. >> all right, i want to talk more about this with kevin deleone, a democratic member of the californiaenate who, we should note, is also running for u.s. senate against incumbent diane feinstein. good to see you. you sent out a statement saying in part, it has become abundantly clear that attorney general jeff sessions and the trump administration are basing their law enforcement policies on principles of white supremacy, not american values, end quote. strong words. so why do you feel like these policies are based on white supremacy? >> well, good afternoon, fredricka. let me say this, that last night was, again, proof positive that this president demonstrated to the nation and the world that he is disconnected from reality. if this was about rounding up hardened, violent criminals, if it was about rounding up ms-13 gang members, he wouldn't be deporting clerks working a third shift at 7-eleven. he wouldn't be worrying about farm workers toiling under the hot sun delivering food to america, abandoning their children voluntarily and being arrested at middle schools. he wouldn't be arre

former state senate president pro tem, kevin deleon support. >>> there's a new attempt to save the bankrupt store chain. toys "r" us is shutting down or selling all of its 735 stores. meanwhile the ceo of the company saying that makes the brats dolls is trying to raise $800 million to buy up 400 of the stores. the ceo of the brats doll company. the effort considered a long shot. toys "r" us hopes to sell most of it within 60 days. stores will honor gift cards only until april 20th and accept returns for the next month. >>> congress will begin voting on a $1.3 trillion budget deal giving a boost to military and domestic spending. provides $1.6 billion of the $25 billion president trump wanted for his border wall. the measure contains no protection for so-called dreamers. lawmakers have until midnight tomorrow to pass a spending bill to avert another government shutdown. mr. trump backs the legislation. >>> national puppy day only one day away. we can't wait to celebrate. >> starts at 4:30 tomorrow morning. we'll be streaming our puppy cam live on abc 7 news app and abc7news.com. we'll be cud

tony atkins from san diego is set to take over as senate president pro tem for kevin deleone. she will be the first woman to hold that post. at cousins still must be formerly elected by her fellow state senators. >>> the warriors were transferred today into a prom dress showroom. more than 800 scenes from across the bay area had a chance to choose, try on and take home a new formal dress for prom. the event was called dress by west. and it was organized by the wife of warriors david west. west started this 13 years ago. this is her second year in oakland. businesses across the bay area also donated additional money and organizers were able to purchase more than 1300 brand-new dresses this year. >> prom is one of those experiences that might create memories to last a lifetime. so if i can give you dress that you're going to have in that lifetime memory, that makes me feel that much more connected to them. >> i'm working, but it's not like i can just drop living and spend money on all the senior activities. so doing something like this where i can get a free dress and, you know,

tony adkins replaces los angeles democrat kevin deleon who is leaving because of term limits and running for the u.s. senate. a rainbow flag was at the capitol rotunda in honor of miss adkins. >>> 4:16 is the time. we need to check in with sal. >> yes, we do. >> because it's going to be a very rough commute i think. a lot of heavy rain. >> let pam help you. she had a rough drive in. >> both sides of the richmond san rafael bridge a lot of standing water. kind where you your car moves and you have to grip the steering wheel. it was 40 miles per hour. >>yone has to drive slower and people unfortunately get into trouble when they drive the same speed they would be driving when it's dry. you can't do that. that means you have to leave the house early. let's take a look at what we have and now so far the roads are light. most people have not hit the road. gilroy to san jose this is looking pretty good. we have a couple areas of standing water but just not a lot of action when it comes to crashes yet. the traffic is moving along okay. this is a live look at 280 in san jose and you can tell it'

kevin deleon who helped write the bill says the law is on california's side. it the lawsuit could do outside the courtroom. >> this administration will not stop at anything to divide this country and to pit one group against another group. my fear is that crime is going to increase because many immigrant families will be fearful of calling local police departments. >>> sessions to speak to the california peace officers association in sacramento at 8:05 this morning. >>> javier be set a is addressing president lawsuit. they have a right to determine for themselves how best to handle public safety. abc 7 news will have live coverage of jeff sessions' address this morning. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield will be live starting at 5:30 and will be streaming the remarks on the abc app and on abcnews.com. >>> let's get a quick forecast check with mike nicco. >> let's jump in with live doppler 7. the area of pressure getting closer. the reason

despite a two to run lead in polls over kevin deleon. n came in a distant second at the convention. check the numbers. 54% for kevin. 37% for feinstein who has been in the u.s. senate for 25 years. he failed to capture the necessary 60%. he performed much better than most expected. once again, it shows you that there's not necessarily a core la correlation and people. >> 60% is the magic number. we are seeing big names. polls that have mentioned public spoe supports them. and yet that's not happening. what does this say about the endorsement process? does it lend credence to the idea that they are not in touch with what the people want? >> clearly, the party activists are much more liberal than the democratic elected. not to mention the electorate at large. the convention results suggest that there's plenty of opportunity for an upset in the june primary. where the energy goes, that remains to be seen. given all the splits, given all the fractures, it shows democrats are not nearly as united as some would expect. >> it's actually really e

fellow democrat kevin deleon is third with 5%, but nearly 30% of voters are still undecided. that's got to be tough because if you're dianne feinstein, you've been in office. so it's not a name recognition problem. >> what is the big problem? >> exactly. they just aren't willing to commit there. >> is there anything her challengers can do to really tip those undecideds? what do they need to hone in on? >> that's a great question. i think if senator feinstein knew, she'd be doing it. one would think she'd get a boost from her support of gun control in light of recent events and give her a jump, but that's not really been the case. we'll have to see if anyone can capture those 29% and that's of likely voters, not just people staying home. she's got to wish she was in a different place at this point in the race. >> the other big race for governor, gavin newsom leads in the polls, but the other two candidates are running neck and neck. >> our poll shows gavin newsom taking 22% of the vote if the primary was held today followed by fellow democrat antonio villaraigosa, then john co

kevin deleon is leaving because of term limits and is running for the u.s. senate against diane feinstein. >>> right now it's 5:16. we want to go back over to sal. sal, you are covering a number of incidents i am sure weather related. >> we have a lot of slow traffic. i want to show you guys the gilroy commute doesn't look bad. people rely on us to have the, you know, the commutes we normally show and the gilroy commute is not a bad one. driving into the gilroy area and beyond that into san jose. there's been no major issues driving through. traffic continues to be okay if you are driving into the main part of the silicone valley and let's talk about the commute here on the area. we do have our very own ktvu frank mallicoat in the elements. that is driving shot and what you can see in the east bay as you drive along this morning. windshield wiper weather and we will be on top of that. frank will have a report coming up soon. >> let's talk about the commute it's raining very hard. northbound 280 traffic is going to be slow. if you are driving to the bay bridg

tony adkins from san diego will take over as senate president pro tem for kevin deleon and will be the first woman and first openly gay lawmaker to hold that post. adkins will need to be formally elected by her fellow state senators. >>> still ahead, a little boy with a rare disease from north carolina is heading here to the bay area. this part of the wish that's being granted. >> we will check back in with rows marchy for the workweek forecast. ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. $30 per month. no extra monthly fees. more for your thing. that's our thing. visit att.com/internet. >>> because of health concerns cleveland cavs head coach announced he is taking a leave of abaccepts from the team. he said some of the symptoms included chest pain and loss of sleep. he spent the second half of saturday's game in chicago in the locker room because of an illness. this is the second time this season he left the game because he was not feeling well associated head coach larry drew will take over.>>> penny hardaway will be the next man's basketball coach at university of memphis. memphis's is

she is taking over for kevin deleon. >>> representation matters especially when it comes to breaking gender stereotypes. >> five decades worth of drawings done by kids asked to draw a scientist. 5,000 kids participated and less than 1% drew a female scientist. times have changed. nowadays kids who are younger than 6 years old are just as likely to draw female scientists as male. it changes as they get older. they're more likely to draw male scientists once they reach grade school because male scientists, researchers say, had more exposure. women are still under represented in some fields so the stereotypes still exist. more work to be done. >>> a man caught bragging about drug sales on facebook is facing some consequences. >> the marin ij reports he was arrested yesterday. he was already on probation for drug trafficking allegations. what a probation officer looked at social media, yeah, you're into the drugs again. investigators searched his car during his next probation check and found this, $15,000 worth of drugs including marijuana, mushrooms, and ecstasy. >>> the countdown is on

weekend, receiving just 37% of the ballot compared to 54% for her challenger state senate leader kevin deleoned feinstein for saying last summer that she believed trump can be a good president if he had the ability to learn and change. we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and jillian melchor. where are the democrats headed in the age of trump? >> part of the question they are asking is do we focus on the economic issues >> do we try to steal trump's thunder by playing up income inequality, going to the blue-collar voter or double down on our focus of identity politics? i think that one carries the more political liability. one of the risks of identity politics is it breaks the party into smaller groups, smaller factions that will inevitably war with each other but i think that's where we're at. paul: what is feinstein's political sin that she's so unpopular? she's been around a long time? she's not leading the resistance? what is it? >> she's not quite left enough on single payer. >> government run healthcare? >> exactly i think that's one of the ones. also there's a generational divid

weekend, receiving just 37% of the ballot compared to 54% for her challenger state senate leader kevin deleon has mocked feinstein for saying last summer that she believed trump can be a good president if he had the ability to learn and change. we're back with dan henninger, kim strassel and jillian melchor. where are the democrats headed in the age of trump? >> part of the question they are asking is do we focus on the economic issues >> do we try to steal trump's thunder by playing up income inequality, going to the blue-collar voter or double down on our focus of identity politics? i think that one carries the more political liability. one of the risks of identity politics is it breaks the party into smaller groups, smaller factions that will inevitably war with each other but i think that's where we're at. paul: what is feinstein's political sin that she's so unpopular? she's been around a long time? she's not leading the resistance? what is it? >> she's not quite left enough on single payer. >> government run healthcare? >> exactly i think that's one of the ones. also there's a generatio

her only challenger is fellow democrat kevin deleon, but he did say republicans are enjoying watching the democrats fight with each other and spend money tearing each other down that they would have spent on other races. >> every election it seems like we hear about rumors of someone jumping in the race, but it never really happens. why don't they jump in? >> sandberg or tim cook, exactly. i asked both strategists and they both said look, tech people often think that they can innovate away people's problems, so they do sometimes consider running, but they're also data driven and they take polls and the polls show that the public so far is not interested in having a tech executive holding public office. >> the algorithm doesn't hold up. >> so far, exactly. >> thank you. >>> aldon smith says that he is innocent in a domestic violence case that cost him his job with the oakland raiders. kpix5's juliette goodrich at raiders headquarters in alameda with more. juliette? >> reporter: aldon smith was released from the raiders last monday and today he was in court and pled not guilty to assaul

. >> well i think that's part of it, but you also have people like kevin deleon, who are running againstty is. stuart i'm glad you're sitting down because if you were standing up you'd probably fall down when i say this but when you braid on the curve, jerry brown is the most conservative elected democrat in sacramento and that's just astounding because there's no universe in the world where jerry brown should be considered the most conservative anything. stuart: and yet the democrats are running away with the elections in california and will influence the democrat party nationally, and nobody stops it. >> absolutely. absolutely the demographic changes that california was on the leading edge of are now affecting the nation and we republicans are having trouble moving into communities and talking about issues that people care about. there are issues that move voter s but so far, the dogma of the democrat party seems to be appealing to the fastest growing voter groups in california and the fastest growing voter groups in america. stuart: jim while you're on the air you probably can't see i

polls show feinstein with a lead over the challenger state senate leader ken deleon, a fell -- kevinrs want to come to a agreement with attorney general jeff sessions with marijuana sales. it's illegally federally. chartered banks are vulnerable to prosecution. traffic and weather coming up next. streaming at once" internet. "all your teenagers it's "i can get up to one, two, three, four, five mobile lines included?" internet! it's internet from xfinity that makes your life simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet for $40 a month for 2 full years when you sign up for tv. plus, get 3x the speed of at&t and directv. click, call or visit a store today. >>> good morning. time now 8:27. and chp will be running some traffic breaks in santa rosa along 101 right near highway 12. we are getting reports of potholes in the lanes. so they will be going through there slowing some traffic down while caltrans works to fill those. expect some delays. right now, traffic is moving smoothly in both directions. we'll take it to novato, where we typically see a big backup this time of the