and i like diane feinstein. i have to tell you. but i don't like the fact that she had a chinese spy driving her. and she didn't know it. >> the senator fired back with tweets of our own declaring that after being contacted, she jumped on it, removing the staffer, compare that to your actions, attacking the fbi, refusing the advice of your security team. sad. i acted in the best entrance of the country. give it a try, she said to the presidents. compared to how -- carter page, the low level trump advisor put under surveillance by the obama illustration for alleged ties to russia have not been charged with anything despite to go years of investigations that, yes, are still ongoing. >> sandra: ed henry, thank you. charlie hurt, fox news contributor. austan goolsbee, former chief economic advisor of president obama, a bit of a double standard here, charlie? >> well, i can't wait to hear austan weigh in on this. with his aunt democrats' newfound shock and horror over -- >> sandra: all right. let's hear from you first then. >> you'll be

that a former feinstei >>> our top story at 6:30, president trump exchanging jabs with senator diane feinsteinations that a former feinstein star gave information to -- staffer gave information to china. >> but that is not stopping the president from talking and, of course, tweeting about it. >> and i like diane feinstein. i have to tell you, but i don't like the fact that she had a chinese spy driving her. and she didn't know it. >> reporter: president trump wasted no time taking aim at senator feinstein over recent revelation that a former employees was passing information to the chinese government. an f.b.i. investigation revealed that no sensitive information was shared. still the senator was reportedly mortified that a long time local staffer who acted as her chauffeur would disclose anything to the chinese government. on friday night president trump tweeted diane is the person leading our nation on collusion with russia. will she now investigate herself? the next day senator feinstein fired back. the f.b.i. told me five years ago it had concerns that china was seeking to recruit an admin

next and probably underestimated her at the beginning, something people should never do with diane feinstein. like her or dislike her she is extremely intelligent. look at the extent of her career. they did not like each other but also diane was very proper, and harvey was not. the best was, only harvey would leave a tape directing a mayor to appoint as his successor in the event of his assassination. i knew the tape existed, you're not important enough to get w somebody most of us rallied around was and cronenberg and how did they delay that for weeks and weeks? everybody getting more anxious. feinstein saying something about a nice young woman and she would show up in a board meeting with leather hair. enough of that. no leather in the board chambers. >> we have one last quick question, a quick one. we have to wrap up. you want to ask a quick question. >> talk about harvey's military experience. >> he told people he got a dishonorable discharge. a lot of people in the military, harvey was not one of them. but i think he was making a political point that homosexuals were which hunted out of

the senate has just approved a bill by diane feinstein to transfer seven of the planes to the state. they will have to be converted to air tankers, but then they can join the firefight. the white house is also offering assistance. >> we have seen all of the alarming images of the wildfires causing severe damage out west. the president will continue to monitor and this ongoing emergency and make sure the people of california receive the assistance they need to keep them safe and recover. our prayers are with the firefighters who lost their lives battling these fires and their grieving families. >> right now tens of thousands of firefighters are battling 16 california wildfires, most of them in the northern half of the state. >>> in the north bay, lakeville highway near petaluma is now reopened following a major hazmat spill. a couple of trucks were involved in an accident. one was coveredÃcarrying pairs, the other a tanker truck that was hauling about 2000 pounds of hot asphalt. some of it spilled on the roadway and into a nearby field . a gooey mess requiring a careful cleanup. >> th

meet diane feinstein the top senate democrat who is leading the russian vest a geisha an ending for middle flow for all the kremlin spies seeking to undermine american democracy what we're talking about is the beginning of cyber warfare what the russians have done is unparalleled in its depth and breadth to spearfish to hack to provide just information propaganda apparently she knows how to deal with spies media reports suggested that chinese intelligence once recorded one of her staffers to spy on the us steal it secrets of then send them back to beijing but once feinstein found out she says that she fired him the f.b.i. told me five years ago it had concerns that china was seeking too crude an administrative member of my california stuff. i took those concerns seriously learn the facts and make sure the employee left my office immediately whether there was chinese spying or not she seems pretty happy to promote the chinese interests on american soil in twenty fifteen if she and other senate democrats oppose ted cruz's effort to read name a street across from the chinese embassy after an

absolutely in the meantime harvey immediately propose the gay-rights ordinance and diane feinstein the head of the board said this has to go to committee and she put dan white in charge of the d committee because dan white was a fireman and of course he would not let the bill out of committee. o so harvey knew how to play the game of politics. and then to support the opposition then pretty sure there were five votes on the board those that could count 26 he would've been the sixth about. but then gave the incredible speech.n he just wanted to get the bill passed and with black people in vietnam and they could do as good a job as anyone else and it was unfair to discriminate and the committee should vote in favor of the bill with the board of supervisors will vote on that. then the civil rights bill came up and he could not do it. he voted against the opposition and then dan white was furious. he immediately made a motion as soon as harvey's bill came up to send it back to committee but nobody would go along with that notion because it is so obvious what he was doing. so harvey's bill p

senator diane feinstein announced on twitter the senate passed a provision to transfer seven 317 tankers in california to help state resources. >> it's a very dynamic process moving resources from fire to fire and sharing those critical resources. >>> for now california's fire siege is the new normal. >> president trump signed an emergency declaration order at the request of governor brown last week. it makes federal emergency aid available to our state. cristina rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the wildfires. we'll keep you updated both on air and online. >>> and new tonight the nia wil at an oakland fire station. we spoke with a law firm representing wilson's fa the attorney says the suit will claim that wilson's killing was both forseable and preventable. the family is planning a funeral for nia wilson on friday. >>> in mountain view a woman says she was the victim of racial profiling at a safeway store and now says she's considering legal action. azenith smith says that store employees called police on her because they thought she may have been s

meet diane feinstein the top senate democrat who's leading the russian vest a geisha an ending for middle flow for all the kremlin spies seeking to undermine american democracy what we're talking about is the beginning of cyber warfare what the russians have done is unparalleled in its depth and breadth to spearfish to hack to provide just information propaganda apparently she knows how to deal with spies media reports suggested that chinese intelligence once recorded one of her staffers to spy on the us steal it secrets of then send them back to beijing but once feinstein found out she says that she fired him the every i told me five years ago it had concerns that china was seeking to create an administrative member of my california stuff. i took those concerns seriously learn the facts and make sure the employee left my office immediately whether there was chinese spying or not she seems pretty happy to promote the chinese interests on american soil in twenty fifteen if she and other senate democrats oppose ted cruz's effort to read name a street across from the chinese embassy after an

mac as wildfires continue to burn diane feinstein announced on twitter that the senate passed a provision for seven c- 130 air tankers to go to california to save resources with the attack.>> this is a dynamic process moving resources from fire to fire and sharing those critical resources.>> reporter: california's fire siege is the new norm. the president under the emergency declaration making federal emergency aid available to our state. >>> stay with us for continuing coverage of the fires, we are working to bring you the latest on air and online.>>> the senate intelligence committee heard testimony on election meddling. lawmakers want to prevent foreigners from using social media to interfere with u.s. collections but acknowledge that there are unfortunately no easy answers. facebook removed 32 accounts that they said was part of a sophisticated and coordinated foreign propaganda campaign.>> i'm not surprised as they've been relentless in their efforts to undermine the public's faith in our social and political institutions.>> the president should make clear that he isn't going to go b

an exclusive look at the letter sent to chris ray calling out a double standard investigating diane feinsteinnstein was tipped off about a chinese spy on her staff but the trump campaign was left in the dark about accused russian agents on their team. it appears the fbi launched a politically motivated investigation. laura trump ripping into omarosa about the new secret recording. omarosa aired excerpts of a tape that showed the daughter-in-law offering a job with the president after election campaign after she was fired from the white house. omarosa saw it as an attempt by her silence. laura trump responded to a woman to woman i shared a connection with omarosa as a friend and campaign sister, i was shocked and saddened by her betrayal and violation a deeply personal level. i hope it is worth it for you, omarosa, because some as you can't put a price on. jurors preparing for deliberations in paul manafort's fraud trial submitting a note as they begin deliberations. one of them asking for the definition of reasonable doubt. manafort's team calls a good time for them. a big stir before the jur

.>> reporter: is wildfires keep burning diane feinstein announced on twitter that the senate passed a provision to transfer seven c-130 air tankers to california to save resources.>> it's a dynamic process to move these resources from fire to fire and sharing these resources. for mac california's fire siege is the new normal. at the request of governor brown last week the president signed an emergency declaration for the california fires making federal emergency aid available to our state.>> thank you.>>> the massive carr fire is contained after a week and a half, earning 180 square miles and has taken a toll on the colost their lives. authorities say there's some good news to report, all 20 missing people on a list released yesterday have been found. officials say they've been moved and overwhelmed by the support that they received from the public.>> do not let it overwhelm us as a community, it can be, step back and take the little victories except that there will be occasional setbacks. at the end we will be a better community than before the started. >> firefighters say they have

go to nbcbayarea.com to read more about brett calfkavanaugh his meeting with diane feinstein. >>> pope francis made his first direct comments on the latest allegations of sexual assault against u.s. priests. in a three-page letter, the pope demanded accountability while begging for forgive nsz frness e victims. he says lay catholics must be involved in any effort to root out abuse and coverup. today's letter comes after word that one of the trusted cardinals from washington allegedly sexually abused and harassed children and adults. a pennsylvania grand jury reported detailed sexual attacks against at least 1,000 children over the past 70 years. >>> one of the women in the me too movement is accused of sexual abuse. "the new york times" was first to report that asia argento paid off a teenage actor after he claimed that she assaulted him. the report says it happened in a southern california hotel five years ago when he was 17. she paid him $380,000 to settle a claim. the sheriff is investigating. argento became one of the faces of the me too movement when she claimed producer harvey we

taking anthony kennedy's seat, he is turning to meet with heavy hitters on the democratic side, diane feinstein and these things coming up, these memos released by the national archives from when he worked for the bush white house and kenneth starr about the questions he was posing for then president bill clinton, they were very graphic and some people going after that but is that conduct was in question would he have to be asking those questions? is what brett fallon says, it is odd how brett kavanaugh has such detailed questions in mind for bill clinton but now thinks it is improper for a president to even be asked about foreign meddling in our elections. what a politically convenient change of heart? >> ridiculous. brett cavanagh was a lawyer, independent counsel at the time, he had a job to do, he was doing his job. everyone knew he worked the whitewater investigation for years before he was in the dc circuit, new news to ask tough questions? he is a good lawyer? that is what you expect a good lawyer to do and he never said that he doesn't want to ask tough questions, that is a ridiculous s

. >> diane feinstein had a chinese spy as her driver for 20 years! like dianne feinstein, i have to tell you. i don't like the fact that she had a chinese spy driving her, and she didn't know it. she says to me, what did you know? give me a break, come on, folks. trish: president trump attacking democratic senator dianne feinstein of california. i shouldn't laugh on this, this is actually, very, very serious stuff. there are reports that she had a chinese spy on her team, on her staff, in the past. feinstein retaliated on twitter to the president saying the fbi told me five years ago it had concerns china was seeking to recruit administrative member, despite no access to sensitive information. this person in question was a driver for her. so one would think that the driver might at times overhear sensitive conversations. she goes on. i tooked the concerns seriously, learned the facts, made sure the employee left my office immediately. issues of espionage, they are nothing new for the san francisco area. this is unbelievable. late last year officials h

again, he's not exactly in striking distance of diane feinstein, but i think he does represent a kind of what's going on in the liberal grassroots within the democratic party, the sort of urge to get something. that's what the establishment is really trying to placate. you could read the push by chuck schumer to delay the kavanaugh hearings because of these revelations. almost a misdirection or a redirection, rather, of that sort of frustration and anger. >> and certainly republicans certainly see impeachment as a way to rally their base against a year of democratic enthusiasm. you're seeing that from a variety of places. steve bannon, the former trump adviser, has a group. they're talking a lot about impeachment, framing this as a referendum on the president. >> if you don't for republicans, this president could go down. one of the things we've seen as well from republican leadership, rachael, this idea that if you're in a district that isn't so friendly to trump, you might want to criticize this president. this was tom cole of oklahoma. he said, so my advice to any candidate would b

. >>> supreme court justice how many brett kavanaugh met with diane feinstein on capitol hill.fy a conservative hold on the supreme court if he is nominated. judiciary committee hearings are set to begin in just two weeks. senator feinstein is among those who say that the process should be delayed until documents from his tenure in the george w. bush white house are turned over. liberal activists fear that he could be a deciding vote to overturn abortion rights, or the affordable care act. but, observers say it may be hard to convince moderate democrats running for reelection in red states to vote against him. >>> first lady melania trump spoke at an anti-bullying summit in maryland this morning. she addressed the positive and negative effects of social media. me on -- melania trump's "be best" campaign has a strong focus on preventing cyber bullying and being safe online. she believes that technology and social media companies can be proactive in sharing ideas about good online habits with children. >> social media is a part of our children's daily lives. it can be used in man

is that harvey immediately proposed the gay-rights ordinance to the board of supervisors and diane feinstein who is the head of the board said this ordinance has to go to committee. it's going to go, i think it was called police, fire and safety committee and she had put dan white in charge of the committee because dan white had been a fireman and a policeman and of course dan white would not let that bill out of committee. he wouldn't even let the committee discuss it. harvey, by then really knew how to play the game of politics and he went to dan and he said, if you release that bill from the committee, i will support your opposition to the home for troubled youth. dan white was pretty sure of five votes on the board. there were 11 people and you had to count six and harvey would have been the six the vote and so dan immediately let, gave an incredible speech not at all characteristic of him but he just wanted to get his bill passed, he told the people on the committee that he had served with gay people and black people in vietnam and he knew they could do as good a job as anyone else and

it can be a bit confusing because graham starts by referencing an investigation of senator diane feinsteinf california, a democrat's campaign. it came to the fbi's attention that a chinese man who was serving as feinstein's driver might be acting as an intelligence agent. senator graham in his letter writes this, although i appreciate the fbi's diligence in identifying the staffer with potential ties to the chinese government and providing senator feinstein with a defensive briefing, i'm deeply troubled that the trump campaign was not afforded the same treatment when the fbi began to suspect that campaign's staffers had improper ties to the russian government. he's alleging there could be a double standard. in a way, again, putting the fbi back on its heels. >> he's been taking these steps increasingly over the last couple of months. he's been demanding a second special counsel to investigate what he views are problems with the way the russia investigation was carried out and the way the clinton investigation was carried out. it's essentially confirming or giving some ammunition to the pre

the point of torture record, senator reid, i was interviewing di diane feinstein earlier today, she said difficult times she took on some entrenched opposition, john mccain was the first speech after her speech on the senate floor because john mccain had her back on it. >> john, as she pointed out was incredibly, not only effective but it was personal for him for obvious reasons. he suffered torture and he knew outstanding -- the other factor that prompted that he understood that if we could do this to others, how could we object this in iraq troops and how can we protect our soldiers. that was just as compelling to him as always was. what effect does this have on the young men and women serving in uniforms in the united states. for principle reasons and very personal reasons protecting the troops, he was there covering diane's back and everyone's back and making it a point. >> we should also point out that we'll see the family through the ceremonies. jimmy is 30 and jack is 32. jacket is an active duty and went to annapolis and is a pilot. jimmy enlisted and ended up in the service as w

you have diane feinstein 20 years ago going against illegal immigration. now, enforcing the law the books is considered wrong. there are some initiatives to resist that. we'll see if that can be built upon. what happened in california and across america's people are voting with their feet. they're moving to more conservative states or more liberal cities. states are moving in these directions. increasingly were talking past one another. >> doesn't that speak to tribalism and identity politics? >> i don't think they see each other as tribal. more on the left. the never trump phenomenon is a form of identity politics on the right where people identify themselves by decisions in 2016 and that's coloring every decision they make. there is a bit of that. i think conservatives tend to think of ourselves as not being part of a tribe, a being the norm, freethinkers so it's hard to get us to protest because we want to be left alone to live our life. generally that's the exception. >> the first republican debate they asked the republican candidates if they would une

senator diane feinstein among those demanding the release of documents from kavanaugh's tenure in thee bush white house. >>> a speech writer for president trump who went to a white nationalist event two years ago no longer works for the white house. that word comes after an inquiry last week by cnn's kfile team about darren beatty's attendance at the event. >>> and the feud between president trump and the former cia director john brennan escalating by the hour it seems. the president tweeting just a short time ago he hopes brennan sues. that in the wake of having his security clearance revoked by the president. but the president predicting he won't sue. >>> meanwhile, 175 former u.s. officials have added their names to letters denouncing the president's actions, his decision to revoke brennan's security clearance. james clapper is among those who say it is wrong for a president to punish free speech, but director clapper offered this caveat. >> i think, you know, john is sort of like a freight train, and he's going to say what's on his mind. i think, though, that the common denominato

diane feinstein had a chinese driver.ome china never spies on us question mark are those that say, boy they are brutal, you should ask what is going on? not just china. we have to stop meddling, we have to stop everybody from attacking us. there are a lot. russia is there, china is there. hey, we are doing well with north korea. but they are probably there. with to stop everybody. we have to stop. i like dianne feinstein, have to tell you. but i don't like the fact that she had a chinese spy driving her and she did not know it. and she says to me, what did you know about this? give me a break. come on, folks. not doing so well, it has only gotten worse, i guarantee you. if there is any meddling or any problems, i guarantee you it is going to happen really big now because we are taking our wealth back. we're taking our jobs back. newy day, we are setting records and we are keeping our promise. we have eliminated a record number of job-killing regulations. true.s so ohio is going to like this, we coalended the war on our mi

earlier today by our capitol hill producer who with the brett kavanaugh nomination arriving at diane feinstein's they will meet tomorrow with minority leader, chuck schumer. he testified before the committee which begins today, september 4. he currently sits on the dc circuit court of appeals. we will have it live on c-span at three or listen live on c-span radio app. senate just about to get started today and the work on amendments to the $857 billion spending package second and the largest probation bills for 2019 including defense, labor, hhs and education department. expect amendment debate and then votes beginning today at 5:30. the presiding officer : the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal lord god, your never failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and earth. thank you for providing comfort to all who seek you. we are grateful for your promise to supply all our needs and to keep us from stumbling or slipping. lord, bless our lawmakers, inspiring them to trust in your mighty power.

schumerle like chuck and nancy pelosi, diane feinstein, multimillionaires.ost: matt, there, in pennsylvania, saying he is going to vote -- did you say you would vote for democrats because of president trump? caller: yes. host: just wanted to clarify. referencing that supreme court case. we had mark janice, which led to that supreme court decision eliminating union fees for nonmembers. he was on the program a few days after the ruling. here's what he had to say about his position. [video clip] >> the unions are going to have to become more transparent, answer to the membership, and produce a product, if you will, if you want to call it that. that is going to entice people to join the union. they are going to have to offer something. just like somebody that manufactures a dishwasher, automobile, or any other product, as to why you should buy the product. i think that will be the major benefit. i also feel that it is going to strengthen the unions. there will become that transparency. there will become that re-thinking what they do and how they do it. and i thi

and they were dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. d diane is still there. in 1993, she offered the ban. i don't remember in republicans voted for it. the result of that vote, plus one other vote for a budget that president clinton proposed was if the democrats lost the house, lost the majority, and tom foley who was the speaker of the house that came from a rural district, who supported this assault weapons ban, lost his own district. it was a big deal. people on the other side of the issue mobilized and took him out. i don't know whether his district was overwhelming. but newt going risch became the speaker and ten years later when the bill expired it wasn't renewed. the assault weapons ban no longer exists. one more and then in a moment i'll go to these questions. i was remembering for some of us, the '60s, not just the activism around civil rights but president kennedy, who was the motivation for me to enter politics later. i went to the democratic national convention in 1960. i was a kid. dw grew up in l.a. went on the floor, saw him nominated and was a

they were dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. diane is still there, and in 1993 she authored the assault weapons ban which was a bill to ban civilian ownership of assault weapons for ten years, and it passed the house. i don't know whether any republican voted for it. i don't remember that, but the result of that vote, plus one other vote for a -- for a budget that president clinton who was then president proposed, was that the democrats lost the house, lost the majority and tom foley who was the speaker of the house and came from a district where he lost his own personal election. it was a big deal. the people on the other side of the issue mobilized and took him out, and i don't know whether his district was overwhelmingly democrat or it wasn't, and foley lost and newt gingrich became the speaker and ten years later whether this dal xipd. >> let me go to this one question and then we'll go on. i remember the '60s and remember the activism around the civil rights and president kennedy who was the motivation for me to enter politics la

remember feinstein was the one who, when the intelligence community inspector general charles mccullough, an obama appointee found classified information on hillary's secret e-mail server and bullied by diane fine stein until he dropped it. which is a huge deal. lou: not unacquainted with huge deals, it was senator feinstein, chair of the intelligence committee when it was discovered that john brennan's cia had been surveilling the committee's servers, first, he denied it so they not only spied on the senate intelligence committee, which has oversight responsibility in addition to everything else, if that wasn't bad enough. they were in charge of oversight. he denied doing so and had to admit he did, and she said, well, we're not going to prosecute anybody despite his actions as the head of the cia in that an agency surveilling. i mean feinstein has a record here, one wonders why anyone listened to her when they started talking about a special counsel for crying outlute. >> right, this is kind of what the congress does. they would rather be compromised than embarrassed. and she just said look how embarrassing this is. the chinese must be laughing at us. i think the chinese are laughing all

feinstein's side for decades.. exposed as a mole for the chinese government. >>> now at 11:00 the senator and the spy. a man who stayed by diane finestein's side for decades the chinese government. >> california senator diane finestein had no idea her bay area driver was allegedly part of a plan to pass on intelligence to china. we're live in front of the chinese consulate this evening with new details on the spy who infiltrated her office. >> reporter: this spy was allegedly recruited during a family trip and his assigned mark senator diane finestein. the spy who drove me sounds like the title of a james bond movie. instead it's a rip from the headlines of reality in politico and the san francisco chronicle about diane finestein. first they revealed a staffer was a chinese spy, citing an unnamed source the column revealed the chinese spy was finestein's driver for 20 years who also served as a gopher in her bay area office and was a liaison for the asian american community. he even attended chinese american functions for the senator. she was reportedly mortified when the fbi told her she had been infiltrated. jeff hart former