. >> reporter: milly cleveland organized the rally outside the henry j. kaiserion center friday night. she and hundreds of other democrats say their party isn't doing enough to counter the trump administration's sweeping actions across federal agencies. >> we need our representatives to fight harder. just because you're in the minority doesn't mean that you can't fight. >> the whole neighborhood is on fire and the democrats are talking about what color the fire truck should be, right? we need democrats with hoses in their hand, buckets in their hand with the people fighting for them. >> reporter: pastor servant b.k. woodson says democrats need to take action. >> do your job! do your job! >> reporter: he and other demonstrators weren't happy that jeffries was speaking at the event while promoting his book. autographed copies of the abc's of democracy were sold during the event. >> they went for the money and they left the people. >> stop the coup! >> reporter: protesters picketed around the chain link fences holding signs demanding jeffries and his party fight fo

. >> reporter: milly cleveland organized the rally outside the henry j. kaiser convention center friday night. she and hundreds of other democrats say their party isn't doing enough to counter the trump administration's sweeping actions across federal agencies. >> we need our representatives to fight harder. just because you're in the minority doesn't mean that you can't fight. >> the whole neighborhood is on fire and the democrats are talking about what color the fire truck should be, right? we need democrats with hoses in their hand, buckets in their hand with the people fighting for them. >> reporter: pastor servant b.k. woodson says democrats need to take action. >> do your job! do your job! >> reporter: he and other demonstrators weren't happy that jeffries was speaking at the event while promoting his book. autographed copies of the abc's of democracy were sold during the event. >> they went for the money and they left the people. >> stop the coup! >> reporter: protesters picketed around the chain link fences holding signs demanding jeffries and his party

. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries spoke at the henry j. kaiser center for the arts in oakland on friday night. he addressed an audience of 1400. >> the flood of extremism that the parade of horribles represents, both who they are and an intentional strategy to try to disorient and discourage and disillusion all of us in the american people. >> jeffries pulled no punches when talking about president donald trump and his administration. his speech is part of a lecture series by former congresswoman barbara lee and former oakland mayor elihu harris. the theme is where do we go from here? chaos or community? >> they want us to step back, but we're going to fight back. >> a poll by survey usa found that 60% of democrats believe their lawmakers aren't doing enough to oppose trump. >> i don't see them doing anything of relevance. what do you. >> want them to do, since they're not the majority in any of the houses? >> well, what i would want them to do is make a bunch of noise. you know, stall out actions. we're scared. >> we're frightened of what trump

reporter the house minority leader received a warm welcome from about 700 people inside the henry j. kaiser center for the performing arts, but outside, he was met by protesters who say he has not done enough to oppose president trump's agenda. do your job. a not so warm oakland welcome for house minority leader hakeem jeffries. no mayor thao in the middle of a coup. bay area residents with two different progressive democratic groups on one side of 10th street, the democratic party has been paying lip service to the working class for far too long. they say democratic leaders have been ineffective in opposing the trump presidency and agenda. we don't want elon musk running our government. and the anti-war group code pink across the street, criticizing jeffries for his support of israel defense spending and for taking money from israeli lobbyists. with all of the backing he gets from the pro-israel lobby, that he would change his position. but inside, oakland's former mayor called out the protesters. unfortunately, they're in the wrong place at the wrong time. lieu harris said the demonstrato

this will be at the henry j. kaiser center for the arts. the conversation begins 7:00 tomorrow night. and tonight, several people joined an interfaith vigil in oakland to show support to immigrant communities threatened by the illegal immigration crackdown. >> we must tell the truth. [applause] >> people gathered at fruitvale village plaza before marching to saint anthony's church for the vigil. religious leaders from different faiths spoke, expressing their support for immigrants and stressing the need for the community to protect them. >> as people of faith. we are taught to love our neighbor, to just to bring god's love to other people. and that's what we want to do. >> another interfaith vigil is scheduled for tomorrow night, 530, at saint mark's catholic church in the city of richmond. three bay area federal government buildings are reportedly on a list of assets that might be sold off by the government. according to the chronicle, the nancy pelosi federal building on seventh and mission is on a list of non-core federal assets, along w

the house minority leader received a warm welcome from about 700 people inside the henry j. kaiser center for the performing arts, but outside, he was met by protesters who say he has not done enough to oppose president trump's agenda. do your job. a not so warm oakland welcome for house minority leader hakeem jeffries. no mayor thao in the middle of a coup. bay area residents with two different progressive democratic groups on one side of 10th street, the democratic party has been paying lip service to the working class for far too long. they say democratic leaders have been ineffective in opposing the trump presidency and agenda. we don't want elon musk running our government and the anti-war group code pink across the street, criticizing jeffries for his support of israel defense spending and for taking money from israeli lobbyists. with all of the backing he gets from the pro-israel lobby, that he would change his position. but inside, oakland's former mayor called out the protesters. unfortunately, they're in the wrong place at the wrong time. lieu harris said the demonstrator

. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries spoke at the henry j. kaiser center for the arts in oakland on friday night. he addressed an audience of 1400. >> the flood of extremism that the parade of horribles represents both who they are and an intentional strategy to try to disorient and discourage and disillusion all of us in the american people. >> jeffries pulled no punches when talking about president donald trump and his administration. his speech is part of a lecture series by former congresswoman barbara lee and former oakland mayor elihu harris. the theme is where do we go from here? chaos or community? >> they want us to step back, but we're going to fight back. >> a poll by survey usa found that 60% of democrats believe their lawmakers aren't doing enough to oppose trump. >> i don't see them doing anything of relevance. what do you want them to do since they're not the majority in any of the houses? well, what i would want them to do is make a bunch of noise. you know, stall out actions. we're scared. >> we're frightened of what trump is doing.

will speak along with congresswoman lateefah simon and former congresswoman barbara lee, at the henry j. kaiserter for the arts at 7 p.m. a number of bay area progressive groups say they plan to rally outside the event to push jeffries to fight back against what they call the dismantling of the federal government. democratic congressman mark desaulnier held a town hall conference last night at saint mary's college in moraga to address the first month of the trump administration's second term and hear from constituents. ktvu lamonica peters takes us there. >> representative mark desaulnier, who represents california's 10th congressional district, said thursday's town hall meeting was especially necessary so that he could listen and respond to questions about president trump's second term. hundreds of people came out and desaulnier answered pre-submitted questions from the audience. >> what will house democrats do to investigate conflicts of interest with elon musk, doge and his business enterprises? [applause] >> i was on the oversight committee for the first eight years i was in congress. that

. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries spoke at the henry j. kaiser center for the arts in oakland on friday night. he addressed an audience of 1400. >> the flood of extremism that the parade of horribles represents both who they are and an intentional strategy to try to disorient and discourage and disillusion all of us in the american people. >> jeffries pulled no punches when talking about president donald trump and his administration. his speech is part of a lecture series by former congresswoman barbara lee and former oakland mayor elihu harris. the theme is where do we go from here? chaos or community? >> they want us to step back, but we're going to fight back. >> a poll by survey usa found that 60% of democrats believe their lawmakers aren't doing enough to oppose trump. >> i don't see them doing anything of relevance. what do you. >> want them to do since they're not the majority in any of the houses? >> well, what i would want them to do is make a bunch of noise. you know, stall out actions. listen to what the people want. >> we're scared. w

new york city representative will make an appearance at the henry j. kaiser center downtown. he's here to promote his new book, the abcs of democracy. that event gets underway at 7 p.m, and antiwar activists are organizing a protest outside that venue. today marks eight years since the last major flood in san jose. the 2017 flood did more than $100 million in damage. it also triggered a new flood control project that hit a major milestone. valley water says crews have now finished building 8500ft of flood wall along low lying areas of coyote creek. the area near william street park was certainly hit so hard during that flooding. valley water says if the same storm surge hit the, this neighborhood would be protected. i'm pleased that they've finally done something to prevent this from happening again. it looks a lot nicer than i thought it would. so pleased about that. the flood wall is ten feet high. valley w waterays it will now try to get $50 million from fema to complete the second phase, which would involve building similar walls along parts of the creek between tully and