. >> and we certainly will follow this very closely given what california, the stance california is taking from a policy perspective, how much we have at stake. what will happen in the the supreme court will very much be impactful to what we need to do here in california. >> much more to watch out for. thank you both. >> thanks for having us. >> thank you for having us, yes. >>> turning now to the tee party. while on the campaign trail last year donald trump swung through california. he lost the golden state by more nan 4 million votes but to those who did vote for him his stance on immigration and "draining the swamp" resonated. now that trump is president, we caught up with the chairman of the california tea party caucus randall jordan to hear what they hi thinks of trump's performance so far. kqed senior editor of politics and government, scott shafer has more >> reporter: role does the tea party have in california in 2017? what's your job? >> our job is to be the conscience of the -- california voter and the california conservative and to keep the trump wave going on. >> and do you fee

the electoral college. >>> time is now 4:15. california lawmakers continue a push to make california the nation's first sanctuary state as a response of trump's tougher stance on immigration. but critics of these sanctuary state ideas say it could making law abiding undocumented immigrants more of a target not less. >> opponents at the capital spoke out against it arguing it will make california less safe. >> the people that have demonstrated a willingness to victimize others, i have no sympathy for them and they have to go. >> from helping immigration agents track down targets for deportation. sacramento sheriff scott jones led that opposition. he says right now immigration only notifies them about an undocumented person if they're in jail for an undocumented crime. >> the very things that they're trying to prevent which is large escambia ice immigration sweeps in the communities they're almost ensuring that's going to happen. >> we give them that low lying. >> we're not looking for a fight. a fight has been brought to our doorstep and we're not backing down. >> he says largely in response to the trump administration's immigration stance. opponents say the

last year he allowed priests to forgive abortion and softened the stance on divorce. >>> northern californiawins conjoined at the chest are close to going home. 2.5-year-old sisters eva and erika sandoval left the hospital in stanford in style wearing shades and matching pink bows. the formerly conjoined girls waved to cameras yesterday as they were taken into an ambulance. the girls were separated last december in an 18-hour surgery, they are going to uc-davis children's hospital for rehab and then going back home to sacramento. >> they are looking good. that's good to see. >>> daylight saving time starts this weekend. we are springing forward which means we'll lose an hour of sleep. it turns out most american workers are already used to going to work deprived every sleep. adults are supposed to get eight ours of sleep each night. one in five workers reached that goal. the study shows that 20% of workers have called in sick just to get more sleep. >> it's definitely harder to concentrate when you feel tired or you're constantly having coffee to stay away. >> ironically, half of those survey

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out of his contract with the 49ers this month, he's letting other teams know his political stance is over. >>> a private e-mail scandal with roots in san jose, today the californiareme court ruled material sent by government employees on personal devices must be made available to the public. it's the end to a long battle. in 2009, a san jose man requested messages about a downtown development that were sent to the mayor's and city council's private devices. that city -- excuse me. the city said it did not have access to the messages because they were on personal devices. so, that's when the man sued. the case made it all the way to the state supreme court. >>> okay, this might be the best story of the day. from a stanford dorm room to the new york stock exchange, snapchat has gone public. this is a classic silicon valley success story, but with a little bit of a twist. snapchat's ipo price yesterday was $17 bucks a share. it closed today at around $24 a share. among the big winners, a well known high school that invested very early in snapchat. here's nbc bay area's michelle roberts. >> it's good news for the school and, yeah, tremendous opportunity. >> reporter

. >>> in the meantime california lawmakers continue their push to make california the nation's first sanctuary state responding to the trump administration's tougherer stanceimmigration. a snalt bill would ban law enforcement officers from across the state from helping immigration agents track down targets for deportation. but opponents of the sapgt wear state idea say it could make law abiding undocumented immigrants in the state more of a target not less. they say immigration agents will be forced to look for criminal immigrants in the streets as opposed to in the jails. >> the very thing that sp54 is trying to prevent which is large scale ice immigration sweeps in the communities they're almost ensuring that's going to happen. >> we're not backing down. >> supporters of the sanctuary state legislation say having local law enforcement agencies cooperate with federal immigration authorities makes undocumented immigrants afraid to go to police even when they are victims of crime. >>> now in the south bay for the limits of free speech are being tested. >> as ktvu's jesse gary reports the controversy is over an effort to block a conservative group from setti

the overall visa processing system. >>> california lawmakers continue their push to make california the nation's first sanctuary state, responding to the trump's administration tougher stance on immigration. a senate bill would ban law enforcement officers across the state from helping immigration agents track down targets for deportation. opponents of the sanctuary state idea say it could make undocumented immigrants in the state more of a target, not less. immigration agents would be forced to look for criminal immigrants in the streets rather than in the jails. >> the very things that they are trying to prevent which is large scale ice immigration sweeps in the communities, they're almost ensuring that will happen. >> we're not looking for a fight. we're not backing down. >> supporters of the sanctuary state legislation say it makes undocumented immigrants afraid to go to police even when they're victims of crimes. >>> san francisco is spending more than $200,000 for lawyers to defend undocumented immigrants who are facing being deported. mayor ed lee told the public deferred's office to end subpoena the money to hire extra lawyers to represent immigrants. about 150 san

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the federal government festers. california lawmakers are looking to prevent local police agencies from helping federal drug agents arrest marijuana license holders. similar to the sanctuary city stanceany cities have taken. >>> and interested in what happens on capitol hill, include tanning salon owners with that. it took a heavy toll on the industry. 10,000 salons have closed since the law went into effect. back here in two minutes. >>> welcome back. 6:57 on your thursday. before head out the door, the top stories on nbc bay area. >> breaking news from the south bay. crews on the scene of a house fire in los gatos. west main street and bay view avenue. >> is a much closer look at the roof of the home. plenty of smoke and flames. trying to get it under control. we are looking to find out what sparked the fire. >> we also have the very latest details on the london terror attacks that left four people dead, including the suspect. isis says the attacker was a soldier of the islamic state. prime minister theresa may says the suspect was on possible radar for connections to violent extremi extremism. he acted alone. eight have been arrested in overnight raids in connection with that atta

the conservative judge from colorado. california senator dianne feinstein said gorsuch avoided specificity in his stance on abortion rights and other matters like no nominee she's ever seen. gorsuch promised to consider all political forces. >> i have admiration for everybody member of this committee and for the president of the united states, for the vice president of the united states. but respectfully, none of you speaks for me. i speak for me. i am a judge. i am independent. i make up my own mind. >> from here, lawmakers will hear testimony from outside witnesses on whether to confirm gorsuch. >> and at the white house today, president trump is meeting with members of the congressional black caucus, meeting under way right now. it's trump's first meeting with the group since taking office. the cbc chairman said health care, education, and policing are among their biggest concerns. whur's troy johnson joins us live in the next half hour with an in depth look at local reaction to the meeting and what residents are hoping will come out of it. >> breaking news in montgomery county. threats were p school deals with a rape

the president's tough stance on immigration. >>> well, there is more trouble for an iconic radio shack declared bankruptcy for the second time in two years. it now plans to close at least 200 stores. >>> and in californiame bay area homeowners are on edge literally. look at this. their backyards are disappearing falling into the creek below due too all that recent heavy rain. they say the land makes noise and shakes and then their houses as well as it all falls away and trying to decide if they should stay or go. >>> and finally one woman's guardian angel, take a look at this incredible video. you can see her struggle to cross the tracks. there's a guy from new jersey. he comes racing towards her. his name is joe manageo. he sprints to her side and pulls her away, look at that. with seconds to spare. she was taken to the hospital as a precaution. joe insists he is not a hero. he says he saw something, something needed to be done and he did it. he said that she was so scared she actually stopped. she could see the train coming and she froze and so that train missed her wit inches. >> she froze. he didn't hesitate at all. >> incredible to see him do what he did. >> truly her guardian angel. you put that