the second major crash of a commercial airline flight in the last month, east bay congressman eric swalwell. >> is placing blame on president donald trump. congressman swalwell is back in the east bay tonight. meaning his constituents for the first time since trump took office this week, swalwell has openly blamed and criticized the president on social media around 4 sarah stinson. >> spoke with a representative one-on-one this evening and she joins us live in union city now with the story. sarah. >> congressman eric swalwell was very real with his constituents tonight explaining the hurdles he faces in dc working under the trump administration. >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runwa

eric swalwell was back in town for a town hall. our katie nielsen had some tough questions for him about how the party plans to get back on track. the >> reporter: the town hall here is one of the most well attended in years. there were 500 seats made available and all of them were gone within the first hour. there is almost another thousand people on the waiting list, hoping to get in. and the congressman says he thinks that is just because so many people want their voices heard now that the new administration is in office. >> reporter: it was a packed house filled with supporters, who represents the southern portion of alameda county. >> and i will work to protect you, and we will protect by working to protect each other. we can do that as a community. >> reporter: and he has been an outspoken critic, specifically of the trump administration both four years ago and now. and now? he's vowing to bring the fight back to the capital. >> the republicans won the white house. they now have control of congress, and they have stacked the

it was a packed house at the mark green sports center filled with supporter es for congressman eric swalwell, who represents the southern portion of alameda county. >> i will work to protect you and we will protect by working together each other. we can do that as a community. >> reporter: swalwell has been an outspoken critic specifically of the trump administration, both four years ago and now, rising to national prominence with repeated appearances on cable news networks and his involvement in the trump impeachment hearings. and now he's vowing to bring the fight back to the capitol. >> republicans won the white house. they now have control of congress, and they have stacked the courts. you don't have a lot of levers of power to pull, so what do you reasonably hope that you can do or preserve? >> my vote really does matter right now because the republicans cannot lose a single vote right now. so if they can't keep it all together, and they never have been able to, democrats have leverage. >> elections are all about values, and the american people have spoken very clearly that they are not

our katie nielsen has tough questions for one of president trump's fiercest critics in congress, eric swalwell party. >>> and plus they open up to a lot of fanfare. two cafes in san francisco's union square run by the celebrity chef suddenly shattered with reaction from regulars. and the city about what's next. >>> plus, why you could soon see apple and pixar on the u.s. currency. all that coming up at 6:00. but let's get to matt lively in scottsdale, arizona, for a look at sports. >>> the fans are long gone from scottsdale stadium, but there is still a buzz that can be felt from when justin verlander towed the rubber and pitched the giants hitter for the first time this spring. this is a big deal here in camp. logan webb, the ace. one of several guys that rounded mind the mound, just to get a glimpse of jv, taking on the heart of the order. and elliott ramos, immediately earned some bragging rights on his new teammate when he connected for a home run. now, i cannot repeat what justin verlander's reaction is, but here is what ramos had to say. >> it's crazy. i have to say i got that in the boo

it was a packed house at the mark green sports center filled with supporter es for congressman eric swalwello represents the southern portion of alameda county. >> i will work to protect you and we will protect by working together each other. we can do that as a community. >> reporter: swalwell has been an outspoken critic specifically of the trump administration, both four years ago and now, rising to national prominence with repeated appearances on cable news networks and his involvement in the trump impeachment hearings. and now he's vowing to bring the fight back to the capitol. >> republicans won the white house. they now have control of congress, and they have stacked the courts. you don't have a lot of levers of power to pull, so what do you reasonably hope that you can do or preserve? >> my vote really does matter right now because the republicans cannot lose a single vote right now. so if they can't keep it all together, and they never have been able to, democrats have leverage. >> elections are all about values, and the american people have spoken very clearly that they are not buy

. >> congressman eric swalwell back in the east bay tonight meeting with his constituents for the first time since president donald trump took office again this week. swalwell has openly blamed in criticize the president for the recent major plane crashes. kron 4 sarah stinson spoke with the representative and has this report >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight sending both into the potomac river killing

well, congressman eric swalwell is back in the east bay and he's meeting with his constituents for the first time since president donald trump took office. swalwell is openly blamed and criticize the president for his response to the recent major plane crashes. course, sarah stinson talk to the representative. >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight sending both into the potomac river killing 67 people. pres

earlier today, kyle, eric swalwell, congressman eric swalwell started to blame trump mab on x somewhere, trump as president and in control of air safety at. does that kind or help if trying to navigate a crasouh like this and figure out what the hell happened? >> it doesn't help unlike the previous gas just pointed out, they were in canadian air spaces so nothing to do with donald trump and nothing to do withay the way the faa is run. but is not the faa. one thing i want to say the faa inents tremendous aircrafth certification requirements, the outcome with his crash with not a single fatalitiny really indicatewhens how superior the regulation is when it comes to building these airplanes.also they have 16g seats in the airplane and breakaway wings. we haven't seen those on airplanes 40 or 50 years ago. that attests how great the system works that everybody w walked away from this.as that is what the airplane was designed for. if there is a glimmer of light year, everybody walkedjuri away. obviously there were a few injuries, but the system worked withlly everybody walking away. we reall

[ambient noise] >> congressman eric swalwell, who represents a large part of alameda county is back in the east bay meeting with his constituents for the first time since president trump took office. swalwell has openly blamed and criticized the president for recent for his response to recent major plane crashes. kron 4 sarah stinson spoke with the representative. >> nearly >> one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight s

>> well, he's a congressman eric swalwell meeting his constituents. the first time since president donald trump took office. swalwell has been vocally criticizing the president, especially in connection to the recent plane crashes. we've been seen and also elon musk involvement with slashed jobs at the federal agencies, including the faa representative held a town hall in union city last night. as many people in his district, they're living in fear over ice raids and deportation. >> people in that area are stressed out. the stressed out about the cost of living stressed out about housing traffic and congestion. crime and then our immigrant community where 40% of constituents were born outside the united states. there's just a lot of anxiety. >> swallows as immigration is the number one issue was office works on any works of a 1000 immigration cases a year. >> in san francisco, 43 faith organizations got together to reaffirm their commitment to sanctuary in response to mass deportations, threats and in fact, they're gathering again today. they're going

>> well, he's a congressman eric swalwell meeting his constituents for the first time since presidente swallow has been vocally criticizing the president, especially in connection to the recent plane crashes and elon musk involvement with slashing jobs at federal agencies, including the faa representative held a town hall in union city last night. wallace says a lot of people in his district they're living in fear over ice raids and deportation. >> people in that area are stressed out. the stressed out about the cost of living stressed out about housing traffic and congestion. crime and then our immigrant community where 40% of constituents were born outside the united states. there's just a lot of anxiety. >> as well immigration is the number one issue his office works on and he works over 1000 immigration cases a year. >> a man was hit by a car on monday night and union city and now he has died of his injuries. here's video from the night. it happened. eastbound alvarado niles road allenton boulevard. they close that area for hours overnight into tuesday morning as they investigated

[ambient noise] >> congressman >> eric swalwell is back in the east bay.has blamed and criticize the president for his response to the recent major plane crashes. kron four's. sara stinson spoke with swallow. >> nearly one month into president donald trump's second term. congressman eric swalwell encouraging his constituents to stand strong at a town hall in union city tuesday night. our job in government is to protect people. and right now they don't feel safe. they see cuts to the faa and plane crash the latest plane crash happening monday when a delta flight from minneapolis crash landed at the toronto pearson airport flipping upside down on the runway. all 80 people survived. but 21 passengers were hospitalized. 48 hours prior to people died in a small plane crash in georgia. >> and last month, the deadliest u.s. air disaster in 15 years happened in dc when an army helicopter collided midair with an alaska airlines flight sending both into the potomac river killing 67 people. president trump has publicly faulted federal diversity and inclusion efforts

and a bay congressman blaming president trump for the recent string of plane crashes when eric swalwell said during a town hall talk more about that coming up. good morning. and thanks for waking up with us at 8 o'clock on a wednesday and and of rain in for james this morning. we're talking about a little switch and the weather coming up. yeah, changing it up a bit. but just for a guest today, john. just this one day, a few sprinkles out there. for the little cloudier and cooler, too. i mean, it is still february. so thit is pretty normal staff. >> looking outside at walnut creek towards mount diablo. you can see that shroud of some clouds right there around the mountain itself. >> pretty nice morning. all in all, we've been dry for most of the bay area, but showers are starting to send more into sonoma county. santa rosa starting to see some light shower activity has has lake and mendocino already. this rainfall will push further southward but losing a lot of steam as it does. so so by the time, 09:10:11am, gets here. we will be seeing likely a few light sprinkles reaching the rest of

that is the space eric swalwell who wrote on x, no president has had more planes crash in their first month in office. the donald trump since 2009, how many american airliners crashed before trump came into office? 0. when does trump start taking responsibility for the next plane crash? now yesterday's crash follows news that the trump administration has started firing several 100 faa employees. the firings came just 2 weeks after that fatal mid-air collision in washington, d.c., were 67 people died. president trump blamed that crash on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. swalwell, who has a long history of clashing with trump called the president's remarks. then clownish and incompetent. >> following developing news now in san diego county. a homicide investigation is underway after a cal fire captain was found stabbed to death in her home. deputies responded to the scene just before 09:00pm last night. they found roadie unresponsive and suffering from multiple stab wounds. she was pronounced dead at the scene. detectives say they have not identified any suspects or a motive

eric swalwell is blaming trump. he tweeted saying no president hes had more planes crash in their first month in office than donald trump since 2009. how many american airliners crashed before trump came into office? 0. when does trump start taking responsibility for the next plane crash and quote. >> meantime, the trump administration is receiving criticism criticism as it looks to trim the federal workforce. >> including the faa, our washington correspondent vinaysimlot reports. >> the two-hour delta flight, minneapolis to toronto, canada ended in a fiery crash. passengers evacuated onto the snowy tarmac upside down. the airport's ceo says toronto's sought to snowstorms over 4 days leaving 20 inches of snow. that is actually not typical. the good news, though, delta says everybody on board survived photos from the accident scene show the crj 900 passenger cabin intact one wing and the tail were disconnected. it just makes you really thankful for all the safety checks. it's the 4th major crash of a passenger airpla

and joining us now, democratic congressman eric swalwell.es on the house judiciary and homeland security committees. after spending eight years on the house intelligence committee. congressman, let's start with the fbi. about 10% of the bureau's workforce is in probationary status, meaning that they could be cut. that is, of course, on top of the recent firings that kash patel is accused of orchestrating. he is. we should mention, on track to be confirmed. but what is the practical impact of losing the agents there within the fbi? >> if we lose thousands. >> of agents at. >> the fbi? we are less safe. and our job in government, whether you're president of the united states, whether you're in congress, whether you're on your local city council, your principal job is for people to be safe in the community. we're not safe when the president of the united states releases 1600 violent individuals into our communities who stormed the capitol on his behalf, and we're certainly not safe when the people who stand watch for terrorism, public corruptio

just a few hours ago, the congressman for east alameda county, eric swalwell, held his first town hall meeting since the inauguration. more than 500 people showed up in union city to voice their concerns. >> you coming here tonight is not useless, you're not helpless. you were just heard. i hear you. >> congressman swalwell spoke before a big crowd. the public's concerns included protecting social security and medicare and immigration policies. swalwell said he's hearing a lot of fear from constituents in his district right now. >> i feel like things have changed significantly in the last four weeks. i'm seeing so much that disturbs me, that reminds me of europe in the 1930s with all that went on in europe. and i just feel like i have to step forward and participate more actively now. >> it was important for me to directly speak to our representative. you know, it's a democracy that we live in and be able to voice or ask my questions as far as what's getting done, what are we doing. >> coming up tonight night on cbs bay area, our katie nielsen had the chance to sit down exclusively wit

earlier this week bay area representative eric swalwell took questions in a packed town hall about getting the part back on track. tonight oakland house minority leader hakeem jeffries was met with a protest. many of those demonstrators come from jeffries' own party. kevin ko has more on the message from bay area democrats. >> reporter: it's not often voters protest against their own party, but bay area progressives say they've had enough. as hakeem jeffries was getting ready to speak inside the kaiser convention center, hundreds of demonstrators stood out here demanding that jeffries and his party step up. >> the democrats need to fight as hard as the republicans fight. they need to be disruptive. they need to delay things. >> reporter: milly cleveland organized the rally outside the henry j. kaiser convention center friday night. she and hundreds of other democrats say their party isn't doing enough to counter the trump administration's sweeping actions across federal agencies. >> we need our representatives to fight harder. just because you're in the minority doesn't mean that you can't

bay area congressman eric swalwell is back in town for a town hall.ering was in union city for his constituents tonight. he provided an update on the latest developments in congress and outlined his priorities for the upcoming year. but the big topic, of course, the white house. i'm wanting to hear more and more anger coming out of congress and the democrarats. i know they're the you know, as we found out tonight, a lot, that a lot of things are tied, you know, tied up. it's hard for them to do much. this is swalwell's 13th year in office. new at 11 tonight. making their pitch tonight from some of the candidates who want to lead the city of oakland. they came out talking lauren taylor webb and former congresswoman barbara lee, who spoke to a sold out crowd in downtown oakland. now, as they gear up for a special election that's two months away, they want the public to know what their plan is. nbc gia vang was there. we have three amazing candidates before us. if you live in the town, they want your vote in the special election on april 15th. we're goin

new at 11 east bay congressman eric swalwell says many in the afghan community are fearful about the immigration enforcement. swalwell spoke in fremont today after meeting with members of the afghan community. the trump administration suspended federal funding for agencies that help refugees with resettlement costs. congressman swalwell said he is preparing a letter to the white house to advocate for afghan refugees, including those who served with u.s. personnel and their allies during the war in afghanistan. >> i want every afghan refugee to know that regardless of your status, our office will work with you to try and keep the promise that was made to you when you helped america. >> the federal refugee program has been in place for years to help those who have escaped war, natural disaster, or persecution. officials say about 10,000 afghans were being helped through the program. next, at 11, supporters of immigrant workers hold a national day of action and some school districts saw a drop in attendance today as students showed their solidarity. but first in southern california. a m

just a few hours ago, the congressman for east alameda county, eric swalwell, held his first town hall meeting since the inauguration. more than 500 people showed up in union city to voice their concerns. >> you coming here tonight is not useless, you're not helpless. you were just heard. i hear you. >> congressman swalwell spoke before a big crowd. the public's concerns included protecting social security and medicare and immigration policies. swalwell said he's hearing a lot of fear from constituents in his district right now. >> i feel like things have changed significantly in the last four weeks. i'm seeing so much that disturbs me, that reminds me of europe in the 1930s with all that went on in europe. and i just feel like i have to step forward and participate more actively now. >> it was important for me to directly speak to our representative. you know, it's a democracy that we live in and be able to voice or ask my questions as far as what's getting done, what are we doing. >> coming up tonight night on cbs bay area, our katie nielsen had the chance to sit down exclusively wit

. >> laura: of course, even before that toronto crash, eric swalwell said that all the crashes are trump'sut all this does beg the question, is there something we are doing with these critical positions that is making the skies more dangerous? how could that toronto scene have unfolded the way it did? matthew buckley was f-18 and commercial airline pilot. he said the pilot should have been able to slow that aircraft down. >> have you ever seen a crash like this on a regular runway with no snow? that fireball eventually catches up to the airplane as it stops and fuel is all over the place. this could have been a hell of a lot worse. thank god it actually rolls in the snow. can you actually see the fire more or less go out. in this case the snow actually saved a lot of lives. >> would the pilots have enough warning if they were coming in to contact with the ground too quickly. >> absolutely, bill. >> laura: oh, and what do we know about the pilots in the cockpit that day? we'll find out. the bottom line is we should never have to even discuss whether diversity, equity and inclusion was a fac

. >> laura: of course, evenas before the toronto crash, eric swalwell said all of the crashes are trump'ss but all this begs the question, is there something we are doing with these critical positionsge that is making thero skies more dangerous? how could that toronto scene unfolded the way it did? matthew was a commercial airline pilot and f-18 and the pilot should be able to slow the liaircraft end. >> if you've ever seen a crash on thely runway with regular sn, that fireball eventually catches up to the airplane as it stop to make stops and fuel is all over the place. this could have been a hell of a lot worse but it rolls in theles snow and you actually see these fire more or less goes out.lo so it n this case, the snow t actually saved a lot of lives. c >> with the pilots have enough warning if coming into contact with the groun td too quickly? >> absolutely, bill. >> laura: and what ds ino we knw e pilots in the cockpit that day? we will find out.r ha the bottom line is, we shouldss never have to even discuss whether diversity, equity,peci inclusion was a factor in any critical role

democrat congressman eric swalwell taking partisan shot, john, no president has had more planes crashnald trump! and former transportation secretary pete buttigieg questioned the safety of the firings prompting current secretary sean duffy to set the record straight stating less than 400 of the out of 450000 employees who were let go, all probationary employees and none were air traffic controllers for critical safety personnel. sean duffy blaming pete buttigieg for failing to update an outdated system and account for the shortage of air traffic controllers, john cara joe. >> john: wow! it is extraordinary what is going on in terms of the blame game, grath, appreciate it. in terms of what was responsible for the crash difficult to know that clear from the video taken from the cockpit of the plane that crj--900lr came in too quickly and didn't look like a flare there to cut down on dissent rate and get the runway pretty hard. just is blame game started pretty quickly yesterday. still people making sure they are okay. you can imagine so many people on the plane in complete shock. but th

they are pointing the blame at president trump, eric swalwell talking about faa cuts saying this to foxews digital, donald trump's president, and in charge of air safety, all crashes are trump's fault, i guess including one in a different country, but here's a guy who actually runs an airline said about the faa cuts. listen to ed bastian from american airlines here. >> a lot of people nervous, do these cuts affect you? speak of the cuts do not affect us. i understand that the cuts at this time are something that are raising questions, but the reality is there are over 50,000 people that work at the faa and the cuts i understand where 300 people and they were in noncritical safety functions. >> john: he runs an airline, one crashed in toronto the other day. when it comes to this criticism, should the dems park at? >> they need to be really careful with their rhetoric. this is breathless to be saying this. i don't think you can blame a plane crash on the president whether or not he is making cuts at the faa or not and whether they are justified or not is a different conversation pair this

bay area ralliers will be meeting at congressmember eric swalwell's office at redwood road in castro, bay area council on american islamic relations speaking out against stanford university. >> the say the school has been suppressing palestinian advocacy through arrests, pensions and restricting protests. advocates argued his actions have created a climate of fear for those who are speaking out for palestinian human rights. >> while stanford claims to be committed to upholding free speech rights and freedom of expression has also repeated be subject to students who protested the job site to harsh disciplinary measures, including suspension and the threat of expulsion. >> last fall, the university said it will be prohibiting disruptions on his campus and violators will be subject to disciplinary actions. now we reached out to stanford university about the designation and we haven't heard back. tennessee state university. they held a ceremony to remember the lives of the japanese americans 83 years ago, putin internment camps. event was somber but informative. the goal is to make sure

east bay congressman eric swalwell has openly. >> blamed in criticize president trump to the recent plane crashes writing on x, quote, no president has had more plane crashes in their first month in office than donald trump. and quote, we caught up with the congressman at a town hall he had yesterday and union city. president trump. >> needs to tell us that he's going to take responsibility. is the chief executive of this country to make us safer and the skies because he seems to want to blame everything on dei. he blamed the crash over the potomac on dei. but to me, if donald trump says something was caused by dei, it means didn't even investigate because he just uses it. now as an alibi. >> on friday, president trump announced the firings of several 100 probationary workers with the faa contract negotiations for air traffic controllers have stalled at the san carlos airport here in the bay area. according to san mateo county supervisor, rain, miller. this could put sky ways over the county at risk. the contract dispute comes amid ongoing national questions over aviation safety in the mi

so here in the bay area, those rally-goers will be at congress member eric swalwell's office at redwood in castro valley. that actually began about 40 minutes ago at 10 this morning. the city of oakland and richmond will be holding interfaith immigration vigils this week in support of the immigrant communities that serve. tonight, the first vigil is going to begin at 5 feet will be at the fruitvale village plaza. then they'll have a march to saint anthony's church in oakland elected officials will be joining with community leaders and clergy members to show solidarity and address concerns about potential ice raids and deportations. those officials say the vigils are in attempt to uplift the voices of immigrants and called for support during what is currently uncertain time. it's 10 40 and there's a new space for lgbtq+. children and youth, should say. and young adults in the south bay, the new location is on sank a road in san jose and it's called the lgbtq youth space and it offers services to people 13 to 25 years old who live in santa clara county, the non-profit common our runs the

representative eric swalwell says he met with members of the afghan community in fremont yesterday, afterrump administration suspended federal funding for agencies to help refugees with resettlement costs. congresswoman. congressman swalwell says he's preparing a letter to the white house to advocate for afghan refugees, including those who served with u.s. personnel and their allies during the war in afghanistan. >> i want every afghan refugee to know that regardless of your status, our office will work with you to try and keep the promise that was made to you when you helped america. >> the federal refugee program has been in place for years to help those who have escaped war, natural disasters or persecution. officials say about 10,000 afghans were being helped through this program. let's take you live to san jose right now, where city leaders are holding a rally against president trump's crackdown on immigration. the group is calling on the city council to reaffirm its commitment to immigrant rights and safety. they say the new administration's recent proposals have raised concerns in

east bay congressman eric swalwell spoke today about this impact and how it's going to impact the community. >> this community is terrified. the president's recent executive orders as it relates to refugee, completely shutters a processee, and a promise that we made to afghan families. afghan many afghan interpreters served on the battlefield in afghanistan with u.s. personnel and our allies. and we made a promise that if you help us, we will help you get to america. and president trump is walking away from that promise that makes us less safe. >> swalwell went on to say that people who are turned away can become the most susceptible to joining extremist groups. he says his office will do anything it can to help all afghan refugees, regardless of immigration status. >> california's insurance crisis hit by another blow today what the state's largest insurer is now demanding that could affect every policyholder and. >> these illegal fencing operations have become increasingly disruptive. >> leaders take aim to crack down on the sale of stolen goods, especially in san francisco. what's prompti

and eric swalwell meeting his constituents. >> for the first time since president donald trump took officecizing the president, especially in connection to recent plane crashes. and elon musk involvement with slashing jobs at the federal agencies, including the faa representative held a town hall in union city last night. says a lot of people in his district are living in fear over ice raids and deportation. >> people in that area are stressed out. the stressed out about the cost of living, stressed out about housing traffic and congestion. crime and then our immigrant community where 40% of constituents were born outside the united states. there's just a lot of anxiety. >> wallace says. >> immigration is the number one is-ue is office is working on and he works on over 1000 immigration cases a year. it's 6. 21. and in san francisco, 43 different faith organizations are reaffirming their commitment. >> to be a sanctuary in response to the mass deportation threats. religious leaders are going to gather today for a procession in vigil marking the 83rd anniversary of an executive order which

representative eric swalwell says he met with members of the afghan community in fremont yesterday, afterinistration suspended federal funding for agencies that help refugees with resettlement costs. congressman swalwell said he's preparing a letter to the white house to advocate for afghan refugees, including those who served with u.s. personnel and their allies during the war in afghanistan. >> i want every afghan refugee to know that regardless of your status, our office will work with you to try and keep the promise that was made to you when you helped america. >> the federal refugee program has been in place for years to help those who have escaped war, natural disaster and persecution. officials say about 10,000 afghans have been helped through that program. >> almost 836. now, san francisco city leaders are working with state lawmakers in sacramento to craft a new state law. it's meant to crack down on the sale of stolen goods on the streets of san francisco and other cities across california. illegal vendors could face six months in jail after the first two citations. supporters o

so demonstrators in the bay area will be meeting a congress member eric swalwell's office at redwood road in castro valley. it the 10 o'clock this morning. so less than a half hour. the west contra costa unified school district is hosting a series of town hall meetings as part of its search for a new superintendent. those meetings which will be open to families and staff and community members to gather some input on the qualities and priorities for the district's new leader. survey is also available online in multiple languages through march 10th, the first in-person meetings will be held monday at 5 district locations with additional hybrid meeting set up for tuesday and wednesday of next week. >> there is a new space for lgbtq+ kids and young adults in the south bay, the new locations on sank a road in san jose. it's called the lgbtq youth for services for people. 13 to 25 live in santa clara county. non-profit common near they run the program and the leader of it says the current political climate makes it critically important right now. >> if you're lgbtq kid, this has the feel l

outfront now, democratic congressman eric swalwell, thank you so much for being with us. and i just want to get your reaction. and i notice your hat, the fire fund there. but i just want to get your reaction to the supreme court keeping hampton dellinger in his role for now as special counsel, rather than allowing president trump's firing to go through for now. we should stress. >> the courts are finally. catching up to trump's chaos and corruption and people in my district. at a town hall on tuesday night, they're scared. they're concerned, they're anxious. but we're seeing. now that the courts can at least be a speed bump. of course, as jeff mentioned, the supreme court also gave this guy absolute immunity. so we will see what they do. but the courts can be a speed bump to some of this chaos and corruption. also, attorneys general in every state in america can also be a speed bump in the work that they're doing to hold donald trump accountable, as this affects them. and your top of the hour lead with donald trump changing his position on ukraine. that is because public

representative eric swalwell says he met with members of the afghan community in fremont yesterday, after trump administration suspended federal funding for agencies that help refugees with resettlement costs. congressman swalwell says he's preparing a letter to the white house to advocate for afghan refugees, including those who served with u.s. personnel and their allies during the war in afghanistan. >> i want every afghan refugee to know that regardless of your status, our office will work with you to try and keep the promise that was made to you when you helped america. >> the federal refugee program has been in place for years to help those who have escaped war, natural disasters and persecution. officials say about 10,000 afghans were being helped through this program. >> coming up on mornings on two. the nine. this is the most significant weekday rain we have seen in months. we'll detail the timing of the storm and how soon we should see a break in the rain. we will also go back to james torres, who has been getting soaked in san francisco all morning long. i don't know what he pa

what do you say about eric swalwell? no. >> i'm kidding. i don't know if he mentioned him. did mention someone gay, and he said something very vulgar about it, and i really. >> oh, okay. but did he said the term crop dusting. >> did he crop dusting. >> did he mean to use the a word instead of the o in that letter of crop or. >> oh crap. no, i couldn't believe he said it when he said he cropped us. i'm like, he couldn't know what that. >> what do we do about. jerry nadler? should he have charcoal pills? or did biden's climate rules outlaw charcoal pills for that? >> i mean, in my opinion, if nadler smells and farts in congress, we should stand up and applaud him. >> yeah. >> are you. >> basically have your own doge correspondent here? >> yes. >> getting to the bottom of what actually matters in. >> literally getting to the bottom. you know, emily, we never hear about women smelling. what is it? what's the secret that women have that they're never stinky? like no one? i never in high school. well, i went to an all guys school. grade school. i never met a smelly girl. >> becau