and barbara lee and leader pelosi? is she -- is leader pelosi better off having hakeem jeffries chair the caucus? reporter: nancy pelosi is extremely close with both members. barbara lee and hakeem jeffries. that's why you did not see her tip the balance of this election. she stayed out of this race. she did not endorse anybody. both have progressive values. both are considered allies of nancy pelosi. so i think having hakeem jeffries there probably will serve her well. because it will tamp down some of the frustration from these younger members of having not a whole lot of young people at the leadership table. it puts somebody from this new generation at the leadership table, in a pretty prominent spot. the chairman attends all of the leadership meetings and is the number five leadership position, somebody who basically governs the entire democratic caucus and runs the meetings and will be running future leadership elections later today. so i think it is a sign that things are slowly changing. there is some generation

i also want to congratulate barbara lee having run such a wonderful campaign as well. it was a good race. i think the love for both was expressed in this vote. i congratulate them both, especially hakim jefferies on his big win today. thank you-all. thanks for being so good to me these past five months. appreciate it. mr. jefferies: let me first thank barbara lee again for a a tremendous service to this nation, for all that she is, all that she does, all that she represents from the very beginning through the very end, of was a friendly contest ideas. now that the race is over i look forward to working closely with her on behalf of all of the people in the united states of america. i'm thankful to my colleagues who listened and thought about and discussed and took seriously this caucus chair race. those who supported me and those who supported barbara. we have an opportunity now to come together to move forward, to fight for the people in the united states of america. not for the wealthy and the well off anti-well connected, that's what the other side does. -- and the

lee of california who has been a stalwart of the left in congress for the past twenty years in fact you may recall heroically she was the only member of congress to vote against the bush administration's blank only changed authorization for the use of military force in the days immediately following nine eleven she got death threats for that however difficult this vote may be some of us must urge the use of restraint. our country's in a state of mourning some of us mostly let's stick back for a moment let's just cause just for a minute and think through the implications of our actions today so that this does not spiral out of control spiral out of control come on barbara lee shore the two thousand one a u m f is still in place seventeen years later and has been used to justify over thirty seven military operations in fourteen countries killing millions and costing trillions but it hasn't spiraled out of control all how do you feel about it closer to present day. voted against that resolution fifteen years ago because it was so broad that i knew it was setting the stage and the found

spiral out of control come on barbara lee shore the two thousand one a u m f is still in place seventeen years later and has been used to justify over thirty seven military operations in fourteen countries killing millions and costing trillions but it hasn't spiraled out of control all how do you feel about it closer to the present day i voted against that resolution fifteen years ago because it was so broad that i knew it was setting the stage and the foundation for perpetual war and that is exactly what it has done well it's hard to argue with that because it's completely true barbara lee in addition to being stridently anti-war would you never get from our elected officials has been the chair of the black caucus the co-chair of the progressive caucus and the vice chair of the l.g.b. tea equality caucus here's what a side by side snap shot of her with nancy pelosi looks like barbara lee supports medicare for all three college auto voter registration banning private prisons taxing wall street and a green new deal nancy pelosi supports that moldy ham sandwich from earlier look is barbara

tea equality caucus here's what a side by side snapshot of her with nancy pelosi looks like barbara lee supports medicare for all free college auto voter registration banning private prisons taxing wall street and a green new deal nancy pelosi supports that moldy ham sandwich from earlier look is barbara lee perfect no she still takes some corporate pac money which is a deal breaker for a lot of progress is plus there's the very legit issue that she currently doesn't want to challenge for speaker but we should still create a groundswell urging her to do so because this guy said in all fairness nancy pelosi deserves to be chosen speaker of the house by the democrats if they give her our time perhaps we will add some republican votes she has earned this great honor i mean he's right by being a corporate tool. she has earned the honor of trump's indorse me for speaker. wow that vintage anna nicole smith autopsy report sure a star new look at madigan. whatever washing done for doc that that's our show but i have a new standup comedy special only available at least camp comedy special dot co

>> that's between hakeem jeffries and barbara lee of california. we will bring you results as warranted. comments from members as warranted and any comments before the microphone, obviously, swrl, will be up there throughout the day. in the meantime, we will take you back to just after the election, a week after the election when congress returned for starting the lame duck, the democratic leader nancy pelosi spoke to reporters about her plan for the 116th congress. we'll show you as much of this as we can. the house is coming in for noon eastern what we expect to be a short session of speeches. they have four bills to take up later today. let's hear from nancy pelosi and be back with any news as it develops. ms. pelosi: good morning. it's snowing here, we have great sadness in my state of california. just unprecedented number of people dead in the high 50's and many missing. it's just -- we had these fires again and again but these seem to be particularly deadly. o our thoughts and prayers and resources need to be with california at this very sad

barbara lee versus young rising star new york congressman hakeem jeffries. thank you for being here. how do you feel about leadership staying the same in the top three positions? >> they've done a phenomenal job and they're the right group to lead us into the next two years and battles we're going to face with the trump administration on behalf of the american people, but there will be opportunities for the next generation of democrats to rise up into leadership ranks in a blended capacity. i think that's what many of us are hoping to see. >> what do you mean by that, and does that mean you think you should be the caucus chair? >> i have nothing but respect for barbara lee. this is a friendly contest of ideas. i do think at this moment of time, i'm in position to help the caucus maintain its message, discipline, operational unity, get things done on behalf of the american people. i was pleased to be involved in crafting the closing argument to the american people where we indicated we're going to fight to lower health care costs, fight to increase pay, fight

lee step forward or not. ind know that more progressive folks like myself really like her because she was one of the few who stood up against the iraq war. you know, nancy has done some great things like the affordable care act and whatnot. i have respect for her but she refused to do r anything about e crimes of the bush administration, and we all through that she's going to do nothing about the crimes of the trump administration. i just like to get what you have to say about that. >> guest: first of all, in fairness nancy pelosi was adamantly opposed to u.s. intervention in the iraq war, and i would say that that was a smart vision a decision at the time. matter is what we've what we do in iraq, we took out a bad sunni by the name of the saddam hussein, put in a a bad shia by the name of mary l malik e. you know who owns iraq today? iran. that is i think to make a price to pay for the lives that we lost, 6800 american soldiers and probably $6 trillion. so i think in fairness, nancy pelosi took a very strong

barbara lee of california. henry clayor of texas. karen bass of california. don beyer of virginia. and brendan boyle of pennsylvania. we all join in thanking all of you. many of you are v.i.p.'s, our volunteers in politics. women and men have mobilized in stark numbers, who saw with his gop congress was doing and refused to stand still. i recall you made, every text you sent them every conversation you had made the difference between winning and losing in this election. thanks to you, we owned the ground. thanks to you. [applause] speaker pelosi: thanks to you tomorrow will be a new day in america. [cheers] speaker pelosi: remember this feeling. know the power to win. most of all congratulations to those dynamic, diverse, and incredible candidates who have taken back the house for the american people. let us salute all of our candidates. [applause] speaker pelosi: today is more than about democrats and republicans. it's about restoring the constitution's checks and balances to the trump administration. it's about stopping the gop and mitch mcconnell's assault on medicare, medicaid,

if elected, barbara lee would be the high of the ranking african-american woman in congressional history. her opponent is new york congressman hakim jeffries. >>> a british new paper claims paul manafort met wikileaks founder julian assange at the equadorian embassy in london within days or weeks of joining the campaign. the guardian did not identify the source of its reporting. from jail, manafort said the story is totally false. special counsel robert mueller is trying to determine whether trump associates had advance knowledge of wikileaks' plans to release damaging hillary clinton emails during the campaign. >>> back to today's storm system hitting the bay area. they hope this won't be any more problems with the roads. a big pothole hoped up in the southbound lanes of the freeway near the grand avenue exit. caltrans had to close several lanes which caused a huge traffic backup that lasted for hours during the evening commute. that is a mess. the repair crews eventually patched that pothole and reopened all of the lanes. now, steve is telling us the rain is just getting started. while

i also want to congratulate barbara lee. i think the love for both was expressed in this vote. i congratulate them both but especially hakeem jeffries. thank you all and thank you for being so good to me these past five months. i appreciate it. ms. pelosi: good afternoon everyone. and i believe it is a good afternoon. we had a most unifying session just now in the >> good afternoon and i do believe it is a good afternoon. caucus ever and it was so inspiring to hear my colleagues place my name in nomination once again for speaker of the house. how moving it was to hear joe kennedy place the name in nomination to be seconded bill kathy castor, a colleague who has been a leader on climate change and of course, joe, a friend for many years, but a leader in the congress making his own mark. and then to have joyce beatty quoting president obama, it was very moving. the emotions demonstrated by my colleagues, adam schiff, when he talks about leadership and the challenges facing our nation was a joy to behold. d have the new members speak ut, veronica veronica escobar, one of the new e

lee, very senior member from the san francisco bay area representing oakland. then we'll get right into the speaker vote and go down the line. nancy pelosi, as you know, is running unopposed. she will come out of today's internal caucus vote with the democratic nomination for speaker. of course, the tougher test will come on january 3 on the house floor where she will need exactly more than half of the 435 members of congress. that magic number for her is 218 votes. and she is saying she's very confident, but there are, as we know, a group of insurgents threatening to deny her that magic number of 218 votes. so that's sort of where we're at the moment. very interesting day and full day of voting in the internal democratic caucus. host: what has democratic leader pelosi done to solidify, particularly some of the new members coming into the 116th who expressed disapproval or lack of support for leader pelosi solidifying that number not only in the caucus but as they head to that vote you mentioned on january 3? guest: she's been holding a number of one-on-one mee

host: on hakeem jeffries winning that post 123-113 over barbara lee of california. one tweeting this. some of his comments there before the microphones after the earlier session of the vote wrapped up, nola tweeting this -- jeffries says democrats are dealing with the trump administration, quote, mitch mcconnell and the boys in the senate and some of trump's co-conspirators in the house. quote, why in the world would pelosi or anyone lame-duck themselves as we're approaching some tough negotiations? the other elections are under way. we understand the election now, the voting happening for the speaker designee. the final -- the full house will vote on the speaker in january, on january 3, and the other democratic elections, leadership posts will be voted on this afternoon, we expect as well. let's hear from valerie in tampa, florida. go ahead. caller: hi. host: you're on the air. go ahead. caller: valerie from tampa. host: you're on the air. go ahead. caller: yes, -- host: go ahead with your comment. go ahead. caller: yes. i think nancy has been a great leader. she

i also want to congratulate barbara lee having run such a wonderful campaign as well. it was a good race. i think the love for both was expressed in this vote. i congratulate them both,

representative barbara lee? or reject adding another 70-something into their ranks and for the new generation, young c.b.c. member hakeem jeffries who some say the future speaker in the making. this race will be close. jeffries received big applause after his speech but lee had a bunch of people on stage with her. and that's so far what we know, they're working on conference chair. report they're waiting outside the room. we can tell you one more update. both on the republican and democratic side, the various caucuses and groups are setting their leadership for the 116th congress. this is for the house blue dogs, the moderate democratic caucus. they had their meeting yesterday and jim costa of california in that caucus tweeting this -- saying with our new leaders, representative stephanie murphy, representative o'halleran, we the house blue dogs stand ready and strong to lead our country with the fiscally -- host: on c-span, we will get details meanwhile by social media. from our producer, craig kaplan weighing

the other thing to watch for today is east bay congresswoman barbara lee going for a position that could make her the highest ranking black woman ever in leadership in congress. she is running for a position of the chair of house democratic caucus. we'll be watching it. voting starts in about a half- hour. >>> thank you. a short time from now, in washington, u.s. senators will brief some trump administration officials about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. the defense secretary james mattis and secretary of state mike pompeo can expect to be grilled at the closed door briefing. questions will likely focus on the administration's response to saudi arabia and the kingdom over the killing of khashoggi at a saudi consulate in turkey. critics say that president trump is dismissing the government involvement. >> i think almost no one believes we should completely and totally fracture our relationship with the saudis. but yes, some kind of response is going to be appropriate and we're going to continue to talk about that. >> u.s. intelligence agencies have concluded that saudi crown pr

let me first just thank barbara lee again for her tremendous service to this nation, for all that she is, all that she does, all that she represents. from the very beginning through the very end, this was a friendly contest of ideas. and now that the race is over, i look forward to working closely with her on behalf of all of the people in the united states of america.

lee for the house democratic caucus chair. the number five leadership spot, the vote was 123-113. hakeem jeffries represents brooklyn. the eighth district in new york. more elections happening on capitol hill this afternoon. especially the speaker election for the democratic choice for speaker. that's happening later. we'll have the results as they're available. let's go live now to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by e guest chaplain, minister lashawn worrell, new osama bin ladenist baptist church, baltimore, maryland. the chaplain: let us pray. may we ask only what accords with your will. incline your ear, almighty god, and grant us the wisdom to make forward-moving decisions without compromising your integrity. grant us the discerning insight to maintain our finger on the pulse of justice and the power of restraint. that we may uphold our liberty in oicordance with your gracious will. -- in accordance with your will. we ask you send your grace and peace acro

. >> let's talk about bay area congresswoman barbara lee. she lost out today on a vote to become the number five democrat in the house. she lost to a 48-year-old black congressman. she says that ageism and sexism in her opinion affected the vote. >> reporter: at the end of the day, barbara lee has a certain constituency in congress people who have known her for a long time. the vote was 123-113 for jeffries who beat her for that spot with. i don't find that that's because there was sexism or anything else going on. those spots are achieved through a lot of lobbying and a lot of one-on-one. and he did a better job. >> there's a lot of talk today too that president trump is considering a possible pardon for paul manafort. what are your thoughts? >> that potential promise of a pardon would keep manafort from saying certain things if he thought it would damage the president and damage his opportunity to be pardoned. so by kind of keeping that out there it may have that effect. on the other hand, manafort is facing lots of years in prison. i'm no

barbara lee is running. why are you a better alternative? >> i support leader pelosi and i believe she's be the next speaker. in terms of the caucus chair race, this is an opportunity for us to begin the process of a new generation of members of the house of representatives to emerge. i have nothing but the greatest degree of respect for barbara lee. it's a friendly contest of ideas. the caucus will have to decide into the future. i'm of the view we have to make sure we maintain our legislative operational unity, continue our message of discipline. i was part of the effort to develop the closing argument we made to the american people to seize the house. we need to continue to message in a clear, concise, and compelling way in order to be able to be successful over the next two years when we know donald trump is going to try to do everything he can to demonstratize the house majority. >> i'll have to leave it there. thank you, congressman hakeem jefferies. >>> up next, a mississippi senator is refusing to apologize for joking about public ha

. >>> barbara lee, the east bay congresswoman, is running for house democratic caucus chair in the voting today. it is the fifth highest leadership position in the house. if she is elected, barbara lee would be the highest ranking african-american woman in congressional history. her opponent is new york congressman hakim jeffries. >>> a federal judge is asking pg&e what role the utility may have played in the deadly camp fire in butte county. the judge is overseeing a case involving the san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people back in 2010. pg&e was found guilty of criminal negligence in that case. the cause of the camp fire has not been determined but speculation has centrd on power lines. pg&e reported an outage and trouble with the transmission cable at the same time and place where the fire started. >>> meantial, wed to return hom the area. evacuation orders have been lifted for parts small town of migaly. a. the pwaoáut county sheriff says deputies will only let in people with proper identification showing that they live in the area. the number of deaths is still at 88

. >>> barbara lee lost a vote and they selected a new caucus chair by a vote of 123-113. both are members of the congressional black caucus. lee said she hopes to inspire other women to run for office in leadership positions. in her comment she suggested that her gender and age may have played a role in her defeat. she is 72. jeffries is 48. >>> 4:09. oakland a's have a new location for a ballpark. coming up, the pitch they will make to the public about ambitious plans to build a stadium along the oakland estuary. >>> a death involving a homeless woman looking for clothing. and tragedy at a donation been in petaluma. >>> good morning. this commute will be tough driving on the wet roads in marin county or the east bay. we will tell you about this straight ahead. >>> the front has gone through and now the cold unstable air comes in. already some lightning strikes toward vacaville. >> welcome back. it's 4:13. the oakland a's want to hear from their fans. they are hosting an open house meeting so fans can ask about the plans to build a privately financed stadium at howard ter

congresswoman barbara lee fell short in the race to be the first-ever black woman to lead the house democratic caucus. a young rising star out of new york congressman hakeem jeffries prevailed with 10 more votes to become caucus chair. lee claims ageism and sexism played a role in her loss. her office released a statement congratulating jeffries. >>> the chinese scientist finding he's created the world's first genetically edited babies is publicly defending his work. the scientist who also says another woman is possibly pregnant through research.>> reporter: audience members applauded as scientists he jiankui took the stage at the international gene editing summit in hong kong wednesday. but soon after he was peppered with questions. >> the genotype make quite affect their upbringing. >> reporter: and videos posted this week, he jiankui claim t edited the genetic code of twin girls as embryos. he said to use the gene editing tool called crisper to delete a gene that makes people vulnerable to hiv. a coinventor of the crisper gene editing tool watched him speak. >> we still need to understand t

let me first just thank barbara lee again for her tremendous service to this nation, for all that she is, all that she does, all that she represents. from the very beginning through the very end, this was a friendly contest of ideas. and now that the race is over, i look forward to working closely with her on behalf of all of the people in the united states of america.

. >>> meantime, east bay congresswoman barbara lee failed in her bid to democratic caucus chair, the party's fourth highest post in the house. the 72-year-old lee was vying to become the first black woman ever elected to a house leadership position and the first woman to lead the house democratic caucus. however, her colleagues chose new york congressman hakeem jeffries. the 48-year-old now becomes the youngest memr ofou decrp s. >>the new psi trum morplus, an exclusive one-. the president's daughter is responding to the recent e-mail scandal. >>> and a stunning newrld's fir welcome to emirates mr. jones. just sit back, relax and let us entertain you... ...with over 3,500 channels of entertainment, including the latest movies and box sets from around the world. ( ♪ ) we even have live sports and news channels. ( ♪ ) and your free wi-fi will start shortly. enjoy your flight mr. jones. world's best inflight entertainment. fly emirates. fly better. world's best inflight entertainment. pai'm open to that.medicare? lower premiums? extra benefits? it's open enrollment. time to open the

another bay area representative, barbara lee of oakland, lost her race for a different leadership position. lee was hoping to be the first black woman to lead the house democratic caucus. she was defeated today by four-term congressman hakeem jeffries of new yo the democratic house. after the vote, lee tweeted, i hope my candidacy will inspire other women of color to run for office and seek leadership positions. we need your voices. >> temporary housing could be on the way to butte county to help survivors of the camp fire. fema says around 2000 trailers could be in the bay area by the end of the week. swift moving fire wiped out more than 90% of the town of paradise, destroying some 14,000 homes and businesses and displacing 26,000 people. officials say the road to rebuilding is off to a rock i start, though, with limited road space and difficult terrain. >> butte county is going to pose some long-term challenges, not for lack of trying and all the people here that are working and on scene, but just the logistics of moving debris in and out. >> 88 people died in the camp fire, and 158 are

. >>> meanwhile, another bay area congresswoman barbara lee lost black woman to lead the democratic caucus for the house. lee was defeated today by four-term congressman hakim jeffries of new york. after the vote lee tweeted, "i hope my candidacy will inspire other women of color to run for office and seek leadership positions. we need your voices." >>> it gives us hope really. hope that it's possible to make have a home of our own one day. >> it would be a dream come true. how one bay area county wants to help you buy a home if you can't afford the down payment. >>> plus, after striking out several times the a's unveil their new billion-dollar field of dreams. why this ballpark's proposal is different from previon >>> storm ranger mobile doppler radars tracking the rain right now. we'll let you know where all of this is headed, what's left for the morninga new, and rare oppoo help ease the bay area housing >>> new at 11:00 tonight, help to buy a home. a new and rare opportunity to help ease the bay area housing crisis. santa clara county is offering to loan out millions of dollars to help

i'm also proud to support barbara lee. she's running as caucus chair this time around. she'd be the first african-american woman to lead our kacaucus. those other positions, those other leadership positions that are going to be filled by women and women of color, i think that will truly add to the diversity and the representation that we need in leadership. >> would you like to take one of those? >> i'm running for a freshman seat. it's not talked about too much. it's a freshman representative on the steering and policy kp committee. i have my hat in the ring for that. >> i appreciate your time today. thank you for stopping by. >> thank you. >> much luck. >>> up next, the white house could be on the verge of some major staff shake ups as rumors swirl inside the west wing amid reports of increasing frustration from the president. we'll dive into the latest reporting. sident we'll dive into thlae test reporting. make a smart choice. replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna... made with carbsteady to help manage blood sugar... ...and end the day with a smile. glucerna

(vicki) and oakland congresswoman barbara lee has been narrowly defeated in her bid for a leadership position in congress. democrats in the house of representatives voted this morning... and they chose new york congressman hakeen jefferies over lee as caucus chairman.. the position was the fifth spot in the house hierarchy. "for this specific case, i feel proud actually..." (grant) a chinese researcher says he is proud he used gene=splicing to alter the gene=splicing to alter the d=n=a of human babies."heh jee-ahn-qway" shocked an international scientific conference in hong=kong today ... revealing that a third genetically altered child may be on the way.the stanford=educated scientist revealed earlier this week that a pair of twins had been born ... their genes modified to make them resistant to h=i=v.( vicki ) today he faced his peers ... and many of them were outraged. catherine heenan is here to tell us what happened. catherine? (catherine) the experiment violates an international agreement ánotá to edit the genes of human embryos intended for a

let me thank our burly again -- barbara lee again for her tremendous service to this nation. for all that she does. from the beginning to the end, this was a friendly contest of ideas. friendly contest of ideas and i look forward to working closely with her on behalf of all of the people in the united states of america. i'm thankful to my colleagues

. >>> barbara lee lost a close vote for a leadership post. they selected hocking jeffries as the chair. the vote was close. both are members of the congressional black caucus. lee said she hopes to inspire other women to run for office and leadership positions. she suggested that her gender and age may have played a role in her defeat. >>> the idea of owning a home doesn't seem likely for many. the new program that could help many get their first home. >>> bill is tracking the rain outside. where it is falling hard is and how it will affect your morning commute. we will be right back. you know when you're at ross and you find their favorite hero yes! with hot holiday toys for all ages, ross is your toy destination. when you find it for less, at ross: yes for less. when you find it for less, so we don't want you to pay yone cent more than you need to for health care. at covered california, you can get health insurance at a lower cost. in fact, enrollees pay an average of $5 per day. see how little it costs to get covered. visit coveredca.com t

leadership from black women and progressives not more center adding barbara lee. >> centrist white dudes, they are the worst. i would say the problem democrats continue to have. seth moulton will not be speaker of the house. democrats are very much about identity politics. you hear nancy pelosi, it is misogyny, it is actually racism. shannon: ageism if anything. >> we are talking very liberal democrats. the idea the democratic caucus is shot through with misogyny and sexism, racism and all that is pretty laughable but that is where they are. the idea that a white centrist dude will unseat nancy pelosi is pretty far-fetched. a lot of horsetrading. what nancy pelosi has to do to get the speakership, she has to give away stuff to her members and it will make them more liberal and push them to the left. shannon: thank you very much. breaking news, the washington post reporting they say julian astonish has been charged and this happened inadvertently. the post is reporting in a filing of an unrelated case it refers to him as being charged and the charges, quote, need to remain sealed until he

i was wondering if barbara lee stepped forward. more progressive folks like her. she was one of the few who stood up against the iraq war. has done some great things like the affordable care act. i have respect for her but she refused to do anything about the crimes of the bush administration. we fear she is going to do nothing about the crimes of the trump administration. in fairness, nancy pelosi was adamantly opposed to u.s. intervention in the iraq war. i will tell you that was a smart decision at the time. taken out a bad the sunni by the name of saddam who ownsand you know iraq today? iran does. that is too big a price to pay for the lives we have lost. the 6800 american soldiers and 4-6,000,000,000,000 dollars. a fairness nancy pelosi had strong and courageous position against the war much like barbara lee. host: a republican. caller: i did not like his comment about insurance companies and profits. most of youlk about democrats come up with the idea about this one payer. imagine if we had one payer for groceries. everybody on monday would go into the groce

she lost to new york congressmen jeffreys with six years in the house compared to barbara lee's 20 years. both members of the democrats are voting to nominate san francisco congressmen nancy pelosi to house speaker. she's running unopposed after early opposition from newly elected democrats. in january nancy pelosi will still face a vote by the full house. when the new congress convenes before she can become the house speaker. >>> six people including four children died overnight in indiana in a house fire about an hour north of indianapolis. firefighters rescued two people from the flames but six others were trapped in the burning house. that house is in a rural area with no piped in water so firefighters had to truck in water and they even ran out of water within five minutes and had to actually stop fighting the fire until more could be brought in. >>> happening today, the bay area toll authority one last time will let drivers speak out about plans to raise the bridge tolls. on january 1st tolls are scheduled to go up by $1 on all bay area bridges. with the exception of the golden gat

barbara lee lost a vote for a democratic leadership post. the house selected jeffries as caucus chair by a vote of 1 to 3-113. both are members of the congressional black caucus and lee said she hopes to inspire others. in comments to the washington post she suggested that her gender and age may have played a role in her defeat. she is 72 years old. jeffries is 48. >>> the time is 5:10. the oakland ace are planning a new ballpark. coming up, what they will tell us about their plans to build this along the oakland estuary. >>> a terrible death involving a homeless woman. a tragedy at a donation bin in petaluma. >>> taluma. >>> there is a crash that we just found out about. these people are out of their cards but someone is hurt. the fire department is on the way. when they arrived it will get busier. traffic is moving all right coming around toward the bay bridge. >>> speaking of busy we have some thunderstorm activity popping up and also what is going on in this era -- low barometer readings. >> unlike santa's presents, ours don't just magic

. >>> oakland representative barbara lee lost a vote for democratic caucus chair. the house selected new york hakeem jeffries. lee and jeffries are both members of the congressional black caucus. lee tweeted her congratulations and said that she hopes to inspire other women to run for office and leadership positions. >>> still ahead tonight, a woman cited after telling rangers she was rescuing fish. >> we are actually really happy that we caught her sooner rather than later. >> the damage her actions could have caused if she had not been caught. >> and the stanford women's basketball program lands the top recruit in the country. she is a bay area product. there she is right there. mark will have her story in sports. >> and a bay area restaurant voted the best new spot in the nation. we'll tell you which spot got the top honors. top honors. >>> supporters of assisted suicide got a technical and overturned lower court ruling that found the state's assisted suicide law unconstitutional. the judges ruled that the doctors who are suing have no legal standing because the

. >> mean while congresswoman barbara lee fell short in the race to be the first ever black woman to lead the house democratic caucus. a young rising star out of new york. congressman jeffreys prevailed over lee with ten more votes to become caucus chair. >> every single american deserves us here in the united states congress to work democrats and republicans on their behalf to make their life better. >> jeffreys will become the fifth ranking house democrat. the full house of the representatives will officially elect the next house speaker in january. >>> attorney representing victims of sexual assault is accusing a treatment center of at-risk youth of covering up years of abuse. they said the toxic environment started at the top with a catholic diocese of santa rosa and centers director father john cruz. earlier they year kevin scott thorp was sentenced to 21 years in prison for molesting four victims. thorp was a 14 year employee at the center before he was fired last year. now the allegations of sexual abuse and safety concerns nearly cost the centers its license to operate as tre

beckels has the support of another hvy hitter, oakland congresswoman barbara lee. >>> a developing story right now. voters, some of them in san francisco, are dealing with lighting issues, making it hard to cast their votes. seems the overhead lights at their polling place are just not working properly. nbc bay area's roz joins us. they don't close for another two hours, at which point it could be really dark. >> it could, indeed. it's already pretty dark because of the time change. they've brought a floor lamp outside. let's show you what it would look like. these are the steps they have to navigate up without any lights. they brought this floor lamp outside so people can get into the polling place safely. let's take you inside now. the voting is taking place in the lobby of the sheraton elementary school here. overhead lights are out. polling inspector told us she discovered that this morning, that they were out, and began calling the election hotline. they sent the first person outem butad no way to get those light bulbs in. a second person came with a couple of floor lamps. those are

barbara lee lost. hakeem jeffries will become caucus chair. the full house of representatives, republicans and democrats, will officially elect the next house speaker in january. >>> time now 5:09. auto manufacturers making big improvements to headlights. coming up, there's still a shocking number of vehicles with unsafe lighting. how some cars are still leaving drivers in the dark. >> our second stronger storm is here. i'm tracking the rain and the wind. i'll show you futurecast as well as hi-def doppler coming up. >> the rain causing problems on the roads. i have a laundry list of accidents with details coming up. [ phone rings ] what?! ready for christmas? no, it's way too early to be annoyed by christmas. you just need some holiday spirit! that's it! this feud just went mobile. with xfinity xfi you get the best wifi experience at home. and with xfinity mobile, you get the best wireless coverage for your phone. ...you're about to find out! you don't even know where i live... hello! see the grinch in theaters by saying "get grinch tickets" i

barbara lee. >> centrist white dudes are the worst. i would say the problem democrats continue to have is that seth moulton is not going to be the speaker of the house. democrats are very much about identity politics. you hear nancy pelosi. it's misogyny and then you hear well, no it's racism. >> shannon: it might be ageism if anything. >> we are talking about very liberal democrats. the idea that the democratic caucus is shot through with misogyny, sexism, racism and all that stuff is pretty laughable. that's where they are. the idea that a white centrist dude is going to unhorsed nancy pelosi is pretty far-fetched. what's going on is a lot of horsetrading. nancy pelosi is going to have to give away stuff to her members and it's going to make them more liberal. it's going to push them to the left. >> shannon: november 28 is election day for them. thank you very much. breaking news. "the washington post" reporting minutes ago they say wikileaks founder julian assange has been charged and apparently this revelation happen inadvertently.

also a big day for east bay representative barbara lee. she is running for leader of the house democratic caucus and if she wins that position, she would be the highest ranking black woman ever to serve in a leadership position in congress. >> thank you. >>> right now, the search is on for a missing air force academy cadet in colorado. crews say 20-year-old cadet candidate micah tice was last seen thanksgiving night. on saturday he told his parentsest going for a hike in the snow near colorado springs. his car was found at a trail in the area on monday. park rangers say there was deep snow, extremely high winds and cold temperatures on saturday. >>> new details this morning. the lion air flight that crashed into the java sea last month should not have been flying according to investigators. they say an automatic safety system malfunctioned. it kept automatically pushing the nose of the plane down. the pilot fought the downward tilt more than 2 dozen times until they crashed. all 189 people were killed. investigators say that the pilots did

lee, two members of the congressional black caucus. afterwards there will be consideration of the speaker. there will be people nominating her for the speaker's race. she is not running against anyone. so the question is what the final vote count is and how many people vote against her. this is a secret ballot election. we won't know exactly who voted for them unless they announce themselves. the question is which of the people who vote against her in the caucus will vote for her in the public vote in january? a number of pelosi allies are making it very clear they want this group of 18 or so detractors to come along and support nancy pelosi because if she were to lose 18 or so more votes on the floor she could have a hard time getting the necessary votes on the floor to become speaker. speaking to a number of pelosi allies, they make it clear after today it's time to unite. >> well, it doesn't seem like there is an alternative as part of the strategies. it seems like there is not an end game as part of the strategy. >> you want them t