>> yes. >> president feinstein: all right. >> you guys are all back with me. >> president feinstein: commissioner covington, did you wish to speak? >> commissioner covington: yes, i was going to suggest that we applaud her in abstentia, but she has come up again, and i think this really does deserve a round of applause from all of us. [applause] >> yes, yes, and yes. >> commissioner covington: oh, my goodness. the description of what happened speaks for itself, and i just really want to appreciate you for, first of all, being called upon and serving and doing what you did when called upon in dire straits. just walking on a boat can be problematic, so having to tend to an injured person or person in distress is even much, much more stressful, to kudos to you. >> thank you. thank you. >> president feinstein: any further comments from any of the commissioners? yes, vice president nakajo, please. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, madam president. captain goudreau, even though it's virtual, i appreciate you being able to come and be in our presence. part of this is just the proud nature

>> yes. >> president feinstein: all right. >> you guys are all back with me. >> president feinstein: commissioner covington, did you wish to speak? >> commissioner covington: yes, i was going to suggest that we applaud her in abstentia, but she has come up again, and i think this really does deserve a round of applause from all of us. [applause] >> yes, yes, and yes. >> commissioner covington: oh, my goodness. the description of what happened speaks for itself, and i just really want to appreciate you for, first of all, being called upon and serving and doing what you did when called upon in dire straits. just walking on a boat can be problematic, so having to tend to an injured person or person in distress is even much, much more stressful, to kudos to you. >> thank you. thank you. >> president feinstein: any further comments from any of the commissioners? yes, vice president nakajo, please. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, madam president. captain goudreau, even though it's virtual, i appreciate you being able to come and be in our presence. part of this is just the proud nature

first ambulance on scene, that page. >> thank you, president feinstein. and otooriginal packet and what are your questions? i have that report. >> i am wondering how they are doing in terms of the response time. as i said, i have one page and first unit on the scene and the date and first als unit and first ambulance, excuse me, on the scene. with the on-time percentages, etc., which look pretty good to me for the als units in the first ambulance. and i am curious if you can help me understand those numbers a little better. >> i apologize and in the background they are testing the alert system, so sorry about the other stuff. in general we do well in our response times. sorry. the ewe do have and have been having a little bit of increase in response times in t last few months in terms of ambulance response as well as a little bit in sometimes the bls first responder. [please stand by] >>> this is a news release between levinworth and i. it details the boxes. i can understand most things. after the fire goes to a second alarm, it says 'special apparatus' a

its author, sportswriter john feinstein, joins me now, and john feinstein, welcome back to the newshourudy, always good to be back. thanks. >> woodruff: you have written, what is it, more than 40 books, almost all of them about sports. >> right. >> woodruff: but you told me that this may be the most important one. >> it is to me because of the subject matter. i've written about a lot of different people in sports, as you well know, in different sports, but, for years, doing what i do, i've -- i think i've had some understanding that race plays a role in our entire society as we see all the time nowadays, but very much in sports. it's not hard, if you're a player, to get a chance to play because playing is a m meritocracy, but getting a job as a head coach in the n.f.l., getting a job as head coach in football, basketball, general manager jobs, c.e.o. jobs, those are much harder and there are numbers that back up tse facts. in fact the last 20 n.f.l. jobs that opened, 75% of the players are black, two black coaches have been hired, and believe me when i tell you there are plenty of quali

senator feinstein asked these questions in september of 27 teen. and then judge barrett speaks about what it means when she is giving a speech at a college. she has very put off by what happened. she said everybody has to check their boxes. whether they be religious, racial, sexual, whatever. she pretty much uses that moment to set herself apart. i noticed in the book that you actually have a paragraph that describes the thought that many of us had at the time and following up when justice barrett was put on the short list for donald trump in the supreme court that that moment actually put her forward in a way that other potential supreme court candidates did not have. what do you think about how she may have viewed that moment, amy comey barrett. setting herself apart and maybe the favor of the white house. >> there are many factors that went into it. the fact that president trump's white house counsel at the time, also notre dame graduate. in fact, swearing in for the circuit, he showed up at the event. i think he pronounced that it lives in me,

d.c. has something called the opportunity scholarship program, supported by cory booker, dianne feinstein, ron john, and myself. about 9 out of 10 of those kids that graduate go on to a four-year college through an opportunity scholarship program. if we did that all across america, if we just basically replicated the success academy in new york city or the meeting street academy in charleston, south carolina, we would have the vast majority of kids living in poverty, single-parent households, 95% getting free lunch, they would be performing in the top 20% of kids,o matter the color of their skin, no matter their economics. in this country, we're proving that it can be done. let's replicate that throughout every single title i school in america, and our oecd competitors would say, "oh, my gosh! life has changed permanently for the world," because we will be educating our poorest, underserved communities in a world-class way. >> you mentioned that democrat cory booker d democrat dianne feinstein support opportunity charter schools in washington, d.c. >> yes. >> do you think they'd support i

senator feinstein says we must learn from it happened during this pandemic, and ensure we are prepared for any future outbreaks. >>> still ahead on kpix 5, streaming cbsn bay area , a growing memorial for an alameda county supervisor, wilma chan , following a tragic crash. how her colleagues are remembering her. >>> venture capitalism under the microscope and the elizabeth holmes trial. white theranos financial statements were allowed to stay hidden. by venture capitalist games elizabeth holmes extra leeway. >>> an incredible rescue near devils side. crews literally find a man singing to life point >>> before we go to break, many posting ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> new developments in the theranos fraud trial. kpix 5's and ramirez reports, a prominent venture capitalist was on the witness stand, giving details on how holmes and theranos were given a pass on key questions. >> reporter: silicon valley venture capitalists are always looking for a bright n

president kathrin feinstein. >> u a present. >> vice president nakajo. >> present. >> commissioner covington. >> present. >> commissioner ken cleaveland. >> present. >> u a commissioner morgan is excused today. >> i have chief of department, janine nicholson and let me unmute her here. >> present. >> present. >> okay. >> all right. we have you present. via telephone.

>> speaker of the house pelosi 81 years old, senator feinstein 88 years old. they've both been in congress for more than 30 years. at what point do you suggest moving over for the next generation? >> never. you shouldn't be there unless you can do the job, no matter what age you happen to be. you can be 28 and not able to do the job. or 88 and do the job extremely well. >> what about congresswoman jackie speiers now? are there some actual candidates you know off the top of your head? i know there are candidates that can replace her. >> oh, sure, there's a collection of people. you should know that jackie was my seat mate in the halls of the legislature when i served as speaker of the house, she was my seat mate, literally. and i had the best voting record ever. because it was jackie voting for both of us. so whatever person replaces jackie, i hope they're equal, as she has been, for more than four decades in holding public office. of course, they're wonderful people. kevin mullins, who is in the legislature, david canopy, who is a member of the board of superv

bluhm, a billionaire private equity capitalist who just happens to be the husband of senator dianne feinstein. perhaps the most powerful senator in congress, or by any measure. this is a rather startling conflict of interest that nobody seems to have looked into in the preface. scarcely mentioned. mm oh, in my own city of santa monica, i was involved in reforms that transformed that city. so that the downtown of santa monica became, if not the most, one of the most vibrant retail centers in all of california. and there's a beautiful post office in that set of blocks and the post service sold it to some guy who's making it to a movie studio. whereas they could have shared that space expanded the opportunity so that they would have ongoing revenue and maintain this beautiful location in the middle of town where everybody could go to it. they've moved the post office to some place on the other side of the freeway where the bus depot is it's, it's really a crime. that's an area where they postal service has not followed my suggestions at all. and i'm quite frustration about ah ah, in washington d

today, senator alex padilla joined by seven other senators including dianne feinstein, elizabeth warren, and bernie sanders, introduced a new bill to end this practice. >> well, hope springs eternal. >> retired marine and former california assemblyman now san diego county supervisor nathan fletcher has worked for years on this issue. he believes senator padilla's new bill just might provide the momentum to create change. >> and you know y have never given up the belief that the vast majority of the american folks would find it outrageous that honorably discharged members of the american military have been deported. and i think senator padilla hopefully elevate the issue and kick start the real action that we need to see. you know, every day that goes by is another day that another person could face deportation, it's also another day that that person who loved this country enough to take an oath to be willing to die for it has been separated from it. so it can't happen quick enough. >> during our investigation, we followed one veteran, enrika solis, who served honorably in the marines an

quote, if senator feinstein, who then was ranking remember, if senator feinstein contacts you, do not use this excuse. as so many people use. that if you are not a chair of a committee, you do not have to answer the questions. i want her questions answered just like you would answer my questions. end of quote that i gave to senator sessions. so you said to me at your hearing, quote, i will not use any excuse to not answer your questions, senator. end of quote. you have failed to satisfy that statement. example. i've asked the department for records relating to hunter biden's october 2018 incident where his gun ended up in a trash can near a school. now, that is a firearm incident. your atf used the federal freedom of information act to refuse producing those records when that law doesn't even apply to the congress. i've also asked for information relating to chinese nationals linked to the communist chinese regime that are connected to the biden family. one individual, patrick ho was not just linked to chinese regime. he was apparently connected to that country's intelligence service.

celebrating halloween you can see, this one is diane feinstein.ing a ball on his nose. he'll do just about anything for the roar of the crowd. this one he's known around the aquarium as a seal of approval. what they don't show you is almost entire truck screening. a spectator event, lovely. and again, so is everyone in australia. hi, mike. they were brought together in 2000 to seal the deal. ever since. before that, the mail seal was dating heidi clune. topic number three. yesterday wasn't just halloween, they also celebrated the mexican holiday, with us, might i party like it was cinco de mayo. here's what it looks like in mexico where people began salivating by dressing up as their favorite characters. but also giant walking skeletons presumably to contribute, president biden and his generous immigration policies, the day of the dead honoring my friends of friends who have moved on to a better place. usually florida. family spent the day visiting cemetery and placing electrons favorite foods on their gravestones in the middle of the night, the o

needs to be 911 style commission that is a political we needed partners across the iowa senators feinsteintor gillibrand has joined us and of course senator ernst has been a great leader as well to figure out the origins of covid and then to the response of the united states as well. where it goes next we hope we can get this as an amendment on the national defense authorization act in three or four weeks and hopefully it will pass the senate and the house will agree as well. >> . steve: that is mass pass legislation that it means it could really happen this year. >> yes sir. the nda a has been passed over 60 years in a row authorized as funding for military it is a must-have piece of legislation so it is amendment to the bill and it does have a path forward and now shirley our president will sign off on it as well. steve: is everyone here involved in this ready to get to the bottom of this? we have been focusing on that and if all goes as planned in terms of the votes at the end of this year and the president signing the legislation when can we expect to have actual hearings and witnesses

paul feinstein, thank you very much. that rivian, the ev truck and van maker debuted. [closebell rings] holding at $100.45 for a gain of 128% on the first day of trade. that will do it for "the claman countdown". ♪. larry: hello, everyone, welcome to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. so consumer prices recorded a sunning increase for the month of october. that's the big story, rising a huge .9 of 1% just for the month of october alone and now 6.2% for the past 12 months. that is the fastest pace in over 30 years and i have to say that last month's results really, really undercut the idea that

there's talk of, you know who will senator feinstein step down. what about speaker pelosi? i don't congresswoman spear was at the top of the list of. >> some of that. a lot of people saw you sort of leading the charge in stepping down. but that is what has happened jackie spear has served in a lot of different levels of government for now nearly 4 decades. she is known for fighting for women's and lgbtq rights. she brought the me too movement to congress in 2017 while sharing her own experiences with misconduct today. she told us what she thought her own career highlights actually were. >> i took over as chair of the committee. i made. i think the case that when the service members serves. so does his or her family. so we have focused on you know, more issues, then what has typically been looking at commissaries and exchanges. we've looked at the issue of safety for service members and assault in the military. we've looked at the transgender service members and why they should continue to be able to serve. they've both issues around suicide at the lack of proper childcare.

. >> led by republican senators marshall and johnny earns and democrats dianne feinstein and kirstenexamine the u.s. response and allow sanctions to be placed on labs like the new one in wuhan that won't cooperate. sanctions against china. senator marshall also claims that certain u.s. intelligence agencies have not cooperated. >> i think that the intelligence agency has been not forthcoming. i think that they have not released the documents that could have been released. >> the state department has repeatedly said it backs the current world health organization investigation despite the fact that china has repeatedly blocked those attempts. crucially this comu commission would be free from chinese interference. >> china is doing everything possible to prevent that kind of investigation. but we can't give china a veto over whether or not we investigate the worst pandemic in a century. >> china meanwhile, points the finger the other way saying on friday, the u.s. turns a blind eye to facts and science and has politicized covid-19 response and then resorted to intelligence community led

when dianne feinstein was mayor, she said she would bring awss to the east side. this has not happened. by using a single pipe for both drinking water and catastrophic fire-fighting. a retired firefighter who has directly in charge of awss has gone on record stating that this is seriously misguided. also using geo bond funds, it's possibly illegal. besides awss, i would encourage the puc to invest in a desalination facility at the oceanside treatment facility. this facility could be combined with an oceanside pump station to bring dedicated awss to the west side. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. next caller. your line is open. you have two minutes. >> good afternoon, president moran, members of the commissioner. this is nicole, c.e.o. i want to express support for the resolution as amended. i appreciate the efforts of the commission to focus its organization and your new general manager at this very critical time during this organizational transition. in particular, i'm thankful for the addition of the language related to bosska and the importance of the

senator feinstein. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. and mr. mayorkas, i've known you for a long time. it is very good to see you sitting there and i thank you for your service. i want the ask a controversial question, and it has to do with guns. each year -- excuse me, last month tsa announced their officers have seized 4,495 firearms at security points this year. that is new record. in the agency's 20 year history. having an average of more than a dozen firemans seized at airport checkpoints each day is really troubling. so what is happening? to what do you attribute this increase? and how is tsa combatting this very concerning issue? >> senator, it is wonderful to see you, and i am grateful for the support you have provided me throughout my enforcement career. >> could you speak up please? i don't want to miss it. >> i just express my gratitude to you, senator for your support. >> thank you. >> and throughout my enforcement career. >> thank you. >> and it is wonderful to see you. >> thank you. >> it is difficult to understand the cause for t

it is a bipartisan push led by republican senators roger marshall and joni ernst and dianne feinstein it from happening again and senator marshall hopes under the new commission sanctions could be placed on labs like the one in wuhan that won't cooperate. sanctions even against china if it won't cooperate and he claims that certain u.s. intelligence agencies have also so far refused to cooperate. >> intelligence agency has been not forthcoming. i think that they've not released the documents that could have been released. i thought that the previous national security folks were releasing information more timely. >> the state department has repeatedly said it continues to back the current who investigation despite the fact china has blocked its attempt. china points the finger the other way saying on friday the u.s. turns a blind eye to facts and science and has politicized covid-19 response and resulted to origins tracing. president biden had a review that didn't lead very far and limited scope and time frame. we know that secretary biden is planning a meeting on thursday. whether the

investigations before it, this is a bipartisan push led by roger marshall and joni earnist, dianne feinstein marshall hopes under the new commission, sanctions could be placed on labs like those that won't cooperate and even sanctions against china if they won't cooperate. they say certain u.s. intelligence agencies have refused to cooperate. >> i think the intelligence agency has not been forthcoming. they've not released the documents that could have been released. i thought that the previous national security folks were releasing information more timely. >> the state department has repeatedly said that it backs the current who investigation despite the fact that china has repeatedly block its attempts. china pointing the finger the other way saying the u.s. has politicized the covid-19 response. president biden launched his 90-day review that ended a couple months ago. that led to no concrete resolutions because it was limited in scope. jacqui? >> thanks, benjamin. congratulations on your new post there. we're happy to have you here in washington with us. >> thanks. comes at an interestin

it was completely rebuilt under the leadership of senator feinstein in 1984. we are very much approaching the need to do another rebuild of that scale, and we can talk about that on a different day. at that time i think there was also the concern that cable car would become an amusement ride or only a tourist attraction. they went to kind of the unique step of putting a service section into the city charter. it says -- it is a little bit vague. roger and i differ in our understanding of it. it says we will provide the same routes as well as normal service level from 1971. we have been having some disputes with cable car operators who see the charter as solidifying the exact shift pay for cable car operators, and because of so many things changing in covid, including having less cable car operators than we have had in the past, we did need to change and reconfigure some of the pay which we have not done in probably a decade. we are currently operating a lot of cable car service. we are operating service from about 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. we are not operating wh

one outcome i can highlight is we worked with senator feinstein to secure the army corps water infrastructure financing program. it's the only federal funding program explicitly available for dam repair. this funding was included in last year's federal appropriations bill and while the program is yet to launch, the army corps expects to issue up to $950 million in low-interest loans for dam repair in the first round of funding. in relief, we have led a cross-sector coalition of california stakeholders to secure the first ever funding source for water waste and water assistance totalling over $1.1 billion nationwide and over $100 million is coming to california to benefit low-income customers with utility debt during covid. these funds are particularly critical given the prop 8 restrictions on using rate payer dollars for assisting programs and the problems the customers are facing due to the pandemic. we're continuing to actively advocate at the federal level for more assistance and create assistance similar to the low income low energy program. at the state level there was a large budget sur

it was completely rebuilt under the leadership of senator feinstein in 1984. we are very much approaching the need to do another rebuild of that scale, and we can talk about that on a different day. at that time i think there was also the concern that cable car would become an amusement ride or only a tourist attraction. they went to kind of the unique step of putting a service section into the city charter. it says -- it is a little bit vague. roger and i differ in our understanding of it. it says we will provide the same routes as well as normal service level from 1971. we have been having some disputes with cable car operators who see the charter as solidifying the exact shift pay for cable car operators, and because of so many things changing in covid, including having less cable car operators than we have had in the past, we did need to change and reconfigure some of the pay which we have not done in probably a decade. we are currently operating a lot of cable car service. we are operating service from about 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. we are not operating wh

there is no safe place unless you are someone like nancy pelosi or diane feinstein, they live in theat you can turn things around. we did that in new york. we had deblasio make it horrible but we turned around in 1990s with rudy giuliani, with the broken windows theory, you stop the small crimes and crimes dry up. it is very simple but that is how you do it. nobody is willing to take that step. i went to switch to another subject. i had donald trump on earlier and he says he doesn't think the durham report which just got an indictment is finished. >> the durham report is a great thing because it really, i don't think it is finished. i know and you know it has to go, i don't think they will do it because they never have the courage to do it. dave: what do you think? >> donald trump is projecting an optimistic attitude towards this. i may be more cynical but those friends of mine who are closer to the situation say they believe more indictments will drop. in the biden administration, people involved in this steel dossier, involved in concocting these lies that want to the fisa court an

it was completely rebuilt under the leadership of senator feinstein in 1984. we are very much approaching the need to do another rebuild of that scale, and we can talk about that on a different day. at that time i think there was also the concern that cable car would become an amusement ride or only a tourist attraction. they went to kind of the unique step of putting a service section into the city charter. it says -- it is a little bit vague. roger and i differ in our understanding of it. it says we will provide the same routes as well as normal service level from 1971. we have been having some disputes with cable car operators who see the charter as solidifying the exact shift pay for cable car operators, and because of so many things changing in covid, including having less cable car operators than we have had in the past, we did need to change and reconfigure some of the pay which we have not done in probably a decade. we are currently operating a lot of cable car service. we are operating service from about 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. we are not operating wh