the possible guests include 15 silicon valley leaders, among them larry ellison, sarah fryer, and gregory becker, the ceo of a silicon valley bank. this dinner is described as an opportunity to drum up support for the trump administration. this amid the ongoing conflict with iran. the policy breakfast gets going at 10:15 at stanford. reporting live, anser hassan, abc7 news. >> we have developing news in iran. protests are mounting as citizens flood the streets again amidday days of demonstrations. the military says it mistakenly shot down the ukrainian plane killing all 176 on board. president trump says qassem soleimani was planning imminent threats against u.s. embassies. mark esper says he did not see that. >> i didn't see one with regard to four embassies. what i'm saying is i share the president's view that probably my expectation was they were going to go after our embassies. >> 56% disapprove of president trump's handling of iran. >>> it's a big day in a california court for gig economy workers. assembly bill five treats freelancers as employees entitled to benefits. uber and the t

the possible guests include 15 silicon valley leaders, among them larry ellison, sarah fryer, and gregory becker, the ceo of a bank. this dinner is described as an opportunity to drum up support for the trump administration. secretary pompeo said yesterday excited to be in the golden state looking forward to meeting with some of our nation's leading academics and entrepreneurs. silicon valley is home to many of our most innovative thinkers. the discussion begins at 10:15 this morning. reporting live, anser hassan, , abc7 news. >>> california representative duncan hunter's resignation starts today. he pled guilty to misuse of campaign funds. he and his wife were indicted in august of 2018 for diverting $250,000 of campaign funds for personal use. prosecutors accuse hunter of using the cash to pursue affairs with lobbyists and aides. the hunters face a prison sentence of 8 to 14 months. sentencing is set for march 17th. >>> developing news in iran where protests are mounting. iran yian zit sen zit se zit sen streets after iran admitted to shooting down a plane. megan tersargsyan has more. >