jackie speier today hosted a forum with former ambassador with russia to talk about current state of relations and what's at stake. sergio is there live from san mateo. >> this town hall meeting was like a college course on russia and vladimir putin's world view. for more than an hour former ambassador mike presented his view on russia on issues like state-sponsored hackers and ties to vladimir putin and then part of donald trump's campaign. mcfall also a member of national security council under president barack obama and held high top secret clearances, he talked about the controversy with devin nunes according to the times and post nunes was provided top secret information by members of the national security council. mcfall says that's very unusual. >> i was there threeiers and don't remember a single time we ever briefed on raw intelligence that we were showing a member of congress. >> i think that chairman nunes has to go. i don't think he -- there's no way he can actually chair this investigation. >> congresswoman jackie speier sits on the house intelligence committee with nune

jackie speier today hosted a forum with former ambassador with russia to talk about current state of relations and what's at stake. sergio is there live from san mateo. >> this town hall meeting was like a college course on russia and vladimir putin's world view. for more than an hour former ambassador mike presented his view on russia on issues like state-sponsored hackers and ties to vladimir putin and then part of donald trump's campaign. mcfall also a member of national security council under president barack obama and held high top secret clearances, he talked about the controversy with devin nunes according to the times and post nunes was provided top secret information by members of the national security council. mcfall says that's very unusual. >> i was there threeiers i don't think he -- there's no way he can actually chair this investigation. >> congresswoman jackie speier sits on the house intelligence committee with nunes and says their role is to be a watchdog on the administration not be collaborators. this controversy that devin nunes is tied to stems from donald trump

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. >> reporter: jackie speier is also on the house intelligence committee and she told us that the not good enough. devin nunes should be off the committee all together. >> i think he should be asked to leave the committee because we have over sight responsibility. over the intelligence community generally and i fear his closeinous to the president -- closeness to the president won't allow him to be objective. >> reporter: devin nunes canceled committee hearings that were scheduled for last week and he hasn't give an new date. melissa cane, kpix 5. >> coming up why officials say more and more people are turning to oakland when they travel. >> drone fans take their tech to fight in the skies. all coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, devastating mudslide killed at least 230 people. reds more -- includi >>> search and rescue in southwest columbia after a devastating mudslide killed 230 people. hundreds more in ncluding children -- including children were injured. the red cross reports 150 people are still missing. heavy rains sent floodwaters through homes in the city. the president is already dec

>> congresswoman jackie speier, thanks for your time tonight. joining me now, ned price, former cia analyst, spokesperson, senior director of the national security council. ned, let me start with you on this question of vetting. my understanding is that there are a bunch of vets that folks would go through to go into the white house. there's an fbi background check that is part of the clearance process. there's also just vetting that the staff does. is it surprising to you that apparently general flynn walked in the door with, as far as we can tell, zero? >> well, it's absolutely surprising, chris. frankly i don't believe it. look, i think you have to stop looking at these revelations about michael flynn in isolation. when you take a step back and you look at the totality of what we've learned about this individual in recent weeks, a very dark portrait emerges. we've had these potential violations of the logan act, the 18th century statute that makes it a crime to subvert u.s. policy. we've had his failure to register as a foreign agent, his lyi

democratic congresswoman jackie speier is joining me now. she sits on the house intelligence committee. congresswoman, thank you so much for the time. i know you'll be gathering in a few minutes. i want to talk about these new developments today in regard to intel. they're important. you have carter page, as jessica just laid out, he has offered to testify before your committee. but with this news, this news out now that he passed information an alleged russian operative, this came from that fbi court filing against the alleged russian operative -- when do you think the committee is going to interview him? does this news concern you? >> well, the news, of course, concerns us. i mean, it's the plot thickening, without a doubt. and what's deeply troubling to me is that all of the inner circle of then candidate trump had connections with russia. and even now, the russia connection is so much stronger within the white house than the connection is with our allies throughout europe, where we need to be solidifying those relationships along with na

. >> and jackie speier held a r rally for "take back america" to organize grass root groups fighting against the president's agenda. she represents most of san mateo county and she says that she is committed to protecting the rights of people, and turning the rights of the house of representatives back over to the democrats. >>> more help from president donald trump in the wake of the storms in california. late last night, he approved a disaster declaration for the state. this is going to allow for assistance of federal money, and the money is in addition to state and local funds allocated for the storm recovery. this declaration is going to come from the storm damage from february 1st, to the 23rd. that is going to affect seven counties here in the bay area. certainly a beautiful weekend, and no storm clouds to talk about as we take you over san jose today. and clear blue skies. >> electric blue. >>er have very pretty, but there are changes coming ahead for the work week. terry does not want the hear about it, but rob mayeda has the news. >> and i am the messenger of bad news with t

jackie speier held an event today. organizers say the goal was to connect people with organizations and grassroots groups are fighting against president donald trump's agenda. spooir said she is committed to respecting the rights of people and giving the democrats the majority in the house of representatives in 2018. >>> the san francisco gay men's choir is mourning the loss of one of its own. a sunger ryan nunez died on stage during the intermission during a concert on friday night. they posted this picture on his facebook page with a tribute to him. the group said that he was not only dedicating to the singing but was the coordinator on staff which means, he was the voice in the world. he was 39 years old. >>> after nearly 100 days at sea, a coast guard crew is back in the bay area after mission to stop drug smugglers. coast guard cutter stratton and crew arrived today. they spent 98 days patrolling the pacific ocean for drug smugglers and doing training exercises. nearly 404-thousand pounds of cocaine was confiscate

speier will discuss trying to secure pending grants. it's ultimately up to the trump administration to say yes to get that money. >>> for the next three days, through travel is not going to be allowed in san mateo county. the woodside road is closed from aths:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. the reason why is storm drain and repair work. local traffic doesn't have to worry about it. the road will stay open on both sides, but nonemergency traffic will not get through between these scheduled times. >> 4:40 now, and coming up, we're looking at your work week forecast with a tiny look forward to the weekend. >> yeah, we've got some cloudy skies and some spotty rain out there this morning. and we will have a chance of some light showers as we go through the day. we'll talk about this and, yeah, looking ahead to the rest of the week and weekend coming up next. >> and right here, we're looking at fremont, easy drive for 880 right at this spot. we'll show you what's going on farther south coming up. >>> plus, if you still haven't gotten your hands on an ne

. >> congresswoman jackie speier, democrat, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for the invitation. >> as we continue, horror in syria as a chemical attack claims dozens of lives. a foreign policy challenge for a president with a lot to say on the subject of syria in the past, and somehow it all goes back to twitter. . >>> welcome back to "the 11th hour." tonight syria's leader bashar al assad is facing worldwide condemnation again, accused of using chemical weapons in his nation's six-year long civil war. it is being called the worst chemical attack in syria in years and the third allegation of chemicals weapons use in the past month. a heads up for some disturbing images. nothing but disturbing images these days coming out of there. this video comes from a rebel held area of western syria near aleppo. adults and children, you see them washing them down, trying to get the chemical effects off of them. many of the children struggling to breathe. it is hard to watch, showing the clear signs of a chemical attack. one relief agency tells nbc news the death toll was 83 in this one atta

interestingly, last year representative jackie speier from california, the same representative, same congresswoman that brought to the marine corps's attention in 2014 this revenge porn issue was occurring, she introduced a federal bill that would criminalize nonconsensual pornography in the civilian world as well. but specifically representative mcsally from arizona introduced a bill, i have not been able to find the language yet to that billion, that would criminalize nonconsensual sharing of intimate photos by military members to make it very clear to members of the military, the d bedrock of our criminal justice systems and the bedrock of the constitution, fair notice that their conduct is criminal and make it easier for commanders to train, to point to, and bring individuals to account when they cross that red line. so i would love to answer questions later on. i want to, again, thank everyone on the panel and turn to general. >> general? >> thank you. well, hello, everyone, and i'm delighted to be here, and i would like to thank george washington and the aba standing committees

in march congresswoman jackie speier, in april judicial watch arguing the democrats' remarks raised the same concerns that forc house intel committee chaian devin nuÑes to recuse himself from leading the committee's investigation into russia and the obama administration's spy scandal. the former trump adviser who was spied on by obama-era intelligence agencies is now slamming what he calls the false allegations against him. carter page appearing on the o'reilly factor last night. there he denied allegations of improper communications with russian officials. >> i'm very encouraged that all of the lies that have been a drag on this administration are finally coming out into the open. so many people have lied against me with, from the clinton campaign, many of their surrogates. let's see what actually comes out. lou: and joining me now to discuss the obama spy scandal, the deep state and much more, the executive editor of the weekly standard, fox news contributor or fred barnes, and rnc or national committeeman, former chairman of the republican lawyers' association randy evans. good to h

. >> reporter: jackie speier is also on the house intelligence committee and she told us today that is not good enough. devin nunes should be off the committee all together. >> i think he should be asked to leave the committee because we have over sight responsibilities over the intelligence community and i fear that his closeness to the president is not going to allow him to be objective and independent. >> reporter: devin nunes is refusing calls for him to step down but he also canceled committee hearings. in the news room, melissa caen, kpix 5. >>> president trump played golf today with senator rand paul of kentucky. they talked healthcare, which is not off the table despite the failure of the gop healthcare bill. >>> this morning the president tweeted talks on repeal and replace obama care are and have been going on and will continue till such time as a deal is hopefully struck. law makers are focused on what could be a bruising fight in the senate. they will vote tomorrow on supreme court nominee neil gorsuch setting up a full senate vote. nearly all democrats are opposed and righ

in march congresswoman jackie speier, in april judicial watch arguing the democrats' remarks raised the same concerns that forced house intel committee chairman devin nuÑes to recuse himself from leading the committee's investigation into russia and the obama administration's spy scandal. the former trump adviser who was spied on by obama-era intelligence agencies is now slamming what he calls the false allegations against him. carter page appearing on the o'reilly factor last night. there he denied allegations of improper communications with russian officials. >> i'm very encouraged that all of the lies that have been a drag on this administration are finally coming out into the open. so many people have lied against me with, from the clinton campaign, many of their surrogates. let's see what actually comes out. lou: and joining me now to discuss the obama spy scandal, the deep state and much more, the executive editor of the weekly standard, fox news contributor or fred barnes, and rnc or national committeeman, former chairman of the republican lawyers' association randy evans. good

jackie speier/-d- california: there's no way that immunity is going to be granted any decision to offer flynn immunity would come from us attorneys and the department of justice. and law enforcement officials say there is no indication the fbi wants to re-interview him. as the senate hearings on russia continue-- the democratic house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff visited the white house to view intelligence documents-- meanwhile, the house intelligence investigation remains at a standstillafter reports revealing republican committee chairman devin nunes received intelligence information from two white house staffers. and went public with that news before alerting the rest of his committee. coming up... a baby's life saved by a doctor's hunch. the life- threatening problem they discovered. live look outside... san mateo bridge. for the weekend: it's the renegade craft fair in san francisco. check out the different artists, workshops and more. it's happening at the fort mason center from 11:00 to 6:00. it's free to attend. ( marty ) a mom and dad celebrated their child's fir

jackie speier/-d- california: there's no way that immunity is going to be granted any decision to offer flynn immunity would come from us attorneys and the department of justice. and law enforcement officials say there is no indication the fbi wants to re-interview him. as the senate hearings on russia continue-- the democratic house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff visited the white house to view intelligence documents-- meanwhile, the house intelligence investigation remains at a standstillafter reports revealing republican committee chairman devin nunes received intelligence information from two white house staffers. and went public with that news before alerting the rest of his committee. (steve) today house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes -- the congressman from the southern joaquin valley -- was on the defense. he says the reports that two white officials provided him the intelligence about trump staffers under surveillance -- are mostly áuntrueá. representative nunes says he just wants to get to the bottom of this like everyone else.<"rep. devin nunes: yo

speier. >> this particular project is like it's tailor-made for the funding that exists and to have it be a political football is undemocratic and un-american! >> reporter: the silicon valley leadership group vowed to keep the project alive. >> we are going to finish this job with or without our federal partners. but shame on them if they are not partners. >> reporter: but the question is, can it be done even if washington doesn't get on board? in sunnyvale, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> project supporters say electrifying caltrain would also follow through on president trump's campaign promise to create more jobs. caltrain says the project would create 9600 jobs in the bay area and throughout the country. >>> a live look at the white house. next week expected to be busy for the trump administration. the president's first 100 days in office come to a close. the government is facing a potential shutdown if congress can't agree on a budget deal. at the same time the president is pushing republicans to pass revamped healthcare legislation. mr. trump is also expected to make a big announcemen

. >>> san mateo congresswoman jackie speier host aid town hall with mike mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia. sergio quintana was there and has our story from san mateo. >> reporter: former ambassador mike mcfaul gave a unique perspective on russian interference in the 2016 election. but the behavior by republican congressman devin nunes last week took center stage. >> the maxwell smart behavior of the chairman cannot be -- cannot be squared. >> reporter: according to the "new york times" and the "washington post," nunes was provided top secret information by two members of the national security council and then briefed the president about that information. mcfaul has also served on the nsc and held top secret clearances. >> i don't remember -- i mean, i was there for three years. i don't remember a single time that we ever briefed on intelligence, raw intelligence that we were showing a member of congress. >> reporter: this weekend nunes was met by hundreds of protesters in his frez hsno hom district. >> devin nunes's behavior, he's not working for the people, he's work

. >>> an outspoken critic of the trump administration, congresswoman jackie speier held an event labelled take back america in san mateo today. organizers say the goal is to connect people and organizations with grass-roots groups who are fighting against president trump's agenda. speier said she's committing to protecting the rights of the people and to giving democrats a majority in the house of representatives in 2018. >>> more help tonight in the trump administration in the wake of damaging storms in california. late last night the president approved a disaster declaration for the state that allows for federal assistance. the money is in addition to state and local funds allocated for storm recovery. this declaration covers any storm damage from february 1st to the 31st. >> you see that and it brings back the rain we saw in february. and we have another change in the forecast, it should impact our weather this week. >> i wonder if we'll get more flooding. rob? >> right now, no worries about any rain. golden gate bridge, tdry, f59 degrees right now. we should see temperatures through t

some possible democratic candidates include representative jackie speier, right from san mateo county. eric garcetti, and adam schiff, who by the way, has gained some massive notoriety as the ranking member of the house intelligence committee currently examining alleged ties between the trump inner circle and the russian operatives. great exposer for him. >> what does the republican party look like among gop candidates, who are you talking about that might be available? >> it's a short list, but among republicans, swearinger has high name recognition, but once again, remember, this is a pretty blue state. >> any predictions from crystal ball, larry? >> we know that broke a long time ago. but here's what we might look for in the coming months. feinstein's fund-raising efforts. how active will they be over the coming months. noises from potential opponents. will there be any exploratory committees. that's usually a first step, and feinstein health as well as that of her husband, richard blum, who also has his own health issues. this is stucky stuff. power and political office is necessa

congresswoman jackie speier joins me. is the house close to a budget deal? >> i think the cr will be voted on next week and we will have the requisite number of votes. the last thing the president wants is a shutdown. it would really spell a demise of his first 100 days. as long as it's a clean cr, i think we will have the votes necessary next week. >> but even if you guys pass something next week, we are looking at five months, maybe, i think, until we have to go through all of this again. what's keeping you guys from putting a long-term deal in place? >> oh, good question. we have not been able to put a long-term deal together for many years. i have been here nine years and i think i can count on two fingers the number of times we have had budgets that were comprehensive in nature on the bill, so we are an expert at kicking the can down the road. >> the affordable care act, as you know, there's talk of a vote happening as early as next week. are democrats concerned the affordable care act aka obamacare is going to go away sooner rather than later? >> i don

jackie speier has called san mateo county ground zero for this because how many assets are located at sea level. >> happening today, talks certainly starting to heat up in a discussion about building a new high school for the tri-valley. dublin school board members are holding a hearing on applying for a bond waiver request for a second high school. classes in dublin are filled to the limit and total student numbers are only forecast to go higher. frustrated parents recently launched a petition drive to pry the district into moving more quickly to build the fucyst. >> five bay area high schools are among the nation's top 100. u.s. news and world report ranks more than 22,000 high schools every year. coming in 23, nationally, was kipp san jose collegiate. lowell high school ranked 59th. san jose's university preparatory ranked 72nd. mission san jose at 76, and oakland charter high school is 91st, not bad. >> probably won't come as a shock to many people, but bay area housing is the nation's least afford frbl our teachers. the website apartmentlist.com san francisco, oakland, and san jo

congresswoman jackie speier and anna eshoo will talk about getting a grant to fund the rail. it's up to the trump administration to ultimately say yes. >> today, we'll be seeing former president barack obama in his first official appearance of his post-presidency. mr. obama will be in his hometown of chicago discussing civic engagement at the university of chicago. the former president said that one of his goals is to encourage and support the next generation of leaders. he is not expected to address any issue pertaining to president trump. young adults from schools in the chicago area have been invited to attend. >>> happening today, the bay area based council on american islamic relations or just c.a.r.e. is hosting its sixth annual muslim day at the capital. more than 700 people are expected to attend, which is titled action trumps fear. it gets started later this morning at 8:30. >> scott mcgrew has been examining the president's first 100 days and we're getting close. today is day 95. >> and the first 100 days could end with a government shutdown. >> good morning, about

representative jackie speier has called san mateo county ground zero for this impact because of how many assets are located at sea level. the meeting starts at 6:00 at the main library. >> it is 6:07 on your tuesday morning. we start out with clouds overhead as we take a live look outside over san jose. all dry this morning, and as we go into this afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds, and temperatures that are going to be cooler than where we should be for this time of year. even though we'll get a little more sunshine today, there's still a slight chance we could see rain, especially for the north bay. but not expecting a lot out of this stream of moisture that continues for the bay area. it will clear out and get sunny and warm up in time for the weekend. we'll talk about that in three minutes. mike has the new delay now for muni riders. >> we heard about switching problems. it's affecting the line between the van ness and castro stations. the subway service, so there may be delays there. we're following this on the twitter account as well. meanwhile, on the roadways, the rest of the roa

that comment outraged many people, including democratic congresswoman jackie speier, who replied, "i don't want to lose my prostate cancer screenings either." [ light laughter ] and republicans are going to need prostate exams because they clearly pulled this bill out of their asses. [ cheers and applause ] and if you're wondering -- if you're wondering why republicans would strip maternity care and mammograms from health insurance, this photo of conservatives meeting with trump today tells you all you need to know. look how many middle aged white dudes there are. get those guys some guitars and a drum set, and that's a cialis commercial. [ laughter ] ♪ mustang sally yeah ♪ [ laughter ] so republicans are radically reshaping one fifth of the economy in a matter of hours, behind closed doors, with no public input. that is insane, cruel, and reckless, and remember, this is how republicans reacted when they thought obamacare, which took way longer, was being rushed through congress. >> look at how this bill was written. can you say it was done openly? with transparency and accountab

the sound engineer and the field producer escaped, as did ryan aide and future congresswoman jackie speier. at the commune, jones gathered his followers were for a final sermon. >> let's just be done with it. let's be done with the agony of it. >> reporter: this time, jones served a punch spiked with cyanide. more than 900 died. 300 of them children. jones shot himself. >> we know from autopsies conducted later that a considerable number of people were held and forcibly injected with the poison. >> reporter: in the end, how many relatives did you lose? >> i lost 11 relatives. >> reporter: wagner wilson and her 3-year-old lived because they were part of a group that escaped that morning, hiking through 30 miles of dense jungle to safety. how scared were you to try to escape? >> i was terrified. i was waiting for a bullet to hit at any moment. i was ur prepared to die on that day. >> i don't know how i can describe it in words. >> reporter: jim jones jr. at the time lost his wife. he lived because he was in georgetown, as part of his relations work for the temple. the million-dollar question