governor in the state just don't have the name id, you know, whether it's former representative katie porterformer los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa or, you know, like lieutenant governor elaine koulizakis. the point of the matter is that none of these people score really high. and so the idea of kamala harris coming in is something that democrats are kind of looking. saying, hey, look, there's a place for you here. think about it. and that's what she's doing. >> it makes it hard to read the tea leaves, but looking at all the things she's been doing. >> lately, signing on with the talent agency, appearing in la after the wildfires, sending out email blasts to people. taken together, what does it all mean to you? >> well, that means that she's been in politics a long time. i mean, kristen, you know that. you know, you're out there, it gets in your blood, you're working really hard. she really thought that she was going to win the presidential race, and her people in the campaign thought they did going into it, which will not be final days. they thought it was going to be close, but she w

i succeeded katie porter, and like katie, like senator warren, before going into politics, i was a law professor. and we are here because we are in a constitutional crisis, the likes of which we have never seen in this country. we are here because elon musk, an unelected billionaire, is repeatedly and break -- blatantly breaking the law, including by usurping all authorities expressly reserved to congress. the constitution is simple. we appropriate the money and treasury delivers it. but elon musk taking it over threatens all that. he has time powers that even the president does not hold, including the power to close agencies he does not like, agencies that congress created an funded. who the hell gave elon musk this authority? no one. until yesterday elon musk had no official role with the administration. now, all of us up here today, we had to take an oath, just like every senior white house official, like every senior federal official out there, to support and defend the constitution of the united states. you know who never took that oath? elon musk. the white house time just yester

my source tonight is the former democratic congresswoman and consumer advocate katie porter.o great to ha you here, because this has really been your entire background. is consumer protection. and so, you know, this is an agency known by its acronym for most americans who maybe they don't recognize it right off the bat. how will gutting the cfpb impact people? >> yeah, the consumer financial. protection bureau, the. cfpb, was a creation following. >> the mortgage. foreclosure crisis. >> it was. >> it was designed to respond to the fact. >> that we had a. >> patchwork of different federal regulators, none. >> of whom took real. >> responsibility for making. sure that the financial markets, things like. >> car loans. >> and student. loans worked. >> well for. >> consumers. and who's hurt by taking down and shutting down the cfpb? it's not just consumers. it's also every business that plays by the rules. the consumer financial protection bureau is there to make sure that the market stays strong, that consumers aren't getting cheated, and that businesses are following the law. th

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to has yet to publicly say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson notes. california is also harris's home state, which she served as attorney general and u.s. senator before her term as vice president. and so voters are familiar with her. >> as the senator as the vice president, and you just can not quantify the importance of her name recognition and there's nobody in the current field who has the statewide name recognition that harris does, but of harris does not run. the poll found porter as of now would ve the strongest support. >> still in that scenario, 45% of respon

former congresswoman katie porter is also specuted to be a possible favorite in the race. a judge has temporarily blocked the trump administration's plan to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding, but dozens of head start programs say they can't access their money. the program provides early education to low income kids and rural, and relies on that federal funding. investigative reporter candice nguyen joins us now. she actually checked in with bay area head start programs to see if they've been impacted. would you come up with candice? yeah, that's right. raj. according to nbc news, the white house said head start programs should not be impacted by any funding freezes. still, more than 45 programs serving 20,000 students nationwide have experienced funding delays this week, according to the national head start association. so i called around to different bay area head start programs today. kari gutierrez is with the nonprofit unity council. this is video from their website. unity council has head start programs both in oakland and in concord. she tells me many lo

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to has yet to publicly say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson notes. california is also harris's home state where she served as attorney general and u.s. senator before her term as vice president. and so voters are familiar with her. >> as the senator as the vice president, and you just can not quantify the importance of her name recognition and there's nobody in the current field who has the statewide name recognition that harris does, but of harris does not run. the poll found porter as of now would have the strongest support. >> still in that scenario, 45% of respo

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to is yet to publicly say whether she's running rounding the top 5, each less than 5% support. you have former los angeles mayor antonio de la cosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 17% meantime, are still undecided. >> i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state. >> theres does not run. the poll found porter in the lead by double digits. but that should that scenario play out? 45% of respondents say they're undecided on the issues. more than 6 out of every 10 respondents said the state should spend more on firefighters staffing and equipment. the poll also found nearly 37% registered california voters approve of the job president donald trump is doing 50% disapprove. california attorney general rob bonta has expressed concerns about potential constitutional crisis as losses continue over the trump administration and their policies.

we have a question about whether representative katie porter, who actually polls very well. ran for the u.s. senate and didn't make it. if she hops in the race. so it's kind of like everybody's in a standoff, staring at each other, going, who's going to go and who's going to make the move? but the real first move goes to kamala harris. >> who's going to blink at the governor's race. slow start, but it's going to heat up very quickly, i suspect. abc seven news insider phil matier. thanks, phil. >> all right. let's move back to our weather situation where things seem to be clearing up. >> they are. we've got some really nice weather ahead, especially if you like spring like temperatures. >> that's right. you'll be smiling all week if you like that kind of weather. dan and diane, let me show you a live picture right now. a sign of what's to come from our sky star camera at fisherman's wharf. you can pretty much see that from this vantage point. skies are clearing. this is from the sky star wheel, giving you a pretty cool view. and speaking of cool, it is cold enough that there

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to hasunning and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson notes. california is also harris's home state, which she served as attorney general and u.s. senator before her term as vice president. and so voters are familiar with her. >> as the senator as the vice president, and you just can not quantify the importance of her name recognition and there's nobody in the current field who has the statewide name recognition that harris but of harris does not run in the poll, found porter as of now would ave e strongest support. >> still in that scenario, 45% of respondents say they're undecided at hagley of

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to has yet to publicly say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson notes. california is also harris's home state, which she served as attorney general and u.s. senator before her term as vice president. and so voters are familiar with her. >> as the senator as the vice president, and you just can not quantify the importance of her name recognition and there's nobody in the current field who has the statewide name recognition that harris does, but of harris does not run. the poll found porter as of now would have the strongest support. >> still in that scenario, 45% of resp

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to has say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins, 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson notes. california is also harris's home state, which she served as attorney general and u.s. senator before her term as vice president. and so voters are familiar with her. >> as the senator as the vice president, and you just can not quantify the importance of her name recognition and there's nobody in the current field who has the statewide name recognition that harris does, but of harris does not run in the poll, found porter as of now would have the strongest support. >> still in that scenario, 45% of respondents say t

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9% support porter to hasicly say whether she's running and rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support. former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins. 70% of respondents meantime say they're undecided. i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state loyola law school professor jessica levinson notes. california is also harris's home state where she served as attorney general and u.s. senator before her term as vice president. and so voters are familiar with her. >> as the senator as the vice president, and you just can not quantify the importance of her name recognition and there's nobody in the current field who has the statewide name recognition that harris but of harris does not run. the poll found porter as of now would have the strongest support. >> still in that scenario, 45% of respondents say they're

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9%. porter has yet to say whether or not she's running the other possible candidates have less that a 5% chance and 17% of people are undecided. >> i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state. >> now the poll also found of harris does not run that porter would be in the lead by double digits. >> still ahead, sharm video here of kayaker. it looks like the person get swallowed by a whale. and later we will head the sierra as there's new snow now in the mountains. stormtracker is the bay area getting hit hard by atmospheric river today. so we're >> seeing where this storm is going. how much longer the rain is going to last cow is going to kick off team coverage again in just a few minutes. just before 2 o'clock today, there was a 3.7 earthquake that happened just still east of hayward. >> overall mild, though, some people that wrote in to our newsroom said they felt that at public a little bit of rol

senate candidate and former orange county congress member katie porter with 9 percent.s a way big gap there. porter, too, has yet to public a say whether she's running rounding out the top 5 candidates or prospects at this point in the survey, 5% support. former la mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis and former state assembly and senate later tony atkins. so 17% are undecided, though, in this poll, this point. >> i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state. >> if harris doesn't, iran poll found that porter would be in the lead with double double digits. but that scenario should that play out? 45% say they're undecided. if it were sure on the ballot on the issues, more than 6 out of every 10 respondents said the state should be spending more money on firefighter staffing and equipment. and the poll found nearly 37% of registered california voters approve of the job. president trump is doing while 53% disapprove. >> all right. let's turn our

senate candidate and former orange county assembly member katie porter chip, 9% support porter to hase's going to run rounding out the top 5, each with less than 5% support would be former los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa, california lieutenant governor l a lani kounalakis and former state assembly and senate leader toni atkins. 17% say they're still undecided. >> i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state. >> if harris does not run in the poll, found porter would lead by double digits. but should that scenario play out? 45% of respondents say they would be undecided on the issues. more than 6 out of every 10 respondents said that the state should spend more on firefighting staff and equipment. the poll also found nearly 37% of registered california voters approve of the job president donald trump is doing while 53% do not. >> it's morning news. the warriors going back to back hours after a heartbreaking loss in dallas. >> sports director scott reese tells us how they finished off this

senate candidate for our county congress member katie porter, who would have 9%.whether or not she's going to run. you can see if the race were held today and these we all the candidates that nobody else would come close. plus, they're 17% of the people say they're undecided right now. so there's a long way to go at this point with nobody really saying they're in the race yet. >> i don't think this is a huge surprise. kamala harris obviously has huge name recognition in california. california is still a blue state. things will really change of. harris decided not to run. the poll found that. >> porter would have a double-digit lead. then over anybody else. and also 45% of the respondents in that case say they would be undecided. not sure what to choose and of the issues. more than 6 in every 10 respondents said the state should be spending more on firefighter staffing and equipment. >> we're going to take a break here in a 42. still ahead on the kron, morning news, we're going to have warrior highlights for you. we'll tell you how they finished off. >> 45, we've b

candidates were considered a 2 plenty. 26 run besides harris include former by democratic congressman katie porter. former u.s. health and human services secretary javier becerra and riverside county sheriff, a republican chad, next. a 3 a luxury lost that diamond or store that is no longer in walnut creek. >> plus, after reaffirming a commitment as a sanctuary city. >> the interpol, the mayor gets to protecting undocumented immigrants. he joins rod for news. that's what he talked about break down set. also a fight for it. fight land guantanamo bay. more on the legal questions swirling around trump's plants. there. (fisher investments) at fisher investments we may look like other money managers, but we're different. (other money manager) you can't be that different. (fisher investments) we are. we have a team of specialists not only in investing, but also in financial and estate planning and more. (other money manager) your clients rely on you for all that? (fisher investments) yes. and as a fiduciary, we always put their interests first. (other money manager) but you still sell commission- based

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katie nielsen explains. business owners are fighting to keep the program from shutting down. >> let's do this porter. >> reporter: justin started this downtown concord over a decade ago. after covid, he noticed they were not bouncing back as quickly as others. making them worry their business and others might not survive. >> people just weren't feeling very safe down here, that they wanted to see it be a little cleaner, just a little less of the craziness that was happening in that time. >> reporter: and because of their public property, it's hard to imagine some of thing activity happening, like the unhoused residents. so that is when he and local business owners got together to hire their own security guard and clean up crews to work in the plaza area seven days a week. they got half a million dollars in the form of the grant from federal covid funding to get the program up and going for 18 months. >> it was a pilot program because we wanted to prove this sort of action would make a difference down here. >> reporter: since then, justin says it has been an overwhelming success. the first month, the security gua