senator feinstein. sen. feinstein: what additional policies would you recommend? we are very interested and you might go over them briefly and i would appreciate a letter to us from each of you on your recommendations as to where you believe we should go with respect to legislation. >> yes, i would like that. do you have other questions, senator? senator feinstein: that is it. >> one additional recommendation, almost a decade ago the department of commerce put out a notice in the federal register that i thought was very sensible. it was shouted down by u.s. university presidents. the current environment would be much more amenable to it. what it said is a prc national, a grad student in a hard science program in the united states operating a lab that if they , were going to use a piece of equipment or instrument that would have required a deemed export license if that individual was going to use it in a u.s. lab located in the prc that the university hard , sciences department should also have to obtain the license for that individual to use it in a lab in the uni

feinstein: if i may -- mr. whitehouse: please. mrs. feinstein: -- respond briefly. the state has mandated that 50% of its electricity must be from renewable sources by 2030. so we're actually ahead of schedule and on track to reach that deadline by 2020. if we do, we'll both be here. i hope that will be a real signal to people that standards can be set and they can be met and that we can save this planet. so thank you very much. mr. whitehouse: thank you, senator. if senator feinstein will remember i came in 2007. i was sworn in in january of 2007. and in 2007, and in 2008 and in 2009, just what we would expect to be happening on an issue like this was actually happening in the senate. we had, by my recollection, four bipartisan climate bills. we had bipartisan climate hearings. we had constant bipartisan climate conversations. this was an issue that was being taken seriously by this body through 2009. and then in 2010 something happened and all of that bipartisan work came to a screeching dead halt. and what happened was that the supreme court, five republican just

whether eschu's office or feinstein's office. i don't think it was dine feinstein herself, she's not a stupid person, she wouldn't do that. but someone did it with the thought of need listening this investigation forward at this moment. >> someone did it with the thought of pushing this to the public ground against dr. ford's own wishes and i think they were members on the democratic side of the aisle of the judiciary committee, probably staffers, and we still don't know the answer to any of these questions. and the conditions consequences were serious, motivations were blatantly transparently political to do anything they could to stop brett kavanaugh from becoming a supreme court justice. luckily that failed. luckily ascent or mcconnell said the mob did not win. sitting here today that's more than true than ever, that the mob didn't win. >> if the allegations were true he shouldn't be on the supreme court. >> laura: if you beat your wife two weeks ago but no one saw it, should you be sitting here. >> a democrat leaked it. >> la

whether eshoo's office or feinstein's office. i don't think it was dianne feinstein herself. she's not a stupid person. she wouldn't do that. but someone did it with the thought of needling this investigation forward at this moment. >> someone did it with the thought of pushing it into the public realm against dr. forde's own wishes, as carrie said. i think they were members on the democratic side of the aisle, of the judiciary committee, probably staffers. we still don't know the answer to any of these questions. the consequences were serious, as you said. motivations were blatantly transparently political. to do anything they could to stop brett kavanaugh from becoming a supreme court justice. luckily that failed. luckily senator mcconnell said, the mob did not win. sitting here today, i think it's even more true than ever, thank god the mob didn't win. >> if the allegations were true, then he shouldn't be on the supreme court. it's pure conjecture to say someone on the democratic side leaked it. >> laura: if you beat your wife two weeks ago but no one saw, should you be si

senator feinstein. sen. feinstein: thanks very much, mr. chairman. as i listened to your statement, i believe i was the first american mayor to go to china to forge a relationship with my city, san francisco, which -- with shanghai which became , one of the most active sister city relationships in the world and i think eased the transition for china. we sent scholars, technical people. it was a relationship that i have always been extraordinarily proud of. the first -- the president of china and i were mayors together. we forged this relationship. now we see things going awry. it is very hard for me. i've been very proud of china's economic and technological development, which has been much faster than we thought in the mid-1970's it ever could be. it's continued economic and technological development presents many opportunities and many challenges for the global community, and particularly for us. ensuring our two nations can continue to enjoy productive relations is really going to require a mutual commitment to basic international norms, particula

i was a public supporter of senator feinstein. a blue bows only person at the senate banking committee panel who supported the bill. but i believe the implementation of it will require the mystery resourcing of the additional person to ever going to expand the scope of the cases, i know from discussion with department officials that the concert will not have the resources to build a handle the greater workload. i also support the strengthening of a deterrent effect. one thing we discovered on the public websites of the chinese thousand tell programs lists over 300 euros government researchers by name of the accepted thousand talent money. i believe those researchers know to do that at the very least ought to register speedy say that again. >> on the thousand talent website lists over c300 300 eurs government researchers with the u.s. affiliation is have accepted thousand talisman. it is unclear to me whether those individuals ever receive permission from their the agen. i know there is a criminal statute 18 usc 209 this has u.s. g

senator feinstein. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman. as i listened to your statement, i believe i was the first american mayor to go to china to forge a relationship with my city, san francisco, which became one of the most active sister city relationships in the world and i think eased the transition for china. we sent scholars, technical relationships a that i have always been extraordinarily proud of. first -- the president of china and i were mayors together. we forged to this relationship. see things going awry. .t is very hard for me i've been very proud of china's economic and technological , which has been much faster than we thought in the mid-1970's it ever could be. it's continued economic and technological development presents many opportunities and many challenges for the global community and particularly for our continued relations are going to require a commitment to basic international norms regarding the use and protection -- excuse me, i have a cold -- and protection of intellectual property rights. transfer and theft

if we can call up john murray from senator feinstein's office. thank you vice chair for recognizing these errors. we will claim her too always regardless of where she domiciles. she began in san francisco and rose from san francisco. we will claim her and we are very proud to have her as part of this fight. she signed a letter as well with senator feinstein. anyway. thank you. if you will just say a few words about some of the letters you submitted and the position of your boss, that would be great. >> thank you. the senator shares her concerns regarding the noise burden for california residents created by the next generation system. >> lift the microphone up a little. you are taller. >> sorry. >> there you go. >> is that better? >> yes. >> she has been weighing in on this issue since 2014. it was wrote in 2016 re: northern california specifically in asking the f.a.a. to take practical steps to address these noise impacts on residents in the bay area. we wrote again in 2017. that was focused on the southern california metroplex but we did refer t

senator feinstein. >> thanks very much. mr. chairman, as i listen to your statement, i thought back, i believe i was the first american mayor to go to china, to forge a relationship for my city, san francisco, with shanghai, which became one of the most active sister city relationships in the world and i think eased the transition for china. we sent scholars and technical people. it was a relationship that i have always been extraordinarily proud of. the first president of china -- the president of china and i were mayors together and forged this relationship. now we see things going awry. it is very hard for me. i've been very proud of china's economic and technological development, which has been much faster than we thought in the mid-1970s it ever could be, and its continued economic and technological development presents many opportunities and challenges for the global community and particularly for us. ensuring that our two nations can continue to enjoy productive relations is really going to require a mutual commitment to

feinstein: thank you for scheduling today's hearing. welcome. i look forward to hearing your testimony. first, let me say thank you for meeting with me. i found the meeting a very fine one and i thought we could work together i thought you were sincere and forthright really quite impressive so thank you very much. i come from a border state where -- as we have discussed with a lot of traffic going back and forth both legal and illegal. for over 3 months from april through june, children and their parents were separated under a zero-tolerance policy. unfortunately, given how the policy was implemented there were problems keeping track of children and their parents to address this i've introduced a bill with 49 cosponsors unless keep families to together act that would end of the separation of families. it would prevent family is from being separated and less parental rights were terminated or the parent was aid -- a danger to the child. it would also provide a specialized child welfare training to people making these decisions. i hope this is som

now, just moments ago, wolf, roger stone sent a letter to dianne feinstein, who is the ranking democrat on the senate judiciary committee and said that his attorney that he would not provide this information to the committee because he was pleading the fifth. now, a quote from that letter says mr. stone's invocation of his fifth amendment privilege must be understood by all to be the assertion of a constitutional right by an innocent citizen who denounces secrecy. now, what stone says -- stone's attorney says in that letter is that he has already testified before the house intelligence committee, answered a range of questions and that those transcripts should be available soon, either publicly or the democrats have said when they take power in the house, they will provide those transcripts to robert mueller's team. but democrats will say that roger stone has not been fully truthful to the committee, not explaining the extent to which he tried to get information about the wikileaks hacks and the leaks of the clinton e-mails during the 2016 campaign. and they have a lot more questions. bu

senator dianne feinstein who was mayor of san francisco when susie was a girl. if elected, susie would become the second woman after, la

. >> reporter: senators dianne feinstein and, endorsed susie. this is the first time she has run for public office. she has served the city in numerous capacities. we spoke with her about why she wants to be san francisco's da. susie, a san francisco native volunteers at the hutch community center in the cities western addition. >> we were thinking of putting them in gift bags. for mac or partnership with the nonprofit which serves underprivileged families started 10 years ago when she worked as an assistant san francisco district attorney. now she wants to serve as the top elected law enforcement officer. >> i think there are a lot of things we can do better. we can build a safer city. >> reporter: in september, she filed paperwork to run for public office. her first time. we asked how ct attorney's offi has had with the police

that senator feinstein make this a priority and put pressure on the cystic departure and how the next generation system negatively has been impacting san francisco. >> thank you. >> is david lott here? i reached out to the district director. it was a very short notice. we have doing what we can. we now have the former district director as a chief of staff of mayor breathed. he was very much engaged with responding with the let -- to the letter and rating with the letter of the senator and now we will have jim lazarus, the former -- the deputy vice chair of the chamber who will be the district director for senator feinstein. he was made aware of this. we appreciate you coming out and saying a few words. >> thank you for the invitation and holding this hearing. unfortunately, the district director could not make it but i'm here instead. again, we share the concerns of many of the residents of san francisco and we understand that this has a huge impact on the community. we are here to listen and we have also submitted a letter to f.a.a. on january 29th 2018 this year and we are continuin

he's been tenacious, senator grassley, senator feinstein, senator booker, senator whitehouse, and others. this legislation will make a difference in my state of ohio and around the country and i encourage my colleagues to support it. i yield back. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. kyl: mr. president, let me speak for a moment about this act. the sponsors, as you just heard and supporters like senator portman, have proceeded here with very good intentions. as you just heard a compelling case to finding ways to help people who have made a mistake or more have an opportunity to turn their life around. one of the reasons that i'm concerned about the legislation is that all of the kinds of programs that have been spoken of here to enable people to learn new skills or change their attitudes about life so that they won't commit crimes again, we won't have more recidivism. one of the concerns is there isn't anything to prohibit these programs from being done today and they are done all over the country in state prisons and federal prisons and the like. where i have a problem i

started before i even got involved with the also have cosponsorship by graham, white house coast guard, feinstein feel deserve praise for the deal.. it's a bill that will reduce crime, strength and faith in the judicial system, support law enforcement and give thousands of people a better shot at living a good life. so as we go to the important first vote on this bill to invoke cloture, i urge all of my colleagues to join with president trump and our bipartisan coalition of supporters to support the first step act and i yield the floor. >> anow on another subject, we are five days away from a lapse in the appropriations and president trump still doesn't have a plan to keep the government open. in fact the only indication he has given is that he wants a t,government shutdown. at the moment the situation should be clear to everyone president trump doesn't have the votes for his

senator feinstein. >> thanks. excuse me. thanks very much, mr. chairman. and thank you for scheduling today's hearing. commissioner, welcome. i look forward to hearing your testimony. first, let me say thank you for meeting with me. i found the meeting really a very fine one and i felt we could work together and i felt that you were sincere and forthright and really quite impressive. so, thank you very, very much. i come from a border state, as we discussed with a lot of traffic going back and forth, both legal and illegal. for over three months from april through june, children and their parents were separated under a z zero tolerance policy. unfortunately, given how that policy was implemented, there were problems keeping track of children and their parents. to address this, i've introduced a bill with 49 co-sponsors. the keep families together act that would end the separation of families. my bill would prevent families from being separated unless parental rights were terminated or the parent was a danger to the child. the bill would also provide specia

durbin before i even got involved, but we also have co-sponsorship by booker, graham, whitehouse, scout, feinstein, cornyn and leahy. these all deserve praise for reaching this deal. the product of years of negotiating and listening to each other is a bill that will reduce crime, strengthen faith in our judicial system, support law enforcement and give thousands of people a better shot at living a good life. so, as we go to this very important first vote on this bill, to invoke cloture, i urge all of my colleagues to join with president trump and our bipartisan coalition of supporters to support the first step act. i field the floor. >> this very government under which we live was created in the spirit of compromise and mutual concession. >> thomas jefferson questioned the need for senate. >> the founders believed-- >> let's follow the constitution. >> framers established the senate to protect people from their rulers and as a check on the house. >> the fate of this country and maybe even the world lies in the hands of congress and the united states senate. >> the senate, conflict and compromise,

mccaskill: it was a decision made by either senator feinstein or her staff. i am not sure why. i don't think for a minute that dianne feinstein was trying to hold anything until the 11th hour. they were trying to air on the side of protecting this woman who said she did not want to go public. though when you are in this kind of situation and you have that kind of responsibility, i think given the letter to the fbi as soon as they got it, with the understanding of it being confidential -- it is not like the fbi would not follow that it needed to be confidential. if it leaked it would've the accusation. this would -- the accusation. >> listed a watershed moment of the me too moment? sen. mccaskill: i do think the is still going strong. there are still women -- i think things have changed in the irkplace, permanently, believe. i think more people understand that everybody does that, or that happens all the time is no longer acceptable. i think good things have come out of it in terms of women feeling empowered and feeling that the no longer have to put up with unwanted advances in

senator lee: thank you very uch. >> thank you very much, senator feinstein. thank you very much for being here, commissioner. so my country, as you know, has the -- my country and our state has a proud tradition of refugees and i'm not going to really focus on that today but i wanted to bring that up again because for a state like ours which is unemployment rate at 2.8% and part of our employment workforce has been the somalis and the mong and the liberians and refugees coming in and so we're concerned not just for our fabric of life in that state but also on the employment front because these are legal workers after they get here. senator klobuchar: we are very concerned about losing that workforce. so i just wanted to put that on the record here. so on the asylum front, could you speak to why it's important to adjudicate the asylum claims of individuals are fleeing violence and efficient manner and one of the things that concerns me, when we did the comprehensive immigration bill in 2013, we have tens of billions of dollars, as you know, in that bill -- i t

from congresswoman and soon to be speaker of the house pelosi's office and john murray from senator feinstein's office. i'm going to call them up individually, but that shows you in one small piece the impact that this has. and i can tell you, i volunteered. this is not an outside commission that is necessarily required, but we do have a seat from san francisco. that seat sat vacant for eight years on the round table, and when i ran for office, and i knocked on thousands of doors in one of the older parts of san francisco. and when i say older, majority of the homes are built prior to 1930, and many of the residents have lived in their homes for 30, 40, 50 years. and to come back to the next gen implementation, when that happened, you had people whose lives had been disrupted in a dramatic fashion. dramatic. and it's different in some ways from some of the other areas along the peninsula, but when you're going from a manual system, where it's much more of a fanned out crossover of flights over the southern parts of san francisco, bayview hunter's point, lake view, going into the sunset, west of

. >> dianne feinstein. >> tucker: dianne feinstein of california says the anchor of special report, to the tape. >> this is not an easy time. >> are they all like this? >> slamming the door and senator dianne feinstein. party activists denying the state's senior senator in endorsing her bid for reelection. >> tucker: fair, balanced, and -- i was just getting -- you knew that one. if you were unafraid to answer that. question two, multiple-choice. did you know that you can clone your pets? indeed you can. barbra streisand reveals this week that she did. she clung to her favorite dog, who was named samantha. what is the going rate for dog cloning? is a $50,000, 500,000 or $1 million? and henry. >> 50,000. >> tucker: 50,000 said the would-be dog cloner. to the tape. >> she called her dogs. two of her dogs, miss violet and miss scarlett are clones of the late dog samantha, who passed on last year at about $50,000 a po pop. >> i heard laura ingraham talking about it. >> tucker: if you've got a pet cloning question, ed henry. question three. oprah said the 2020 presidential run could be poss

bret baier.ti >> dianne feinstein. >> tucker: dianne feinstein of california, says the anchor of "special report," to the tape. >> this is not an easy time. >> are they all like this? [laughter] >> the california democratic party slamming the door on senator dianne feinstein. party activists denying the state's senior senator in endorsing her bid for reelection. >> tucker: the next question is, "fair, balanced, and... i was just kidding. you knew that one. you were unafraid to answer that. question two,, multiple-choice. did you know that you can clone your pets? indeed you can. barbra streisand reveals this she did. she cloned her favorite dog, who was named samantha. what is the going rate for dog cloning? is it $50,000, $500,000 or $1 million? ed henry. >> $50,000. >> tucker: $50,000 said the would-be dog cloner. to the tape. >> she cloned her dogs! two of her dogs, miss violet and miss scarlett, are clones of the late dog samantha, who passed on last year at about $50,000 a pop. >> i heard laura ingraham talking about it. >> tucker: if you've got a pet cloning question, ed henry. chie

mccaskill: it was a decision that was made either by senator feinstein or her staff. i am not sure why. i don't think it went beyond them. i don't think for a minute that dianne feinstein was trying to hold anything until the 11th hour. errink they were trying to on the side of protecting this woman who said she did not want to go public. but when you are in this kind of situation and you have that kind of responsibility, i think given ing the letter to the fbi as soon as they got it, with the understanding -- the fbi deals with this stuff all the time. it is not like the fbi would not follow that it needed to be confidential. at least it would have absolved the accusation that this was held until the 11th hour in order to try to wreak havoc. steve: was it a watershed moment in the me too moment? sen. mccaskill: i don't know if it was a watershed movement in the me too moment. i do think the me too movement is still going strong. there are still women -- i think things have changed in the workplace, permanently, i believe. i think more people understand that everybody

. >> reporter: senators dianne feinstein and, endorsed susie. this is the first time she has run for public office. she has served the city in numerous capacities. we spoke with her about why she wants to be san francisco's da. susie, a san francisco native volunteers at the hutch community center in the cities western addition. >> we were thinking of putting them in gift bags. for mac or partnership with the nonprofit which serves underprivileged families started 10 years ago when she worked as an assistant san francisco district attorney. now she wants to serve as the top elected law enforcement officer. >> i think there are a lot of things we can do better. we can build a safer city. >> reporter: in september, she filed paperwork to run for public office. her first time. we asked how ct attorney's offi has had with the police department. >> oftentimes people forget what we have in common. when it comes to community and policing, and being a prosecutor , we need to remember that we all want the same thing. we have to reject the idea that you a

senator feinstein and i have been working on this for five years. all that happened between october 6 in november 6. if you look at washington as a split screen television, i think you will see a lot accomplished. it will have to be bipartisan. which is why i'm glad i have a good relationship with senator schumer and mcconnell. >> keeling islands has a question for you. owens has a question for you. >> i want to commend you on your work on the cell phone ban. two specific areas you didn't get into, prescription drug prices, and surprise medical bills. >> oh, yeah. >> what do you plan to do with these two specific areas? >> on prescription drugs, secretary is our has some proposals that are very purple -- potential. i will support. making sure that advertising has the price of what you are buying. bill thispassed a past year getting rid of the gag rule which prohibited pharmacists from telling you it is cheaper to pay cash then use your insurance to buy medicine. mein and again, it seems to making sure people know the price of what they were buying w

i look forward to helping you out if you have problems with any federal agency, you can go to the feinstein office come january 2nd, and we will make sure we have staff working to solve those problems. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> don't leave yet. >> mark dwight. jim, we are going to miss you. my career here in san francisco and in small business advocacy starved at the chambers of commerce years ago. you were there and you have been a role model to me since i first met you. the city loses one of the most clear thinking and levelheaded legislative experts that we have here and we will miss you as we face a challenge after challenge as we always do, and you have been a tremendous asset in a tremendous role model for me. thank you very much. >> commissioner riley? >> jim, we will miss you. we are going to miss you. [laughter] >> i don't know what to say. it's been a pleasure working with you, and you certainly have been an asset, and you've helped us a lot to make some difficult decisions, so thanks. >> i want to say thank you as well. same, i started as a scrappy representative trying to a

senator dianne feinstein, the top democrat on the committee, requesting the interview and information. that committee is still conducting its investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election. stone's snub coming just days after he insisted he had nothing on the president. yet president trump has been for a long time very, very clear that anybody who pleads the fifth is someone who has something to hide. >> have you seen what's going on in front of congress? fifth amendment, fifth amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible. the mob takes the fifth. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? when you have your staff taking the fifth amendment, taking the fifth, so they're not prosecuted. i think it's disgraceful. >> you heard him. have you seen what's going on in congress, fifth amendment, horrible. well, that's stone tonight. and it comes as the special counsel, bob mueller, at any moment is expected to provide new details in his investigation. we are anticipating any moment he's going to submit what will be one of the most important court filings to date,

this issue for years but i do want to thank chairman grassley, who is here with us today, and senator feinstein for their leadership in getting it through the judiciary committee as well as senator durbin, who has been a long-time leader on this issue, senator booker, who has worked so hard on this as well, senator whitehouse, senator cornyn, who is here with us today, and many others, senator lee, who has really made this and took

example to the level playing field into those technologies to support and with that summit and senator feinstein to deliver resources to protect and fight. and then to secure interstate 11 northern nevada. and with that republican charge and with the unemployment rate was nearly doubled from one it is now i broke with my party and then good ideas so then to work with my colleagues but this is more than good policies and then to drop everything that we did in all that we do to help them. when the va refused to pay a $40000 after he won his up peel but then to have that liver transplant he enrolled into the marketplace exchange when the time came they denied him after being charged 4 percent each month. with reimbursement of the thousand dollars and potentially thousands of dollars spending nine months to get the social security benefits and when a navy veteran was temporarily out of work with that cut back on his behalf these are just a few examples for people that you work for and madam president that is what all members of congress serve their constituents before we got here. but all those fami

senator feinstein and i have been working on that for five years. he did have to sit next to somebody revealing their inner most thoughts for four hours as you fly to california. all of that happened between october 6th and november 6th. so if you look at washington as a split california. so if you look at it as a split screen television, this year or the next two years, i think you'll see a lot accomplished, but it will have to be bipartisan. which is why i'm glad i have a good relationship with senator schumer as well as senator mcconnell. >> caitlyn, a question for you? >> i want to thank you for your work on the cell phone ban bill. it sounds like a lot of other people do. just kind of cleaning up a little bit, two specific areas that you didn't get into where health care costs become a very political issue is prescription drug prices and now, increasingly so, surprise medical bills. >> what bills? >> surprise medical bills. >> oh, yeah. >> what, if anything, do you plan to do in these two specific areas? >> well, on prescription drugs, secretar

. >> and dianne feinstein wants to see more scrutiny. she seeks a hearing after the children's deaths. these heard breaking incidents are consistent with previous reports of widespread abuse of children in immigration custody and the judgment of medical or mental health organizations and border patrol facilities are not staffed or equipped to properly care for children. >> feinstein is on the senate judiciary. they have a fairly moderate view for a republican. it's definitely seeming like the house will pick it up. they are talking about what about the kids at the border. their job is not just to look into the russia thing, but president trump, but also the policy of immigration and the border. especially the children who have been caught up in the policies that is a high priority. >> i will put this up on the screen and if you look at the border apprehensions under each of trump's dhs secretaries, you look at nielsen there, this is a problem that is getting worse. you want to weigh in quickly? >> this is not politically sustainable for

and we were dianne feinstein's band. the benjamin franklin middle school band. we played right here in this rotunda at city hall. we played at davie symphony hall , we played when the san francisco 49ers won the super bowl. we played for their event at the fairmont hotel. let me tell you, i was a piece of work until that first day when i joined band and mr martin made me write lines. my behavior changed after that because i wanted to be a part of something amazing. something that made incredible music and the lesbian gay freedom band make incredible music for all of us to enjoy so we are so happy and proud, and i'm so excited to be here to sign the legislation against an eight hour official unofficial official pick and with that, i would like to introduce the person who authored the legislation, and the legislation that we are going to sign today, that is supervisor rafael mandelman. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed. thank you for your work and thank you for getting us the rotunda today. is that this at this fabulous? normally they put us up -- is into this

felipe gomez alonso died christmas eve, tested positive for influenza, prompted diane feinstein to call for an investigation. and giving i.c.e. heat for releasing migrants with nowhere to go without contacting them. >> first flu death of the season in stannis laus county, not releasing further details. death happened in two weeks, we know that. health officials warning predominant strain this winter is more of a threat to children. >>> brought new york city and major airplane to standstill. >> weird blue color, aliens are here. >> what caused the eerie blue light? >> the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ] >>> few things bring city to a standstill, this light did. caused by transformer explosion in queens. >> looked like day, lights, everything is different, you know? >> i saw yellow sparks in the sky, looked like blue fire. >> insane, real

felipe gomez alonso died christmas eve, tested positive for influenza, prompted diane feinstein to call for an investigation. and giving i.c.e. heat for releasing migrants with nowhere to go without contacting them. >> first flu death of the season in stannis laus county, not releasing further details. death happened in two weeks, we know that. health officials warning predominant strain this winter is more of a threat to children. >>> brought new york city and major airplane to standstill. >> weird blue color, aliens are here. >> what caused the eerie blue light? >> >>> few things bring city to a standstill, this light did. caused by transformer explosion in queens. >> looked like day, lights, everything is different, you know? >> i saw yellow sparks in the sky, looked like blue fire. >> insane, really weird blue color too, i was like, aliens are here. >> maybe not. power went out at part of laguardia, since restored. arriving flights in holding pattern. scattered power outages but no reports of injuries. >> so not aliens? >> not this time. >>> happening now, four college football supe

senator feinstein told politico that the state will not get all of the $9 billion governor jerry brown has asked for and that she is working to get an update on the status of relief funding. a spokesman for senator feinstein said it is expected that the funding will come in a series of payments not all at once. >>> and audit finds the federal government mishandled disaster relief programs including money for survivors of wildfires. fema hires private companies write services and goods to disaster victims. contracts are agreed upon before there is a disaster like a wild fire or hurricane. but the government accountability office analyzed these advanced contracts and found that mishandling programs lead to confusion and instead of a fast response, victims received limited help because of a outdated strategy and unclear guidance. >>> former president george h.w. bush is at rest in texas. the same state where he began his political rise to presidency. 21 fighter jets flew low in missing information over his presidential library, attribute to the former president time in the navy. thousands

senator feinstein and i have been working on that for five years. he did have to sit next to somebody revealing their inner most thoughts for four hours as you fly to california. all of that happened between october 6th and november 6th. so if you look at washington as a split california. so if you look at it as a split screen television, this year or the next two years, i think you'll see a lot accomplished, but it will have to be bipartisan. which is why i'm glad i have a good relationship with senator schumer as well as senator mcconnell. >> caitlyn, a question for you? >> i want to thank you for your work on the cell phone ban bill. it sounds like a lot of other people do. just kind of cleaning up a little bit, two specific areas that you didn't get into where health care costs become a very political issue is prescription drug prices and now, increasingly so, surprise medical bills. >> what bills? >> surprise medical bills. >> oh, yeah. >> what, if anything, do you plan to do in these two specific

and dianne feinstein is seeking for treatment of immigrant children. kirstjen nielsen will visit the u.s. and mexico border today following the death of the felipe alonzo-gomez. we have dan simon in texas. >> reporter: joe and christine, kirstjen nielsen is heading to the border to oversee what is happening. she is facing the crisis and one of the things she has ordered the agency to do is offer enhanced medical screenings. she will be in el paso on friday and yuma, arizona on saturday. in the meantime, we are getting a better understanding of why this father and son made this entry into the united states. the mother spoke to reuters. one of the things she told them is they were under the impression if you travel with a child, you have a better chance of gaining entry into the country. she was encouraged to do this by neighbors. she said lots of them have gone with children and managed to cross. even if they are held for a month or two. it is statements that critics say is the problem. it incentivizes bringing children across the border. you are not au