i'm less other -- lisa hill and i'm a volunteer. i got involved in this because i'm concerned as long as -- along with a lot of my constituents and other friends and just about the corruption of our election system and i am worried a bit about the privacy of corporations coming into count our elections. i love the idea of the open source ballot system and he encourage and hope you'll support the full funding of the program. thank you so much. >> okay. we've got ace washington, chris hamilton and robert donaldson. i think this is amy -- i can't pronounce the last name. i'm sorry. you're going to have to announce yourself. >> i'm ann harvey. i'm a volunteer with the california clean money campaign and i've been concerned since vote counting was turned over to private for profit corporations with secret systems. i'm really glad you're considering this and please fund it fully. >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i'm pamela smith and a voter and mom from san francisco. i support funding for open source for secure and transparent election

clint hill and lisa mccubbin. [applause] susan: i thought about how did to describe today's remarkable panel. ladies and gentlemen, it has not been an easy task. but as i have reflected on each panelist, a common thread keeps shining through. and that common thread is captured in a single word, friends. each of these women, and will always be, a friend of moms and a friend of mine. friendship comes in many forms. but special friends like these three have an amazing gift. they are with you when times are hard, but most of all, in a time when mother and i needed the love of friends during those difficult days following my father's death. one afternoon that week, we were all at blair house. and on that day, these three women came to blair house with their husbands to comfort mom and our family. no fanfare, no press entourage, just dear friends. there to comfort us when we needed them. so to be able to welcome them, these three, to mom's hometown, means more to me than words could ever describe. so it is with a high h

lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> morgan hill police are reaching out to find a group of daytime burglars. morgan hill police released photos of two men they're looking for. the most recent burglary was yesterday morning. the suts expects park their vehicles in the area, walk to the front door of the home and force their way in. investigators say they have seen a spike in burglaries in just the past week. >> there will be a major announcement in the east bay this morning. berkeley city leaders will formally reveal their plan to make the berkeley police commission independent from the city council and city manager. it will give the commission the ability to select future police chiefs. if approved, voters would have a final say this november. >>> i'm here at the live desk, tracking the effort to save a geothermal plant in hawaii. it's threatened by lava. we mentioned the plant yesterday. this is life images coming in, a live look at that lava spewing on hawaii's big island. yesterday this lava destroyed a building near the geothermal plant in question. officials say the plant is stable rig

linda: list and hagen from "the -- lisa hagen from "the hill." reporter: arguably, so far, there is a bar on the republican side with senator corker getting back in. is this something you consider to get involved in? senator van hollen: we have a tough political map, but we have good candidates, challengers in every state. and in tennessee, you've got a two-term governor who served his state really well and wants to serve his country. and if you look at the governor's record and the way he is running his campaign, it's all about tennessee. and he is talking to people about solutions and the ads that he's running are very clear. he says that he's not running against donald trump if donald trump has a good idea for tennessee, he'll work with him. if he has a bad idea for tennessee, he'll fight him. what we are seeing in states for or against donald trump, people want a senator who stands up for their state first and that means holding the president accountable. and we talked about montana. people want somebody who is going to stick up and fight for

. >> lisa hagan from the hill down across the way. >> going back to the other spending questions in this report. is there encouragement with tennessee senate race, arizona and nevada are the best pick of opportunities, fill robertson continues to poll pretty high and fallout on the republican side with corker getting back involved. do you see this race as part of a path to the majority. >> we have really, you know, have a tough political map, but we have good candidate challengers in every state, and in tennessee you've got a two--term governor who served his state really well and now wants to serve his country, and if you look at phil bradison's record and how he wants to run his campaign it's all about tennessee. he's talking about solutions and the ads he's running are very clear. he says that he's not running against donald trump. if donald trump has a good idea for tennessee, he'll work with him. if he has a bad idea for tennessee, he will fight him and, you know, what we're seeing in states whether they were for donald trump or against him is people want a senator who is going to s

i'm lisa fermer with liberty hill neighborhood association. for the past three months, my fellow neighborhood activists and i have been battling the most overreaching and outrageous land grab ever proposed by a state senator, unfortunately, our state senator, and all along, we've been dismissed as old folks who are against all types of new home construction. this can't be farther from the truth, and that's why i'm here today to urge you to reject the plans for another whole foods/amazon because this site can better be used for housing people, not food courts. it's really not a grocery store. this is a perfect example of how local controls can save the day and add to our housing stock without displacing tenants and without displacing business. this is exactly what we were fighting for, and here's an opportunity for the commission to prove us right. if we need more housing, let's build it where we don't have to displace businesses or tenants, and let's do it within the existing map and scale of the surrounding buildings. and by the way, if 828 p

hill is deeply flawed. yet, congress has not addressed its own rules for dealing with the problem. our lisa desjardins is covering is story. if you complain of harenassment apitol hill you face a 90 day waiting period and asystem stacked against victims. the plan toll ovet has been frozen in the senate. we talked to three former staffers pushing for change. rebecca, aienn, a ali. it was anna's first interview, she's the staffer whose abuse led to the retirent of congresswoman elizabeth este. they told stories starting with ali steele. >> yeah, so my experience was when i was an 18-year-old intern and it was my first experience really in a real job, i had heard some rumors about this member who ultimately groped me at the national-- democratic national convention in boston at an evening event. and really the message that wass sent to mehat this was the cost of doing business. i was a young woman in politics partly because as i told people about my experience, i learned that this wasn't a surprise to many people, that this behaviore rally and from this particular member was somewhat of an ope

lisa gash per in new york, vincent hill in atlanta. thank you very much. >> thank you, steve.om israel. what is really going on over there? he will join us live for a report. >>> ainsley is live in england for the royal wedding. she has a special guest coming up, don't you? ainsley: that is exactly right, steve. steve hilton is here, another one of our favorite steves. he says two years after "brexit," it is still a mess over here. he said the establishment is trying to stop the will of the people. he compares that to what is happening in america. stay with us. ♪ why did i want a crest 3d white smile? dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. so i used crest. crest 3d white removes... ...95% of surface stains in just 3 days... ...for a whiter smile... that will win them over. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. ♪ abby: no rain is going to stop us having a party. brian: wouldn't great if the east would have retractible roof. it has been raining seven straight days. impossible to not to affect your mood. steve: it has been raining so much, skip bedell in the next seg

lisa. it gives me chills. >> well it was so cool to be on capitol hill with her and see her being boss ladyof the highest ranking women in the house and then to come home to her house and see her be mom and there was just so much warmth and love her kids adore her, she adores her kids and her son cole told me we're going to be best friends forever so if cole is watching, hey, buddy. her kids were so sweet so it was really special to be behind the scenes and spend time with her. abby: what a role model she is not only to her kids but to young women everywhere that yeah you're not going to be perfect but you can have it all and you can be a mom and do something that you love. >> like you're doing my friend and i have two family members with special needs and so she's a fierce advocate of the community so we appreciate that. abby: awesome and how she can relate to so many people great work out there. >> thanks, abbey. happy mother's day. abby: you as well. all right you may have heard president trump slamming democrat joe donnelly in his home state. listen to this. president trump: democrats l

lisa, what a dramatic day. two sepate briefings,top college, department of justice officials going to the hill. take usthrough why there were two. >> they were on the exact same topic, what was known about an informant working with the f.b.i. as they looked into the mptrump gn. the first was with the department of justice. that was the first initied by republicans in the house, devin noonunez, how intelligence chairman, wanted the qns answered in a classified segment. the white house convened and helped that meeting come together. trey gowdy was added to the invitation list. who wasn't on it? democrats nor other senate intelligence, ranking and chairman were not involved. that was the stiond m. the gang of aismght usually that is the group of top leaders responsible for looking into gedges matters like this that includes the top republican and democrat in each chamber and on each intelligence committee. that's why tre were two meetings. >> woodruff: this investigation, lisa, as we know, is about russia, whether there was a connection between the, trump campaie trump white house and russia. hous

hills camera. check out this beautiful view on this saturday. you can see the camera shaking around a little bit with the winds in the higher elevations. lisam day on tap and she will be able to break it down for us coming up in the accuweather forecast. but first in sport, both the as and giants are on the road this weekend. this morning oakland will face the bronx bombers at yankee stadium first pitch at 10:05. giants will try to snap their five game losing streak in pittsburgh, first pitch thereat 4:05. last night the giants week long woes continued. larry beil has the details in in morning's sports report. >>> good morning. andrew mccutchen is a hero in pittsburgh. he played there for nine years. last night returning to the steel city as a member of the giants. if only he could pitch. because the giants really need some arms. >> batting second, right fielder, number 22, andrew mccutchen. >> they love him. that is tremendous. to the game, giants down 2-0 in the fourth. austin jackson, a two run single. longoria just trying to score. get out of my way please umpire. giants pitchers gave up four home runs. josh bell, this one is going acro

lisa: yes, we need to change that. -giovanni: yeah. -lemonis: why haven't you? -giovanni: just money -- -lemonis: don't say money to me. don't say money to me. we have money to pile inventory up to the hillt not money to make sure that the sign is right. one of the most important parts of an acquisition is being able to integrate that new company into an existing platform, but that assumes that there is a platform. so, how often do they come to your store? dan: if i'm lucky, probably a couple times a month. lemonis: do you wish they came more? dan: i appreciate any time that i get with them. i think we've been self-governing for so long. lemonis: and it really seems like these stores operate independently, and there's not even a leader. after taking all this in, i'd like to talk to lisa alone and get her own perspective. i like the fact that you guys have a number of stores. i don't like the fact that they all look and feel and operate differently and that there's not clear management and there's not a clear process and there's not central distribution. so how is the ownership split up? you guys are 50/50? lisa: well, we got 30% shares, investor. lemonis: what investor? does he have shar