we heard from jackie spear, ro khanna, katie hill from southern california. >> harley ruda from orange thing. raordinary thing ecord the that this hearing ham happened. democrats didn't have any power. now they do. i think in some ways, this is a huge sta for two freshmen in particular, but i think, you know, jackie spear is an attorney, ro khanna is an attorney, and i think in some ways they really got to the heart of me things buthe one exchange that i think has really gone viral is when jackie spear asked hcohen, many times has mr. trump asked you to threaten a person or an institution, 50 times, more, a hundred times, more, and that has now become a meme erat's all the internet and i think in some ways it's more funny than anything, although it does indicate just what kind of operation michaelh was part of. >> and jayson, you're watching this and what's going throughd? your mi what are the key take aways from cohen's testimony for you as a member of the republican party? >>well, i think it's a big charade. the demo ats dot like this president and they are trying as much as posible

jacky spear of california, member of both the house intelligence and oversight committees.hael steel, the former chair of the republican national committee. michael, i've said before, the ro romanovs, they shouldn't have been there. >> that's exactly roright. the first part of this is they are donald trump's cushion. they're his blanket. they're the ones who he not ole only trusts but they will carry out what he wants done. so it doesn't matter. the problem comes in translation for how they interact with cabinet secretaries and other officials. fwlrs the cabinet secretaries go no, that is inappropriate for you to make use of such functions or things, they have their own work around. they know how to game the system. >> if you're pushy. and you put the other pushiness and privilege and you got what you want. >> you have people that have power in a vast portfolio of issues that they don't have a lot of qualifications in objectively. i've been in meetings where he's talking about trade in china, infrastructure, regulations in business. he's supposed to be helping with the midd

secretary wilbur ross testified before the house oversight committee.california congress woman jackie spear when questioning him. about the add a citizenship question to the 2o20 census. speier says secretary ross lied to congress on multiple occasions when he previously told lawmakers it was the doj's a citizenship question to the census.as you know california is one of the states that sued over this issue.democratic lawmakers point out that in the ongoing court procedures - emails and documents surfaced that indicate wilbur ross was the person who wanted to add the immigration status question to the census. democrats say ross was working with people like steve bannon to do this almost immediately after ross became secretary of commerce (áboxesá) thanks alexandra. ( james ) a developing story we're following --- north korean officials say they are considering suspending nuclear talks with the united states. they said friday that north korea is very disappointed that no deal was reached at last month's summit between president trump and kim jong un. they blamed the breakdown of talks on the

she will join congresswoman jackie spear at the 30th annual women's conference. there will be 30 sessions. abc 7 is a proud sponsor of the annual event. >> i love her. i'm excited about her. usually we get to go. hopefully we'll see her. >> i'm definitely going this year. >> hi mike. >> what's up, guys. just waiting for the graphic to load. i just changed the st. patrick's day san francisco parade forecast. for some reason, there you go. it's taking longer to load. we start off at second and market and go down to mcallister and grove. by the time the parade is over, 65 degrees. unfortunately, no festival this year after the parade. head over to the beach. look at these temperatures tomorrow. mid to upper 60s until santa cruz at 71. even warmer, look at these upper 60s even low to mid-70s in santa cruz and monterey. here's alexis. >> thank you, mike. we're looking at a pretty decent lineup on either side of the bay bridge toll plaza. hopefully a few more of them open here shortly. no issues if you're using the fastrak lanes. no metering lights yet. that should hap

i'll speak to congresswoman jackie spear of the oversight and intelligence committees. and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. >>> let's begin with the manafort sentencing. shimon prokupecz is outside the courthouse and joining us in the situation room, susan hennessy. shimon, he has been in prison nine months, his lawyers say his condition is deteriorating. he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. what's the latest? >> reporter: he certainly can, wolf. just to give our viewers the latest, the judge just took a 15-minute break. he asked for a recess after hearing some arguments from the attorneys inside the courtroom. he has now taken a 15-minute break. we have now well over an hour under way into this sentencing hearing where, as you said, paul manafort could learn that he could face the rest of his life in prison with the time that he faces here, up to 25 years. the other thing that we have seen here is that paul manafort came into court. he was wheeled in, in a wheelchair. he had a cane with him. he was also weari

. >> jackie spear, congresswoman, has been fighting gender discrimination for over 20 years. >> get ridwomen on the average pay $5 more for a haircut than does a man. >> they should be paying you to get those haircuts, but that's not the point. >> the pink tax is an insidious institution in america and, mind you, women are still making 80 cents for every dollar earned by a man to do the same job. and if you're a woman of color, you're making even less money. >> i ran the numbers and overcharged plus underpaid equals a square root of what the (~bleep )! aaahhh! it's unfair. when someone has blue eyes, everyone falls inov love with them. get pink eye once, kicked out to have the neighbor's hot tub. it's 3:00 in the morning, what are theying using it for? >> women are discriminated against with services as well. >> haircuts, tailoring, dry cleaning. >> research is shown women pay more than men 42% of the time and starts from the time you're born till the day you die. as displayed in some of these products we have with us today, and a game we call -- >> sorry, you're a woman. >> $32 to $44.

jackie spear said it was explosive. ta learned a lot. you know what i spoke to a republican with a different tale about today. we're supposed to get a transcript. we'll find out what happened. >> right. we're supposed to get a transcript. we saw cohen today wheeling in luggage. when you saw the luggage he was wheeling in presumably that was the documents that he was bringing in to the committee. he spent the night d.c. it's not clear why he would need all the luggage. they have to put up at some point. members of congress saying this was explosive. we learned all this new information. it has to km out. how much is actually new. keep in mind as you know the mueller team the southern district of new york had all this information. they gave all of this back to cohen. it's clear a lot of this is no longer under investigation by them or they feel comfortable enough to say here owe go. i think today obviously was an important day. i'm sure what he is saying certainly is being backed up by what he wheeled in to the members of congress to see. t

congresswoman jackie spear is the chair of subcommittee on military personnel. >> good afternoon, welcomeveryone to the military personnel subcommittee of the armed services committee. the active-duty transgender service members were with us today, being here in the same room as senior defense department officials in front of the congress representing your

cohen had the back and forth with jackie spear and she asked if he would be able to provide the initial draft of the letter he wrote to the intelligence committee in 2017 that was the basis of his guilty plea he provided false information to congress. how should we understand the importance of that and what mr. cohen was offering? >> thank you for asking because if congresswoman spear hadn't asked that question yesterday i couldn't respond because of the ground rules of an intelligence committee briefing but yes, there will be an additional amount of information comparing the first draft that michael wrote and the reiterations called red lines that a collective group of lawyers called members of a joint defense agreement. and then the final iteration contained false statement not only by michael, that he did know russian moscow tower activity after the iowa caucuses. and let me just tell you one example. so donald trump would have a rally after the iowa caucuses the campaign begins, as we all know. and he'd be at a rally telling everybody no russia, no discussions, no collusion, no russ

a townhall today, featuring jackie spear. she will address world issues including anti-semitism, mideast peace tops and the deep division between the democrats and president trump. the event is being held at the peninsula jewish community center in foster city. only people who registered ahead of time will be allowed into the town hall, which starts at 2:00 this afternoon. >>> the time is 7:08. eric swalwell is not backing away from assertions that the president shows a favoritism towards russia. >> i'm not going to apologize for loving this country being somebody who benefited from free markets and free ideas. >> that was not my question. i understand that. you said you called the president for an agent of the russians. >> swell well and other democrats want attorney general william barr to release the entire mueller report. he says he will send it to congress by mid april, but it might have actions for sensitive information, house democrats want him to stick to an april 2 deadline to turn over the report. last week, he issu

it is something like jackie spear or any of those types of movements, no.e act over the past six years have had changes that have come forward. if we still have women in this instance two are in power and who still feel negatively impacted even to the point of being fearful to present their case for the proper adjudication so that someone receives the proper, you know, whatever they will do to them from the military we have people in the military who are serving and who have clearances. they are not getting clearances removed. they are being challenged with had a top secret clearance. it is against their fellow servicemen and women. they will get out with retirement and work with department of defense. we need to really seriously pay attention to this. this is absolutely a national security issue. >> you are bringing up pretty sobering points there. awfully glad you came back. it's an important one. >> thank you. >>> leading the democrats between liberal cliff? what does that even mean? we'll talk about it. does that n we'll talk about it. ave irritat. so,

congresswoman jackie spear is the chair of subcommittee on military personnel. >> good afternoon, welcome everyone to the military personnel subcommittee of the armed services committee. the active-duty transgender service members were with us today, being here in the same room as senior defense department officials in front of the congress representing your selves and fellow transgender service members. even in your civilian capacity, this takes tremendous courage. testifying in front of congress is not close to the most courageous thing you have done. from a young age you made a series of difficult choices in order to live in a way that honors yourself, your community and country. despite living in the nation for many discriminate against you, you made a choice that fewer and fewer americans make. you joined the military and risk your lives and families well being our safety. how has the administration thank ed you? by treating you like a liability. not an asset. by maliciously jeopardizing your careers and trivializing your sacrifice. 14700 transgender individuals continue to serve abl

, support believes that we can move forward with the equal rights amendment, but representative jacky spearuldnate, h res 38 remove the deadline in the senate. ben cardin, who has been a long time supporter of the e.r.a., and lisa murkowski, has another which would do the same thing. so the hearing in the house would be to have people, experts come forward to say why we should just have the deadline removed, and we have been promised that it will happen this spring most likely. host: we had been talking a short while ago about alabama. this is robert on our democrats line. guest: tuscaloosa. i am from the county myself. [laughs] caller: give me a few minutes, please, sir, i am 82 plus years old, and i have been called an african-american man, and this is history month, but it should be herstory month for women. guest: right. they arend our women, the strongest people on earth, and in particular, let me deviate, sir, i am an african-american woman, black women, used to be called negro league and colored women, you have gone through something on this side of the globe that nothing that other

are going to see a secretary of the congress be held accountable by democrats like congresswoman jackie speartion for jackie, the fact that nancy pelosi set the tone on impeachment, do you agree with that and impeachment talk should be ground to a halt until something overwhelming comes forward. if the mueller report reveals anything that is shocking and appalling, which it might not, but so many things have happened. i heard you talking last night, in plain sight. you know, the president engages in things. the president pushes his kids through for security positions, jobs and trips that are completely not prepared for in any way and have no experience that backs up why they are doing any of these things. you have cabinet secretaries leaving. scandals right and left, indictments. what do you think this president has done or what is your biggest question about this presidency, gimpb all the investigations at play? >> well, this president never played by the rules -- >> of course. >> in professional life or as president of the united states. the whole violation of the anti-nepotism law is just