the campaign is kamala harris for the people. the 54-year-old democrat didn't specifically name president trump but hit on themes of a weakened global position, economic inequality and racial hostility and polarization under his watch. >> we are at an inflection point in the history of our nation. we are here because the american dream and our american democracy are under attack and on the line like never before. >> the harris's critics have both accused her of being too soft on criminal justice reform and on crime. but overall the crowd today was very supportive, including members of her sorority, alpha kappa, alpha incorporate. oakland mayor libby schaaf also spoekd about the and talked about similar ideals in the bay area more than twenty years ago. reporting live in christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> and she's been tweeting following kamala harris all day. you can follow christie. she's on twitter @christie, s, under score, kamala harris nbc. >>> the das office was a deputy district attorney. then she moved to the san fran

kamala harris grew up in oakland. if elected she would be the first female president and the second black president. ktvu's jana katsuyama is here with more. >> reporter: kamala harris is making this bid for the white house. she is joining a field of eight democrats running in 2020 with more expected to join. she is only two years into her first term but that is not so different from president obama. kamala harris said any democrat who wants to run should but she is ready to fight against the person now sitting in the oval office. >> i am running for the president of the united states. >> reporter: california senator general kamala the white house. her website promised she would fight for ordinary people. the day. >> some people would suggest when there is a diverse population one cannot achieve unity. i reject that notion. yes, we are diverse and we have so much more in common than what separates us. when we recognize that we will achieve greater unity. in particular greater unity than we have right now. >> reporter:

kamala harris. this rally is in oakland, california. e a speech at howard university and said she would be traveling the country listening to american stories. on friday, she was in south plans to do ahe nationally televised town hall in iowa, the first day to hold caucuses. live coverage continues from oakland, california with senator harris declaring her run for president in 2020. ♪ >> please welcome mayor of the the chef. -- libby schaaf. >> housing going oakland? oh, my gosh. oakland is excited. we are proud that our beautiful, diverse community is standing united together. [applause] what are we together for? --support of, let harris kamala harris, the next president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] you what it was like to get a call from her to hear she wanted to hold her official launch rally in our hometown of oakland. oakland, are we proud we are senator harris's hometown? [cheers and applause] shewe proud this is where locked her career as a fighter for justice? [cheers and applause] proud she isd is our k

kamala harris:"that's good, deb. that's really good.first, it's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader. that means speaking with integrity. it means speaking truth."her populist agenda, harris told the town hall, includes a middle class tax cut, which she pledged would be her first act in office supporting a framework for a green new deal to fight climate change.paid parental leave and widening access to education from preschool to college what she called reasonable gun control ...and medicare- for-alljake tapper:"so for people out there who like their insurance, they don't get to keep it?"sen. kamala harris:"well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care. and you don't have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork. let's eliminate all of that. let's move on."harris again pledged to not vote for a southern wall with mexico. and passionately spoke to a daca recip

"> (oncam) kamala harris (oncam) kamala harris continues on the campaign trail in iowa on monday.oakland, sara stinson, kron four news. today we spoke with wille brown who responed to recent headlines about his past relationship with senator harris.oc :15 "and move on" (justine) here's a look at some of the democrats who have thrown their hats in to the ring for president in 2020.- california senator kamala harris.-former secretary of housing and urban development julian castro of texas.-businessman andrew yang of new york (jr stone) and these democrats have announced exploratory committees.-new york senator kirsten gillibrand (jill-i-brand).- massachusetts senator elizabeth warren.-south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg . (justine) and you can read senator kamala harris' entire speech as well as hear hilights from the campaign rally on kron 4 dot com. (justine) sad news tonight for bay area baseball fans... the man who is often credited with keeping the giants in san francisco has passed away.(jr) peter magowan died today at the age of 76. kron 4's kate rooney is here now... wi

(justine) and -- senator kamala harris' support goes back decades... with the help of a few hundred women. hear how harris' sorority sisters are stepping up for her (mabrisa)a look at your forecast coming up... <"i'm running for president because i love my country... i love my country."> (jrstone) democratic presidential candidate kamala harris formally kicked off her campaign of the 20-20 nomination.(jrstone) the senator from california spoke at a rally in her hometown of oakland.(justine) this week for her first major campaign trip she headed to south carolina where she is targeting a power voting block there ... kyung lah has the details. nat sound:at a home in suburban marylandnat sound: these college friends reflect on their pastas one of their own makes a run fohistory. lorri saddler rice:"we were all just right there together. we were just all just you know regular girls and now here's kamala."or as the public calls her senator kamala harris now a presidential candidate sen. kamala harris:"that's why i'm running for president of the united states

kamala harris up on top.his early, early time in the poll elizabeth warren is there. 18%. lost a little. what is going on as you look at these polls? we know it's really early. >> i mean we know it's really early. kamala harris presents a lot of excitement, and a lot of interest from so many different spectrums of the democratic party. i think that, one shg, she is te first african-american woman to openly run in 47 years following shirley chisholm the been 47 years. my god, how many presidents have we had and how many elections have we had where black women and their voices were not present. i'm very excited about that. at you look at the rest of the list she brings a lot of energy, she brings a lot of insight and she has shown herself to a complete and total force in the senate with the questioning she has provided and the expertise shae provided. >> should the republican party be worried about kamala harris >> yes and they need to be worried about kamala harris, because unlike warren, warren, to me, is jus

that help someone like kamala harris challenge someone like joe biden.nd huge field early on and that will start today with kamala harris and the other women that have entered the race as well. >> what would you say is her biggest weakness? >> her biggest weakness will be the experience factor. her lack of chops if you well on foreign policy and foreign affairs especially is a mueller investigation is going on in the background. she started in alameda county before she made it to san francisco. whether her chops on justice will be there or not, and like the judge kavanaugh hearing, she did fine. can she appear and elevate herself on the national stage, and how does she deal with disappointing key democrat groups? and i would say certainly the foreign policy and security question will be paramount in terms of her experience. >> kamala harris could get a lot of support, but how do you think she will appeal to the people in the middle section of the country which is much more conservative? >> if you look at how the primaries go you've got iowa, new hampshir

those people who aren't blue or red. >> reporter: kamala harris will face big tests. critics denounced her in 2004 when she did not seek the death penalty in the killing of a san francisco police officer. he says she lacks experience in foreign experience. >> foreign policy and security related issues will be the challenge for her. f0 >> the camp website harris for the people says she will hold a rally in oakland sunday at 12 noon. a return to her roots for her shot at the nation's highest office. and this year with california being on super tuesday, it could be california voters play a big role in the primary. >> thank you. >>> in san francisco hundreds of people celebrated the martin luther king, jr. holiday with a march through the city. they began at the cal train station where many got off the celebration train. for many this day was not only about honoring dr. king's legacy but to reflect on the work that lies ahead. >> how do we make sure people get to the polls? we have to vote. we have to vote, we cannot miss the voting poll so that we can change the characte

so senator kamala harris. also former hud secretary julian castro is in the race, congresswoman tulsi gabbard, john delaney, andrew yang. then people who have announced exploratory committees is kirsten gillibrand, elizabeth warren and the south bend mayor pete buttigieg. is the feeling kamala harris has the most energy or is that just because she had such a big crowd in oakland. >> she's probably had the best roll out so far. a slow roll-out with her book, and then finally that big announcement, 20,000 people or so according to her aides, showed up in the crowd size. it looks pretty massive out there. so, yeah if you look at this field, we don't know how big it's going to be. maybe 20 or so folks. certainly a top tier. people like kamala harris, people like bltelizabeth warren. people who haven't gotten in who might get in like joe biden, beto o'rourke and bernie sanders. it's still early. you have people who think this big field is a good thing because it energizes all sectors of the very diverse democratic

female political leaders attended in support of harris including san francisco mayor london breed and oakland mayor libby schaff.<"okay oakland - kamala has been fighting for us her whole life and now is the time to fight for her.">harris talked about her experience in the criminal justice system as a prosecutor, district attorney of san francisco and attorney general of california. <"my whole life i've only had one client - the people. for the people mean't fighting for a more fair criminal justice system at a time when prevention and redemtion were not in the minds of most district attorneys.">senator harris addressed president trumps proposed border wall he claims will stop gangs from bringing crime into america.<" let's be perfectly clear: the president's medieval vanity project is not going to stop them.">and she brought up the way the president is handling people at the border.whenwe have children inages crying for their mothers and fathers, don't you dare call it border security, that's a human rights abuse and that's not our america. harris says as president she would address the economy, the opoid crisis and climate change to

we'll have the democratic presidential contender kamala harris taking the stage for the town hall. the 2020 season right here on cnn. now this comes after harris's really impressive gathering yesterday in her native oakland, california. thousands turned out to see the pictures there. some reports say it was larger than the kick off for barrack obama'sed by. he joins me from the town hall. that's the crowd you want to see. and you want your competitors to see it as well. what do you see as the plus minus on harris going into the race? >> that last point you made is critical. she clearly wanted to show some muscle there, right? she wanted -- it was a show of force to all the other democratic contenders. by far, it was the biggest, most organized robust event we have seen of this political season. wanting to come out with a big statement, certainly. but also, what you saw in that announcement were twofold. you saw the contrast with trump when she was very clear that he represents an america we don't believe in. then she has a battle for the democratic nomination ahead of her. it will

of selling your car and say hello to the new way... at carvana. >>> at any moment now, senator kamala harrist a launch rally for his 2020 presidential campaign. that rally is being held in her hometown of oakland, california. cnn's senior national correspondent is in oakland where harris is expected to lay out her vision for the country. >> reporter: fredricka, we're expecting her to speak in just about 30 minutes or so. the warmup act, if you will, that's on stage right now is a local high school band. this has been a very oakland focused rally so far. the crowd here has been extraordinarily diverse. this is just one section of the crowd that you can see. in here is the kamala harris coalition. you can see it is incredibly diverse. it is very representative of oakland. but beyond just this one area, the entire park -- and this is a square that sits just outside oakland city hall, it is completely packed. they're still working on getting people inside. the city block surrounding this area are also completely packed with people. i've been speaking to some of the people waiting. a lot of them

(vicki) and kamala harris not the only bay area politician that is making national headlines. we'll talk with a local political expert on harris' big announcement... and california's war with the trump administration at large... after the break. (grant)and this was the scene in atlanta today...as people marched through downtown on doctor martin luther king junior day.dr. king was born in atlanta, on january 15th, 19-29.we'll be right back. [music playing] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar. wondering how i upgraded to this sweet pad? a 1,200-square-foot bathroom, and my very own spa. all i had to do was give my human "the look". with wells fargo's 3% down payment on a fixed-rate loan and a simpler online application, getting into my dream home was easier than ever. get your human to visit wellsfargo.com/woof. what would she do without me? (vicki)part of the new campaign ad released by california senator kamala harris today....announcing she's throwing her hat into the already crowded ring -- and running for president in 20-20. (vicki)just the most re

kamala harris/ (d) presidential candidate"when we have foreign powers infecting the white house like et's speak truth about what are clear and present dangers." in her hometown of oakland harris packed the plaza and streets but even in this crowd a reminder that the first-in-the-nation caucuses are still a year away.ajay bhutoria/ undecided democrat "she has a huge support, but at the same time i'm hoping to wait for other democratic candidates who will be making thei

kamala harris for the people. >> reporter: she was challenged by a heckler. supporters jumping in, drowning out his voice. organizers say 20,000 people rsvped to the rally. >> i think she is really a smart, intelligent personal and i think she can do it. >> it is time. she is going to make the changes that are due. >> reporter: kamala harris attacking one of president trump's projects, the border wall along the southern u.s. border. >> let's be perfectly clear, the president's vanity project is not going to stop them. >> reporter: criminal justice system reform is what she is planning to address. touting her reaction of back on track in san francisco, a program for young adults charged with low level felony drug sales. >> i understand what she wants to do and how as the only black woman who led the district attorney's office was able to do. >> reporter: she said medicare for all, debt free college will be among the issues she will address. >> i am running to fight for an american where our democracies and institutions are protected against all enemies, foreig

a little background on kamala harris. she was born in oakland in 1964, grew up with a younger sister in berkeley where their parents went to graduate school. when she was 12, harris moved with her mother and sister to montreal where she attended high school. she went to howard university in washington d.c. majoring in political science and economics and serving on the student council. harris came back to the bay area for law school, graduated from uc hastings in 1989. after that she worked as deputy d.a. first in alameda county, then in san francisco. harris made her first run for elective office in 2003 winning a bid to become san francisco's district attorney. in 2010 they was elected state attorney general and ran in 2016 replacing the retiring barbara boxer. >>> senator harris joins the growing field of democrats joining the 2020 race which includes new york senator kirsten gillibrand, hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard, former secretary of hud julian castro and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. >> i think this i

kamala harris:"that's good, deb. that's really good., it's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader. that means speaking with integrity. it means speaking truth."her populist agenda, harris told the town hall, includes a middle class tax cut, which she pledged would be her first act in office supporting a framework for a green new deal to fight climate change.paid parental leave and widening access to education from preschool to college what she called reasonable gun control ...and medicare- for-alljake tapper:"so for people out there who like their insurance, they don't get to keep it?"sen. kamala harris:"well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care. and you don't have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork. let's eliminate all of that. let's move on."harris again pledged to not vote for a southern wall with mexico. and passionately spoke to a daca recipient

. >> kamala harris was born in oakland. there she is in the yellow plaid coat with her mother and sister on the streets of berkeley. her indian mother and her jamaican father were both graduate students at uc berkeley where they were active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. when they divorced, harris moved with her mom to montreal and then went on to howard university, where she spoke today. >> it is my full intention to travel this country and to sit in living rooms and to listen to families and let them express their concerns and their needs. >> she ended up at uc hastings for law school. for a time she dated then california speaker of the assembly willie brown. >> i always thought that kamala harris could be anything that she desired to be and would set her mind to be. that's how talented she really is. >> harris was elected d.a. of san francisco in 2003. california attorney general in 2010, and in 2016, ascended todo national stage as a california senator, branding herself as a leader and challenging the trump

so is kamala harris on to something, ladies? >> no. she is not on -- let me just say this here. instead of kamala harris running around trying to sell a book on a book tour, maybe she should tour her state the state that she represents and look at how americans have been severely impacted and affected by illegal aliens and sanctuary cities. >> that's right. >> that border wall is not a vanity project. it is a border wall to secure our border. secure americans, secure our national security. >> that's right. >> that's what that border wall is for. steve: yeah, you know, it's a first payday without pay for a lot of federal employees. sounds like the president is digging in his heels. how long should he go because yesterday he said i'm not going to cave on this thing. >> as long as it takes. >> that's right. >> let me tell you something those federal workers will get their back pay. >> that's right. >> people that's been killed by illegal aliens will never get their lice back. >> they won't. >> so long as it takes.

you've spoke with senator kamala harris what does they bring to the table?ound that shows she can bring people together but also has the ability to govern. i mean she was the district attorney in san francisco, was re-ele re-elected, went on to become the attorney general of the state, re-elected and all of those elections was able to build a coalition and at the same time stand by what she believes in. i think unlike what donald trump is used to, if she becomes the nominee, she knows how to be aggressive with grace. he's not going have somebody that he can push over, but at the same time, she's not one that will be rattled and lose composure. i think she's a formidable candidate. >> bringing up the question, do democrats need somebody with grace or need somebody like how joe biden positioned himself a bit of a street fighter saying he wants to take out president trump to the back alley? >> again i said aggression with grace. you need to be broeoth. you must have a candidate that's aggressive talking about a president who doesn't know gross, and with grace,

why senator kamala harris believes.. she has what it takes to win in 20-20. and he claimed to have edited babies' d-n-a. tonight this scientist is out of a job.. and in trouble with the law! good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. elizabeth has the night off. i'm ken bastida. tonight investigators are trying to figure out how a body ended up on a cliff.. a hundred feet above ocean beach.. near the cliff house restaurant. kpix 5's joe vazquez is at the beach with new information tonight. joe? track: the u.s. park police put yellow tape blocking a trail that leads down the cliffside ... they are investigating the the department of building inspection believes the deck may have come down because of dry rot. happened this afternoon.. at a home off 39-th avenue near moraga street in the sunset. the 2 people who were hurt are expected to be okay. building inspectors cited the homeowners and gave them a deadline to make repairs. tonight police are on the hunt for a suspect who shot and killed a man inside a shopping mall near chicago. police vehicles swarmed the orland

kamala harris is basically tied with joe biden. the former vice president and his name recognition, somehow kamala harris has leap-frogged bernie sanders, if you ask democrats, if the primary were today, for whom would you vote? i see your look of consternation. you're furrowing your brow. what are your thoughts on this? >> my resting brow face. you look at a poll like that. this is clearly a race extremely wide open. the two candidates by far the best known, joe biden and bernie sanders are nowhere near the commanding front-runner status you want to have as former two-time vice president or runner-up for the party's nomination last time. when you talk to people who are either eyeing this campaign from the outside or involved in this campaign, already competing with someone like kamala harris, there is generally the sense she is not the front-runner or jeb bush on the republican side, but the person who clearly has all the components of a successful campaign if she can put it together the way she's starting to try to do. >> if we c

senator kamala harris of california, she officially entered the race yesterday. and tonight she'll take questions from iowans for the very first time as a candidate. in our audience, people who tell us they plan to caucus with the democrats next year and members of the drake university community. please welcome now senator kamala harris. [ cheers and applause ] have a seat if you will. >> hi. hi. >> welcome to iowa. >> it's great to be here and with the bulldogs. it's great to be here. >> so we asked a lot of people for questions, and we got a lot of questions about race and racism. let's get right to our audience. the first question is from lindsey horn baker. she is a graduate student in mental health counseling. your question for the senator? >> good evening. >> hi, lindsey. >> senator harris, racism has always been a problem in the united states. >> yeah. >> and the current administration relies heavily on fear-based tactics to justify racist policies that are further segregating us as a nation. we're creating an environment where people feel emboldened to sa

and hoping to make history in the process. >>> oakland native and rising political star senator kamala harris020 bid for the white house this morning. it has been a whirl wind couple of decades for harris who started in the alameda county da and this morning at howard university she talked about her upcoming run. >> i love my country. i love my country. and i feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are. and i'm prepared to fight and i know how to fight. >> senator harris is set to hold her first campaign rally this sunday. that is going to be in oakland and that first official campaign stop will be in very friendly territory. nbc bay area melissa colorado joins us now from where the rally will take place in downtown oakland. melissa? >> reporter: well as you could see, this plaza is packed with hundreds of people honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr.'s, history. and as you could see, that bright glow behind me, they're melting down guns and turning them into shovels and this is where senator harris will be on sunday afternoon to kick off her cam

kamala harris/ (d) presidential candidate"when we have foreign powers infecting the white house like malware. let's speak truth about what are clear and present dangers." in her hometown of oakland harris packed the plaza and streets but even in this crowd a reminder that the first-in-the-nation caucuses are still a year away.ajay bhutoria/ undecided democrat "she has a huge support, but at the same time i'm hoping to wait for other democratic candidates who will be making their way."beyond that ever-expanding field of democratic hopefuls a curveball from former starbucks ceo howard schultz the self-made billionaire who built starbucks from the ground up tweeting this video... explaining that he's considering an independent run for president.howard schultz/ former starbucks ceo"now the word independent is just a designation on the ballot. if i run for president, i will run as an american, under one banner, the american flag."the blowback came swiftly on social media from saying schultz will dilute trump's opposition calling schultz an existential threat to from the washington state de

an even better value every day. >>> the announcement by kalamath harris -- kamala harris that she is ing for president. she is throwing her head into the democratic primary for harris, the third woman to enter the race for the white house under campaign theme is kamala harris for the people. her campaign headquarters will be in baltimore with a second office in oakland and joining us via skype, for the san francisco chronicle, we have joe. this is joe garrett folwell, everyone. the office in oakland, it's important. it's always a race to get money in california is that one reason she has the office here? >> reporter: absolutely and it's symbolic and california will be a major presence in the presidential primary for a change. we are much earlier in the process and our votes will count here in california. >> will her life as a prosecutor separate her from others in the field, good or bad? >> reporter: yes. it is definitely a mixed bag and will be a mixed bag in the democratic primary because some of the things she talked about as prosecutor will come back to haunt her and there is prob

but it's not working for anybody else. >> next up for howard schultz was california senator kamala harris, who just came off her first televised town hall last night. she took a shot at harris for saying that she would abolish private health care insurance. >> that is not american. what is next? what industry will be abolished next? the coffee industry? >> schultz went on to say the country can't afford health care for all and after two days of getting heat from threatening to run as an independent, schultz said he's not running as a democrat because he doesn't like congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez's idea of a 70% tax rate, calling her misinformed. and finally, the man who hasn't decided whether to run for president has just hired former obama aide bill burton as communications advisor, the same bill burton who argued in 2016 that jill stein running as a third-party candidate would help make trump president, but now says if howard schultz runs, it would be a more serious effort than jill stein. shannon? >> shannon: all right, trace. thank you very much for the update. another issue

because kamala harris is announcing today.ade the announcement today. she says it's martin luther king jr. day, and it's in honor of shirley chisholm. i covered shirley chisholm and to see the diversity of this year's possible candidates, kamala harris, what do you think her chances are. it's very early to say, i guess? >> i don't know. i'm not the political predictor, but i can say i was a young girl when shirley chisholm decided to run for president. people like shirley chisholm -- and i suspect there will be little girls seeing kamala harris inspired by her and i think that's exciting. one other thing, they talked about the coalition and they talked about progressives and african-americans and women and we should remember her mother is asian-american and so she also has that portfolio to bring to the table. she's a really interesting candidate. she has extraordinary experience being the attorney general of california and many people have seen her now in confirmation hearings on the senate judiciary hearings and they see how

kamala harris made her pitch, she made her appeal.'s not forget this is the beginning of the 2020 crazy. this was really marquee political event kind of kicking off the 2020 cycle. we're essentially a year away from the iowa caucuses and ladies and gentlemen, it is happening. >> 644 days to the election. >> just around the corner. >> not that we're counting. >> some have been critical of her time as a prosecutor. here is how she defended that with jake tapper. >> there are some people who just believe that prosecutors shouldn't exist and i don't think that i'm ever going to satisfy them. but i will also say that there is so much more work to do. and do i wish i could have done more? absolutely. >> will that satisfy her critics? >> at the end of the day, kamala harris is really kind of trying to thread a very specific needle. with her record as attorney general, as someone in the law enforcement community, her campaign slogan even, kamala harris for the people, she is clearly running on her record in law and in this type of space. wher

tulsi gabbard and now kamala harris. four women already and it's not even the end of january. >> and we may see even more women jumping into the race. senator amy klobuchar who is thinking about running as well. and this is, obviously, going to be the year of the woman. we saw it in 2018 where women candidates were able to win in several different races, ousting male candidates, male incumbents in a number of cases. high turnout among women voters. the women's marches that have talken place. the backlash against president trump's administration. it's been particularly fierce among women and sparked more women wanting to get in the race and wanting to run themselves. i think hillary clinton's loss impacted a lot of women who felt like they saw sort of the level of sexism in our political discourse that they didn't find acceptable and decided they wanted to run and change things. that's part of the reason you're seeing a larger number of women jumping into the race on the democratic side. you've seen so many women who are

for a while she dated willie brown. >> never underestimate kamala harris. >> harris was elected d.a. of san francisco in 2003. california attorney general in 2010, and if 2016, ascended to the national stage as a california senator, branding herself as a leader and challenging the trump administration. >> she plays well in san francisco. san francisco is a very liberal city, and she is a very liberal person. if i think you get out into the heartland you get out of the california, she's not going to play that well. >> but harris is going for it. >> please join me in oakland sunday, january 27th. and go to kamalaharris.org to join my campaign. let's do this together. >> if she won, she would become the first not -- not only the first woman president, but the first woman of color president of the united states. but it's a crowded field out there. she is the fourth democratic woman to declare her candidacy. in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thank you. with senator harris making her 2020 bid official tonight, others also on the presidential race attended high profile events

kamala harris officially launching her bid for the white house.he made her announcement at this rally in her hometown of oakland, california. and now kamala harris joins a crowded field of democratic presidential hopefuls, which is already the most diverse in modern political history. the so-called 2020 marathon kicking off with a sprint. joining us to discuss, an all-star panel. we have democratic congressman jason you, keith boykin, former clinton white house aide, and democratic strategist maria cardona, democratic strategist nina turner, president of our revolution, an organization started by bernie sanders and cnn senior national correspondent kyung lah, there on the ground for us where kamala harris just made her official launch, this announcement she's running. let me start with you, congressman. you're new to congress. this is a woman who wants to be the next leader of your party. how'd she do? >> i think she did really well, ana. first off, it's a pleasure to be here. you know, what really stuck out to me was the starkly contrasting messa

it's not just kamala harris.t everyone who has announced a run for president is out and about on this day that we commemorate the life and legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. former new york mayor michael bloomberg at a breakfast. senator warren is attending a memorial in boston. senator gillibrand has an event in nrk. what are you hearing in columbus? >> bernie sanders, cory booker, noeth have announced that they are in the race for president but will be speaking on the capitol steps sending a message that they are taking south carolina and the african-american vote very seriously as they prepare for potential campaigns. south carolina home to the first in the south primary, 61% of the electorate was african-american during the 2016 election. bernie sanders and cory booker in very different places when it comes to cultivating their relationship. cory booker spent the weekend with civil rights icon john lewis in georgia talking about martin luther king and the civil rights movement. he often talks about the move

oakland is where kamala harris was born. before harris was elected to the senate in 2016 as only the second african-american woman in the senate, she was california's attorney general. she was the district attorney of san francisco, and she began her career in the alameda county district attorney's office. check out this tweet her national campaign manager put out "in the first 30 minutes after she announced she was running for president, kamala harris received individual online contributions from all 50 states." so clearly a lot of enthusiasm early. we'll see whether or not she can get name recognition across the country. she will talk at howard university this morning we'll bring you what she has to say. >>> capitol hill, it's day 31 without a paycheck for workers as the shutdown lingers on. over the weekend, president trump offered a deal to reopen the government. democrats have already rejected it. "today in the bay's" tracie potts explains why. >> reporter: president trump's offer to reopen the government goes up for a v

kamala harris:"that's good, deb. that's really good. well, first, it's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader. that means speaking with integrity. it means speaking truth."her populist agenda, harris told the town hall, includes a middle class tax cut, which she pledged would be her first act in office supporting a framework for a green new deal to fight climate change.paid parental leave and widening access to education from preschool to college what she called reasonable gun control ...and medicare- for-alljake tapper:"so for people out there who like their insurance, they don't get to keep it?"sen. kamala harris:"well, listen, the idea is that everyone gets access to medical care. and you don't have to go through the process of going through an insurance company, having them give you approval, going through the paperwork. let's eliminate all of that. let's move on."harris again pledged to not vote for a southern wall with mexico. and passionately spoke to a dac

big announcement coming today from california senator kamala harris. in oakland a few hours from now officially announcing her run for president. >> we will have more on what we can expect and what analysts are saying about her decision to announce here. >>> and homelessness a problem being felt across the bay your but a problem across many cities. >> homelessness continued to grow in contra costa county as well. coming up i will sit down with a nonprofit who is finding housing for those in need and so much more and it's working. >>> and prices for stamps officially went up today. it's one of the largest increases in postal service history. >> we are going to have more on how much it's going to cost you if you want to mail a letter now. i should have bought stamps yesterday. we are going to also talk about the financial struggles of the disposal service. that and more coming up. >>> first let's go to meteorologist rosemary orozco. >> today just as nice, maybe a tad cooler. you may not even really notice. we are going to stay well above average as we ge

today senator kamala harris announced she's running for president, joining a rapidly growing field of women and democrats. our andrea mitchell was there for her announcement. >> reporter: senator kamala harris at a howard university basketball game, her myself?ater. i describe myself as a proud american. >> congratulations. >> reporter: the former california attorney general, a first-term senator known for tough questioning of trump supporters. >> the witness testimony is before you, no witness -- >> i'm going to take that as a no and we can move on. >> reporter: a crowded and diverse field of declared or likely democrats now including three prominent women senators. harris, elizabeth warren, and kirsten gillibrand. today all democrats targeting president trump. >> he chooses to divide us, community by community. >> we now have a president of the united states who is a racist. >> this is not our america. >> reporter: another, senator cory booker, instagraming a big-name endorsement. >> i hope you run for president. >> thank you for saying that. you encouraging me means more to me than

off her roots and they are expecting a huge turn out tomorrow in oakland. >> reporter: senator kamala harris will kick off her presidential campaign with a rally in oakland on sunday. >> i'm very excited and i plan to go and i think it's great she's runninfor reporter: harri elizabeth warren and kirsten gillibrand who are running also. >> we need to select as many women as possible because the men have ran out the corporation. >> reporter: james tailor says this rally has been planned carefully. >> because senator kamala harris wants to ground people with somewhere the progressive left movements in the city's history that many people know about. she'll have issues with had the african-american community. >> reporter: borne oakland and returning to her roots harris said her experience is what made her change her mind. >> reporter: seating sunday will be limited and streets will be blocked off. and some locals are still holding onto the past. >> if hilary would have fixed this country everybody would be fine and happy. >> we shouldn't be thing about harris just yet as she has to win that nomin

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kamala harris, running for president: "i love my country, i love my country. and i feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are. and i prepared to fight and i know how to fight.>(ken) california senator kamala harris announces she's running for president.(ken) the freshman senator from the bay area choosing to make the announcement on a day she says has special significance to her... martin luther king junior day. (pam) she joins an already crowded field of democratic candidates.. kron-4's dan kerman got local reaction on why she stands out... and what her challenges may be. --nats--california democratic senator kamala harris' decision to throw her hat in the ring for president comes as little surprise to former san francisco mayor willie brown.sot willie brown/former s.f. mayor :21i tihink its a fabulous announcement, the democrats are blessed 5 have said they want the nomination and 4 are women. california is even more blessed because its our daughter , its our attorney general, d.a. , and our us senator and she is clearly

or kamala harris >>> here is senator kamala harris in her first appearance on msnbc as a presidentialte with rachel maddow tonight, when rachel asked her a commander in chief question about keeping troops in afghanistan. >> do you think that we should keep troops in afghanistan? the president seems to want to withdraw a large number of them but it's not clear that's going to happen. >> so i do not, and i believe that we need to do it, though, in a responsible way and that is not what the president has done. he has been conducting foreign policy through tweets, instead of what a commander in chief should do, which is understand the seriousness and the severity of one's decisions and then put the time and the effort into studying an issue, consulting with their experts, be it generals, be it foreign policy experts, be it ambassadors and members of the state department, and our allies to make a decision. instead of this approach that assume that we're the only one in the room or that he's the only one in the room. i was in afghanistan days before he made that decision, and, rachel, when

her slogan at least for now is kamala harris for the people. harris has been in the senate for just two years. before that she was a long time prosecuting attorney and attorney general here in california. some on the far left criticized her for not being progressive enough but today's speech had a host of progressive highlights and called for president's border wall, a mid ever ill project and debt-free college and she called for a middle class tax cut, paid for by repealing the trump tax cuts and she criticized the criminal justice system that she's been working in most of her life. >> i'm running to fight for an america where no mother or father has to teach their young son that people may stop him, arrest him, chase him, or kill him because of his race. >> [applause] >> harris' challenge now raise a lot of money to raise her national profile as she waits to see how many other democrats join the race for 2020 mike? >> dan springer drive in oakland thanks a lot. former trump campaign advisor roger stone is due back in court tuesday after robert

running against donald trump, how do you combat that if you're kamala harris?ell. put forth in the midterms and what their staffs look like, the gop is increasingly out of step with the growing rising majority if the country and looking like an anachronism didn't get married early like elizabeth warren and other candidates pap long dating history, people will come out but i am salivating for the opportunity when somebody brings up her relationship part and willie brown, when you have the president of the united states and his sketchy past in relationships. a space she'll navigate well has a very diverse backgrounds mother south asian, father jamaican the crowd reflected that looked more like america look at the maga rallies and contrast it to, i remember the swearing in at the house had the chance to be on the house floor and look at the crowd. the democratic side, a rainbow of all people and look across the aisle, a sea of old, white men. i think the republicans, if they wantany chance at being competitive in 2020 they're going to have to address some of these

california democratic senator kamala harris' decision to throw her hat in the wrong for president comesttle surprise to former san francisco mayor willie brown. sot willie brown/former s.f. mayor 21but that opinion of harris' chances is not shared by everyonesot howard epstein is with san francisco's republican partysot howard epstein/s.f. republican party 56but harris's record speaks for itself says brownsot <"martin luther king jr. was a bridge builder not a wall builder, martin

(grant) and tonight-- kamala harris is in the early caucus state of iowa, where she'll meet voters monday night in a cnn town hall. night in a cnn town hall. joining us live now to talk about harris' presidential campaign... is robert van houweling-- associate professor of politics at u-c- berkeley. democratic presidential candidate kamala harris is telling supporters that those in power are trying to turn people against each other, which she says is "not our america."the senator from california is speaking at a rally in her hometown of oakland, the formal kickoff of her campaign for the nomination. she announced her candidacy last monday.speaking at oakland's city hall, harris says the american dream and dem attack and on the line like never before. she says that racism, sexism, anti-semitism, homophobia and transphobia are real in the u.s. and must be recognized and dealt with. harris also took a swipe at president donald trump's border wall proposal, calling it "the president's medieval vanity project" and saying it won't stop transnational gangs. california sen. kamala harris is annou

female political leaders attended in support of harris including san francisco mayor london breed and oakland mayor libby schaff.<"okay oakland - kamalaas been fighting for us her whole life and now is the time to fight for her.">harris talked about her experience in the criminal justice system as a prosecutor, district attorney of san francisco and attorney general of california. <"my whole life i've only had one client - the people. for the people mean't fighting for a more fair criminal justice system at a time when prevention and redemtion were not in the minds of most district attorneys.">senator harris addressed president trumps proposed border wall he claims will stop gangs from bringing crime into america.<" let's be perfectly clear: the president's medieval vanity project is not going to stop them.">and she brought up the way the president is handling people at the border. four news. stinson, kron oakland, sara stinson, kron four news. ( james ) happening today...the oakland unified school district could decide to close roots international academy. the possible move means 150 current sixth and seventh grade students would hav

kamala harris spoke with reporters at her alma mater, howard university in washington, dc. >> how do i describe myself? i describe myself as a proud american. >> reporter: harris is 54. she was born in oakland and grew up in berkeley. when she was 12 her family moved to montrial, but came back to california and she graduated from hastings law school. in 2003 she ran for san francisco dist. atty. and one in a runoff. >> the voters of san francisco elected t rney osan francisco because there's a level of confidence in my experience. >> reporter: from there it was atty. gen. of california, then the u.s. senate. today house speaker nancy pelosi expressed excitement for harris's bid. >> i love the fact that her freedom is for the people because that was our theme as the democrats to take back the house. that is what it has always been, for the will. remax proposes that she won't likely endorse any one candidate that willie brown will.>> this is a formidable candidate. >> reporter: brown was the speaker of the california assembly when he met harris in the 90s and they began dating. >> what

and senator kamala harris appears to be the early front runner.cided to accepted our own lawrence jones out to california to see you what the residents in her home state think about her far left agenda. let's take a look >>> kamala harris is running for president now. how do you all feel about it? i think it's awesome >>> some of the positions she's taken, she believes there should be a single payer system, medicare for all. do you agree with that? >>> of course i do, absolutely. >> how do we pay for that. >>> just the way we've been paying for it all these years. >> we're not paying for it now. if everybody is on it, how do we pay for it >>> through taxes? >> how are you going to offer free healthcare? who is going to pay for it? that's the number one question. >> how are you going to pay for it. >>> i don't know, they can figure it out. if every billionaire in this country took a million dollars out of their pocket. >> put it all on the billionaires. >>> we should have single payer, med indicated for all how do you feel about it? >> that ain't g