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two democratic presidential candidates have had a hand in the development of katie porter's skills. la harris was attorney general and appointed cater porter to be the independent monitor of banks in a $25 billion mortgage settlement that brought reforms to the mortgage business in california and senator elizabeth warren was a professor of katie porter's when katie porter was a student at harvard law school. katie porter graduated magna cum laude and became a professor herself. like elizabeth warren it was from her position as a law school professor that she decided to run for office. if you were watching last night, you saw katie porter's crushing line of questioning to the trump administration's director of the consumer financial protection bureau who could not calculate the annual percentage rate of a predatory payday loan, that offers financially vulnerable people a small infusion of cash at astronomical interest rates. katie porter did it again in the hearing room. this time with the ceo of wells fargo, timothy sloane. >> in november of 2016, you said "i'm fully committed to tak

. >>> katie porter is back. congresswoman katie porter has been on the deutsche bank case and "the new york times" has reported that convicted sex criminal jeffrey epstein now facing new charges in new york has had dozens of accounts at deutsche bank which some of the employees have flagged for possible illegal transactions. we'll get congresswoman porter's reaction to deutsche bank's handling of jeffrey epstein's accounts at the end of the hour tonight because we have so much to cover before that. >>> and we begin tonight with the mueller hearings. the breaking news at this hour is that the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff has sent a letter to robert mueller contradicting the letter that the justice department said to -- sent to robert mueller last night. the justice department letter to robert mueller insisted that he comply with very strict restrictions on his testimony that would mean, in effect, he could not say anything that does not appear in print in the mueller report already. ch

katie porter will join us. many of you remember how a single mother could possibly survive financially on the entry level wage that jpmorgan chase pays single mothers and others in katie porter's california district. jamie diamond had no answer at all, but congresswoman porter just got a very interesting letter from jpmorgan chase that she will share with us later in this hour. also later in the hour, we will see savannah guthrie's very sad interview with a new accuser of jeffrey epstein who says that he began sexually abusing her when she was 14 years old and that he forcibly raped her at 15 years old. >> did jeffrey epstein rape you? >> he raped me. forcefully raped me and knew exactly what he was doing. i don't think cared. what hurts even more so is if i was not afraid to come forward sooner, maybe he wouldn't have done it to other girls. i feel guilty to this day. >> we will listen to more of that deeply disturbing interview later in the hour. first, the most important thing to remember when reviewing toda

california congresswoman katie porter is here to talk strategy, law, and more.ave you here in person. first of all, am i wrong, professor, that tomorrow matters for the democrats. you can't keep saying, well, we think he did all of these things wrong and abused his power, but we're not going to do what the constitution tells us to do. we're going to do it this other way. >> i would reframe it and say that tomorrow really matters for americans. i think if we start framing this in terms of party ideology, we're really missing the issue of what we're grappling with here. what we're talking about is what are the strictures, the rules that our founders of our country put in place to ensure that we stay a vibrant democracy and we never became a dictatorship. this is not just a big day for democrats, but it's a big day for independents and our country to understand what's going on. >> no question. no question. most people didn't read it and i totally get why. not only is it dense -- >> well, it was boring. >> a lot of it's boring. i found it pretty fascinating, but thi

. >> congresswoman katie porter, everyone watching this wishes you were in one of the hearings tomorrow. katie porter, the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight on the eve of robert mueller's appearance on capitol hill, all the preparations and planning now give way to what could be the most consequential testimony in years. and late word on who will accompany mueller at the witness table. what will this man reveal about his work, his report, what will he say about how attorney general barr got out ahead of him? what more will we learn about the russian influence campaign in the last presidential election as we head toward another. and then the presidency under criminal investigation and the man who may not like what he hears tomorrow. all of it as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again from our nbc news head quarters in new york. day 915 of the trump administration. we are now just hours away from the swearing in of the former special counsel robert mueller. a few more numbers here at the outset. the career public servant is 15 days a

you see the background of that congressperson coming out in the hearings in katy porter's case, a law professor and val demings case, former police chief in orlando, florida with all of that law enforcement experience and watching what that informs in the way she handles a situation like yesterday's hearing was really kind of wonderful to watch. it was -- everything she said was just filled with her experience and then directly tailored into what the issues of the day were. >> and i would also say, don't -- i don't want to be weird but the fact that she was not only has such a law enforcement and distinguished career but she was chief for so long. part of the way you can read that is the way she brings everything to a halt when she speaks. she has the chief thing going on where she owns every room she's been on and you can't help but hang on every word. she has the natural authority thing that makes you get in line. >> you're used to that, rachel. owning every room you've ever been in. that's your thing. [ laughter ] >> well, that room. that room you're in right now. that one. that on

. >> joining us now, democratic congresswoman katie porter of california. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us. this is the first time we're meeting in the same room in the studio here in washington. very glad we're able to do that. i have to say i know that when most freshman in the house are told when they get their big moment in the hearing room after waiting sometimes for 25 members to do the question before they get down to the freshman, you'll get five minutes, you'll get five minutes. and most members, frankly, give up on the concept. they don't do much homework. they just make a bit of a speech in the five minutes where they think they're saying something they're hoping their constituents want to hear, but they don't bother to do the work of it because they don't see what you can accomplish in five minutes. did you know from the outset if five minutes was going to be enough time for you to be able to pull off cross-examinations like this? >> i think i did. for being a professor in the classroom i think i only had a minute or two to ask

>> good afternoon, katie porter. i believe that is the reimbursement under the municipal executives associati association, per individual, per fiscal year. this is also anticipated to be a time-based contract through the october -november timeframe. this is $2,000 for a number-5 month period. also the agency has training funds that probably could be deployed, if necessary. $2,000 is what the employees give her a fiscal year. for professional reimbursement on development. >> even a new director, when you hire that person they would only get $2,000, as well. >> it is a negotiated time. this is just a term we came up with with a contract based on the model. certainly a future director, or this existing contract could be amended to have a higher amount. that is the city model, this is not even intended to be a full fiscal year contract as it structured right now. >> do note to the deputy city attorney's., that this contract as well as this collective bargaining agreement which is where this number comes from as well as s

new members are not from districts that look like aoc's, they're from districts that look like katie porteror lamb. they're from moderate districts. they're from swing seats that they took from republicans. those seats are by no means ensured in the election. she's also smart enough to know that no matter who the democratic nominee is that this is a race in 35 states the campaign is already largely over. we pretty much know how mississippi is going to vote. we pretty much know how california and new york are going to vote. and a lot of the swing states that are going to be coming up no matter who the democratic nominee is are not as deep purple or deep blue, they're more purple, so there's going to be a moment where, you know, the democratic nominee is going to have to appeal to people who are not just on the aoc part of the democratic coalition, which is, by the way, about 20 to 30% of the democratic coalition are hard progressives. just as about 20 to 30% of republicans are, like, super hard conservatives. and there is an actual middle in this country. you have to address it. just having

we will see joe biden and senator harris next to each other so that is interesting and we have katie porter who is become a standout member of congress for the democrats, we're talking one-on-one with her and a debate between john cox he ran for governor of california as a republican and stephanie miller, the longtime radio host , john cox gives a great to gavin newsom and how he is doing so that is interesting as well. >> i look forward to hearing that, let me go back to mayor pete because like bernie he was down in southern california yesterday and you know, a lot of folks have talked about mayor pete struggling i should take him to make inroads with the african-american community. does he feel like he's making some headway there?>> reporter: he is trying, this is something else that bernie sanders struggled with four years ago. it was probably the reason that bernie sanders did become the nominee, he struggled in south carolina with african- americans. mayor pete, we were with him yesterday at a co-working space in crenshaw, with the bunch of young african-american students who just happ

congresswoman and law professor katie porter is here to test that notion. what do you say?t's get after it. >>> all right. we're just hours away from an historic hearing here in washington, d.c. the stakes are so high, they were actually practicing for this. both sides, mock hearings, using stand-ins for mueller and gopers like jim jordan from ohio. democrats worry that maybe he'll interrupt the hearing, trying to hijack

>> i think that they, just like katie porter, who is a very liberal white woman who has talked about financial issues, i think you have a lot of very liberal freshmen who have been able to establish themselves as being new leaders and freshmen in the party, and i think they want to push the party in a particular direction. i don't think any of these people are challenging for leadership and i don't think any of them think that they're the face of the democratic party. these are vastly different individuals. you've got aoc, who is 29 years old. you've got ayanna presley who is 45. they come from different places, different districts, and i think it's easy to clump them all together, certainly for republicans, and say look at this brown menace trying to move the party in a radical direction, when in fact a lol lot of their policies are similar to a lot of democrats that got elected in 2018. >> the president's charge that the four congresswomen themselves are racist comes just a day after white house senior adviser stephen miller offered his own deflection while defending the president'

am happy to have introduced the relief for defrauded students act, along with representatives katie porter, abby finkenauer, cindy axne, mary gay scanlon, and sharice davids. together we are committed to protecting our students and holding these institutions accountable. thank you. and i yield back the balance of my time. ms. porter: thank you so much to the gentlewoman from georgia for her leadership on this issue. and for being here tonight to talk about those defrauded students who are being hurt and suffering around this country and whose voices are not being heard here in congress. i also rise to talk about the college affordability crisis in our country. next week, freshmen in college and their families will be faced with their first tuition bill. according to the national center for education statistics, the average cost per year is just over $19,000 for a public four-year university and nearly $40,000 for a private university. the price tag for postsecondary education is spiraling out of control and the cost of college is increasing at a rate almost eight times faster than wages. t

katy porter, he keeps on retweeting her. he retweeted neo-nazi multiple times with his son. this thing where they pivot and grab israel in order to defend themselves against the president's racism. he's allowed to get away with that. >> i think the president is taken advantage of the fact that -- hello? the president is taking advantage of the fact that a lot of americans don't have a real in-depth knowledge of the issues that involves israel and twhy progressives are criticizing them and what it means and taking advantage of you know a tendency of evangelicals towards israel. >> exactly. you know one thing i want to say that's fascinating to me about this is i think the president and other people engaged in talking about race the way he has is they try to move the goal post of what he define as rac m racism. that's one of the reasons why important to push back. even in this moment, people who are white supremacist do not want to be called racist. they don't want to be called racist. that's one of the enduring treatment of the classic civil rights movement. >> it is importan

want to thank my colleagues who have worked with me on this issue and my good friend congresswoman katy porter for co-sponsoring this amendmentful i urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment and stand on the side of our service members. i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina, for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: thank you, madam chair. i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. foxx: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the jerusalem is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam chair my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are relentless in their pursuit to eliminate an entire sector of post-secondary education. proprietary institutions or tax -- are tax paying institutions. in their zellous efforts to bury these institutions under additional retape and redundant bureaucratic mandates democrats are wasting taxpayer dollars and valuable pentagon time of i cede in our education an labor committee

congresswoman katie porter, congresswoman cathy mcmorris rodgers. mrs. porter, if you begin. >> thank you for holding this hearing today. i am concerned about surprise billing as someone who's dedicated my life to protecting consumers. but also because i have had to fight my own battle with surprise billing. on august 3rd last year when i was on the campaign trail, i started to feel pain in my abdomen. at 1:00 p.m., i could not continue and i went home. at 4:31, i texted my campaign manager that i needed to go to the emergency room. i couldn't safely drive through the pain and i remember sitting on my front porch so if i lost consciousness, somebody might find me and i wouldn't be home alone. i didn't call an ambulance because i was concerned about the cost. i could not drive and i asked my manager to please take me to hoge hospital. i chose to hospital even though it was farther away from other providers because i knew hoge was an in-network facility. when i got to the hospital, i waited six hours alone in the emergency exam room without treatment. when

jc porter -- jc morgan -- ap morgan said -- jpmorgan said buy risk. katie: i agree.he environment of slow but positive growth, very accommodative central banks is good for risk assets. it means the search for yield will continue. things like global infrastructure -- where things are on top of each other right now, it means support for valuations. david: but doesn't the risk get riskier? the rest of the world is saying we think the world is slowing down, and at some point, you will pull the rug out from under the equities. katie: the premise has to be that we avoid a recession. if you think we will have a global recession or if you think the u.s. will have a recession, then all bets are off, because those are bad garments for risk assets, regardless of the interest rate environment. our base case is we avoid a recession, very slow but positive growth, and that is with the risk. david: katie nixon will stay with us. coming up, boeing puts timeline on what its beleaguered max 737 jet will fly again. this is bloomberg. ♪ fell: shares at boeing yesterday but appear to be