recently retired congress member and abc 7's new political analyst jackie speier joined us to watch the spade and the ash the skate of the union -- to watch the state of the union. he discussed prescription drug prices, particularly insulin. >> instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i'm not saying it is a majority. [booing] >> anybody who doubts it, contact my office. i will give you a copy of the proposal. that means congress does not vote. >> he stood in there but it felt like british parliament. >> it was our attempt at british parliament. we are not very good at that. i would say it in the end the way he turned that around and said can we all stand for seniors and make sure we are not going to cut medicare and social security was a brilliant move. and everyone stood. that was a good sign. one in 10 people is diabetic in this country and right now only seniors are benefiting by the law last year which now caps their actual insulin cost at $35 per month. everyone else is spending hundreds of dollars per month.

it is shameful and we really have to change that. >> w former congress member jackie speier joined the news team as a new political analyst. she has years of experience in washington and we look forward to her insight and analysis on political matters. ama: arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders delivered the republican response. she rose to prominence as president trump's press secretary and she is the first female governor in arkansas history. currently the youngest governor in america. governor huckabee sanders says she does not believe much of anything she heard from president biden. >> the biden administration seems more interested in woke fantasies than the hard reality americans face every day. most americans simply want to live their lives in freedom and peace but we are under attack in a left-wing culture war we did not start and never wanted to fight. everyday we are told we must partake in their rituals, salute their flags, and worship their false idols. all well big government colludes with big tech to strip away the most american thing there is, your freedom of speech. t

excited to introduce recently retired bay area congress member and abc 7's new political analyst jackie speier. dan: she is here to discuss what we can expect from tonight's address. let's talk about tonight. president biden comes into tonight's speech, his second state of the union address, with remarkably low approval ratings around 42%, among the lowest for second-year presidents. what does he need to accomplish tonight? jackie: it's important to remember his disapproval record is about the same as reagan's was two years from his presidency being reelected. he won 49 states in that race. i think what he has to do is just expand the message. we have a good news story as democrats to tell, which is 12 million new jobs in two years. we have a situation where new jobs were created in january , the lowest unemployment rate since the 1960's. that is good news. in part because so many people have this overhang of covid and the fear of what's next, that's what the republicans play on. i think what the president has to do is talk about what he has done and make it clear what he is going to do. ama:

recently retired bay area congress member jackie speier will be joining the abc7news team as our new political analyst. she will join us tomorrow at 5:00 prior to the state of union address in analysis after the speech during the special edition of abc7news at 9:00. dan: one of the two people sitting behind president biden tomorrow night will be vice presidents, harris. she hosted a roundtable to announce a 4.2 billion dollar investment in central america with the hope i boosting economic develop and there it will limit migration to the u.s.. private sector companies are funding the investment which is project to create nearly 7000 jobs in five years. in 2021, president biden tapped harris to lead the country's effort to reduce gratian at the border. ama: tonight we are getting a clearer picture of the devastation from the massive earthquake in turkey and syria. thousands are dead and the number is expected to go up. also there are questions with what the bay area would look like if an earthquake of that strength hit. tim johns in the studio that answer. >> the initial earthquake was

recently retired bay area congress member jackie speier will be joining the abc7news team as our newolitical analyst. she will join us tomorrow at 5:00 prior to the state of union address in analysis after the speech during the special edition of abc7news at 9:00. dan: one of the two people sitting behind president biden tomorrow night will be vice presidents, harris. she hosted a roundtable to announce a 4.2 billion dollar investment in central america with the hope i boosting economic develop and there it will limit migration to the u.s.. private sector companies are funding the investment which is project to create nearly 7000 jobs in five years. in 2021, president biden tapped harris to lead the country's effort to reduce gratian at the border. ama: tonight we are getting a clearer picture of the devastation from the massive earthquake in turkey and syria. thousands are dead and the number is expected to go up. also there are questions with what the bay area would look like if an earthquake of that strength hit. tim johns in the studio that answer. >> the initial earthquake was 7

abc7 analyst jackie speier. thank you, jackie. >> thank you.risten: we've got some frightingly fast winds out there. let's check in with spencer christian. i don't want to look at these numbers. spencer: frightingly fast winds, that's exactly right. we have gusts up to almost 60 miles an hour right now at s.f.o. and 30 to 50 or 55 mile-per-hour gust among much of the remained turnover bay area and it will be with us for quite some time. until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow for all of the bay area. winds will generally be out of the northwest at 25 to 35 miles per hour. gusts may exceed 60 miles per hour. it's possible that we could have downed tree limbs. unsecured objects may be blown around by these powerful gusts. here's our wind gust animation take us through the overnight hours when winds will diminish a bit. it will be quite windy not only along the coast but in the overnight hours and we start the day with strong gusts as whelm but we expect the winds to taper off enough that the wind advisory can be lifted by tomorrow afternoon. it is quite a bit c

that i just mentioned, and we really welcome jackie speier to the team. kristen: that is great.e are taking a closer look at the topic of reparations here in california. many black and latino families in east bay neighborhoods called russell steady saw their homes taken away -- russell city saw their homes taken away. dan: abc 7 news reporter steve osunsami has the story. steve: these are old photos of what is now some of the most valuable land in america, just 10 miles south of oakland. in the late 1950's, it was a neighborhood called russell city, and it sat on the other cited these railroad tracks drew a real line between white californians and about 1400 black and latino families. >> we are here to fight want our land back. steve: monique henderson ford and her family called this land home before she says americans racism took -- so the land before it became an industrial park that is here today. >> we are not going to sit quietly, not going to forget about it. >> this generation has it, we want what is ours. steve: it is one of those places were people of the color at the t

reggie: jackie speier reacted to the state of the union and told dan ashley that one of his jobs was to ease concerns from some democrats about his age and health as he considers seeking reelection. jackie: he had a job to do, and he had to dispel among democrats the concern that they have about his age. and he was very vivacious, energetic, and very much at home and comfortable with what he was talking about. he gets high marks for that. reggie: we are excited to have her joining the abc 7 team as the new political analyst and we will hear more from her throughout the morning and in the months to come. governor newsom also responded staying there saying "democracy is not a partisan issue. we are all better off when we rise above politics to work towards creating a better life for all. president biden is creating a brighter future for the american future and california is proud to help the president finish the job." kamala harris will also respond later this morning on gma. you can catch her live on abc seven at 7:00 a.m. kumasi: communities impacted by the storms at the start of the

knows senator feinstein personally is abc 7 news political analyst and former congress member jackie speier. >> she joined us at 3:00 on our show "getting answers," calling senator feinstein big mentor and friend. >> when my late husband died and i was widowed, she was one of the first people to call me in support because she, too, was widowed at an early age. she is also a great artist. i actually have one of her pieces that she presented to me, so she's got an incredible legacy to be incredibly proud of. >> dianne feinstein got her start in politics in the bay area. she was in the middle of a san francisco tragedy. >> both mayor supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> that's part of our abc documentaries series which relives the murder in 1978 and the wild trial that all load, including the twinkie defense -- wild trial that followed, including the twinkie defense. coming up next, will there be one more requirement for kids to go to school? big vaccine, but not the one for covid. also ahead, 7 tackles the topic of junk fees. sandhya: blustery today, bone chilling cold tomorro

it pains me, that the death of your daughter -- >> reporter: california congresswoman jackie speier chaire on personnel has been trying to 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 vaness harassment "dateline" andrea canning, thank you for watching. >> reporter: in august 2020, vanessa's casket was taken by horse truong carriage to memorial service at her former high school. the family chose a private burial. though a military funeral was an option. >> we actually declined -- >> really? >> mom didn't want the military casket or anything like that. >> because of how the military handle this? >> right. >> [speaking spanish] >> reporter: vanessa's family hopes her legacy will be about bringing change to the army, bringing voice to so many m

business owner before that, i had a small communications business, and also legislative aide to jackie speier my predecessor when she was in state legislature. i work for her as an aid. -- worked for her as n/a. >> did she give you any advice? rep. van orden: -- rep. collins: know who -- no shortage of advice here. she has been an incredible person, she is a household name. frankly it was surprising to everybody when she announced her retirement, she should -- she suggested that i run, she had been watching the not only from my days as an aid to her, but as a state sibley member, state legislator in my own right. and she thought i was a worthy successor. so i decided to run and what motivated me was democracy issues, elections issues, there have -- i'm worked a lot on those in the legislature. our democracy is hanging in the balance here in washington dc, and that is why i decided to run. but i have soccer council and will continue to do so as i get my footing here as a freshman in this big institution. >> have you always been interested in politics and holding public office? rep. mullin: not

i was a legislative aide to jackie speier, my predecessor in congress when she was a legislator. i work for her as an eight. >> and did she give you any advice when you decided to run for the sea? >> absolutely. there was no shortage of advice from congresswoman jackie spirit. she is an icon on the san francisco peninsula, given her 40 years of public life. she hasn't incredible personal story. she is a household name to say the least. it was surprising to everybody when she announced her retirement. she suggested i run. she had been watching me, not only from my days as an aid to her, but as a state assembly member and legislature. she thought i was a worthy successor. i decided to run, what motivated me with democracy issues, election issues and a lot of work on those issues in the legislature. our democracy is hanging in the balance in washington, d.c. that is why i decided to run. i saw her counsel and will continue as i get my footing as a freshman. >> have you been interested in politics and holding public office? >> not only -- always. i am the product of kitchen table con