joining us now, congresswoman jackie speier, a key member of the house intelligence committee.s. how critical is it for national security that this damage assessment is back underway after that pause. >> you know, i can say it in one word. imperative. we have got to assess how much damage has been done. it's not known yet who has had access to those documents. but, wolf, let me just put it in perspective. when i go down to the intelligence committee in a secret compartmentalized area, the documents i see are numbered. and there's a custodian who makes sure that all of them are returned. it is that critical to our national security. so, not only should we be concerned about why the former president took these documents that didn't belong to him, so it's a form of theft, but why the custodians, why the white house staff didn't do more to secure or have those documents returned. i fear that much of this or some of this information has already been shared. we have no evidence of that. but why would he take it? and then the other question becomes, what does he have at bedminster? wh

anyway, congresswoman jackie speier always a pleasure. thank you so much, enjoy the holiday.you, that will do it for me for this edition of alex witt reports. i'll see you tomorrow, my friend yasmin vossoughian picks up the coverage. coverage. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. hey everybody, good afternoon. i'm yasmin vossoughian. we have a lot going on right now. a terrifying situation in mississippi after a man steals a plane and threatens to deliberately crashed into a walmart. nash forced to scrub its big launch today, we'll tell you why and what it means for the mission back to the moon. new details emerging on that legal documents seized from mar-a-lago. this happening as the former president plans to hold his first rally since the fbi search. plus new information on the mississippi water crisis which is ongoing. and bowing out with great, serena williams plays her final t

there remains a question of security cameras when congresswoman jackie speier visited the prison, there were no cameras in the dining, commissary, recreational and housing areas. 28 cameras were supposed to be installed. spears office has received no indication that has happened. thank you for watching this ktvu special report powerless in prison. surviving sex abuse will continue covering fc i dublin and holding those in power accountable. you can learn more at ktvu .com/ powerless in prison. cristina rendon we'll see you online and on the the 2022 fifa world cup will see the best footballers on the planet do battle. star studded portugal are looking to send off cristiano ronaldo on a high. christian pulisic is relishing his time leading the usa and we hear from a man with a foot in two world cup camps. samuel eto'o. the clock is ticking on the countdown to qatar.

speaker pelosi is going with another bay area congresswoman, jackie speier and another member of congress who's also armenian american. it comes on the heels of the g-7 meeting in berlin. speaker pelosi hopes the delegation can calm tensions. both armenia and azerbaijan blame one another for the renewed fighting. >>> back here locally, an oakland tech grad is moving his community forward by getting students more interested in science. >> is this positive or negative? >> positive. >> what about this one? >> positive. >> that is 19-year-old ahmed mohamed. a few years ago he was oakland tech's first black male valedictorian, now he's a sophomore at stanford, and the founder, his goal is to provide students with free hands on science kits they can use at home or school. his nonprofit organization has expanded to a thousand students or more than a thousand students with his team hosting classes in 20 schools throughout oakland unified. his goal is simple, get more minority students exposed to and interested in scientist. >> we're bringing the resources to the kids, and so they can actually eng

small congressional delegation to the country this weekend which included california congressman jackie speieroke this war from what we call illegal and deadly attacks we extremely condemned those attacks. -- our delegation haven't various broken in saying this was initiated a vision and ask -- recognition of that and how it will. stop >> johnny's longtime news correspondent here in the middle east, she is also the cofounder ceo of the organization news deeply. laura! but to see you again. they still have you on but for many reasons, though. give me a. santa tried to lay out the history but i can pretty much guarantee that much of our viewers have probably not been following the story that closely. it is new for a lot of us, but not new it all in. he's been going on for decades it has been a rough three years for us i mean azerbaijan, no doubt after really started -- that show initially happen expire harsh combination for the u.s. state parliament, they pass centered rankin voting hollen still it ease. also condemning what happened in the past week, a lot of concern that this could swamp quick

it pains me, that the death of your daughter -- >> reporter: california congresswoman jackie speier chairo highlight these cases for a decade. >> the army would come and say we have zero tolerance for sexual assault and sexual harassment, and they were given a pass. not anymore. >> reporter: she says in a 2019 survey, 120,000 service members that they had been sexually harassed. but less than 1% filed a complaint. when it comes to sexual assault of the 20 plus thousand cases, only about 1% resulted in convictions. >> we are introducing the i am vanessa guillen legislation today. >> she's introduced legislation with strong bipartisan support, the vanessa guillen act, that requires that sexual harassment and sexual harassment assault complaints be investigated by an independent panel. >> why will things be different this time around? >> this legislation creates accountability. there will be independent investigations taking place. and i'm going to guarantee that that kind of investigation in action is taken by the military, and making sure this gets past. >> would you say this is the me too

the delegation includes jackie speier and another, both of whom are of armenian descent. roxanne is with the san francisco chapter of the armenian national committee of america. they met with congresswoman spear before the trip. >> it is heartwarming to know that even in her last months as a congresswoman, she is going to push as hard as she possibly can for the safety and security of armenia. reporter: in a statement, pelosi says the visit to armenia is a powerful symbol of u.s. firm commitment to a peaceful, prosperous and democratic armenia. >> the u.s. is setting the stage to maybe replace russia. reporter: the u.s. is also flexing its diplomatic muscle by backing up recognition of the armenian genocide and upholding human rights against what she calls a growing wave of fascism in a region where russia has played a big role, following the breakup of the soviet union. >> we are supporting democratic forces, we are going to step up to that and make the world aware that we are going to do it all the time under this administration. reporter: pelosi says they are calling f

countries, the speaker told reporters that she'll make the journey tomorrow along with representative jackie speier, who is armenian descent. pelosi declined to give further details about the trip or who they will meet their reports say as many as 200 people have been killed in the fighting in the two ex soviet countries that broke out on tuesday. now to the latest developments over immigration governor newsom and president biden slamming republican governors, accusing them of playing politics with human beings. this comes as authorities in massachusetts transferred a group of asylum seekers to a military base will be offered shelter there. florida governor rhonda santis flew them to martha's vineyard earlier this week at a reported cost of $615,000 to florida taxpayers. the governors of texas and arizona have taken similar actions claiming there sending a message to the biden administration about what they call is a broken immigration system. governor newsom talked more today about this subject calling on the department of justice to investigate texas and florida and what they're doing. abc seven

that's why i've been proud to work with jackie speier. we started this effort by co-leading together the march for service members act. and then we talked to folks, we held round tables, we held discussions. we knee that just wasn't -- knew that just wasn't going to do it, that wasn't enough. we had to do more. and that's why we drafted and are pursuing this legislation. the access to reproductive care for service members act. which will require commanders to approve leave for abortion care automatically, it will make d.o.d. reimburse service members for the cost of travel to receive care, and it guaranteed privacy protections for service members against retaliation from commanding officers and peers. imagine that. being retaliated against by your commanding officer. well, that should be illegal and we're going to try to make it illegal. folks, until we can pass a national law protecting abortion care and abortion rights for women, which we're going try to do, and we're going to have to get rid of the filibuster to do it in the senate, un

thank you, the young lady from california, jackie speier, organized and recognized for five minutes.hank you, madam chair. i find this hearing to be both edifying and very painful. mr. killoy, in your testimony, you made the assertion that modern sporting rifles are not inherently more dangerous than other popular firearms. is that true? is that what you said? i >> think that's paraphrasing, but yes, congresswoman. >> i don't know if you took the time to listen to the hearing we had on uvalde and the families that appeared and the pediatrician who went to school at robb elementary and is very committed to the community. he went into that morgue, not the more, he went into that emergency room, and one of the children was decapitated. the other child's body wasn't shreds, it could not be identified, how can you say that that is a sporting rifle? >> congresswoman, respectfully, obviously, the events in uvalde were tragic on so many levels. to blame the fire arm, it is a semi automatic fire arm, they've been around since 1885 when they were first invented. many of them larger caliber's t