kamala harris:"that's good, deb. that's really good. well, first, it's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader. that means speaking with integrity. it means speaking truth."her populist agenda, harris told the town hall, includes a middle class tax cut, which she pledged would be her first act in office supporting a framework for a green new deal to fight climate change.paid parental leave and widening access to education from preschool to college what she called reasonable gun control ...and medicare- for-alljake tapper:"so for people out there who like their insurance, they don't get to keep it?"sen. kamala harris:"well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care. and you don't have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork. let's eliminate all of that. let's move on."harris again pledged to not vote for a southern wall with mexico. and passionately spoke to a dac

i'm harris faulkner. an important hour of "outnumbered overtime," day 21 of the partial government shutdown. the pressure to solve the problem which is on the verge of being the longest shutdown in american history has hit critical mass, as is workers are going without pay. yesterday, president trump traveled to the southern border where he said he is close to declaring now a national emergency. that cou r

>> look, i think harris, what i hear about her, i have heard more good things about harris from democrats than i have about anybody else, and i tell you this as an unofficial poll through my twitter feed. when i write about elizabeth warren, a lot of people say i like her, but. when bernie sanders is talking about running, a lot of them say he's an independent. i think kamala harris is engaging and she is capturing people's creativity in a way of no other candidate until now has done. >> she's capturing your friends on the right enough that they came after her. with the birther. so obviously she has guys on your side spooked as well. >> one thing about a billionaire sort of business man running. one of the pitches that the schultz campaign made is we need a disrupter. there is. a disrupter. he's in the white house now. that's a great campaign for donald trump because he is disrupting politics the way we have never seen before. on kamala harris, look, she's a good politician. i don't know if we know what she is. as a d.a. and a.g. she tried to be a tough on crime democrat. now she's moving

harris: sure. i can tell you of cases where i really regret that we were not able to charge somebody that i knew molested a child, but the evidence was not there. there are cases, as i mentioned were folksere there who made a decision in my office and had not consulted with me, and i wish they had, but i take full responsibility for those decisions. i will also say that there is a lot about what i did as a prosecutor that i am proud of. including a recognition that there are fundamental flaws in the criminal justice system and that this system needs to be reformed, which is why when i was district attorney, i created one of the first reentry initiatives of any prosecutor's office in the united dates. point, thisat this was the way things are done, and people understand that is how a prosecutor should think about their work, which is let's be smart on crime instead of deciding either you are soft on crime were tough on crime. if we are going to be smart with the taxpayer's dollars, but get people ou

kron4's will tran joins us now from senator harris' office in san francisco. 54-year-old harris is entering an increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking the democratic nomination. if successful, she'd be the country's second african- american president and the first woman to hold the office. harris is currently a first term senator and former california attorney general. before that she was san francisco's district attorney for six years ... from 2004- 2010.harris was born in oakland and lived in berkeley. she launches her bid as the nation observes what would have been the 90th birthday of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. we'll have much more on this announcement throughout the morning. <> (áboxesá)( darya ) thanks will. ( james ) we first told you about senator harris' big announcement through our kron4 news app at 4:55 this morning. you can keep up with this story and all breaking news by downloading it today. (darya) (james) lets check the roads this morning...robin has a look at traffic... major hot spot in dublin on sb 680 before 580 several lanes closed due to a mu

an even better value every day. >>> the announcement by kalamath harris -- kamala harris that she is running for president. she is throwing her head into the democratic primary for harris, the third woman to enter the race for the white house under campaign theme is kamala harris for the people. her campaign headquarters will be in baltimore with a second office in oakland and joining us via skype, for the san francisco chronicle, we have joe. this is joe garrett folwell, everyone. the office in oakland, it's important. it's always a race to get money in california is that one reason she has the office here? >> reporter: absolutely and it's symbolic and california will be a major presence in the presidential primary for a change. we are much earlier in the process and our votes will count here in california. >> will her life as a prosecutor separate her from others in the field, good or bad? >> reporter: yes. it is definitely a mixed bag and will be a mixed bag in the democratic primary because some of the things she talked about as prosecutor will come back to haunt her and there is

kamala harris:"that's good, deb. that's really good. well, first, it's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader. that means speaking with integrity. it means speaking truth."her populist agenda, harris told the town hall, includes a middle class tax cut, which she pledged would be her first act in office supporting a framework for a green new deal to fight climate change.paid parental leave and widening access to education from preschool to college what she called reasonable gun control ...and medicare- for-alljake tapper:"so for people out there who like their insurance, they don't get to keep it?"sen. kamala harris:"well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care. and you don't have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork. let's eliminate all of that. let's move on."harris again pledged to not vote for a southern wall with mexico. and passionately spoke to a dac

the campaign is kamala harris for the people. the 54-year-old democrat didn't specifically name president trump but hit on themes of a weakened global position, economic inequality and racial hostility and polarization under his watch. >> we are at an inflection point in the history of our nation. we are here because the american dream and our american democracy are under attack and on the line like never before. >> the harris's critics have both accused her of being too soft on criminal justice reform and on crime. but overall the crowd today was very supportive, including members of her sorority, alpha kappa, alpha incorporate. oakland mayor libby schaaf also spoekd about the and talked about similar ideals in the bay area more than twenty years ago. reporting live in christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> and she's been tweeting following kamala harris all day. you can follow christie. she's on twitter @christie, s, under score, kamala harris nbc. >>> the das office was a deputy district attorney. then she moved to the san fran

you can call me harry. and there were 10,000 people said glaffered and there was a et of microphones. >> you're back home now for good. i'm in the army of he unemployed now. [laughter] >> when you watch closely the faces of harry and bess truman, you really sense the love there. and the sense that they were back home. and when people would ask harry truman what he wanted to be remembered for, he would say that he wanted to be remembered as being the president of all people. and he would say that when a governor for the or a senator or a congressman or a mayor, when they're elected to their respective positions that they are elected to represent a certain portion of the population. but there was only one person who was elected to represent all of the people of the united states and that was the president of the united states. and truman said that he would like to be remembered as being he people's president. >> i'm outside the courthouse where c-span is learning about the city's history. it was here as a pre

>> morgan: that such a good point, harris. something to happen the past few days that ties into all of this is julian assange, his lawyers filed underage application. he doesn't want to be extradited to the u.s. so they filed an application with the inter-american commission on human rights asking for u.s. prosecutors to unseal any of these secret charges we have learned about in the media. do you think -- because julian assange, andy, is that the center of all this -- in these secret charges, if the prosecutors are forced to unseal them, without give us any more clue as to whether he had any direct involvement with the campaign? >> andy: i think it, clearly, if they unsealed anything on him that we would have a much better read of what it is. i don't think there is snowball's chance that the justice department or the u.s. courts will unseal these things, because they get asked by -- whether it's assange or an international tribunal. if i was the attorney general and it was my call, i would say, "show up here in the united sta

now, here's harris. >> harris: we begin with the fox news alert about president trump putting america's nuclear adversaries on notice. this is "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. just weeks after russia said its new hypersonic missile is invulnerable to u.s. defenses. president trump has announced the first sweeping review of the missile defense system in nearly a decade. the president says his administration planned six major changes to america's nuclear strategy. including more ground-based interceptors and possibly putting weapons in space.

kamala harris up on top. her lead jumped to this early, early time in the poll elizabeth warren is there. 18%. lost a little. what is going on as you look at these polls? we know it's really early. >> i mean we know it's really early. kamala harris presents a lot of excitement, and a lot of interest from so many different spectrums of the democratic party. i think that, one shg, she is te first african-american woman to openly run in 47 years following shirley chisholm the been 47 years. my god, how many presidents have we had and how many elections have we had where black women and their voices were not present. i'm very excited about that. at you look at the rest of the list she brings a lot of energy, she brings a lot of insight and she has shown herself to a complete and total force in the senate with the questioning she has provided and the expertise shae provided. >> should the republican party be worried about kamala harris >> yes and they need to be worried about kamala harris, because unlike warren,

harris is a first-term senator and former california attorney general. she launches her bid as the nation observes what would have been the 90th birthday of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. we'll have much more on this announcement throughout the morning. <> (áboxesá) ( darya ) thanks will. ( james ) we first told you about senator harris' big announcement through our kron4 news app at 4:55 this morning. you can keep up with this story and all breaking news by downloading it today. ( darya ) our top story this morning. after weeks of searching ... police make an arrest in connection to a brutal beating of an elderly woman in san francisco. this sketch is the only image police have released of the 18-year-old suspect ... keonte gathron. police believe he attacked the 88-year-old yik oi huang near a visitacion valley playground on january 8th. the 88-year-old victim remains in critical condition at san francisco general. the assault has raised safety concerns in the victim's san francisco neighborhood. < we're gonna be fighting to keep our comm

i called harry and harry said, first of all, i do not leave district five. you have to come over there. i went over there and was absolutely enthralled. he was talking as a preacher, as a professor, and i sat there for an hour and left and realized that when i left, i had forgot to ask for his endorsement. [laughter] >> harry has continued to have that spell over me from making us a vote against the m.t.a.'s well 18 years ago, to starting investing in hybrid and zero emission buses. you name it, he has been there and continues to be a guiding light to me and has taught me some of the most important things. it was harry who told me years ago, two things, they number 1, when i told him that campaigning was just such a hellish thing, he said to me, which was not really encouraging, if you get elected, it is actually worse. [laughter] >> and the second thing he told me was it's not your enemies you have to worry about in this business, it is your friends. thank you harry, for all of that wisdom, and thank you for all of your service. i love you. >> thank you. su

(justine) and -- senator kamala harris' support goes back decades... with the help of a few hundred women. hear how harris' sorority sisters are stepping up for her (mabrisa)a look at your forecast coming up... <"i'm running for president because i love my country... i love my country."> (jrstone) democratic presidential candidate kamala harris formally kicked off her campaign of the 20-20 nomination.(jrstone) the senator from california spoke at a rally in her hometown of oakland.(justine) this week for her first major campaign trip she headed to south carolina where she is targeting a power voting block there ... kyung lah has the details. nat sound:at a home in suburban marylandnat sound: these college friends reflect on their pastas one of their own makes a run fohistory. lorri saddler rice:"we were all just right there together. we were just all just you know regular girls and now here's kamala."or as the public calls her senator kamala harris now a presidential candidate sen. kamala harris:"that's why i'm running for president of the united state

senator kamala harris will again take the national stage tonight. details on the national town hall event. and the warriors try to finish a perfect road trip... and win their 11th straight game... mark has the highlights... coming up in sports ♪ they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrating) and now she's ready for the catwalk. life, lived jason's way. chase. make more of what's yours. just a day after officially launching her 20-20 presidential run in oakland.... california senator kamala harris is participating i

harris: i describe myself as an american. joe biden says the democrat candidate needs to be the one who is the best positioned to to be donald trump. why are you the best democrat to defeat donald trump? sen. harris: let's start with this. i love my country. responsibilityof to stand up and fight for the best of who we are. i'm prepared to fight and i know how to fight. are talkingr, we about fighting for the values that we hold sacred in deer, when it comes to talking about how we fight for the american people and how leadership in that is focused on the needs of the people instead of self interest, i'm prepared to fight that way. i believe it will be a winning fight. others are saying they love their country, why are you better than them? >> what do you -- do your past victories at? and what you think separates you from other candidates? i think there are already and will continue to be good candidates entering this race. i think the process will have much more integrity the more people who want to run and feel a sense of r

for now, here is harris. >> harris: breaking news, and some play-by-play as it is happening right now. president trump on the heels of his primetime address is ramping up his demand that congress sent him a spending bill that funds is border wall. saying he has the absolute right to declare a national emergency if no deal is reached. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm harris faulkner. let's go to the live look. we are waiting president trump now, and vice president pence, to arrive on capitol hill to meet with republican senators. we know that he has just wrapped up a signing of a bill inside the white house, and is set to leave shortly ahead of his third meeting with eight congressional leaders at the white house. this is aimed at ending the partial government shutdown, now

next morning was harry truman's birthday. war in europe ended fairly quickly, but the war in wasn and the pacific continuing. there were fire bombing raids tokyo.n in more than 100,000 people were killed in a single fire bombing raid. all this, midst of truman also wanted to continue on some of franklin roosevelt's initiatives. one of the main ones being the founding of the united nations. in june of 1945, he went to signed theco and united nations charter. the first four months of probablypresidency are the most dramatic first four any president in american history. of course, in august 1945, the bomb had been perfected and the first bomb was dropped hiroshima. >> a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. with this bomb, we have now and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. >> people often ask if that was truman's most difficult decision and he always said, no, it wasn't. that hisly felt committing troops to korea at the beginning of the korean

harry truman had a farming background. he had grown up, lived in grandview missouri and have been born, was born south of kansas city. bess was always some independence. she tended to be from a little higher socioeconomic background man harry truman. and so it took some work and real effort, persistence on his part to have bess agree to marry him. it happened in 1919. moving on here i'm going to share with you a very interesting handwritten note or diary like entry from 1934 which is when harry truman was presiding judge at jackson county. here he writes, tomorrow, , tody rather, it is for a year. i am to make the most momentous announcement of my life. i have come to the place where all men strike to be at my age and i for two weeks ago retirement on a virtual pension in semite or county office was all that was in store for me. he is referring to the announcement is going to make that is running for the united states senate. and harry truman would be elected later that fall in 1934 and then been reelected in 1940, in the

harris has announced that she is running for president of the united states. ( james ) senator harris made the announcement in a new campaign video posted to twitter this morning. kron4's will tran joins us now from senator harris' office in san francisco. 54-year-old harris is entering an increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking the democratic nomination. if successful, she'd be the country's second african- american president and the first woman to hold the office. harris is currently a first term senator and former california attorney general. before that she was san francisco's district attorney for six years ... from 2004- 2010.harris was born in oakland and lived in berkeley. she launches her bid as the nation observes what would have been the 90th birthday of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. we'll have much more on this announcement throughout the morning. <> (áboxesá)( darya ) thanks will. ( james ) we first told you about senator harris' big announcement through our kron4 news app at 4:55 this morning. you can keep up with this story and all breaking news

we'll go to oakland as soon as kamala harris comes out. meantime, eight different candidates have either declared that they are running for president or have formed exploratory committees. it's already the most diverse in mode modern political history. four women, one asian man, one hispanic man, and a gay man. on top of these eight candidates, there are still question marks surrounding former vice president joe biden, who has not made public whether he will enter the race. cnn has learned that hillary clinton has told friends that she has not closed the door on a potential run. let's discuss all of this now and how it will all shake out. with me now is drremocrat nina turner, republican tera meyer, the board director for stand up republic, and democratic political strategist joe trippi. good to see all of you. joe, you first. we've seen a very unified democratic party over the last few weeks in congress. will that same pelosi/schumer driven unity be carried into this 2020 race? >> look, i think there's going to be a really spirited race.

i know harry is a bit of a groover. there's strong rhythm in this song so i think it fits just about everybody‘s tastes, and i'm looking forward to hearing, harry, what you think about this song. # without you there is no song...#. so that's me really saying without, you know, love, you're not going to get very far. and i feel that those lyrics are apt. the tune is called the big love song, and sandra now hears that her choir will notjust be recording a charity single — they've also been invited to perform it live in the magnificent guildhall in windsor. 36 hours before the couple tie the knot. everything is falling into place. the big love song is written, and there is a live gig at windsor in the pipeline. with the wedding just a month away, the choir are gathering for rehearsals and beginning to jam. elvis! do you want to borrow my glasses? laughter cheering all these people, 26 of them, have come, actually not expecting that they would become friends, that they would have this common journey together. it is fine

burke harris is also a pediatrician. newsom says she will focus on combatting the root causes of serious health conditions by using her office to reach young families across the state. burke harris will be sworn in as surgeon general on feburary 11th. ( james ) coming up on kron-four morning news... pot on the go... the new law allowing deliveries in cities that have banned it. ( james ) and... a beacon of hope under the rubble after a prized possession is found following the camp fire. and here's a live look outside... san mateo bridge. ♪ they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. with the stuff that keeps it beating. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) much like yesterday skies today will be primarily sunny with more comfortable weather to be stepping outside and enjoying. daytime highs will be felt in the upper 50's and low 60's under dry skies through the evening. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb

"> (oncam) kamala harris continues on the campaign trail in iowa on monday. in oakland, sara stinson, kron four news. ( robin ) 800-thousand federal employees are back on the payroll.....at least for now. the agreement between lawmakers and the trump administration temporarily funds the agencies affected by the government shutdown. friday president trump agreed to re-open the government, which gets those employees back to work. legislation to guarantee back pay for workers affected by the shutdown was also signed. but it could take a few days before paychecks are sent out. the deal that ended the standoff only goes until february 15-th. republican and democratic leaders have until then to come up with a border security proposal.....and the president insists it include money for his long-promised wall

she counts harris as a mentor and a friend. one perk of that friendship is the annual birthday call and happy birthday serenade >> it's a tradition. she never forgets. >> something people may not know about harris is she is a huge prince fan. >> the night he died she said that she and her husband turned on prince music. it was during the 16 race, played it in the backyard. she said we just danced to the prince music. like hours. she loved, loved prince. >> and harris is passionate about cooking. in fact people in the l.a. area may have heard harris calling in to cooking shows. she remembers one incident during the 2016 election. >> at some point she's on the phone and i'm thinking she's making a phone call. she called into the cooking show and was on the car radio. she's talking about how to brine a chicken. she calls in to cooking shows. she loves to cook. >> she said that during this presidential campaign, we will get to see some more of the personal side of harris. >> um, she's going prepared. shes going to -- do what it tak

[laughter] it's too cold out. >> harris: those are fabulous! >> governor huckabee: these are my own version. ostrich. >> morgan: the governor had to endure a lot of girl talk from jillian and i. [laughter] to be when you've made it. shall we do the news? >> governor huckabee: it's okay, i will tweet out everything i heard. [laughter] you have no idea. >> harris: president trump is expressing doubt that lawmakers can reach a deal. democrats and republicans remain divided over the need for a wall or barrier at our nation's southern border. the president tweeted this -- "republicans in the homeland security committee are wasting their time. democrats, despite all the evidence, proof, and caravans coming are not going to give money to build the desperately hyphenated wall. i've got you covered. while it is already being built. i don't expect much help!" house speaker nancy pelosi reacted just within the last 60 minutes or so. let's watch. >> there's not going to be any wall money in the legislations. what did he say today? it doesn't matter what co

. >> kamala harris was born in oakland. there she is in the yellow plaid coat with her mother and sister on the streets of berkeley. her indian mother and her jamaican father were both graduate students at uc berkeley where they were active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. when they divorced, harris moved with her mom to montreal and then went on to howard university, where she spoke today. >> it is my full intention to travel this country and to sit in living rooms and to listen to families and let them express their concerns and their needs. >> she ended up at uc hastings for law school. for a time she dated then california speaker of the assembly willie brown. >> i always thought that kamala harris could be anything that she desired to be and would set her mind to be. that's how talented she really is. >> harris was elected d.a. of san francisco in 2003. california attorney general in 2010, and in 2016, ascended todo national stage as a california senator, branding herself as a leader and challenging the trump

. >>> senator kamala harris is gearing up to kick off her presidential campaign tomorrow drumming up the excitement across the city. >> i'm very excited and i plan to go and i think it's great that she's running for president. >> reporter: senator kamala harris will be back in the bay tomorrow. good evening everyone. >> i'm andri senior. >> rob malcolm is joining us now. >> kamala harris is kick off her roots and they are expecting a huge turn out tomorrow in oakland. >> reporter: senator kamala harris will kick off her presidential campaign with a rally in oakland on sunday. >> i'm very excited and i plan to go and i think it's great she's runninfor reporter: harri elizabeth warren and kirsten gillibrand who are running also. >> we need to select as many women as possible because the men have ran out the corporation. >> reporter: james tailor says this rally has been planned carefully. >> because senator kamala harris wants to ground people with somewhere the progressive left movements in the city's history that many people know about. she'll have issues with had the african-america

james ) kron4's will tran is live at harris' san francisco office with more. <> 54-year-old harris is entering an increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking the democratic nomination. if successful, she'd be the country's second african- american president and the first woman to hold the office. harris is currently a first term senator and former california attorney general. before that she was san francisco's district attorney for six years ... from 2004- 2010.harris was born in oakland and lived in berkeley. she launches her bid as the nation observes what would have been the 90th birthday of civil rights leader martin luther king jr. we'll have much more on this announcement throughout the morning. (áboxesá)( darya ) thanks will. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... conditions for your sunday skies today will clear into the afternoon eventually offering up plenty of sunshine. temperatures will peak a bit cooler in the mid to upper 50's before a noticeable warm up later in the week th

that help someone like kamala harris challenge someone like joe biden. we will see a diverse and huge field early on and that will start today with kamala harris and the other women that have entered the race as well. >> what would you say is her biggest weakness? >> her biggest weakness will be the experience factor. her lack of chops if you well on foreign policy and foreign affairs especially is a mueller investigation is going on in the background. she started in alameda county before she made it to san francisco. whether her chops on justice will be there or not, and like the judge kavanaugh hearing, she did fine. can she appear and elevate herself on the national stage, and how does she deal with disappointing key democrat groups? and i would say certainly the foreign policy and security question will be paramount in terms of her experience. >> kamala harris could get a lot of support, but how do you think she will appeal to the people in the middle section of the country which is much more conservative? >> if you look at how the primaries go you'v

for a while she dated willie brown. >> never underestimate kamala harris. >> harris was elected d.a. of san francisco in 2003. california attorney general in 2010, and if 2016, ascended to the national stage as a california senator, branding herself as a leader and challenging the trump administration. >> she plays well in san francisco. san francisco is a very liberal city, and she is a very liberal person. if i think you get out into the heartland you get out of the california, she's not going to play that well. >> but harris is going for it. >> please join me in oakland sunday, january 27th. and go to kamalaharris.org to join my campaign. let's do this together. >> if she won, she would become the first not -- not only the first woman president, but the first woman of color president of the united states. but it's a crowded field out there. she is the fourth democratic woman to declare her candidacy. in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thank you. with senator harris making her 2020 bid official tonight, others also on the presidential race attended high profile events

. >> harris: do you think so? >> judge napolitano: those are for things to look for, but i don't expect them to heaven. this is not brett kavanaugh, there are no personal allegations against him. this is somebody that was confirmed unanimously 30 years ago. albeit, by a different senate in a different era. he has as many friends on the democratic side as he does on the republican, because he is just a good, smart lawyer doing the right thing. as he says, at age 68, he doesn't care about politics. >> harris: the reason i ask it that way as we know sometimes lawmakers like to grandstand. >> judge napolitano: yes, they do. >> harris: all of them, lisa. not just the ones you agree with her don't agree with. so kamala harris and cory booker, those people you are talking about on the left side of the aisle, indicating that they might put a hat in may be. but they will run for president. maybe if you make a little something going on at william barr's confirmation hearing, does that get you some positive attention among y

it is not yet known why or how the deck collapsed. ( robin ) with kamala harris' official announcement that's she's running for president... we've learned she's joining an already crowded field of democratic candidates.. kron-4's dan kerman got local reaction on why she stands out... and what her challenges may be. --nats--california democratic senator kamala harris' decision to throw her hat in the ring for president comes as little surprise to former san francisco mayor willie brown.sot willie brown/former s.f. mayor :21i tihink its a fabulous announcement, the democrats are blessed 5 have said they want the nomination and 4 are women. california is even more blessed because its our daughter , its our attorney general, d.a. , and our us senator and she is clearly the front runnerbut that opinion of harris' chances is not shared by everyonesot i believe my chances of being president are the same as hershoward epstein is with san francisco's republican partysot howard epstein/s.f. republican party :56i think once she gets on the natonal stage she will be too liberal for the majority of

kamala harris grew up in oakland. if elected she would be the first female president and the second black president. ktvu's jana katsuyama is here with more. >> reporter: kamala harris is making this bid for the white house. she is joining a field of eight democrats running in 2020 with more expected to join. she is only two years into her first term but that is not so different from president obama. kamala harris said any democrat who wants to run should but she is ready to fight against the person now sitting in the oval office. >> i am running for the president of the united states. >> reporter: california senator general kamala the white house. her website promised she would fight for ordinary people. the day. >> some people would suggest when there is a diverse population one cannot achieve unity. i reject that notion. yes, we are diverse and we have so much more in common than what separates us. when we recognize that we will achieve greater unity. in particular greater unity than we have right now. >> reporter:

harris spoke to reporters at her alma mater -- howard university... where she discussed her bid for president.(ken) the california democrat says she plans to fight what she sees as the injustices of the trump presidency.(pam) senator harris made her official announcement today as she appeared on "good morning america." her campaign released a brief video on social media as well. her official campaign kickoff will take place next sunday in oakland, the city where she was born. joining us now is political analyst michael yaki... let's take a look outside right now... chief chief chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us now with the four zone forecast. lawrence karnow: it was a sunny and beautiful day with cool temperatures. highs were in the 50s to low 60s. tonight will be mostly clear and cold and breezy. lows will be in the 30s and 40s. tomorrow will be mostly sunny and bright. highs will be in the 50s and low 60s. the week ahead looks sunny and dry with above normal temperatures later in the week. (pam) coming up -- a daring rescue in freezing da

>> cam a la harris. >> kamala harris is the one to beat. for democrats, if they're branded, the eventual nominee branded a socialist, if they allow the republicans and donald trump to define them as that, they have no shot. they need to make it about trump. >> martha: the people that are declared so far and the people who have announced exfloortry committees -- exploratory committees, i think it's interesting you say kamala harris is the one to beat. why do you say that? >> she brings energy to the democratic party, speaks to the marginalized populations that donald trump has outed. she is a daughter of immigrants, female, pli nort, she speaks -- minority, she speaks to what people need. i think that some people have doubted a biden-harris ticket, i will film it on its head and say harris and biden, where harris is the president and biden the vladimir putin. >> martha: he knows how to do that job. >> absolutely. she's my sorority sister. she has everything that we need to be president of the united states of america. >> martha: chris, quick

it's not just kamala harris. just about everyone who has announced a run for president is out and about on this day that we commemorate the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. former new york mayor michael bloomberg at a breakfast. senator warren is attending a memorial in boston. senator gillibrand has an event in nrk. what are you hearing in columbus? >> bernie sanders, cory booker, noeth have announced that they are in the race for president but will be speaking on the capitol steps sending a message that they are taking south carolina and the african-american vote very seriously as they prepare for potential campaigns. south carolina home to the first in the south primary, 61% of the electorate was african-american during the 2016 election. bernie sanders and cory booker in very different places when it comes to cultivating their relationship. cory booker spent the weekend with civil rights icon john lewis in georgia talking about martin luther king and the civil rights movement. he often talks abou

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' campaign theme is kamala harris for the people. her campaign headquarters will be stationed in baltimore with the second office here in oakland. >> thank you. >>> senator kamala harris joins a growing list of democratic challengers for president in 2020. senators elizabeth warren and kirsten gillibrand have also started their campaigns. former hud secretary under president obama. they are all running for president in 2020. now several other democrats are rumored to be considering a run as well and could announce their plans in the coming weeks. >> the senate is expected to vote tomorrow on president trump's proposal to end the government shutdown. reports from washington, d.c. where they are calling the president's offer a nonstarting. >> hoping to up the pressure on democrats who are holding firm. opposition to the border wall. >> some lines have been shut down because they were not getting paychecks or showing up to work. while they say the passenger wait times are still short, the strain beginning to show on a number of fronts.

kamala harris/ (d) presidential candidate"so let's do this! and let's do it together!"senator kamala harris making her first visit to iowa as a presidential candidateon the heels of her official campaign launch in california.sen. kamala harris/ (d) presidential candidate"i will lead with integrity and i will speak the truth."truth a word she said more than 20 times in her speech as she called on supporters to fight for their vision of america. sen. kamala harris/ (d) presidential candidate"people in power are trying to convince us that the villain in our american story is each other. but that is not our story. that is not who we are. that is not our america." harris laid out a populist platform including medicare for all debt free college and a middle class tax cut. while she never said his name harris made clear she's ready to take on the president.sen. kamala harris/ (d) presidential candidate"when we have foreign powers infecting the white house like malware. let's speak truth about what are clear and present dangers." in her hometown of oakland harris packed the pla

at the town hall meeting monday senator harris took moments to target president trump.sotsenator harris launched her campaign well before president trump launched his campaign going into the 2016 election. professor garcia (cas-tan- yone) says that will be a challenge. if senator harris is the frontrunner than others within the party will come after her.sotharris sounded determined monday night. saying she's been counted out before because of her gender and race but it hasn't stopped her.sot ( robin ) time talking to younger voters... and sitting down with college students from drake university. ( robin ) president trump has accepted an invitation from house speaker nancy pelosi to give his state of the union speech on february 5th. in a letter to pelosi... president trump said it his great honor to accept her invitation to speak before a joint session of congress next week. the speech was initially scheduled for today (tuseday)-- but pelosi postponed it during the government shutdown. the house and senate still must pass a resolution officially inviting the president to speak to congre

burke harris is also a pediatrician. newsom says she will focus on combatting the root causes of serious health conditions by using her office to reach young families across the state. burke harris will be sworn in as surgeon general on feburary 11th. ( james ) couples who want to get married have new option when deciding on a venue. contra costa county partnered up with the national park service to offer couples to get married inside the historic john muir house in martinez on valentine's day. the ceremonies will be held between 10:20 a.m. and 3:20 p.m. on feburary 14th. weddings will be held in a room that contains a chandelier, grand piano and a view overlooking the property. the italianate victorian-style home was built in 18-82, according to the county clerk-recorder office. people can make appointments for ceremonies at the clerk-recorder office in martinez. ( james ) coming up at 8 o'clock. california could become the first state in the nation to offer new parents six months of paid leave. ( james ) and after the