host: sarah wire covers congress for the "l.a. times." you can read her reporting at latimes.com and follow her reporting on twitter. thanks so much for joining us. reporter: thanks for having me. >> monday night on the communicators -- >> we are talking about fiber-optic technology. it is not new. it has been around for a decade. a very thin strand of glass unlimited amounts of information to be pumped through it by lasers. it is used around the world to carry communications and countries are ensuring everyone of their citizens has access to a fiber-optic connection. >> professor susan crawford theusses her book "fiber: coming tech revolution and why america might miss it." are leaving behind a lot of the country when it comes to great communications capacity and as a nation we are following behind to be the place where new ideas come from. >> the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span2. is in government shutdown its 23rd day, the longest in u.s. history. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span. the senate a

bill: sarah wire covers congress for the "l.a. times." you can read her reporting at latimes.com and follow her reporting on twitter @sarahdwire. thanks so much for joining us. sarah: thanks for having me. announcer 1: then sunday on "afterwords," it was all a dream, a new generation confronts the broken promise to black america. she is interviewed by the root editor in chief daniel belton. barack obama got elected for president and then our political climate changed. for me it was the idea that the american dream, maybe as possible for black americans. maybe it wasn't created for us, this idea that you could do better than your parents if you just work harder, it doesn't matter. it doesn't seem that that is actually the reality, even now. it is a really profoundly disappointing thing, at least for me. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> the senate confirmation hearings for william barr to be the next attorney general begin on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. in december, he was nominated to replace jeff sessions who had the positio

host: sarah wire covers congress for the "l.a. times." you can read her reporting at latimes.com and follow her reporting on twitter. thanks so much for joining us. reporter: thanks for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> here's a look at our primetime schedule. n the c-span networks. >> c-span he's -- c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. the g up saturday morning, government shutdown's impact on government contractors. d the conversation continues to discuss how the government shutdown is impacting the national parks. and then washington examiner editorial director will talk about conservative journalism in the era of president trump. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow c-span's 2020 road to the white house coverage continues. with forme

. >> sarah wired covers congress for the l.a. times. you can read her reporting at l.a. times.com and follow her reporting on twitter at sarah d wire. thanks for joining us. mutual relationship asset security defense to enforce this cooperation with usa which is an ally and a friend. we appreciate support, not to mention or particularly the five-year program endorsed by the trump administration that participated to a great extent in helping us to face our economic hardships. not to mention our syrian brothers and sisters. thank you, your excellency, for this support. expanse we'ree going to focus on the palestinian aspects. not to mention the comprehensive -- freezing the process we have to have horizons of cooperation. to achieve a comprehensive asolution with two states part of the resolution with eastern jerusalem as a capital -- peace andace understanding. i've conducted political relationships in the syrian crisis. light ofordination and the united states decision to withdraw forces from syria we --l continue to consult accepts best syria that leads to the departure

the l.a. timeswants to turn people on to politics, and one thing you can do if you are interested in california politics, the midterms, 1:20 p.m. tomorrow at the l.a. times central stage, we will have a conversation about that and a lot of the particulars about these races and the race for governor in california. we have time for a few questions. we will get to as many as we can before these authors have to sign books in signing area one and please make sure it ends in a question mark and is brief. >> my question for sarah. i'm from st. louis originally too. i live in -- i've been here for 20 years, and i just really struggle with talking to family and friends back there about all of this, and i don't ever feel like i can make any headway. i wondered if you had any thoughts on how we can have conversations. we're just so polarized and split. a lot of it is religious, i think -- and abortion, but do you have any thoughts? >> thank you. >> i mean, i'm going to guess by your question you're more libera

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the l.a. times reports the governor reports a new tax plan to raise up to $11 billion a year. the plan will do that by exempting commercial properties. it would not raise residential property taxes. voters will likely have to final say on this. former governor jerry brown exempts tax control saying it wasn't possible. time is 4:06. san francisco police say they've made an arrest in the brutal beating of an 86-year- old woman earlier this month. the suspect is an 18-year-old man whose facing charges that includes second degree robbery and assault. >> my grandmother was brutally assaulted and left to die in a park across from her home. >> posting an update on facebook sunday on her grandmother's condition. back on january 8th, her 88- year-old grandmother attacked during her routine morning exercises. she's been at the hospital ever since making small improvements. >> we were ecstatic when we saw her smiling at us. her eyes opened and looked at us. >> the update comes as san francisco police announce the arrest of the 18-year-old assailant who beat the grandmother after breaking

the "l.a. times" says he's mentioned setting his sights on trying to stop a 2020 ballot initiative. that initiative would undo some of the governor's efforts to overhaul state prisons by providing new patrol opportunities for some convicted of lower level felonies. last month, the governor filed a lawsuit, challenging the initiative's place on the ballot, insisting the measure was improperly drafted. >>> gavin newsom preparing for major changes in education and health once he takes over. here are some steps he could take. more funding for full-day kindergarten classes, training and funding for child care programs, and health care screenings for children from low-income families. the "l.a. times" says those programs could cost nearly $2 billion. >>> san francisco's new tobacco laws appear to be leaving an unwanted haze on hookah bars. "the chronicle" says the city is set to enforce a ban on flavored nicotine products that voters passed back in june aimed at trying to keep teenagers away from candy-fla

attending classes and their be interesting to point out according to l.a. times a city now l.a. has more charter schools and more charter school students than any other school system in the country and most charter school employees are not unionized right so you don't have to pay unionized teachers you don't have to have any standards you don't have to answer to anybody about how that kid either did or didn't get an education but you can still take that money and put it in your pocket. all. yeah i think that's what this is coming down there is a major major problem one of the unified teachers los angeles president alex can put up or all hadley charged district leaders of wanting quote as recently to starve our schools in order to justify cuts and justify handing more schools over a privately run charter schools that's what they did and malaki that's what they're doing everywhere that is what your head of education up in the trump administration right now betsy though betsy to austin her whole run to be able to make lots of money on the yacht let's not privatized our education no

the "l.a. times" reports he mentioned setting his sights on trying to stop a 2020 ballot initiative that would undo some of his efforts to overhaul state prisons by providing new parole opportunities for some convicted of lower-level felonies. last month, brown filed a lawsuit challenging the initiative's placed on the future ballot, insisting the measure was improperly drafted. as governor brown leaves, gavin newsom will become governor newsom with major changes in education and health. here are some steps he might take. more funding for full-day kindergarten classes, training for funding and child care programs as well and health care screenings for children with low income. the "l.a. times" says the programs could cost nearly $2 billion. >>> one lucky person hit the mega millions jackpot last night, but it wasn't anyone from california. someone from long island, new york, matched all six numbers. this is new video of the story that sold that winning ticket. after taxes, a person who won starts the

the "l.a. times," tuition will not go up in the fall. the university's chancellor made that announcement during an annual state of the csu address yesterday. governor newsom had proposed a $300 million increase in funding for cal state, as part of the state's budget. >> quarter to 6:00 right now. >>> teachers in los angeles back in the classroom this morning. the strike that started more than a week ago is officially over. last night, teachers overwhelmingly approved a new contract between their union and the school district. union leaders say that that deal includes much of what they were asking for, a cap on class size, hiring more nurses and librarians and a pay increase of 6%. >>> southern california human rights groups are reportedly in line to receive millions of dollars to assist migrants if governor gavin newsom's proposed state budget comes ta pass. he wants to use $to million who-to-launch what he calls an immigration rapid response program. the "l.a. times" reports community groups based i

not clear what brown will do in the future but the "l.a. timesreports he mentioned setting his sights on trying to stop a 2020 ballot initiative that would undo some of his efforts to overhaul state prisons by providing new parole opportunities for some convicted of lower-level felonies. last month, he filed a lawsuit challenging the initiative's placed on the future ballot, insisting the measure was improperly drafted. >> gavin newsom is preparing for major changes in education and health. here are some steps he might take, according to the "l.a. times." more funding for full-day kindergarten classes, training and funding for child care programs as well and health care screenings for children -- tickets are on a first come, first serve basis. curry says it's the celebrations of the warriors' final season in oakland. >> the warriors may be getting more boogie than first thought. the "new york times" is reporting the all-star center would reconsider signing with the warriors next season, despite their limited resources. cousins signed a team-frien

tomato red i just for fun downloaded the app in preparation for this interview and i looked at l.a. times dot com which is the website of the los angeles times which gets a green rating which means that the website is considered trustworthy and print yeah usually prince true and verifiable information now i'm personally suing the los angeles times right now for defamation and lie because they printed lies about me so i know that the rating is not one hundred percent reliable for first hand so that was my fault that was my test the leadership of the of the news guard is unfortunately people who have kind of a fraught relationship with the truth in the past and who have way too many ties to the establishment and particularly to do what we would call the deep state here in the united. former cia and n.s.a. people i would say are pretty much like the last people you would want to see. create this kind of. the u.s. secretary of state has lashed out at the newly re-elected president of venezuela saying he has no legitimacy compares with were backed up by the state department the majeure a regim

this is eli still pulls what "the l.a. times" and this is from the president's cabinet meeting, which just ended that the president demanded by .6 million while funding to reopen government. not to keep government shut down as long as it takes. claimed to have watched pbs and ben lemley over his holiday break. that cabinet meeting just ended a few minutes ago and now the president is meeting with congressional leaders about the shut down and supposedly they are meeting in the situation room, the high-security room in the white house. as members of congress come out of the driveway, speak to the cameras will be covering that as well. again, senate comes in at 4:00 p.m. the house was in today at noon and they gaveled out at the end of the 115 for the house except for one hour tomorrow before the new congress get seated at the 116, which all happens at noon tomorrow. the senate also -- the new senate comes in tomorrow and what is on their agenda is to swear in new members. the house supposedly will be dealing with government fundin

he's already told "the l.a. times stuff, including the other day he said that the idea of a concrete wall on the border had been rejected long ago by homeland security experts who work in the administration. so the advice to the president is it's not a good idea from his own team. trump has absolutely no leverage, none. and many republicans are furious that he has less than in political peril for absolutely no good reason. promising a wall that mexico would pay for might have helped trump get the nomination, might have been that red meat. but right now it's the president, not democrats, who are walled in or boxed in so to speak. so with us this morning we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. professor at princeton university, columnist for "time" magazine and author of the book eddie vaughn jr. msnbc political contributor rick tyler. cofounder and ceo of axios, jim vand ahigh and washington bureau chief for "usa today," susan paige. great to have you all. happy new year. and here we go. presiden

host: with us is l.a. times congressional reporter sarah wire. the house next week plans to continue to vote on legislation to fund and reopen parts of the federal government. also planning to debate a $12.1 billion disaster relief funding bill. why is the house democratic leadership bringin

saying the administration long abandoned a concrete barrier along the southern border, telling "the l.a. times," quote, to be honest, it's not a wall. the president still says wall. oftentimes frankly he'll say barrier or fencing. now he's tended towards steel slats. today, the president seeming to fire back at kelly's claims, tweeting -- an all concrete wall was never abandoned. some areas will be all concrete, but the experts at border patrol prefer a wall that is see through. democrats are still puzzled over what type of funding package the president will accept. senate minority leader chuck schumer's office telling abc news one official says the white house is open to compromise, another says they want $5 billion for the wall. the president's allies say no matter what form the wall takes, the real issue is tougher border policy. >> the wall has become a metaphor for border security. and what we're talking about is a physical barrier where it makes sense. in the past, every democrat has voted for these physical barriers. it can't be just about because trump wants it, we no longer agree with

host: cerro wire covers congress --sarah-- cerro wires wire covers congress for the l.a. times.ncer: c-span live in san antonio texas where former housing and urban development julian castro is expected to announce he is running for president. this event should be getting underway shortly. live coverage of the 2020 wrote to the white house -- road to the white house here on c-span. hello, hello, 1, 2, 3 test. [no audible ilog] -- dialogue] announcer: while we wait for this to begin, we will show you a portion of today's washington journal. host: today we feature an editorial director of the washington examiner and here is a look at the first national issue of the washington examiner magazine. who is right, what it needs to be conservative in the age of president trump? effort.us about this why this, why now? magazine atve had a the washington examiner for five years and it has come up several times as it has been a successful magazine, whether or not we should take it national up until the first of this january. the magazine has been distributed inside washington. it has been pr

and ground based interceptors in alaska according to the most recent news on coming out of the l.a. times investigations have said thirty four of those probably have faulty circuit boards so not much out of that and the u.s. has spent another three hundred billions and. one hundred eighty three we haven't they haven't got much the so fort but it makes military contractors really happy but i don't necessarily like star wars two point zero because it's just not trump ask enough i've got a nother branding for you in order for the space force to have a real mission they have to protect a hashtag space war all space for. me you know in researching this. topic and i came across the same numbers as more almost no one mentions a treaty a little known treaty that was signed in. the tenth one thousand nine hundred sixty eight it's closely called the outer space treaty formally treaty on principles governing the activities of states in the exploration and use of outer space including the moon and other celestial bodies which mention the little rising space has been agreed that we wouldn't do that bu

the time between the l.a. unified district and teacher's union continues today. they said the contract talks were productive all weekend. there was still no deal. both sides are still working to resolve the remaining issues as quickly as possible. well, the 30,000 teachers walked off the job demanding better pay and smaller class sizes. the class size is a big issue. reportedly, some classes have as many as 46 students. the national average is 26-28. >> a new housing project is another step closer to being built. >>>the democrat said the round barn and village townhouse project has been given final approval for construction to start. the city's fountain grove neighborhood was badly burned and destroyed in the wild fires in 2017. according to the press democrat construction on the newton homes could start in april and the first people could start to move in by the summer of 2020. >> time 6:07. the moon, earth and sun lined up for the only total lunar eclipse this year. it's called a super blood wolf moon. it could be seen in parts of bay area. in other areas, the

l.a. times reports the governor approximate will propose a new tax plan to raise up to $11 billion a year. it will do that by exempting commercial properties under proposition 13. he would not raise residential property taxes. the proposal would likely have to be taken to voters first. former governor jerry brown negligented the idea saying it was not possible. san francisco announced still in the hospital in critical condition but her family says -- >>>investigators arrested the 18-year-old he faces several charges including second degree robbery and assault with firearm and child endangerment. some of the charges were linked to another crime. san francisco's supervisor says the community is relieved about the arrest but still deeply effected by the crime. . >> attacking a senior is one of the worst things you can do. it's an attack on everyone. >> neighbors and family says he did not know the suspect. police say the man arrested for the beating is accused of breaking into her home while she la

"l.a. times" did the story.shows equipment and gear from three of california's largest utilities sparked more than 2,000 fires in 3 1/2 years. let's bring in former gubernatorial candidate john cox. california regulators cite -- i can't get over the story. we have been reporting the fires. the state has find these companies 9 times for safety violations. people died because branches were not cleared, john. >> yes it's a tragedy. the utilities in california have a bad history. they have been one of the biggest swamp creatures, spreading money all over sacramento. now they are feeling the effects of these politicians going after them. i have got to tell you, the politicians have also not covered themselves in glory. they have failed time and again to manage the forest. they haven't cleared out deand diseased trees. they have not built fire breaks. they are flying equipment with bullet holes in them from vietnam. we want to make sure we devote our resources to clearing out these forests. work with the federal autho

welcome to this stream everyone so i want to start on my laptop here with a headline says from the l.a. times new starbucks policy no purchase needed to use restrooms or to sit in cafes and they begin this article by saying medical emergency burglary and physical assault these are the few instances in which starbucks is now saying that employees should call the police would you make of it sherry well what i make of that is that in this country we actually have to be instructed on when and when to call the police on black people because for decades for centuries we have had a series of laws that really have pretty much regulated black existence in the public you know immediately after slavery the black holes were enacted which were a way a series of laws it was a way to continue to relegate black people's presence and really keep them relegated in public spaces then moving on into reconstruction there was the conflict leasing system in which black people could be arrested for any my minor infraction and violent infraction you know for doing pretty much anything and then once they came into the

the "l.a. times" obtained parts from her speech.e trying to convince us that the villain in our american story is each other but that is not our story. that is not who we are. part of her speech that she is expected to say today. harris will be up against stiff competition including senator elizabeth warren and senator kirsten gillibrand. while former vice president joe biden hasn't officially announces his white house bid experts say he could be a leader if he runs. harris was born in oakland. she kicked off her career in the bay area. we spoke to usf political science professor james taylor who says harris' rally in oakland and campaign headquarters in baltimore is an effort to work on connection. >> kamala harris wants to sort of ground herself in everyday people's experiences. oakland has this blue collar reputation going back 60, 70 years with labor, with the progressive left, movements of the city's history that many people know about. she is going to have real issues with the african- american community more broadly in terms

telling "the l.a. times," quote, to be honest, it's not a wall. the president still says "wall."ing, an all concrete wall was never abandoned. some areas will be all concrete, but the experts at border patrol prefer a wall that is see-through. democrats are still puzzled over what type of funding package the president will accept. senate minority leader chuck schumer's office telling abc news one official says the white house is open to compromise. another says they want $5 billion for the wall. the president's allies say no matter what form the wall takes, the real issue is tougher border policy. >> the wall has become a metaphor for border security. and what we're talking about is a physical barrier where it makes sense. in the past, every democrat has voted for these physical barriers. it can't just be about because trump wants it, we no longer agree with it. >> how democrats filed two bills to reopen the government but they don't include funding for a border. and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he will not hold a vote on a bill the president won't sign. tara palme

man who is guilty, directly or indirectly of eight murders without reason. >> next day headline, "l.a. timesund the country, manson guilty mixon declares. >> all the while manson basked in the glare of the media saying anything about anyone. >> the judge made a fool of himself again. he questioned my sanity. i question his. >> at the end of the 22 week trial bugliosi said manson's family preached love but practiced cold-blooded murder. >> literally slaughtered the victims in an orgy of murder. >> the verdict came after nine davis deliberations. the jury found all four defendants guilty of first degree murder. >> in my verdict i wanted to protect society. after all this is the united states of america and we have a heritage and this is something we must protect. >> they were all sentenced to dea death. >> are you prepared to die? has he talked to you about death? >> he's already dead. he's already dead. he has no thoughts, no opinions. he's an empty hole. he's infinite. >> tex watson who did the actual killing was convicted and sentenced to die in a separate trial. in 1972 the california supr

the l.a. times reports some state lawmakers are approaching the commission.e president told lawmakers just last year it's primarily concerned with economic regulations. >>>an 18-year-old student drove himself to high school for help. police are still trying to determine what led up to the stabbing. concord police are going through surveillance video from the nearby businesses. some say if the president doesn't get what he wants get the funding for the border wall rather than shut down the government again. as for the federal workers who have not been paid for weeks, the government expects to get everyone their back pay by this thursday. on this monday afternoon, let's take a look at the market right now. >>>you can see the dow jones in negative territory since the beginning. the stocks down 240 points. nasdaq down 83 points. >> new at noon. the family of an alleged sexual assault victim is suing the district. on behalf of a 13-year-old girl allegedly abused. he's accused of abusing other students over an 8-year period. during that time school administrators i

. >> visitors are getting in fight s in the campground many the l.a. times reported that some people are tampering with the parks namesake, stringing rimass that are hundreds of years old. the situation here in the bay area is not that grim, but very popularer parks understaffed. and that made for a challenging new year's holiday for some. scott bud man visited a couple parks and joins us live tonight at ft. point. scott? >> it's a beautiful night here at ft. point in san francisco. but a little less crowded than usual. part of it is shut down because of the government shutdown. >> a little further north, that left some of the hikers a little disappointed. >> hikers were met by a wide variety of animals, deer, a bobcat, this red tailed hawk, and lots of elk, but they also came face to face with politics. >> kind of shameful what's going on personally. it's politics, and we're at the effect of it. >> it's not going to keep ftail? >> not going trail. >> the federal government shutdown means several park rangers have been furloughed here, and with less staff,mi

joining me is the sacramento bureau chief of the l.a. times.hat is it about your state that gives the characteristic of being on the van guard? >> that's a good kwgz. first all of let's point out california is almost a nation state of 40 million people. i think they've embraced as part of their own cultural dna that they want to be first, experimenting this. i think certainly their legislators in sacramento feel like that a lot. i spend a lot of time watching them react and what they're hearing and reading about, hearing on your show and so i think a lot of times they're looking for ways to improve the experience. and certainly they're active and hundreds of new laws that took effect in january and an interesting conversation starter for the rest of the country. >> what is it you're focussed on? >> some of the ones in the newspaper are the more interesting ones. let's talk about the limit on plastic straws and restaurants. it's important to point out this is not a ban. and it only applies to full-service. not convenience or fast food. it simply

this was the "l.a. times" from 1942 -- nazis wiping out jews in cold blood. the u.s. government in the next month issues a declaration, all the allied nations issue a declaration against what they call cold-blooded extermination. that language is in this declaration in december of 1942. it's front-page news for a short time. americans will hear edward r. murrow saying millions of human beings, most of them jews, are being gathered up with ruthless efficiency and murdered. we can't say americans didn't know. we didn't have all the details. but if you think about, what is the crux of the story? the story is that the nazis are deporting jews to the east for mass murder. that story we had, and that story was reported even if all the details were not known. it doesn't mean that all americans believed it. americans are asked in january of 1943 by gallup, just months after this became public, they are asked, do you believe the stories the 2 million jews at that point had been murdered? the results were about half and half. 40% of americans believe it was true. what we are sh

. >> "l.a. times." you and your colleagues and president trump has been urging the fed not to raise rates. how would you respond to those who would suggest that the fed just caved to the president's demands? mr. powell: the only thing we care about at the fed is doing our job for the american people and using our tools appropriately. that's very strongly our culture. anyone who knows the fed are or has worninged at the fed would recognize that description. we will do the right thing. we are not going to take political considerations into account or discuss them. we are human and make mistakes but we aren't going to make mistakes of integrity. i want the public to see that in ur interactions. >> fox business news. the long-term federal raise is 2.8%. and i talked to people to handle the next recession and first tool and primary means of adjusting monetary policy. with the larger balance sheet, how could you handle that next recession? mr. powell: the sense of your question is that we could be in situatio

there's been about eight rangers for -- eight rangers for 800,000 acres and a spokesman telling "the l.a. timess right now because of resources or lack there yf, we have about eight rangers that oversee a large park. we will remained closed until appropriations are put into place to reopen. nofrlly in the case of a shutdown, you see the government decide to close national parks but a lot of them have remained opened. joshua tree will be closed now because they don't have the resources. we've seen reports that visitors without rangers overseeing them have driven off road, that they've damaged the trees that give joshua tree its name. that is it for me. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> hi, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. fact checkers, eat your wheaties today. president trump and his loose relationship with the truth are going primetime. front and center, the now 18 day government shutdown, an issue president trump has campaigned on and is now trying to sell to you, the american people. clearly, crisis is this administration's new favorite word to describe what is hap

we will see if the president has words for him especially in light of the "l.a. times" interview over the weekend. and whether the president mentions this op-ed published in the washington post, we know the two men have exchanged words before. we'll see if it happens again today on camera. >> we will talk about that now. thank you boris sanchez. that is the other big story, the blistering attack on president trump's character coming from a new republican senator, mitt romney. his comments made more interesting given rominee was the party's 2012 nominee for president. the president has not risen to the mantle of the office. president trump firing back just a short time ago. cnn congressional correspondent is joining us with details. what is the president saying? >> president trump responding over twitter and making it clear that he is not happy about the harsh words of the incoming senator, mitt romney. that harsh op-ed pub lished las night. question will be, is he a flake? i hope not. i would much prefer that he focuses on border security and things where he can be hel

then the minute his outgoing chief of staff general kelly gave an interview to the "l.a. times" in which he said the concrete wall has been off the table, president trump jumped back on the importance of a wall and talking about a we'll and a wheel and all that stuff. he continues to dig in every time he himself is looking for a face saving compromise. he's even told the public that a new wall has started. that's not true. it's refurbishing existing fencing. there's been a lot of ways. it's probably going to end up being a number closer to is $1.3 billion. it's not going to be border security. it's not going to be a concrete wall. it is true what you've said, he sees the truth he want it s to . mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, he's not happy about this. he knows cory gardner who's up in two years in colorado in a state clinton won was running from reporters trying to avoid questions about the shutdown. those workers are going to start talking. it is millions. some of them are in contract, not federal employees. they're not going to get paid. >> workers are going to

the l.a. times quoted dianne feinstein as saying i worked with him closely on a number of different things and have a great respect for his integrity and his ability. i think experience is really important at this particular point where our world is today. the sometimes also asked finestein about california's other senator, harris, who is considering a run for the white house. he she is a big fan of harris but fine type is said that harris is new in the senate and takes awhile to get to know somebody. >>> this morning, the napa pilot who crash landed a sea plane into the american receive or wednesday is sharing his story of survival. >> and looked like one of my best water landings ever. such a beautiful day and then suddenly, it wasn't. >> his sea plane became submerged after he said the plan's wheels were down for the planned water landing. he bes it happened because of pilot error. the self-inflated life vest intended to save him had trapped him instead and pushed him into the back of the plane w

this is a tweet from "l.a. times." i'm a democrat, the will rogers' old joke of the democrats. extremely disciplined d's are proving rogers wrong. >> and that's why it was always ridiculous to act as if somebod else should be in that position. because you could see with a different leader trump be able to sort of create those vishers he's tried to do by inviting democrats from districts that went trump to the white house. trump i think is incapable of really grappling with the depth of people's opposition to him. so he doesn't understand. >> he's so glib and momento minded that why would anyone remember what we said yesterday? let's talk it out. >> and i dont know how much he believes his own lies and propaganda about the polls being fake news. but i do get the sense he thinks there's more support for the wall and the shutdown than there really is. >> the polls are wrong and there's an invisible majority. here's a thing a democratic senator said anonymously. we won't move. we cannot. if this works for trump this country is bordering on ungovernable. what could it auger were dem

and chris legarian, "l.a. times," who has been detailed to d.c. especially to cover special counsel robert mueller. he managed to get a seat inside the courtroom today. so we have it all covered. chris, i'd like to begin with you. after this traveling roger stone show that even first-time viewers have come to know since just friday, even if you haven't seen the netflix documentary, what was his bearing and demeanor like in a federal courtroom that can serious you up really fast? >> inside the courtroom, it was unlike any setting we've seen roger stone in. he walked in very quietly. he said almost nothing. he was very subdued, and that's not how you expect to see roger stone. he's very bombastic, he's very loud, he's prone to say outrageous things. the only things we heard him say in court today were "yes, your honor" and that was about it. >> julia, i want to play for you more of what roger stone said to info wars today. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> sooner or later, the government will move to gag me. but if i have a right to remain s