senator feinstein: that will be fine. feinstein, ley: leahy,. congress in 1994 authorized the grant program that authorizes arrest to endorse pro- programs. recently, the office of violent against women began referring to the same program by a different name, improving criminal justice responses to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking grant program. could you explain the reason for the name change. i can tell you that the the crimes is part of the real vawa in a community manner so we are bringing in law enforcement, prosecutors and judges, which are not always easy enough to get to because of their busy dockets and some of the difficulty in running their day-to-day lives. however, through the icjr, we do provide education and training to all the components of the collaborative response. having implemented and presided over specialty courts, the courts are effective but you need the buy-in of the community. this is effective. senator grassley: does it promote the use of responses to domestic violence? nd if yes, and to

thank you, senator feinstein. we now have the opportunity to hear from the two senators from the floor, and we are sorry that you to be here under these circumstances. we will start with senator nelson. mr. chairman, thank you for the courtesy that i have to go to the commerce committee, and so after my statement, if you will excuse me, senator thune and i need to kick that committee meeting off momentarily. mr. chairman, madam ranking member, my fellow senators, we have had our fill of this in florida for the last two years. 49 souls lost at the pulse nightclub and five at the fort lauderdale airport with a rapid-fire handgun and now an ar-15 at the school. senator rubio and i have joined together as we have worked well together on so many other pieces of legislation that will affect this, things that are steps in the right direction and like what the florida legislature d did, and the significant three-day waiting period, but that is it. she is 21 and arming some school personnel and yes, getting at the bump sto

senator feinstein: would you sign this? president trump: so -- i'll tell you what, i'm going to give it a lot of consideration. and i'm the one bringing it up. and a lot of people don't even want to bring it up because they're afraid to bring it up. but you can't buy a handgun at 18, 19, or 20. you have to wait until you're 21. but you can buy the gun, the weapon used in this horrible shooting, at 18. you are going to decide -- the people in this room, pretty much, are going to decide. but i would give very serious thought to it. i can say that the nra is opposed to it. and i'm a fan of the nra. i mean, there's no bigger fan. i'm a big fan of the nra. they want to do it. these are great people. these are great patriots. they love our country. but that doesn't mean we have to agree on everything. it doesn't make sense that i have to wait until i'm 21 to get a handgun, but i can get this weapon at 18. i don't know. so i was just curious as to what you did in your bill. senator toomey: we didn't address it, mr. president, but

dianne feinstein has been through this before. in a similar televised-style meeting in the white house, she got the president to agree to a standalone daca bill before republicans and john kelly pulled donald trump away from that democratic position. senator feinstein is not naive, she knows what is likely to happen. but she also knows it is a senator's job to never give up, to never give up hope that there can be some progress, even minor progress. even in the age of trump. the job of senator done well is never easy. but in the age of trump, the job of being a democratic senator has never been more difficult. never. the easiest thing for democratic senators to do in the room with the president today would be to attack him, to show how much smarter they are than he is. but the democrats didn't do that, they chose professionalism over grandstanding. in the very slim hope that they might actually get donald trump to sign something, the slim hope that donald trump might force the republicans in the house and the senate to take a baby

biden and feinstein served together in the senate where feinstein's campaign points out the two worked together on the 1994 assault weapons ban. feinstein is facing a re-election challenge from state senator kevin de leone. latsest polling shows feinstein with a big lead. >>> bulldozers and dump trucks are trying to save part of the san francisco coastline damaged by chronic erosion. trucks are moving sand in ocean beach from the northern end to southern end. dump trucks will make about 1500 trips up and down the great highway to deposit that sand. expect delays in the area. >>> play ball. oakland a's fans are already tailgating at the coliseum eagerly awaiting for the home opener in a couple hours. there are high expectations for the team this season. and the ballpark itself has new features. abc7 news amy hollyfield is live at the coliseum with all the opening day excitement. amy? >> reporter: hi, kristen. you can see the work is already under way here on the field. players already out here getting some batting practice, but i can tell you where the party is going to be. that's in le

senator feinstein. senator feinstein: thanks very much, mr. chairman. this hearing comes on the one-month anniversary of the heinous attack at marjory stoneman douglas high school by a 19-year-old who legally purchased the weapon used. 14 high school students and three faculty members were shot to death that day. beingday their memory is honored by students and parents across the country, who are marching and reflecting during a 17-minute moment of silence. i want to begin by giving my deepest and sincerest condolences to each of the families and all of their loved ones, and to my two colleagues would be speaking shortly, senators nelson and rubio. i just had the opportunity, along with the chairman, to meet son.yan petty and his and all i could do was give them a big hug. it is a terrible thing about this. all you can do is give a victim a big hot. just this past saturday in my home state of california, the nation woke up to heartbreaking news of a gunman who took hostages in a military veterans home. the gunmen brutally gunned down home victims, each

now senator feinstein. >> thanks, mr. chairman. it's my understanding that you have 19 grants, four of them formula and 15 discretionary grants. on page two of your written statement, you describe what you essentially do, that you serve an average of 124,916 victims every month. i wanted to ask you about those victims. the 124,000, are these beatings? are they attacks? have you broken them down? what are they? what is the largest category? and how do you stop it from occurring again? >> what an excellent question. thank you so much, senator. and i wish i had a better response. i was going to try very hard not to bring this up, but i've been in the office for just about 60 days and every single detail, you know, ovw has such an amazing passionate staff. i'm sure they're sitting behind me right now with every number and trying to hold it up. i can't break it down in that way. i can tell you, though, that one of the great things about the office on violence against women and vawa is that we serve all victims. so we serve all domestic

dianne feinstein is still leading some 30 points in the polls. everyone in california obviously gets to vote. so i mean, does she actually lose? possibly not. but the bigger question is, the future direction of this party is in races that are not involving someone that's already run and won statewide like dianne feinstein has and has such name brand identity in the state. and that gives her an advantage. but it's the other coming races where it's looks as though the progressive movement is becoming -- paul: if feinstein loses, that's an earthquake. even if deleon comes close, that will have a big effect on the mentality of democrats in washington and certainly in the presidential race. >> yeah, that's right. as we have been discussing here, the division seems to be between what you might call heartland democrats, middle of the country, which are economic populists versus the coastland democrats. coastal democrats which i'm going to start calling los angeles -- >> gentry liberals. >> they are in gender, race, intersectionality -- that's in the art

now center to feinstein. >> thanks, mr. chairman. it's my understanding that you have 19 grants, four of them formula, and 15 discretionary grants. on page two of your written statement you describe what you essentially do, that you serve an average of 124,916 victims every month. i wanted to ask you about those victims. the 144,000, are these beatings? by the attacks? have you broken them down? what are they? what is the largest category, and how do you stop it from occurring again? >> what an excellent question. thank you so much, senator. and i wish i had a better response. i was going to try very hard not to bring this up, but i've been office for just about 60 days and every single detail, ovw has such an amazing, passionate staff. i'm sure they're sitting behind me right now with every number, you know, trying to hold it up. i can't break it down in that way. i can tell you though that one of their great things about the office on violence against women and vawa is that we serve all victims. and so we serve all domestic violenc

senator dianne feinstein in the upcoming june primary. it they discussed the primary and the future of the democratic party in california. this washington journal interview as part of c-span's 50 capitals tour. he is talking out of both sides of his mouth. host: we are going to have to leave it there and want to introduce you to the chair of the california democratic party. mr. bauman, i am sure you heard that call. i do not think lynn is one of your constituents. but how would you respond to her? guest: i would start off by saying of course she is one of my constituents. the california democratic party cares for every californian, not just in the credits. we believe california is the most welcoming place in america. we believe this is a place where people have the opportunity to have success, to have a good life, and to survive, thrive, and do well. individually, i understand people's complaints. but i will tell you that right now we have the lowest rate of uninsured californians ever in the history of this state, 4.4%. thriving.y is we

senator feinstein. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. informally, on the school shooting, i heard one student interviewed on cnn coming in this morning and it apparently happened at great mills high school which is a school 90 miles outside baltimore. the school had 1600 students in the best of my knowledge right now, three were injured to victims or students. no fatalities have been reported in the school is in lockdown. one of the things i've been pointing out is there are at least five of these every month. that has been happening since sandy hook. nobody has paid any attention to it. now, you are seeing what's happening across this country. you would think parkland would be the end for a while but it isn't. there's another one this morning. i think we have to come to grips with that and i think we have to come to grips with the weapons that create the most damage and getting them away from people who do this kind of thing. i don't know that we stop it any other way. with all the talk that's going on, the fact that in the short period

dianne feinstein: i do, mr. president. you probably know this, but i became mayor of san francisco as a product of the assassination. i've been the victim of terrorist groups. the department gave me a weapon. they taught me how to shoot it and we proceeded through the 1970's that way. what i've watched and seen is the development of weapons that i never thought would leave the battlefield, that are out on our streets. and the latest and newest, mr. chairman, is the ar-15. it's got a lot of assets to it and it's misused. and it tears apart a human body with a velocity. you with a velocity. and i watched the school shootings, in particular, which you pointed out. and i thought sandy hook -- and i'm delighted that sen. murphy is here today. we thought sandy hook would be the end. and he and i introduced another assault weapons bill after the first one. we didn't succeed with it. but the killings have gone on. the number of incidents have gone up. i put my case in writing, which i will give you, if i may, in letter form. presi

the positioning of dianne feinstein could be trouble for her. how close are you to donald trump? there's all kinds of plays. >> i don't know if this plays into primary politics. i am old enough to remember when one of the number one talking points against barack obama and hillary clinton and bill clinton was the democrats are going to come and illegally seize your goods. yesterday the president of the united states sat there and said seize the guns first. due process later. a republican president has gone further talking about illegally seizing firearms than any democratic president has. >> bret: mike, ten seconds. do something get done? >> it does but minimalist. the calculation is that whatever credit republicans would get for going further on guns than they have in the past, they would pay more of a price with their own people. it's going to be a couple things. nothing like what the president was talking about. they told him that around the table. they said "not this time." >> bret: that was 12 seconds. thank you, panel. when we come back, a first for firster ladies. including

dianne feinstein: i do, mr. president. you probably know this, but i became mayor of san francisco as a product of the assassination. in i've been the victim of terrorist groups. the department gave me a weapon. they taught me how to shoot it and we proceeded through the 1970's that way. what i've watched and seen is the development of weapons that i never thought would leave the battlefield, that are out on our streets. and the latest and newest, mr. chairman, is the ar-15. it's got a lot of assets to it and it's misused. and it tears apart a human body with a velocity. and i watched the school shootings, in particular, which you pointed out. and i thought sandy hook -- and i'm delighted that sen. murphy is here today. we thought sandy hook would be the end. and he and i introduced another assault weapons bill after the first one. we didn't succeed with it. but the killings have gone on. the number of incidents have gone up. i put my case in writing, which i will give you, if i may, in letter form. president trump: good.

dianne feinstein is still leading some 30 points in the polls. everyone in california obviously gets to vote. so i mean, does she actually lose? possibly not. but the bigger question is, the future direction of this party is in races that are not involving someone that's already run and won statewide like dianne feinstein has and has such name brand identity in the state. and that gives her an advantage. but it's the other coming races where it's looks as though the progressive movement is becoming -- paul: if feinstein loses, that's an earthquake. even if deleon comes close, that will have a big effect on the mentality of democrats in washington and certainly in the presidential race. >> yeah, that's right. as we have been discussing here, the division seems to be between what you might call heartland democrats, middle of the country, which are economic populists versus the coastland democrats. coastal democrats which i'm going to start calling los angeles -- >> gentry liberals. >> they are in gender, race, intersectionality -- that's in the art

but feinstein is absolutely essential to california. she is a leader in the congress. she's able to get things done. i cited one example of reservoir system in california. she's the go-to person, a person i have enormous respect for. she's going to win frankly. the democratic convention was dominated by very, very progressive element in california. but it does not reflect all of california. and in the primaries in california, it's cross-voting, democrats can vote for republicans, republicans can vote for feinstein. i guarantee there's an enormous number of republicans as well as democrats that will vote for feinstein, count me at the top of the list. >> dana: looks like a beautiful day out, there have a happy weekend. >> you too, happy easter to you. >> dana: it's friday, that means we have some time to do some weekend reading. "time" magazine has a story on how putin pay be winning personally how russia loses out. how local governments can protect date from hackers. just in time the guardian looks at some easter. >> digses around the world -- easter tradition is a rou

i respect senator feinstein's as ourent to service representative in washington. this is not personal. the values of a state that has changed dramatically and a court or century. this is about the issue of health care and making sure all businesses have access to quality health care. this is an issue of making solid investments for debt-free color -- college education for students settled with debt upon graduation, or those who take six or seven years to graduate, because of high costs. this is about comprehensive immigration reform and the young dreamers whose lives are in peril today because of this administration. i was say because of these perilous times for our nation, especially for a state like california, there is no time for conciliation, no time for patients and crossing our coulds, and wishing we have a good president. it is time for a solid debate. it is good to have choices. ultimately, the people in california will decide. you mentioned choices. california is essentially a one-party state -- governor, state senate, state assembly, all democratic. wha

why did you you decide to run against senator dianne feinstein? >> i believe that we are long overdue to have a debate on the values and the issues and the priorities that we as californians care about. i believe it is time to have a voice not on the sidelines, but on the front lines. and politicians are going to be prone to hyperbole whether on the right or the left or or points in between, but these are historic times, and very dangerous times in the nation. i believe that we need a strong voice to move the agenda, and improve the condition for all individuals regardless of who you are, and where you come from. >> if you want to participate in the conversation this morning, 748-8 748-80000 for residents in california and 8001 for any other residents. senator de leon is going to be our guest for the next 20 minutes or so. senator, has dianne feinstein not represented the state well in your view? >> well, let me say that i respect senator feinstein's commitment to service as the representative in washington. this is not personal. it is again about

well, the democratic party did not take a stance, and we have a great senator in dianne feinstein, and kevin dele own r party has not taken a position, i don't take a personal position, but i will work to to make sure that california is represented by a strong democrat in the united states government. >> is there a minor the ti in the wake? >> well, the media's favorite top sick to talk about the discord of the democratic party, but we had the convention and an incredible place to be and the amount of energy and positivity there, and all of the lead-in stories of the discord there would be, and there was not any. people battled over which candidate to support, but we were intense in preparing for r the election season. we believe that california is the big blue beacon of hope, nda we can elect democrats from one end to another, and figured out how to make it work here, and we will help the brothers and sissers in the neighboring states to have the same successes, because we have the luxury of doing that. >> eric baughman is a registered nurse and he spent -- >> wait a second. lett me b

dianne feinstein was the author of the assault weapons ban. there are tens of thousands of people walking the streets who would have been dead. we don't know who they are. but it happened. but unfortunately, they plucked holes in that legislation. we stand for universal background checks. we stand for assault weapons dealing with assault weapons. and we stand for protection orders. and those are the three issues and i talked to some students and some others who i've met that we are going to push and push and push until we get them done. because you inspire us but more importantly it's a necessity, a necessity in america, to try and deal with this. we will fight hard to do it.

perez: i did not speak to senator feinstein before the convention last week. i can't say i was surprised. if you look up and down the ticket, i don't think -- i'm not sure anybody get up to 50%. i think there is one candidate who may have gotten to 60%. in california, there's a spirited debate within the democratic party about where we should go on important issues. what to me is most important is that the end of the day and you have seen this in california and elsewhere, people have understood our number one goal and our number one and paradis goal is to take back our democracy. -- imperative goal is to take the our democracy. make sure this most dangerous president in american history is someone we are confronting and putting our values forward very clearly. james: in illinois there is another primary and spirited debate coming up the week after next. dan lipinski, democratic congressman from chicago board of -- vote for a 20 week abortion ban. he's a democrat. you are neutral in that race. is there a place for someone like dan lipinski in the emocratic part

i think if senator feinstein knew, she'd be doing it. one would think she'd get a boost from her support of gun control in light of recent events and give her a jump, but that's not really been the case. we'll have to see if anyone can capture those 29% and that's of likely voters, not just people staying home. she's got to wish she was in a different place at this point in the race. >> the other big race for governor, gavin newsom leads in the polls, but the other two candidates are running neck and neck. >> our poll shows gavin newsom taking 22% of the vote if the primary was held today followed by fellow democrat antonio villaraigosa, then john cox and chung. last week john cox was shown in second place and villaraigosa in third. they're both in the margin of error. if you're gavin newsom, you got to pray it's john cox. you want to run against a republican and it's easier to distinguish yourself there. >> antonio villaraigosa is probably the bigger name of those two. >> that's right. he's got that southern california name recognition

chairman. >> thank you, senator feinstein. we now have the opportunity to hear from the two senators from florida. we thank you very much for coming. we're sorry you have to be here under these circumstances. we'll start with senator nelson. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the courtesy. i have to go to the commerce committee, so after my statement, if you will excuse me, senator thune and i need to kick that committee meeting off momentarily. mr. chairman, madam ranking member, my fellow senators, we've had our fill of this in florida in the last two years. 49 souls lost at the pulse nightclub with a sig sauermcx, four at the ft. lauderdale airport with a rapid fire handgun and now an ar-15 at the school. senator rubio and i have joined together as we work well together on so many other pieces of legislation that will affect this, things that are steps in the right direction like what the florida legislature did, the most significant there, the three-day waiting period, but that's it. yes, age 21, yes, arming some school person

tom: i didn't speak to senator feinstein before the convention last week. i can't say i was surprised. actually, if you look up and down the ticket i don't think -- i'm not sure anybody got up to 60%. i think there's one candidate who may have gotten to 60%. and so what it reflects in california there is a spirited debate within the democratic party about where we should go on really important issues. but to me what's most important, at the end of the day, and you've seen this in california and elsewhere, people understood our number one goal and our number one imperative -- not goal but imperative -- is to take back our democracy and make sure this most dangerous president in american history is someone that we are confronting and putting our values forward clearly. james: in illinois there's another primary there, there is a spirited debate coming up the week after next. voted nski, democrat for 20-week abortion bans. a lot of women's groups mobilizing to stop him. he's a democrat. you're neutral in that race. is there a place for someone like dan lipinsk

. >> this past week tweeting about those other measures with picture of diane feinstein to allow federal courts to keep guns away from people deemed a threat to cells and others as we talk ahead of the weekend governor scott has signed legislation is that an impetus prohibiting the sale of guns to those under 21? >> that is very significant because florida traditionally is controlled by the republicans and resistant to any efforts of any gun control so the fact there was pressure after parkland shooting shows it is a movement really led from the students by parkland with rallies in florida and at the capital and it really made an impact on lawmakers who repeatedly talk about who the student are so energized they get them more motivated to do something. >> ahead of that rally on capitol hill march 23 deadline for the budget to be done for funding through september 30 fiscal year 2018 any roadblocks ahead? >> here we go again hard to keep track of how many resolution they have had this year we did have the shutdown earlier but the general thinking is they can get this done to loosen the ca

tell us what senator feinstein wants to see. what information does she want to find out. >> she wants information about gina haspel's time at the cia in the past. her role in overseeing some bush-era interrogation tactics. the fact she ran a quote/unquote black site prison. so dianne feinstein is writing a letter to haskell and the cia calling for them to declassify documents that detail her role. the senator saying she wants a full accounting of haspel's role, a complete involvement in the picture of her involvement as they consider her nomination to be at the top of the cia. >> and what are rand paul's concerns? >> he has the same concerns. he said he wants a full accounting of what role she played. yesterday he was on capitol hill likening her role to that program as a role in torture. he called her a cheerleader for waterboarding. rand paul not only voicing concerns and saying i want to blank he will vote against her, but also raised serious reservations and said you cannot vote for mike pompeo to be secretary of state, he's

i'm a cosponsor of senator feinstein's legislation. what about all the assault rifles out there, senator feinstein is absolutely common sense. you can't go and eliminate all of them out there, so her legislation is on a going forward basis. >> is common sense. yet the assault rifles and the banana clips continue. and the other piece of legislation is so common sense, background checks . there are too many ways to get around it. we have a constitutional amendment in the state constitution from the late 90s in florida that says background checks are mandated but people get around it by doing the gun shows and the non- federally licensed dealers, one to another, they get around it. so if you require a universal background check, then you're going to catch things and then you can add what senator ruby and i have been trying, the red flags. you can add the restraining orders would be picked up. you can even get at the terrorist watchlist or somebody who had been on the terrorist watchlist but was not when they purchased the weapon like omar

feinstein adding shame on you, mr. president. >> protesters will greet president trump today when he arrives in california for the first time as president. mr. trump will check out the models for his border wall in san diego before heading to the los angeles area. the usually very bad traffic in that region will only be worse during the president's visit. >>> and it is not unusual for a bride to make a grand arrival to her own wegd in tdding in the b limousine or on even a horse drawn carriage. >> but a woman in tucson found herself in the back of the police car, escorted not to the altar, but to a police station. authorize arrested amber young for dui after she caused a three car crash reportedly driving drunk to her own wedding. >> police sergeant tweeted don't drive impaired till oig death do we part didn't need any help. >> where were her brides maids? >> maybe take the whole meaning of something blue -- >> a whole new direction. >> something new, the hand cuffs. >> yeah, i don't know about all that. >>> coming up,

. >> dianne feinstein is 85 and she's sticking it out. this woman is 29 and she's going to spend time with her family? what family. i'm sorry. it sounds like the thing you do when you've been sacked. i've got to spend more time with my family. >> everyone is fleeing the ship. they cannot get anyone else to replace them. not only was jared stripped of his clearances, but all these other white house aides. now they don't have anyone who can do the basic block attack for the white house. as many mistakes as they've made, expect far more because they don't have anyone who can help him. >> they always say you don't make new friends at the white house. i'm wondering if at the meets anybody who could be the next flack for him. the fifth communications director trying to explain him to the country. he does what he wants to do, and by 7:30 in the morning you have to explain what he meant at 6:30 in the morning when he got the times and started rattling off his thoughts. i'm giving you credit. >> it's a thankless job. the reason why hope hicks is t

dianne feinstein. mayor ed lee died unexpectedly in december. the election to choose his replacement is on june 5th. of the eight candidates, six are women. >>> you're never more than 7 minutes away. let's talk about the drought monitor. came out yesterday about an hour after this time. i want to make sure you notice that nothing really happened, even with the great soaking we had, we stopped the dry weather from spreading. look at l.a., the red blip is the second highest drought level. if you live in santa rosa and north of novato, that's about the only area in the bay that's not dry, which is our lowest category for drought. all right. the weekend rain helps. no. look at this. less than a tenth of an inch of rain. it's shifting more to the south. so this is going to continue to get a little bit worse as we get deeper into next week with when all that heavier rain is coming in. we'll talk more about that in a half hour. >> good morning, mike. the visibility layer on top of our traffic maps. the way to look at this, the brighter the white, the d

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interesting, sitting next dianne feinstein, and you had manchin and toomey who had come up with some interesting legislation, then the president kind of hits toomey and says, you are afraid of the nra. i don't think toomey seems to be afraid of the nra on most any issue that i know of. >> i think that's right. and toomey -- i don't remember the exact words. toomey had a pretty good comeback. it will go on the books as president attacking republican senator, but i think it was something the world won't remember. >> laura: ron, congressman, on the issue of this meeting at the white house, twitter blew up, social media blew up, people watching this didn't know what the president was advocating, and at one point, dianne feinstein said, what are we going to do about these weapons of war, and he basically seemed to say, well, we should look at that too, and then it may be either an all-out pan -- it was difficult to follow. she seemed to be rubbing her hands together and saying, oh, goody. maybe this was all a show. i know you and i are big fans of the president, but this was a wild thing.

and senator feinstein protested and said why are we going after farm workers? as you said, the benefit some of the elected officials who stoodp to them, like libby schaaf. this stuffs been gold to her. >> there's two people that could help bridge a come pro-miszproc. that's kevin marthy nune they've been waiting years to take stand, and to find that compromise that could appease conservatives. done it. >> all right. much what a it started mony and kept [ laughter ] >>> all right.th nk you all. >>> one month after 17 people were killed at stoneman dchugla highol in florida, tens of thousands of students across the co otry walked of school wednesday to send a message. they said they wereprotesting the inaction of congress on gun violence. president trumpreversed himself on several gun control and is advocating that teachers be armed in classrooms. joinin me now to discuss this are san francisco chronicle education reporter jl tucker. oakland unified school district's police chief jeff godal. and pittsburgh high school teacher peter. thank you for joi us today. ch

and senator feinstein protested and said why are we going after farm workers? as you said, the benefit some of the elected officials who stood up to them, like libby schaaf. this stuff has been gold to her. t coulde's two people t help bridge a come pro-mispromc. that's kevin mccarthy nunes. they've been waiting years to take a stand, and to find tt compromise that could appease conservatives. done it. >> all right. much what a it started monday and kept [ laughter ] >>all right. thank you all. >>> one month after 17 people were killed at stoneman douglas high school in florida, tens of thousands of students across the country walked out of schesol wey to send a message. theyaid they were protesting the inaction of congress on gun violence. president trumpreversed himselfg on sever control proposals and is advocating that teachers be armed ins. classro joining me now to discuss this are san francisco chronicle educationeporter jill tucker. oakland unified school district's police chief jeff da and pittsburgh high school teacher peter. thank you for joining us t

and then here challenger slammed her position saying "feinstein knows better how morally and legally wrong torture is. this should be an easy call. i would vote no on confirming gina haspel in the u.s. senate." now senator feinstein is calling on the cia to release documents on the interrogation and attention program. your thoughts. >> this is a very difficult debate. it's an issue that people feel strongly about. the bottom line for me is, the new cia director would have the support of the folks at langley. she's a career officer. she understands the business very well. unless we look back and reopening this chapter because we've had the senate report on this, all these talks about it. if you hold accountable, you have to say what other officers in the intelligence community should be accountable. we're reopening this entire situation. it's damaging and partisan and i think she would be a good director. >> you know who benefits from there? mike pompeo. democrats don't want two contentious confirmation proceedings. so mike pompeo that might get tough questions from democrats might ge

joe, can you do that, can you add some of the things -- i'll help. >> senator feinstein's bill would raise the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons from 18 to 21 years old nationwide. she was instrumental in the mid-'90s in gun legislation following a mass shooting in san francisco. >>> we'll be right back. sobrante arson. it started a little after 8 pm last night. it burned thru the roof. no one was hurt.. >>> it's suspicious. a fire at the el sobrante library may be arson. thankfully no one was hurt. >>> more jobs, more housing coming to san francisco. today interim mayor mark farrell introduced a plan to create 40,000 jobs and add 7,000 new housing units to the south of market neighborhood. new park space and open space as well. that plan has been under development for the last six years. >>> heavy metal and open space. metallica's legendary frontman is once again handing over some of his land. james hetfield is turning over a thousand acres of land to the marin agricultural land trust. over the years he and his wife have donated 2,000 acres of land for agricultural conserva

so the person to watch for there is senator dianne feinstein. that is something that she has railed against for many years. she and harris split on pale as cia she. i'm guessing you may see feinstein go over to oppose pompeo here. feinstein is in the middle of an election. she make -- may take a tougher stance. that will be interesting to watch. remember, the senate is only 51- 49 now. they will need all 51 of those votes. >> what about the firing of the secretary of state on social media? >> wow. how terrible is that if you're tillerson, too. you are fired on social media and then he comes out and says, well, i talk to to the president shortly after he was fired on social media. how would you like to be fired on social media? you are humiliated in front of the world and then have to come out and sort of explain yourself and explain what happened. the message that sends to the rest of the world is terrible because, remember, he is or was america's chief diplomat. >> we are going to stop you right there. talk about the president of the united sta

feinstein came in a distant second at the convention. check the numbers. 54% for kevin. 37% for feinstein who has been in the u.s. senate for 25 years. he failed to capture the necessary 60%. he performed much better than most expected. once again, it shows you that there's not necessarily a core la correlation and people. >> 60% is the magic number. we are seeing big names. polls that have mentioned public spoe supports them. and yet that's not happening. what does this say about the endorsement process? does it lend credence to the idea that they are not in touch with what the people want? >> clearly, the party activists are much more liberal than the democratic elected. not to mention the electorate at large. the convention results suggest that there's plenty of opportunity for an upset in the june primary. where the energy goes, that remains to be seen. given all the splits, given all the fractures, it shows democrats are not nearly as united as some would expect. >> it's actually really exciting. it's helpful to have you here to bre

nancy pelosi what is she now liberal on medicare for all she won't do it she says it's not time dianne feinstein says not time to advise and i love you but you're eighty four i don't really love you you're eighty four years old you've been in politics fifty years what is going to be time when you're ninety four one hundred four no they don't they're never going to do medicare for all you know she said no to medicare for all feinstein did in the town hall then went a week later and raised money from health insurance companies that's who she works for that's who palosi works for that's why they're never going to give americans universal coverage who would you like to be your candidate in two thousand and twenty this is going to be really difficult bernie sanders is the in the world is going to run again it appears so i don't have any inside information with it from the outside he's in iowa he's got a book coming out and he's got every trapping of a person running for president he's the presumptive nominee he's the most popular politician in the country i think joe biden may be more popular and cer

feinstein: thank you very much. mrs. feinstein: i suggest the absence of a quorum, mr. president. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator for texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senate is. mr. cornyn: i'd ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have been approved by both the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be authorized to sign duly-enrolled bills or joint resolutions on tuesday, march 13, 2018. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: mr. president, just two years -- excuse me. just two days ago, the white house announced its plans to reduce gun violence in our nation's schools. this is an important, important issue and the white house's recommendations should be taken ser

nancy pelosi what is she now liberal on medicare for all she won't do it she says it's not time dianne feinstein says not time to advise and i love you but you're eighty four i don't really love you you're eighty four years old you've been in politics fifty years what is going to be time when you're ninety four one hundred four no they don't they're never going to do medicare for all you know she said no to medicare for all feinstein did in the town hall then went a week later and raised money from health insurance companies that's who she works for that's who palosi works for that's why they're never going to give americans universal coverage who would you like to be your candidate in twenty twenty this is going to be really difficult bernie sanders is the of the world is going to run again it appears so i don't have any inside information with it from the outside he's in iowa he's got a book coming out he's got every trapping of a person running for president he's the presumptive nominee he's the most popular politician in the country i think joe biden may be more popular and certainly i think

. >> dianne feinstein today came out with another call for the assault weapons ban, which was in effect for 10 years, she came out with numbers showing just how affective it was. there were a lot fewer gun deaths during that time period. but what happened in florida was interesting. they did pass some gun legislation there. they're a republican majority legislation there. the governor signed it. they raised the age. the nra fought it tooth and nail, they're still against it, but it passed. i guess it shows something can be done. >> something can be done. and what you have to like about people, young people particularly getting out and having an opinion about this is that it can change. what happens is politicians are actually left alone in these arguments a lot of times. the only people arguing are the proponents for not passing legislation, and it's very, very intense. i've personally felt it in past years. they target people, and they make it very rough for you to talk about controlling guns. and because of that, nobody is standing up on the other side, oftentimes. >> we are out of ti

, that very day with cornen on his right and feinstein on his left, he had toomey across the table from him. he was talking gun safety, he was going to raise the age to 21. he meets with the nra, gone. nothing but this -- crumbs he threw today. >> the funny thing is, he was talking gun control, dianne feinstein's got a smile on her face, she's talking about her bill. it's the tuesday trump versus the thursday trump. we were on to aluminum and steel. we were talking tariffs. >> what do they say in the room, when they put the muscle to these guys. >> they remind him who got him where he was. they gave him $50 million, they remind him that there are folks out there that would love to see a primary, and the nra members are one of the last folks that are with him. those are the immigration folks, the nra folks, the alex jones folks. there's a lot of them out there. >> i'm watching homeland about alex jones, pretty scary stuff. >>> up next, a look back at the sights and sounds after a very emotional day here in d.c., this is hardball where the action is. i'm not a bigwig. or a c-anything-o. b

>> chairman grassley, ranking member feinstein, thank you for inviting me here today. on valentine's day, my fourth period english honors class was discussing act 3 of shakespeare's mcbeth. when the fire alarm sounded. we started to evacuate but were quickly told it was a code red which means that there is threat to safety inside the school. and everyone should shelter in place. i never imagined that there was truly anything wrong. i got my student back into my classroom into the corner where we couldn't be seen from the small window in the door and waited for what i assumed was a drill to end. we had no idea that just a couple hundred yards away nick lats cruz had just fired over 100 bullet from an ar 15 assault style rival killing 17 people and injuring another 17. our first clue something was really wrong was a phone call one of my student got from his sister in the freshman building. she told him she had seen someone with a gun in the hallway and heard shots. my student, a 6 foot tall football player, started crying, worri worried for his sister's safety. i told hi