my name's steven hill. i'm one of the original coauthors of the prop o, which was passed in 2000 that setup the public financing law in san francisco. and i was also involved in subsequent amendments in 2005-2006 to extend that to the mayor's office, and then also amendments in 2009 and 2012. so i have a long history with this, and i also was responsible for getting 15% of the public financing money to go to staff to administer this law because we understand that there's work involved, and i'm very sensitive to that. and i'm sensitive to the issues that the staff has raised about how much work has become to administer this law currently, and we've proposed a number of alternative ways to fix that issue other than what staff are proposing. i believe what the staff are proposing would actually be very dangerous to this law and would undermine it. later on, you're going to hear testimony from the city of los angeles, that this law of lifting the spending caps is already in place, and how this that's led to a h

hill and we've got two millennial congresswomen who were sworn in today. they'll join me next. >>> 36 women among the freshman class sworn in today in the house. congresswoman haley stevenss a michigan democrat and congresswoman katie hill is a democrat from california. and they join me now. congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you, don. >> what a day. what a day. how's it been? >> really exciting. we're thrilled to be here. it's a lot of work ahead of us, but we're ready to do it. >> so i'm -- go on, congresswoman. do you want to say -- >> i was going to say it's been a jam-packed day but the american public is counting on us. our sleeves are rolled up and we're ready to get the job done. >> so i'm going to stick with you, congresswoman stevens. you're no longer a democratic candidate. you're now -- you're no longer a congresswoman-elect. you're now a united states congresswoman. both of you flipped districts. you're part of a big blue wave. democrats gained 40 seats. what made today so special for you? >> it was incredible having so many supporters and visitors in from michigan's 11th district. we had people from canton, livonia, commerce, every when i way in a dist

hill... and, arborist steven duncan has some concerns.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "look at the root crown, and look for anything abnormal." in this case, the base of the tree appears to be weakened. steven duncan/atlas tree service- "this is a root, these are roots, and you see how the trunk is growing over it. so, it's partially strangling, uh, the trunk itself, and cutting off some of its ability. but, overall, this is really not bad, but it is something to notice." duncan, who has worked for atlas tree service going on 20 years now, says a contricted trunk, prevents the tree from soaking in the water and nutrients it needs to stay healthy.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "the other thing you look at is this seam, and if you go up -- you see those seams. sometimes branches want to split right along those seams." any significant wind -- and the branches could possibly split.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "we got a dead cottonwood tree -- that's a common name." down the street -- alex llamas with sexy-trees-dot-com spotted this perilous tree behind a shopping center and near a freeway exit.a

congresswoman haley stevens is a michigan democrat, and congresswoman katie hill is a democrat from california, and they join me now. congratulations. >> thank you. >> thank you, don. >> what a day, what a day. how has it been? >> really exciting. we're thrilled to be here. it's a lot of work ahead of us, but we're ready to do it. >> yeah, so -- go on, congresswoman. did you want to say? >> it's been a jampacked day, but americans are counting on us, our sleeves are rolled up and we're going to get the job done. >> i want to stick with you, congressman stevens. you are no longer a democratic candidate, not a congresswoman elect. you're a united states congresswoman. you -- both of you flipped districts. you're part of a big blue wave. democrats gained 40 seats. what made today so special for you? >> it was incredible having so many supporters and visitors in from michigan's 11th district. we had people from canton, livonia, commerce, everywhere that hasn't had a district since we landed on the moon. i'm michigan's first millennial representative. i'm so thrilled and excited to be here and i'm

hill... and, arborist steven duncan has some concerns.steven duncan/atlas tree service- for anything abnormal in this case, the base of the tree appears to be weakened. steven duncan/atlas tree service- "this is a root, these are roots, and you see how the trunk is growing over it. so, it's partially strangling, uh, the trunk itself, and cutting off some of its ability. but, overall, this is really not bad, but it is something to notice." duncan, who has worked for atlas tree service going on 20 years now, says a contricted trunk, prevents the tree from soaking in the water and nutrients it needs to stay healthy.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "the other thing you look at is this seam, and if you go up -- you see those seams. sometimes branches want to split right along those seams." any significant wind -- and the branches could possibly split.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "we got a dead cottonwood tree -- that's a common name." down the street -- alex llamas with sexy-trees-dot-com spotted this perilous tree behind a shopping center and near a freeway exit.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "the way

. >> bret: a classified briefing on capitol hill, steven mnuchin defended his recent decision to liftn companies linked to a russian oligarch, ally vladimir putin. he said the companies had made major changes and committed to what he called, an unprecedented level of transparency. nancy pelosi was very critical of the briefing a few minutes ago and called it one of the worst classified briefings they've ever seen from the trump administration. he said her comments were shocking. they will pay $305 million in fines to the u.s. government over admissions cheating allegations. the settlement was announced today by the justice department and the environmental protection agency, the automaker separately agreed to pay $19 million for california. the company will also pay $280 million to settle lawsuits. the dow provost for the fifth day in a row, its longest winning streak since the beginning of october. again at 123, the s&p 500 was up 12 monastic finished ahead 29. president trump says he wishes his sometimes bitter rival luck. he is referring to amazon founder jeff bezos, the world's ric

hill... and, arborist steven duncan has some concerns.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "look at the root crown and look for anything abnormal." in this case, the base of the tree appears to be weakened. steven duncan/atlas tree service- "this is a root, these are roots, and you see how the trunk is growing over it. so, it's partially strangling, uh, the trunk itself, and cutting off some of its ability. but, overall, this is really not bad, but it is something to notice." duncan, who has worked for atlas tree service going on 20 years now, says a contricted trunk, prevents the tree from soaking in the water and nutrients it needs to stay healthy.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "the other thing you look at is this seam, and if you go up -- you see those seams. sometimes liright along seams." any significant wind -- and the branches could possibly split.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "we got a dead cottonwood tree -- that's a common name." down the street -- alex llamas with sexy-trees-dot-com spotted this perilous tree behind a shopping center and near a freeway exit.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "t

hill... and, arborist steven duncan has some concerns.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "look at the root crown, and look for anything abnormal." in this case, the base of the tree appears to be weakened. steven duncan/atlas tree service- "this is a root, these are roots, and you see how the trunk is growing over it. so, it's partially strangling, uh, the trunk itself, and cutting off some this is really not bad, but it is something to notice." duncan, who has worked for atlas tree service going on 20 years now, says a contricted trunk, prevents the tree from soaking in the water and nutrients it needs to stay healthy.steven duncan/atlas tree service- "the other thing you look at is this seam, and if you go up -- you see those seams. sometimes branches want to split right along those seams." any significant wind -- and the branches could possibly split.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "we got a dead cottonwood tree -- that's a common name." down the street -- alex llamas with sexy-trees-dot-com spotted this perilous shopping near a freeway exit.alex llamas/sexytrees.com- "the way you can particularly

subject of the big showdown with the treasury department tomorrow in congress when steven mnuchin has to come to capitol hill. interestingly, though, "the times" later corrected its story to say kilimnik didn't give that polling data to deripaska. that was a mistake in "the times'" initial reporting. they corrected their story to say he had actually passed it on instead to two ukrainian oligarchs who are also known to have funded manafort's pro russia political work in ukraine. well, what did those guys want with internal polling data from an american presidential campaign? i mean, i should mention that one of those two oligarchs who reportedly received that polling data from manafort, he appears to be the same guy who was described in the indictment of sam patten. sam patten plead guilty a few months ago to working as an unregistered foreign agent. he admitted in his plea deal, in his cooperation deal, that he had illegally funneled foreign money into trump's inauguration. it was money apparently from this oligarch guy to whom manafort sent internal campaign polling data in the spring of 2016. so it's a sma

. >> my name is steven tieber and i am the transportation for russian hill neighbors and also a member of s.f. next stop which is an extension to the subway to fisherman's wharf ndk hopefully beyond. i am here to express my sincere thanks to this commission and the staff for moving this project forward and holding a series of two public outreach sessions which were held in districts two and three and -- and in october and december. the results, as far as i can see was a very strong approval in those communities of the subway, subject to mitigation of the effects, the short and long-term. we have the nation's fullest transit system, which is nothing to be proud of. it takes about a half an hour to get downtown from russian hill and about 45 minutes from the marina on muni, so this is a project that is very worthwhile supporting. about four years ago, you put out this very thorough concept study which was well researched and well received at the start of the process, and we urge that you continue the process into next year as you begin to workup this project, and we will continue to supp

hill. i hear you have new reporting. >> steven lynch, a stone yoenior of the oversight committee. he said he expects elijah cummings to issue a subpoena for michael cohen's testimony before he does head to jail. according to steven lynch, he said he has spoken with cummings and the overwhelming consensus among members of the committee is cohen should be subpoenaed. he said that lynch said that cummings was still having discussions about the way forward and was aware of the concerns about michael cohen's security threats to his family and the concerns that he's been raising, but still they do want to hear from him so they plan to expect to perhaps some effort to try to compel michael cohen to testify in public. what does he do at that point? does he fight that? not comply with that? he's going to jail. he doesn't niece nestly need to listen to that subpoena. perhaps he maybe will decide to come forward. we just don't know that yet. now elijah cummings himself left the house floor. reporters tried to ask him for comment about these developments. he declined to comment. he said he wo

up there on the hill at the congress while we still have the shutdown. even steven.ut more than twice as many americans want trump to give up the wall demands. 66% say trump should accept the budget without the 5.6 for the wall. an associated press poll shows he has dropped from 42% just last month to 34%. let me go to gwen on that. it seems to me trump loves, polls, cable fv. how is he living with the fact he's down below 1/3 now? >> this would make him very unhappy. this is a guy who only wants to win. there's no such thing as compromise. there's only winning and losing and if you're not winning, you're losing. he grew up on norm vincent peal that positive think about yourself as successful and the way to go. but he recognized that and you have to win and you have to demolish the opposition. norman vincent peel never said that but that's donald's interpretation and by that way of looking at the world he's got to win. his mind has to really be having a headache because he's got to win and yet the polls are showing people don't want him to do this >> the horse whispe

that's house sneaker nancy pelosi reacted after the treasury secretary steven mnuchin was summoned by the house to come up to capitol hill and explain why exactly the trump administration announced before christmas and signed off on the decision to relax sanctions on businesses associated with this russian oligarch known to be close to vladimir putin and the kremlin. he was sanctioned in 2016 and steven mnuchin as secretary in late december signed off on a relaxation of the sanctions, under law, under a beefed-up law beefed up by the house and senate in 2017 passed with veto proof majorities despite president trump objecting to it, under that new u.s. sanctions law, congress has 30 days to review an announcement like this, review any announcement fromm the aadministration they relaxes sanctions. congress can investigate and overturn it if they think it is improper and that is what led to this appearance today on capitol hill by the treasury secretary and as you can quickly tell from the reaction from members of congress coming out of the classifi classified briefing, secretary mnuchin's explanation why he wants to drop t

plans to go to davos so he can deal with the fall out here at home treasury secretary steven mnuchin was on capitol hillterday. i asked him whether he will still lead the u.s. delegation there. he was noncommittal about this he said he's discussing that with the white house and if he does go, it will be with a smaller group of officials. i also asked the secretary whether he could move forward with talks on china while the treasury department remains closed >> the current intent is that the vice premiere hu will most likely come and visit us later in the month and i would expect that the government shutdown would have no impact. we will continue with those meetings, just as we sent a delegation to china. >> so, guys, if that meeting does go well, it would be a sign of real progress and a much needed win for this administration >> all right, ylan mui, that's steny hoyer on later that's your interview. i'm not -- you're not going to get -- you know what it's going to be. >> i know, i know. what we are trying to do is dig through and see if there is any sort of solution >> why isn't there some type -- why

blasting treasury secretary steven mnuchin for the worst classified breeching s in briefing she has received from the trump administration so far after he is brought to the hill to explain why exactly he's lifting some russian sanctions from, of all people, oleg derepaska, who if you remember, manafort owed 19 million bucks when he joined the campaign. i'm not doin' that. i eat plenty of kale. ahem, as i was saying... ...with cologuard, you don't need an excuse... all that prep? no thanks. that drink tastes horrible! but...there's no prep with cologuard... i can't take the time off work. who has two days? and i feel fine - no symptoms! everybody, listen! all you need is a trip to the bathroom. if you're 50 or older and at average risk, cologuard is the noninvasive option that finds 92% of colon cancers. you just get the kit in the mail, go to the bathroom, collect your sample, then ship it to the lab! this is your year! own it! cologuard is not right for everyone. it is not for high risk individuals, including those with a history of colon cancer or precancer, ibd, certain hereditary cancer syndromes, or a family history of colon cancer. ask your doctor if co

opposed by democrats and some republicans on capitol hill not too far from here as it stand their numbers are not high enough to stop treasury secretary steven the new should and his supporters for moving forward with more we're joined by our teams alex mahela bichon toronto hey alex thank you for looking at this today what's the status of the administration's efforts to try and move to relax these economic sanctions against all of dera pasta in the company resolve. court interesting you're looking at one hundred thirty republicans breaking ranks with trump in the house and basically voted with a bunch of democrats they wanted to watch this and keep the same chins up against both the all the guard and companies that he's involved in but the senate republicans had a little bit more power here so whatever the house wanted to do well it did not happen now you got to look at stephen minutiae here the treasury treasury secretary it appears that he ministration under him basically undersold what they were going to do to all of. the companies associated with including rizal the one that we're talking about the second biggest aluminum company in the

he said in part -- and "the hill" adds -- under that law, the house and senate must act by january 17. the announcement comes days after treasury secretary steven mnuchin briefed house leaders on the decision to ease sanctions. >> the government shutdown is now in its 23rd day, making it the longest in u.s. history. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span and the senate live at 3:00 eastern on c-span2. >> the senate confirmation hearings for the next attorney general of the united states begin tuesday. in december, president trump nominated him to replace jeff sessions. counselbarr is now of at a law firm and served as the u.s. attorney general for president george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee william barr tuesday on c-span3. wednesday, democratic virginia governor ralph northam delivered his address to the legislature. during his speech, he proposed a budget plan based on expected last year's tax overhaul and wanted lawmakers to consider his plan to reduce gun violence through universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons.

you've got to jared kushner types going on capitol hill, trying to negotiate not only with republicans, but also with democrat, but then you've got to steven miller types who favored narrowing what they're going to offer these sessions to democrats. democrats are right now remaining firm in their stance that they want the president to reopen the government first thep they will dpoeshuate border security with them. so right now, we are over a month into this government shutdown. 800,000 federal workers are preparing to miss their second paycheck and right now, we do not seem to be any closer unless something substantial is going to change, to reopen the government. >> down to capitol hill. phil, you have these congressional democrats who say they weren't consulted on this plan, but mitch mcconnell said he won't bring any bill to the senate floor unless you have president trump, speaker pelosi and leader schumer all on board, yet he plans to vote on this wup. why no counteroffer from the dems? >> from the perspective of the majority leader, it's shift from what occurred last week. when speaker pelosi suggested they move the state of the unio

is dysfunctional i have heard from many hill aides over the course of the last week the white house is actually the place that is dysfunctional. this is a steven miller policy all along, nick mulvaney, the acting chief of staff, has not been able to run the type of process-oriented white house that we saw under john kelly, and then, of course, bill shine, who has taken the reins of communications, who has produced some of the moments, the trip to the border, the primetime speech, and you can argue those were ineffective as well you have to wonder whether there will be any shake-up at the white house in response to the fact the outcome we saw was the same exact outcome that you maybe would have gotten 35 days ago. >> and that's a good point about bill shine the events were almost things the president clearly felt uncomfortable with things he did not necessarily gravitate to naturally i'll old enough to remember during the midterms when several democratic candidates were unsure about whether nancy pelosi would have the votes to be the next speaker and some outright opposed her since then she consolidated power, and since then surprised the presi

steven miller? it seems like he is to me. the president is reasoniwill be him. the question is will he sort of, you know, overcome all of this? she spending so much time on capitol hill >> and we have breaking news right now. we learned that house speaker pelosi formally invited president trump to deliver the state of union at the house chamber a week from tomorrow. i believe that's february 5th. that is a week from tomorrow. it was originally supposed to be tomorrow. >> that's just a glimmer perhaps of cooperation. >> yes. >> something good going on in washington. i think what's so interesting also on the flip side of this is is how strongly could some of these democrats make this case that this white house has gotten so far away from the founding ideals of this country with comments like that about refugees. and you heard her do that again and again yesterday. a lot of the times it is because of these kinds of issues. it will be interesting that someone could speak to that feeling that the white house is totally out of touch with what this country is about. >> we when you hear comments that no refugee ever set foot. what goes through your mind? >> the first thing t

hill, presley, david trone, ed case, gill cesndso, kendra horn, angie craig, joe cunningham, chris papas, andy levin, susan wild, sylvia garcia, katie porter, debbie mercasel-powell, dean madeleine, hailey stevens, gregg stanton, josh harter, lucy mcbath, abigail spanberger, chrissie high school hasn't, donna shalala, alexander ocasio karates, t.j. conform, dean phillips, johanna hayes, and then a few more people who have added their names in the script that i may not be able to read accurately. in total, an estimated 46 signatures on this letter addressed to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mr. president, i ask this letter be entered into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: mr. president, the freshmen of the house are speaking a lot of common sense in this letter. they're saying, here we are looking at bills that the senate passed under republican leadership, that the house has passed under democratic leadership. that's the foundation for going forward. let not the senate leadership be the obstruction to common sense. let not this chamber sit empty, sit quiet, sit without votes on these bills to put our government back to work. they want to see the senate

forward, the debate will move forward, and the head of that vote treasury secretary steven mnuchin is due on the hill this afternoon for the senate republican conference lunch to sort of make his case as to why the sanctions should be lifted at this point. >> host: lets start on the floor first. why is minority leader chuck schumer forcing a floor vote on this resolution? >> guest: right. it's a good question particularly because last week schumer said that he would not allow or that they would block, democrats would block any votes that don't reopen the government. government. but this is a particular issue that it think in his remarks, senator schumer has said, that he wants to stop the trump administration from lifting the sanctions particularly as the mueller investigation continues into russian interference. and because this resolution is privileged, meaning that he doesn't need consent from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to bring it to the floor, he does not, there's nothing stopping them from doing this. and he announced he would do this over the weekend. today is the vote and also in