congresswoman jackie speier was there in 1978. was a young aide to a congressman who was investigating reports of abuse. but they were ambushed and shot while trying to leave. speier talked to our cheryl jennings about how the attack drastically attacked her life. >> i was 28 years old. you know, i had resigned myself to the fact that i was dying. >> they have just three weeks ago found another bullet in my right arm. >> jackie speier survived in spite of being shot five times by followers of the reverend jim jones. he led a religious cult called the people's temple. speier was an aid to congressman leo ryan on a fact finding mission to investigate complaints of sexual and fabz at the overseas compound in guyana. he brought journalists to cover the story. >> and they came and shot the congressman. they shot don harris, the nbc reporter, the cameramen, the sound man, greg robinson, the examiner photographer. and me. >> she managed to drag her badly mangled body with one arm behind the plane's wheel well she and the others were on t

speier was an aide to leo ryan. he was on a fact finding mission to investigate complaints of sexual and physician abuse at the overseas compound in guyana. he brought journalists to cover the story. >> they came and shot the congressman. they shot don harris, the nbc reporter. the cameramen, the sound man, greg robig her badly mangled body with one arm behind the plane's wheel well. she and the others were on the airstrip nearly 22 hours. they were finally moved to a tent still waiting for medical attention which came much later. >> all i had was the goodness of you know some of the reporters and the producer from nbc. who came and brought me rum, guyana rum and i took swigs of rum to get threw the night. >> the ambush killed congressman ryan and four others, including three journalists. shortly after the attack, jim jones sent more than 900 followers of the jonestown compound to their death. he ordered them to drink a cyanide-laced beverage. >> i walk around now with the scars and the baggage of that tragedy. >> w

. >> reporter: inside the hearing room, one survivor, congressman jackie speier of california. she was one of five democratic lawmakers who have had similar experiences with domestic abuse asking to delay tomorrow's vote. she shared her thoughts on today's hearing, proud of dr. blasey ford and concerned about judge kavanaugh's performance. >> this is a man enraged. this is a man who does not suggest that he has a judicial temperament. he is angry and hostile and combative. and we don't see that in judges. i worry about his ability to handle a case that dealt with anything that was women-related without having it come to him. >> reporter: while the vote is still scheduled to happen tomorrow, i caught up with senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts. she shared some of the same sentiments of speier but was encouraged by the turnout by supporters of the women who have come forward with sexual allegations. >> it's people of conscience that are here to make sure that congress knows how people across this country feel. they're here. look at what they have to say. they're here to say

you can hear congresswoman speier's full interview on our website. and she has a new book coming out next month called ungaunte >>> today he vetoed a bill, his reason, quote, we have enough mischief from midnight to 2:00. he also vetoed a bill that would have banned gun shows saying that should be up to local officials. he did pass another weapons bill. people younger than 21 won't be able to buy guns in california starting next year. >>> time to think about your weekend plans and maybe rain. >> sandhya is here withest est n latest on that. >> the north bay looks like it'll have the best chance of seei seeing some showers. you notice the sun is setting earlier and earlier. beautiful view of the raies of the sun trying to peek through the clouds today. it was certainly cooler especially around the bay and inland and noticeably cooler as we head into the inland communities. live doppler 7 you will notice there are some clouds around. they're sort of breaking up a bit, but that will change as we head towards tomorrow. here's a look at our temperatures,

jackie speier agrees there needs to be an investigation. we spoke to her live on abc 7 news at 4:00. >> if all this is is say charade to once again do what they did with anita hill, give each party the opportunity to speak and is then move forward with their vote, then they haven't done an investigation and they had no intentions of doing anything but going through the motions. >> the congresswoman said mark skwrurpblgs the man blasey ford said witnessed the assaul should be subpoenaed to testify. he said he has no memory of the incident and will not take part on the hearings. >>> we have the links his accuser hars to the bay area, especially palo alto on abc7news.com. >>> new developments in a south bay tent city now has a new home. the city of san jose will allow hope village a lease of a piece of city-owned land. it can stay for 180 days. the city will only charge $1 for the lease. volunteers created hope village without permits on a state parking lot last week. it was forced to relocate monday to a union office down the street. >> a new

my special thanks to congresswoman speier, alexis mcgill johnson. we mentioned anita hill. she's breaking her silence today speaking out in specifics about how to fix the confirmation process. we'll talk to the reporter who helped break that story. >>> also, new misinformation against the kavenaugh accuser. what his supporters are saying about dr. ford. >>> later, and this is a big one, there are new details just now emerging about how exactly bob mueller tried to build a trump pardon-proof deal with paul manafort. we have that later tonight. ♪ this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ ♪ girls are not in school because of economic issues and they have to work. at the malala fund, we help girls stay in school. the malala fund inves

i spoke to jackie speier and this morning caught up with a bay area committeewoman for the rnc to get their reactions to the testimony. >> dr. ford did an extraordinary job as a witness. she was very compelling. is and she was very specific about the actual event. and she gained i think extraordinary credibility. >> while the morning started out strong for dr. ford, by the ends of the day, every republican i know was firmly on the side of judge kavanaugh. and i suspect a couple of democrats will join in supporting his confirmation. >> reporter: back out here live, a full vote for confirmation could happen as early as tuesday. reggie and jessica, back to you. >> dion, no matter what side you believe, the hearing was emotionally heavy for both sides. what's the feeling like in washington this morning? >> reporter: yeah. as you can imagine, no matter where you turn, every single person has an opinion. even this morning going down the elevator where we were staying at, every person you run into has something to say. especially after that vote happens you can imagine what they have to say

the chair of the san francisco round table, and we've worked diligently with congress woman jackie speier. this is something that's near and dear to her office. we've worked with senator pelosi's office, we've reached out to senator feinstein. it's very easy to think about adjusting flight patterns and spending a tiny bit more money and going up and over san francisco rather than right area. other areas of the bay are impacted by landings, as well. oakland airport has been diverting flights over our city, and so people's -- people's sanity is at stake, as well as their essential quality of life. so i want to have that hearing. i'm calling for that hearing to be done at the land use and transportation committee. i'd like it to be a joint hearing with the san francisco airport commission. i'd like them to be invited to participate in this. i'd like it to be open to all the different districts, and i know that supervisor cohen had expressed concern about this. she's heard from her constituents about this. i've heard from constituents of supervisor yee and supervisor tang. any other folks tha

jackie speier hopes the writer will come forward. >> i believe that this anonymous person, this senior official within the white house, is alerting us of a crisis and i say he must come forward and his colleagues who think like him must come forward and tell congress because the 25th amendment empowers either the cabinet or the congress to act when the president is incapacitated. >> reporter: the editorial says there are, quote, bright spots from the white house including deregulation, tax reform and military funding. but it adds, quote, these successes have come despite, not because of, the president's leadership style. now, the "new york times" says it knows the identity of the author but is keeping it a secret at that person's request. as you might imagine, there is quite a guessing game going on about who it is. in the last90 minutes, president trump said they must turn over the name to him for national security purposes. >> heather holmes, thank you. >>> supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh was back in front of the u.s. senate today. senators had their first chance to quest

now, in just about an hour we'll hear reaction from the hearing from congresswoman jackie speier and also why she says there is a possibility a vote may not happen tomorrow. more on that in just about an hour. live in washington, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >> thank you for that, dion. >>> professor hadara avaram is here with us today. first, can you just give us your general takeaway from what you witnessed today. >> i think it's been a massive day. there have been two things going on at once. one of them is this big morality playing out. in a sense a climax of the me too movement out there for the whole american public to see. at the same time, i think a really grim reminder of how partisan judicial nominations have become since the days before the robert bork failed nomination and today when we're really seeing so much cheap shots, grandstanding, resistance to finding out the truth on top of the question of what actually happened. >> there were really several different dramas playing themselves out. part of it is a look at american politics in 2018, which is not pretty. we showed a

"outfront" now, democratic congresswoman of california, jackie speier.on the house intelligence committee. congresswoman, thanks for coming in. >> thank you for the invitation, kate. >> of course. we know that the president has considered firing rosenstein in the past, but with this news tonight, do you think rosenstein is going to be fired? >> well, it certainly gives the president the excuse to fire him, but i think it's really important for all of us to remember who the attorney general is responsible to. the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, is responsible to the american people and the constitution of the united states. he is not the private attorney of donald trump. and the president can't get that through his head. a lot of people have been talking about invoking the 25th amendment. it doesn't surprise me that rod rosenstein had been in conversations about whether or not it should be invoked, but again, it has to be invoked -- >> it doesn't surprise you? that the deputy attorney general of the united states is floating this? >> well,

claimed that they were basically nothing more than a couple of tourists just wanting to visit soulsby speier i don't think even many russians believe the russian government's on this anymore there have been a series of mistakes starting with the assassination attempt itself and it strikes to me it strikes me that even vladimir putin who could and should have kept his distance from all of this plot him self right in the middle of the whole mess by calling for these two men are very publicly to come forward and explain themselves so i think there's very little plausible deniability.

speier: you owe your obligation to all the people of this country. and when a member of congress seeks to have you at a meeting, you show up at a meeting. when you don't show up at a meeting, heads are going to roll. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. shuster: mr. speaker, i'm prepared to close. we have no more speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon. well -- o: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman from pennsylvania has 8 3/4 minutes. mr. defazio: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: this gives me an opportunity as i already thanked my colleagues, but i also want to thank some staff, particularly some of the staff on my side of the aisle. staff on both sides worked hard. alex, rachel, kathy, janet, luke, mike, and in rick larsen's office, alexandria. and special thanks, because they don't get thanked enough around here, the