democratic leader nancy pelosi and congresswoman jackie speier held a town hall meeting .ron four's spencer blake was there as they touched on some very controversial topics. (nats - crowd cheering)much of the reaction was positive at nancy pelosi and jackie speier's town hall meeting saturday.according to pollshealth care, russia's ties to the trump administration, the environment, and the budget were some of the topics constituents most wanted to hear about."i thought nancy pelosi and jacki speier did a very good job in calling for an independent commission to investigate what's going on with russia."pelosi said vladimir putin interfered with our democratic election, and wondered why president trump has buddied up with him so closely."what do the russians have on donald trump politically, personally, and financially?"when asked if they would hold a sit in until the intelligence committee arranges an independent investigation, speier replied with:"i am a fan of civil disobedience."as usual, talk of health care got people riled up.some people felt pelosi wasn't being firm

democratic leader nancy pelosi held a town hall meeting with congresswoman jackie speier in the citykron four's spencer blake was there at balboa high school, as they touched on some very controversial topics. (nats - crowd cheering)much of the reaction was positive at nancy pelosi and jackie speier's town hall meeting saturday.according to pollshealth care, russia's ties to the trump administration, the environment, and the budget were some of the topics constituents most wanted to hear about."i thought nancy pelosi and jacki speier did a very good job in calling for an independent commission to investigate what's going on with russia."pelosi said vladimir putin interfered with our democratic election, and wondered why president trump has buddied up with him so closely."what do the russians have on donald trump politically, personally, and financially?"when asked if they would hold a sit in until the intelligence committee arranges an independent investigation, speier replied with:"i am a fan of civil disobedience."as usual, talk of health care got people riled up.some people felt p

nancy pelosi and jackie speier called it a victory. obamacare survived trump's everts to repeal it. at least for now. speier credited the crowd of about 400 people at this town hall and others like it across the country for gathering together in unified voices and saving the affordable care act. >> it is the democratic process at work. they're demanding these town halls. >> grassroots voices heard not only by democrats but also by republicans who repeatedly condemned obamacare but in the end could not commit to replacing it with the president's health care plan. >> they realize that the american people do not want to repeal the affordable care act. they want to make it better and more cost affordable. but they do not want to repeal it. >> on twitter today, president trump tweeted obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great plan for the people. don't worry. vice president mike pence was in west virginia where he told a mostly republican crowd the parties work on a new health care plan has just begun. >> yesterday wasn't a victory for the american peo

so -- >> jackie speier. >> yeah, jackie speier.or reached out to us because we have a segment called "you heard of this bitch?" where we -- [ laughter ] -- praise. we basically are just -- we praise women who deserve it. and jackie speier -- [ laughter ] first of all, like survived jonestown. >> was shot. >> was shot. >> and then she was like, "i'll get into politics." [ laughter ] >> yeah, let's talk about gun control next. so we did a "you heard of this bitch" about her, because everyone should hear of her. >> seth: yeah. >> and she followed us on twitter! >> seth: oh my god. >> yeah. [ laughter ] better endorsement. >> which is sort of like an endorsement but a secret one. yeah. >> seth: so you've gotten one "you heard of this bitch" but no "local dicks" up to this point? >> no. >> i don't know if they -- because it's a lot of work to like plug in your modem. unplug the fax. i feel like the local dicks are still doing like -- >> get a new aol cd. >> yeah. isd -- >> seth: one thing you guys are obsessed with, and i was not even a

in san francisco, house democratic leader nancy pelosi and congresswoman jackie speier held a townhallt balboa high school.the topics they touched on we're determined by polls of their constituents. they spent the most time addressing healthcare - including a single-payer system - and russian ties to president trump and members of his cabinet.they also addressed concerns about the environment, and ultimately asked for support in changing the make up of congress in two years.in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. in sf it was a ((jrs/live)) still ahead... it was a beautiful day it was a still ahead... ((jrs/live)) kron four news.spencer blake, in san francisco, years. congress in two years.in san francisco, spencer blake, kron four news. ((jrs/live)) still ahead... ((jrs/live)) ((jrs/live)) still ahead... it was a beautiful day across the bay area... but that won't last... meteorologist lawrence karnow will explain when we'll see the next round of rain. (jr stone) joining me now is meteorologist lawrence karnow with details on weather. lawrence karnow: we can expect between a

one such lawmaker democratic congresswoman jackie speier, a member of the intel committee.hank you for joining us. my understanding is that last night you thought you were going to get to see some of the there there, some of these documents nunes is talking about but you didn't. what happened? >> well, we have not received any of the documents. it may be weeks before we do. the interesting thing, chris, if he, in fact, looked at these documents on the committee in the executive office building, there are computers in the skiff that we could have looked at the same documentation. they clearly don't want us to know about the leak, someone in the administration. >> you have to have doubts because we don't know yet. there's a lot being withheld from nunes as far as the procedure, who helped him get into the white house, who helped him get into the computer. there's a lot of process that could reveal where it was coming from he's not been forthcoming. that leads to the point of democrat distress. do you trust nunes? >> well, he has violated the first principle of doing an invest

congresswoman jackie speier of california, thanks for being with us.e asked him for more than circumstantial evidence, and devin nunes said he would provide evidence of incidental collection tomorrow. >> a lot of headlines there from representative jackie speier from california. >>> still to come, golfer jason day took people in surprise when he called it quits during the tournament. ates are probably gonna double. but dad, you've got... ...allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. it's good to be in, good hands. this is pete's yard. and it's been withered by winter. but all pete needs is scotts turf builder lawn food. it's the fast and easy way to a thick, green, resilient lawn, with two simple feedings. one now, and one later this spring. it takes grass from hungry - to healthy. pete may not be an expert, but look at that grass. this is a scotts yard. for a quick and easy lawn care plan, download the my lawn app. for a quick and easy lawn care plan, nobody does unlimited

jackie speier, democratic of california joining us. when we hear house speaker paul ryan i may have to interrupt you. >> got it. >> starting with the decision to scrap all the committee meetings for the week. what can you tell us about why the decision was made, what you were told about it and when it will be rescheduled? >> we were disappointed, actually outraged when the hearing on russia, which was supposed to take place today at 10:00 was canceled. we were not even told about it. instead, as you remember chairman nunes had a press conference in which he said we needed to meet with director comey in closed session along with admiral rogers at the nsa. that's not taking place either. they wanted to shut down the visuals of this committee in open, talking about the connections between the russian -- between the russians and the trump campaign. so they have really, i think, had such profound impact on our ability to do an independent investigation, i am deeply troubled by it. >> how were you told about this? did somebody from congressm

nancy pelosi, and jackie speier met with their constituents, but it was not positive. many people were happy about the vote to repeal obamacare, and many are demanding more protection and options. >> there's no privilege greater than representing the san francisco bay area in the congress of the united states. >> house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, and jackie speier spent nearly three hours with constituents during a town hall meeting. >> we are very pleased to have a victory for the american people yesterday. >> they are referring to the surviving of the affordable care act. paul ryan pulled a reform proposal off the floor before a vote to be taken. in contrast, seven years ago it was then speaker of the house pelosi who helped pass the bill. >> she made sure the affordable air act was passed, and you know what is different between she and paul ryan, she can count. >> and the constituents started to ask questions. >> there's only one way we can go, it's single payer. >> do you want to listen or just speak. >> let her speak, please. >> while t representatives agreed

at balboa high school where nancy pelosi and jackie speier appeared together. pelosi was speaker of the house seven years ago. >> this is ideological deconstruction of who we are as a nation. affecting our values and priorities. >> abc7 caught up with barbara lee after the forum with her constituents. >> going to continue to fight for health care for everyone and make sure it's working for everyone and where it needs to be fixed move forward and work with republicans to try to fix it. but in no way should people really listen to what is coming out of the white house. >> democrat zoe also -- credited affordable care act with shortening the time patients wait to see doctors in public hospitals in her district. >>> president trump today turned to twitter to respond to the defeat. >> reporter: before heading out to golf club in virginia, president trump was system ruminating about the health care debacle. obamacare will explode and we'll all get together and piece together a great health care plan for the people. do not worry. plenty are worried. >> plan they had k

. >>> minority leader nancy pelosi and congresswoman jackie speier had a town hall meeting, and many are demanding more protection and options. lisa amin gulezian explains. >> there's no privilege greater than representing the san francisco bay area in the congress of the united states. >> reporter: house democratic leader nancy pelosi and jackie speier spent nearly three hours with constituents. >> we are very, very pleased to have a victory for the american people yesterday. to the survival of the affordable care act. seven years ago, it was speaker of the house pelosi who helped pass the bill. >> she made sure the affordable care act was, in fact, passable, and you know the difference between she and paul ryan, she can count. >> the jokes quickly stopped and the mood changed once constituents started to ask questions. >> there's only one way we can go. it's single payer. >> do you want to listen or do you just want to speak. >> let her speak, please. >> and the health care act can improve, and there was not necessarily agreement on exactly how. that made some constituents nervous.

the professional businesswomen's conference was founded 28 years ago by congresswoman jackie speier. all 5,000 tickets to today's event are gone. it's sold out but no surprise given who will be here. hillary clinton will be the closing keynote speaker today, she hasn't revealed what she'll be saying but this is the first time she has come here to the bay area since the election. here's the list of speakers who will be here today. "hidden figures" actress taraji p. henson will be here. actress aboutist have rosario dawson, congresswoman speier will be speaking and civil rights activist memory banda. if you are coming, stop by the abc 7 news booth, we are proud sponsors of this event and we'll have anchors and reporters at our booth all day ready to meet you, greet you, answer your questions. we always enjoy meeting our viewers so come say hello. reporting live from san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. now to your morning money report. elon musk says his new solar roof tiles will be available for pre-orders next month. >> it still isn't clear when they'll delive

health care was the biggest item on the table.while representatives nancy pelosi and jacki speier were american health care act dying on the vine this week, they shared their thoughts for what's next."we are not going to erode this law and allow americans to go without health insurance and health care.""we're ready to talk about how we can make some improvements in the affordable care act."but for some in the crowd, that wasn't enough for them."please come out, speaker pelosi, and say, 'we support single payer. that's our aim; that's what we're going for!'"some people shouted, wanting a straightforward 'yes' or 'no' answer regarding support for a single-payer system."in the affordable care act, in certain respects, we have gone to the left of medicare for all. (crowd: no!)pelosi: yes. yes!"pelosi said, when obamacare was passed, they tried to mitigate for ánot getting a single payer system by putting as many benefits in the law as possible.on the issue of russian ties with trump, speier drew cheers with this assertion:"we absolutely need an independent commission to truly investigate t

among the democrats -- commitee member and peninsula congresswoman -- representative jackie speier.. jackie speier: "the way forward in my view -- in fact, the majority of republicans in the house want to have a fair and objective process moving forward, they need to replace devin nunes.>(pam) all this, after a 'new' revelation: nunes visited white house grounds just one day 'before' presenting alleged evidence to president trump .... he was informing the president that u.s. intelligence picked up "incidental" communications from people in his transition team, perhaps even the president himself. the house intelligence committee has scrapped all planned meetings this week amid the controversy... as well as a public hearing that was set for today. (steve) the white house is remaining defiant as well as the russia issue came up during today's press briefing. press secretary sean spicer fired back when pressed by a reporter.

. >> organizers tell jackie speier she is leading an effort to capitol hill. >>> if you see several helicopters circling overhead do not be alarmed as the fire department is holding an exercise for its new recruits. they will land next to the department training tower on lola street, and that training starts at until 12:00 this afternoon. >>> we just learned that another puppy we featured found her forever home. her name is beauty, and she was adopted from the peninsula humane society. all of the puppies featured thursday expected to have forever homes by last night and we are waiting fur phae confirmations. >> i could look at that all morning, mike. can we just do that every day? >> i was thinking why not, every day, and we would get so many more animals adopted. in the south bay, 101 at 880. getting dry here, the area that received the least amount of rain over the last week. prtly cloudy, breezy and cooler than average for today and becoming clear and cooler tonight and a roller coaster of high temperatures this week. here's a look at the breezes. i want to show you the coast first. that's w

. >> joining us now, congressman jackie speier, democrat from california, member of the house intelligencemittee. congressman speier, there's some speculation here that only the chairman and ranking member knew that that investigation had been going on since july. were you aware of that before you heard that answer today? >> no, i wasn't. it was news to most of us on the committee. >> and so did that -- was that one of the powerful moments in the hearing today? that was certainly the observation that was made by some of the reporters we just heard from who were in the audience that they felt like they were watching the committee learn that this serious investigation has been going on since july and kind of processing the implications of that. >> yes, and what was really very important was the fact that it was also very specific that director comey spoke about the investigation including trump operatives and their involvement in any interference with our election. >> you kept the focus on the bigger picture of this russia investigation and russia's intent in its influence on this election.

. >> reporter: jackie speier, the congresswoman there, announced that democrats would be reviewing this information that mr. nunes revealed publicly yesterday tomorrow in a private classified briefing. i asked her, are you confident that mr. nunes can run this committee investigation? and she said she's not confident. nancy pelosi, house minority leader, told our colleague tom lobianco that it's time for him to step aside as chairman of the committee. this investigation which was happening initially along bipartisan lines now breaking down along partisan lines. what does that mean for the larger investigation into russia, russia meddling in these contacts that occurred between trump officials and allegedly russian officials, what happens next? the senate continues its own investigation. >> can this committee regain its footing after what's broken down in the last 24 hours? manu, thanks so much, manu is all over it. let's discuss this with democratic congressman joaquin castro, a member of the very same house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having

scarlet: for more on the hearing, i want to bring in california congresswoman jackie speier.stions of james comey and admiral michael rodgers. thank you for speaking with us by phone. we know the trump administration wanted to learn who was behind the leaks. what did you want to get out of the hearing? a great deal out of the hearing. first of all, we got clarification that there is an investigation, that it is ongoing, that it dates back to july, and it includes persons engaged in the trump campaign. secondly, director comey put to bed, finally, the fact that there is no truth to the president's tweet of three weeks ago. it is so disconcerting to me that that's tweet has taken on a life of its own. everyone on tv and radio is spending countless hours talking about a false statement made by the president that is reckless, and it suggests there was criminal activity by the former president of the united states. he made it very clear that none of that could have happened, but for a department of justice action. the president can't order that kind of activity. it shows us that t

. >> organizers tell us peninsula congressman jackie speier is leading a charge on capitol hill to revive the e.r.a. >>> today, a group gathered to fight america's growing epidemic of people dying from overdoses on prescription drugs. abc 7 news was in concord. abc 7 anchor cheryl jennings served as master of ceremonies for the 5k walk. one woman shared her son's story. >> a little bit of alcohol, one xanax pill and about a pill and a half of oxycodone, it shut down his breathing. he went to sleep after his college party that night and didn't wake up. like thousands and thousands of others have had happen. >> there was a banner there displaying the names of overdose victims. walk organizers moved it to concord this year because it has a high rate of people dying from opioid over dose. >> divers took to the water today in antioch. no witness, no victims, but investigators have an idea of how the car became submerged. >> also, the happy ending for warriors fans who got duped by phony tickets. the story is a good reminder for us all. >>> divers searched the submerged honda suv at a marina ne

speakers included congresswoman jackie speier and kathy spill arar. it's a national organization. their mission is to empower feminists and gain equality for women everywhere. >>> what's appropriate clothing to wear on a flight? two girls learned united airlines policy today. they were not allowed to board a flight because they were wearing leggings. much more tore this story. a united spokesman said the two teens weren't not allowed on the flight because they were traveling using a united employee pass. they were not in compliance with the policy for company travel which has been in effect for quite a while. >>> still ahead, swapping out cars for runners on the golden gate bridge. >> the event that was about sight-seeing as much as it was running. >>> right now across the golden gate bridge, things are relatively dry but that might change as you can see here. beginning to pick up the rain crossing the coast near ocean beach. very windy changes ahead in the seven-day forecast. brid. >>> a welcome back right now as we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge here. >> it i

ash carter opened all military positions to women including combat roles, in 2013 congresswoman jackie speier warned much facebook pages that are just the tip of the spear which she said contributed to a culture that seemed to encourage sexual assault and abuse. the marines consequently posted guide lines for responsible social media behavior. >> officials say if a marine shared a photo of another person taken without that person's consent and under circumstances in which that person had a reasonable expectation of privacy, the marine could be subjected to criminal proceeding or administrative action. elaine? >> paula thank you. >> police in washington state are investigating a suspected hate crime against a u.s. citizen of indian descent. he was shot in a suburb of seattle and follows the recent shooting of two engineers from india in kansas. >> police in kent washington, a suburb of seattle are e vestigating the shooting of a 39 year old sikh man. >> to think that this could happen in our communities with very surprising and extremely disappointing. >> reporter: the victim was wearing a tur

congresswoman jackie speier joins us today. thank you so much for being here today. >> it's always great to be with you, cheryl. >> you are the founder of pbwc, and we're gonna get to that in just a few moments, but you're making a big effort to let people know that they have a voice. you're holding a series of town hall meetings. so, tell me what people are saying. >> there's great anxiety, and i feel it's incumbent on me to assuage some of their concerns, to tap down the anxiety, the angst, and many of their concerns revolve around the sense that the constitution is being ignored. whether it's putting gag orders in place within the epa and other departments, whether or not it's the affordable care act becoming defunct. i had one mother yesterday who said to me, "my son has asthma. we were four days in the hospital. if i didn't have the affordable care act, we'd be bankrupt today." so there's a lot of human concern about where we're going. >> you founded this organization a long time ago. >> 29 years ago. >> that's hard to bel

jackie speier. a lot of people. good people. tim ryan. a lot of folks. .hey employed these folks they were very trusting, kind people. and these people didn't have a background check. and now they're under investigation. i heard -- some have been told lead guy, wan, the went back to pakistan. well, if this guy set up and was working on computer systems, is it possible could he have -- and this is what a normal mainstream reporter, 30, 40 years ago, back in the 1970's would have asked, well, did he set up the d.n.c. computer system that got hacked? that was supposedly hacked by russians? or others? , did he set that up so it could be hacked? there's a lot here going on that we don't know the answers to and we deserve to know the answers. there were mortgage transfers, debt-evading bankruptcies. let's see. emron ewan, jamal ewan, were known to be the ring leaders of the group. providing service since 2005. has convictions for driving offenses, which were serious enough to become criminal miss demeaners. used illegal radar detector, drove an

henson from "hidden figures" and rosario dawson and congresswoman jackie speier. all 5,000 tickets have sold out. there is a waiting list, but we will keep you posted on all the activities. >> it's a great event too, a lot of fun. >>> san jose comes up with a contingency plan. why something as simple as going to the dentist could get a lot harder for thousands of people. >>> one researcher says it's like a musical virus using sound waves to hack your phone. that's not the only device that's vulnerable. >>> field trip for the head of california's puc. why he'll be handing out flyers in front of washington, d.c.'s metro system. >>> second helping. the airline bringing back free meals on flights to san francisco. >> stay with us, abc 7 news continues right after this. gus is a handful. we don't know what this thing is, but someday, gus will because this is the thing that gus will build that will change the world. and this is the thing that could change gus' world. gus doesn't know what this thing is, but we know what this thing is. this is the thing we'll help gus ge

some democrats such as california congress member jackie speier, have called on in us to step down as chair. democrats say the memeeting shos nunes is too close to trump to be impartial in the investigation about whether trump's campaign colluded with russia in order to influence the 2016 election. nunes is refusing to recuse himself from the investigation. the house intelligence committee has canceled all meetings this week, amid the ongoing turmoil. this is california democratic congressman adam schiff. >> i think would be worthwhile for the chairman to recuse himself from any investigation of all things it are the trump campaign or the trump transition -- nothing normal about what has taken place over the last week. [indiscernible] you don't share with the president, particularly if the investigation vols associates of the presidident. amy: earlier this month, attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from any investigatioions into o ties ben trump and russia during the 2016 campaign, following revelations that he twice met with russia's ambassador to the u.s. while serving as

congresswoman, jackie speier, founded pbwc 20 years ago. our guests where she talks about the challenges women face in the workplace and in college. spear says we have a long way to go. >> we think the things are good until we actually drill down and find out they are not that good and that there still is serious discrimination, and whether it's discrimination entitle 9 in the way assaults are handled on college campuses or rape in the military, and it's still pretty pervasive. >> our special edition of "beyond the headlines" airs today on abc7, and log on to our website for more information, and by the way, the conference is sold out. >>> good morning to you. we have more clouds this morning. low clouds so creating visibility issues, and check out live doppler 7. as we bring you in closer, it's all very light, and cloverdale, geyser veil, and here's where we have the sweep on top of mt. st. helena, and we will watch this as we see a couple what we will see is basically more cloud cover, but the possibility of coastal drizzle and a stray sh

congresswoman jackie speier founded pbwc 20 years ago.gresswoman is a guest on the show this morning where she shows what challenges women face. she said we have a long way to go to end discrimination against women and girls. >> we think things are good until we drill down and find out they are not that good, and that there still is serious discrimination, and whether it's discrimination entitle rain in t rape in the military, and it's pretty prevasive. >> for more information, log on to our website, abc7news.com, and by the way, the pbwc conference is sold out. >>> good morning to you. check it out. live doppler 7 looks like we have a lot of activity. this is not reaching the ground except well far to the north around clear lake, and looking at just a little bit of drizzle here also in clover dale, but clout the day, you could see showers in the north bay. we have several systems offshore. we widen the perspective and see all the cloud cover here. late in the day yesterday we did manage sun, and in the south way and east bay, you will se

(grant) congresswoman jackie speier who represents parts of san francisco and the penninsula tweeted:thanks to all those who called congress to defeat trumpcare and send a clear message to the house-gop - this victory belongs to the people! hashtag: resist (grant) and new californiia senatator kamala harris tweeted:"while this fight is far from over, today affirms that your voice matters." (pam) a live look outside at san francsico.... the worst of the latest storm has passed... but there is some rain ahead for the weekend.(grant) kron4 chief meteorologist brittney shipp is tracking what you need to know. i'm brittney shipp. dry weather will return for saturday through most of sunday as a weak ridge of high pressure builds back to the coast. highs will mostly be in the upper 50s to mid 60s on saturday with a few degrees of cooling on sunday as the ridge flattens out. at the same time a minor system will drop down from the north and quickly move through our region. scattered showers can be expected with the majority of the rain over the north bay. in fact, many locations south of the b

it was founded 28 years ago by jackie speier, who spoke about it. >> i wanted to create a place for womengether and network and do professional development. >> this is a picture of the panel i moderated last year, even more excited this year because i'll be serving as conference host along with cheryl. be sure to follow us on social media, your ticket to pbwc. >> thank you so much. >>> a civil rights group is asking the state's attorney general to launch an investigation into dozens of schools across california that are asking parents to provide their children's social security numbers and citizenship status. four bay area school districts are among the 79 asking for such information including dublin, antioch, orinda and la honda. dublin said it's reviewing its form and dublin said it will stop asking for that information. >>> the uber cars back on the streets of san francisco, the fleet of autonomous vehicles in this city after receiving the dmv appropriation. they stopped in arizona where one of the cars was involved in a crash. it appears the uber vehicle was not at fault in that colli

. >> [ yelling ] >> house minority leader nancy pelosi and representative jackie speier faced a vocal crowd at balboa high school. when asked what democrats will do now about obamacare, she said she would extend her hand to the president to improve it. we asked pelosi what her reaction was to president trump's comments yesterday. calling her and senator chuck schumer losers. >> i'm bemused by what he had to say, but i think he's getting the lay of the land. chuck and i took it as a great compliment that he was giving us credit for defeating. we killed the bill that he had going. it was a terrible bill. >> reporter: people held up signs urging pelosi to push for a single-payer health care system. she told them she's actually been supporting that idea since before many in the crowd were born. >>> congresswomen zone locker and held a town hall of her own. she has some questions of her own for the gop. >> the question i have is whether the republicans after voting to reveal the affordable care act 60 times before they actually had the power to repeal it, are going to be willing to sit dow

some of the questioning came from the bay area's own congresswoman jackie speier. we're in washington with what the fbi director said repeatedly which is that he can't comment on open investigations. the question is what do we know now that we didn't a few hours ago. >> reporter: james comey a admiral mike rogers in the hot seat as the house intelligence committee investigates russia's interference in the election and whether hackers got any help from the trump team. comey publicly confirming they're following the evidence. >> that includes investigating the nature of links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government. >> reporter: trump administration denies collusion. this morning the president called it fake news and unleashed a twitter storm. one saying that democrats made up and pushed the russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. committee members have doubts. >> if the trump campaign for anyone associated with it aided or abetted the russians, it would not only be a serious crime, it would also represent

. >> joining me now is congresswoman jackie speier of california. thank you for being with us. your thoughts on what you and your committee plan to do if, indeed, the doj does not prepb tsent any evidence. the deadline was yesterday and they asked for an extension, and if they don't come forward with anything, do you plan to subpoena any evidence? >> i think there's no question that we would subpoena any evidence. poppy, what is really important to point out here is that you cannot wiretap a u.s. person without going to a judge and showing probable cause that there has been alistit activity engaged in. there would be a paper trail of that somewhere, something very easily to pull out of the file and give to the intelligence committee. you know, we have been following mr. trump's tweet down a rabbit hole because meanwhile he is dismantling many of the programs in the federal government that are critical to peoples' lives. >> we will get to that in moment and get to your take on the cbo score of the health care replacement plan. i am just wondering what the long-term play s. and l

. >> jackie speier is leading an effort on capitol hill to revive the era. >>> a 20-year-old man facesrunk driving charges following a crash that left a person in critical condition yesterday evening. police investigated the collision between a car and two vans, and the force of that crash sent one person flying on to the pavement. >> one of them was ejected from the car, and we are working on whether or not it was out a passenger window that has been shattered or out the sunroof. >> a life flight helicopter flew that person to a trauma center, and officers arrested the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash. >>> trying to determine how the stolen honda suv ended up in the marina near the antioch bridge. and divers searched the suv but did not find anybody inside or nearby, and a passerby called after spotting it, and a truck pulled the suv back to land, and the suv was reported stolen in livermore. >>> and then not building a factory in livermore after all. the future says it will focus its future on north las vegas instead. work on this factory came to a stop in mid november bec

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intelligence committee, adam schiff, and republican congressman devin nunes and we heard from jackie speier i should say, what stood out to you? >> adam schiff went further than he has in the past saying there's circumstantial evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and the russian hacking operation interfering in the election. he hadn't said that before. devin nunes, the chairman of the house intelligence committee said he hadn't seen any evidence, my suspicion is nunes as a trump supporter takes a narrower view of what evidence is than schiff as a democratic pporter. >> is it as simple as that? is it coming down to politics? or are these two -- they're looking at the same information, right? >> they're both given the same highly classified briefings, schiff's is not proof. we're aware of in the public domain of circumstantial evidence and they've reported on intercepts of meetings between the administration and russians and when were those meetings? that's they're having to look into and schiff is looking at that and maybe other things that we're want aware of and saying that's c

. >> congressman jackie speier said this is not the case of a few bad apples but a culture where the rot has continued to spread and thrive. if there was a leadership component here, the president should fire those responsible. >> i'd like to see leadership address it head on. hold everybody accountable. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> announcer: now, a live desk update. >> from abc 7 mornings. >> new this morning, the usda is investigating a strain of bird flu found at a chicken breeding facility in tennessee. it does business with tyson foods. tyson foods, the largest chicken producer in the u.s. they will not euthanize more than 73,000 chickens on the farm to contain the virus. this morning, the facility in l lincoln koun tocounty, along wi other facilities in the area are under quarantine. tyson said no sick chickens entered the food chain and no one has gotten sick. more information will be released later today. >> thank you. >>> 5:08 now. pg&e will begin a project to make the environment safer for everyone, removing toxic lead paint from the transmission towers. 6,000 of their 46,0

henson, rosario dawson and congresswoman jackie speier. there is a wait list for this event. all 5,000 tickets have sold out but through the abc 7 news app you can get the latest on the event. >> it looks like a fantastic event. >> it is every year. and the networking is fantastic. >> looking forward to that. >>> there's concern right here in the bay area about the changes the trump administration is proposing when it comes to the topic of health care. >> many clinics that serve women and low income families could stand to lose funding. janine della vega joins us live with a backup plan now being considered. >> reporter: one of the county supervisors said this was a race against the clock. they want to be prepared in case millions of dollars are lost. it was a happy, healthy checkup for david, one of the young patients at the st. james clinic in downtown san jose. nearly 90% of the patients here are on medical. >> plans like this help our families in our community to be able to give them the right help that they deserve. >> reporter: santa clara county is at risk for losing f

congresswoman jackie speier, a california democrat who is a member of the house intelligence committee. good evening, congresswoman. thank you so much for joining us. can you answer any of these questions for us about who granted the chairman access to the white house? how did he get into the secure room? who gave him access to view these files and on and on? does the committee know that yet? >> no, the committee does not know that. and don, this is what's really very important. devin nunes has gone rogue. and not only should he not be engaged in this investigation, he should be -- he should be replaced on the committee. we have very small quarters in the skiff where we do our business. i can't feel confident that he will not be attempting to influence the investigation or hearing about things that he's then going to run to the white house. i actually have a theory that this has all been orchestrated in conjunction with the white house. obviously, it has to be. how does he -- he's not talking to some mole on the white house grass. he is -- he is very engaged with the president in tryin

california democratic congresswoman jackie speier speaking passionately about a growing scandal surroundinghe marine corps. some reporting naked pictures of female marines, veterans and other women on a secret facebook page without their knowledge or consent. she introduced legislation tomorrow that would make changes to the uniform code of military justice to try and prevent something like this from happening again, and the congresswoman joins us now from capitol hill. >> congresswoman, tell us more about what this bill would do. it's important to note these were a few marines and this action is not the action -- it is kernel n certainly not condoned by the marine corps. >> it's a reference to the fact that in 2013 i alerted the marine corps that there were websites demeaning to women who were service members, that was hostile and created on environment that would impact th cohesion. fast-forward fourears. we are now looking at 30,000 pictures, and 30,000 persons who are on this website. we have been told that there are 730 active marines who are on that website and another 150 in the rese

but a democrat on the committee, california's jackie speier said that's not enough. >> he just apologized. he didn't specify what his apology was about. he knows full well that there is grave question about his objectivity. and i think over next few days we're going to assess whether or not we feel confident that he can continue in that role. >> woodruff: democrats accused nunes of trying to give mr. trump cover for unsubstantiated claims that president obama wire-tapped trump tower. we'll look into the partisan fighting over this, and what happens next, after the news summary. secretary of state rex tillerson has told u.s. embassies to begin "extreme vetting" of foreigners applying for visas. reuters quotes diplomatic cables that ask u.s. officials to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny." the report says tillerson also wants mandatory social media checks for any applicant who's ever been in territory controlled by the islamic state group. the u.n. refugee agency is warning the "worst is yet to come" for iraqis in western mosul. an estimated 400,000 civilians are trapped i