. >>> joining me now california representative, jackie speier, a member of the intelligence and oversight>> thank you, alex. >> injure -- your district near oakland where the grand princess docked tomorrow. are you getting alarm or fear from your constituents over this and i'm curious how you feel about the situation. anecdotally i have a staff writer on my show who parents live in san francisco and he said, to quote, they're freaking out. >> well i don't think freaking out is what we should be doing. but we have taken this very seriously. and we have really shut down most large events in the area. i had two speeches yesterday that were canceled. so the responsible thing to do is cancel these events that have large numbers of people. i also think that california is a hot spot. we have about 25% of all of the cases in the country. and i want to make sure that the resources are going to be there to do the testing. you know what is most disturbing to me, alex, south korea and the you the found out on the same day, january 20th, they had a coronavirus case. in that interim, south korea has te

take democrat jackie speier who tried trump for not canceling rallies over the virus. >> the fact that he is not willing to cancel his various rallies suggest that he is willing to place and even his most supporters at risk. i think that he is showing unfortunately why he is so ill-prepared to guide our country during this time of crisis. >> greg: like she cares for his supporters. so why just demand that from trump but not bernie or joe? is a just a coincidence such an order coincides with the political agenda? what is the next demand? they should vote in november just to be safe from those talks is contagious voting booths. never let a crisis go to the waist, that's what they were thinking when they think the oil market and put another nail in the collusion coffin. then there is chuck todd's wishful thinking, there's a virus could be trump's iran hostage crisis. >> just before the break, what the iran hostage crisis was in the final year of carter's presidency not his fault but it's a test in real time and this is what this seems to be. >> what this does hold the potential to be a ji

back with me to wait for the coronavirus briefing at the white house, jackie speier, congresswoman jackiedates -- there's three of them left -- should stop holding large public reallili rallies. the cdc recommends no public rallies and they should lead by exam ppl example. >> the president did today at the airport in orlando when he arrived for some fundraisers. there is not a rally on the books right now. there's been a west coast trip to the works later this week. there has been talk of a rally. there still might be one added. that has not happened yet. it is, you know, to see how this campaign will be conducted perhaps differently with the coronavirus. a are we going to have the conventions as we normally do this summer? i asked this morning on "morning joe," pete buttigieg, he was pretty candid. he said this might be a moment where they have to re-evaluate how this might be done, not just for the health of the candidates, mind you they're all in they're 70s. >> bernie sanders just had a heart attack. >> that's right. we know that donald trump has some underlying health issues as well,

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. >>> with more than half of the infections clustered here in the bay area, congresswoman jackie speier has questions for experts in washington today. >> part of my ask is that we make sure that we have the number of test kits available to northern california to identify who is in fact infected. >> spehe notes that the briefin will be a daily event. >>> the u.s. senate passed an emergency spending package to fight the spread of the virus. the $8 billion allocation is on the way to the president's desk. republican rand paul of kentucky cast the only "no" vote. it was another wild day for stocks and the coronavirus continues to escalate fears. the s&p dropped 3.3%. coronavirus disrupting the global economy, causing chaos on wall street. >>> senator elizabeth warren suspended her campaign today, two days after a disain'tippoin showing on tuesday. the race is now down to two on the democratic side. when warren made her announcement today, she said it was with gratitude. >> for every single person who got in this fight, every single person who tried on a new idea. every single person who jus

we're going to talk to jackie speier, a u.s.swoman, in the house obviously, in our midday news. of course i'm updating everything happening there on twitter. you can follow me there. i'm @scottmcgrew. >>> this morning local congressman eric swalwell is saying thank you. he put out a call for n95 masks. following his request 150 were donated to a hospital in his district. local hospitals are raising the alarm about a shortage during the pandemic. >>> and something good for you this morning in oklahoma one city is bringing cheer to families practicing social distancing. a teddy bear hunt. community members have put teddy bears in different windows of their home. the game is for families to drive around, in their cars, stay in the cars, and see how many bears you can find. city leaders say more than 150 homes and businesses are participating. >> that's really cute. >> that is cute and cool. events and competitions are canceled because of that shelter in place order. we all know that. >> studios have having their tiny dancers teach

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over the phone, congresswoman jack jack jack jackie speier spoke. >> he's got one of the fine's intellects and sharpest minds in congress, and i just think the world of him. >> on twitter, representative barbara lee sending him strength, love and prayers. representative eric swalwell asking for prayers for his east bay and saying "he needs us." congressman desaulniers took a covid-19 test and the results came back negative. we areisngimluspe abc 7 news. >> we are wishing him the best, lisa. >>> what can we expect coming up for our forecast? >> we have a mixed bag today. we're starting out dry everywhere, we're going to see some sunshine but the clouds will be an the increase, a live look outside from emeryville, where temperatures are near 50 degrees. 51 downtown. the rain is going to move in from the south again so likely the north bay not going to see much at all. we'll time it out for you, talk amounts and look ahead for next week coming up. >> thank you, lisa. >>> also next, defying the social distance. crowds of people filling up local parks and beaches, what we found when we ventured

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over the phone congresswoman jackie speiers spoke about her friend who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015. >> he's got one of the finest intellects and sharpest minds in congress. and i just think the world of him. >> reporter: on twitter representative barbie lee sent him strength, love, and prayers. representative eric swalwell asking for prayers for his east bay neighbor and saying he needs us. it's important to highlight again that he tested negative to covid-19. he was elected to congress in 2014. tonight we are wishing him well. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc7 news. >> luz, many thanks. >>> this day was anything but normal in the bay area. lots of people decided not to shelter in place. what we found when they ventured out today. >>> also the bay area priest who's offering drive-thru confessionals. you will hear from the priest on how it works. >>> and taking a live look at our bay bridge camera where you can see there are, what, one, two, maybe just three cars passing through the toll booth? remember, the toll booths are now cashless in an effort to prevent the spread of covid

i'll have a live interview with california congresswoman jackie speier coming up.ing everything happening when we're not on air. we're doing it on twitter. follow me there. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you so much, scott. 5:48. joining us on the phone to talk more about the outbreak and what the state is doing is state senator jerry hill this morning. good morning. thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning, laura. happy to be with you. >> i initially first thought of you when i heard i would be interviewing this morning talking about seton medical center because everything that was going on, that center on the verge of being shut down now acquired by the state of california to help treat the coronavirus victims. what do you think of that? >> i think it's wonderful and it certainly will sustain seton hospital for a number of months and hopefully we can keep that hospital open. it's critical to the care of the northern part of san mateo county, but i think the governor has done a phenomenal job so far. as you look at the facts as they came in the governor took act

we need government institutions to be at the tip of the speier here -- sphere here to understand what's happening if we get it in hands of many dollars and the population to know there are remedies that work for an overwhelmingly large part of the population, that should be very reassuring. it shifts to what the nec thing is we have to do there's this famous quote that the united states will do the right thing after it's tried everything else. this is where we need to prove that wrong we are still in the cue of trying to ramp up our testing mechanisms if you have an acute onset of coronavirus. this is the pcr tests that we heard a lot about. if you want to see a rally, if people are indeed calling the bottom, there is one thing and one thing only that we can do which is we need to have broad base testing of antibodies there's a lot of data coming out of china and south korea that seems to indicate there are large broad base populations who are asymptommatic. mostly young people who are walking around feeling not very sick or very, very slightly sick and they are the ones driving the inf

over the phone, congresswoman jackie speier spoke of her friend who was diagnosed with stage four chronic leukemia in 2015. >> he's got one of the finest intellects and sharpest minds in congress, and i just think the world of him. >> on twitter, representative barbara lee sending him strength, love and prayers. a common sentiment shared by many. representative eric swalwell asking for prayers for his east bay neighbor and saying "he needs us." congressman desaulniers took a covid-19 test and the results came back negative. we are wishing him well. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> we are definitely wishing him g siadice, crow edute with class out for a while, we take you to one east bay school getting creative with their technology. >>> but first let's check in with lisa with the forecast. >> we had a lot of sun yesterday and starting out with some clear skies in the north bay. clouds are increasing in the south bay, a live look outside here in san francisco, about 50 degrees, could see showers by the end of the day but more likely south of the city. i'll explain next with my acc

democratic congressman jackie speier calling on all candidates to stop holding large events. >> is theret you will stop holding events? >> well, we're following the science. whatever is the best thing to do relative to public safety, that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: biden says his campaign is talking to health officials. the former vice president has eliminated ropeline meet and greets for now. bernie sanders says the issue is top of mind. >> we do not go forward without consultation with local public health officials. >> reporter: both candidates are seizing on the issue to rip into president trump. >> his reckless statements are confusing people in this country and all over the world. >> reporter: biden says the president should stop talking about the issue altogether. >> how would this look different under a president biden? >> just leveling with the american people where things are, how far behind the 8-ball we are, what we have to do to catch up. >> reporter: this is the first test in the rust belt for these two. bernie sanders won here in 2016. joe biden telling me that

and with both candidates in their 70s and attracting large crowds, california congresswoman jackie speier called on all candidates for president to stop holding public rallies and large-scale events adding the candidates must lead by example. the biden team responded saying it would continue to closely follow guidance from health officials, but that it plans to continue running an aggressive national campaign. in recent days, hand sanitizer has been front and center at biden and sanders' campaign events. >> we do not hold a rally without first conferring with local public health officials. >> reporter: sanders did not say what if any precaution, he's specifically taking. >> i'm surrounded by medical personnel. thank you for asking. i am running for president of the united states. and that requires a whole lot of work. >> reporter: biden said last night in addition to following cdc guidelines, he will no longer shake hands along rope lines after his speeches. now he and sanders wake up today here in michigan and make a few stops before spending most of the day in ohio. the buckeye state is

. >> i'm congresswoman speier was span burger from virginia. >> i apologize. >> referencing what you statedno earlier, the point ofne it was there was no evidence given a classified briefing, nine, not imminent, none. as a former cia case that some is dead but we need to have strategy and ensure we have to ev protect the americans people. those are the foxes of thes t questionsha today. >> again you said no less than was i ten times that we are less safe because soleimani was killed. it has been said over and over. do you wish he was still alive?h ti will hold on for another anyone wants to offer that. let's check i have anotherlleagt questiono. p at this point with any of my colleagues like to offer this, e at what point would you say that iran has gone too far? i will offer time for that. has iran crossed a red line? i will sit here and wait. the question was when iran crossed a red line.dl indefine a red line. >> wind for you does iran gulf too far that it justifies is you killing soleimani or taking out fo sort of action. what is your red line? . what >> the question is whether t

i would yield if -- >> i'm congresswoman speier spar from virginia. >> i apologize. >> referencing whatyou stated earlier, the point of it was there was no evidence given a classified briefing, nine, not imminent, none. as a former cia case officer i am very happy that soleimani is dead. but we need to have strategy speedy i will reclaim my time. >> -- protecting american people and don't be the focus of her question to the secretary today. >> everyone yield. the gentleman reclaims his time. >> again, no less than ten times we are less safe, we are less safe, we are less safe because soleimani was killed. was it over and over. it's a simple question do you wish he was still alive? all still hold on for another moment if anyone wants to offer their wish -- >> with the gentleman yield? >> no. you've used up enough, thank you. >> will try to get to the gentlewoman -- >> i have another question. at this point would nmi colleagues like to offer this, at what point would you say that iran has gone too far? i'm willing to offer time for that. when can you say iran has crossed a red line? i'll

so i finally contacted congress woman jackie speier's office, and they said my dad did not qualify.ed that decision. still, no answer. then, a year later, i accidentally met bill barnickel, and through a mutual friend, i told him his story. he told me to contact and set up a meeting with those kind folks at the san francisco county veteran's service office. i don't think it took more than a few months, and he got the award, so it was really a big learning process, but it was something my dad earned because he fought for this country from 1942 to 1945. my dad was finally getting his pension at age 93. today, he's 96. he would have been here today, but it's difficult for him to get around. he fully supports bill for helping him. i don't see how you can have anybody else do the job that bill did for my dad and other elderly veterans just like him. so do the right thing, reappoint bill as a commissioner of veteran's affairs for san francisco. thank you. >> good morning. my name's carl pang. i'm currently employed by the city since 1962, served in the marine corps. i applied for my veter