protesters greeted republican tom mcclintock with boos when police escorted him away from a theater. he supports many of president trump's policies, that includes rolling back many environmental issues and repealing the affordable care act. he says ending the meeting early wasn't his idea. >> we were told the situation was deteriorating, becoming dangerous, and they wanted me out. the fire marshal determined the theater was at capacity. that was their call. >> there was an anarkist, at the meeting. >>> nancy pelosi is calling on the fbi to investigate trump's ties to russia. she called for an investigation of mr. trump's financial and personal ties to russia to determine whether he's being possibly blackmailed by leaders in that country, on "meet the press", pelosi said she wants to see the president's tax returns to get to the truth in a relationship between russian president vladimir putin and mr.

gop congressman tom mcclintock answered questions for hours and spoke out against sanctuary cities and sara obama care needs to be replaced with something that works. the room was full of supporters and opposers. >> this is my message to him. i want him out and i will vote him out. >> they have a right for their point of view. i have a right to express my point of view and we all have that right. >> the trump administration is now asking for three more months of obama care until they figure out what to do with the subsidiaries. >>> joining us to talk about the raucous townhall meetings is congressman mark to sonja a. how would you describe your meetings? >> i've had seven meetings since january and they've been great. seven or 800 people. >> now, there is a group called indivisible, which is what many say is key to the turnouts. what are they doing? >> they are former staffers and

host: tom mcclintock is back at the desk. i want to start with your view on the opening weeks of the trump administration. in the past several days we have the a federal crt block vetting order, the resignation of a national security adviser, yesterday the withdrawal of andrew puzder for labor nominee. you have been involved in federal politics, state politics for a long time. wh would your recommendation be to the trump administration righnow to try to stabilize things after the week they've had? guest: don't forget you have had a number of groundbreaking executive orders and legislation that the president is calling on , now proceeding to the congress. a lot of very good things have been going on, too. these are turbulent times. there's an administration taking office with unprecedented hostility from the opposition party. you have an intelligence structure that has become a government unto itself, become highly politicized. these are very turbulent times. remember the old chinese curse, may you live in interesting times. n

republican congressman tom mcclintock was confronted by protesters at his town hall last week.he joins me now. congressman mcclintock, thanks for coming on the show. >> thanks for having me. >> we all saw the video, i think it was on a saturday and it was making the rounds on social media, let me ask you this, a week later or nearly a week later, what did you learn from that episode? what did you learn about sort of where your district is, where the country is, and wh this all means. >> i think there are a lot of people that are very upset that donald trump was elected donald trump and they disagree vigorously. i tried to remind them, there were many americans who disagreed just as vigorously with barack obama. interestingly, they're not mad at donald trump because he's broken any campaign promises, they're mad at him because he's keeping all of his campaign promises. and, of course, that's what the election was about in a real sense, that's what the last four elections have been about. >> let me ask you this, do you feel a different pressure in responding to your constituents

. >>> this video shows congressman tock congress -- tom mcclintock being booed outside of a town hallprotestors followed him shouting shame on you, they were showing concerns about his support for president donald trump, tom mcclintock was in roseville for a town hall meeting. >> we are trying to understand what is going on and we want to figure out how to get your message out. it's amazing how many people showed up. >> his district includes 10 counties from tahoe so yosemite. >>> coming up, their neighbors used to be cupcakes, not any more. the warriors and the kings in sacramento. >> also we are live from the super bowl. >> we asked what people would do to see the super bowl. 20% said they would not show up to a family or friend's wedding. 14% said they would be no shows at a funeral. 15% said they would skip the birth of their child. those are hard core fans. >> indeed. >> we have more coming up on ktvu news after the break ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. there's only one way to travel through this natural

[shouting] california congressman tom mcclintock had to be escorted out by police for his own safety.e is going to tell us about his harrowing event coming up. melissa: the wake of mike flynn's resignation as national security advisor, president trump is focusing on what he says is the real problem. recent illegal leaks of sensitive information. lt. general colonel thomas mcinerney will tell us who he believes is behind this next. >> there is also a story here with the amount of leaks coming out with people entrusted with national security secrets and classified information, are leaking it out. that's a real concern for this president. so what else is new? how's your mother? umm..she's doing good. she needs more care though. she wants to stay in her house. i don't know even where to start with that. first, let's take a look at your financial plan and see what we can do. ok, so we've got... we'll listen. we'll talk. we'll plan. baird. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happe

this was the scene at a town hall in sonora with representative tom mcclintock. he was cheered for supporting president trump's policies on immigration and healthcare. today, senator dianne feinstein was met with protesters at a talk in san francisco. kpix 5 suzy sima was in the newsroom. >>reporter: hundreds of people to shows to tell senator feinstein she is listening to the people who voted her into office. they want her to take a stronger stance against the president. she says it's up to them to help her do so. weather on the street or in one of these pre-reserved seats protesters did everything to get senator feinstein's attention today they interrupted her formal q&a in san francisco. >> if i get green is that good? >>reporter: they are hoping for meetings frustrated that during her 24 years as a cemetery's she has yet to hold one. >> we need you to be our voice in washington but when you are here listen to us. >>reporter: she answered questions on climate change. >> we are taking care of our planet. >>reporter: she promised to protect immigrant children. w

in sacramento, representative tom mcclintock answered some tough questions. back here, we're about two hours away still, and there's already people here ready to talk. i'm told that the congressman is going to speak for about five minutes but he's really here just to listen. and so people will get a chance to go up to the podium about six to seven at a time, they'll each have two minutes to make their voices heard. we'll be here for the entire thing. >> tammy leitner in port richey, florida. thank you, tammy. see you shortly. joining me right now political analyst erin mcpike and jonathan allen from roll call. great to see you both. jonathan, we look at the images out of these up to halls, is this a concern yet to republicans? is this something they are going to take back into consideration when they return to d.c.? >> absolutely. i think it has more of an effect on the senators at the moment than it does on house members and that's simply because senators in order to win re-election they generally have to appeal to a broader part of the electorate. i think t

tom mcclintock shown at the beginning of one the tapes had a police escort to leave one of the events. even president obama's old super pac is one of the groups behind organizing these meetings. you get nothing accomplished when you can't actually have a dialogue. >> meghan: work in communications if you know what would happen if a congressman said canceling a town hall because leftist might show you up. >> meghan: it's anti-democratic. you want to talk about protesting. i would be right there with them if they said that town halls had to be shut down because liberals are showing up. >> lisa: right when you say canceling events. you do a telethon town hall reach a thousand people in the district. so many events can you do with business owners, smaller group events. >> harris: i hear all of that but part of the moth to the flame if you will for the town hall is knowing that you are doing it with your neighbors. even if those neighbors have been brought in by box trucks, i guess. i mean however because we have seen some of that in this country, too, when we had race related problems in

republican congressman tom mcclintock has been holding some of those town meetings. he represents the fourth district of california. congressman mcclintock, thank you for talking with us. we appreciate it. let's talk about what i think is fair to call the chaotic start to the trump administration. there are now several investigations being talked about. one focus on investigating mike flynn and the trump team involvement with russia. would you support an investigation into that? rep. mcclintock: well, my principal concern is what this is doing to american diplomacy. the politicization of the nation's intelligence agencies and the deliberate leaking of confidential conversations between our president and other heads of state is a very dangerous thing. it will not only affect this presidency but future presidencies as well. if world leaders cannot in confidence talk to the leader of our nation for fear that their words will be leaked by an intelligence agency, that communication stops and that can become very dangerous rapidly. soledad: do you think there should be an

[ chanting ] >> reporter: in sacramento, constituents made emotional pleas for representative tom mcclintock to reconsider repealing aca. >> my wife had two open heart surgeries on my fixed income we will not be able to afford the medication that she now takes and she will die. >> reporter: republican lawmakers say they will continue to hold town halls, determined to hear from their constituents. >> we're going to make sure that we continue to create environment for people to voice their opinions, voice their opposition. >> reporter: the only thing that might quell some of the anger, a look at what republicans have in store to replace the aca. tammy leitner, nbc news, new port richey, florida. >>> nationwide protests today against planned parenthood and abortion. thousands showed up for protests and counterprotests in more than 200 cities around the country. nbc's morgan radford met with demonstrators on both sides of the issue. >> what do we want? >> body autonomy? >> when do we want it? >> now! >> now! >> reporter: duelling rallies across the country. thousands taking to the streets to voi

congressman tom mcclintock coming out, but with police protection. >> you want to take away my coveragend have nothing to replace it with. >> reporter: we asked the house speaker. are you concerned that you need to not just present a plan, but sell it to the american people quickly? >> we cherish the first amendment, and people who are concerned and anxious, we want them to know that we want to listen to their concerns. we're going to be going out and talking about what our plan is. >> some real uncomfortable moments across the country. mary, devos did finally make it into the school. >> reporter: yes, meeting with school administrators. obama's education secretary, saying let's all agree she really needs to be in public schools. please let her in. >> thank you. >>> president trump's homeland security chief, touring an underground tunnel reportedly used by drug smugglers. our jim avila, there with secretary kelly, asking about another deportation. a mother of two children brought to the country when she was 14. >> reporter: the the right people being deported. >> they were picked up, su

we will be talking to tom mcclintock, member of the national resources committee of capitol hill. later, susan dell than a will be here. it she serves on that key tax-writing committee. that is all coming up this morning on capitol hill -- on "the washington journal." ♪ >> this weekend, c-span's cities tour will explore the literary life and history of richmond, virginia, saturday at noon eastern we will talkh

police officers escorted republican congressman, tom mcclintock, out of the tower theater in roseville because of a rowdy group of protesters at a town hall event. mcclintock voiced his support for president trump's plan to build the wall along the mexican border and the controversial immigration ban. >>> just days after a violent protest, milo milo yiannopouloss to return to campus and give the speech that was blocked. initially, the college welcomed him. but when the crowds broke out, they had to shut it down. >> reporter: that's right, peggy. i just talked to students a little bit ago. the berkeley college republican club said that they will bring him back. they're already in talks with him, depending on his schedule. his agent said he could be back in as few as three months, possibly, probably, before this summer. the student i talked with was up on the balcony there at the student union, the night that protest went off. he said the ground was shaking. we all remember what the video looked like that night. bricks, bottles, and fireworks flying through the air. fires and $100,000 in

. >>> republican conmanage tom mcclintock had to be escorted out of a town hall by police. demonstrators said they are concerned about immigration, climate change and healthcare. the affordable care act is something that the congressman feels should be repealed. the congressman sat down for an interview after he was escorted out of the town hall. >> it has to be repealed and replaced with a system that provides people a bitter range of choices and at a lower cost. >> the congressman said he supports the president's immigration ban saying there is not an unconditional right to enter the country. >>> the university of california system is replacing 97 tech employees with workers from india. they hope to save money by paying the workers 75% less than local workers but now one of the workers is filing suit. >> they replacing the diverse work force with people from just one country. >> the university said outsourcing is necessary to reduce the growth rate of it expenses. >>> the count down to super bowl 51 is on, the big game is just a day away. football fans and tourists are en

host: tom mcclintock is back at the desk. i want to start with your view on the opening wee of the trummi

people started showing up hours before representative tom mcclintock took the podium? sonora. more than -- podium in sonora. more than 500 people were there. the congressman had to step in and calm the crowd several times. the crowd was pretty split on their political point of views. >> i have a right to express my point of view. >> we're just regular people with a lot of concerns. >> there was a heavy police presence, but there were no problems. >>> to not president trump is weighing in on a civil rights -- tonight president trump is weighing in on a civil rights issue having to do with transgender students. >> president trump is doing away with the obama guidelines in public schools. last year president obama ordered students to use bathrooms matching their gender identity and not what's on their birth certificate, but this afternoon the orders were scrapped because the trump administration believes each individual state should be in control. >> the president made it clear that he's a firm believer in states' rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with a

this is a crowd booing and chanting shame as republican lawmaker tom mcclintock was escorted out of a town hall after he took questions from the crowd asking about climate change, the president's immigration order and the affordable care act. his answers sometimes led to loud boos. security officials capped attendance at 200. outside, a smaller crowd. some upset that they could not get in. >> we were trying to educate ourselves and figure out how to get our message out and let people know we're worried. it's amazing how many people showed up. >> mcclintock says there was an anarchist element to the meeting. no one was arrested. >>> some bay area public school teachers are urging senators to vote against president trump's choice for education secretary. yesterday, abc7 news was at the fairmont hotel in san jose where the message was loud and clear at a california's teacher conference. betsy devos will have her confirmation hearing tomorrow. critics say the charter school advocate is an out-of-touch billionaire. >> never having been to a public school, worked in a public school, didn't

it appears tom mcclintock is no quicker.ays after being escorted by police out of a rough and tumble town hall meeting, mcclintock was back at it facing angry protesters and despite the shouts and jeers, he said he's against sanctuary cities and repealing and replacing obamacare. and marsha blackburn got hit with angry questions and loudly booed when she said steve bannon didn't replace anyone on the national security count tribal. betsy devos would make a fine secretary of education and taxpayer money shouldn't go towards planned parenthood. afterwards, she said everyone's voice is important. other gop lawmakers have said best way to fix the town halls is to not hold them. >> bill: what is the white house saying about it? >> the white house is fighting back by pointing out that some of the outrage is manufactured by democratic activists using the town halls as the type of rallying point. the president tweeting and saying, "the so-called angry crowds in the districts of some republicans are planned out by liberal activists.

in california, congressman tom mcclintock -- >> we don't know the financial relationships that trump may have with moscow. >> reporter: in virginia, congressman's town hall talking about immigrants. >> he didn't ban just immigrants. it was states that sponsor terror. >> that's not true, sir. >> reporter: just a snapshot of one day of voter outrage. some republicans, in numerous cases, are planned out by liberal activists, says president obama. sad. organized, yes. but what we've seen at numerous town halls is empowered constituents. these virginia beach town hall attendees are so upset that their political operatives, they wore stickers showing their zip code to show that they care about their home districts. they call themselves indivisible. a step-by-step manual to oppose the trump administration. guiding the people here to channel their post election anger aimed squarely at members of congress. >> if you could answer any of that, i'll sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> i hope you feel better now. >> reporter: some have canceled town halls this week citing security conc

during the event, tom mcclintock took questions from the crowd.y asked about climate change, the president's immigration order and the affordable care act. his answers sometimes led to loud booing. security kept attendance at 200 people. some were upset they could not get in. >> came because we're trying to educate ourselves and understand what's going on and figure out how we can get our message out and let people know we're worried. it's amazing how many people showed up. >> protesters didn't cause any damage and no one was arrested. bay area public schoolteachers are urging senators to vote against president trump's choice for education secretary. that message was loud at clear at a california teacher's conference. betsy devos will have her hearing on monday. >> never having worked in a public school, never been to a public school. he didn't send her kids to a public school. all she's done in her entire career is use her wealth to undermine public schools. >> she has support from the national alliance for public charter schools and former flori

a form in the sierra foothills with congressman tom mcclintock was heated with those who could not get they demanded that he come out and talk to them about health insurance and the gop removing environmental protection. >>> the city of san francisco is closing out black history month with art and song. [ singing ]she can singlast night the city hotel rotunda was packed with this year's black history month black closing. he says that while progress has been made the fight for equal rights is not over.>> will we reflect upon yesterday and what we have done and how we have done it, you've got to know that tomorrow is more demanding. >> in san francisco mayer and lee tweeted this photo of city hall illuminated and pan- african colors. >>> evidence of cbs's plan to remove tobacco products on the shelves is coming down on the number of smokers at its doors. they decided to stop smelling -- selling all tobacco products. the study found that at 38 percent of shoppers who exclusively bought cigarettes at cvs were more likely to stop smoking altogether because it was not readily available.>>> w

misstates, as, for example -- >> reporter: in northern california, tempers erupting after congressman tom mcclintock sidestepped this question. >> will you support a bipartisan investigation of the trump administration's dealings with vladimir putin and russia? >> i'm not sure that an investigation, which would take up an awful lot of bandwidth in the congress -- >> reporter: liberal groups across the country holding empty chair town halls for lawmakers who are reluctant to face voters. >> where's pat? >> reporter: the president and white house down playing the wave of opposition. >> i think some people are clearly upset, but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> i'm mary storey from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> reporter: we're literally standing on main street. it's interesting seeing politics going right to the top. at this point people are getting what they want, a chance to get their voices heard. >> the lifeblood of democracy. ryan young, thank you. >>> meantime the white house reversing the obama administration's federal guidelines on transg

republican lawmaker was escorted outside of a town hall meeting in sacramento yesterday, and tom mcclintockf roseville took questions from the crowd and they asked about climate change and the president's immigration order and the affordable act, and his answers led to loud booing, and security capped the attendance inside the hall at 200 and some were upset they were not able to get in. >> we are trying to educate ourself and understand what is going on and let people know we are worried. it's amazing how many people showed up. >> mcclintock claims he felt there was an anarchist element to the meeting and protesters did not cause damage and nobody was arrested. >>> bay area public school teachers are urging senators to vote against trump's choice of education secretary. abc news was at the fairmount hotel in san jose where that message was loud and clear at a conference. betsy devos will have her confirmation hearing tomorrow. >> she didn't send her kids to a public school. all she has done her entire career is use her wealth to undermine public schools. >> devos has support from the natio

protect themselves from the raucous events, included in the presentation, this video of congressman tom mcclintocked out of a town hall by police. the message sources say, the backlash is real. whatever you do, don't do this. >> and, wolf, the reason for that is it just didn't look good, politically or kind of personally going forward, but there's still an internal debate inside the party, how do you deal with this kind of backlash if it's real. i have talked to some member who is say they're going to meet behind closed doors with some of these protesters before hand, trying to sus things out a little bit. a clear recognition, this is something they expect to continue in the months ahead, wolf. >> the president still talking about massive voter fraud? >> reporter: that's exactly right, he had that meeting with congress m officials, a bipartisan group, he brought up for a second time in a sitdown with u.s. lawmakers, allegations of voter fraud. donald trump brought it up, the only reason he lost new hampshire was because thousands were bussed in from massachusetts to give hillary clinton the win in

is going and what congressman tom mcclintock is going to do about it. >> we're not paid we're not ancotic k annarchists. >> we'll be judged on our ability to vastly improve the health care system. >> reporter: whatever hostility seen here is a far cry from the pros tests in roseville where police provided him with an escort out of the building. >> bring back in reporter from politico, daniel lipman. great to have you back. we see these images on a daily basis now. are we going to see this translate into the choices that these representatives are going to make? is it going to have an impact on policy? >> i was talking to some congressional aides and they say there isn't that much guidance from the white house as to what exactly to say and so i think when you have thousands of constituents showing up at these town halls and calling your office, you're much more hess tent to do things that would totally piss them off. so politicians, they care about their self-interests. while they won't become liberal and totally reverse themselves, they will work within the caucus and try to find ways

supportive tone was a stark contrast to town halls hosted by gop lawmakers including representatives tom mcclintockings recently with protesters and audience members openly hostile in some of these cases. demanding some of these republican lawmakers distance themselves from trump platforms. but as we've heard tonight, a representative says the best thing people can do when they feel helpless and frustrated with the current situation is reach out to someone. a trump over that may live across the country, may be a friend or relative you haven't talked to in a wow. find out what their point of view is and where the feelings come from and share yours. back with them. that can only help. >> and the count rissman is a democrat obviously. were there any by chance republicans there tonight? people who support what donald trump is trying to do? >> reporter: if they were in the audience they were not vocal. all of the questions we heard were of more of a critical slant. on mr. trump's proposals. there was one man in the audience who had a small american flag label taped across his mouth and he was holding ma

in sacramento, constituents made emotional pleas for representative tom mcclintock to reconsider repealingca. >> my wife has two open-heart surgeries on my fixed income. we will not be able to afford takes, and she will die. >> reporter: republican lawmakers say they will continue to hold town halls, determined to hear from their constituents. >> we're going to make sure we continue to create environments for people to voice their opinions, voice their opposition. >> reporter: the only thing that might quell some of the anger, a look at what republicans have in store to replace the aca. nbc news, new port richie, florida. >>> you ready for this? ready for this? we might break 60 degrees today. is this february? >> wow. >> but there's always a but. have your raincoat nearby. tom is updating his forecast with scattered showers and a big change over the next 24 hours. >>> it hasn't happened in five decades, the emergency overflow in northern california and the new concerns as the tallest dam in the country. >>> so if you think you've been spending more time commuting these days, well, you pro

california gop congressman tom mcclintock had to be escorted out of a town hall meeting saturday afterdy protesters moved in on him. >> this is not what democracy looks like! >> heather: diane black was booed by planned parenthood supporters. others at similar events say they were worried about what was going to happen about the replacement of obama care. >> heather: there's a term for this. it's called astro turf. means people come in from outside their district. not to say some weren't from the member district. if you found out and others found out others weren't constituents after all. >> right. that's a big question here. we did start to hear about social media organizing that was happening before the event. and the salt lake tribune called this a largely liberal crowd. but salt lake city is a reliably democratic city. some of its suburbs do make up congressman chaffetz district which, by the way, he won with a nearly two-thirds vote. >> it's crucial that he comes back to utah and talks to the people that he's representing. that way he can take our interest, our concerns, and take

congressman tom mcclintock coming out but with police protection. common thread, concerns about obamacare and what might replace it. >> you want to take away this coverage and have nothing to replace it with. how can i trust you to do anything that's in our interest at all? >> reporter: we asked the house speaker -- are you concerned that you need to not just present a plan but sell it to the american people quickly? >> we cherish the first amendment, and people who are concerned and anxious, we want them to know we want to listen to their concerns. we're going to be going out and talking about what our plan is. >> reporter: mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> meantime, a banner welcoming immigrants and refugees at a cupertino church is standing tall again after being vandalized. this is a photo of the back of the sign in front of saint jude's episcopal church. you can see the metal pole on the left side that someone bent earlier this week. it's now been repaired. the banner is actually a replacement of the original, which was put up by the church

congressman tom mcclintock had to be escorted out of a town hall meeting recently.dy protesters furious over his support for the travel ban. >> this is a long, long way away from any other kind of kumbaya out moment. the polarization, the political dysfunction, they are all going to continue. >> if all this looks and sounds familiar, think back to the election of president obama in 2008. shortly after, came the birth of the tea party movement. furious voters managed to replace republicans in washington with more conservative ones. chris? >> chris: alicia, thank you. betsy devos made her first official visit to a public school, jefferson middle here in d.c., but she had to deal with several dozen protesters, including some who physically blocked her path. she eventually made it inside. devos says while she respects peaceful protests, she will not be deterred from doing her job. president trump's national security advisor could be in trouble over a phone call he made before he was on the white house payroll. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the lat

this is republican congressman tom mcclintock trying to have a community meeting in his california districtis what it looked like. facing his constituents. this was lincoln, nebraska, constituents unhappy with republican senator deb fisher demanding that she meet with them and talk about her votes for the trump cabinet nominees. this was illinois republican congressman peter roscoe. look at this crowd that met him at one of his community events this weekend. they are saying meet with us, meet with us. at one point, they switched to 2018, 2018. not so veiled threat. they said, hey, peter, we vote. protests work. not every time but sometimes protests work. and tonight a different kind of protest is going to be working all night in washington, which is all the more remarkable because these are some of the least likely people to stay up working on anything, no offense. you know, but even when they not every time but sometimes protests work. and tonight a different kind of protest is going to be working all night in washington, which is all the more remarkable because these are some of the least

joining me now republican congressman tom mcclintock from california.e didn't tell you that was representative keith ellison. what did you think of those comment? >> i thought they were rather interesting considering the fact that president obama singled out precisely those seven same countries to deny visa waivers just a few years ago. melissa: yeah. i mean the rhetoric is getting more and more heated. why do you think the other side wants to continue to stick to the idea that this is a muslim ban? >> i don't know. if you look at the way the public is reacted, there is strong support for this order, which again simply pauses admission from these seven hotbeds of islamic extremism until we can sort out our vetting system and be sure that the people who are being admitted are loyal to our cons fusion and not hostile to it or to our people or to our rule of law. melissa: yeah. meanwhile, protecting undocumented immigrants statewide, democratic senators from california pushing for the state to become the first sanctuary state. congressman mcclintock, what

congressman tom mcclintock answered questions for hours. he spoke against sanctuary cities and says obamacare needs to be replaced with something that works. the room was full of both supporters and opposers. >> this is my message to him is that, you know, i want him out, i'm going to vote him out. >> they have a right for their point of view. i have a right to express my point of view. we all have that right. >> the trump administration is now asking for three more months of obamacare until they figure out what to do with subsidiaries. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy... kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >>> i'm jackie ward in san jose where people are waking up to crazy amounts of flooding in their neighborhoods. we are down at santa clara and 26th street right now. so as bad as that street looks, it's actually a lot better than where it was a couple of hours ago. when we first got here, you couldn't even see the street.

hundreds of people showed up to an event last weekend held by republican congressman tom mcclintock.he wound up leaving with a police escort after he said he was advised by his staff that the situation outside was "deteriorating." tennessee congressman jimmy duncan jr. told his constituents straight no chaser he was having no town hall meetings. saying in a letter it would turn in to "shouting opportunities for extremists, kooks and radicals." those theoretical kooks and radicals are his constituents. and when virginia republican barbara comstock invited people to a town hall last saturday she never showed up, angering dozens of constituents who wanted clarity on the plan to repeal and replace obamacare. the first test as to whether this will have a lasting affect will come at the polls and sooner than you think. the first primaries are in june, this june, just four months away. more on that next. plus, breaking news of a skirmish on the senate floor between elizabeth warren and mitch mcconnell. now this you've got to see. don't go away. >>> breaking news from the senate floor tonigh

it started in northern california with congressman tom mcclintock outside sacramento.had to be escorted out of his town hall by police. that is unprecedented. town halls are pretty boring state of affairs, so it's an upset we've seen on the left. the question i have, does this continue, or do people just get tired of protesting. >> heidi, how long, or how do republicans not turn this into a political moving happened, if you will? it was such a winner for the campaign. >> yeah. and i think it's a continuation of what we saw after the women's marches. i think what's happening here, sheinelle, the left has always had a great progressive infrastructure. what they haven't had is the enthusiasm. now, the people, the populous is coming to them. the women's march kind of demonstrated that. what you see are the outside groups now harnessing it. i think the town halls are actually pretty organic. but in terms of the protests as well, that's where you have these outside groups now coming in to harness some of that energy. and i think the longer that the gop kind of fiddles around

this past weekend, republican congressman tom mcclintock left his town hall early.auntlet of police surrounding him, offering him protection after he found plenty of angry constituents. >> certainly lots to discuss. joining me now is robert reich, he's the former labor secretary and author of "saving capital ism for the many not the few." also cnn commentator, he's a contributing editor and a donald trump supporter. i can begin with you, how worried should republicans be? republican democrats were riding high, control of the white house, both houses of congress. then you really had the seeds formed of the tea party, issome something on the other side? >> they shouldn't be worried about the progressives, what they should be worried about, though, is their own base. somewhere in that package was an obvious and i think good question. why was the republican leadership and congress not ready with a plan that should have been on the floor of the house the day they were sworn in. i can tell you there is increasing restlessness from republicans at the base level, saying why

tennessee -- to illinois and georgia. [ chanting ] >> reporter: in california -- congressman tom mcclintock coming out but with police protection and can concerns about obamacare and what might replace it. >> you want to take away this coverage and have nothing to replace it with. how can i trust you to do anything in our interest at all. >> reporter: we asked the house speaker. >> are you concerned that you need to not just prevent a plan but sell it to the american people quickly? >> we cherish the first amendment. and people who are concerned and anxious, we want them to know we want to listen to their concerns. we're going out and talking about what our plan is. >> mary bruce, abc news, washington. >>> feeling resolved, one woman said the san francisco women's march inspired her to do more. as melanie woodrow shows us, she's leading the way for other women as well. >> inside this home -- >> it is a event at an easy entry point. >> reporter: dina invited 80 women. >> a lot of us are feeling like we're not doing enough. >> reporter: to do more with a pen and a postcard. >> and i'm concern

recently, congressman tom mcclintock, republican from california told the hill that he's never seen anythinglike it. if there's one lesson from the first month of trump's presidency, it's that all of this opposition is working. which brings us to michael moore who launch add resistance calendar where people can get information and post news about events happening in their community and also posted his own ten-point plan on how to stop trump. we'll walk through some of those points with michael moore himself. next. [ crowd chanting "do your job" ] >> that was the scene from a town hall earlier tonight with arkansas senator tom cotton. the mood is indicative of what we're seeing at town halls across the country. joining me now, michael moore, activist, academy award winning filmmaker, muckraker, troublemaker. i said it's working. is it working? >> i've never seen anything like this in my lifetime and i go back to the anti-vietnam war days in my youth. this is an incredible, incredible turnout. you just said the word "arkansas." that footage that's back up on the screen right now, arkansas. thi

meeting in washington this week, sources say, including the presentation this video, congressman tom mcclintockg escorted out of a town hall by police. the message, sources say, this backlash is real. whatever you do, don't do this. >>> and, jake, house republican leadership concerned about the political optics of that video you just saw, telling their teams and their members, look, work harder on your advance. make sure you're prepared for this very real backlash that's occurring right now. and, jake, we're going to see a lot more of it. talking to democratic officials, they believe this is the seeds to what they hope is their next tea party. the big question is, is it sustainable and will it help them electorally in 2018. jake? >> phil mattingly, thanks. let's bring in the political panel. contributing editor for the add lan tick michelle connell, mary catherine ham. let's go down the line. this was shockingly similar to the same reports going on, except angry conservatives and democratic lawmakers in 2009 and 2010. is it the same thing, do you think? >> as far as the democrats go, this is wh

misstates, as, for example -- >> reporter: in northern california, tempers erupting after congressman tom mcclintock side stepped this question. >> will you support a bipartisan investigation of the trump administration's dealings with vladimir putin and russia? >> i'm not sure that an investigation, which would take up an awful lot of bandwidth in the congress -- >> reporter: liberal groups across the country holding empty chair town halls for lawmakers who are reluctant to face voters. the president and white house downplaying the wave of opposition. >> i think some people are clearly upset, but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> i'm mary story from fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> reporter: you ladd one woman grab the mike to say she had never cared about politics ever this much in her life. a lot of people looking forward to hearing their voices heard. >> it sure sounds like it. we are hearing them loudly and clearly, ryan. thank you very much. let's bring in now republican congressman scott taylor of virginia. he is a former navy s.e.a.l. and