jackie spear is joining us now.orning. >> good morning. >> nose two messages are contradictory. one is repeal obama care, and the other is just let obama care and his flaws be flown to the world. what do you think the next step is? >> it has been all about sabotaging the bill. and now we know that the majority of americans support the affordable care act, and everyone effort to redefine it has trailed. and i think it is time for the republicans and the democrats to come together to fix the affordable care act. there are things we can do just creating certainty in the season, dropping the trice of the premium by 19%. it allowed insurers to benefit when they had too many sick people, that would also reduce premiums by 14%. and this is more when it comes to prip drugs, all of those things should take place. >> look, senator john mccain agrees, he put out a statement that he thinks the democrats should be involved, but i don't have to tell you, so is the onus on the it democrats now? >> we can't do anything unless we ha

congressman jackie spear thank you so much for joining us. thank you. the latest twist in the russian investigation is consuming washington but not so much the rest of the country. is going to the problems engulfing the white house mr trump enjoy solid backing from his core supporters with eighty five percent of republicans still behind him. the bbc's nick bryant has been to nebraska state that's voted republican in every election since nineteen sixty eight. you're not going to turn on a twelve. in the rollicking ride at the trump president. you also wonder how long he'll stay on the whole sky more now. the day seems to bring in you wrestle in the bar. with the media congress international leaders. but here in nebraska a trump stated the election the still strong support for his presidency on despite the attempts of opponents to ensnare have no. family. if you vote for yes i did you have to do the job. you bet or is a good businessman. and that's what the country needs to get this thing. get the country back out of it get a lot of people working and i t

that's jackie spear relying upon her interns for too much information. i worked for gazprom media.n't work on putin's image. i was trying to help gazprom explain why they took over a television network. if that is down the line helped the kremlin, that wasn't what i was hired for. >> reporter: he says he's known donald trump since 1988. never thought he could be elected president but in november of 2015, was asked to become part of the trump campaign by his old friend manafort. even though he supports the trump presidency, personally working on the campaign was one of the biggest mistakes of his life. >> this was the hardest campaign to work on this my entire career. there's nothing even close. >> reporter: he was hired to help with communications but said he was never paid. fought with campaign manager corey almost daily and when he was fired, caputo sent out this tweet. ding dong, the witch is dead. caputo was fired almost immediately. >> you still love, support donald trump? >> absolutely. i supported donald trump before he ran for president and i support him now. i think he's d

capitol yesterday and peninsula congressman jackie spear was behind it all.d posed for photos at the capitol, each wearing sleeveless dresses, they're trying to get a rule that blans sleeveless attire for women in the halls of congress remove frd the books. paul ryan says he's working to amend the dress code to keep up with the changing times. >>> some of the legends are being honored in southern california at the expo celebrating all things disney. george takes us inside. >> we took a day away from the castle to come visit. >> prince charming and know white. belle and snow white and disney fans where you look are part of this year's expo. the morning started off with a bang as disney name d its 2017 ledge enlgds. oprah cemented her place in this year's class, but was not alone. mopg the others, mark hammell and his star wars movie sister, the late carrie fisher. >> we sort of scoffed at the idea, we're twins? wait a second, if she's princess leah and i'm her brother, does that make me royalty. she said, no. okay, just asking. >> i don't know what makes a leg

. >> yeah, jackie spear the congresswoman from -- ies use that term loosely, from california mentionedwife in the midst of a live hearing on the air, you know, in front of millions of people. i was out of town on business. we started getting buried in thrits. >> tucker: what does your wife have to do with that. >> nothing. my wife ironically became a citizen not one month before. within a month she was already being accused of being a traitor. >> tucker: on what grounds was your wife accused of being a traitor. >> she was born in ukraine. if you and i are both know if you were born in ukraine that doesn't make you a fan of russia. she doesn't know her facts. i want apology. >> tucker: you are working for putin? i thought most ukrainians hate putin. >> they do. of course, there is difficulty going on between the two countries right now. if you drink vodka and have russian dressing in your refrigerator you are game for these people. >> tucker: what happened when they mentioned your wife. >> we started getting terrible threats. i got a message on phone said an tiff if a. we know you are o

capitol yesterday and peninsula congressman jackie spear was behind it all.ed their right to bear arms and posed for photos at the capitol, each wearing sleeveless dresses, they're trying to get a rule that blans sleeveless attire for women in the halls of congress remove frd the books. paul ryan says he's working to amend the dress code to keep up with the changing times. zblmpblt oprah, whoopi goldberg, mark hammell, those are some of the legends being honored in california at the expo celebrating everything disney. george takes us inside. >> we took a day away from the castle to come visit. >> prince charming and know white. belle and snow white and disney fans where you look are part of this year's expo. the morning started off with a bang as disneyed its 2017 lenlds. oprah cemented her place in this year's class, but was not alone. mopg the others, mark hammell and his star wars movie sister, the late carrie fisher. >> we sort of scoffed at the idea, we're twins? wait a second, if she's princess leah and i'm her brother, does that make me royalty. she sa

. >> reporter: just got off the phone with congresswoman jacky spears office. this group of demonstrators on highway 101 was hard to miss and that was the point. >> just being out here today we have a lot of visibility. >> reporter: this group wants more safety barriers built on this stretch, barriers which may have saved the life of dan's son, richard moss who vanished while driving to work may 25th. his body was never found. a tire believed to be from his car was located off the side of this clip last week. >> there could be any two reasons why it went off the cliff. inthere was a barrier there, he would have had had to get a new car or go to the hospital but the result is death. >> she basically went over the cliff. >> reporter: she died one night last september when her car crashed off highway 101. jason died on highway 101 before the birth of their child. >> i feel like this is an issue that's going to be an issue until we sort of get a response from cal tran. >> reporter: cal tran says it's reviewing the matter. >> it's not just a matter of we can set up

you're looking at a tweet from representative jackie spear showing her colleagues and her in sleeveless dresses. she says, quote, because women hve the right to bare arms. their action follows female reporters being removed from certain areas for wearing sleeveless outfits. republican house speaker paul ryan has urged compliance with the dress code though he may look into the possibility of revising it. men are currently required to coats and ties but representative spears says the enforcement is uneven. >> still to come on abc 7 news, an exclusive on o.j. simpson's fight for freedom. a hearing to determine if he's going to get out of prison less than a week away. >> what his >>> he's conquered his first skateboard trick. >> dude! >> next right this minute. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to

bay area representative jackie spear led the charge to change the policy.eless tops and dresses are now allowed. and under the old rule, women were required to wear sleeves and closedded toe shoes while men were required to wear a suit. support fors they change came from both sides of aisle. >> decor um is important, especially for this institution, and a dress code in the lobby makes sense but we don't have to bar otherwise accepted contemporary business attire, so look for a change on that soon. >> house speaker ryan says the previous dress code was the same one from previous speakers and updated the dress code for more modern interpretation of business attire. jackie spears sent out the tweet, thank you to all of my colleagues who joined my for sleeveless friday because women have the right to bear arms. and several representatives wore shorts yesterday to showcase the change in dress code. >>> traveling with pets is a big responsibility. coming up if you're planning to hit the road with your four- legged friend, prepare them in advance for a safe and fu

park service officials, congresswoman jackie spear will officially announce the creation of the $50,000 reward in the case and the money comes from the city of san francisco. >>> a stretch of interstate 680 in san ramon could soon be named after the bark police department that was killed on the job. sergeant thomas smith could be the renaming on the highway and it is the same area where exit 34 is located. that is the badge number he wore when he was with the department. officer smith was actually shot to death by the bark police detective while serving a warrant in dublin three years ago. east bay times reports that the name change has been approved by the state assembly and will head to the state senate tomorrow and the sign would be paid for by donations. >>> it is 4:38 am. >>> a canadian was one among nine killed in peru after a tourist bus crash and 25 others were injured when the double- decker bus rolled over on the narrow road in the hills. it was near lima, peru when it crashed on its way back from crandon -- san cristobal which is a popular tourist part. several children were

. >>> jackie spears is announcing a $50,000 reward to help find a person that shot a college student. he was playing in aquatic college when he was killed. the gunman may have been seen in a white toyota avalon. she will announce the reward today. the city is funding the reward. >>> a boy is in gave condition after being shot last night. an officer patrolling the area thought he heard illegal fireworks, it was gunfire. he spotted a car with a teenager slumped behind the wheel. >> tires were spinning, the passenger door was open. walked up to see what was going on and the driver of the car was unconscious. >> we believe it was not a drive by based off the placement of the shot or the round itself. we believe the shooter was outside of the vehicle. >> the teenage victim is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. >> physical therapy for the san jose earthquake soccer player who nearly drowned. sylva went swimming with friends. he got into distress. when he was pulled from the water he was not breathing and no pulse. he was in a coma until yesterday. >>> the state department of to

. >>> a bay area congresswoman plans to lead a -- you're looking at a tweet from congresswoman jacky spears. because women have the right to bare arms. this follows female reporters being removed from certain areas for wearing sleeveless outfits. paul ryan has indicated he will look into the possibility of changing that code. if dwroyou're wondering men mus wear coats and ties. wear coats and ties. >>> next is bart food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. food. water. internet. we need it to live. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >>> bart is trying to clear up confusion and controversy over how it notifies crimes. even bart leaders themselves are not on the same page. >> there's been a lot of conversation about safety on bart. >> reporter: this week that conversati

but i want an apology of from jackie spears. >> there's a difficulty going on between the two countries right now. but if you drink vodka, you're game for these people >> so what happened when she mentioned your wife? >> we started getting terrible threats. i got a call on my phone and they said, "we know you're out of town. we're going to burn your house down with your wife and children in it." things have changed for my family dramatically. even though i've never heard anyone, least of all donald trump, even say russia. this is a fishing expedition. it's clearly designed to delay and stop the donald trump agenda >> so what role do you think russia did play, just as a citizen, in the 2016 election? >> well, i believe that wi wikileaks was probably getting their materials in the past from russia. it doesn't take conclusion from the trump campaign from russian active measures to mess with our elections. we mess with our elections. the funny thing is i was sent in 1994 to russia by the clinton administration to get involved in their election. the reelection of boris yeltsin. he was a lion

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they plan to meet with jackie spear this evening to announce a $50,000 reward funded by the city of sanernal memo which shows the transit agency but a spokesman tells 5 that the suspects are under 18. >>> we are tracking a motorcycle accident. the -- southbound 101. we do expect delays. three lanes are closed. southbound i-80 over crossing, about one hour's drive for those making their way on toward highway 84. the northbound direction, 66. it is looking awful and that is because we are dealing with an accident. and of course, the bay bridge toll plaza. not a lot of news there. >> low clouds drifting over the peninsula this morning and we do have delays. one hour and eight minutes. otherwise, 60s, 70s, 80s. variable winds. and also, back into the triple digits. cbs this morning is coming up next. have a great day. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is monday, july 10th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this mor " >>> donald trump jr. confirms he met with a russia attorney over damaging information on hillary clinton. trump jr. says it turned out to be nothing, but the meeting contradi

his parents are teaming up with congress woman jackie spear to announce a $50,000 reward for informationn that case. >>> well, friends and family honor the three ups drivers that were killed by a fellow coworker last month. the event at the san francisco city hall was one of the first public memorials since that shooting. live now at city hall tonight. and sergio, this is just a tough event all around for friends and family of the ups drivers. >> reporter: well, the wives children, and extended family of the ups drivers were hat the memorial. and a lot of them telling us they still can't believe their loved ones are gone. singers from the glide memorial ensemble opened the ceremony with song. but it was words from driver wane chang's son, kyle, that were especially touching. he asked his speech not be recorded, but the vice president shared one of his thoughts. >> he said his and his father were working nights and weekends on his car so he could have it red ay for him to have his driver's license test. >> reporter: kyle passed his test. he wished his father was there to celebrate with th

jackie spear announced the city of san francisco is adding $50,000 to the reward fund. u.s.ffering another $10,000 with the money already put up by riley's family, the reward now totals $110,000. >> it's been hell. we're living a nightmare every day. we still feel like he is coming home. we've had to realize that he is not. >> we're not going to stop. we are going to find this killer. . >> u.s. park police had release the this sketch of -- released this sketch of the suspect. a white hyundai sonata may be connected to the crime. an audi a3 wagon may also be involved. >>> 25-year-old ortiz of san jose were taken into on friday in modesto, booked in suspicion of murder in the shooting death of alex gutierrez. the victim was shot in a car last wednesday night and he ended up crashing into a van off of lawrence expressway. investigators have not revealed a motive but says that the shooting was not random. >>> happening today, a team of experts will try to lift a sunken barge that is underwater just south of the bay bridge. the 112-foot bark named vengeance sank on april 7th and

they plan to meet with jackie spear to announce a $50,000 reward funded by the city of fat -- san francisco. back to -- last august, kelly was playing when someone appeared out of nowhere and shot him. he died at the scene. police are still investigating the case. they released this composite sketch of a person of interest but it has not led to anyone, so far. the parents are hoping this will motivate anyone with information to come forward. >>> today, a judge will hold a hearing on accountability of the oakland police department. for more than a decade, they have had oversight but mistakes were made for officers who allegedly had sex with underage prostitutes. receivership and essentially taking over, the hearing is set for 2:30. >>> president trump is backing off of a plan to create a cyber security team with russia after facing criticism from both sides of the aisle. last night he tweeted, the fact that we spent time talking about it doesn't mean it's going to happen. it can't. >> we might as well mail our ballot boxes to moscow. >> power to prudent and that is exactly what he is doing.

happening today, jackie spear will host a town hall meeting on health care.he will discuss how federal and state bills impact health care coverage. she says tens f millions of people could lose their insurance under the gop health care bill. this is part of an ongoing series of town hall meeting that she has held since the presidential election. she and other democratic congresswomen demanded their right to bare arms athey're tryt a rule that bans sleeveless attire for women in halls of congress removed from the books. paul ryan say he's working to amend the dress code to keep up with the times. >>> time is is 8:36. this weekend, you'll wabt to double check the train schedule before taking cal train. changes begin today. trains will leave every 90 minutes instead of every hour. they are reducing weekend service because of construction. it is making improvements to use electric cars, you can find the new schedule on the website and it will remain in effect until construction is done. >>> still ahead, we are only six weeks away from the start to have burning ma

. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie spears represents the county where the rileys live. today she announced the city of san francisco is offering a $50,000 reward. the u.s. park police are adding $10,000, combined with the $50,000 already put forth by the riley family, the $110,000 might be enough to tempt someone to talk. >> the person who did this crime must be called to justice. >> reporter: there are new clues. today, park police said to 2009 black audi like this is of interest. and a second car has been changed to a 2013 four-door hyundai. the sketch of the suspect remains the same. >> it's so important for our family to have closure, to find the person that shot my baby boy in the back. make it so that he can't hurt anybody else. >> reporter: anyone with information is urged to call u.s. park police. carolyn tyler, "abc7 news." >>> new at 6:00, the mail carrier shot in her postal truck in oakland is now out of the hospital. she was hurt friday near bancroft avenue. police are still looking for the shooter, and they're offering a $50,000 reward for anyone with infor

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parks service, congresswoman jackie spear will officially announce the $50,000 reward in the case and money is coming from the city of san francisco. >>> the grease fire shutting down the smokehouse and the texas roadhouse in union city yesterday with the fire being limited to the kitchen and caused serious damage to the roof and insulation. all the employees managed to get out safely and the restaurant was not scheduled to open for another half hour so no customers were inside. restaurant will be closed what the manager is calling an extended period of time in the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the stretch of interstate on 680 and san ramon could be named after the bart police officer killed on the job, sergeant thomas smith proposal to rename the highway. this is in the area where the exit 34 is located which is the batch number he wore when he was with the department. officer smith was accidentally shot to death by the bart police detective while serving a warrant in dublin three years ago and the east bay times reports the name change has been approved by the state

california democrats to vote in favor of kate's law are right here in the bay area, congress woman jackie spear eric swellwell. he knew kate and her parents still live in his district. >>> san francisco is paying after a crime victim was reported to immigration authorities. we have more on the settlement that the city attorney says shows san francisco remains committed to sanctuary city policies. >> reporter: he had gone to the police station because his stolen car was recovered. but then police officers arrested him, an undocumented immigrant, and handed him over to immigration officers. it happened right in front of his young child in 2015. >> at this point my little girl was crying saying "daddy, daddy." she was really emotionally stressed. >> reporter: he spent two months behind bars and filed a law suit alleging the city violated its own policy. police later said they were sorry. >> i apologize because a mistake was made. i am saddened that his daughter had to feel pain. >> reporter: instead of fighting the suit we learned that the city attorney agreed to pay him $190,000 in a settlement.

congresswomanen jackie spear is motivated to advance the science. >> i want to know for my daughter,r, all the women in the country. >> reporter: a lot of kitchen table wisdom that will hopefully bare fruit in years to come. 5,000 women have signed up but they need 100,000 to make a difference. uc, care, all on board. for more information, go to our website, cbssf.com. >> thanks. >>> a lot of peach people switched to reusable water bottles to save the environment. that is mine, i have it everywhere i go. a study says they can be breeding grounds for germs. kpix 5's john ramose says not always a bad thing. >> reporter: a hot day at heather farm's park in walnut creek, 8-year-old everett is drinking a lot of water from his trusty bottle and he is chity chill about it. >> okay. i am filling it up even though i haven't clean td in a few weeks-- cleaned it in a few weeks, i will be fine. >> reporter: across the park, 10-year-old bianca thinkatize is crazy to drink-- thinks it is crazy to drink from unwashed bottle. >> some bacteria and algae can kill us. >> reporter: she may have learned

. >> reporter: congresswoman jackie spears represents the county where the rileys live. today she announced the city of san francisco is offering a $50,000 reward. the u.s. park police are adding $10,000, combined with the $50,000 already put forth by the riley family, the $110,000 might be enough to tempt someone to talk. >> the person who did this crime must be called to justice. >> reporter: there are new clues. today, park police said a 2006 to 2009 black audi like this is of interest. and a second car has been changed to a 2013 four-door hyundai. the sketch of the suspect remains the same. >> it's so important for our family to have closure, to find the person that shot my baby boy in the back. make it so that he can't hurt anybody else. >> reporter: anyone with information is urged to call u.s. park police. carolyn tyler, "abc7 news." >>> new at 6:00, the mail carrier shot in her postal truck in oakland is now out of the hospital. she was hurt friday near bancroft avenue. police are still looking for the shooter, and they're offering a $50,000 reward for anyone wit

and jackie spear, the columnist, is getting involved. you said it is a misdemeanor.hey want to make this a felony. it is a felony in illinois. >> maybe it should be a felony here, depending on the type of picture and what happened. but when i say stripper, that goes to whether she would be seriously emotionally affected by this. the d.a -- or the defense would want to get in that and say, wait a minute, you did that. how offended or seriously emotionally injured would you be? it's not like somebody that has never done that. so there is a difference. >> michael cardoza, thanks for joining us. >>> we want to go back now to our coverage of the guilty verdict today in that 2013 double murder at the san francisco jewelry mart. as we have been reporting, barry white found guilty on counts including first-degree murder and attempted murder for the killings of those two store clerks and for critically wounding that store owner. more from ktvu's tara moriarty, live outside the courthouse with more on this breaking news and this verdict in this very emotional case. >> reporter

i want to bring in jackie spear who serves on the arms services as well as intelligence committees.e you briefed? did you know it was coming? what's your reaction? >> absolutely not. i worked on this issue for two years with the former administration. this was, once again, be care of our president at 6:00 a.m. in the morning and what he is out to say. this is absolutely filled with a disregard for the members of the military that have volunteered, serving our country, putting our lives on the line and we have a president that just wants to play to a very small part of his base and he doesn't have the support of the congress. the majority of members of the democrats and republicans in the house just rejected this a matter of days ago. it is an insignificant part of the subject. we spend five times as much on viagra than we do on reassignment surgery. this is totally wrong headed. >> thank you for your words, it is very important we got that, but here is sarah huckabee sanders. >> several of you have noticed and asked about where the president will be donating his quarterly salary. la

park service officials and congresswoman jackie spear will officially announce the creation of a $50,000is case. that money comes from the city of san francisco. investigators say they hope the money will draw the attention of someone who has information about the killer. >>> a me memorial service was held in san francisco for the threaps drivers killed in last month's work place shooting at a autopsy facility. family and friends gathered in the city hall rotunda as a final farewell to the three. they were all family member who were killed june 14th in the shooting attack. nancy pelosi was there with ups work percent fellow teamster. >> we're here to support the family in anyway we can and share the loss of their loved ones. we're thankful that we can be here as a unit. >> organizers of the memorial say it was a way for people who couldn't make it to the actual funeral to gather and say good- bye. >> a stretch of interstate 680 in soon ramone could be named after a bart police sergeant who was killed on the job. there's a proposal to honor sergeant tom mar smith with the renaming of the

in addition to wasserman schultz included diane to get of colorado, jackie spear of california who sitstelligence committee, and ranking democrat on the house ethics committee. the investigation started with allegations that the awan group was arranged in double billing but reportedly expanded to include how sensitive health data was lowered. they were barred from house networks if everyone in the u.s. capitol police identified them as suspects in a criminal investigation. in announcing today's fire sink, she said "mr. awan previously served as a part-time employee but he has been fired." no punishment investigation have been for my share of our offense and we cannot comment on them. "the daily caller" has reported that authorities seized smash computer drives from awan's resident, charging documents released today do not explicitly link this a bank fraud charge to the house i.t. case. >> bret: we will continue to file the story. james, thank you. the boy scouts of america is facing backlash after a rally with president trump he talked loyalty to politics. in a speech that lasted nearly

democrats, i want the same public hearing everybody else did and that public hearing, representative jackie spear called out my wife for some reason, which is supposed to be off limits. and everything since then has been really negative. i expected to have representative schiff be rude, but he was a gentleman, they treated me strongly and they were directed at questioning but i felt ultimately it was fair. >> martha: do you think they believed you when you said you never heard any discussion about russia are working with russia toward any end in the campaign, did they believe you? >> michael: i don't know. representative schiff has a poker face for sure. they were very direct in their questioning. i think they are looking for reasons to extend this as long as they can. we know from "shattered" the bush that was published about hillary clinton campaign, the top team met the dale after her failure and decided the collusion would be the way that they tied donald trump's hands. they've been pretty successful with that. i expect they want that success to keep going as long as possible. i think they wa

. >> let me give you the latest take, jackie spear, pelosi and others have declared it is an absolutetion of the campaign election laws in the united states and therefore it's a crime. i wonder if they've ever actually read the federal election statutes. all you have to do is go to the federal election commission's website, let's put it up on the screen. even though a foreign national cannot make a campaign contribution, he or she can serve as an uncompensated volunteer for a campaign or political party and volunteer personal services. now, surely that includes opening your mouth and speaking, alex little. where's the crime on that? >> this is the russian government. this is not somebody who happens -- >> where's the crime? >> i think it is the implicit quid pro quo. >> implicit -- >> if you remember, in december, jared kushner is trying to set up a secret back channel communication source with the russians that will not be det t detected by american intelligence. >> wow. >> that completes this circle. >> you know, i believe in santa claus and the easter bunny and the tooth fairy. >>

it is that history that caught the attention of democratic congresswoman jackie spear and she broughtme in a congressional hearing. >> let's move on to someone else in that web. his name is michael caputo. what possible reason is there for the trump campaign to hire putin's image consultant? my thoughts on that? >> no thoughts. >> you worked on putin's image? >> that's false. i worked for the media company, which was a subsidiary, which was aligned with putin. i didn't work on putin's image. i was trying to help the media explain why they took over a television network. if that somehow down the line helped the kremlin, that wasn't what i was hired for. >> he says he has known donald trump since 1988. never thought he could be elected president but in november of 2015 was asked to become a part of the trump campaign by his old friend, manafort. even though he supports the trump presidency, personally he says working on the campaign was one of the biggest mistakes of his life. >> this was the hardest campaign to work on in my entire career. there is nothing even close. >> he was hired t

democratic congresswoman jackie spear of california joins me, serves on the house intelligence committee currently investigating russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and any possible collusion. congresswoman, what do you make of the president's answer there? >> well, his answer is woefully inadequate. even some of this fiercest supporters and defenders on that other tv station aren't defending him any longer. first of all, we've got to remember that it was his son who said there was no meeting. in fact, many people in the white house, eight times, denied there ever was a meeting. and then when it was going to become clear that the meeting is going to be divulged, that the e-mail train is going to be divulged, then, of course, there was a willingness to come forward. there is no candidate running for public office in this country that is going to take a meeting with a foreign national to provide dirt on their opponent. it is -- it would be a violation of the federal elections commission. it would be a, an item of value that is given to the campaign by a foreign national

. >>> bay area congressman jackie spear is offering a $50,000 reward to find a person who shot a collegeast year. riley was playing pokemon go in august when he was shot and killed. he was attending delta college in stockton. shortly after the killing, police say the shooter may have been seen leaving the area in a toyota avalon. she will announce the reward today alongside his parents. the city of san francisco is funding the reward. >>> this morning the two men charged in the ghost ship warehouse fire are set to appear in court. they are facing 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter. one for each of the people who died in the fire last december. expected to enter their pleas in minutes at 9:00. it will happen at the alameda county courthouse in oakland. both men are in jail. bail is set at $1 million each. >>> the huge fire that started in the 4:00 hour in oakland near lake merritt. a partial collapse happened while we were live. more on that coming up in minutes on the 9. >> there was a partial collapse of the apartment building under construction. we have live reports lined up co