announcer: before leaving for the weekend, houseman already later kevin mccarthy held his weekly news conference and answered questions on the impeachment inquiry and other issues facing the house. >> how is everybody today? good morning. i want to begin by taking a moment to commemorate the life of one of the most important members to watch these halls. elijah cummings was beloved by both sides of the aisle. he was a fighter, a leader and most importantly our friend. his legacy will outlive every person in this room today. legacies of change last a very long time. they grow from generation to generation by compounding interest or a snowball rolling down a hill. it is my sincere hope that his wife, maia and his family find peace. elijah has left a mark on this chamber and in this country. i would like to talk about the business of the week, house democrats continue to work to overturn the results of the 2016 election and they are doing so through an unfair and unprecedented impeachment inquiry. they are fixated on tearing down the president and not fixing the country's problems and th

defense officials the houseman comes after the decision by president trump earlier this month to pull american troops out of syria that move paved the way for turkey's assault on kurdish forces who had been in close american ally. a ceasefire deal brokered by the us has allowed turkey to establish a so-called safe zone along its border with syria which it is now for trolling along with russian troops. well here's how many east analyst marcus bekele described the situation in the region in an interview with me earlier they are there to protect the oil fields from being attacked by the islamic state again together with the kurds so you have a kurdish american small alliance still on the ground but the major trend is america is not only leaving syria but is giving up the middle east the whole region to russia as the new major power in the region. so is russia's influence in syria set to increase yet further and how should the international community respond to russia's partnership there with a nato member turkey those are just some of the questions being discussed by nato ministers durin

houseman, i believe. janette cooling. vivian and amy. >> i am marcus heisman, a resident at the arf off and on since 2009. all i got to say is, is this discrimination against gay people like myself secretly, and i think 10 times before you kick people out on the streets. it is not safe out on the streets. thank you. >> i am janette connelly, and i live in the reseptive behavioral health center for more than 15 years. i went from there and i worked in the acute care psychiatric area, and i see that you keeping beds empty at the behavioral health center when there is an ample amount of people ready to go from acute care and in the medical area of san francisco general. it is just almost criminal. we have huge amounts of people getting acute care services that really need to be on a lower level of care and they are unable to move because there is empty beds not being filled. to change them and the bhc that it is now called is just i don't know. i think you need to find a better solution to find the navigation center or shelt

it's quiet at this home on houseman way in south that home us but nearly 2 weeks prior. >>sacramento police officer car chan says officers responded to the home for reports of several people out front. >>when officers arrived on scene they contacted the people on actually jonathan to be victims of fraud that occurred at residents on the block. >>officer chances, they found out a woman who goes by the name of eva marie apparently convinced a dozen people to give her more than $100,000 >>most of these victims are all of the victims believed. the psychic and gave her money and eventually suspect. lead with all the money that was given to her. and it also targeted. the spanish speaking community. >>officers say the woman identified herself as a psychic to her victims, gaining their trust by promising to bless them or double their money police say the suspect hill victims to leave the money with her and she would return it a few days later neighbors tell fox 40 off camera, the woman rented the home for the past 2 months but hasn't been seen since the incident. one neighbor sa

announcer: before leaving for the weekend, houseman already later kevin mccarthy held his weekly newsiry and other issues facing the house.