becker previously served as vice chair of the caucus as well. a man from florida has now been charged with threatening to kill east bay congressman mike swalwell and his family. the department of justice announcing that officials arrested 72 year old michael shapiro for placing threatening calls to the office of a congress member last month. the voicemails are also being investigated by us capitol police. shapiro had previously pleaded guilty in 2019 to federal charges related to threatening communications and swalwell confirmed that he and his family were the targets of the attack on ex. today. congressman swalwell said, quote, no threat is going to stop me from representing my constituents. it's maga. republicans have chosen violence over voting, and this is what it looks like. but i'm not going away. and neither should you. all right. calling all contra costa county kids applications are officially open for the contra costa county youth hall of fame. i love this idea. residents may nominate those between the ages of 12 and 18 who demonstrate

it will. >> ahead with david becker our election law expert.enator graham, good to have you with us. "face the nation" will be back in a moment. stay with us. >>> for more on immigration, we turn to chicago's brandon johnson and denver's mike johnston. welcome to "face the nation." >> good morning. >> thank you for having us. >> thanks for joining us. and mr. mayor of chicago, i want to put to you a question about what seems to have developed overnight. there are reports of a plane from texas landing in chicago carrying more migrants that arrived around 1:00 a.m. i'm wondering if texas officials gave you any head's up, who is on the plane, what happens next? >> well, what we have is clearly an international and federal crisis that local governments are being asked to subsidize, and this is unsustainable. none of our local economies are positioned to be able to carry on such a mission. what we've tempted to do is to create structure and coordination around this humanitarian crisis, and unfortunately, the governor of texas, governor abbott, is de

. >> san mateo county senator josh becker has assumed the role of chair for the bay area caucus. the silicon valley lawmaker assumes that role immediately and today said he will hit the ground running to address challenges the state faces during the legislative session. becker also says his priorities are climate change, wildfire mitigation, transportation infrastructure and construction of affordable housing. the bay area caucus is comprised of 27 state senators and assembly members. as becker previously served as vice chair of the caucus, this safe way has done a lot for this community, and i'm sure the people will miss a place of like this, uh, san francisco neighborhood losing its longtime grocery store coming up, reaction from residents and what's going in its place. also ahead tonight, why one lawmaker wants to combine all of the bay area's public transit agencies into one. but first, denver says it is getting an influx of migrants from the u.s. southern border coming up in tonight's west coast rap, how the city is handling this unexpected surge thousands of migrants have b

david becker, we appreciate your time. coming up in about 30 minutes, we will be joined by the semaphore editor at large. we will talk about global stories to watch in 2024. until then, its open form, letting you lead the discussion in public policy and political issues. the phone lines are yours and the numbers are on your screen. start calling in now when we will get to those calls after the break. ♪ >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this. the public thrives. straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from the nation's capital to wherever you are. because the opinion that matters most is your own. this is what democracy looks like. c-span, powered by cable. >> c-span's campaign 2024 coverage continues with the presidential primaries and caucuses. watch live on the c-span network is the first votes in the country are cast in the upcoming presidential election, along with candidate speeches and results, getting with the iowa caucuses on january 15, and t new ha

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becker has proposed the new law the california artificial intelligence transparency act that would force to leave some sort of watermark on their work so you would know it is ai. i asked them if california should be making these kind of laws and not washington. he said have you seen the progress washington makers on can't make? our full video on our streaming channel and take a look live at 7:00 a.m. and it's on roku, samsung and xumo, see you then. >>> san francisco pickle ballplayers voicing their concerns. the city has threatened to remove the courts. the tennis courts will become a pickle ball courts and it became a hot spot and neighbors think it is a problem. it will convert a few those courts next to tennis courts. today they're speaking at a meeting and players say they're planning to protest tomorrow as the city continues with its plans to replace the pickle ball courts. >>> people in the south bay are getting ready for another round of rain tomorrow. in san jose, the unhoused response group is getting supplies to hand out today and trying to convince people to head to higher gr

host: david becker is our guest at the center for election innovation and research.ou can check amount online. it's a good time to call in with your questio about election integrity for campaign 2024. democrats, (202) 748-8000 republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002. as folks are calling in, 'm sure you so the sociated press poll on voter confidence in the election of thisear. it came out at the end of december. about one third of republicans say they have quite a bit of confidence that votes in the republican primary election and caucuses will become to correctly. three in 10 republicans say they have a moderate amount of confidence in 32% so they only have little or none at all. 72% of democrats have high confidence. guest: this shows you how intensive this disinformation campaign has been and how partisan it has been. it doesn't really relate to reality but more on whether your candidate won or lost. that is not the definition of a secure election that your candidate won, it's whether we process these ballots and we confirm the results. today, we h

tion integrity is ouc now and david becker is error guest. he is the founder of the center for election and innovation research. remind viewers what your mission is at the center. guest: i founded the center for election innovation and research in 2016, a nonpartisan, nonprofit and we work with election officials all over the country. we help them put on elections that voters should trust and do trust so all voters can vote in a process that has integrity. host: our viewers so this story yesterday. it was from the washington times. we will get to the article but how would you describe the state of election integrity as we step into 2024? guest: there's been a lot of misinformation over the last few years about how our elections are done. they're more verified than we've ever had in election history. we have more paper ballots than ever before, 95% of all ballots were paper including all the ballots and all the battleground states. it's important because you can audit paper and recount paper and make sure the counts the machines might have don

and joining us live now is newly elected caucus chair state sen josh becker.represent santa clara and san mateo counties. good afternoon to you. >> you, stephanie. >> glad to see you again. senator, could you walk us high-level? first of all, through the priorities of 2024. and what are you really hoping to have a governor's ear on this year? >> also said to be sure that their caucus because so many of our issues are really be gentle issues. and so my top 3 priorities, number ones florida housing and homelessness. and number 2 public safety, including retail and number 3, transportation, better coordination and stable first part of state, really two-fold housing for our working families, including teachers and nurses. and then number 2 on homelessness really making a dent on unsheltered homelessness. we did some good things last year to talk about those but more to come. >> all right. let's start off with affordable housing, right? can text realize the situation for our viewers. how serious is this issue and what is the caucus proposing? >> sure, i think, you

i want to turn to another clip of the israeli legal advisor tal becker who talked about the october 7ttack by hamas saint israel had a right to defend itself. >> first, there have been acts that may have been characterized as genocidal, then they have been perpetrated against israel. if there is a concern about the obligations of states under the genocide convention, didn't it is in relation to their responsibilities to act against hamas's proudly declared agenda of annihilation, which is not a secret and is not in doubt. astonishingly, the court has been requested to indicate a provisional measure: not israel to suspend its military operations. at this amounts to an attempt to deny israel its ability to meet its obligations to the defense of its citizens, to the hostages, and to over 110,000 internally displaced israelis unable to safely return to their homes. madam president, members of the court, the hostilities between israel and hamas have exacted a terrible toll on both israelis and palestinians. but any genuine effort to understand the cause of this toll must take account of ho

tomas, through which many countries classified as a terrorist organization in front of children. tal becker's a legal adviser for israel's foreign ministry engine core, he attacked south africa's handling of the case. the entirety of its case hinges on it deliberately curated the contextualized and manipulative description of the reality of current hostilities. south africa ports to come to this court in the last, the position of a guardian of the interest of humanity. but in de, legitimize in israel, 75 year existence in its opening presentation yesterday. that broad commitment to humanity, ren hollow. it is on surprising therefore that in the applicants telling both how much does responsibility for the situation in gasser and the very humanity of it is really victims removed from view the attempt to weaponized the term genocide against israel in the present context does mold and tell the court, a grossly distorted story, and it does move and empty the word of its unique false, and special meaning correspond at least the actual 10 is that the i c. j in the hague. she's got more here now abou

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brian becker, director of the national coalition in america, here in front of the white house to protest this. the attack says: joe biden's attack against yemen is not only against terrorism, but it is the defense and support of the genocidal actions of the racist and fascist regime in tel aviv. yemen is the only country that has been able to block one of the arteries of energy entering the occupied territories since the beginning of the gaza war . this country 7 minutes after the coalition missile attack also with rockets. cruise blew up an american ship like this. these cruel aggressions will not deter yemen from its position in supporting the oppressed palestinian nation, and the yemeni armed forces insist on continuing to prevent the ships of the occupying regime from passing through the red sea and the arabian sea. the americans know that the yemenis will not back down from supporting the palestinians with these attacks. but are the united states and the uk using this method to divert public opinion from the zionist genocide, or are they looking for an escape route for the ship to r

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will: former chris becker can cofounded hungry root x he joins us now with easy recipes for the wholea few things. we have these meatballs. it's all about family time, right? we have shakes, we have smoothmies -- smooth shies -- smoothies, all different things. this is a little bit of kind of a do it yoirs fajita with turkey, lean turkey. and everything about hungry e root is all about healthy options. rachel: explain what it is. >> it's an online grocery store but offering better food for you. that's the bottom line. it started in 2015, and it started out with spirallized noodles which was all the craze back then. rachel: sure. >> this is a little pork carnitas. just something we can do for the family, very easy. okay? we just kind of open up the different component, toast up your to have tee yas -- rachel: that looks good. >> -- and throw your pork in. we're just going to top that pork with a little bit -- will: black bean salsa. pete: this comes in a kit? >> yeah. pete: okay. >> so it's easy for you. we basically take all the work -- rachel: i was just going to say, it sounds like

brian becker, director of the national coalition in america here. yemen is the only country that has been able to block one of the arteries of energy entering the occupied territories since the beginning of the gaza war. this country blew up an american ship like this 7 minutes after using a cruise missile. these cruel aggressions will not deter yemen from its position in supporting the oppressed palestinian nation, and the yemeni armed forces insist on continuing to prevent the ships of the occupying regime from passing through the red sea and the arabian sea. american they know that the yemenis are supported by these attacks. the palestinians will not retreat, but are the united states and the united kingdom using this method to divert public opinion from the zionist genocide, or are they looking for an escape route for the ship to reach the occupied territories ? while condemning the us and british attack on yemen, yemen and palestine called this action an attempt to divert world opinion from the zionist regime's genocide in gaza. the worshipers

elaine becker reacts.. >> you know, mike, they beat on the top and bottom line as far as earnings with the big number that gave investors pause, the 85% of medical loss ratio. that is the percentage of insurance premiums that were spent on medical cost. it was a full point higher than expected. united health said some of this was the surge in covid late last month, which is a higher medicare inpatient costs and seniors were hospitalized at your end, a lot sicker than what they had seen most of the year. the other driver, which is something that all the medicare advantage insurers have been calling out all, year is a continued rebound inpatient getting outpatient orthopedic surgery. united health and its peers say they have priced for this in their 2024 medicare advantage plans. the news today, sending the orthopedic players to fresh highs after a nice run that they've seen over the last three months. mike? >> bertha, i thank you very much. meantime, airlines sharply lower today after the faa said it would

now we did speak with newly elected caucus chair, state senator josh becker. but what he thinks should be done first. >> i think the first step is better coordination. we know just the schedule coronation and fair quotation. we can make a dramatic improvement. so i think out salvation, maybe sometime in the certain agencies might be worth considering. but in the near-term really focused on this kind better coordination terms of fares and schedules. >> yes, senator becker says that a network manager to oversee all 27 agencies would also help establish better coordination. >> it's an 18 in east say the oversight committee on the martinez refinery companies expected to get an update on their investigation into what happened in 2022, a hazmat incident where 24 tons of spent catalyst was released into the community and residents found their yards and cars covered in a metallic dust. initial testing of that dust showed elevated levels of metals, including aluminum nickel and zinc, which can cause respiratory problems. the contra costa county district attorney is als

management team cas constrain new supply growth as they say and good for shares and i spoke with helaine beckernd she likes stocks short term and not long term anm doesn't end well andov on repeat and her mother asked why she's so bearish on airlines and she said i'm only wrong about an hour a year. genx another disaster for the boeing 737s max.ei jack: door plungg issue on the alaska airlines flight and affects them most of all. i hear it could be resolve #-d quickly and talking about bolt tightening and reading our barron's colleagues, they built these thing -- bolt these on and make thesee panels bigger than the hole and bolt them from thethe inside.am i dibld not get an a in metal sp but makes total sense to me. t soot hopefully can be resolved quickly and not aif he canning them too much. jack: pent up air. they're not an airline. >> no, they do water and cleanan pools and whatnot. that business got hit really hard by covid and looks like post-covid when people stopped taking care of their pools asid much and it looks like it's getting better so it got upgraded and a good time to doot it.

new supply growth as they say and they think it could be good for the shares, i spoke with helene becker the stocks but short-term not long-term, she seen this movie before it doesn't end well and it seems like it's on repeat, her mother asked her why she so bearish on airlines and she said because i'm only wrong for an hour a year. jack: let me ask you about this near disaster, another for the boeing 37 that. >> the door plug issue on the alaska flight. it affects alaska airlines most of all, i hear it can be resolved quickly they talk about bolt tightening. reading our barron's colleagues, they both these things on from the outside, you think they make the panels bigger than the whole ambled them from the inside i did not get an a and metal shop but it makes total sense to me. hopefully it can be resolved and will be a big impact on revenue. >> was good actionable ideas. pentair got upgraded there not an airline, the actually do water and pools they clean pools and whatnot, that business got hit hard by covid and post-covid when they stopped taking care of their pools, looks like it's

michael becker thank you very much for your expertise and just breaking that down for us, michael becca, joining us there from dublin. thank you for your time to know if i'm these of these really captives held in guys. i have joined protesters in tennessee, thousands march through the streets waving between traffic towards these routes defense ministry. the crowd were calling for the release of always really captive, still being have in gaza. let's speak to hold the need about this in tennessee for so hold on. just how big are the crowds and how much more pressure does this put on these really golf? while they were several riley's is captured in several cities around the country in jerusalem and hyphen, as you mentioned here and tell a view. so earlier about an hour ago they were on the ring road surrounding the city. they blocked the traffic briefly and then police showed up to this the 1st them and now they're heading towards the defense ministry here in tel aviv. i mean, these were old protests that were not so big numbers. i think one would say a few 100 people joined to each one of

for more we turn to cbs news election law contributor david becker, founder of the center for electioninnovation and research. it's always good to have you here to cut through the politics on this. both of maine's senators, an independent and republican, disagreed with this, even though they both personally voted to convict trump in the senate trial that -- the allegation that he helped to carry out an insurrection. do you think that this decision to try to remove him from the primary ballot in maine will stand up in court? >> it's a big question the supreme court has never resolved this issue, with regard to a president, about what engaging in insurrection means under the 14th amendment to the constitution. the senators from maine and majority of the u.s. senate, voted to disqualify donald trump from the presidency in february of 2021 as did a majority of the united states house including 10 republican members of the house. it's clear this is an open question. there's legitimacy to the question. it has to be resolved by the united states supreme court. they are the final arbiter of wh

so say this all, it could becker's home. so good. as some folks who do, i don't have to box it up to a 100 and they won't have protest helpful. sweet j u and from what i ended up shop, sonya kind of so she got you joe, you don't need to report for cruise on the street. seems to get the feeling that i did. so that's how sonya is okay, that is hostile. how do i still get a minimum centurylink job? so use how soon, how soon is hotel and sort of cheers room. you're going to hold on this hole who rock minnesota deluxe and kima. parkins, hi, peace. oh, the guy they mentioned you and i can and the good good to get into the car. she will be king john. so cuz i'm just gonna say this on wonder where you get this all committed. cool. bull take a u d. j. that's when you did go on. okay, go to go to test. besides you. yep. sounds on some words in douglasville. i have never fly in any form of weapon before. i am really quite nervous, but it's hard but doesn't go over that. before leaving the range, professor home and coach park, want me to experie

that was the israeli spokesperson for legal and foreign affairs, tal becker.e back in the court when that session resumes. the united states and britain have carried out military strikes from the air and sea against houthi locations in yemen, in response to the rebels�* ongoing attacks on ships in the red sea. the us central command said over 60 targets at 16 houthi positions were attacked, including command centres, munitions depots and air defence systems. a houthi leader, mohammed al—bukhaiti, has condemned the attack and vowed to continue its support for palestinians in gaza and its attacks on ships in the red sea. russia and iran have condemned the attacks and china has expressed concern. the labour party leader sir keir starmer was briefed about the military action in yemen against the houthis on thursday evening — he was asked about that by my colleague charlie stayt on bbc breakfast this morning. i did get a security briefing last night from the cabinet office. obviously, i can't tell you what the contents of that briefing was, but i think it is import

the funding that's come to us from, uh, from our local representatives, uh, from, uh, senator josh becker assembly member, uh, berman. also, you know, we're here, uh, congresswoman alicia, who we love very much in our community. she's a pioneer in in building farmworker housing here in our community that the farm, uh, farmworker community, you know, she's a pioneer in that. and she's been here. she's been pressing a lot of things that are happening, you know, and continue to happen a lot of that hope that we had several years ago, it is happening right now. and there's a lot more things that we're looking forward to. and the farm community, they see that. they see that they're not alone. you know, that the healing process is going to take years, maybe decades before we actually make an impact. you know, uh, in the tragedy from last year. but we're not giving up. we are definitely not giving up half of may, the half of may, the community giving up. >> and we certainly saw that with the united farm workers making their voices heard with demonstrations participating and events. you mentioned

today we spoke with newly elected caucus chair state sen josh becker about what he thinks should be done. first. >> i think the first step is better coordination. we know just the schedule coordination and fair quotation. we can make a dramatic improvement. so i think out salvation, maybe sometime in the certain agencies might be worth considering. but in the near-term really focused on this kind better coordination terms fares and schedules. >> senator booker says a network manager to oversee all 27 agencies would also helped establish better coordination. >> tonight, we're getting our first look at what the interior of california's high-speed rail cars could look like. artist renderings and sketches show different types of seeding ranging from. to more private what they like to call could kuhn type of booths. if you're into that sort of thing as well as roomy premium seats. thank first class. the cars would also be wheelchair friendly in there could be a wide family areas says, well, final designs will be decided by the fall of them are said to bakersfield led to the high speed rail tr

. >> carolyn becker, vocera de la lotería de california, nos dice cuáles son las posibilidades de ganarsedad desde sacramento lupita baltazar telemundo. >> bueno, hay tiempo y recuerde que si no juega pues no, no hay posibilidades de ganar. >> ahí se reduce a 0, verdad? >> claro que sí, eso es buena idea. vivir en un crucero. de hecho sale hasta más económico. seguro seguro. sale más económico vivir en un crucero que aquí en el área de la bahía. >> pues sí, precisamente en nuestra página web hay una nota de una pareja jubilada que se dedicó a hacer eso, porque en cuestión de gastos sale mejor. búsquenlo en telemundo 48. estamos dando una idea enseguida más también referente a información que dieron a conocer los bomberos de fairfield reportaron un accidente automovilístico con daños importantes sobre la carretera interestatal 80, dirección oeste. vean, nada más como quedaron los coches. según las autoridades, durante el incidente en el que estuvieron involucrados 2 vehículos, solo resultó con lesiones una persona, una lesiones moderadas lo trasladaron a un centro de traumatología local. p

and it's west and beckers to i think it's what he put pressure spot thing was here to see and powers and then funk to the american power to start putting pressure news right here, because you cannot have a rolling of this nature just been is up to stop the war under clear evidence that it might be getting genocide and the worst and backers just say this, this just this visit and continue with business.

was remarkably his first at old trafford for his club since last may. 2—1 at half—time, but then becker it past the defences. 2—2, and they felt they could slip out with all the points. in the end, it was united that got closest to a winner. this year there is a new face in the stands, but for manchester united, there is the same frustration. the attitude from the team was great, the spirit. we fought and we have given everything today. we put it on the pitch and that is what fans should expect from us, and the fans should expect from us, and the fans were behind us. i think it was a great game to see what everyone, not only for united fans but all over. , . ., ., ., ., over. they are a good team. on the counterattack _ over. they are a good team. on the counterattack and _ over. they are a good team. on the counterattack and transition, - over. they are a good team. on the counterattack and transition, the i counterattack and transition, the free upfront that they have, and bruno — free upfront that they have, and bruno for— free upfront that they have, and bruno. forthe most free upfr

israel's foreign ministry adviser tal becker said that south africa had presented a profoundly distortedstop israel's military campaign and protect the palestinian people. meanwhile israel has announced it has made an arrangement with qatar that will allow the delivery of medications to hostages being held by hamas in gaza. the supplies are expected to be given over the coming days. let's speak to nasser al-qudwa, senior member of fatah and former palestinian authority foreign minister, who's the nephew of the late palestinian leader yasser arafat. thank you forjoining us. you're a former head of the palestinian delegation before the icj. it was many years ago. i wanted to get your reaction to the development we have been seeing recently. we the palestinians are _ we have been seeing recently. we the palestinians are satisfied _ we have been seeing recently. we the palestinians are satisfied and - we have been seeing recently. we the palestinians are satisfied and happy i palestinians are satisfied and happy that south africa is accusing israel of committing the heinous act of genocide.

israel's foreign ministry adviser, tal becker, said south africa's case lacked any merit.ty of its case hinges on a deliberately curated, decontextualised and manipulative description of the reality of current hostilities. south africa purports to come to this court in the lofty position of a guardian of the interest of humanity. but in delegitimising israel's 75—year existence in its opening presentation yesterday, that broad commitment to humanity rang hollow. and in its sweeping counterfactual description of the israeli—palestinian conflict, it seems to erase bothjewish history and any palestinian agency or responsibility. speaking outside the court, south africa'sjustice minister reiterated his country's allegations that israel was committing genocide in gaza. israel has purported justification before the icj. some of the points made are astonishing and are not backed by facts and the situation on the ground. israel suggests that the genocide convention is primary for their protection and, because of that, is not capable of violating its own provisions. the state of is

in an emotional testimony, israeli lawyer tal becker showed images of the 132 israelis still captive to defend itself. he argued that the harm committed in the fight against hamas is "not evidence of genocide," claiming it's a misuse of the term. if the term genocide can be so diminished in the way that it advocates, if provisional measures can be triggered in the way that it suggests, the convention becomes an aggressor�*s charter. it will reward — indeed, encourage — the terrorist. south africa is seeking preliminary orders to stop israel's military campaign in gaza where, according to the hamas—run health ministry, more than 23,000 palestinians have died. let's listen back to thursday's closing statement from one of the lawyers representing south africa. the international community continues to fail the palestinian people, despite the overt, dehumanising, genocidal rhetoric by israeli governmental and military officials, matched by the israeli army's actions on the ground, despite the horror of the genocide against the palestinian people being livestreamed from gaza to our mobile