dana rohrabacher furry -- very conservative republican. jesse helms was held off by liberal democrats. it was bipartisan from the very beginning. that was something we always insisted upon. host: what was the first step? mr. edwards: the first step was to get a congressional resolution saying that this should be built. we had to go to that, drawing upon the support and the help of someone like tom lantos, a marvelous liberal democrat from california, holocaust survivor, the only one ever to serve in congress, and later chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. having his support was important. there we had dana rohrabacher and tom lantos together for this project. that helped us to get it approved.

dana rohrabacher furry -- very conservative republican. jesse helms was held off by liberal democrats. it was bipartisan from the very beginning. that was something we always insisted upon. host: what was the first step? mr. edwards: the first step was to get a congressional resolution saying that this should be built. we had to go to that, drawing upon the support and the help of someone like tom lantos, a marvelous liberal democrat from california, holocaust survivor, the only one ever to serve in congress, and later chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. having his support was important. there we had dana rohrabacher and tom lantos together for this

there we have dana rohrabacher and tom lantos together for this project.hat helped us to get it approved. it was approved unanimously by the u.s. congress. host: by that time had you raised money? mr. edwards: we had begun raising money. host: where did the first money come from? moneywards: the first came from ethnic americans, vietnamese americans, lithuanian americans, hungarian americans. host: how did you get them to give you money? mr. edwards: we went to them through the context that we had made through the national captive nations committee. foundations, we knew individuals who would be interested in our project. frankly, also, we went through various lists which were ofumulated over the years conservatives, who were not only conservative, but anti-communist. step-by-step, year by year, we were able to do it. example, our, for design approved by three different commissions. host: three different commissions under what -- mr. edwards: these were three federal commissions dealing with monuments in washington dc. host: three federal commissions. mr. e

dana rohrabacher furry -- very conservative republican.se helms was held off by liberal democrats. it was bipartisan from the very beginning. that was something we always insisted upon. brian: what was the first step? lee: the first step was to get a congressional resolution think they should be built. we had to go to that, drawing upon the support and the help of someone like tom lantos, a marvelous liberal democrat from california, holocaust survivor, the only one ever to serve in congress and later chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. having his support was important. there we have dana rohrabacher and tom lantos together for this project. him him him him that helped us him him to get it approved. it was approved unanimously by the u.s. congress. brian: by that time had you raised money? lee: we had begun raising money. brian: where did the first money come from? lee: the first money came from ethnic americans, vietnamese americans, lithuanian americans, hungarian americans. brian: how did you get them to give you money? lee

darrell issa and had dana rohrabacher. on our website, abc7 news.com, we have a more in depth look at when the new tax plan might mean to you and you'll find it on our home page. >>> breaking news in san jose, has the story we first told you about at 4:00. the highway is jammed up near the story road exit. the southbound 680 connector to the area is closed because a man is sitting on the overpass. the california highway patrol said he has been perched up there since before 1:00 a.m. emergency personnel are on the scene and they are talking to him. we'll bring you an update should it change. you can see the resulting traffic mess. all the red showing you where traffic is really slowed down this afternoon on a wednesday. five south bay men wanted for a string of burglaries after crashing an suv through gates of travis air force base during the pursuit of santa clara detectives. these are images of the arrest. the suspects are wanted for a string of burglaries in four south bay cities. they're accused of breaking into liquor

bill and there were two republicans in california that also voted no, both darrell issa and dana rohrabacher concerned the cap on state and local income tax deductions will hurt most americans. from our sier >> thank you. oe camera... >>> also this evening finally some weather to talk about. this is the view from our sierra-at-tahoe camera where we are expecting widespread snow for the first time in two week and rain for the bay area. paul, i know you talk about weather every night, but we finally have some green on the radar. >> folks have been talking about the lack of rainfall the past couple weeks. well, there's a change coming tonight. most of the rainfall is still to our north, already a few drops and a few light showers in humboldt county, mendocino county, ukiah, clearlake seeing a few showers dancing around your towns. the line of precipitation will move into sonoma county as early as 10:00 tonight, work its way south of the go by 2 to 4 a.m. and clear the bay by sunrise top. the more significant impact will be in the sierra where light to moderate snow for several hours is likely.

of -- were daniel is so -- isso and dana rohrabacher.ost to california, these two guys are going to be in trouble. the next time their collection -- there elections, around. it may be the bright side. we can get rid of these guys who i think are terrible. host: he is referring to be state and local tax deduction by is in theg it, which senate and house version, higher taxe states would lose out. it is something susan collins is concerned about in this legislation. more of your thoughts, coming up on the tax reform bill. keep calling in this morning. there is a lot of ink in the papers this morning. let me go through it quickly with you. rex tillerson and his future at shaminge department -- rex tillerson by making plans to replace him. to the report, it is on the front of the new york times. rise.a chief could you have the front page of the washington post with two stories about it this morning. officials ousting tillerson is in works. pompeod put loyalists -- -- ichabod pompeo -- it could put pompeo. made the front page of -- this is a

charles blow and ed martin and tara setmayer, former communications director for congressman dana rohrabacher. let's start with the breaking news, the president needs a win. the stumbling block on taxes here, with bob corker towards the end, what's your read on that? >> well, i'm not surprised. bob corker and jeff flake have been deficit hawks their entire careers. the republican party, we used to be the party of fiscal responsibility, so ballooning the deficit and these kinds of fiscal issues used to be at the heart of republican policy. so, the fact that they're sticking to their guns on this isn't surprising. but this report now saying that, you know, we're talking another $1 trillion but a little bit of a damp sbeer ter into the plans. there's another issue here that i think people who are criticizing the process, they're actually right about that. when tax reform was passed in the 80s, there were like 30-plus hearings, it went on for ten months. when you have something of this magnitude, usually there's a hearing process where you have experts that talk about this and they can hammer the

on her back there was a sit-in outside darrell issa's office and outside moscow republican dana rohrabacher's crowd also descended on new york republican claudia tenney's office. graduate students held a sit-in outside paul ryan's office protesting the potentially devastating cuts to higher education in the tax bill. we're told that nine of them were arrested. and while there was this particularly intense action on capitol hill today, it was another day of protest against this tax bill all over the country today too. this was roseville, california outside tom mcclintock's office. they had a couple of hundred people in roseville today. this was portland, oregon today. demonstrators gathered in downtown charleston, south carolina today, including one person promising free money. and then you see the asterisk, it says for millionaires only, court shi republicans in congress. they're still trying to gin up a final version of this tax bill before it goes to trump's desk. that means it isn't finished yet in terms of what's in it. it's not passed yet either. that's why you're going to keep seeing th

charles blow and ed martin and tara setmayer, former communications director for congressman dana rohrabacher

dana rohrabacher who has some issues. darrell issa who voted against the tax bill trying to sell his own skin. a lot of california there there, new jersey and new york, people will get hammered for this tax bill because it penalizes blue states. how do those republicans save their seats faced with this $18 versus millions for the rich? >> let's talk politics. there's also 14 open seats where governors are leaving. you have redirectistricredistri up. you have history that won president obama a re-election but cost him seats all over the country. we have a tax bill out there, these are big things, hard to understand -- >> very unpopular. >> i would say -- i see the polls here, i don't know if that will last long enough. my point is two big issues. the democratic party that something right now, the ability to go run on. they have the passion, the energy. they don't have the numbers in the senate. they got ten seats up where trump won by 8 seats by 20 points. so my point of the whole diatribe is the democratic party by histor

outreach to russians or flynn's alleged september 2016 business meeting with pro-russia congressman dana rohrabachermany controversies on the table begs the question, why the slap on the wrist. >> there is many more stories that general flynn will have to tell. >> flynn's cooperation and an inside view of trump's rise to power is a message from mueller. your secrets are not safe. wow, you stack that up and it's like arresting al capone for y jaywalking. nick, possibly one of the most devastating charges that mueller has stayed away from, that he could always go back to, was the possible kidnapping of a turkish dissident. a kidnapping that would keep him and anybody else involved in that in jail for the rest of their lives. >> look to the added example here. the allegation is that he met with the former cia director, bunch of turkish business people, officials and talked about taking a man living in the poconos and putting him on a plane and taking him to turkey where presumably he would never hear from him ever again. >> right. >> and that was not even in the charges. it's so bizarre and wild, the r