these departments are invested in this narrative that america remains endemic leanne permanently probably the best paid college speaker today is loved by every college administrator because his message is the identity of america, not just 200 years ago, but today, is to destroy the black body and that is a message which colleges perversely welcome and encourage and they don't want to hear a counter narrative. >> you quote peter, vice president of academic affairs in california i fully understand people have strong opinions and painful experiences with the issues heather mcdonald discusses. i also understand that words can hurt. why did you include that? [laughter] . >> i wanted to give a full picture of what happened at claremont which was a student blockade that surrounded the auditorium to speak about my previous book which simply tries to give voice to the hundreds of people who i have the privilege to meet in high crime neighborhoods whether south-central los angeles, or central harlem, who are lying - - law-abiding, wanting their children to succeed. they went public order that peopl

leann melendez is reporting live for us. thank you. >>> according to the school district the starting salary for a teacher is $72,619, and the most experienced can make $119,000 a year, and the teachers make the most of all districts in alameda county, and members have to pay for their own health care out of pocket, and challenged by the high cost of living. >> and back in february, oakland teacher went on strike for a week, and later ratified a contract that included an 11% sal rin crease and 11% class reductions. and in dublin the teachers also received a raise and classsize reductions, and in unified valley, they avoided a strike after a contract agreement was reached in march. >>> the dmv and the officers today cracked down on disabled placards. we tagged along as tickets were given out. they conduct about 24 such operations. last year they issued more than 2400 citations statewide while san jose parking officers issued more than 24,000. >> it is continuously surprises me, and frustrates me that so many people have a bla

at uc berkeley, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >>> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bayg our better bay area facebook group. time now is 8:33 and now to a taste of something delicious. chocolate and lots of it. a san francisco company is leading a wave of chocolate making that includes unusual and exotic flavors. ♪ >> this is our piedmont hazelnut right here. this is the lemon verbena, and then this is the star anise and peppercorn. ♪ >> this is actually my job. i make chocolate. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> those are cute. ooh, coffee. when people eat our chocolates they'll bite into it and say wow, this is really intense. >> the confections kind of started this movement of infused chocolates which were a little bit exotic at the time because we're using different types of herbs and teas and different types of spices and that was unheard of. >> very fragrant. i like it. ♪ ♪ >> we're like the third wave of the chocolate makers and the first wave would be see's and the second would be joseph schmit and the he started doing the decorative truffles and the third wave is us where we're gettin

leanne? >> reporter: here we go. president trump tweeting about an hour ago. i am continuing to monitor the censorship of american citizens on social media platforms. he talks about freedom of speech. not sure if this is a warning or a threat by the president but i will say, this protest was manned way in advance of facebooktoday's, or yesterday's announcement. >> we want to ensure the first amendment prices. >> they said they came to san francisco because this is the capital of social media companies. this man named shawn came from the central valley. >> the threat to conservatives' voices being, having the echo chamber on the social media is definitely a they think. >> dylan sow a 30-day suspension on facebook and twitter has capped the number of followers he can have. >> if you're shutting down one side of the spectrum all the time, people won't hear your voices. >> mit activishaira was removedr yesterday from 5. so were alex jones, milo yiannopoulos and louis farrakhan. facebook that we've always banned individuals ort promote engage in violence or hate. t

leanne, i think you're at an action-packed town hall yourself.e're going to be keeping our eyes on both of those events throughout the rest of the hour. >>> james comey, he rarely keeps his views to himself anymore. he has a new op-ed in "the washington post" that says that president trump's claims that there was treason at the department of justice are lies. we'll talk about that. ment of js we'll talk about that. alright, i brought in ensure max protein... ...to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't (grunti)g i'll take that. (cheering) 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar ensure. for strength and energy. their medicare options...e people go to learn about before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retiring at 67? that's the plan! well, you've come to the right place. it's also a great time to learn about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. here's why... medicare part b doesn't pay for everything. only about 80% of your medical

at uc berkeley, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better baya. you can share them by sharing our better bay area facebook group. >> time now is 5:34, san francisco mayor london breed says she will allocate their 4 million from the soda tax revenue for health and wellness for young people. that includes a scholarship program for healthy food distributions and physical education classes. the city has collected $22 million total since the penny tax went into effect last year. >> now to a taste of something delicious. chocolate, a san francisco company is leading a wave of chocolate making that includes unusual and exotic flavors. >> this is our piedmont hazelnut right here. this is the lemon verbena, and then this is the star anise peppercorn. this is my job. i make chocolate. ♪ ♪ >> those are cute. ooh! coffee. >> when people eat our chocolates, they will bite into it and they stop and they're, like, oh, wow. this is really intense. the confections kind of started this movement of infused chocolates which were a little bit exotic at the time beca

at uc berkeley, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bayan share them by building a now to a taste of something delicious, chocolate. it is leading the wave of chocolate making that includes unusual and got beinghis is ourt right here. ♪ this is the lemon verbena, and then this is the star anise and peppercorn. this is actually my job. i make chocolate. ♪ ♪ >> those are ♪ ♪ >> ooh! coffee! >> when people eat our chocolates, they would bite into it and stop and say oh, this is really intense. >> the confections kind of started this movement of infused chocolates which were a little bit exotic at the time because we were using different types of verbs and teas and differet types of spices and that was unheard of. >> very fragrant. i like it. ♪ >> we're like this third wave of the chocolate makers. the first wave would be see's and the second wave would be like a joseph schmit because he started doing these decorative truffles. the third wave is us when we're getting into these more european style, smaller petite confections. so a lot of these

leann, how are visitors reacting to the news? >> reporter: what can they say? they want to enjoy the san francisco experience. when you come fair attractions here to others in major cities, we're not that expensive. ask a tourist from europe if they would pay extra to see an amazingly wonderful san francisco attraction and here's your answer. >> people are coming here to san francisco to see the city. you will pay a lot of money to see different places. so yes. why not? >> but for people from u.s. cities like omaha, nebraska, where the cost of living is cheaper, san francisco attractions are high. >> so the price for you is $9. it may go up. >> wow! >> they should give a discount to people from out of town. >> we're talking about coit tower, the japanese tea garden and the botanical gardens. the current admission price for each is $9. the department of recreation and partial is proposing charging nonresidents more. up to 50%. or less, depending on the time of day. sort of like congestion pricing. so i've added the current admission preeces for nonresidents for

leann, thank you so much for joining us on this.s that the house oversight committee has to make trump officials comply with these subpoenas? >> yasmin, they have a few tools. first, they can always go to the court system. but members of congress recognize this is a process that takes months, even years to settle. the other tool they have, they could ask the justice department to file criminal charges against people who aren't complying to the subpoenas. that's very unlikely since this is a republican justice department. and 31 there are other tools that have not been used in nearly 100 years. they can arrest or fine people who are not complying with these subpoenas. of course, this is really an escalation of tactics, but it's really incredible that democrats are even talking about this. this is something that the modern congress has not used. it was something that was used, you know, in the 1800s, early 1900s. and so, this is just really an incredible development that house democrats are actually considering. >> could we possibly s

leanne suitor from our sister station in los angeles has more. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: a majorilestone in south los angeles as the city celebrates america's 44th president renaming rodeo road obama boulevard. >> nothing i thought i'd ever see in my lifetime. never thought we'd see a black president and never thought that they would change rodeo to obama boulevard. >> the city holding the street renaming festival to market momentous change. >> this is something that we can really be proud of, you know. in our lifetime and i'm glad this in my mom's lifetime she was able to see an african-american president. it's been a long time coming. >> reporter: last august the l.a. city council voted unanimously to rename the 3.5-mile stretch of road and some say it's the perfect location since the then presidential candidate held a campaign rally at the recreation center in 2007. >> he walked up and down this street and addressed a crowd of 20,000. just like the 20,000 we have today, so i think that's special for our community. >> the change comes in an area with a series of streets named a

. >> leann in a brought her son eli. >> i think he's a good role model for my children and gives me a lot of hope for the future. >> he channelled harvey milk when thanking his supporters. >> i'm mindful that i'm in the city where a certain path breaking leader said you have to give them hope. >> now he laughed off president trump's new nickname for him but admitted it's not very presidential of him. he hopes to meet with a new fan of his soon. governor gavin newsome. is harris worried about his popularity here? >> i asked her about his enthusiasm. she said she wasn't concerned. she likes the guy but like all the candidates in the race she has a challenging road ahead. something we spoke about in our exclusive interview tonight. >> fresh off the campaign trail we met up exclusively with senator kamala harris at a law firm in san francisco. how would you grade your performance so far? >> i think i'm doing great. i am really enjoying this process. i'm not sure what that says about my campaigns you meet the angels walking among us. >> she raised more than $12 million so far. 20,000 peopl

leann, you know we're talking justice amash. how did he explain his position to constituents last night? >> steph, the congressman is now one of about three dozen members of congress who have come out in support of the impeachment proceedings. of course, the big difference is he's the only republican. so he knew walking into this town hall last night that he was going to have to defend himself. he said it's not about criminalities but the president has lost the trust of the american people. he read all 448 pages of the mueller report but he also said something else, he said he thinks partisanship is overtaking the responsibility that congress has to oversight and separation of powers. but here's what he had to say in his own words as well. >> to me the comment was obviously impeachable, so the question is do you then move forward with impeachment proceedings? and my biggest concern, i thought about this for a long time, like i said, i spent a month reviewing, analyzing, thinking about it, and i am concerned we've gotten to the p

again live in union city, leann melendez for abc 7 news. >>> the last strike in the bay area happened in oakland and they walked out february 21st, and the strike lasted seven days and the teachers returned to the classrooms march 4th after agreeing to a proposl including 11% salary increase over four years and plus a one-time 3% bonus. the district also agreed to hire more staff including counselors, psychologists and special education teachers. >> new at 5:00, the witness in the ghost ship warship trial tested about visits to the warehouse from city crews. witnesses cried as they described the final texts of the loved ones who died in fire. laura anthony has the story. >> reporter: they were the last words of the partner and recalling them brought alexis abrams to tears as she testified in the ghostship trial. she attended a music event at the fruit veil warehouse, and at 11:04 he said he would head home soon, and then two more texts. i love you. fire. he was among the 36 people who died that night. alexa burrell also testified about a text she received from her friend nicole seacre

east bay, low 70s berkeley to oakland to san leann dough. 73 castro valley. inland a mild sunny day. 82 in concord. 79 in livermore. 78 in pleasanton. we're going to fast forward to thursday. notice temperatures are in the upper 50s to low 80s. we take a little bit of a break in the warming trend but friday those temperatures bounce back. upper 80s inland. 60s mainly near the coast. on saturday you're still feeling the warmth away from the beaches. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. morning fog to sunshine tomorrow. minor dip in those temperatures but warming back up friday, saturday, sunday near 90. then summer-like heat from monday and tuesday. low 90s inland. mid 60s coast. the beauty of the bay area is that we have our microclimates as you know. with those microclimates you can head to the coast if you don't like the heat monday and tuesday. we're definitely going to get a preview of summer. >> i'm ready for the heat after the cold. >> okay, good, enjoy. >> you're never more than 15 miles away from your comfort zone. >> you just head west and y

this is leanne hester. she served in iraq. she was awarded the silver star for valor. the first woman in history to be awarded the silver star for valor. you can see that from the early years, to today, the transition on women in the service. >> removed from the images that lead us on the journey from american revolution to today, to the specific exhibits that relate to the war. one of the things we wanted to do it dedication was to make sure that we were able to have the world war ii women, be able to see themselves. we wanted to finish their permanent exhibit. we were not sure they would be able to come back and to see the memorial. the next exhibits are dedicated to the women of world war ii. 400,000 women served during world war ii. 400,000 women. there's a picture that i love to show. it is these women with gloves and hats. they came from every area of the united states. one woman came from fort kent, maine. her name is matty penn that. in 1942, she went to england and also to north africa. the boat that she was on was torpedoed. then toward the end of the war, sh

if i'm a parent how do i know it's been working i get where this other guy's giving me all these leanne's doctors these studies we have had other posts where we would you know link to vaccine safety information another thing we would run into is commenters repeatedly posting the same thing over and over and over on every single you know they go back for the last 2 weeks and post the same comment over and over and over it can very easily overwhelm. the misinformation that we're seeing on social media is not just about the vaccine it's about measles itself it is explicitly contagious if you have measles and you're with a bunch of folks who are susceptible for example not immunized 9 out of 10 of them will get infected airborne and you can stay in the environment for a while the early symptoms are running nose cough conjunctive virus which is pinkeye red red eye in fever after a few days you develop a rash on this starts on the head and goes down to the rest of the body it's not a benign disease before we had measles vaccination the united states we had 400 or 500 deaths every year for measl

lining up for leanne against international team—mate tony who plays for barcelona.people question why, and i believe for manchester city come i believe the process, i believe it's what they wanted to achieve, and i believe they have the resources and the facilities to do that, and they are sitting at the head of the champion league final, and i can say it turned out well. last year, we were the favourites to win the game, and told, we are just as good, and she's right, barcelona are a really great team, even on opposite teams, it was great to watch the football that they were playing, i'd leon we like to play this kind of football as well, so it makes for a good advert for women's football, it's nice for the supporters to watch and play against barcelona, we've beaten them before. played in the champions league final before, we've won them, we are looking forward to just a really good game of football, to be honest. defending champion, brooks capa continues to lead the way in the second round of the us pga championship, making one of the ha rd est courses championsh

if i'm a parent how do i know it's been working i get where this other guy's giving me all these leanne's doctors these studies we have had other posts where we would you know link to vaccine safety information another thing we would run into is commenters repeatedly posting the same thing over and over and over on every single you know they go back for the last 2 weeks and post the same comment over and over and over it can very easily overwhelm. the misinformation that we're seeing on social media is not just about the vaccine it's about measles itself it is explicitly contagious if you have measles and you're with a bunch of folks who are susceptible for example not immunized 9 out of 10 of them will get infected it's airborne and can stay in the environment for a while the early symptoms are running nose cough conjunctive virus which is pinkeye red red eye in fever after a few days you develop a rash on this starts on the head and goes down to the rest of the body it's not a benign disease before we had measles vaccination the united states we had 400 or 500 deaths every year for meas

if i'm a parent how do i know it's been working i get where this other guy's giving me all these leanne's doctors these studies we have had other posts where we would you know link to vaccine safety information another thing we would run into is commenters repeatedly posting the same thing over and over and over on every single you know they go back for the last 2 weeks and post the same comment over and over and over it can very easily overwhelm. the misinformation that we're seeing on social media is not just about the vaccine it's about measles itself it is explicitly contagious if you have measles and you're with a bunch of folks who are susceptible for example not immunized 9 out of 10 of them will get infected airborne and can stay in the environment for a while the early symptoms are running nose cough conjunctive virus which is pinkeye red red eye in fever after a few days you develop a rash on this starts on the head and goes down to the rest of the body it's not a benign disease before we had measles vaccination the united states we had 400 or 500 deaths every year for measles i

this is leann hester. she served in iraq, was awarded the silver star for valor, the first woman in history to be awarded the silver star for valor. so you can see that from the early years to today, the transition on women's service. so we move from the images that lead us on the journey from american revolution to today to the specific exhibits that relate to the wars. one of the things we wanted to do at dedication was to make sure that we were able to have the world war ii women be able to see themselves. so we wanted to finish their permanent exhibits because we weren't sure that they would be able to come back to see their memorial. so the next three exhibits we visit are dedicated to the women of world war ii. 400,000 women served during world war ii. 400,000 women. and there's a picture over here that i love to show. and it's these women with their gloves and hats. they came from every area of the united states. there's one woman who's my favorite story. she came from ft. kent, maine. her name was

if i'm a parent how do i know it's been working out yet where this other guy's given me all these leanne's doctors these studies we have had other posts where we would you know link to vaccine safety information another thing we would run into is commenters repeatedly posting the same thing over and over and over on every single you know they go back for the last 2 weeks and post the same comment over and over and over it can very easily overwhelm. the misinformation that we're seeing on social media is not just about the vaccine it's about musicals itself it is explicitly contagious. if you have measles and you're with a bunch of folks who are so sad. wolf for example not immunized 9 out of 10 of them will get infected it's airborne and can stay in the environment for a while there all these symptoms are runny nose cough conjunctive virus which is pinkeye red red eye in fever after a few days you develop a rash on this starts on the head and goes down to the rest of the body it's not a benign disease before we had measles vaccination the united states we had $400.00 or $500.00 deaths ever

courageous leann wonderfully presented by the institute of san francisco and the german consoling lathe -- consulate it is previously at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c. and at the headquarters in new york city. it celebrates strength of survivors and they are pictured in the life affirming photographs. one of the survivors i learned about tenacity first hand in 2010 when ilsa alexander wrote me a series of letters demanding to know what we are done with her favorite bench after the pga golf tournament in 2010. she then came to my office to ask the same question. she got her bench back along with a plaque and also a surrogate grandson here at the park. it is an honor to see her out there. i hope everyone explores her portrait to see her warmth, charisma, humanity. you use it to realize the destructive power of hate. access to adventure. in partnership with support for families of children with disabilities will host access to adventure for kids with disabilities and special healthcare needs on may 4th at golden gate park band shell. this includes art, music sports and live ent

. >> leanne melendez introduces you to sophie lee. >> reporter: her father made sure she could be a teacher sisters all became educators. that's her on the right. >> really wanted us to pursue a professional career. and at that time, we said teacher is a professional career. >> reporter: lee began working as a kindergarten teacher in 1972. >> oh, i just love the children. the joy they bring to me when i teach. >> reporter: 1972. what was happening in 1972? >> in 1972, the a price for a gallon of gasoline was just under 40 cents. american troops were still in vietnam and nixon was president but not for long. >> were you all reading the same book? >> reporter: she says what has not changed since 1972 is the passion they all have for teaching. lee went on to be an administrator and then a principal. on this teacher appreciation day her students had much to say about her. >> she knows everyone. she's, she's like caring to everyone. >> you feel like she's an actual person. >> she's very nice, and she's not like other principals that are mean and rude. >> reporter: this year, prince pal l pal lee

abc7 news reporter leanne has the story. >> reporter: on this wet and dreary day in oakland, there was a 64 acre reason to celebrate. >> this is a beautiful day for us. this is 16 years coming. >> since 2004, the people you see here on this podium have been complaining about high rents. in an effort to push the city to build places they can't afford to live. back then they formed a coalition of residents from chinatown and the east lake and san antonio neighborhoods. 2004 seems like a long time ago. jerry brown was mayor. the warriors couldn't even visualize being in the playoffs. there was a recession from 2009 to 2016, not much was being built here inne oakland. this is called the brookin basin community. 3,100 homes are being built. of those, 465 units fall under the category of affordable. >> this is the largest prong to start construction in the city of oakland in years. >> reporter: according to the mayor's office, nearly 9,000 units are under construction. with just asle in the people line. still, libby schaaf told us -- >> yesterday i help open 28 new units of affordable housin

like being able to move money around convenient leann d conver home. forgetting to do it after you fell asleep at night from your phone and stuff like that. now there are so many kinds of banks that make it easier. it is easier to do payroll because you can wire everybody the money and not have the checks printed especially with a smaller business. i think for a company like wells fargo, it is easier for the small businesses to use. it is easier on you. >> i have an interesting point. we now have -- we are not tiny and not big. i feel like we are in between. it started off where we chose the bank because it was the one closest to most of our stores. now we should talk. the things that are troubling us now are the things that we need to go from two locations to 10 locations. we are at 6 or 7 right now. things like positive pay, check scanning, night drop, service charges too high. we have a lot of fraud. people are trying to be me e-mailing my controller to get her to cut checks. we are big enough that people are trying to figure things out. that is sca

. >> reporter: this year principal leanne nounsed she was retiring.thout these kids? >> i'm going to have -- you know, school is my home and now i'm going to tend to my own home and enjoy some time with family and friends and do some traveling. >> reporter: she leaves knowing she fulfilled one of the most honorable of careers. in san francisco, labc 7 news. >> she certainly is a star. if you'd like to nominate someone to be an abc 7 star go to our abc7news.com/stars. >>> several businesses are offering freebies and deals to celebrate national teacher appreciation week. we have a full list of offers on abc7news.com. >>> get your news any time with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more kusaizaticustomi. >>> that will do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >>> smoke that was traveling so quickly with such intensity it was breaking lightbulbs out. >> new details on the ghost ship fire. >>> cell phone video that shows a local police officer body slamming a woman. the family is outraged and deman

let's go to the warren camp in osage, iowa and nbc road warrior le leann caldwell. you're at the site of a meet and greet there. what are we hearing there? has anybody made up their mind yet? >> phillip, the iowa caucuses, we're still months away so it's very early but i must say there's a shift on the campaign trail. i was in iowa a month ago speaking with elizabeth warren and every voter was completely candidate shopping. the they didn't have a favorite. now this is the second day i have spent with elizabeth warren and people showing up to her event are in her lane, she's in the top tier of candidates. so she seems to be gaining traction in iowa and the polls are reflecting that. there have been a series of polls showing her having a little bit of a bump. this is definitely the trajectory elizabeth warren and her campaign are hoping for and they hope this continues, especially iowa is such a critical state in her path to the nomination, phillip. >> nbc's leann caldwell in iowa with the warren camp, thank you. >>> meanwhile, president trump is facing a new wave of

collaboration our students have been expelled or pushed out of the system thrive in our systematicdemic leann they are able to reimagine themselves as students. >> esteemed members of the board i am the senior supervisor of the administration of juvenile justice advisory board for city college of san francisco. with the practitioners and what they need is more options, not fewer. judges, attorneys and social workers are handcuffed by lack of places to put kids when they can't go home. one of my responsibilities is to approve the placements for kids with the highest needs. each week representatives hear presentations from case caring probation officers seeking placements to take the kids and who we believe can meet their needs. while the names change from week to two, they are similar. kids from highly dysfunctional families, who suffered extreme abuse and neglect. these kids lack safety, structure, support. their basic needs are not met and they are acting out often violently. these kids received services from the time they are young and run away or have been kicked out of relative placements

>> in san francisco, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >>> if you're experiencing pain at the pump you aren't alone. gas prices continue to rise in california and we are getting a better idea at what's behind the increase. our sister station in los angeles explains. >> the difference between california's gas and the national average jumped to $1.10, the highest increase ever seen according to the california energy commission. that government agency now says one of the contributing factors could be market manipulation by some retailers including chevron, shell, exxon, mobile and 76. >> there's something that's off and there's no reason we should be $1.10 higher than the national average. i get why we're a little higher, but not $1 plus higher. >> according to our resources the west coast gasoline business is doing very well profit wise. >> the explosion at exxonmobil's refinery in torrance have impacted gas prices as well as refinery maintenance, but the torrance refinery is back to normal operations. if market manipulation is taking place, some retailers would be charging higher prices for

. >> in san francisco, leann melendez, abc 7 news. >>> farmers in the central valley are scrambling tok cherries that can be damaged by rainfall. we showed you a similar scene in gill roy amid the storms. when it dries out the cherries can expand and crack. it's a window that lasts just a few weeks. farmers say they know the drill. >> well, it seems like every time during cherry season it seems like you always get the storm. when you get the storm it's during cherry season and the farm so. >> they do work to air out the orchards as soon as any air ends. this year's crop of california cherries could be the biggest on record. >>> a warm-weather tradition in san francisco is back. up next, tents, yoga and a little bit of food. what makes the presidio picnic a unique bay area event. as we head to break the time right now is 6:36 and we take a look at the pier 39 camera and the sea lions there and lisa when it comes to type 2 diabetes, are you thinking about your heart? well, i'm managing my a1c, so i should be all set. actually, you're still at risk for a fatal heart attack or stroke. that

i must start with my colleague kelly o'donnell at the white house and leanne on capitol hill. the president is about to get on a plane to japan. he is leaving the country and there is trouble at home. >> yes, typically speaker pelosi is very careful not to criticize the president, any president, when he is out of the country. we might be almost to the point of a little break in this. but today things have escalated certainly with the president's lawyer rudy giuliani using twitter to say that she should apologize for saying the president needs an intervention, which was part of the back and forth i had with the speaker at her press conference yesterday and saying that she has a pattern of halting speech which plays into the videos that were altered and circulating on social media. today i'm hearing from nancy pelosi supporters who are saying a couple of key things. attacks on her, especially about her intelligence and her manner and her abilities have only been sexist and have been proven to not work in the past in past election cycles. also that this is the kind of thing that

as leann caldwell reported today, the committee has documentation from some n financial institutionse cooperating and others like deutsche bank will be soon. >> i think nancy pelosi is playing a game around impeachment. she'sd playing a game we're no going to call it the "i" word because that triggers donald trump. but he is being investigated, they are taking the turning down of document requests, the ignoring of subpoenas to court, and despite the white house lawyer's memo, 14 pages about not giving them anything, all of this strategy has got them so far is a few minutes and a lot ofes losing in court. >> and the white house and washington are under a tornado warning at this moment. >> t literally and figuratively >> there are a few things at play here. yes, he's been upset with some of the court rulings. they're obviously appealing them. hoping to drag this out. but these were losses and the speed of the losses unnerves the president and the people around him. he was also upset by what happened the day before. the aides, particularly hope hicks who he has a soft spot for, he was e

leanne lawless from south east today, will be telling us about a large increase in reports of forcedhe crown prosecution service. that is dropped by 43% since 2014. we‘ve only seen for criminal convictions to date. that‘s what charities say is worrying, the gap in the number of reports and the drop in prosecutions. they say it sends out a message to victims that it‘s not being taken seriously, and a message to perpetrators that they won‘t be prosecuted. as part of this report i spoke to a lady called aisha who asked us to protect her identity. she was forced into marriage aged 18, and taken to pakistan where she was forced to marry her cousin. all of these decisions were being made, and! all of these decisions were being made, and i didn‘t feel like i had the opportunity to say that i didn‘t wa nt to the opportunity to say that i didn‘t want to go ahead with it. on the wedding night, all of a sudden, i just thought, now what? you know? and i said to my husband, would you mind if we, you know, talk to each other, got to know each other. i haven‘t really spoken to you. and he just kind

if i'm a parent how do i know it's been working i get where this other guy's giving me all these leanne's doctors these studies we have had other posts where we would you know link to vaccine safety information another thing we would run into is commenters repeatedly posting the same thing over and over and over on every single you know they go back for the last 2 weeks and post the same comment over and over and over and it can very easily overwhelm. the misinformation that we're seeing on social media is not just about the vaccine it's about news also itself it is explicitly contagious if you have measles and you're with a bunch of folks who are susceptible for example not immunized 9 out of 10 of them will get infected airborne and can stay in the environment for a while the early symptoms are runny nose cough conjunctive virus which is a pink eye red a red eye in fever after a few days you develop a rash on this starts on the head and goes down to the rest of the body it's not a benign disease before we had measles vaccination the united states we had 400 or $500.00 deaths every year

host: let's hear from leanne in nebraska, go ahead.been a democrat for 41 years and i could not be happier. it is about time we get a little truth in washington. also, i wanted to say one other thing. a few years back is when i changed my way of thinking. i started listening to mark levine, people should smarten up and listen to him. they have been on trump since this and he is still doing good. i don't understand when people aren't happy when things are going good in the country and i think you should change your -cspan -- d-span instead of c-span because you take more democrats and everyone should have a clock, one minute to say. host: that is leanne in nebraska on the new probe opened up by the connecticut, u.s. attorney being asked by william barr to take a look at the origins of the trump investigation -- mueller investigation. you can make those comments on whether you support or oppose. if you support it, 202-748-8000. if you oppose it, 202-748-8001. washington post takes a look at one of the people at the center of the issues.

let's go to nbc news correspondent leanne caldwell, who was in the room at the town hall.morning. what was it like inside the room last night? >> reporter: good morning. so it was a big, packed crowd. of course, he got the standing ovation, as you all mentioned, when he walked in. of course, there were a lot of amash supporters there. some of them were democrats who had said they'd never voted for him before but said they came out just to offer their support. there were also people there though who were long-time amash supporters who were confused about his position. they said that they came to hear him out. there was a couple women i want to highlight. one walked in saying that she was very confused about what he said about impeachment and the mueller report. she's always voted for amash. leaving the town hall, she said that perhaps impeachment inquiries need to open. she said that she had enjoyed hearing him out and that what he said really resonated with her. but she also said that she plans on supporting the president in 2020, but she wants to see where this impeachmen

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