. >> reporter: inside congresswoman lateefa simon and oakland mayoral candidate barbara lee spoke aheadries. they all say they're committed to fighting back against the trump administration through various ways, including lawsuits. >> as democrats we continue to hold together. all we need is two or three republicans to do the right thing for the american people and we can stop all of this bad stuff from happening. >> reporter: but outside demonstrating democrats like cleveland say they need action now. >> people have to come out in the street and put pressure on their representatives until we get what we need. >> reporter: during his remarks jeffries also called on more democrats to speak out loudly about their concerns, all while democratic demonstrators outside were calling on him to do the same thing. >>> staying in oakland, the city already facing a well documented budget crisis may have made an expensive error while balancing the books. an anonymous whistleblower helped expose the issue. an investigation found the city has been overpaying some workers for six years. as da lin repor

. >> reporter: inside congresswoman lateefa simon and oakland mayoral candidate barbara lee spoke ahead of jeffries. they all say they're committed to fighting back against the trump administration through various ways, including lawsuits. >> as democrats we continue to hold together. all we need is two or three republicans to do the right thing for the american people and we can stop all of this bad stuff from happening. >> reporter: but outside demonstrating democrats like cleveland say they need action now. >> people have to come out in the street and put pressure on their representatives until we get what we need. >> reporter: during his remarks jeffries also called on more democrats to speak out loudly about their concerns, all while democratic demonstrators outside were calling on him to do the same thing. >>> staying in oakland, the city already facing a well documented budget crisis may have made an expensive error while balancing the books. an anonymous whistleblower helped expose the issue. an investigation found the city has been overpaying some workers for six years. as da l