. >> representative mark desaulnier is not attending and barbara lee and jared huffman are boycotting and mark tecano said won't go following the tweets about john lewis. >> we'll be in washington with live reports from the inauguration. >>> donald trump's first foreign trip as president will be to see vladimir putin. trump's team told them a small summit in iceland and open to lifting sanctions for cyberattacks. >>> one night after having speech shut down, milo yiannopoulos hold another speech. protesters tried to rush the event and police said reports that they had weapons was false. one person arrested. >> put us into a corner and we canceled our event because of the information they gave us. i heard hate speech and came out to stand against fascism. >> scheduled to speak at uc berkeley, still scheduled to ta place. >>> this may the ringling bros. and barnum and bailey circus will close after 150 years on the road. circus employees informed after their performance. stopped using elephants and ticket sales falled. >>> family of san francisco woman believed she died of meningitis, le

in facebook post jared huffman wrote staying? california to spend time with constituents. ten members of congress announced boycotting including georgia representative john lewis. >> i don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. representative lewis told nbc news he's concerned about president-elect's ties to russia. key members of the bay area will go. jackie sfooer and nancy pelosi. congressman desalnay not at the inauguration but busy. meeting with local clubs to talk about issues like this. >> likely won't watch from home. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> i'll be in washington d.c. with live reports on trump's inauguration. >>> future tesla owners won't get a free line, bay area based electric car company released plan for superchargers. >> live report from katie marzullo in mountain view. >> superchargers behind us, people using them current tesla owners grandfathered in, getting free electricity but anybody who orders a tesla after sunday will pay. >> they have to charge, this is free electricity right now. so eventually they have to charge. >> most tesla

in facebook post jared huffman wrote staying? california to spend time with constituents. ten members of congress announced boycotting including georgia representative john lewis. >> i don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. representative lewis told nbc news he's concerned about president-elect's ties to russia. key members of the bay area will go. jackie sfooer and nancy pelosi. congressman desalnay not at the inauguration but busy. meeting with local clubs to talk about issues like this. >> likely won't watch from home. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> i'll be in washington d.c. with live reports on trump's inauguration. >>> future tesla owners won't get a free line, bay area based electric car company released plan for superchargers. >> live report from katie marzullo in mountain view. >> superchargers behind us, people using them current tesla owners grandfathered in, getting free electricity but anybody who orders a tesla after sunday will pay. >> they have to charge, this is free electricity right now. so eventually they have to charge. >> most tesla

. >> the oakland representative barbara lee and jared huffman are skipping the inauguration. >>> religious leaders across the bay area gathered in palo alto to pray for our country year people of all faiths or no faith at all gathered at the universalist church many are concerned about potentially divisive policies that could arise under a trump residency. the goal of the multistate service is to pray for strength and for unity. >> yes, this is a horrible dark cloud. but there is a silver lining behind every cloud. unity and love and kindness and compassion. standing together. is the only way we will succeed. >> more than 200 people attended the service. >>> the prime minister of japan is making plans to visit president trump. he said he would like to hold the meeting in the u.s. as soon as possible. they already met once after trump won the election. >>> hours away from the inauguration our poll found more than 50% of bay area adults of you the president- elect unfavorably. nearly a quarter of you say you like him. of the group 29% were white and 25% were hispanic and 18% were asian and 7

the reasons for mark desaulnier, barbara lee, zoe laugh grin and jared huffman not going ek cothose from a southern california congressman. >> people have not forgotten that he attacked a mexican-american judge, that he attacked a gold star family and now a civil rights icon. i cannot pretend that this is a normal transition of power. >> pleasanton congressman eric swalwell and kamala harris say they will be attended. >>> crews are getting ready in d.c., laying down barriers for the parade, which is expected to last about 90 minutes, which is quite short compared to president obama's inauguration, which lasted four hours. on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol, there are inaugural platforms, viewing stands, and hours of steets and they have an interesting way of protectsing the lawn. >> the tiles we laid down actually allows light through so the grass can still continue to photo synthesize while it's covered. >> across town from the white house, movers took boxes into president obama and the first lady's new home. they'll live there until their youngest daughter finishes high school. it's

they include barbara lewis and jared huffman from the bay area. listen sweetheart.i'm going to be president everyone is going to die. saturday night live got a twitter blast. and so did the head of the c=i=a, : "i don't think he has a full appreciation of russian capability, russian's intentions and actions that they are undertaking in many parts of the world." trump suggested that john brennan was the source of a confidential intelligence memo suggesting the russians had compromising evidence of him at a moscow hotel. trump called it fake news, but there is no evidence that the document published on buzzfeed last week is real or fake. buzzfeed's editor says he is glad it's out there, "we're proud we publish it and i feel three days later, it seems clear that was the right thing to do. if you look at how much more we know than we knew three days ago.in three months it will look even clearer." trump takes office with the lowest approval rating of any recent president. the gallup poll puts it at just 44 percent. president obama's was 83 percent. george w. bush was 61

. >> joining me now to discuss their decisions not to attend this friday, congressman jared huffman and steve cohen of tennessee, sitting out the inauguration, both democrats. i want to start with congressman cohen because you just announced your decision today, as i understand it, at the historic mason temple in memphis. i want to play a little clip of what you said today. >> if you're your evil and killing and stopping of democracy and stomping of people who speak out and not allowing people to express themselves, you are not a great leader. you are an evil leader. >> congressman, tell me about those strong words. what was the turning point? why did you decide not to attend? >> well, there's been many instances through this election and even the post election where mr. trump has shown he is not of the rectitude to be perfect united states and the moral leader. someone who doesn't tell the truth, who's been racist in his comments and made fun of a man with disabilities. then saying john mccain was not a hero, meryl streep was not a good actress and rub con was john lewis, the last of t

barbara lee will be joining jared huffman in not going. >> first, let me say i had hoped that the president-elect would be a unifying force after the campaign but we have seen that this is not happening. one, he talked about building a wall to keep illegal immigrants from entering. his immigration policies i think are deplorable. secondly, he called women pigs and he is very clear in terms of the denigration of women. >> lee says instead of celebrating on inauguration day, she will be organizing and preparing for resistance. >>> tragedy in baltimore. six children are presumed dead after a fire tore through a baltimore house overnight. flames were shooting from the windows and the roof of a three- story home. crews had to use heavy machinery to slowly and carefully pull through the smoking wreckage. a woman and her three children managed to escape. one is in serious condition. the other two children and the woman in critical condition. the cause of the fire is under investigation. once crews are allowed inside it will be a very slow process. >> it's gonna be a hand search. firefighters are probabl

oakland congressman barbara lee and jared huffman are boycotting the inauguration and mark takano who said he won't go following the trump's tweets about congressman lewis. dan ashley will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday with live reports on president-elect trump's inauguration. >>> well people are taking advantage of today's good weather to clean up damage from this week's powerful storms. abc 7 news with a california historic radio societala immediata headquarters where it was all hands on deck to clean up flood damage on the ground floor. water soaked the carpeting and dampened historic documents but according to the organization's president who is part of the abc 7 news family, the collection of historic radios made it out okay. >> a short call, we got a great group of volunteers to help us out because everybody is very passionate about what goes on in this building. >> he said the damage was fairly minimal. >>> and more wet weather is heading our way. drew is tracking the timing of of our next round of rain. >> and that is right, eric. a live look from the east bay hil

. >> concord democrat mark desaulnier and san rafael's jared huffman will not be going, eric swalwell kamala harris they will be attending. >>> dan ashley will be in washington, d.c., on friday bringing us live reports. >>> happening today, two bay area communities will take up the issue of legalized recreational marijuana and how to regulate the sale and delivery of it. they will decide on an interim ordinance to prohibit the cultivation, delivery, and sale of marijuana for one year and the campbell city council will vote on putting a measure on the april 25 special election that would tax marijuana businesses. california voters approved a proposition legalizing recreational pot last year. the law gives local governments the power to regulate sales. >>> the cal student suspected of stabbing a berkeley woman to death will be arraigned today. pablo gomez is accused of killing emilie inman inside of her home on january 6. inman says the two didn't know each other. gomez is accused of stabbing another woman on ridge road. she vooifd. after the attacks, gomez traveled to southern californ

mey" is >> north bay congressman jared huffman is also skipping next friday's swearing in. >>> fbi director james comey under investigation tonight. veronica de la cruz tells us it's tied to his actions for the election. >> just when you thought you heard the last of hillary clinton's e-mails, a new investigations opened today. 12 days before the election fbi director wrote to congress that he reopened the e-mail investigation after agents discovered e-mails on a laptop used by clinton aide that appeared pertinent. >> i don't think it was the factor in swaying the election, but i think it was a factor. >> the new probe was launched by the justice department watchdog to exam policies and procedures the followed by the fbi director and will examine whether certain officials should have recuses themselves and if nonappropriate information was inappropriately given -- and if information was inappropriately given to the campaign and the media. >>> the mother of a man shot and killed by san francisco police lashed out at the police department tonight. kpix5's andria borba shows us the confrontati

inauguration and at least seven of his colleagues say they will do the same including representatives jared huffman of san rafael and barbara lee of oakland. representative marcus onyay of concord is skipping the event. an inauguration rehearsal is planned sunday. trump is expected to be in washington monday. kpix5's political reporter melissa caen will be in d.c. for donald trump's inauguration. live coverage starts thursday. >>> tonight house republicans are taking steps to fulfill one of the president-elect's main campaign promises. here's kpix5's allen martin. >> republicans in congress are moving quickly to repeal obamacare. they hope to gut major sections of the law in a matter of weeks. >> this law is collapsing while we speak. >> today house republicans approved a budget that will give congress the authority to repeal much of the affordable care act. president-elect donald trump wants to replace the law at the same time as repealing it. >> it will be essentially simultaneously. it will be various segments, you understand, but will most likely be on the same day or the same week but probably

. >> congresswoman lee is joining north bay congressman jared huffman in the inauguration boycott. >>> if you jaywalk in san francisco watch out. could you end up getting a ticket. >> kpix 5 -- you could end up gelling a ticket. kpix 5's susie steimle shows us sfpd is on a safety sting. >> reporter: odds are you've been one of them. at the very least, you've seen them. the cyclist who thinks he is above the law. the driver with no regard for pedestrians. and, of course, the jaywalkers. >> i am a jaywalker. [ laughter ] >> we do tend to follow less rules. that's what's fun about riding a bike. >> the san francisco police department is conducting special operations to help with traffic safety, especially in regards to bicycle and pedestrian safety. >> reporter: consider this your warning. today is one of the handful of special enforcement days for pedestrian safety in the city of san francisco. police say fewer people are using cars to get around and a lot of us are ignoring the general rules of the road. so they are giving tickets. >> the goal is to have zero fatalities on our streets

so is representative jared huffman. and silicon valley's zoe lofgren. lee says she'll spend the day "preparing for resistance.' and huffman says he'll spend friday in california with his constituents. also planning a boycott. california's judy chu.who said she made the decision after much thought. and representative maxine waters.who says she 'wouldn't waste her time.' and never even considered attending. and.representative ted lieu. and this list seems to just keep growing. there's a kind of domino effect with more and more lawmakers adding their names to the list. >>:"i have a duty and responsibility to call it like it is" today may be the martin luther king day holiday but oakland congresswoman barbara lee is not taking any time off from standing firm in her decision not to attend the presidential inauguration "i chose not to celebrate the inauguration, of course i agree with the peaceful transfer of power, respect the office of the presidency, donald trump will be elected president but when you look at the campaign of divisiveness and bigotry, when

bay area representatives barbara lee, jared huffman, mike desaulnier and zoe lofgren.--supers--file --vo script-- president obama is commuting the sentence of chelsea manning, the former u.s. soldier who admitted to wikileaks. manning, who is transgender, was serving a 35-year-sentence at an all-male army prison in eastern kansas. a white house statement on tuesday said her prison sentence is set to expire on may 17. though found guilty on 20 out of 22 possible charges.including violating the us espionage act.manning was not convicted of the most serious one; aiding the enem, which could have earned the private a life sentence.- tag-a presidential commutation reduces the sentence being served but it does not change the fact of conviction, whereas a pardon forgives a certain criminal offense. >> pam: negative for the man who crashed a school bus in tennessee. killing six children. and injuring 31 others. that's according to a just released preliminary report. federal transportation officials released the information today. it confirms that the driver. johnthony walker.

among them are barbara lee and jared huffman. democrats are planning to go include former president bill clinton and hillary clinton. nancy pelosi and representative jacks beer will also be there. >>> jennifer holliday has backed out of her scheduled performance at the inauguration. she says she face pressure from gay and lesbian fans when she announced she would sing. toby keith and others are still on the lineup. the star power does not come close to previous presidents but trump says that's the way he wants it.>>> more on obamacare. lawmakers are busy chipping away at the affordable care act days before the president leaves office -- leaves office. the republicans passed a budget measure which allows them to dismantle the law. no democrats voted for it. since the senate passed the same measure, this clears the way for a vote to up -- to repeal obamacare. >> every mandate, every tax has to go. then we will have a chance to have the market work and that's part of the replacement cost simply getting rid of the repeal, getting rid

democrats may not be showing up, among those escaping the inauguration, representative are really and jared huffmanme point to his remarks about john lewis as a reason for their boycott. >> i will not go to the inauguration on friday. i cannot go because of the president-elect's inflammatory comments his racist campaign, conflicts of interest refusal to disclose texas and the last straw was his personal attack on an icon of the civil rights movement. someone who would have given his life for the country. >> the day after the inauguration, hundreds of thousands of people will take part in the march on washington for women. >> when i look at the incoming president. i see an individual who, with his words, has encouraged hate and violence against a marginalized community in society. >> a wide variety of causes will be supported from immigration to gay rights to gun control to support for vaccinations. >>> companies are looking to cash in on the inauguration and one bay area tech giant is expecting a huge windfall. ,, >>> welcome back on this monday morning temperatures in the mid- 50s today and we hav

more than 20 house democrats are skipping the nomination among them, representative barbara lee, jared huffman and the biggest demonstration could happen the day after the inauguration the women's march of washington. tens of thousands expected to travel to dc from across the country. >> if this march can make a difference in the elections to come then i want to be a part of that.>> we are not going to give this next president that much focus. we want him to see us in focus. >> marches are planned in the bay area as well, one in san francisco and oakland. be sure to watch kpix 5 all week for the latest on the inauguration, melissa caen will be headed to dc bringing us live reports starting thursday. >>> president barack obama spoke on 60 minutes last night in his last presidential interview he reflected on his legacy and touched on what inspired him while he was in the oval office. >> i will always remember the love of dr. king having an american here that represented that civic spirit that got me into this office was useful. >> the president spoke about the countries relationship with israel

democrats have joined the boycott, seven from california along with congresswoman lee involving jared huffman and four others from southern california. >>> joel waldman on more of the back-and-forth between the president-elect and congressman john lewis days from the inauguration. >> on mlk day a few to simmering between donald trump and congressman john lewis. the congressman says he does not view mr. trump as a legitimate president in part because lewis believes russia interfered in the us election. mr. trump turning to his weapon of choice, twitter. congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape falling apart not to mention crime infested rather than complaining about the election results. all talk, no action or results. that tweet as mr. trump's approval rating is lower than his three predecessors and his more than 20 democratic lawmakers say they won't attend the inauguration, team trump imploring congressman lewis to reconsider his comments. >> the president-elect would love to talk to him and anybody else that wants to furthe

civil rights leader john lewis and representative darb lee and jared huffman. uffman says he will not sit and clap as the u.s. enters a dark and dangerous chapter in its history. some big democrats who will attend include former president bill clinton and hillary clinton. congresswoman jackie spear will also be there supporting the office but not the man. >>> well it's been a labor of love for more than three decades. coming up how a 92-year-old restaurant owner is hoping to rebuild after a devastating fire. >> quiet weather in the forecast for your saturday. mainly dry for the holiday weekend. we do have rain coming back to the bay area. what you can expect for your weekend and the extended coming up. it's just a date. i can stay. i'm good. i won't be late hey mom. yeah. no kissing on the first date, alright? life doesn't always stick to a plan, but with our investment expertise we'll help you handle what's next. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. >>> i'm kind of loving this shot, but, yes, it is very cold out there. but col

. >> reporter: san rafael's jared hu huffman will not be attending. >> i understand and respect my colleagues. >> reporter: new senator kamala harris says she will also be there. dianne feinstein has yet to commit, but so far, no u.s. senators have announced they will not be attending the formal transition to the trump presidency. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> i will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday to cover the events on president-elect trump's inauguration. hope you can join us. >>> more than a dozen bay area mayors are in washington this week, but it's not for the inauguration. they're attending the conference of mayors. the mayors include ed lee of san francisco, and a dozen others, including the mayors of alameda, cupertino, san leandro and richmond. all together, 300 u.s. mayors will be in the capital to meet with officials, congress members and business leaders. >>> the warriors moving to san jose? putting the dubs in the south bay before they make their long-awaited move to san francisco. >>> and a porn company says good b bye to its studio. >>> here's a loo

. >> jared huffman said he preferred to protest.atherine clark says she won't help normalize trump. wisconsin congressman cited russian hacking. >> luis gutierrez said... >> i don't feel comfortable standing next to a man who swears allegiance to this country and president of the united states of america after he said that beck skins are murderers, rapists, drug dealer dealers. >> others are undecided. >> i want to know what you tell me. what do you think? should i participate in the inauguration? stick with those refusing to attend include 18 minorities, 12 are women. 12 from california, five from new york, three, oregon. all are democrats. >> if you don't honor that, you are dishonoring something of great value. >> eight years ago, but republicans did not boycott president obama. >> republicans said they didn't think he was legitimate, there would have been a larger outcry. >> while lawmakers will not pay a price, their estates code. one-third of california's budget is federal money but california leaders say protecting the progre

. >> congresswoman barbara lee joins north bay congressman jared huffman in the boycott. >>> two groups of women are teaming up for a unique political dialogue. one side is pro trump. the other is pro clinton. kpix 5's melissa caen has their story. >> reporter: all around us, people are fighting about politics. but in one small corner of facebook, something is happening. people are talking to each other. martina lives in oakland. she voted for hillary clinton and cried on election night. >> i just really wanted to -- i wanted to understand. >> reporter: courtney hall lives in alabama and voted for donald trump. >> i thought it would be a great opportunity to try to understand, you know, california clinton voters. >> reporter: so they volunteered to be part of a project that took 25 women from the bay area and 25 from alabama put them in a private facebook room and let them talk about politics. >> i am still very much in favor of gun control. but i was able to get an understanding a perspective that i hadn't had before. >> i thought that a lot of people in california, um, would support t

november 21 we had congressman jared huffman. the port. we were glad to have him. we had bread listen, steve and director forbes and daily and congressman hoffman wanted to know what we were doing with sea level rise and port sapping presentation and he was really interested, have a lot of input to say about that good you made it clear that the port is under reader poses jurors that he will work with leader allows eight and congressman-having to do what we can do. i think brad and steve did a great job of explaining and showing him what can happen with sea level rise if we don't get out front. then we had an opportunity to take them out on a tug we showed him the waterfront and he gave his input. he also talked about is getting going after more grants that he wants to support the port of sport san francisco pier 80 and congressman hoffman is an environmentalist. so we really cares about the environment and things like that. it was just really good to have him here. so i'm hoping in the spring when director forums since adulteration with the chamber back to washingt

the lawmakers skipping the ceremony are holding events in their own districts like congressman jared huffman of san rafael hosting three days of service on saturday, naturalization service friday, habitat for humanity and cleaning up the russian river. on saturday speaking at a women's march in santa rosa. speaking of the women's march in santa rosa, there's a big one in washington, dc on saturday. and sister marches all over the country including here in the bay area. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> stars the lawmakers go skipping the inauguration it's not all about donald trump. >> some say it's because they have better things to do that day. others say that they are specifically preparing for the women's march on saturday. but some say they are skipping it to best represent the feelings of their constituents. congressman karen bass from california took a poll on twitter asking people if she should go or not. the vote was overwhelmingly no. she will not attend. >> all right. [ laughter ] >> thank you, so much. >>> with two days to the inauguration, a cbs news poll out this morning

jared huffman of san rafael hosting three days of service in his on thursday speaking at a naturalization ceremony friday helping out habitat for humanity and cleaning up the russian river and on saturday, speaking at a women's march in santa rosa. and speaking of the women's march, there's a big one you might have heard planned for washington, dc on saturday and sister marches all over the country including several here in the bay area. we'll be talking more about that coming up in the next half- hour. >> yeah. i talked to representative barbara lee last week and i asked her, where are you going to watch, where are you going to be then during the inauguration. she hasn't decided. >> reporter: love it or hate it, that inauguration is going to be must-see tv for everyone. >> it's so true. so some of the lawmakers skipping the inauguration say it's more than just about trump. >> reporter: for a lot of people it's in support of, um, the civil rights icon and georgia congressman john lewis recently announced that he would be skipping the ceremony saying he doesn't believ mr. trump is a legiti

. >> reporter: san rafael's jared hu huffman will not be attending. >> i understand and respect my colleagues. >> reporter: new senator kamala harris says she will also be there. dianne feinstein has yet to commit, but so far, no u.s. senators have announced they will not be attending the formal transition to the trump presidency. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> i will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday to cover the events on president-elect trump's inauguration. hope you can join us. >>> more than a dozen bay area mayors are in washington this week, but it's not for the inauguration. they're attending the conference of mayors. the mayors include ed lee of san francisco, and a dozen others, including the mayors of alameda, cupertino, san leandro and richmond. all together, 300 u.s. mayors will be in the capital to meet with officials, congress members and business leaders. >>> the warriors moving to san jose? putting the dubs in the south bay before they make their long-awaited move to san francisco. >>> and a porn company says good b bye to its studio. >>> here's a loo

in a facebook post, jared huffman wrote he will be staying in california for the inauguration to spend time with his constituents. georgia representative john lewis announced he's boycotting. >> i don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. >> reporter: representative lewis told nbc news he's concerned about president-elect donald trump's ties to russia. there are key members of the bay area's congressional delegation who will be going, including representative jackie speier and minority leader nancy pelosi. congressman desaulnier says he will be busy. >> i've got events with local democratic clubs in lafayette to talk about issues like this and how they can express themselves legally. >> reporter: so he likely won't even watch the inauguration from home. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >>> dan ashley will be in washington, d.c., next thursday and friday with live orts on the inauguration. >>> current tesla owners don't pay for electricity but new ones will. bay area based electric car company has revealed the pricing plan for its super chargers. if you buy a tesla after sund

. >> concord democrat mark saul and san rafael's jared huffman will not be going.ator elect kamala harris say they will attend. dan ashley will be in washington, d.c, on thursday and friday, bringing us live on president-elect trump's inauguration. >>> after three years of searching, the hunt for malaysiaen airlines flight 370 is over. in march of 2014, flight 370 was flying to beijing when it disappeared with 239 people on board. investigators eventually detected debris in the indian ocean off australia's west coast. today, the joint agency coordination center in australia announced the search is suspended after crews painstakingly covered a 46,000 square nile zone. >>> new dales about the deadly attack in us tan ball. the suspect has reportedly confessed. this photo was taken yesterday. he is suspected of gunning down 39 people on behalf of isis. authorities confirmed that his identity was true using fingerprints found at the scene. the uzbekistan national was hiding out in a luxury residential complex outside the city. >>> two bay area communities will take up t

jared huffman wrote, he will be staying in california for the inauguration to spend time with his constituents. members of congress across the country have announced they're boycotting, including georgia representative john lewis. >> i don't see this president-elect as a legitimate president. >> reporter: representative lewis told nbc news he's concerned about president-elect donald trump's ties to russia. there are key members of the bay area's congressional representation who will be going including jackie sphere and nancy pelosi. congressman desallier says he will be busy. >> i've got events with local democratic clubs in lafayette to talk about issues like this and how they can express themselves legally. >> reporter: so he likely won't even watch the inauguration from home. sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> you're looking at surveillance video of a man stealing a package from a home in belmont. it happened at 3:30 in the morning last sunday, white man between 20 and 30 years old wearing khaki pants, a dark color hooded jacket and black shoes with white on the bottom. the man arrived and left

jared huffman is a democrat from san rafael. his statement reads in part, "as much as we all hope for the best, we should be clear-eyed about the warnings signs of exactly who donald trump is and what he will attempt to do as our president." huffman also referred to the trump era as a dark and dangerous chapter of american politics. >>> confirmation hearings today for two of president-elect donald trump's cabinet nominees. some senate democrats have expressed serious reservations about confirming alabama jeff sessions as attorney general. he was rejected for a federal judgeship years ago. he has a firm stance on immigration and civil rights. >> the person serving as attorney general has to be willing to stand up to the president and say no, you're wrong, you're violating the law. >> retired marine corps general john kelly also goes before a senate committee today. he is the nominee for homeland security secretary. >>> just yesterday mr. trump named his son-in-law jared kushner as a senior white house adviser. a law prohibits any

. >> congressman jared huffman a san rafael democrat previously announced he will skip next week's festivities, as well. >>> with one week to go to the inauguration day president- elect donald trump and his cabinet nominees continue to face questions. at confirmation hearings yesterday, trump's picks to lead the pentagon and cia both agreed the u.s. needs to be ready to confront russian threats striking a harsher tone than the future boss. u.s. government sources say comey spoke with the president- elect last week about unverified reports that russia has compromising information on him, false allegations. meanwhile fbi director james comey is under even more pressure. he is facing an internal investigation into how his agency and the justice department handled hillary clinton's email controversy. among other things, the inspector-general's probe will examine whether policies or procedures were followed and whether department of justice and fbi employees leaked information. >>> vice president joe biden got a final surprise from president obama before leaving office. >> let's also give the inter

bay area representatives barbara lee, jared huffman, mike desaulnier and zoe lofgren. ' chelsea manning's prison sentence has been cut short. that's what president obama decided today. you may remember manning was spending jail time for leaking classified information to wiki- leaks. 209 other inmates also had their sentences shortened. manning has been in jail 6 years out of his 35-year-sentence. his sentence will expire on may 17. manning was known as bradley manning when she was arrested in 2010. >> reporter: looking toward spending time with his wife and that bottle of ketchup to do. he will deliver it appears less last press conference on wednesday. . >> britteny: we're gearing up for on subtle work week. moving through with a great chance in trying out between the system. and the time lapse of video what to close today low hanging clouds and fog and that what's coming down but some atari sat and we continue to see clouds adding into tomorrow the strong wind speeds toward the afternoon and then three different storm systems. it is showing us where rtc will moisture getting closer and

. >> reporter: jared huffman says he too will not attend, while eric swalwell will be joining the festivities. >> i think it's a personal choice. at this point i intend to go but i really understand and respect my colleagues who are choogsz not to. >> reporter: new u.s. senator kamala harris has confirmed she will also be there. dianne feinstein has yet to commit, but so far no u.s. senators have announced they will not be attending the formal transition to the trump presidency. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> and abc 7 news anchor dan ashley will be in washington, d.c., on thursday and friday with live reports on president-elect trump's inauguration. >>> authorities in mexico are trying to identify the gunmen in a deadly nightclub shooting in a resort town on the yucatan peninsula. you're looking at video taken moments after the shooting in playa del carmen. at least four were killed by gunfire. four others were injured, including four americans. one died in the attempt to escape the gunshot. three security guards were killed trying to protect people inside. >>> take a look at

this photo from jared huffman showing the president receiving a standing ovation says he promises to stay engaged and fight for values and priorities. after the meeting, the president took, to pose for photos. members talked to our cameras about what h

among them are east bay representative barbara lee and jared huffman. >>> jennifer holiday backed -- holiday backed out of it. as the rest of the country prepares for the inauguration of president-elect donald trump, leaders in the democratic party are looking for ways to regroup. the democratic national committee is holding a series it calls future forums. the first was held in phoenix yesterday. it will focus on finding new leadership and new members at all levels of government and across the country. >> what we need to do is focus on how we will actually build a party that will be back in power in the next two, four, six, eight years. >> we have to speak as one voice. we need to recognize that there are more things that we have in common that divide us. >> there will be three more future forums in texas, michigan and maryland between now and the middle of next month. >>> san francisco's mayor ed lee making a vow that san francisco will never participate in any muslim registry. he is 100% opposed to the creation of the registry at the islamic seat of san francisco and the city will

this photo from california representative jared huffman showing the president receiving a standing ovation says that he promises to stay engaged and fight for values and priorities. after the meeting, the president took a moment to pose for photos with a group of senate pages. groups attending the meeting talk to our cameras about what happened. >> what i would say is that i really got a sense of how much this country is going to miss this president. partaking -- articulate as he always is, but he conveyed a sense of decency about the new administration coming in. he conveyed the need to stay in the game. he wants to make sure we protect who is notion people for the affordable care act would not have health care today. to make sure that the role of government continues to look out for the downtrodden, for the middle class. -- it is not just all about tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. >> what were the messages about how to accomplish that? did he get a strategy? >> not really, just that it is important to stay in the fight. first you have to see what the republicans do. what they'

this photo from jared huffman showing the president receiving a standing ovation says he promises to stay engaged and fight for values and priorities. after the meeting, the president took, to pose for photos. members talked to our cameras about what happened. say i really got a sense of how much this country is going to miss this president. he was articulate, as he always is. but he conveyed a sense of decency about the new administration coming in, and the need to stay in the game and make sure that we protect the 20 million people without whom the affordable care act would not have health care today to make sure the role of government continues to look out for the downtrodden. and it'siddle class not just about tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. >> what was the message on health care? was there a strategy? >> not really, just that it's important to stay in the fight. see what the the republicans do. what they've been saying they're going to do is repeal the health care act and if they do that, there may be hell to pay. a lot of people are going to miss it when it's gone.

this photo from california representative jared huffman showing the president receiving a standing ovation says that he promises to stay engaged and fight for values and priorities. after the meeting, the president took a moment to pose for photos with a group of senate pages. groups attending the meeting talk to our cameras about what happened. >> what i would say is that i really got a sense of how much this country is going to miss this president. partaking -- articulate as he always is, but he conveyed a sense of decency about the new administration coming in. he conveyed the need to stay in the game. he wants to make sure we protect who is notion people