i'm cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> thanks for the update. we've been updating with the abc7 news app. download the app and enable push alerts. >>> fog city. a thick layer blavgted san francisco today. barely see the tops of the building from sutro. >> look, we can see the bridge. more fog overnight and rain on the way. meteorologist sandhya patel with more. >> watch out for this. live picture right now. notice how thick the fog is at this hour as we head through walnut creek area, 680, heavy dense fog advisory for interior valleys. watch out. visibility down to three miles in concord and livermore. fog in oakland and half moon bay, down to seven miles. tracking a storm with live doppler 7, this splits in two. part of the energy goes north and part south. left with a level one for tomorrow through several saturday, tenth of inch to half inch for most of you, higher in the hills. could gust as high as 40 miles an hour, be back to let you know how the weekend and beyond is shaping up. storm impact scale every single day. >>> fog diverted aerome

cornell barnard, abc7 news. >> cornell, thank you. when you see something unusual, let us know. use the #abc7now on facebook, twitter and instagram. >> it created chaos in a peninsula neighborhood. someone called 911 claiming he killed his wife, tided up his children and planted pipe bombs. palo alto police descended on a home with an unsuspecting resident at home. it was a hoax known as swatting. abc7 katie yudis has more. >> oh, my gosh korks there be someone hiding in this area because they're looking for someone in the area. >> reporter: a police loudspeaker interrupted this normally quiet block of emerson avenue tuesday night. an untraceable call to palo alto police prompted the large response. >> the male caller stated that he had just shot his wife in their home. he had the kids tied up. there were pipe bombs everywhere, and that if police responded, that he would harm the police. >> reporter: the caller gave a name and address. >> two people came out of the residence. they had no idea what was going on. >> reporter: officers determined the incident was a swatting case. i

. >> cornell, relief for the family? >> reporter: the family are relieved tonight that a suspect has been arrested. police say that he viciously beat a beloved grandmother. >> it is mixed emotions. >> reporter: the family of 88-year-old huang reacting to news an arrest has been made in her brutal beating and robbery. >> there is certainly relief that if there is somebody who had caused harm to their grandma that this person might be able to cause harm to another person. >> reporter: the sfpd says 18-year-old keonte gathron was arrested in san francisco after committing another robbery. details of that crime are unclear. this was the original police sketch of the suspect. police believe he beat huang the morning of january 8th at a park near visitacion valley before breaking into her home. >> aim glad a suspect has been apprehended. if you can do something like this to a senior is something that should be unheard of. >> reporter: the family says the woman remains in critical condition with a shattered face along with a br

carrie dan, and cornell belcher. welcome. it seems like for us to say boy, 2019 is going to be wild. 2020, and we're still recovering from the mess that is the post election massacre. what have we learned from that that tells us how crazy 2019 is going to be? >> i think, first of all, 2018 is going to continue into 2019. >> there's no stopping? >> no. now that democrats control the house of representatives, these investigations are only going to expand into the president and so that is also going to be caught up in the presidential election, and the primary. and so i don't think we're going to see a clear division. i think we're going to see more of the same of what we've already seen only it's going to escalate. >> michael steele, previous presidents when they've had a midterm setback acknowledged it. this one did not. how much harder does that make it for congressional republicans to recalibrate? >> i think every previous president has said some humility in accepting a midterm loss. this president knows one mode, forward, a

. >> cornell joins us live now with reaction. what went on, cornell? >> reporter: eric and dion, kamala harris made oakland city hall the starting line for her presidential campaign. three city blocks had to be closed down to accommodate all of her supporters who showed up. senator kamala harris dime her hometown of oakland to kick off her run for president. she told a crowd of thousands about her parents, who met as students at uc berkeley. >> my father, donald, came from jamaica to study economics. my mother, shamala came from india to study the science of fighting disease. >> reporter: harris wasted no time taking on president trump's immigration policies. >> when we have children in cages, crying for their mothers and fathers, don't you dare call that border security. that's a human rights abuse. >> reporter: harris is considered by some to be the front runner in a growing field of democrats making a run for the white house. she promises medicare for all, universal pre-k, debt-free college, and a tax cut for families. >> we will deliver the largest

cornell bernard, "abc7 news." >> cornell, thank you.oor woman had no chance. >>> we created this badge that you can share online as a way to remember her. the easiest way to get it is through the "abc7 news" facebook page. >>> breaking news from the east bay where two people have been killed after a honda suv slammed into a tree in antioch just after 9:00 tonight near hillcrest avenue. erwas six people in the car,that all of them juveniles. four others were also hurt, two victims suffered major injuries and were flown to the medical center. officers are investigating whether the slick sleets played any role in the crash since it was raining. >> we are expecting a whole week of wet weather. >> here's a live look across the bay area. you can see wet roads and clouds. sandhya patel joins us now. >> reporter: let's take a look at live doppler 7. we are still seeing wet roadways out there. let me get you into street level radar where it's slippery. simpson beachheading into fairfax road, you'll notice light returns. san francisco, down into

havecinating guy, and i had his descendents in my classes at cornell. i teach classes on salem witchcraft, and a couple of george burroughs' descendents have turned up in my courses. although i ended my narrative in that book with the trial method, i had pursued the question of how the accusers were characterized in early accounts, with results i have not published. i learned that in the immediate aftermath of the trial, critics refused to question the actions of the judges and placed blame entirely on the so-called afflicted girls. contemporaries sharply questioned the outcome of the trials and were friends of the judges and refused to identify them as responsible for the debacle. instead, they laid blame at the feet of the accusers. accusers were not all-female and not all young, despite the dominant characterization of afflicted girls. and that has continued to be the practice, with the judges of the court more or less escaping free from -- scott historian center. my book essentially blames them for the witch crisis. the earliest historical accounts

cornell barnard takes us to a few of them live tonight in san francisco. cornell? >> reporter: the rally here at civic center wrapped up a short time ago, thousands of people making their voices heard. >> whose street? >> our street! >> reporter: many got loud, others got political. thousands made their way down market street for the women's march. we spotted the mayor. >> let us not be satisfied until women are finally making the same amount of money and even more than men. >> reporter: a large crowd filled civic center to join the fight for equality and celebrate women in politics. lisa brought her daughter. >> she want s to be president so we're trying to keep her involved in as much as we can with what's going on today. >> reporter: in oakland, this march was on the move from lake merritt to city hall. many signs in the crowd reflecting the times. >> wanted to come out and represent in solidarity for women's rights, for health care, for housing, for all the issues that impact a lot of people around the world. >> reporter: the first march started in 2017 as a pr

while we are talking music, a lineup including brad pitt got together to pay tribute to chris co cornellsician who took his own life. >> i would like to introduce a very special duet. >> brad pitt introduced the daughter of his late friend chris cornell. the duet with ziggy marly was poignant. through years we have watched the father and daughter share red carpet moments. >> she's good. he loves to take care of people. >> are you excited? >> yes. >> why? >> because i want to see my daddy. >> i'm extremely proud. >> adam levine also performed at last night's benefit, which included 42 songs and lasted five hours. in the audience, leonardo dicaprio, courteney cox, and chris pine. another big moment? miley. the singer wore two outfits. one cover in the crystals and a mini dress priced just over 4 grand and knee high boots that usually go for $7,000. yesterday, miley shut down a report claiming she and husband liam hemsworth were filing. she said i'm not egg expecting but it's egg-excellent to ear everyone is excited for us. >> let's give them a minute to be happy and married before we put t

. >> cornell bernard has more. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, it was unanimous. the city council just approved some ground breaking legislation when it comes to did poisable food ware, including a 25 cent charge for plastic or paper cups. this young man came dressed as a cuddle fish, which could be harmed from the dumping of plastics in our oceans. a standing room only crowd where officials were about to turn the tables on recycling. by considering a ban on single use disposable food ware to reduce waste and litter. >> in the bay area, food and beveraging packages makes up more than half of our litter. >> reporter: the legislation requiring all restaurants to serve food inside the restaurant on reusable dishes. >> for our pockets in the small business, it's not good. >> reporter: maria is already using paper straws at her restaurant. she says eliminating plastic cutlery and paper containers and upgrading will be costly. price. and i don't understand why. it should be cheaper. >> reporter: and folks looking to buy a soda or coffee may have to bring their own cups

. >> reporter cornell bernard is live in fremont with the story. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, dan and ama, the free gas offer started this morning at this station. so far, there have been many takers. the station owner says he saw too many government employees struggling, and knew he had to do something. >> so fill it up. >> fill it up. >> reporter: that's the offer ray is making at his station, free gas for federal workers who live in fremont and not getting paid. he posted these signs about the offer near the pumps. >> they are fellow countrymen, they are buddies, and they need the money. so we have to help them. >> reporter: remarkably, he plans to give away $20,000 worth of gas. >> it's very stressful and just going to work every day. >> reporter: jennifer was one of the first to accept the offer. she and her husband are both air traffic controllers who haven't been paid over a month but still on the job. they have four kids. this was the family last halloween before bills and expenses started to snowball. >> i was going to have to fill up today before i

cornell bernard is live in oakland where a vote happened minutes ago. cornell?ard just voted 6-1 to close an east oakland middle school. parents, teachers and students very upset about there tonight. oakland teachers are getting ready to vote on a possible strike. >> keep cuss open >> reporter: protesters brought the school board meeting to a halt. board members forced to leave the stage. >> we oppose any school closures. we will not be con quered these parents, students and teachers fighting to save roots international academy from possible closure. >> you all want to shut us down. at the end of the day, we're still a family and going to remain strong >> reporter: the district says roots academy has poor test scores and only 266 students. >> roots is a quality school and i'm telling you this despite what you say >> reporter: union reps met monday to begin the process of a strike vote for teachers. teachers could be on the picket line s as early as next month. their demands have not changed. >> our students have had smaller class size is, increased investment in

cornell? >> reporter: hey, rick.he shutdown is over but it could be another couple of days before attractions like the hyde street pier here in san francisco reopen to the public. it is operated by the national park service. elsewhere, some government workers still need assistance because they say they're not sure when they're going to get paid. nasa ames worker hopes this is last food giveaway he'll need a for while now that the government shutdown shutdown is over. >> i am relieved with reservation. i'm excited i get to go back to work. >> reporter: he has a family but no paycheck for the last month. he's been forced to sell some prized possessions. >> i sold my guitar during the shutdown. >> reporter: second harvest food bank held this event and know it is still important for struggling families. >> i've heard from many employees that this is a real life saver this week. >> they don't know when they will get paid. >> it will take until the upcoming friday for the first paychecks with back pay to roll in. that is a

cornell. >> reporter: eric and dion, real low aplaiz mazing today. this community stepping up in a big way to help struggling coast guard families. in the east bay coast guard personnel went shopping for groceries and supplies. and it was all totally free. >> the communities come together for the coast guard. >> reporter: coast guard mechanic kyle and his family are not used to asking for help. today they did. the partial government shutdown is taking its toll. >> it is worrisome. i have to put food in my family's belly. >> reporter: hundreds of coast guard personnel lined up in alameda for the food and supply giveaway. most of these military folk are still working without a paycheck. >> ain't no telling. we might not get paid until the first of next month. >> reporter: jana's husband is active duty. she has a family to feed. >> i am thankful i have a husband who chose to serve our country. even in the hard times we just persevere. >> reporter: the giveaway, made possible by donations collected by the east bay coast guard spouses club. organizers kno

before we begin, please join me in thanking margo stamos, alyssa adler, kristin allman, and the cornell club for making this event happen. stand up so we can hot for you. general mcchrystal has been called one of america's greatest warriors. a retired four-star general, is the former commander of the joint special operations committee or jas oh and former commander of all u.s. international forces in afghanistan. general mcchrystal is perhaps best known for developing ended up lamenting the counterinsurgency strategy in afghanistan and for creating a comprehensive counterterrorism organization that revolutionized interagency culture. imagine if you got military agencies to work together, what that must've been like.

hard to imagine, cornell. >> reporter: it really is. police and fire officials calling this a terrible accident. we're down the street from where darren malvin lost his life. tonight friends and neighbors are remembering the husband, father, and ceo. >> horrible tragedy. i mean, this is such a wonderful neighborhood. it's really sad. it's a sad day. >> reporter: neighbor denies craven learns on ferndale avenue not far from where this giant tree limb fell wednesday. 52-year-old darren malvin called 911 about downed power lines and was waiting with several other neighbors for emergency crews to arrive. but strong winds and rain caused a nearby tree to crash, and everybody ran fr safety. >> pedestrians out in the roadway began to run, looking for cover. the vehicle also tried to get out of the way. >> reporter: barnes says that vehicle, driven about i a neighbor, quickly moved away during the chaos and struck malvin. he died later at the hospital. >> shock, number one. it's just not fair, number two. >> reporter: this neighbor, too distrau

starting off at johnson county community college right here in our community and making my way to cornell for law school, i mean so much of the opportunity i had in my life stemmed from the support i've had here and

cornell bernard is live in petaluma. >> reporter: yeah, windshield wipers on, rain is back. started falling in petaluma about 40 minutes ago. in marin county it's a race against time to prevent raw sewage from flowing into neighborhood again. >> tremendous amount of water coming out. >> reporter: hoping to avoid repeat of this disgusting scene. 100,000 gallons of waste water poured into the neighborhood in the rainstorm. >> water started rising went out to move cars. wasn't until afterwards we found it was raw sewage. it's happened before. >> obviously a tragedy, raw sewage going out into the streets, creek, bay. >> reporter: crews contacted by ross valley sanitary district are working fast, installing pipes. >> means we fell short of our standard and mission, we're going to take every precaution this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: rain moved in tuesday, gefitting petaluma another drenching. rain tarps are hot sellers. >> get a lot of people prepared, come in before the storm. then last-minute shoppers, holy cow it's here, got to get this covered up. >> reporter: and wit

this impressive building is the weill cornell medical college an offshoot of cornell university in new york based here in qatar of come to find out more about their genetic research how they're mapping the human genome to find out more about genetic and hereditary diseases pertaining to people in this part of the world. the genome is the complex genetic code contained in every cell in our bodies determines all our inherited features such as what we look like in heritage diseases we might be vulnerable to it's unique for every person so this is a microscope that allows you to look in different depth inside the cell. professor harvard med chakka has great expectations of what sequencing genomes will reveal the program is about six years old now the focus is on problems that are of the importance in the region particularly into other or there are is a lot of families that have inherited diseases and diabetes is a critical importance there in your genetic disorders or critically important so we've chosen to take those families and sequence both affected unaffected members and that will hel

cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> cornell thanks very much. now, when you see something unusual or strange like, this let us know. use the hashtag abc 7 now on facebook, twitter, and instagram. >>> no arrests and no gun. belmont police still need the big pieces of a murder case that's left a high school football player dead. 17-year-old muhammad afman was found shot to death in the parking lot of central elementary school late monday night. he was a senior at carlmont high school. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has been on the case all day today and yesterday vic. so what's the latest tonight? >> reporter: ama, aside from the fact that no gun has been found and no arrests, we've learned that belmont police have served several search warrants across the bay area. the main one in pleasanton last night. yesterday there was optimism among law enforcement that the investigation into the shooting death of 17-year-old muhammad afman would end quickly with the arrest of the shooter. last night an army of police officers from numerous jurisdictions surrou

. >> reporter cornell barnard has this bizarre story. >> reporter: the 40-year-old suspect juan roman surrendered six hours after stopping at this safeway gas station. they followed him from the circle k store where he argued with the assistant manager. >> i said you have to prepay gas money. he was so angry, he go outside, take a gas can from his pickup truck, came inside the store, poured gas all over the store. >> reporter: police say it was caught on the security camera. he walks through the aisles, dousing the floor with gasoline as he calls 911. he leaves but returns with a piece of paper and lighter. he lights the paper on fire and tosses it on the gas soaked floor. >> what did you do when you saw him light the piece of paper? >> i was so scared, i just don't want to go close to him. i want to stay away. >> reporter: luckily there was no fire, the gas didn't ignite. the suspect took off, police followed him to the safeway where he refused to surrender. >> the negotiators used deescalation techniques, formed some trust, were able to talk about what's going on with him. >> report

like we're it's sitting in the shutdown, cornell, and you have this out there.olor everything that is facing us right now. >> well, you know, two things. one is i want to underline sort of the -- all the people around thetrp campaign involvement sort of touching base with russians because we learned that theyassed polling information on to the russians, chuck. as a campaign polster, our polls in our campaigns are sort of what you see, you know, a horse shot of the horserace. it is strategic, right. at we'reing in these polls, we are outlining strategy andsi des and where you should target. and for a campaign to be giving it to the russians, how is that not collusion, right? i don know if it's collusion in a court, but certainly in the public opinion it has to be. i think itmells like a duck, sounds like a duck, walks like a duckit is in fact aduck. it's hard for you to say that's not collusion. >> i'll say this, the other side of the situation he is for some reason the mueller investigationpr clearsident trump. i mean that's a death blow to a lot of democrat hop

. >> so, when you look at that then, cornell, and let's say you're one of the many, several, at least, who want to be the leader in climate change, does timing matter? does it help you to get out first? >> well, you know, there's been a lot of back and forth about this. listen, for the big names, and some of us were surprised about elizabeth warren jumping out. for the big names, you want a shorter contest. for the bidens, the elizabeth warrens. so, you might want to get in later. but for some of the candidates with less name identification, they want a longer primary process, because they have to build name identification. they get better on the stump, they can raise more money. if you're a joe biden, bernie sanders, you know, the calculation is, you can get in later because you want a shorter primary. but for some of these candidates with less name identification, less of a national base, they need a longer primary season. >> how do you think the lanes are going to affect the bigger-name candidates? the marquee name candidates? do they try to be a swiss army knife and they can open

so for parents, cornell was the ideal place to send a girl.there, she was hopeless. my first semester at cornell, i never did a repeat date. [ applause ] but then i met marty, and there was something amazingly wonderful about this man. he was the first boy i ever knew who cared that i had a brain. most guys in the '50s didn't. one of the sadnesses about the brilliant girls who attended cornell is that they kind of suppressed how smart they were. but marty was so confident of his own ability, so comfortable with himself that he never regarded me as any kind of a threat. >> we all were struck by the tremendous difference between marty and ruth. marty was the most gregarious, outgoing, life of the party. ruth was really quite recesssive in a way. shy, quiet, soft voice. but they worked. they worked. >> he's so young. meeting marty was by far the most fortunate thing that ever happened to me. marty was a man blessed with a wonderful sense of humor. i tend to be rather sober. you want to stay connected to the world around. city. you consider corner

cornell barnard. >> wow. >> i saw a rainbow yesterday.f nowhere. >> cornell every once in a while throws you a curveball but acts like he didn't do it. that's what i like about his style. >> i flew back, went to l.a. for the weekend just to have some fun at the mother ship, if you will, disney land. you notice there's has lot of mud fog out into the ocean, run off from the mudslides down there and also the wet weather we've had. >> yeah. >> not quite as green and blue as it normally is. that's okay. we've got the rain and desperately need it. take a look at what's going on, never more than seven minutes away. take a look at theding there. a little active early in the morning. sunshine, high clouds, mild temperatures. we've got that today. calmer and cooler nights. so when we had all that rain, we were having pretty mild nights. that's not going to be the case the next several nights. the extended period of dry weather. this happens every winter. we get about a two-week period where it shuts off, then we get warmer than average. sometimes

in novato, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> those numbers really show the need. thank you. >> along with volunteer, several businesses and banks even are helping furloughed workers. we do have a list of how you can get in and help, if you need help as well on abc7news.com. >>> switching gears now to talk about the weather. more rain is on the way. just not quite yet. >> to talk about the timing, abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma joining us right now. >> our next storm system is slowly marching our way. our earlier thought was that we would have some showers later on this evening. but it look like those showers may hold off until early tomorrow morning. live doppler 7. you can see some light returns off the coastline right now. we'll widen out the picture and show you this front that is slowly moving our way. but as it does, you notice we lose a lot of that moisture. so it's a weak storm headed our direction, and it's likely still several hours away from making its presence known. your 12-hour planner overnight early on, we're expecting a dry evening over the nex

this impressive building is the weill cornell medical college an offshoot of cornell university in new york based here in qatar of come to find out more about their genetic research how their mapping the human genome to find out more about genetic and hereditary diseases pertaining to people in this part of the world. the genome is the complex genetic code contained in every cell in our bodies it determines all our inherited features such as what we look like or what inherited diseases we might be vulnerable to it's unique for every person so this is a microscope that allows you to look in different depth and side the cell. professor khalid met chakka has great expectations of what sequencing genomes will reveal the program is about six years old now the focus is on problems that are of the importance in the region particularly into other where there are a lot of families that have inherited diseases. and diabetes is a critical importance there in your genetic disorders or critically important so we've chosen to take those families and sequence both afflicted on afflicted members and t

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the details from oakland. >> reporter: protesters brought the oakland school board meeting to a halt. board members forced to leave the stage. >> we will not be divided and conquered. >> these parents, students, and teachers fighting to save roots international academy in east oakland from possible closure. >> y'all want to shut us down. at the end of the day, we're still a family and we're going to always remain strong. >> reporter: the district says roots academy has poor test scores and only 266 students. >> roots is a quality school. i'm tell you this, despite what you see. >> when we strike. >> we win. >> meantime union reps begin monday to begin a strike vote for oakland teachers. teachers could be on the picket lines as early as next month. their demands have not changed. >> that our students have smaller class size, that there's increased investment in student support such as counselors, nurses, librarians. >> the union was a 12% salary increase over three years but the district says its growing deficit won't allow that. >> given our lim

cornell barnard takes us to a few of them live tonight in san francisco. cornell?r: the rally here at civic center wrapped up a short time ago, thousands of people making their voices heard. >> whose street? >> our street! >> reporter: many got loud, others got political. thousands made their way down market street for the women's march. we spotted the mayor. >> let us not be satisfied until women are finally making the same amount of money and even more than men. >> reporter: a large crowd

in san francisco, cornell barna barnard, abc 7 news. >>> nope.cheese biscuit, right? not a raccoon, egg and cheese biscuit. >> mayor mccheese and all of them are disappointed this morning. >> yuck. >>> if you're just joining us, good morning. here's a quick update on weather and traffic. we start with mike nicco. >> nothing like that in the weather department this morning. we're going to keep it clean if we can. look at the visibility, though. it is thick the fog from novato to cirrus point, towards c

this impressive building is the weill cornell medical college an offshoot of cornell university in new york based here in qatar of come to find out more about their genetic research how their mapping the human genome to find out more about genetic and hereditary diseases pertaining to people in this part of the world. the genome is the complex genetic code contained in every cell in our bodies it determines all our inherited features such as what we look like or what inherited diseases we might be vulnerable to it's unique for every person so this is a microscope that allows you to look in different depth and so the cell. professor khalid met chakka has great expectations of what sequencing genomes will reveal the program is about six years old now the focus is on problems that are of them quarters in the region particularly into other where there are a lot of families that have inherited diseases. and diabetes is a critical importance there in your genetic disorders or critically important so we've chosen to take those families and sequence both afflicted on afflicted members and that

she is going to law school at cornell. she would drive almost 90 minutes every day to train.n the way she would listen to her law school classes on tape. sharice davids is native. american. after she graduated from cornell, she went to live and work on reservations to help out underserved communities. she eventually found her way to the white house when she was chosen in 2016 for the highly selective white house fellowship program. she found that she liked working in politics. when she got back home to kansas, she started keeping an eye on her local congressman, a man named kevin yoder. congressman yoder has been a fixture in kansas republican politics. he served a red district and an even redder state, and he's never really had a challenge. across eight years and four elections he has glided to victory again and again, always by big double-digit margins. but sharice davids looked at the job he was doing for kansas, and she thought maybe she could do it better. ♪ >> this is a tough place to be a woman. i've been put down, pushed aside, knocked out. truth is i've had to fight

he introduced chris cornell's daughter. >> give it up!> toni cornell's tribute performance with ziggi marley melt especially poignant. ♪ through the years we watched father and daughter share sweet red carpet moments. >> she's good. she takes care of me. she loves people. >> are you excited? >> yes. >> why? >> because i want to see my daddy. >> i'm extremely proud. ♪ >> adam levine also performed at the benefit which included 42 songs and lasted five hours. in the audience, leonardo dicaprio, kaley cuoco, courteney cox, chris pine. >>> the latest on michael jackson's daughter paris after we confirmed paris is indeed back in treatment. >> she has struggled with depression most of her life. she's been open about her suicide attempts. hopefully now paris is getting the help she feeds. "e.t." learned late tuesday that paris jackson entered a treatment facility for her emotional health. wednesday morning the 20-year-old posted this intriguing photo with her dog and addressed her month-long absence from social media writing, yes, i've taken a b

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cornel west for his reaction. i hear it in the background and she's watching too, saying [indistinct conversation] [friend] i've never seen that before. ♪ ♪ i have... ♪ >>> in a major move tonight, house republicans say they will not give congressman steve king any committee assignments in the new congress. that's when he said to "the new york times," white nationalist, white supremacist, how did that language become offensive. mitch mcconnell today said that king's comments were, quote, unwelcome and unworthy of his elected position, unquote. mitt romney said king should flat out resign. we're joined now with the latest. what does this mean? he gets no committee assignments. effectively what does that mean? >> this strips him of a lot of his power up here on capitol hill and amounts to the first real reprimand of steve king coming from members of his own party. this is something that was voted on unanimously from members of the steering committee. those are the republicans that essentially dole out the committee

cornell makes a good point. i live in dogpatch, and the old potrero police station has become a blighted property and is falling in on itself. what is a historic piece of architecture. so the city also needs to be held in account here because they do have properties throughout the city that are vacant, and for good reason, they're very expensive to fix them up. this police station, which we're trying -- we were trying to get for a community center requires probably 30 to $40 million in renovation, but it wouldn't have required that if the building had been occupied and secured 30 years ago because it was actually in pretty good condition for the first ten years until people started squatting there and burden of proving fires, and then, it became a cesspool, and other people started coming in. we all know what happens to those buildings whether they're publicly or privately owned, and what they do to our neighborhoods. it's not good. i would like to see this legislation go forward and put some teeth into what we

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>> cornell, what do you think of all this? >> i think if you're sitting in middle america, you clutch the pearls. we're not a banana republic. if you think about moderate middle swath of voters in this country, some of them who went along early on with trump, thought he was, you know, anti-establishment. but this little thuggish behavior, it doesn't play well in middle america. we're seeing it in polling numbers now. this only sort of doubles down on him losing middle america, losing more of modern america. >> someone who ran the numbers for obama, you know your way around winning some of these races, but does the problem for trump mean that it looks bad because as you say it's this intimidation, that congress says it might be a crime and it's just that or does it open up a larger set of questions in the minds of undecided americans about, gosh, is he actually worried about what michael cohen would say about other stuff, meaning is it bad because it's quote, unquote, thuggish as members of congress are saying, or is it bad bec