now you have gavin newsom with his new podcast. he thinks he's going to be the savior of it all. but we know why they are having a talent drought. they basically cannibalize a generation of young leaders to pave the way for joe biden. and i think that they are paying the price for that over and over again. and we'll talk about it in the next block or two about the cover up. but because they decided to not go with the passion of the party with bernie sanders and to try to do something safe with joe biden, you ended up with the results that you got in the biden administration, and it swung everybody the other way. >> you know, jessica, the democratic party has fallen out of touch with most americans. and i think even people within the democrat party say they need to be more moderate. but part of the problem is that they don't they don't allow open debate. i mean, they you know, there are certain issues. if you're not in support of those issues, then you're an outcast. what are they going to do to kind of open it up? >> well, i think it's not actually about being more moderate. i th

now you have gavin newsom with his new podcast, he thinks he's going be the savior of it all, but wedrought. they basically cannibalized a generation of young leaders to pave the way for joe biden. and i think that they are paying the price for that over and over again. we will talk about it in the next block, too, about the cover-up. but because they decided not to go with the passion of the party with bernie sanders, and to try to do something safe with joe biden, it swung the other way. >> judge jeanine: the democrat party is falling out of touch with most americans, and even people within the democrat party say they need to be more moderate. part of the problem is they don't allow open debate. there are certain issues that, if you are not in support of those issues, then you are an outcast. what are they going to do to open it up? >> jessica: i think it's not actually about being more moderate, it's about being more passionate. a lot of people have been talking about bernie sanders, whose policy platform is definitely to the left of where the majority of the party is, but he has

. >> the protest came just hours after california governor gavin newsom announced a new recovery anding plan, claiming 99% of the debris had been removed by the epa and the rest was up to the military. >> the army corps is substantially responsible for those complex properties and all the other additional properties. >> but he's also promising the rest of the debris will be removed quickly so the recovery plan can ramp up. >> the goal is simple record time to finish the job with phase two debris removal. >> and federal officials say this week they won't be conducting tests on soil samples from the burn areas, despite concerns about possible contamination in los angeles. bill melugin fox news. >> on the last day of black history month, we're focusing on an effort here in the bay area to bring more diversity to fire departments. >> ktvu tom vacar has more now this afternoon on the program that's working to recruit more minorities, to become firefighters and to take on other leadership roles. >> molly williams, known as volunteer 11, was the first known black in the united states and a

. >>> california governor gavin newsom announced he's calling for the state parole board to launch a risk assessment into erik and lyle mendez. the brothers have been behind bars for 35 years for the murder of their parents. we call unreasonable risk to t public safety. >> for years, the brothers have argued they acted in self-defense, alleging years of abuse by their father. >>> the murder conviction will remain in place after baltimore prosecutors withdrew a motion to vacate his conviction. >> we're very confident in the jury's decision back in 2000. >> he rose to fame a decade ago in a hit podcast about the conviction for the murder of his former high school girlfriend. he served 23 years in prison and a judge vacated his conviction, but it was reinstated months later. he was allowed to remain free and could stay free if a sentence reduction goes into effect. >> i had absolute nothing to do with the murder. >> it's my sister who is the true victim here. >>> actress michelle trachtenberg passed away in her new york city apartment. she became a breakout star in "harriet the spy" at