what tom stier has in his favor is a lot of money.doesn't have a straight lane in the democratic field and they move in different directions he can stay as long as he would like and use it to stay there. the money goes less about how you are doing in the polls and how much money you have to keep your campaign going. that will be his benefit going into this field but what i don't see is a clear lane for him to run on. if he's running on this lane of impeach no matter what, there are candidates -- but if it is i will be the average joe, we have a joe in the race who is pretty average. i think he is missing some of those pieces it will take to gains in traction but he does have longevity from the fact that he has personal wealth to maintain himself in his race. >> that is what he's getting hits on already, bernie sanders saying it's not good for billionaires to get involved in politics, elizabeth warren and others saying we have grassroots donations, putting together things for the people, not corporations, not big-money you walk into th

straka billionaire tom stier came to his hometown of seven disco tonight. his ploy to win over voters on the white house. >>> ktvu start now. >> billionaire philanthropist in the crowded democratic field. >> billionaire tom stier spoke tonight at a gathering. we are joining alive for where tonight's campaign event was held. >> reporter: julie and frank tom stier does not need dollars but he does need donors. today he took the stage with the owner of manny's restaurant, who is a friend of his son. he says he things he knows er: mission district, tom stier shook hands and as the newest l contender, made the case for why a california billionaire should get the party's nomination. >> we have

. >> billionaire tom stier spoke tonight at a gathering. we are joining alive for where tonight's campaign event was held. >> reporter: julie and frank tom stier does not need dollars but he does need donors. today he took the stage with the owner of manny's restaurant, who is a friend of his son. he says he things he knows er: mission district, tom stier shook hands and as the newest l contender, made the case for why a california billionaire should get the party's nomination. >> we have a problem. we've lost our democracy. it's going to take the people's power to get it back and that's what i've been trying to organize the last 10 years and i've done it successfully. >> reporter: an outsider who has turned from founder of a private equity fund to a political activist, now to politician. the community room at manny's restaurant was filled with about 150 people, a friendly crowd in his hometown. >> what we need in 2020 is an across-the-board. >> the way to win the 2020 election is been mobilizing the people to vote instead of trying to win

my name is tom stier and i'm running for president. >> reporter: remember when he said this?ng for president at this time. instead i am strengthening my commitment to need to impeach. >> reporter: based on the latest polling it is joe biden's race to lose. the emerson poll, kamala harris's best performance doubling her support. biden has a 15 point lead in the democratic primary, bernie sanders dropping 12, elizabeth warren holding steady. according to the washington times, charlie hurt, things are not peachy for biden. >> there is a huge disconnect between him and the rest of the candidates running and it is alarming for america because you have a democratic party that has lurched so far to the left to that it is not recognizable. >> reporter: the biggest winner of the debate might be donald trump who leaves warren, harris and pete buttigieg after trailing them all last month and close the gap on sanders and biden. debate number 3 hosted by abc and univision could feature as many as 20 candidates but the second night might not happen depending how many candidates qualify. he

>>well bay area billionaire and activist tom stier is among those who advocated for president trump's impeachment he made his first campaign stop in san francisco. as the democratic presidential candidates. so he spoke in the mission district meeting with voters in answering questions kron four's taylor's sacking was there. >>with a weak start to the 2020 presidential race in january. >>i said i wasn't going to run for president then because i felt like i needed to continue the need to impeach campaign. >>san francisco billionaire and no impeachment advocate tom stier says had a lot to do with president trump we were still a voice in the wilderness saying that this is the most corrupt president in american history. and these dangerous to the american people the constitution in the country stier made his first campaign stop in the mission district on wednesday discussing his decision to run for president his campaign goals and his vision to fix what he calls a broken political system at the top of his list, corporate takeovers especially in the american healthcare system. >>what i real

. >>> billionaire tom stier has been working to get donald trump out of office, he said he would stay out of the race but now why he is reconsidering. >>> a strain on the biggest utilities, guaranteeing stability and prevent them from passing costs along to ratepayers.>>> a cloudy, cool, breezy day out there, current conditions, what you can expect for the rest of the afternoon and the warming trend coming up. >>> the dow is dropping after an analyst downgraded apple, it's down about four points right now, set to testify before the house of representatives, down about 121 points. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi is repeating a call from republicans to support efforts to increase security, the house speaker held a press conference about an hour ago with california secretary of state alex padilla. they approved a bill that would have backup paper ballots, it passed largely on party lines, house democrats are putting pressure on mitch mcconnell to schedule a vote to protect elections from foreign influence. >> we recognize that has happened, our president refuses to do so, he said if they

my name's tom stier i'm running for president. >>stiers known for his high-profile efforts to impeach president trump and this comes just months after he publicly announced he was not going to run so he could concentrate on that effort despite becoming a national voice on the impeachment issue he has not made any mention of that in his campaign announcement and breaking news another billionaire who ran for president ross perot. has died the self made texas for president. he died early this morning after a 5 month battle with leukemia. at the age of 89. he ran as an independent candidate in 1992, and in 1996. you can no longer buy flavored tobacco or e cigarettes in livermore city leaders just approved a measure kron 4 sarah stinson is live with more on this hi sarah. >>good morning. daryn yeah that's right livermore is now the first city in the tri valley too has this sort of ban it's similar to san francisco's ban on the cigarettes and flavored tobacco. however, they went a step other than san francisco just 2 weeks later. now the

. >> today, tom stier, the bay area billionaire and democratic activist will make his first campaign stop in a run for president in san francisco. we are here to explain why he may be facing an uphill battle >> reporter: he is already missed the first the base and will not be part of the next round happening later this month under rolls, tom stier had to have at least $65,000 by yesterday to qualify for the july 30 debates. that was just days after he announced his campaign. he is in the race for the 2020 nomination and a campaign representative just got back to us and said he is now focused on being part of the democratic debates in september. today he will make a stop in san francisco where he will meet supporters in the mission district at 6:30 pm. he is by far the wealthiest candidate in the 2020 race. he founded a hedge fund company here in the bay area in the 1980s. in this election cycle the extreme wealth could be a liability politically among democratic voters concerned about the growing wealth gap around the country. he also faces a challenge it comes to name recognition. h

. >>> tom stier is bringing his campaign for the white hoto san francisco today. he is hosting a meet and greet at 6:30 at mannies in the mission. that's a restaurant with a political bookstore. the event marks his first stop in his hometown since announcing his decision to run for the democratic nomination last week. >>> reports show pete -- the harris campaign raised nearly $3.2 million. >>> the next debate for dud for detroit. tomorrow, cnn, the host, will broadcast a live drawing to divide the candidates who qualify in to two debate groups. >>> happening today, the house of represent tyes the washington will vote on the sale of map made weapons to saudi arabia. the president trump wants to sell more than $8 billion in weapons to the saudis and partners in the middle east. last month the senate passed its disapproval of that deal. if the house votes against the deal, the white house could veto the resolution. congress doesn't have enough votes to override a veto. many lawmakers are not happy with the trump administration's pro saudi policy at a time when the sa

last >>> california billionaire tom stier is expected to formally announce a run to the white house after previously saying he would not enter the race. since the election of donald trump, he is one of the most outsken critics and has pushed hard for impeachment. >>> while one campaign begins, another end. california congressman eric swalwell announced he is ending his presidential campaign. he decided he would be unlikely to qualify for debates in the fall. >>this morning, the smithsonian is workingto help tell the stories of migrant children who were held in board detention faties. this work has been done by 10 and 11ear-old w had just been released from a migrant detention center in texas. the american academy of pediatrics shared the drawings with nbc news and other media outlets. >>> last night's director of night life and culture attended his first public hearing. townsendi w be sworn in next month. he has worked as an investigator in enforcing d.c. alcohol laws. he handle consumer complaints and other issues. >>> people will no doubt be talking abo's yesterday flooding for the rest

>>san francisco billionaire and no impeachment advocate tom stier says had a lot to do with president trump we were still a voice in the wilderness saying that this is the most corrupt president in american history. and these dangerous to the american people the constitution in the country stier made his first campaign stop in the mission district on wednesday discussing his decision to run for president his campaign goals and his vision to fix what he calls a broken political system at the top of his list, corporate takeovers especially in the american healthcare system what i really object to is this postell. >>corporate takeover of the democracy. i understand the difference between the mock receive and capitalism and i know they have to coexist i just don't want th. i don't want capitalism to take over the democracy and i the democracy is supposed to write the rules to control couples and that's the distinction and addressing the climate emergency. this is an emergency. let's act like it's an emergency. this is just one of them in 19 policy issues. we need check the box and have a

today, presidential candidate tom stier also tweeted, secretary acosta had the chance to throw him in jail over a decade ago. instead, he let a sexual predator walk free. he must resign immediately. >> acosta failed the victims. >> reporter: the congress of the united states is going to do whatever acosta did not do which is listen to jeffrey epstein's victims. >> reporter: democrats have already called for a hearing on the settlement agreement with epstein. that could be explosive and reveal the involvement of a number of high-profile people including democrats. but, pelosi said that party affiliation should not matter. >> young girls is horrific. it is wrong and whomever did it, aided, abetted, enabled it, they need to be held accountable. >> reporter: as for acosta, professor little said it is hard to imagine that he is going to be very effective at his job going forward because every time he goes in front of congress for a budget request or other department business he will be asked about this. christine pelosi said that when these hearings began and the testimony of victims comes

. >>> at the same time, tom stier, who has waged an impeachment campaign against president trump is reportedly poised to join the race. that despite his earlier decision not to run. >>> this just in, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg's personal security chief is out tonight. he was accused of sexual misconduct and making racist remarks about zuckerberg's wife priscilla chan. leon booth has been on leave since the allegations surfaced point >>> tonight a bay area a is bashing pete yanity as he plans to shut off power to prevent wildfires. christin ayres joins us from the oakland hills where residents are no strangers to that fire danger. >>> tonight pg&e's controversial plan to shut off power in large swaths of california is getting backlash from politicians and the public who say it goes too far. tonis use was supposed to be educational. officials prepared to answer tough questions about its plan to cut power to any of pg&e's 5 million customers when there is high fire danger. came with a group of friends, many disabled, their concerns, if power is cut, what will happen to those who rely on electri

another high-profile bay area dennison has thrown his hat into the ring, san francisco billionaire tom stier. >>is officially making a run for the democratic presidential nomination. today's announcement is an about face after stier ruled out a run in january, the hedge fund manager is worth an estimated billion. but he's best known as a political financier stiers donated more than a million to democratic candidates in the past 3 election cycles in a video released this morning stier said quote if you think that there's something absolutely critical try as hard as you can and let the chips fall where they may and that's exactly what i'm doing. >>and direct tv an a t t u-verse subscribers as of july the second from ford's been removed from the direct tv an a t to you first a lineup atnt has refused to extend our existing distribution agreement to august second that means you can no longer watch kron 4 news programming next our our parent company is negotiating with atnt his offer to extend our current deal as we try to reach an agreement if you want to continue watching crowd for and shows li

the newest democratic hopeful, tom stier hit up the mission district while joe vazquez caught donald trump junior and an old money part of town.>> reporter: it was a fundraiser residence on hill. the main gas was the presidents own son donald trump junior . >> wonderl insan htendedth hi girlfriend who sawith taking questions. we are told by attendees that they both spoke at the fundraiser hosted by prominent san francisco socialite didi willsey and attendees say there were about 50 or so people in the room. we asked some of the donors what they thought of the presidents recent remarks telling some members of congress to go back to their home countries. statements that have been criticized for being racist. >> i think it is controversy that is not worth discussing. people who are viciously critical of our great nation maybe should think about why they are in this nation. >> what he said is go back and fix your country and go back and tell us how you did it. the mainstream media --tobe esi again. nobody's perfect. >> surprisingly there were no protesters tonight. likely because the loc

billionaire tom stier is hosting his first campaign event in san francisco. it's taking place at 6.30 at manny's on 16th street in the mission stiers pledged a 100 million of his own money to his campaign making him immediately. the best funded candidate in the race. he's been known as a political finance or donating hundreds of millions to causes over the years, including most recently a campaign to impeach president donald trump. >>a new quinnipiac poll released today shows that senator kamala harris has opened up a slight lead in her home state here in california. over joe biden in the 2020 democratic primary race. the poll has harris at 23%. biden at 21 and bernie sanders at 18 though the difference between the top 3 candidates is within the poll's margin of error previous falling done before the first democratic debate had harris 8 percentage points behind biden elizabeth warren also gain support california jumping from 7% to 16%. >>in the east bay more than 20 storage units were damaged by a grass fire yesterday and today people are showing up to check

that she was assaulted by jeffrey epstein's lawyer alan dershowitz kefir san francisco billionaire tom stier is officially making a run for the democratic presidential nomination that announcement today. >>it's a turnaround after stier ruled out a run in january. he's best known as a political financier is a hedge fund manager worth roughly one 0.6 billion dollars stiers donated more than million to democratic candidates in the past 3 election cycles. likely he has been running his own self funded tv commercials, calling for congress to impeach president trump billionaire tycoon into time former presidential candidate ross perot has died best known for running, one of the most successful 3rd party presidential campaigns. in 1992, we got nearly 19% of the vote as an independent. he ran for president again in 1996 under his newly created reform party, he got only 8% of the vote that time perot became a billionaire in the 1980's after selling his data processing business too general motors ross perot was 89 years old. >>the news tonight, president trump is considering using an executive order t

san francisco billionaire tom stier is running for the democratic nomination, so he you know was ruled out ruled out running back in january. but has been known as a political finance or so in a video released tuesday morning. he said that if you think that there is something absolutely critical try as hard as you can and let the chips fall where they may and that's exactly what i'm doing. president trump is considering using an executive order to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. so the president says that he has 4 or. to make sure that that question gets added to the senses. well even though the us supreme court recently ruled against having that question on the cup coming since is saying that the administration did not provide a strong enough reason to included. critics of the question say that having it on the census may frighten noncitizens from filling out the census form causing an in accurate population count. this is keeping you know make america knows hacked make america white again. they want to make sure that people certain people. our count it it's it's really

nancy pelosi knows that that's why she doesn't like tom stier in the race. that's why this doesn't help of will they continue investigate. yes, but impeachment is dying and i think you have it absolutely when you're percent wrong time that's not surprising. but the fact is this was about middle america, this is about the independence that was. >>this was they were ted lieu mainly try to return a ha moment and thought he had it didn't get it. but this is about putting in the public eye. the mueller report which for months was essentially contaminated from the democrats point of view. i bill barr's press conference now we're going we're going to see extra 3 days. how this plays out and will you will talk about it this which i to be continued all right back to you. >>you can follow all the big national and local stories each week on inside politics their saturday and sunday on kron on you can hear from local lawmakers on the issues that affect you go to kron on dot tv to start watching. >>6.45. we take a trip to the california interior to tour some of the hidde

>>my name's tom sermanni for president. >>stiers known for his high-profile efforts to impeach president trump. this news comes just months after he publicly announced he would not be running. so that he could put his full focus and concentration on ousting the president. despite becoming a national voice on impeachment this year stier made no mention of it in his campaign announcement, 7 oh 4. >>time and this morning we're hearing from the family of one of the people injured in a crash that happened last month and the caldecott tunnel it was a deadly crash 2 people were killed and 5 others went to the hospital. it was a wrong way driver under the influence who slammed head on into another car headed down highway 24, 25 year-old darryl london is now paralyzed in fighting for his life at the hospital in walnut creek. he didn't deserve this that. >>and they know they deserve is a special night him we're live someone else's life in jeopardy. >>see all those people in the other car who were injured and then the wrong way driver and his

. >>> his announcement comes as bay area businessman and activist tom stier has reportedly told staffers that he plans to announce the presidential bid as early as tomorrow. according to the atlantic, he changed his mind after announcing in january that he would not seek the democratic party's nomination for president. 62-year-old former hedge fund manager is one of the parties top donors and it has an an outspoken advocate for impeaching president trump. >>> he took the witness stand for the first time in oakland in the manslaughter trial is these attorney asked how he was doing, he wipes tears from his eyes. he said he had been in solitary confinement now for 2 years. he asked if there had been any remote he said quote there are no words. he testified he always believed the warehouse was safe otherwise he would not have stayed there with his family. he and warehouse creative director max harris each phase 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for that deadly fire back in 2016. in you can stay for continuing coverage of the trial. our crime reporter will have more on today's development

. >> if that's not enough pressure from nadler who was first elected in 1992, billionaire tom stier is now pressuring him to support immediate impeachment. the far left is also annoyed at 7-year-old massachusetts democrat chrisman richard neil, the 30 year incumbent is chair of the house ways and means committee and getting heat by progressives for his reticence to impeach the president and for slow walking a subpoena for donald trump's tax returns. neil is facing a primary challenge from 30-year-old alex north, the youngest and first openly gay mayor. >> there is an urgency in this moment in our country and that urgency is not matched by our current representatives in congress. there is no transparency. >> progressives hope he can be the next alexandria ocasio cortez and if he wins he would be thrilled to be welcomed into the squad. >> trace gallagher, thank you very much. we are getting reports that financier and accused sex offender jeffrey epstein has been found injured in his jail cell according to the local nbc affiliate in new york. could be a possible suicide attempt or an assa

news that billionaire investor and activist tom stier has launched his 2020 that comes after eric swalwell ended his bid. >> well, eric swalwell is out. and stom steye -- tom steyer officially in. he changed his mind. now, officially he has made the announcement. he faces a stiff competition. there are 23 candidates. he is known for his efforts to impeach donald trump. he spent millions of dollars on a campaign called "need to impeach." he's also one of the democratic party's top donors. what are his chances? steyer has more. he said he could still struggle to qualify for the next round of debates. he needs 65,000 donors by july 16th. steyer's announcement comes just one day after eric swalwell pulled out of the race. >> today ends our presidential campaign. >> he wasn't faring well in the polls. he didn't have the money. his campaign hasn't reported his finance reports in over two months. he didn't have much name recognition from the outset. and so i think he just had a number of factors that were going against him. >> swalwell's plan is to focus on his re-election campaign for a fifth te

bay area billionaire tom stier might announce today he's running for president.e's a former hedge manager. well known for his campaign, calling to impeach president trump. >>> meantime, bay area congressman eric swalwell dropped out of the race. swalwell will switch his attention to focusing on his re-election campaign. >>> oakland will consider temporarily closing a street as one way to reduce crime. we're talking about the area behind a home depot store. a homeless camp on 37th avenue keeps growing. and people in that camp are blamed for most of the crimes. gallow says home depot threatens to move out of oakland because it's dangerous for store employees and customers. >>> peel in santa roagencies la to clear a camp along morgan street. but activists argue if the city does not provide camp space with sanitation and security. it should leave them alone in their own communities. people say the surge of homeless people and a lack of services, is a recipe for disaster. >> the needles. the defecation. the trash. right in front of a home is ridiculous. we need safety

in his news conference, he welcome the latest candidate to get into the race, bay area activist, tom stier. several media activists are announcing he will announce his tennessee this week. he is one of the democratic party's top donors and is an outspoken advocate for impeaching president trump. swalwell also said he wished stier well but said it is rough out there. >>> according to the recent polls, biden has 26 percent support followed by harris at 15%, bernie sanders at 14%, elizabeth warren with 13% and people to judge pete judge has 5%. >>> today, nancy pelosi kicked off what she is calling the election week of action. the house is already passing legislation to provide funding for updating voting machines and to enact new security measures but senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell has called the changes are necessary. >> we have recognized that that is happening, our president richard refused to do so pick he just said if they offered help again he would accepted, giving a green light. that is totally unacceptable. >> it was the russians last time to benefit mr. trump. it could be

>>my name's tom stier i'm running for president. stier known for his high-profile efforts to impeach president trump. >>this just coming in months after stier publicly announced that he would not run so he could concentrate on ousting the president despite becoming a national voice on the impeachment issue stier made no mention of it on his campaign announcement. and breaking news at the same time we see that billionaire jump in ross perot. has died the self-made texas billionaire who twice ran for president, he died early this morning after a five-month battle with leukemia, he was 89 years old he ran as an independent candidate in 1992 and in 1996. >>also in the news this morning locally here you can no longer buy flavored tobacco and cigarettes in livermore. >>city leaders just approved that measure last night kron 4 sarah stinson is live now with more on this new law. >>yet livermore's the first the tri valley toake this sort of ban against the cigarettes and flavored tobacco similar to what san francisco did about 2 weeks ago.

presidents an emailed one to the bay area that was found at the burlingame post office addressed to tom stier in march sound pleaded guilty to 65 felony counts, including using a weapon of mass destruction. his defense team asked for the minimum 121 months in prison 10 years, arguing sayoc only wanted to damage property and intimidate people with the bombs sayoc will be sentenced on september 12. the 4 zone forecast and we check in with our favorite returns. this is rosie we believe the osprey on top of the crane. at the rosie the riveter museum. >>in rishon and yeah she took them a little break earlier when her husband is that would be rich and it interesting the other well, and they're still enjoying the sun i guess the weight on the sense that when they just kind of cool out there and laws are going to have a nice at all they in love and it over these next few the one that is seeming tonight host with a fresh fish i think so and a beautiful evening to enjoy that too. yeah, you know it's going to get hot though as we head into the next few days, especially. >>away from the coastline watch i

>>area, bay's billionaire tom stier is officially making a run for the democratic presidential nomination. tuesday's announcement is a turnaround you might remember back in january stier ruled out a run for the white house. >>he's arguably best known as a political financier and philanthropist the former hedge fund manager is worth an estimated billion stier has donated more than million to democratic candidates in the past 3 election cycles. lately he's then running his own self funded television commercials calling for congress to impeach president trump. he has also called for action on climate change and health care. >>presidential candidate joe ce en released his tax returns president earned more than $15 million in the first 2 years after he left office. it shows biden and his wife jill's adjusted gross income in 2016 was about $400,000 in 2017. it was about $11 million and they earned about million. last year 2018 the majority of the bidens post-presidential income came from book payments and paid speaking engagements. >>have a falling out with him a long time ago. i don't think i'

billionaire and bay area activists, tom stier. several media outlets are reporting that he will announce his candidacy this week. the 62-year-old manager is one of the democratic party's top donors and is also an outspoken advocate for impeaching the president trump. swalwell also said he wished him well but warned, "it is rough out there. close quote >>> former vice president, joe biden leads in the latest national polls in the democratic primary according to real clear politics and currently has 26% support followed by carmela harris at 15%, sanders at fort gibson, worn with 13% and people to judge at 5%. people to judge has >>> a man accused of sex trafficking of young women and girls in new york state. 66-year-old -- new charges could bring 45 years in prison. >>>ndmanager jeffrey epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. the 66-year-old appeared in a manhattan courtroom on monday pick a bond hearing is set for next week. the alleged sex traffic happened on his properties in new yor

former presidents and one here in the bay area was found at the burlingame post office addressed to tom stier who is now running for president in march siuc pleaded guilty to 65 felony counts including using a weapon of mass destruction. his defense team is asking for the minimum 121 months in prison, 10 years, arguing sayoc only wanted to damage property and intimidate people with the bombs sayoc will be sentenced on september 12th. less than 2 weeks before the punchline comedy club was set to lose its home. a new lease agreement is ensuring that the lapse will live on at the battery street location earlier this year, google least a portion of the office tower just across from the comedy club in. >>after punch line announced they were unable to renew their lease will several big names stepped up to say that crawford's novella has the story. >>this is this is a tale of a scrappy band of comedians with no health insurance banding together to save a large corporation from an even larger corporation. >>and it worked out a big win for the comedy community. this week in the form of a lease agreeme

nancy pelosi knows that that's why she doesn't like tom stier in the race. that's why this doesn't help of will they continue investigate. yes, but impeachment is dying and i think you have it absolutely point percent wrong time that's not surprising. >>but the fact is this was about middle america, this is about the independence that was this was they were you too lou, mainly try to return a ha moment and thought he had it didn't get it. but this is about putting in the public eye. the mueller report which for months was essentially contaminated from the democrats point of view by bill barr's press conference now we're going we're going to see an extra 3 days. how this plays out and will we will talk about it this week. >>and you can follow more in-depth conversations on the mueller testimony as well as all of the big national and local stories each week on inside the bay area politics. it airs saturday and sunday on kron on and you can hear from local lawmakers on the issues which affect you just go to kron on dot tv to start watching. all right we want to

candidate exits another one might be ready to jump in because it looks like bay area billionaire tom stier is jumping into the 2020 race is known for his high-profile efforts to impeach president trump. he has told his staff reportedly he will join the race. this news comes just after months remember after stier publicly announced he would not run so he could concentrate on ousting trump stier has not released any new details yet. >>in other news tonight the washington dc area was hit with some very heavy rain during the morning rush hour that stranded some cars and turned roads into rivers of reaching as high as 3 feet in some areas and a flash flood warning has been in effect much of the day. >>kristen holmes reports from washington. >>roads turn to rivers. >>parking lots to lakes as torrential rains hit the washington dc area. >>they opened up on news. i knew there's no chance, you got a point you got to keep it. so this is me trying to get there and seen cars literally under water so this is just insane sparking a flash flood emergencies. >>the rain in one hour but i saw that the water

and the second, this is less obvious, is tom stier. don't think tom stier has a prayer of becoming a president. i don't think he stands a chance in today's democratic party. but if he comes in and spends $100 million elevating the issue of impeachment and green new deal, those are the two issues which have divided aoc and speaker pelosi from the beginning. it could pour jet fuel on a feud that's already been simmering. >> let's take a listen to tom stier. >> i'm going to spend 100% of my time working to impeach and remove this president. behave 12 years to deal with our climate crisis or we will face unimaginable suffering. >> strengthening my exitment to need to impeach in 2019. i led the way in terms of climate fight. this is the beginning of moving to tim peachment and removal of this president right here. >> now, stier plans to spend at least $100 million if he enters. but a lot of people look at that and say is he really going to be that impactful? there's a lot of people on the left talking about impeachment and climate change bh

>>breaking news this morning bay area billionaire tom stier has now announced he is jumping into the for his high-profile efforts to impeach president trump. this news comes just months after he publicly announced that he would not run. so that he could concentrate all of his attention on ousting the president but he's grown frustrated with the progress. despite becoming a national voice on the impeachment issue stier made no mention of it in his campaign announcement this morning. eric swalwell meanwhile is no longer running for president of the us he made the announcement yesterday at his campaign headquarters in dublin. back in april of course he announced that he was seeking the president see pledging his commitment to confront a gun violence. swalwell is the first candidate to drop out since the campaign began he will be the last. he hasn't decided which candidate held back going forward, but the 38 year-old says he will now focus on winning reelection for his seat in the house. new this morning a one year-old child is recovering after falling from a second story window in brent

bay area billionaire tom stier may be jumping into the 2020 race after all he's known for his high-profile president trump. he told his staff that he'll join the race. the news comes just months after star publicly announced that he would not run so he could concentrate on ousting a president sire has not released any details yet when he might make this announcement. >>the people in contra costa county were hurt in a fire that was started by a r crashed here in contra costa county at the rancho diablo mobile home park and then it sent a grass fire and that was near buchanan field airport 2 people had to go to the hospital because of their injuries but we don't know how serious they are. new this morning, a one year-old child is recovering after falling from a second-story window in brentwood. the home was on princess way a helicopter came to the scene to take the child the u c davis med center. brentwood police are now investigating. >>was trying to take a selfie when he was run over by a bowl to 46 year-old jamie alvarez was looking to get a souvenir photo from his running with the bulls

>>presidential candidate tom stier made his first campaign stop in san francisco today since announcing his run for the democratic presidential nomination. he's a well-known bay area billionaire and activist who's been all over tv advocating for president trump's impeachment. and today spoke of folks in the mission kron four's taylor sackey was there. she joins us now live so taylor was there a sense from folks who attended that stier has an actual shot in this race. >>as you mentioned while it had a late start to the race. he says he's not worried about it because much of his campaigning started many years ago right here in his hometown of san francisco, a grassroots effort now today discussed his decision to run for president his campaign and his vision to reform what he calls a broken political system it a lot has to be done. he says the 2 most important things to get done our degree the best health care system for americans, not corporations and address our time emergency. >>2 things we're talking about. retaking the democracy from the corporations. and we need to act on climate rig

nancy pelosi knows that that's why she doesn't like tom stier in the race. that's why this doesn't help of relay continue investigate, yes, but impeachment is dying and i think you have it absolutely 0.2% wrong time that's not surprising. >>but the fact is this was about middle america, this is about the independence that was this was they were you too lou, mainly try to return a ha moment and thought he had it didn't get it. but this is about putting in the public eye. the mueller report which for months was essentially contaminated from the democrats point of view by bill barr's press conference now we're going we're going to see an extra 3 days. how this plays out and will we will talk about it this week. >>so again you can follow more in-depth conversations on the mueller's testimony as well as all the big national and local stories each week on inside bay area politics. >>it airs saturday and sunday on kron on and you can hear from local lawmakers on the issues that affect you go to kron on dot tv to start watching. >>but we have some very hot. heading

another high-profile bay area dennison has thrown his hat into the ring, san francisco billionaire tom stier is officially making a run for the democratic presidential nomination. today's announcement is an about face after stier ruled out a run in january, the hedge fund manager is worth an estimated billion. but he's best known as a political financier stier has donated more than a million to democratic candidates in the past 3 election cycles. in a video released this morning stier said quote if you think that there's something absolutely critical try as hard as you can and let the chips fall where they may and that's exactly what i'm doing. >>president trump is considering using an executive order to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. the president says he has 4 or 5 ways to make sure that question gets added to the census. the us supreme court recently ruled against having the question on the upcoming census saying that the administration did not provide a strong enough reason to included. critics of the administration's efforts say that having the question may frighten nonc

until billionaire tom stier jumped into the race this week, none of the candidat have eanted to makepresident trump th focus of their campaign. there may be a reason for that. our latest poll finds just 21% of registered vters say there's enough evidence for congress to begin impeachment proceedings now. that's actually a six-point drom since lastth when we polled all adults, by the way, not just registered voters. and it doesn't take much imagination to guess which voters are driving the pro-impeachment sentiment. 39% of democrats say there is enough evidence to begin impeaching president trump compared to 21% of independents. then, of course, republicans want nothing to do with it. 85% say they want impeachment dropped altog eher. lirything this year, this has to be looked at through the lens of the 2020 presidential race. that's where youee an increasingly predictable divide along the ideological spectrum. mly 37% of joe biden's supporters who ae likely to krr themselves moderates are interested in starting w.impeachment hearings compare that with the more progressive candidates.

>>but as one candidate accepts another made be ready to jump in looks like bay area billionaire tom stier is jumping into the 2020 race. he's known for his high-profile efforts to impeach president trump. he's told the staff the hill joined the race this news comes just months after star publicly announced that he would not run so he could concentrate on ousting the president stiers not release any details. >>democrats are challenging the trump administration's achievements in environmental leadership reporter reid binion has the details. >>from day one my administration has made it a top priority to ensure that america is among the very cleanest air and cleanest water on the planet president trump touting his administration's accomplishments during an event on the environment, receiving almost immediate backlash from democrats who say he's caused more harm than good by rolling back regulations intended to fight the climate crisis. >>like pulling america out of the paris climate agreement which the president defended these radical plans would not make the world cleaner former vice preside

we heard about tom stier entering the race.pril,on the program in talking about his political plans. >> you could get into the race? if there was some reason it wasn't being answered, we have 20 people in the race and more to,. he is in the race as of today. you can go to our website www.c-span.org. good morning. like toi would just talk about social security. all of these people are offering free medicare. they are not thinking about the elderly who are already on medicare. they never talk about when they are given full medicare, they don't talk about the fact that through medicare premiums every month. it's not an entitlement. this is a paycheck. we paid into this. now, every time you get a raise on social security, they take it for your medicare premium. people are not looking at the older people out here. i've heard nobody say they will take away our premiums if they give everything away free. i just wanted to get that out. it's unfair that over -- older people are being overlooked. host: this is scott from kansas. caller:

couple of miles away, a duelling campaign event as democrat tom steyer makes his first hometown visit since announcing his candidacy. >> stier eyer is the latest to r the race and tonight was his first campaign appearance. >> cornell bernard was there and is in the newsroom with the details. >> for months the bay area's tom steyer said he wouldn't run for president. now the billionaire philanthropist is in the race, and had harsh words for president trump and his supporters tonight. >> we're going give the bulk of our money away during our lifetime to good causes. >> billionaire tom steyer defended his wealth several times to a small crowd at manny's at san francisco's mission district. >> what we need in 2020 is an across-the-board win with a gigantic change, rebuild the electorate. >> steyer says he is the candidate to beat donald trump. >> is mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. >> steyer has spent his own money on tv ads to impeach the president. at campaign rally in north carolina, trump supporters chanted "send her back" as trump attacked congresswoman omar, one of several outspoken democratic critics of t

tom steyer just arrived here at manny's in the mission. we are once again back amenities for presidential politics. esther stier presumably do not have to go far to get here he is a san francisco resident, a billionaire as you well know. his campaign got bad news today that was expected. he is not qualified for the next round of presidential debates, that was expected as he just launched his campaign. qualify for the next round of debates in september will be a very tall order. >> the impacts of the changing climate are here. so, there is no question in my mind, this is an urgent situation. >> reporter: tom steyer the former hedge fund manager we've heard quite a bit from from the last four years, first when he spent $57 million building a network of organizations to fight climate change and then when he spent 50 million on an impeachment campaign. >> many democrats are scared to take action on impeachment because they fear potential legal backlash. >> reporter: while he is not sure the money he does need donors to qualify for the debates he needs 130,000 donors and 2% and a handful of national and early primar

tom steyer and hosting the first event since announcing his campaign. cornell bernard is there live and cornell, you're going to hear from stier in a few minutes? >> reporter: yeah, ama. we hope to speak with him in a few minutes before his appearance here in the mission. this is a community space known for activism and hosting forums for democratic candidates who are running for president. now billionaire businessman tom steyer who co-founded, who founded the non-profit next gen america spent decades advocating for clean air. he defended the big money his group needs to impeach and spent advocating for impeachment efforts against president trump. and online and on tv. he announced his candidacy last week after saying for months he would not run. manny who is hosting tonight plans to ask him about that. >> i'm really interested to know what may have changed his mind or was it his plan all along to run? i sense that his answer might be that he wasn't planning on running and may have been seeing how the debates went and thought that maybe there was a need for another candidate to put their name in the ring. >> reporter: manny is first up for many