politic and on larry king you know van jones is sometimes in the news for controversial statements on the air an awful often what he says leads to deeper discussions between conservatives for aggressives and even those who don't know if i as either identify as either he formerly served as president barack obama's green jobs adviser he's a new york times best selling author political commentator and president of the dream corps his latest venture is we rise turris launches this week that initiative will be fueled by something he calls the love army will find out what he means by that later in the program van jones joins me here on set ok before we get to your fabulous new idea tell me your assessment of trump six months in as expected better worse i think that donald trump has done worse than i.

of larry king you know van jones is sometimes in the news for controversial statements on the air an awful awful what he says. aides to deeper discussions between conservatives progressive's and even those who don't have i as either identify as either he formerly served as president barack obama's green jobs adviser he's a new york times best selling author political commentator and president of the dream corps his latest venture is we rise tours launches this week that initiative will be fueled by something he calls the love army. we'll find out what he means by that later in the program then jones joins me here on set ok before we get to your fabulous new idea tell me your assessment of trump six months in as expected better worse i think that donald trump has done worse than i thought when it comes to his own base in other words i expected to be outraged by his policy when it comes to muslims or mexicans or whatever i thought he would do more for those forgotten americans though i thought he would get infrastructure bill going put those folks to work i thought he would figure out

the divisive climate has inspired one-time san francisco resident van jones to host a 14 city tour calledrise. >> that's right. the cnn commentator took his message to the masonic in knob hill. lonnie is in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: this is the second stop for the tour. first was los angeles. the idea is to foster good conversation to encourage progress. jones urged a large audience to focus on values over party. >> it seems like there's an internal struggle in the white house for power, but power to do what, to help who? that's why we have to rise up ourselves. >> reporter: that message inspired this gathering at the san francisco masonic. >> everybody is -- >> reporter: it was an invitation to bay area residents from various background to have a healthy discussion about politics and social change. >> i think when people start talking to each other, they realize that their similarities are much greater than their differences. >> it is about moving away from the republican versus the dems, it is about moving to each other and seeing can build community. >> reporter: the ci

the divisive climate has inspired one-time san francisco resident van jones to host a 14 city tour calledrise. >> that's right. the cnn commentator took his message to the masonic in knob hill. lonnie is in the newsroom with the story. >> reporter: this is the second stop for the tour. first was los angeles. the idea is to foster good conversation to encourage progress. jones urged a large audience to focus on values over party. >> it seems like there's an internal struggle in the white house for power, but power to do what, to help who? that's why we have to rise up ourselves. >> reporter: that message inspired this gathering at the san francisco masonic. >> everybody is -- >> reporter: it was an invitation to bay area residents from various background to have a healthy discussion about politics and social change. >> i think when people start talking to each other, they realize that their similarities are much greater than their differences. >> it is about moving away from the republican versus the dems, it is about moving to each other and seeing how we can build community. >> reporter:

politic and on larry king you know van jones is sometimes in the news for controversial statements on the air an awful often what he says leads to deeper discussions between conservatives for aggressives and even those who don't know if i is either as i think he formerly served as president barack obama's green jobs adviser he's a new york times best selling author political commentator and president of the dream corps his latest venture is we rise tours launches this week that initiative will be fueled by something he calls the love army will find out what he means by that later in the program then jones joins me here on set ok before we go .

same organization a project veritas sees van jones in the street who is on camera two days before this saying this is awful this is terrible and then he says to the guy on camera unbeknown to that he's on camera this is a nothing burger i mean what credibility how do you trust that name ok richard can you reflect upon that because you know c.n.n. hasn't disputed any of these things here and we asked directly a producer at c.n.n. if this is a real story the russia story the russia gate story and and he said it's b.s. it's simple it's not i mean it's it's very transparent ok and if you c.n.n. wants to explain that is diversity when i you know then they needed communications director to communicate their message here richard please go ahead and i'm sure you disagree that's why you're here go you're. you know what's not in dispute peter what's not in dispute according to the seventeen intelligence agencies the united states is that russia interfered with the us elections every single agency every single witness before congress was associated with the intelligence community says there is ze

going on larry king you know van jones is sometimes in the news for controversial statements on the air an awful awful. what he says leads to deeper discussions between conservatives progressive's and even those who don't have i as either don't identify as either he formerly served as president barack obama's green jobs adviser he's a new york times bestselling author political commentator and president of the.

the divisive political climate inspired van jones to host a nationwide tour called we rise. the cnn commentator took his message to san francisco. lonnie has more on his call for unity. >> it seems like there's an internal struggle in the white house for power, but power to do what? to help who? that's why we have to rise up ourselves. >> reporter: that message inspire t inspired this gathering at the san francisco masonic. it was to have a healthy discussion about politics and social change. >> i think when people start talking to each other they realize that their similarities are much greater than their differences. >> it's about moving away from the republicans versus the dems. it's about moving to each other. >>. >> reporter: the civil discourse in this theater is a contrast to divisiveness in washington. but after the gop haeealth care failure. there are renewed calls to work together again. >> sometimes you need a little spark that inspires the forces of coming together. >> reporter: van jones says there's still lots of work to do regarding health care and other issue

the political climate inspired former san francisco resident van jones to host a nationwide tour called "we rise." he took his message to san francisco. lonnie has more on his call for unity. >> it seems like there's an internal struggle in the white house for power, but power to do what? help who? that's why we have to rise up ourselves. >> that message inspired this gathering at the san francisco masonic. it was an invitation to bay area residents from various backgrounds to have a healthy discussion about politics and social change. >> i think when people start talking to each other, they ralize that their similarities are much greater than their differences. >> it's about moving away from the republican versus the dems. it's about moving to each other and seeing how we can actually build community. >> reporter: the civil discourse in this theater is a contrast to divisiveness in washington. after gop health care failure. >> this is a disappointment. a disappointment indeed. >> there are renewed calls to work together again. >> sometimes you need a little spark that inspires the forc

from james o'keefe and project vera toss that was van jones who briefly served in the obama administration and is now as a commentator for c.n.n. in the clip he says that the the russia thing is a nothing burger and now it's important to be clear here we don't exactly know what he's referring to about the russia thing could be the russian investigation could be the allegations about trump the context of the clip is not exactly clear who this leak comes on just in the aftermath of another recent leak from project there a toss in jon bon a field an important producer for c.n.n. says that the russia story is the polite term is nonsense that was just recently released as well that it's important to know that these videos that are coming out are not without controversy james o'keefe is personally facing a million dollar lawsuit at the hands of a contractor he interviewed after he interviewed them posing as someone else and this was a contractor allegedly working with the democratic party so there's a lot of questions that still remain and we also those behind the video what the russia thing. we

from james o'keefe and project vera toph's that was van jones who briefly served in the obama administration and is now a commentator for c.n.n. in the clip he says that the the russia thing is a nothing burger now it's important to be clear here we don't exactly know what he's referring to about the russia thing could be the russian investigation could be the allegations about trump the context of the clip is not exactly clear who this leak comes on just in the aftermath of another recent leak from project there a thompson jon bon a field an important producer for c.n.n. says the russia story is even polite term is nonsense that was just recently released as well and it's important to know that these videos that are coming out are not without controversy james o'keefe is personally facing a million dollar lawsuit at the hands of a contractor he interviewed after he interviewed them posing as someone else and this was a contractor allegedly working with the democratic party so there's a lot of questions that still remain but we also the people behind the video what the russia thing refers to

producer and one of their political commentators the last one van jones responded to the undercover video he said his words had been taken out of context and that he did not think there was nothing to claims team trump colluded with russia and both videos were released by investigative journalism group project veritas their founder is already facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit over an undercover videos thing against democratic organizations and activists we asked americans what they think about their media's coverage of russia related stories. are you tired of hearing about trump and russia yes actually i guess that's all i hear about it it's just getting a little tiring we're all exhausted however however it has to be it has to be the truth has to come out and the truth is that that there was interference in the american electorate system but by putin the sentiment you feel like this is what the american people want to see on t.v. as they want to hear about trump allegedly working with russia. not me not a my friend i think they would but that's something you know if it if there is so

this is a nothing pickle, to use van jones' term, on a nothing burger. >> i'll take that as a no -- [speakers ] >> politics is full of all kinds of -- >> you would have sat down with a russian government official? >> if somebody said to anybody in politics i have information that might be of interest, i don't fault anybody with sitting down and hearing it. >> i do. al gore is running against george bush, they're tied into the polls. tom downey, congressman from new york, was going to play bush in the debate preps. he receives, unsolicited, and there's the bush debate briefing book. somebody in the bush campaign detrd betrayed their boss. he called the fbi, then he recused himself from the debate. that's what an honorable person does. >> how come donna brazile -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> she's been let go. >> but at the time she accepted it. she accepted the information. >> what she did was sleazy. you are refusing to characterize anything about donald trump, jr. -- >> i'm saying that donald trump, jr. did nothing with that information. >> robby, if somebody said they were from the

producer and one of their political commentators the last van jones responded to the undercover video saying his words had been taken out of context and that he did not think there was nothing to claims team trump colluded with russia and tried to cover it up both videos were released by investigative journalism group project veritas the founder is already facing a million dollar lawsuit over an undercover video sting against democratic organizations and activists we asked americans what they think about the media's coverage of and obsession with russia related stories. are you tired of hearing about trump and russia oh yes actually yes that's all i hear about problems. it's just getting a little tiring we're all exhausted but however however it has to be it has to get through this to come out and the truth is that there was interference in the american electorate system but by the sentiment you feel like this is what the american people want to see on t.v. is they want to hear about trump allegedly working with russia. not me not a my friend i think they would that something you know

of them back to politicking i'm talking a van jones former advisor to president obama new york times best selling author political commentator and soon to launch the we rise to it which kicks off this week right here in los angeles we rise. what are you talking about i'm talking about the fact that people are too grumpy people issues that people are too mad ever since the election season you've just seen people almost need to go into therapy and i think it's time for us to start coming back together so you know this week we're going to have me on stage with russell simmons. he's one of the great you know leader nick cannon is going to be the known both i mean so these guys are talking about listen we just was a setup here and cry for four years can we do anything can we help anybody who's you know we i'm a part of something called the dream corps and the dream corps is a solution center we support a lot of great initiatives including the love army the love armies the idea listen let's fight cynicism with solutions and we can sit up here both sides and yell and scream complain and bla

. >> van jones says there's still lots of work to do regarding %-pt relieved, but we should be working even harder now to get this country back o >> reporter: organizers goes to dream corp, committed to green energy, access to tech jobs and prison rehabilitation. abc 7 news. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi is offering to work with republicans on health care. she wrote a letter to the gop leaders say democrats extend the hand of friendship and look forward to our working together in the regular order for the good of the american people. pelosi also said house democrats are prepared to support some of the elements in the better care reconciliation act which was voted down on tuesday. that includes a short term stable fund and cost sharing subsidies. and happening today, people across the nation will rally in support of medicare, medicaid and women health. the bay area rallies in san jose and santa rosa. san jose will meet at the corner of winchester and stevens creek santa rosa will be in a parking lot at 2300 county center drive. one will be held later and that event starts at 1:

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i remember being in a green room with van jones and him bragging about how hillary paid more than she was supposed to pay for taxes. that's why people don't think she is. the way he's speaking about it so frankly, the way his son is being very transparent. we know that the professionals professionals -- >> harris: by professional you mean hillary clinton. >> kennedy: "the new york times" is about 30 seconds away from releasing, so optically, it was better for him to release it. it was very revealing and it is in this context more problematic than it has been for the administration, although we know that don, jr., is not an official part of the administration. to your point, it's always good for him to go overseas. these foreign trips allow him to push the reset button and this is his third trip to europe. for some reason, when americans see him through an international lens, he appears as more presidential and he can perhaps sidestep some of these question questions. >> harris: president obama tended to look more presidentia presidential. there is a lot of grandiose preparation and be

at cnn, van jones called him president snowflake. that is being too sensitive. doing some bizarre psychoanalysis saying he's only angry and that's why he's doing it. they tried to deflect from the network that is failing and in a credibility crisis. >> i think where they don't realize, kimberly. i wrote about this today. i think they don't realize that every time they focus on a tweet or meme or something that got the american people's attention, they are completely vindicating this president when he says that they are fake news, when he says that this is a witch hunt.n i think while they think they are sort of covering so that the democrats can continue to obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. what i think is happening is that they are self-destructing and the president is going to see to it that he carries it through to fruition. >> kimberly: it is self-destructive behavior, that they are imploding. no matter how many times they try to go with a false narrative that has absolutely no facts or evidence behind it of russian collusion, now they're trying to go with the p

. >> when the sykes family sat down with van jones, they talked about why they couldn't vote for clinton. >> you know, hillary, we couldn't trust her. anybody who deletes as i understand it 30,000 e-mails two days after she was subpoenaed. >> there's things about donald trump ishlgsz trust, but he spoke to me about jobs, and that overruled everything. >> but they say they could have forgiven hillary clinton for what they believe were her ethic cal lapses. >> if she came through and not neglected us or disregarded us, she would have had all of our votes, everybody in this entire county. we switched over because she came through here and said nothing. that was going to help us put food on the table. we were only looking for hope. >> and ultimately that's why he says he voted for donald trump. >> you don't sit around -- and wait for things to happen. you go out and you clean gutters. you make ends meet. you do all that you can. >> it's families like this that helped put donald trump in the white house for four years. if he delivers on his economic promises could keep him there for eight. ga

. >> reporter: when the seitz family sat down with van jones before the president took office, they talkedut why they couldn't vote for clinton. >> hillary, we couldn't trust her, anybody who deletes 30,000 e-mail it was days after subpoenaed. >> reporter: and to date? >> oh, there's things about donald trump i do not trust. he spoke to me about jobs and that overruled everything. >> reporter: but they say they could have forgiven hillary clinton for what they believed were her ethical lapses. >> if she would have came through here and not completely disregarded us, she would have had all of our votes. we switched on her because she came through here and said nothing that was going to help us put food on the table. we were only looking for hope. >> reporter: and ultimately, that's why scott seitz said he voted for donald trump. >> you don't sit around and wait for things to happen. you go out and you clean gutter s -- you make ends meet. you do all that you can. >> reporter: it's families like this that helped put donald trump in the white house for four years. and if he delivers on his ec

"outfront" now, van jones, a former special adviser to president obama, scott jennings, ron rotunda whoerved with ken starr. van, kushner insists he did nothing wrong. right now there is nothing to prove he did anything wrong. is it possible there's more to come or is it possible that this is, as has been said, a nothing burger? >> well, i think kushner may become an even richer man because apparently he's been able to create a smoke machine so there's always smoke but there's never a fire. every time these guys come before the camera they say nothing is going on, they deny everything and then admit to something they just denied before and now they say we are done. if you see this pattern of denial, deny it, admit it and then deny something else, you have to wait. in a few more weeks or months, no one would be shocked if it turned out there was another russian, four more russians that talked about this. but the overall effect of it is to get the american people used to a level of insanity and drama in the white house, which is bad for everybody. >> scott, jared kushner said he didn't re

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. >> actually worked van jones' nonprofit the dream corps.to deconstruct everything, but you can't build crap. you don't have to wait until you're out of college, you can do it now. it's happening now. there are issues that need to be addressed by youth that can affect us in our world now. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> what a young man. >>> watch our special sunday at 6:30, to learn more about dylan and the other abc 7 star scholar winners. do you know a young change maker in your community? they can apply for a $500 summer of service grant. >>> time for consumer news and "ask finney." michael finney here answering questions. first question comes from emma in danville. what's the cheapest and the safest way to move across the country? >> look, i've got to start off with a warning. it is a wild west out there. there's very little regulation. there's a lot of rip-offs. if you're packing and driving yourself, make sure you understand the entire price. there could be a lot of add-ons. some of the bad guys can get sneaky. if you're using moving comp

> now let's go to the jack king halston, who is also a senior advisor for the trump campaign and van jonesh you and this podesta thing. the president tweeting everybody is talkings about john podesta. nobody is talking about podesta over there, which makes sense because why would you be? what does he gain by tweeting that? >> i think he has the ability to play games or, you know, on lots of different levels. and i don't mean a game necessarily. although van might say it is a game. but i think he does keep people off ball hans. he's unpredictable. it is something the american people are cap vacittivated by. we saw spontaneous things on our own twitters. in this case it is a substantive question. >> or we consider it unprofessional and we don't. >> some would. but look at podesta's response to him. we got down in the gutter and called the president of the united states a whack job. but i think it is a substantive question, why isn't there an investigation about podesta when he was on the government payroll sitting on the board of a company that was doing business with russia. >> van? >> no,

. >> reporter: when the seitz family sat down with van jones before the president took office, they talked they couldn't vote for clinton. >> you know, hillary we couldn't trust her. anybody who deletes, as i understand it, 30,000 e-mails two days after she was subpoenaed. >> reporter: and today. >> oh, there's things about donald trump that i do not trust. but he spoke to me about jobs. and that overruled everything. >> reporter: but they say they could have forgiven hillary clinton for what they believe were her ethical lapses. >> if she would have came through here and not completely neglected us or completely disregarded us, she would have had all of our votes. everybody in this entire county. we switched over because she came through here and said nothing that was going to help us put food on the table. we were only looking for hope. >> reporter: and ultimately that's why scott seitz says he voted for donald trump. >> you don't sit around and wait for things to happen. you go out and you clean gutters and -- >> hope you get through. >> you make ends meet. you know, you do all that you

this is a nothing pick to use van jones term -- >> would you have personally sat down with somebody? that -- >> i'll take that as a know. >> donald trump jr. did nothing wrong. >> contrast from reality. >> politics is full of all kinds of interesting situations. >> you would have sat down with a russian government official. >> if somebody said to anybody in politics, i have information that might be of interest, i don't fault anybody for sitting down and hearing the information. >> i do. >> in fact, here's a counter example. al gore's running against george w. bush. they're tied going to the debates. tom downey was going to play bush in the debate preps. he received unsolicited just opens the mailbox one day and there's the bush debate briefing book. someone in the bush campaign shipped it to tom downey. tom called the fbi right away. then he called the bush campaign chairman and said you have a traitor in your midst and recused himself from the debate. i had to play this. that's what an honorable person does. donald trump jr. is not an honorable person. >> how come donna brazile --