joining us now, one of the members of that committee, congressman eric swalwell, democrat from californiaman swalwell, i know that in your hearing tomorrow some of what gets said in that closed session could be public. it's just that there's enough that will be said that is -- that couldn't be public that it needs to be closed. of the -- of what you can share with us, did you hear things in today's hearing, in today's public hearing that you expect to be expanded on in tomorrow's closed hearing? >> good evening, lawrence. yes, we did. particularly around three areas. one, that donald trump had knowledge of wikileaks. he was previewed what they were later release. two, that he did talk to his son in what appears to be the trump tower meeting that his son had with the russians as they were about to dump information about hillary clinton. and third, that he would routinely ask what's going on with russia as it related to the trump tower project. but it's just so disturbing to imagine a candidate for president of the united states of america from any party, to imagine that that individual wou

one police are now able to confiscate the weapons of citizens who are psychologically ill also eric swalwell is now pushing a proposition in congress for a check system to cover all commercial firearms sales in the country but republicans are pushing back on his bill many see the problem being illegal immigrants crossing the mexican us border. chary would not have stopped many of the circumstances i raised but a wall a barrier on the southern border may have and that's what we're fighting for. the father of one of the victims of the parkland shooting couldn't keep quiet the gentleman will suspend orders there are the republicans in the senate have the numbers to block new gun regulation now democrats have control of the house of representatives cameron is hopeful politicians will act. it's inspiring to me because in a time when everybody felt so hopeless and everybody was looking at our government and seeing a lack of representation for them we've got a we've got a bright new future coming for thanks to cameron and his fellow classmates from parkland politicians like eric swalwell determined

eric swalwell/(d) california: "i guess you guys are getting in pretty close to the line here. i'm about to jump in. the water's warm. i expect very soon to make an announcement about that.">( james ) swalwell says he is setting up staff in both iowa nad south carolina... two of the earliest primary states. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... what we're learning after the oakland diocese released the names of dozens of priests who are accused of sexually abusing minors. ( darya ) plus... we'll hear from the sausalito woman who lost everything following a destructive mudslide..who she says is to blame. ( darya ) and after the break.... a state senator is looking to eliminate the speed limit on two california highways. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. lowe's knows you're a team who does remodeling right. we do it right too, with stylish collections that pull it all together. so, you can rethink your bathroom without rethinking your budget. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. more sunshine to

(grant) bay area congressman eric swalwell is in new hampshire... and says he is considering throwing his hat into the 20- 20 ring. today, he met with business and political leaders in manchester, where he explained why he's thinking about running for president. rep. eric swalwell/ (d) california:"i'm here in february on a monday morning not because i want to see all the dublins that are in the united states and i did yesterday see dublin, new hampshire. it is because i am considering running for president. i do believe i'm connected to that everyday american experience of grit and resiliency but believing that it adds up to something." (grant) some of swalwell's ideas include: universal health care, a debt-free college work-study plan, and banning and buying back assault rifles from dangerous individuals. ((vicki))president trump is calling on the nation's governors to cooperate with the white house.the president met with governors from both parties today before leaving the country for a summit with north korean leader kim jung un.kron 4 washington

(ken) bay area congressman eric swalwell is in new hampshire...he is considering throwing his hat into the 2020 ring. today, he met with business and political leaders in manchester, where he explained why he's thinking about running for president. rep. eric swalwell/ (d) california:"i'm here in february on a monday morning not because i want to see all the dublins that are in the united states and i did yesterday see dublin, new hampshire. it is because i am considering running for president. i do believe i'm connected to that everyday american experience of grit and resiliency but believing that it adds up to something." something." (ken)some of swalwell's ideas include: universal health care, a debt-free college work- study plan, and banning and buying back assault rifles from dangerous individuals. (catherine) the stage is set for the latest summit between the u-s and north korea. we'll take you to hanoi... to see if president trump can come home with a new peace treaty. if you're watching us on the 'kron on' app - our news coverage continues

i do want to bring in eric swalwell now, democrat of california. also sits on the house intelligence committee as well. congressman, let's start with this hearing that's in recess right now. so far have you been pleased with the answers that you've heard from matt whitaker? >> no, craig. actually i find him to be disrespectful toward the process, which is kind of a theme we've seen with this administration, which is a lack of respect for oversight. and then enablers on the republican side who don't believe that that is our role. i'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. there's only been two members who have questioned him. i hope that he knows that our responsibility is to make sure that the rule of law is intact in this country. it's had a wrecking ball taken to it. and principally around the mueller investigation, we just want to make sure that it has the freedom of movement. we don't need to know which indictments are next, who's been interviewed, just does it have the freedom of movement to follow the evidence or is he constricting it. >

eric swalwell. i'm mocking his name. >> tucker: see if answer matches tape.well. >> turned a trip to go to starbucks into a political statement tweeting this: it's snowing in new york. i y need coffee. the closest cafe is inside trump tower this is me walking to alternative. >> tucker:iv they are giving it to you even though you sound like the parents in a peanut cartoon. >> i was mocking his name. >> they are trying-to-a pease you. >> tucker: i don't think they are. i think you are back to zero. congratulations. >> story of my life.f >> tucker: question four, if you looked up at the night sky this week. if you didn't live in new york city for example, you may have seen an interesting lunarer spectacle the winter moon appeared extra bright thousands of miles closer to to the earth closer than it is is there is a name for this event and hint is has something to do with winter weather. [laughter] if you were to look outside your apartment. >> i don't do that i usually sit in a dark room and listen to death metal. >> wait, >> i saw the picture it was tweeted. >>

what does eric swalwell say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible by... corporate funding is provided by... and by... >> representative swalwell, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you for having me on, margaret. >> you are a fourth-term member of the house of representatives, and your party has just taken back the house of representatives, which makes you chair of the cia subcommittee and the house intelligence committee, and you're also on the judiciary committee. and you've been traveling to iowa a little bit lately and you've even mentioned that you're considering a run for the presidency in 2020. >> well, iowa -- >> representative swalwell, would you like to make news on "firing line" and tell us whether you're gonna run for president? >> i intend to make news soon, but, right now, i'm considering -- >> but right now. you could do it on public television. >> yeah, i'd better call my wife. [ both laugh ] what's your decision tree? seriously. >> well, one, i think i could make a difference. i don't think anyone should run if you don't believe you can ma

on the other scale, beto o'rourke. >> our mayor pete, i think he's 37. >> and eric swalwell is young.ys he won't run for reelection from california if he decides to run for the presidency. but i just got this e-mail from his campaign saying he happens to be in iowa on sunday, monday, campaigning for an iowa state senate candidate. you know who bothers to do that? not california congress mmen. presidential candidates. >> susan page, gradeat to see y. >>> coming up, a blunt warning to republicans. you're watching msnbc. ns you're watching msnbc. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't beat usaa" we're the webber family. we're the tenney's we're the hayles, and we're usaa members for life. ♪ get your usaa auto insurance quote today. even if you're doing everything right, inside, something can be wrong. preventive screenings can help.

bay area congressman eric swalwell is weighing in on the case. ( darya ) other politicians ... other politicians ... including speaker of the house nancy pelosi ... have deleted their tweets supporting smollet. they are choosing to stay quiet on the matter until the investigation is resolved. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...a look at an untapped source of billions of dollars for students about to head to college. more sunshine to expect today and another comfortable afternoon ahead of us. look forward to temperatures boosting well into the 50's with a comfortable afternoon after frigid cold temperatures

. >> joe biden, bernie sanders, eric swalwell have not declared but are considering a run.ltz who's considering a run as an independent. >> i want to see if i can ignite a national movement to restructure, reimagine and disrupt this political system that's based not on the will have the people but the will of the ideologist of both parties. >> he does not think he would be a spoiler and will make his final decision in late spring and early summer. if the numbers don't bear out he's fine dropping out of contexts. >> a lot to choose from. >>> the trump administration announced the withdrawal with the nuclear arms treaty with russia. it was signed by president reggae reagan. the state department gave russia six months to return to comlines. >> for years russia has violated the terms of the treaty. we can no longer be restricted by treaty while adam schiff say nuclear arms buildup. >>> president trump may declare a national emergency to build a wall. nancy pelosi left the door open for fencing but no wall. >>> bay area congressman eric swalwell announced his guest for state of

we have a member of the house intelligence committee, eric swalwell, who will be questioning michael cohen tomorrow in a closed-door session. we have former federal prosecutor mimi roka. you heard a lot about the southern district of new york today. the legal filings on michael cohen by the prosecutors of the southern district of new york became a major component in all of the republicans' questioning in that hearing today. we have tim o'brien who wrote a book about donald trump and his businesses. a book that got tim o'brien sued by donald trump. a lawsuit that tim o'brien won. tim o'brien was the first person to said the words allen weissleberg to me when he identified the chief financial officer of the trump organization as a key player in the investigation of the trump business. we heard michael cohen making repeated references today to allen weissleberg, who may now be called before that committee. and no one can take up inside the trump business -- no one can talk about the inside of the trump businesses better than tim o'brien. so we're very lucky to have him here tonight. and

eric swalwell is also a former local prosecutor. he was a deputy district attorney in california is he is now a congressman representing california's 15th congressional district and he is a member of both the house judiciary committee and the house intelligence committee, which makes him one of the real mvps that we can have discussing these subjects. and congressman swalwell, i want to start with you. first of all, let me do a quick parenthesis about this breaking news tonight from the judiciary committee. where chairman jerry nadler is asking matthew whitaker to return to the judiciary committee to amplify or expand on some testimony that apparently he and possibly you are not satisfied with. >> lawrence, good evening. we believe that his testimony was disrespectful last week. it was dismissive and possibly dishonest. he invoked a number of privileges to avoid our questions about how he got the job, why he didn't recuse himself in light of his prior statements about the mueller investigation and why he said publicly that the inves

bay area congressman eric swalwell is weighing in on the case. ( darya ) other politicians ... including speaker of the house nancy pelosi ... have deleted their tweets supporting smollet. they are choosing to stay quiet on the matter until the investigation is resolved. ( james ) coming up. giants manager bruce bochy says 2019 is his last run in the major leagues. we'll hear from the skipper about walking away from baseball. ( james ) and details on why a company is recalling more than 400-thousand boxes of cereal. ( james ) and a large bird pounces on a small dog --- and almost flies away with it. what the owner did t

leading off our discussion now, democratic congressman eric swalwell from california. he's a member of the intelligence and judiciary committees. and jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com and an msnbc contributor. congressman swalwell, first of all, the president's characterization of this meeting today in the oval office in which the only source we have on this is the president, no transcript, no video, and he's saying that the intelligence chiefs came in there and said to him we didn't say any of those things that are now on video that we've all seen them say. >> well, good evening, lawrence. so telling is that the president did not watch that hearing which i and so many others watched to learn about our worldwide threats because if he had watched he would have seen that they laid out the threats that we face. what is most concerning, though, is that the threats that the president believes face us are phantom threats and he's putting up walls to protect against them and those walls on the southern border would only divide us and destroy the symbol of america

. >>> after the speech we talked to eric swalwell. his guest was a survivor of park land shooting. both were disappointed the president didn't talk about gun reform. >> it was a missed opportunity for the country. it showed in last election this was a top of mind c. >> tomorrow gun reform will be before judiciary committee. there's a link to the state of the union on ktvu.com. >>> a cold winter storm on bay area mountaintops. this is looking forward mt. 4578 tonight. the stop top received 8-inches. >> i've been here for five years and this is the most i've seen it snow. it usually snows every year but this is the most i've seen. >> several people were turned around due to the weather conditions. snow fell in other spots. >>> the bay area is anticipating another cold night with temperatures near freezing and laled to outreach levels to help homeless survive. blankets are being handed out. >> right now it feels like it's freezing cold and can only imagine what it will be like throughout the night. here doors will stay open throughout the day to protect the homeless from tmore beds if

eric swalwell said he will make a decision soon. we have a full list on a brks krrc 7 news.com. >> girls can now join the boy scouts. the troops will be separate, bu since june. in the bay area, nearly 300 girls have joined the program so far. an east bay executive said they have several girl troops ready to go. >> a restaurant owner has a beef with a customer who stole a porter house steak on camera. it was north eeast of modesto. he came in and asked for a table of four. he ordered a steak, lobster and a beer, looking up at the surveillance. he made his move, wrapping a steak in the brad basket napkin and took off. >> he's unethical and out to commit a crime. >> definitely a used car salesman or bad real estate agent. slime ball. it would be great if he paid and apologized. i doubt that's going to happen. >> the owner decided to post a video to catch the smuggler. he said it's not about the money, but it's about the principal. >> the word slime ball may be appropriate. >> good grilling. >> good one. still ahead at 11:00, the super

congressman eric swalwell is on the committee and he joins me now.ere. >> yeah, don, thank you very much. >> what do you think of this "new york times" report? >> i never thought the acting attorney general was worthy of being taken at his word and that we should test his accounts, you know, that he gave us, because it was contradicted by "the new york times" and other press reporting. and now this story today shows that we need to get him back in. we probably need to hear from other witnesses and subpoena other documents. >> if these allegations are true, is that obstruction? >> oh, geez, obstruction was like ten exits ago with most of these characters. yeah, it's really, what can we do to intervene and make sure that, you know, the rule of law, which is the long pole in our tent of democracy still stands. at this point, don, we have to just make sure that rule of law is standing. and how do you interdict? >> so let me ask you, do you have -- do you believe or do you have evidence that whitaker shared information with the mueller investigation with

eric swalwell joins us from the hill.u get a sense that he was afraid to say anything good about mueller? >> i did. good evening, chris. i got the sense this was a man who wanted to please donald trump. the only person who he really, i think, considered important in this hearing as he knew trump would be watching. but also i got the sense he was afraid as to what would happen to him if he didn't give the rights questions. my colleague, david cicilline pressed him that president trump lashed out on him when the indictments came out, and he got really nervous and was very evasive. they're afraid of trump. but i asked him a simple question. is mueller honest? he said yes. is mueller conflicted? donald trump tweets all the time that he's conflicted and he said he didn't believe him to be. and then i said, can you just say right now for the president to see, mr. president, mueller is honest and he's not conflicted. you could tell that made him nervous. so i saw that pattern all day long >> you know, i don't hear anybody saying

appreciate your perspective. >> thank you. >> eric swalwell. i thought that was a throw away question. now we may have a new entrant in the race. he represents things we don't have in the race right now. very interesting. so from the big hearing to the big hypocrite. the people this president wants you to hate. he hires. and even more than we knew. an astounding discovery that leads from this property all the way to central america, next. does removing makeup your skin deserves better. garnier micellar cleansing water with micelles that work like a magnet. it's a pure way to remove stubborn makeup without harsh rubbing. cleansing, reinvented. micellar water. by garnier, naturally! ♪ ♪ this simple banana peel represents a bold idea: a way to create energy from household trash. it not only saves about 80% in carbon emissions... it helps reduce landfill waste. that's why bp is partnering with a california company: fulcrum bioenergy. to turn garbage into jet fuel. because we can't let any good ideas go to waste. at bp, we see possibilities everywhe

. >>> tonight eric swalwell is closer to running for president in 2020. a spokesperson says he is ready and will make an announcement in april. he would be the second bay area politician. >>> the woman at the center of a political crisis in virginia broke her silence before a sold-out crowd at stanford. >> some of you know me, some of you don't. >> reporter: speaking for the first time, she accusing lieutenant governor justin fairfax of sexual assault. >> i want to be very, very clear here. particularly when you're thinking about women and girls, you're looking at roughly 65% of the u.s. population will be raped or victim of some type of sexual assault in their lifetimes. >> reporter: she said through her legal team and the university she wouldn't be speaking about her accusations at the symposium. the subject of her work dove tailed with the crisis in the virginia state house. >> a recurring theme when women come forward, the deliberate attempt to try to undermine someone's credibility. and also a prior tightization or women who might come from a higher

fighting words from congressman eric swalwell. thank you. phil rucker, harry litman, thank you for being with us as well. >>> after the break, donald trump's wall becomes more like a political ball and chain, with congress balking at his emergency declaration for wall funding, a desperate president trots out a new plan, a human wall. >>> daniel dale takes us to truth school. >>> and the state of the union is bleak. the toll donald trump is taking on our democracy. all that coming up. p is taking on our democracy all that coming up that's why at safelite, we'll show you exactly when we'll be there. with a replacement you can trust. all done sir. >> grandpa: looks great! >> tech: thanks for choosing safelite. >> grandpa: thank you! >> child: bye! >> tech: bye! saving you time... so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ ♪ ♪ and everywhere i go ♪ there's always something to remind me. ♪ ♪ of another place and time. ♪ . >>> back in 2016, then-candidate donald trump spoke with the "washington post's" robert

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eric swalwell / -d- california: "i'm considering running for president in 2020 coming back to iowa"thedemocratic field of contenders already crowded -- more than six hundred days from election day.but the left is playing catch-up.president trump filed for re-election the day he took office.meaning he can raise and spend campaign cash his entire term --on fundraising and rallies. president trump: "is there any place that is more fun to be than a trump rally?"according to the federal election commission -- the trump campaign raised more than $129 million, a record for any sitting president this early in the election cycle. president trump: "we will make america great again."in a race where no ádemocratic frontrunner has emerged -- it's critical for potential candidates to get their faces and message to voters.sen. cory booker / -d- presidential candidate: "the test of this next election is our ability to unite americans."i'm mary moloney reporting. coming up next at 6:30 new video of the latest batch of fresh snow in the sierra. chief meteorologist laurence karnow will add up the numbers

. >> we aye want to bring in democratic congressman eric swalwell of california, who just emerged from that all-day closed-door hearing with michael cohen. thank you for joining us. >> of course, wolf. >> did you learn anything new from michael cohen's testimony today? >> oh, boy. that would be an understatement. we learned a lot of new things. i can't go into them. there's very valuable new leads that we learned and he has been asked to bring back some documents to corroborate what he has told us. we did find him to be cooperative and answered every question we asked. >> so, beyond what he said yesterday during the public hearing before the house oversight committee, you're suggesting that additional new information was released, very important critical information. is that right? >> yes, wolf. >> did his testimony today behind closed doors -- i know you're restricted in what you can say until they release the transcript. adam schiff says at one point they will release the transcript. did he give your committee new reason to go ahead and subpoena additional witnesses in the investigat

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eric swalwell... taking to the picket lines with teachers today. tweeting,,,, "our teachers deserve more. many are struggling to make ends meet.. while also trying to provide the best education for students ... in overcrowded classrooms. i stand with teachers." (ken) our team coverage on this big story continues with kron four's philippe djegal. he reports from oakland... where families who are standing in solidarity with the teachers and staff on strike... kept their students out of school. (philippe) organizers at local recreation centers in oakland doing their best to keep kids busy... active and focused on learning... despite the strike forcing this change to students' typical school day routine. captain purnell hall/salvation army- "we are prepared, um, for the additional days as needed to be able to help our community." for those who registered ahead of the time... free lunch, snacks and adult supervision were available at the salvation army on garden street. captain purnell hall says he and his wife are making the facility available to famil

. >>> east bay congressman eric swalwell announced he is bringing cameron kasky, student survivor of the 2018 mass shooting in parkland florida. the 14-year-old helped organize the march for our lives last spring and has co-founded a gun violence prevention advocacy group. you can watch president trump's state of the union address tuesday night right here on kpix5. live coverage begins at 6 p.m. >>> san francisco mayor london breed kicked off black history month at city hall today. erican heroes who led >> here in san francisco despite having an african american population that's less than 6%, we still know how to make sure that our voices are heard. >> breed spoke about local african american heros who led the way for future generations like poet maya angelu, journalist belva davis and her grandmother who she says never gave up on her. breed is san francisco's first african american female mayor. >>> well, san francisco city leaders are overhauling a billing policy that can leave patients at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital in heavy debt. the hospital says about 6% of patie

. >>> congressman eric swalwell is edging closer to running for president in 2020 and a spokesperson for the democrats says he is ready and will make a decision by april. if he does jump into the race he would be the second politician bay area ties alongside senator kamala harris. >>> it looks like there will be nfl football in oakland for one more season and the oakland coliseum executives acknowledged they met thidthe d they were discussing a lease until the raiders walked away from negotiations. the city of oakland filed a lawsuit against the team in the nfl. they will move to las vegas for the 2020 season. >>> the wearable robots with the new function, coming up, how the devices can help people overcome physical injuries and recover faster. >>> here is a look outside of the conditions from the salesforce tower cam looking over the embarcadero with raindrops on the camera lens. this is one of the strongest and when the storms of the year, and we will have more on this when we come back. >>> here is the hi-def doppler and you can see it is raining pretty much everywhere. we have wi

joining us now is congressman eric swalwell of california.er of the both the intelligence committee and the judiciary committee. congressman swalwell, nice to see you. thanks for being here. >> you, too. thanks for having me back, rachel. >> i have to tell you, i have lots of questions to ask you about this whitaker thing. i to actually want to ask you about some news that has just crossed since i have been talking, which is that former michigan congressman, longtime, longtime michigan congressman and beloved figure in the democratic party john dingell has just died at the age of 92. we had heard from his wife yesterday that he had entered hospice care. his wife, of course, is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell. john dingell served in congress for 59 years, longest-serving member of the house. he has just passed at the age of 92. i don't know if you personally knew congressman dingell or if you had any reaction to the news of his passing tonight, sir? >> it's crushing news, rachel. thank you for bringing it up to tribute his service. i d

eric swalwell/(d) california: "i guess you guys are getting in pretty close to the line here. 'm about to jump in. the water's warm. i expect very soon to make an announcement about that.">( james ) swalwell says he is setting up staff in both iowa nad south carolina... two of the earliest primary states. ( darya ) senator bernie sanders is the 10th democrat to officially throw their hat in the presidential ring. jeff zeleny takes a look at where they stand on some of the big issues and how it could end up hurting them in the general election. (nats)that sound you hear on the campaign trail is democratic presidential candidates moving sharply to the left.from medicare-for-all. sen. kamala harris, (d) presidential candidate:"health care is a fundamental right (cheers) and we will deliver that right with medicare for all!"to a green new deal.sen. kirsten gillibrand, (d) new york:"creating a green economy should be the moonshot of this generation."to a new wealth tax.sen. elizabeth warren, (d) presidential candidate:"it is time to put a modest tax on the giant fortunes in this cou

joining us, democratic congressman eric swalwell of california.orning. >> after some back and forth with the justice department where the acting attorney general threatened not to show up at your hearing today, the judiciary did come out yesterday, the justice department, saying he will be there. so what do you want to know from the acting attorney general this morning? >> this is about more than just one person testifying. this is a damage assessment of the rule of law in our country. it's just had a wrecking ball taken to it for the last two years. we want to know if it's still standing. we want to see if the mueller investigation has had a freedom of movement to follow the evidence. we want to know why he has not recused himself, what he's passing back to donald trump about the investigation and as he alluded to earlier, with all of this sketchy stuff in his background, how did he end up in this job? because it doesn't really seem like if a proper vetting had occurred, that is the person that would be most qualified for the job. but it does see

eric swalwell, california democrat, pretty likable guy. >> turned a trip to starbucks into a politicalclosest cafÉ is inside trump tower, this is me walking to an alternative. folks on social media roasting him. it is new york, coffee shops everywhere they wanted to post about trump and being dramatic, sad. robin tweets advice, take the high road and tweet positive father. avoid petty negative comments. if you don't believe me, just ask him and he will tell you so. i like robin's tweet about taking the high road. a pretty low road in the land of twitter. jillian: i don't understand how a statue is causing so much of a stir. >> site make robin comfortable. rob: you do it every day. >> interest in our 16th president, a reminder the los angeles courthouse has a statue of abraham lincoln where he is a shirtless young studs suggestively tugging at his waistband like a sports illustrated swimsuit model. abraham lincoln like you have never seen him before. honest abs. the gettysburg undressed. jd tweets babe lincoln. absolutely. i am sure when you woke up this morning, you said we are going t

. >> this is congressman eric swalwell. >> can you ask him i would appreciate it if he would make the announcement, it he is running for president right now on this show right now. could he do that for me? >> can you make it right now for us on msnbc? >> can i phone a wife? phone a wife? >> we tried, we tried. >> we're pretty close. we're getting close. >> he has been around, but you have the likes of congressman e delaney, you visited all 99 counties. they went to a local spaghetti beg dinner and they're going to places where trump won by margins of 2-1. they're people that can talk about progressive issues and they can also go back and win because again donald trump won here by two percentage points two years ago. there is a big field at hand. >> i got an actually idea for dinner. >> we're looking at the clock, we have about 40 minutes, we'll try to get it out of him. >> we're here to 4:00 if he changes his mind. coming up next, a parliament accuses facebook of overriding user settings and saying they're digital dang stegangsters. >>> you are watching msnbc. > yoc u you. all of you.

as one member of the committee, eric swalwell, put it, "we are going to take an m.r.i.o any russian financing that the trump organization and the president may have had." (as committee member) "yes, we're taking an m.r.i. to the finances, a cat scan to the inaugural committee, and, we didn't ask for it, but someone already gave us a urine sample." ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) ( cheers and applause ) allegedly. we don't know. >> jon: allegedly. >> stephen: we don't know. and they're not just looking at interference by russia. swalwell explained he was worried other countries may have tried to influence the president, saying "we are not going to be so naive to assume that trump's faithful to the russians." well, come on! why would trump be unfaithful to the russians? he's not married to them. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) oh, oh! and it's not just the intelligence committee. the house ways and means committee met today to start building a case to pursue trump's tax returns! ( cheers and applause ) remember those? do you remember those? >> jon: i remember that! >> st

even cable news staple and california congressman eric swalwell is getting in on the action.e hasn't even declared he's running yet. the action will start back up on sunday. the pivotal states of iowa and new hampshire. senator elizabeth warren is making her way all the way out west to nevada. we're still four months away from the first debate in june. we're still a year and eight months away from election day, but with nine people already declared as running and seemingly half the democratic party considering a run for president, it's going to be a busy time in politics and air travel. and while things are revving up on the democratic side, this headline today must have gotten somebody's attention in the west wing. "former massachusetts governor bill weld announces plan to challenge president trump for republican nomination." note that last bit about the republican nomination. weld is most recently remembered for his role in the ill-fated libertarian ticket in 2016 with gary johnson. bill weld hasn't won an election since 1994, but as you can guess, any primary challenge wil

we'll be with keir still gillibrand, eric swalwell, john delaney in parts of iowa.to play part of our interview with the minnesota candidate. every single one of these stops has been how do we win back iowa in the general election. donald trump won iowa in 2016 by 10 percentage points. i asked amy klobuchar that question. >>> if you look at iowa, two republican senators, they voted for donald trump. they just voted in a republican governor. what is it republicans are doing democrats did not? >> we had two women running. part of it is this rollover and divide. you want someone running nationally who will focus on the rural issues which i did in minnesota, we're the 5th biggest ag state in the country. someone who can cross that line and bring people together. >> reporter: andrea, i've been on the grounds here in iowa the last three weeks hearing from the candidates. it's interesting what emotions these candidates are trying to extract out of the voters. elizabeth warren is focused on the frustrations of the people whether it be corporate lobbyists or big oil companie

>> laura: eric swalwell was on cnn tonight and even erin burnett pressed him about the myriad of investigationst's watch. >> are you worried at all about democrats getting mired in these investigations are not other work? are all of these worthwhile. >> more cannot be less come out when i was a prosecutor i would have defense attorneys come in and they would say can we make them all go away, and can we plead to one? i would say no, more is not less. >> laura: what is that screen of investigations? >> our committee, the intelligence committee which is supposed to be overseeing places like china, russia, north korea. we are going to go back into russia again with no new evidence. >> laura: there's some breaking news from the hill, there's a chance meeting between adam schiff infusion gps is glenn simpson and aspen last summer. both men told him it was coincidental, what's your take? >> it sounds like the tarmac meeting between bill clinton and the former attorney general. if the ranking member at the time was meeting privately with simpson who was the main figure in our investigation, he is the o

we have kpix 5 congressman eric swalwell -- kiet do urging people to evacuate and we are live. >> reportere is a ton of staffers out here from the city and county monitoring the situation. this is the guatalupe river and i have not seen it moved this swiftly in a couple of years at least. what you're looking at right now is that the river is at 16 feet. this small #is the count and you can see this down to 16 feet in a few more feet before it hits y ndfloo davel. is concerning is that at 945 -- 9:45 pm it was 7.5 feet, 16 feet at 5 am but holding steady right now. the san jose police have fanned out across the area knocking on doors telling people about the evacuation order. they set up a command post at the light rail station nearby. crews are monitoring the situation overnight and watching the river rising rapidly with the text push alert going out at 4:30 am. they say residents are being urged to evacuate but it is not mandatory. we met a woman, laura, that lives at the subdivision in the willow glen creek area near by and she is ready to go. >> i brought necessary things like my umbrel

. >> eric swalwell is getting closer to deciding if he will join the crowd. san francisco chronicle he is getting pretty close to a decision and he will give up his house seat if he decides to run. >> i think if you're seeking such a big job that would affect so many people, i think you have to assure the people you're asking to vote for you you're not hedging and you don't have a lifeboat waiting for you. >> earn the votes, he stormed the land and had them burn the ships behind him so there was no looking back. i would want people to know i'm putting my all into this and i don't have a life insurance policy. >> the republican political operative at the center of a midterm ballot tempering scheme in north carolina's district 9 house race has been indicted. leslie mccray dowless was arrested and charged with seven felonies including obstruction of justice yesterday. four people working for him were also charged. it follows a month's long investigation into the absentee ballot irregular teaitieirregul. mark harris led dan mccready by 905 votes on election day.

we're also hearing from congressman eric swalwell, julian castro. we're hearing from many democrats who are saying you know what, you've got to resign. you can't stay there. but the two republican senators have not called for him to resign, not directly anyway. they've called for him to think about it, to think about what to do next. and they decry what he said, but certainly there are plenty of democrats now who are piling on this governor to walk away. that this is not okay and you cannot survive this. we will see what happens, don. >> there's a lot of photo worry, yearbook worry going on out there because there are people who have other pictures like that. trust. so this a second major controversy facing the governor this week. this photo surfacing follows remarks he made about abortion. >> yeah, and that certainly sparked a lot of reaction out of virginia and elsewhere. he was on a radio show, governor northam was appearing and discussing late term abortion. and he said something like the infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother an

to look cool cracking the beer and vado live streamed his dentist upon, possible 2020 contender eric swalwellr. the closest cafe is inside trump tower. this is me walking to an alternative. the congressman getting ripped on social media. this is new york city. as you can see, there's over a dozen other coffee shops within a few blocks. including a different starbucks around the corner. greg, not a smooth tweet. >> greg: i say this all the time. the golden rule, you on twitter is a lesser version of you. >> jesse: didn't have a lot to work with anyway. >> greg: starting with a low bar. you know the media's going to pick it up. wait until they get a load of this idea. i'm going to take a picture of me walking by trump tower. i'm going to be a hero. i'm not going in there. what we see when we see the tweet is we see the thirst behind it. the desire. then we go what a schmuck. because exposure is more accessible now, everybody is turning into the star of their own movie. everybody's doing this. we have democratized the spotlight. >> dana: i feel like he should consider tea over coffee because it'

we also heard from democratic congressman eric swalwell who also represents the east bay. >> this is a very american thing to do, activism, to tell our neighbors and friends and those in the community that these conditions, teachers having to commute hours to teach because they can't afford to live in the neighborhoods where they teach, not getting a raise within five years helps, healthcare costs going up nonsustainable. >> demonstration such as these are the american thing to do, he said, by bringing activism to the neighborhood. >>> we just saw alyssa live it oakland tech. now live from the redwood heights rec center what is going on there? >> reporter: a very structured day already. a few minutes ago kids came outside, having tee time right now you can see them on the swing set. to stay will be structured. they will have different lizards throughout the day. math, music even martial arts for the students. we got the first look inside the rec center a few minutes ago. we went inside this center, redwood heights can hold 60 students. 40 students already signed up on the worksheet t