congressman tom mcclintock is here this.ot aftermath be damaging to our nation. >> fair-minded folks respect sincerely-held political differences. i know i do, but political hit jobs are obvious. we now have an opposition agenda, primarily based on hatred, not what is best for the country. my name is pam. i'm 51 years old. when i was diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia, it was huge for everybody. she just started to decline rapidly. i was rushed to the hospital... my symptoms were devastating. the doctor said, "pam! if you'd have waited two more days, you would've died." if i'd have known that a vaccine could have helped prevent this, i would have asked my doctor or pharmacist about it. david: california lawmakers giving initial approval today for a measure that prevents law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials in act of defiance against president trump's immigration crackdown. weighing in on implications of the bill, republican congressman from california, tom mcclintock. there is tendency, cong

>> julie we watched how one republican did it in a town hall in california where congressman tom mcclintocktell us sometimes rowdy crowd that it is taking a while for his party to unite around a replacement. >> we have got to get this right and it's not going to be for -- perfect plan. our system was never designed to be perfect. if our system was designed to make the best law accessible to most people. >> there is one moderate republican congressman casting doubt on speaker ryan's reassurances that the repeal and replace effort is still on track now that some of the freedom caucus backs an amendment that leadership says they can live with. >> i don't believe that we are as close as many would say on the health care bill right now. there was an amendment offered which on balance was good $15 billion over eight years for high-risk pools but in my view there other structural clauses of the legislation. today's he warned his leaders against rushing to repeal. julie: how likely is a government shutdown at the end of the month? >> julie democrats are saying at the white house stops asking them t

tom mcclintock took questions for nearly two lourz and faced a lot of criticism from the audience. one man wanted to know what he would did to help dreamers, people brought to the u.s. illegally as young children. >> punishing a dreamer for a situation that they had no control over is like punishing a child for their parent drunk driving while they were in the car. >> once we have the reforms that are necessary to ensure the integrity of our borders, i think we ought to zroes address that issue. but in the meantime i cannot advise to you break the law. >> the strike on syria did not come up but he told reporters afterwards that president trump had no right to order the attack without consulting congress. bay area representatives also held a town hall in antioch today. >>> a stanford microbiologist is taking to knitting in the name of science. we were in menlo park as a small group knitted resister hats. heidi came up with the idea for marches for science in san francisco and around the country later this month. the turquoise beanie has a battery and three resisters used in electron

i spoke with one of our counterpart, tom mcclintock. he said he had problems with it, but he was ready to support that first draft. why are you in fave something that's so the eerily similar to obamacare? >> as soon as we as a society said hey, guaranteed issue. people with preexisting conditions have guaranteed issue. you already created the box. we already created a limitation. we are a country that has guaranteed issue. we have it for medicaid and medicare and tribal mc. now they have guaranteed issue so now it's all about how do you pay for it. kennedy: you just accept the status quo unprincipled without questioning why we might have something guaranteed like that in the first place? >> here is your problem. if you already decided somebody who walks into the emergency room is going to get healthcare, the kois already in the society unless we as a country are willing to say, you show up with cancer, you are not getting services, you show up with a bullet wound you are not getting services. the cost was already being paid for. it was

just about everything congressman tom mcclintock says about healthcare gets him heckled. >> we want tosure nobody is left in the lurch. that the new system offers a wide range of policies at lowest possible price. and that we stop this radical increase in premiums we are seeing under obamacare, and stop if the flight of providers out of the obamacare market. reporter: right up until house lawmakers went home for the two-week recess. the healthcare act has an amendment supported by gop leadership and solve of the freedom of caucus. speaker ryan says the 200-day plan for repeal and replace and reforming the tax code is still on track. kelly: some of the people aren't happy about this. they wanted to see something done. we'll watch to see the developments when those lawmakers return. how concerned are lawmakers about a government shutdown at the ends of the month? reporter: they will have less than a week to stop a government shut down at the end of this recess. they don't want any money from the *'s border wall in there and they don't want cuts to domestic programs which the white house

tom mcclintock knows it and still bringing the message to the states.gressman mcclintock, sounds like that got nasty. >> it has been seeing nasty. what we're seeing is the radical left on full display. the intolerance for any descending viewpoints and the double standard. >> neil: i don't know. when you went into that, you knew -- this is the way town hall meetings have been going for colleagues. you go into a viper's nest here. a good minute didn't want the hear anything bad about susan rice and what she knew and when she do it even though she's had inconsistent positions. some would go to say that she lied repeatedly. for example, on this very issue. so i'm wondering how you try to explain to people that if we're going to have an investigation into russian meddling in our election and that is the case, you might as well get to the bottom of what she knew hand who she was outing at the same time. >> it goes much further than susan rice. it goes into the politization of our intelligence agencies. the most disturbing development we've seen since the inau

we showed that very loud town hall with representative tom mcclintock out in california.his has been happening everywhere. how loud would you say the call to avoid a government shutdown? would you say that republican and democratic lawmakers are close or far apart on a budget suitable for most in congress? >> i'm very confident that we are not going to have a government shutdown. we are going to make sure that we continue on. we have experienced that before it was not a pleasant experience at all. so we understand. and we are going to get our job done. and we are going to get healthcare done at the same time. we can do two thing at one time in congress. i think you will see us working toward that. arthel: so far it hasn't worked. people say we hear you saying you can do two things at once in congress but it's not happening. >> it is happening, just not pretty the way it's happening. again, the government hasn't shut down yet. we are still in the process -- the budget process. we'll get there. well work toward that goal. arthel: is there a sticking point that would prevent

congressman tom mcclintock took questions for nearly two hours and faced a lot of criticism from thewhat he would do to help dreamers, people brought to the u.s. illegally as young children. >> punishing a dreamer for a situation that they had no control over is like punishing a child for their parent drunk driving while they were in the car. >> once we have the reformed necessary tone sure the integrity of our borders i think we are going to address that issue. but in the meantime i cannot advise you to break the law. >> the strike on syria did not come up but mcclintock told reporters afterward that president trump had no right to order the attack without consulting congress. bay area democratic representatives mark desaulnier and jerry mcmurray also held a town hall in antioch today. >>> for the 27th year santa clara county has helped residents become u.s. citizens. abc 7 news was in san jose at city college for citizenship day. it included application help setting up payment programs and free legal assistance. one attendee who's been in the u.s. almost her entire life said she's

here's tom mcclintock. >> i'm concerned that things are moving a little too much back toward the coldar. but it certainly puts to light any suggestion that somehow president trump is vladimir putin's passy. >> russian's foreign ministry says the relations are at a low point since the fall of the soviet union. it's obvious that the russian-american relations are the lowest to the cold war. during the upcoming talks, we want to understand that the u.s.a. recognizes a need for stabilizing and normalization of bilateral relations and adding a top u.s. navy admiral says russian navy activity in europe is at levelling not seen in years. including a warship just deployed to the mediterranean. are we headed to another cold war? >> february -- if we are, we're going to win it. that rusty warship looked rusty to mind. their military is a joke but they're rattling sabers. this is the evolution of the democratic party when it comes to russia. after the cold war, the come you mists and the democrats had a lot in common. when reagan defeated them, next thing you know they're debating with romney an

yesterday california republican congressman tom mcclintock took questions for nearly two hours facinge audience. one man wanted to know what he would do to help dreamers. people brought to the u.s. illegally as young children. >> punishing a dreamer for a situation that they had no control over is like punishing a child for their parent drunk driving while they were in the car. >> once we have the forms that are necessary to assure the integrity of our borders, i think we are going to address that issue. but in the meantime. >> i cannot advise you to break the law. >> he said that president trump, quote, had no right to order the attack without consulting congress. bay area democratic representatives also held a town hall in antioch yesterday. >>> the ntsb is investigating a small plane crash that killed a southern california family on their way to visit colleges in oregon. the crash happened just outside of eugene, oregon, and they all died. witnesses describe seeing the plane flying at a low altitude when it suddenly turned and went down into a field. investigators plan to be at the

[shouting] neil: this is what a republican congressman, in this case tom mcclintock from california, out when he has a town hall meeting to discuss, say susan rice, throws it out there, right of course after the whole russian thing blew over and we realized we were throwing tomahawk missiles at syrians, you would think that would mitigate the whole thing but it didn't. take a look. >> with the house and the senate are conducting extensive investigations into all of those allegations. one thet serious ones is just come to light is th the role of susan rice in -- [booing] now why is it, why is it, want legitimately to look allegations involving russian influence and yet you do not want to look into very serious allegations regarding the american government making our own laws to influence our election? >> this is the radical left. they demonized trump during the campaign. they're still demonizing him. they completely lost touch with the american people, and we're -- neil: did any of them acknowledge apparently that cozy relationship was at the very least compromised, so if donald trump