kirsten: we are your biggest customer.ell more to us than the uk, china, france and japan combined. those are sales that support a lot of businesses and a lot of jobs, and 8 million jobs here in the united states and canadians will look elsewhere for those products because a 25% price increase in today's world is probably too much for most people. americans who are trying to sell into the canadian market whose jobs depend on that can you know can expect some tough times. john: how is this resonating across canada? kirsten: canadians are perplexed. they don't understand why this is coming at us. one, we have addressed and have worked to address everything that the president is concerned of with respect to the border, as i said, small problems, but problems that we are willing to lean into, fully. we are your best customer, we are your friend, we are there for you and have been through wars, through domestic, you know, disasters through 9/11, through the hostage crisis in iran. we don't have a better friend than the united s

new york senator kirsten gillibrand serves as the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee. she discussed the 2026 election cycle during the d&c's winter meeting. her remarks are just under 15 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, how are you? thank you for your leadership, dedication and hard work. we are so grateful to you. i am honored to be here to talk to my fellow democrats. for those of you who do not know me i got my start in politics in upstate new york as a very young girl. my first campaign headquarters i walked into was on a hot august day with my grandmother and there was a room full of women stuffing envelopes and loving the work they were doing for the democratic party. 75 years ago, very few women were elected leaders. very few women were candidates. but the women of the party did a lot of the work. they made a huge difference electing candidates who share their values. i grew up knowing that politics matters. what you do with your time matters. who you fight for matters. we can make a difference by what we do and what we say. as you may know i am now chairin

canada's ambassador to the u.s., kirsten hillman responds. >>> cleaning house. >> if they fired someple over there, that's a good thing. >> george: the justice department and fbi target scores of agent who is investigated the january 6th attack. pierre thomas on the unprecedented move, plus chris christie and rahm emanuel on the impact. >>> midair disaster. >> crash, crash, crash. >> george: days after the deadliest u.s. air crash in 24 years, authorities search for answers as trump baselessly blames diversity program. >> are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? >> it just could have been. >> george: gio benitez is live on the scene and donna brazile and reince priebus break down trump's attacks. >>> confirmation clashes. >> i'm offended by the question. >> show me a single statement i've made about science that is errone errone erroneous. >> george: trump on capitol h hill. will his most controversial picks make it through? >>> good morning, and welcome to "this week." the trump team promised shock and autostart his second term. two weeks in,

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kirsten hillman about her country's plan to respond. you can watch the full interview on this week with george at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. all right. let's get you outside. good morning. lisa. >> hey, stephanie. good morning to you. we have some scattered light rain showers up in the north bay with a flood advisory for sonoma county until 10:00. and a flood watch for the rest of the bay area until late tonight. but really, the big headline is going to be the late monday and tuesday storm, which is a level three. details next. >> lisa thank you. also ahead we take a look at this deadly dog virus spreading quickly in one san francisco neighborhood. plus, the parents of an openai whistleblower filing a new lawsuit. it's time to say, “not so fast, chronic kidney disease.” because with a progressive disease like ckd, slow is good. and believe me, i know all about slow. that's why i'm here to tell you about jardiance - it's a little pill... proven to slow the progression of ckd... and reduce the risk of kidney failure, whi

george stephanopoulos speaks with canada's ambassador to the u.s., kirsten hillman, about her country'se. gio? >> gio: now to the confirmation battles ahead this week. after contentious senate hearings last week. perry russom is here. good morning, perry. >> reporter: good morning to you. this will be a major week for the controversial cabinet nominees as they work toward confirmation. we're waiting for votes on kash patel, robert f. kennedy jr., and tulsi gabbard. all three had their senate confirmation hearings last week. patel is trump's pick to run the fbi, and his hearing was combative at times as he faced tough questions from democrats about his loyalty to trump. he denies having an enemies list of people he wants to investigate and says there will be no retribution by the fbi if he is in charge. rfk jr. is trump's nominee to run health and human services. he faced a bruising round of hearings after years of challenging vaccine safety. he now says he is supportive of vaccines, and in a major reversal, kennedy says if confirmed, he will divest his financial stake in an ongoing laws

kirsten hillman about her country's plan to respond. you can watch the full interview on this week with george at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. all right. let's get you outside. good morning lisa. >> good morning stephanie. it's a quiet start to your sunday. we still have some wet roadways and very gusty winds out there. scattered showers, level one today. still a flood. watch through tonight, but we still have the heaviest rain and windiest conditions to come. i'll have it for you next. >> also ahead, we take a look at the warning signs as a deadly dog virus is spreading quickly in one san francisco neighborhood. plus, the parents of an open air whistleblower filing a lawsuit. even for children with moderate-to-severe eczema. touch can stir a sense of wonder. can make a ride go smoothly. ♪ and make a smile stretch ear to ear. dupixent can help your child stay ahead of eczema with clearer skin and noticeably less itch. when a touch is all in good fun. dupixent helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that

right now we have the canadian ambassador to the united states, kirsten hillman. ambassador, welcome. thank you. on this very important day, there's a lot of questions. i need you to help us understand what is happening here, because canadian officials, they've been in talks with the trump administration. and yet these tariffs are set to take effect on tuesday. first of all, can i even ask if there's a status of negotiations. are there negotiations underway? well. >> what we. >> have been. >> doing and thank you very. >> much for having me. >> what we have. >> been doing since. >> december. >> since the. >> president. >> even before the. >> president took office and was expressing. >> concerns around. >> the. >> northern border. >> illegal migration and fentanyl. >> we have. >> been in. >> discussions with his. >> team on that. >> and just to. put this. into context. >> obviously. >> these are important issues. they're important to canada, they're important to the united states. but canada is not a source of fentanyl into the us, less than half a percent of what t