senator feinstein you what to to speak? stein: i just become senator myhy's successor and from perspective see how well she has done. fighterough, she is a and she has run a very good operation. i am also pleased and my colleagues join with that saying where is she ? thank you for everything you have done for this committee. [applause] [applause] >> do have a copy to sign? you want to speak? submit for the record mr. durbin. all business done. we will adjourn. [chatter] >> democrats delay vote on sessions nomination. senate democrats are delaying a vote on senator jeff sessions nomination to be president trumps attorney general are doing they want more time to review the pic. read more at the hill.com. this year's march for life rally takes place friday in washington d c marking the decision known as roe versus wade. the rally begins at noon eastern. at 1:00 they will march to the supreme court. one of coverage here on c-span. coverage here on c c-span.]sp -- discussing the executive orders assigned by president trump to ex

feinstein: thank you. i wanted a good tribute to my good friend -- i want to pay tribute to my good friend, senator leahy. has been on this committee for a long time, a little bit longer than i have. i found him to be a mentor and scholar and standup. i hope some of those characteristics in a modest way fell over on me. and as wees allow, have gone for most nominees during the last several congresses, i am asking you to vote for senator sessions be held over until next week. i would like to explain why. the attorney general is charged with enforcing our laws and constitution. he must be vigilant, fair, and evenhanded. the department of justice must be out front and strong. it must protect the rights of women and minorities. it must protect voting rights and all of our constitutional rights. this nomination is a very big deal. pagesday, we received 188 of responses to questions submitted for the record following the sessions hearing. our staff needs time to go through these answers, and we need time to put

i was very proud to turn over that position to senator feinstein. i think she just demonstrated why. i was also proud to be one of the members of the committee. and publicly said that i believed anita hill and said so publicly at the time. and it influenced my vote. we have had 352 members counting senator feinstein only six have been women. i sit on the senate floor, have enjoyed working with her in countless issues ranging from national security to immigration reform. she has broken down barriers throughout her career. this is just one more example. i'm just giving her a copy of what is said about her on the senate floor. >> thank you. >> i did it with total total pride. i could not leave this in better hands. so thank you. >> we have 11 members present. we have a quorum . we are ready to turn to the authorizing resolution for the committee. i asked all in favor ... >> i want to recognize the remarkable service of my chief counsel. she's been with the judiciary committee for more than 14 years. when she became my chief counsel we were debating two

senator feinstein, you wanted to speak to on the point? >> very briefly. i just have come with senator leahy's successor and be here with some of the staff and from my perspective see how well christine has done. she is smart, she's tough, she's a fighter and she has run a very good operation, senator leahy and senator grassley. so i am also pleased and i know my colleagues join with that in saying, where is she? christine, thank you for everything that you have done for this committee. >> thank you. >> it's very much appreciated. >> a copy of the resolution if anyone wants to sign it. all business is done, we will adjourn. >> thank you for the questions, senator feinstein. >> yeah.

that's why dianne feinstein had to miss work yesterday. and then -- i kiss you not -- look what happened. this was dianne feinstein today. what? back at work. she's 83 years old. she's more than two tom cottons old. she was at work questioning jeff sessions on tuesday, she left, went and had surgery and had a pacemaker installed, missed one day of work and today she is back bright and early for 10:00 a.m. hearing. she was ready to, go ready to give the cia nominee what for. >> if you were ordered by the president to restart the cia's use of enhanced interrogation techniques that fallout side of the army field manual, would you comply? >> senator, absolutely not. >> no ma'am. absolutely not. you can almost see the thought bubble over mike pompompeo's hea "no, ma'am, did you seriously have surge yesterday and you're pinning me to my chair today? no ma'am, anything you want, ma'am." wow. do not mess with dianne feinstein. you think she's old? you think she's brittle? dianne feinstein will crush you and bench press your corpse and accept your

. >> thank you, senator feinstein. before i turn to senator shelby and collins for their opening statement, i note that the committee received a letter from former secretary of state condoleezza rice indicating that she had hoped to join our colleagues in introducing senator sessions. she strongly supports his nomination. it's a powerful letter and i hope my colleagues will take time to read it. and i'd like to have it entered in the record at this point. now to senator shelby and senator collins, in that order. proceed. >> chairman grassley, ranking member feinstein, thank you for allowing me to be a part of this historic hearing today. although my friend and league jeff sessions is well known to the members of this committee, it's my distinct privilege to introduce him as president-elect donald trump's nominee to serve as our next united states attorney general. before joining the senate, jeff sessions began his distinguished career as a practicing attorney and then served as the united states attorney for alabama's

senator feinstein, senator klobuchar, after my 20 years i welcome senator feinstein. we grapple with some of the most pressing issues facing our country. we can be proud she is here and i applaud you for this. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator leahy. good morning. i welcome everyone to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of our colleague, senator sessions, to serve as the 84th attorney general of the united states. first, i want to set out a couple ground rules. i want to handle this hearing the same way that i handled the hearing for attorney general lynch's nomination and it is also the same way that chairman leahy handled previous hearings. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the views of those behind them or speak out of turn, it's simply not fair. it is simply not considerate to others, so officers will immediately remove those individuals. now before my opening statement, let me explain how we will proceed. senators feinstein and i will give our opening remarks. then senator shelb

senator feinstein, and so after these 20 years i welcome senator feinstein, and we grapple with some of the most serious issues facing this country and we should be proud she's here and i applaud you for this. >> thank you, that's nice. thank you. >> thank you, senator leahy. good morning. i welcome everybody to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of our colleague, senator sessions, to serve as the 84th attorney general of the united states. first i want to set out a couple ground rules. i want to handle this hearing the same way that i handled the hearing for attorney general lynch's nomination, and it's also the same way that chairman leahy handled previous hearings. i want everybody to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the views of those behind them or speak out of turn, it's simply not fair and simply not considerate to others so officers will immediately remove those individuals. now before my opening statement, let me explain how we will proceed. senators feinstein and i will give our opening remarks, and then sena

senator feinstein: ok. as you know, the constitution also protects a woman's right to have access to health care and determine whether to terminate her pregnancy in consultation with her family and doctor. i'm old enough to remember what it was like before when i was a student at stanford and thereafter. in the earl-i 1960's i -- early 1960's, i actually sentenced women in california convicted of felony abortion to state prison for a maximum sentences of up to 10 years, and they still went back to it because the need was so great, so was the morbidity and so was the mortality. this right has now -- passed now by the constitution as recognized in roe, planned parenthood v. casey, and the supreme court's recent decision in whole women's health in fact the court recently struck down onerous regulations imposed by texas on women's health clinics. you have referred to roe v. wade as, quote, one of the worst colossally erroneous supreme court decisions of all time, end quote. is that still your view? senator sess

senator feinstein, senator klobuch klobuchar. so, after my at least 20 years, i welcome senator feinstein as we grapple with some of the most pressing issues facing our country. we americans can be proud that she's here, and i applaud you for it. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you, senator leahy. good morning. i welcome everyone to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of our colleague, senator sessions, to serve as the 84th attorney general of the united states. first, i want to set out a couple ground rules. i want to handle this hearing the same way that i handled the hearing for attorney general lynch's nomination, and it's also the same way that chairman leahy handled previous hearings. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the views of those behind them or speak out of turn, it's simply not fair, it's simply not considerate to others, so officers will immediately remove those individuals. now, before my opening statement, let me explain how we w

. >> chairman grassley and representative feinstein, thank you for letting me be a part of this proceeding today. though my friend jeff sessions is well known to the members of this committee, it my pleasure to introduce him as president-elect donald trump nominee to serve as our next united states attorney general. before joining the senate, jeff sessions began his distinguished career as a practicing attorney and then served as the united states attorney for alabama's southern district before ultimately becoming the attorney general of the state of alabama. during the past 20 years here in the u.s. senate that i have served with jeff sessions, i've had the opportunity to know him well, not just as a skilled attorney with an accomplished record as a prosecutor and as a legislator, but as a man of extraordinary character. i have the highest regard, not on for his intellect, but for his integrity. unfortunately for the announcement of his nomination, jeff's political opponents have attacked his character with baseless and tired allegations, but in reality jeff sessions' extensive record of

senator feinstein? >> it's my understanding that senator durbin has not yet had his second round and so i would like to defer the him. i'm going defer the durbin because he somehow got missed. >> thank you very much. i want to thank the chairman and my friend senator feinstein. this morning before the intersection committee direct comey was can he hatestifying a about any contact between moscow and russians and the presidential campaigns and he said he wasn't going to answer to any publicly and i would like to ask about recusal. but you have mentioned you would recuse yourself involving hillary clinton or the clinton campaign and e-mails and then i understand i wasn't present but senator bloomen ththal asked yo whether or not you would recuse yourself on other cases and you said on a case by case basis, same thing if we are dealing with the trump campaign or anyone in the trump campaign, would you recuse yourself as attorney general from that prosecution? >> my response to my recusal issue was because i

so those will be the questions that i have for senator feinstein. describe the skoech of this investigation. is it more about how the u.s. government hachled this or is it bigger than that. >> and you also interviewed john lewis for the show. he says he does not believe donald trump is a legitimate president. what are the broader repercussions here and will other democrats echo that statement? >> i think this is going to have a broad repercussions. i think donald trump's decision to confront john lewis on twitter multiple times yesterday and throughout the weekend is uniting the democratic party when they could have been divided on that question. this issue of legitimacy, do they believe the election was free and fair. many have walked right up to the line but stopped short of questioning the legitimacy of the election. now here is john lewis basically the spiritual leader of the democratic party doing that. and that may divide democrats. but the more donald trump pounces on lewis, the more that has united the democratic party and now splintered som

senator feinstein, he wanted to speak on the point? >> very briefly speeded we will take you live just outside the senate to our senators are briefing reporters. >> let me start by saying i'll be going shortage of meeting down to the white house with senator schumer, senator feinstein and chairman grassley to discuss the supreme court nomination which the president has indicated will be coming down to us in a very near future. this is part of the consultation process, the constitution says advice and consent. and we will be taking the opportunity to give advice on a bipartisan basis to the president prior to his decision about who to send up. in terms of the senate scheduled today, we are hopeful we will get a cabinet nominee confirmed. as you know there's a lot of committee action today. i'll be filing cloture on secretary of state designee rex tillerson which will ripen next week. and then we will anymore fulsome way moving to approving cabinet appointments both controversial and noncontroversial beginning next week. john. >> along t

>> we should ask senator feinstein. she had an opportunity to question him. she also had an opportunity to question all the witnesses that testified in support and in opposition. she didn't take a good deal of that opportunity because frankly when i testified, she wasn't there. so -- >> stuart: so what's going on here? this delay will be a week's delay. what is really going on? >> what is really going on is delay. delay the opportunity for senator sessions to get to the justice department and begin to implement policies that senator feinstein might disagree with. >> stuart: james comey will remain as the fbi top guy under president trump. what do you make of that? >> a couple things. first of all, the president obviously is free to retain him. the president picks his spots and picks his fights. he's got a lot of people to get through congress and it may not make sense even if he were so inclined to have yet another turbulent issue thrust in the middle of -- >> stuart: but you know what's being said. that james comey ruined the candidacy of hillary clinton, an

california senator dianne feinstein formally requested a delay on the vote earlier today. >> we are being asked to evaluate the nomination of our next attorney general who is charged with enforcing the law and unholding the protections women have fought so hard to secure. >> many, many millions of americans are deeply concerned about what the future will bring. that's a hallmark of what happened this past saturday in the march. >> after the delay, senator feinstein met with president trump and other senate leaders at the white house. >>> back on capitol hill, votes were also originally scheduled today on the nominees for energy secretary and interior secretary but those votes were also postponed. >>> senator feinstein met with the president, dozens rallied outsider her office. many people were chanting and carrying signs that criticized the nominees. the rally was one of several planned nationwide today by moveon.org. >> disgusting with what's happened to our country and we're here today [ indiscernible ] cabinet appointees by trump. they are multimillionaires. they almost all have positi

there was no follow-up from senator feinstein. she did challenge him on same-sex marriage, and she challenged him on abortion, and his answers, i think, were satisfactory to her. whether she votes for him or not, i don't know. but the public perception of a rational, even-keeled, fair-minded, calm jeff sessions is being repeated over and over. stuart: carol roth, i hear you trying to get in. what's your point? maybe she wasn't. carol? i was -- i heard you -- >> yes. stuart: -- talking in the background there. you want to make a point? go? >> i'm sorry, sorry, institute, there was a little -- stuart, there was a little miscommunication with my earpiece. i do want to go back to what peter was saying on the border taxes. i don't know that is so great for the market. i think there are a lot of participants in the market who are advocates of free trade. i think as donald trump approaches taxes that i'd like to see more incentives than penalties. i think if you create the right incentives to create and foster more jobs and more opportun

senator feinstein, senator clover jar --klobuchar. i welcome senator feinstein on the most pressing issues facing our country. we americans can be proud she is here and i applaud you for it. >> thank you. >> thank you, good morning, i welcome everyone to this very important hearing to consider the nomination of our colleague senator sessions to serve as the 84th attorney general of the united states. first, i want to set up a couple ground rules. i want to handle this hearing the same way that i handled the hearing for attorney general lynch's nomination. it is also the same way chairman leahy handled previous hearings. i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction. if people stand up and block the views of those behind them or speak out of turn, simply not fair and not considerate to others, so officers will immediately remove those individuals. before my opening statement i will explain how we will proceed. senator feinstein and i will give opening remarks, senator shelby and collins will introduce the nominee

welcome senator feinstein. we grapple some of the most pressing issues facing our country. we americans can be proud she is here, and i applaud you for this. >> thank you. >> thank you, senator leahy. good morning. i welcome everyone. host: if you want to continue watching the judiciary committee hearing on the nomination of jeff sessions for attorney general, you can go to c-span3. we are live streaming on c-span organ and the c-span radio app. this is one of 8 confirmation hearings taking place this week. we are covering them all on the c-span networks. later

feinstein is introducing two bills. the first would rescind the executive order. the second would amend the immigration and nationality act to ensure additional congressional oversight of the president's authority to bar classes of people from entering the united states. feinstein says the order is contrary to the principles on which america was founded and will not make us any safer. >>> not everyone in the bay area is protesting president trump's targeted immigration ban. supporters say he is fulfilling a campaign promise. carolyn tyler joins us live from the newsroom with that reaction. carolyn. >> reporter: kristen, as you know, california is a blue state and the bay area is the bluest of blue, but that doesn't mean there aren't trump supporters here, and they want their perspective known. corrine rankin calls the protests taking place at the nation's airports disheartening. she believes president trump's executive order temporarily tightening our borders is necessary to keep america safe. >> we need to be -- instill a deeper vetting process to make sure that

so i think jeff sessions is right and senator feinstein is wrong. bottom line. about the job of attorney general. i think jeff will follow the law. no matter what his political opinions are. i have no doubt about that. as to roe v. wade, millions of americans share that opinion. you mepgsed a march where thousands came to protest president trump. you were right. they were peaceful. most of them around my peace. very nice folks. you apparently missed the hundreds of thousands that took streets a few days ago and had a sincerely held opinion that roe v. wade is bad law. can you disagree? absolutely, and still be attorney general. at least i hope so. because millions of americans do. but it is law of the land and a process to change it and that will come from the courts. jeff sessions, the man, this is the one that gets me the most i guess. i expect criticism to come our way on both sides of the aisle. i voted against senator leahy's proposal, violence against women, even though i'm suppo supportive of the concept of protecting women because i didn't agree with his

i think jeff sessions is right and senator feinstein is wrong. bottom line about the job of attorney general. i think jeff will follow the law. no matter what his political opinions are. i have no doubt about that. as to roe v. wade, millions of americans share that opinion. you mentioned a march where thousands of people came to protest president trump. you were right. they were peaceful. most of them were around my house. very nice folks. you ark parentally missed the hundreds of thousands who took to the streets just a few days ago and had a sincerely held opinion that roe v. wade is bad law. so can you disagree with roe v. wade? absolutely, you can and still be attorney general. at least i hope so. because millions of americans do. but it is the law of the land and there's a process to change it, and that will come from the courts. jeff sessions, this is the one that gets me the most, i guess. i expect criticism to come our way on both sides of the aisle. i voted against senator leahy's proposal for violence against women even though i'm very

thank you very much. ] rosstalk announcer: senator dianne feinstein introduced to bills thesing -- against presidential action and posing a againsty travel ban seven countries. next, we hear a response from arkansas senator tom cotton. >> i have come to the floor. we have just styled a resolution, a bill actually, with 26 cosponsors that would repeal the immigration ban .laced by president trump mr. president, president trump's muslim ban is unnecessary, unconstitutional, and on american and it should be repealed and immediately. the executive order prohibits individuals from iran, syria, iraq, cynthia, somalia, libya, and yemen from entering the country. and even bars relatives of americans from visiting. the order suspends the entire u.s. refugee program and most egregiously, syrian refugees are beyond indefinitely unless they are christian. this is not what america is all about, mr. president. unnecessary.der is individuals from the seven targeted countries and 150 other nations are already thoroughly squeezed. they submit photographs that run through biometric data bases. their persona

. >>> this group didn't need an invitation to senator feinstein's office. about 200 demonstrators held up signs urging senator feinstein to vote against several of president trump's cabinet nominees. feinstein's deputy staff director talked with the crowd and urged them to keep protesting. >> this is wonderful. this is great. but it doesn't stop today. you need to keep doing this. >> in just the past 24 hours, feinstein's aide says he has received more than 12,000 e-mails from people concerned about trump's presidency. >>> the drought is over and more than a third of california. but governor brown just signed an emergency declaration because of flooding. see the contrast, next. >>> also ahead -- >> valerie was a rising star research scientist, i would say. >> friends share new information about a berkeley couple who mysteriously died yesterday along with their two cats. >>> and at 6:30, athlete activists continue to push for social change even as they se for millions of baby boomers there's a serious virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepati

. >>> this group didn't need an invitation to senator feinstein's office. about 200 demonstrators held up signs urging senator feinstein to vote against several of president trump's cabinet nominees. feinstein's deputy staff director talked with the crowd and urged them to keep protesting. >> this is wonderful. this is great. but it doesn't stop today. you need to keep doing this. >> in just the past 24 hours, feinstein's aide says he has received more than 12,000 e-mails from people concerned about trump's presidency. >>> the drought is over and more than a third of california. but governor brown just signed an emergency declaration because of flooding. see the contrast, next. >>> also ahead -- >> valerie was a rising star research scientist, i would say. >> friends share new information about a berkeley couple who mysteriously died yesterday along with their two cats. >>> and at 6:30, athlete activists continue to push for social change even as they see new obstacles. over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too l

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the first important missing person was senator dianne feinstein. she's the top democrat on this committee that's considering the sessions nomination. at the first day of his hearings, yesterday, she was very tough, she denounced senator sessions for his record on discrimination broadly, on gay rights in particular. she told senators on the committee they should consider those positions when deciding on his confirmation. that was yesterday but today she wasn't there. her office said she had to go have a pacemaker installed. now the senator's office says this procedure, this was routine and voluntary. they say she'll be back to work soon but that's important for senator feinstein. we wish senator feinstein the best as she prefires come back to work. it also happens at a crucial time the other person behind senator feinstein who was notably absent was jeff sessions himself. little known fact, nominees are not required to be present at their confirmation hearings and today was maybe a good day for senator sessions to rearrange the paper clips on his de

first, i asked to proceed to the immediate consideration of senator feinstein's bill introduced earlier today that derby two hours of debate equally divided and that use or yielding back of time and the all should be considered third time. finally, no amendments, motions, or points of order to the bill. is there objection? >> senator from arkansas. >> i reserve the right to object. democratic leader. mr. schumer: second resolution, i ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote on calendar number 2, the nomination of rex w. tillerson for secretary of the,e postponed until executive order 137 is rescinded and mr. tillerson is provided in writing to the senate foreign relations committee information pertaining to his involvement in the development of the executive order as well as a statement declaring whether or not he agrees with the order.

senator dianne feinstein of california knows as much as anyone about the intel community. she is the former chair and vice-chair of the committee, still on it. she joins me now. welcome back to the program. >> thank you, chuck. >> before i get to the investigation, i have got to ask you about what john lewis said and about donald trump's response and just get your response. >> well, i understand why john lewis feels the way he does. this is a very fearful and divided nation right now. and the trumps have not done anything to bring it together. i really regret the president-elect's response to what john lewis said. it's without understanding of his history, of what he went through, of the fact that this is martin luther king weekend. and there is so much fear in this country. i come from the biggest state. i get tens of thousands of phone calls and e-mails of people that are fearful of what's going to happen. it's the job of this new president to reassure people that he is not just the president of his base but he is the president of everyone, and that means a coming togeth

they are gathering outside dianne feinstein's office right now urging her to oppose president trump's nominees. this rally is one of dozens planned nationwide by moveon.org to urge the senate to delay cabinet confirmations and to resist mr. trump's agenda. on monday the president signed an executive order curtailing funding to some women's health organizations. reinstated a policy that requires nongovernmental organizations to agree on condition of getting federal funding that they would neither perform or actively promote abortion in other nations. so that symbolism is heightened after demonstrations on saturday. funding for abortion was a rallying cry and that's why san francisco supervisor and hilary ronen and other leaders introduced a resolution saying that san francisco will pay for female healthcare if the government stops funding it. >> going to have to fight. we are going to have to provide the resources. we are gonna have to roll up our sleeves and we are ready to do whatever it takes to take on this battle. we will protect women of all ages and economic levels. >> reporter:

so feinstein said she will try to pin down sessions about this question. will he or won't be appoint a special prosecutor or in other way go after clinton over her handling of the e-mails. >> i think a lot of people want to know can feinstein and other dem vats stop session or anyone else for that matter from being confirmed. >> reporter: you know no they can't not by themselves. if they want to stop someone they need assistance from some republicans in the senate and that doesn't look likely at this point. now the democrats are in the minority in the senate and because of the wrinkle in the rules they can't filibuster on cabinet picks in the way they could on other issues. but they can do three things number one they can delay some of the confirmations using various procedural rules number two they can try to make the nominees commit to certain positions on the record. like this effort to get sessions to promise not to go after hillary clinton. and number 3 they can sort of create spectacle and try to hurt them the nominee so they take office banged up an

senator dianne feinstein now has a pacemaker. a spokesman said feinstein underwent the nonemergency surgery yesterday just hours after questioning jeff sessions. president-elect's nominee for attorney general. she plans to submit additional questions for the hearings. her pacemaker was installed out of an abundance of caution but no details were released. she is 83. she is currently the oldest member of the senate. ♪[ music ] >>> still ahead, the controlled avalanche that got out of control, the damage in the lake tahoe area after tons of snow come sliding into homes. >> we have been monitoring yet another storm that's heading this way. we are going to track it. we'll tell you exactly when it's going to arrive to the bay area and how much more rain to expect. the news continues right after this. , (upbeat music) - [voiceover] you are san francisco. we've been with you from the beginning. we've seen each other through good times and bad. sickness and health. we're with you san francisco, and you bring out the best in us. care. z

nominee so they have the meeting and also with ascender dick durbin, he met with jeff sessions as well as feinstein and other democrats. we will see how widows' many merge from the private meetings saying he is a uh colleague but we have a lot of tough questions ready and waiting. >> that isn't the first time he has been before that committee. now go to the armed services committee and what main issues are there and what happened with that waiver? >> looks like the weaver that he needs because he has not been out of uniform seven years does not look like it will be an issue. a lot of terror credit was signing for ad democrat from the york saying she would oppose a waiver. view dulce that sentiment building so that should not be an issue percussing comments from those democratic senators from the general from his character and background it is interesting he is the only cabinet nominee that has been held to the 60 vote threshold consider raising that is what the waiver would have needed in the senate and they will use it because they really do think he is qualified and one tim there at the pentagon.

. >>> democratic senator diane feinstein plans to introduce a pair of bills today, one of which would immediately rescind the order. she'd need republican support for it to pass. the gop holds 52 of the seats. at least four republican senators say the order is extreme. nancy pelosi says house democrats will introduce their own bill to rescind the ban. >>> freshman california senator harris is embracing feinstein's effort and emerging as a protest leader. harris joined hundreds of protesters outside the white house yesterday. anyone tained at a port of entry she demands has right to counsel. >> we are going to fight for our immigrant brothers and sisters because they and we are what makes this country great. >> harris says no matter what the white house calls it, the president's executive order is a muslim ban. >> president trump released a statement yesterday. this is not about religion. this is about terror and keeping our country safe. there are over 40 different countries worldwide that are majority muslim not affected by this order. we will again be issuing visas to all countries

of feinstein and gives us more time to focus on each other and not so much time to worry about parking and traffic. walking to school every day makes us feel good and helps us breathe the fresh air and get exposed to the environment. so i would encourage all families here to the greatest extent possible, if can you do it, try to walk to school at least once, twice a week, a month, whatever works for you all. thank you very much. thank you all for being here. [ applause ] >> thank you, manuel. hi i'm nichole the executive director of walk san francisco and we along with the san francisco safe routes to school partnership put on this event every year. so i want to first thank the san francisco safe routes to school partnership partners led by the department of public health, who are here with us today. i want to thank other partners within the partnership and thank my team at walk sf for all their hard work, especially josie, and the mta and ywca and the san francisco bike coalition, sf environment, and especially sfusd and thank our leaders who are here with us today. we have the police

dianne feinstein has lived two of tom cotton's lifetimes already and then some. she's 83 years old. and you know what? we should all hope to be as nails as dianne feinstein is when we get to be 83 years old because, get this, we started covering this story yesterday. this is t

dianne feinstein will issue two bills. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer was was on the senate floor blasting the way the trump administration handled this for poor planning and execution. schumer is looking ahead to his party's response. >> this evening will ask to repeat this. senator feinstein has thought out legislation to repeal this. i hope mitch mcconnell allows that vote. 11 republicans, not just the ones you shown have spoken out about it. >> schumer is putting pressure on the 11 republicans that expressed some concern about the way this executive action was rolled out and trying to pressure them to voting to repeal that executive action. >> shepard: what level of concern? what are you hear something. >> some republicans say they don't like the way it was communicated. they're not clear and the message about why they were taking a closer look at the vetting. others say they didn't like the way it was rolled out. rob portman went off the administration a bit saying essentially it was rushed through. so he s

. >> dianne feinstein under goes surgery. the details we are just learning about. . >>> california senator die april feinstein has undergone surgery to have a pacemaker. she is the oldest democrat in the senate and in the judiciary committee and she had the surgery done after wrapping up confirmation hearings for jeff sessions for attorney general. feinstein is recovering at her home in the d.c. area and plans to return to work very soon. >> donald trump held his first news conference which we brought you live. >> secretary of state and transportation and attorney general were facing a showdown on capitol hill. we have more on jeff sessions' second day in the hot seat. the hot seat. . >> reporter: they are out in washington holding rallies and demonstrations here ahead of several profile confirmation hearings. >> the pick for secretary of state rex tillerson grilled by the foreign recommendations committee on the first day of his hearing. democratic lawmakers asking tough questions about the connection with the russian govern

i know democrats are worried about diane feinstein because she's signaled the kind of cordality, but i think she's under enormous pressure to vote no. and then it goes to the floor. and then people can raise questions on the floor. i don't think this fight is over. >> is the message that this sends though to the american public who wanted to see less -- a less combative nature, more, for lack of a better word, collegial nature, thought washington was broken, does it send another message to supporters to president trump, you know, what it's more of the same? >> i don't think so. i think it reflects very poorly on democrats who are basically demonizing mr. sessions because of his views. you can disagree with mr. sessions. i've had disagreements with him over immigration reform. but i don't think he's a racist. and the problem here with democrats is that they're demonizing his views just because he thinks a certain way he's a racist or he's a homophobe or whatever. the truth is, okay, fine, vote against him, allow the it have, don't delay the vote. mr. sessions is a man of the law and t