30 to get out, that's another $744 million. we're talking about a billion and a half of revenue that could be on the line here. >> reporter: senator hill says it is simply the right t

. >> had congresswoman jackie speier opens up her story. >>> the bay area city sfwurng a hot spot for car burglaries. why one officer is pointing fingers at sacramento. >> plus accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i'm tom steyer, and like you, i'm a citizen who knows it's up to us to do something. it's why i'm funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right. our coun

. >> reporter: california congressman jackie speier launching me too congress, urging lawmakers and staff to speak out by sharing their story. >> i know what it's like to keep these things hidden, to lie awake in bed at night wondering if i was the one who had done something wrong. >> reporter: she is not alone. senator claire mccaskill says as a young state legislator, she asked an older male colleague for help. his advice? >> he said, did you bring your kneepads? i do think he was joking. but it was shocking that he would make that joke to a colleague. >> reporter: a recent survey found that 40% of female congressional staffers cite sexual harassment as a problem on capitol hill. one in six female aides said though experienced sexual harassment in their offices. unlike many workplaces, on the hill there is no mandatory sexual harassment training. to file a complaint, victims must go through counseling, mediation and a cooling off period before filing a legal claim. all while working in the very same environment where the alleged harassment took place. allegations of workplace sexual abu

. >>> speaking out after decades of keeping it hidden, jackie speier is seeing me too, sharing a story of unwanted encounters as she says she was forced to do as a young staffer in congress. nbc bay area's kris sanchez joins us live in studio. remarkable words coming from her. >> right. laura, in the one-minute video we posted on youtube, or she posted this morning, speier detailed her moment which she called a me too congress moment which she says a man in power put his tongue down her throat, her words. here's speier appearing in san francisco back in august. we couldn't talk to the congresswoman today, because she's on a plane, but in her narrative, speier said congress has been a breeding ground for hostile work environments for far too long. >> like so many of you, i have a me too story to share. i was working as a congressional staffer. the chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. so i know what it's like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. i know what it's like to lie awake in bed at night wondering if i was the one who had done somethi

representative jackie speier and sfo's airport director both sent letters saying it would be misleading. >>> it could cost you more to enjoy the splendor of yosemite. the national park service is considering increasing the cost of a weekly vehicle pass by more than 100% to $70. fee increases are also proposed for 16 other parks, including sequoia, kings canyon, and joshua tree. the money will help restore and renovate those parks. if approved, the increases would be in effect during the park's busy season from may through september. >>> well, how would you like to see this on your morning commute? a two-foot-long python. >> how it was >>> took down a would-be bank robber in pennsylvania, literally. take a look. surveillance video shows robert sakosi tackling the man last week. you can see the men. they struggle. sakoski can be seen throwing the guy to the ground. he throws the bag across the room and takes the gun. the suspec ends up running out the door. he told police which direction the man went. he was later found and arrested. >> boy, that's something. >>> during a recent morning c

. >> reporter: california congresswoman jackie speier launching me too congress urging lawmakers and staffers to speak out by sharing her own story. >> so i know what it's like to keep these hidden deep down inside. i know what it's like to lie awake in bed at night wondering if i was the one who had done something wrong. >> reporter: she is not alone. senator claire mccaskill says as a young state legislator, she asked an older male colleague for help. his advice? >> he said, well, did you bring your kneepads? i do think he was joking, but it was shocking that he would make that joke to a colleague. >> reporter: a recent survey found that 40% of female congressional staffers cite sexual harassment as a problem on capitol hill. one in six female aides said they experience sexual harassment in their offices. but unlike many workplaces, on the hill there is no mandatory sexual harassment training. to file a complaint, victims must go through counseling, mediation and a cooling off period before filing a legal claim. all while working in the very same environment where the alleged haras

we saw your colleague, congresswoman jackie speier share her own story. she called capitol hill a breeding ground for a hostile work environment for far too the long. two questions. have you witnessed this during your tenure? and what difference will your legislation make? >> one of the things i found through my experience in private sector. being an equal employment opportunity investigator. where i investigated claims of sexual harassment is that you have to set a tone. you have to establish a benchmark of zero tolerance. we're making sexual harassment training optional, then, what are we saying as an organization? we require all federal employees, it's mandatory. but on the hill and the capitol, it's optional. so this is the first step of setting the tone of zero tolerance for sexual harassment. there are some people who actually believe that, what i'm doing is okay. what the training does is says, it's not okay. that you, if you feel like you have been sexually harassed, you do have a process to go through. one of the things my colleagues, congresswom

(vicki) bay area congresswoman jackie speier becomes the first member of the house of representatives to publicly share her story of sexual assault. the congresswoman took to twitter sharing a story about being attacked by a congressional staffer. she posted this video online sharing her story. <"i was working as a congressional staffer - the chief of staff held my face, kissed my face and stuck his tongue in my mouth so i know what it's like to keep these things hidden deep down inside.">(vicki) congresswoman speier who represents the peninsula... says she is sharing her story as a part of the "me too" campaign. it is a campaign started after hollywood director harvey weinstein was accused of years of sexual misconduct. <"there is nothing to fear in telling the truth and its time to pull back the curtain on the repulse behavior that until now has thrived in the dark without consequences. the time is now.">(vicki) now the congresswoman is urging other members of congress to come forward and share her their stories. (vicki) coming up... contaminants found in popular food for infants. a

jackie speier about her time as an aid on capitol hill. >> the chief of staff hel my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. so i know what it's like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. >> reporter: at the women's convention in detroit, cheers for the silence being broken. >> you wonder what will it take for men in power to take this seriously, to remember it's your mother, it's your daughter, it's your sister. enough is enough. >> reporter: a message corporate america seems to be getting. powerful men across the spectrum resigning or being fired or suspended after accusations of harassment including celebrity chef john besh leaving his restaurant group. mark halperin off the air accused of lude conduct when he worked for abc news. this morning more questions about the public behavior of former president george h.w. bush. a fourth woman says he groped her during a 2006 photo shoot. embarrassment and worse as more and more women speak up to demand change. >> you attack her. you attack all of us. >> reporter: for today ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >> time for a

. >>> a shocking video confession by jackie speier. she says she was a victim of sexual harassment. she says it growing me, too movement inspired her to speak out. another update coming up in a half hour. join us for midday news at 11:00. have a great morning. university students in the bay area with second thoughts about the night before. vending machines on more california campuses selling the )morning after pill ). when you join us monday morning >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, more questions than answers. >>> it's a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma. >> why are thousands of pages still locked away? >>> plus, sisterhood on today. >> torgether we make a whole. >>> this morning we're sitting down with our own sisters. ♪ >>> and feel-good friday. rachel platten joins us to belt out her chart topping hits. ♪ >>> what are you celebrating? >> my 16th birthday! >> what are you guys ready for? >> rachel platten! ♪ this is my fight song, take back my life song, prove i'm all right song ♪ >> hey, mom. thanks for the rachel platten tickets. ♪ >>> good morning, ever