. >> whitman's office held today was called mobile office hours. congressman whitman wasn't in attendance, nor was he ever scheduled to be. however, that didn't stop his constituents from giving his staff an. earful from angry chants. >> don't patronize. >> us with your nonsense. >> shame, shame, shame. >> to passionate, please. >> we want. >> to know. >> we want. >> to know. >> and even tears. >> who is. >> representing me in congress. >> constituents from across the first congressional district filed into a midlothian american legion post on wednesday. that's where republican congressman rob whitman's office was holding, what his team calls. mobile office hours. >> he needs. >> to answer. >> to his. >> constituents and. >> stop hiding. >> his constituents. >> saying they're concerned about the gop budget resolution, which whitman voted for on tuesday that some, including the mother of a child with lung disease. believe could lead to massive cuts to medicaid. >> you take. >> away medicaid funds, you are saying that's okay for this. >> child to die

this is whitman clapp, brougham and then ballou, right. and so the thing that gunn says about blue is that that, you know, he kind of in the back of howell's tavern is observing all of these figures. i mean, by the end of the night, can sketch them all. what is it with his eyes closed and one hand tied behind his back? it's a little bit of embellishment, clearly, but i don't know. frank blue is a pretty extraordinary figure and, you know, the visual records we have of comic artists are really revealing. think they give us a flavor of the sort of urban romantic subcultures that we're talking about. so, for instance, what we're looking at here is john mcclennan, who's who's really a very important kind of sequential artist. well, and thomas nast. right. they're both dressed in a way that absolute would have caused a stir on the streets in 19th century new york. you know, mclennan for instance, has this huge walrus mustache, this frock coat, and he's wearing a fishing hat because he loves fishing. okay. and the urban origins of these comics e

so for people you've mentioned, that's so interesting and you mentioned whitman. so i keep hearing also i am large, i contain a line that i know you know well. i contradict myself, there's nothing wrong with that. there you go. there you go. i would love to hear we talked about the fire next time, but you've given us so many wonderful of rummaging in your your grandparents garage, going to a sidewalk sale woodshedding when you're in new york city in columbia. reading, reading, reading. talk to us please, about another book that has been transformative to. well i mentioned a toni morrison song of solomon was was that was another that another book i wanted to write if i had. it's one of those things that if you were if you asked what what's the kind of talent that it seems like just you know a know magic dust sprinkled on someone and suddenly they can write a book like that it the kind of book that after reading it i said my goodness how does somebody do that i have to confess shakespeare to shakespeare's tragedy. i wasn't somebody who was raised on that i, i took i

it left the solano whitman leadership academy without electricity. district officials say power has been restored and additional security measures are in place after more than $200,000 in repairs and the san francisco board of supervisors are expected to vote today on mayor daniel leary's fentanyl emergency plan. the mayor says the plan will speed up the process of approving funding and contracts for mental health and homeless services, and speed up hiring for new police officers and san francisco's municipal transportation agency is looking to fill a funding gap with new parking fees. one proposal would extend parking meeting hours until 10 p.m., four hours later than the current cutoff. the agency is also considering charging for parking on sundays from noon to 6 p.m.. the two proposals together could boost the agency's budget by about $12 million. sfmta is facing a $300 million deficit. still ahead at noon and streaming on cbs news bay area crews making progress, removing plain debris from that mid-air crash in washington, dc. what they hope to re

like these appear to show flames at the base of one of their lines, suggest a link between their whitman of the eaton fire. they also say they have not identified evidence to confirm that they are responsible. >> the cause of the palisades fire is also under investigation with the authorities continuing to look into potential arson or whether a small brush fire that authorities have thought was put out, if that reignited. >>> when we return the buzz over nonalcoholic brews, surging in popularity but how do they taste? grandmother: we got the best seats in the house! ha! shingles doesn't care. 99% of adults 50 years or older already have the virus that causes shingles inside them, and it can reactivate any time. guest of honor: everyone's here for my birthday! cute. shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects! only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix doesn't protect everyone and isn't for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. tell your healthcare provider if y

today they are starting a new division run by the former ceo of the gm, mark whitman, hiring 100 people for the robotics field. their plan is to try to own the market and maybe even make a humanoid robot of their own. tim: is the idea here that they make money on the hardware? the software? at the end of the day, how does this help the company make more money selling ads? mark: meta is investing billions in artificial intelligence, a core technology useful for humanoid robots. the technology could be applied to humanoids. they are spending 65 billion in r&d and a portion of that will now go to humanoid robots. how can they make money from it? selling it to consumers, obviously, but also on becoming the platform and licensing their technology, parts of it open source. they believe that the hardware is pretty where -- pretty well done by the third-party manufacturers. where they see a step down is in the ai and software and they think that with llama, they can fill the gap. jackie: what has the company learn from their prior ventures, like in headsets, for example? what do they plan to do

and it's just even where there was this tremendous push and i give ambassador whitman a lot of credit for that, all of these relationships are complex and it just takes more attention, more effort, more resources, both financial and human capital resources. but if the signals being sent from the highest levels continue to be just keep a lid on it there and we will do some high-level visits and maybe once every eight years we do a summit. these summits are presented on the comet -- continent. an idea of it's well past its sell by gate. and i get how much work it takes to do and i have tremendous respect for people who did all that work but we just still have this sort of africa as extra credit project approach to our policy whereas africa is strategically incredibly important to china. it is very important to russia. it is super important to a bunch of gulf states as well. africa figures prominently in their long-term foreign policy strategies and we are just still not there. rush: maybe one follow-up question if i could and then maybe we go online, i'd one question for michelle, you s

. >> online you don't really get a chapter and verse and a true whitman sampler has available. in in person, you can find things that you never thought you would discover. >> reporter: for books inc., the hope is to discover a viable path forward in an ever evolving landscape for independent bookstores. >> store's closing tomorrow. some staff will be transferred to other locations. we'll see how it works out. for now, appreciate you watching. we're back at 11:00. >> until then, the news continues streaming on cbs news bay area. good night. i'm not happy with the way that pg&e handled the wildfires. yeah. yeah. i totally, totally understand. we're adding a ton of sensors. as soon as something comes in contact with the power line, it'll turn off so that there's not a risk that it's gonna fall to the ground and start a fire. okay. and i want you to be able to feel the improvements. we've been able to reduce wildfire risk from our equipment by over 90%. that's something i want to believe. [skateboard sounds] announcer: it's time to play "family feud"! give it up for steve harvey! [

in virginia, voters protested at some mobile office hours for republican congressman rob whitman. a staffer usually leads these sessions, but constituents, they showed up. they wanted to hear from the congressman himself. instead, they heard from a government worker, a former government employee, who also wanted some answers from the congressman. >> this mass terminations, without any assessment of the american people's needs, will end up costing taxpayers more money. >> yes, yes. waste. waste. >> disruption to services. you want to know why no one at the social security office? they're firing people. >> here we go. >> people there accused a republican congressman of hiding from his constituents. here's what the. here is, then what the republican house speaker mike johnson, had to say last night about all of this blowback. >> is the videos you saw of the town halls were for paid protesters in many of those places. these are democrats who went to the events early and filled up the seats. if you if the videos had panned out outside the building. >> protesters. >> though. >> mr.. >>

former state department official kristian whitman and tim kinney both join us now., i have to start with you. green beret to hear that. i mean united states dollars going to the other side of the war you fought. maybe not directly with some of these organizations, hezbollah or hamas, but you were in afghanistan, you were in iraq, you fought against this jihadi ideology. >> not surprising. i think every veteran can what denies this special operation that we have seen usaid logos and banners throughout camps in africa and the middle east. absolutely undermines our credibility when trying to spread the idea that is the beautiful thing about america and create stability and security throughout the world so it is a safer world when we go to radical or terrorist camp and then see american taxpayer dollars supporting that radical group. it is heartbreaking. >> will: but, kristian, we just heard from elon musk and donald trump and the oval office talking about how this happens. how these checks go out to. you work the state departments, help me understand how this funds is

recent new york times op ed out this morning, she and two other former epa leaders, christine todd whitmanilliam k riley, responded to donald trump's threat, warning americans they will miss the epa when it's gone. it's good to have you with us. i do want to point out here that a white house spokesman later clarified the president's comments, saying that he meant to say 65% of the epa's budget would be cut, not the staff. that being said, were 65% of the budget to be cut. what would that mean? practically? >> well, it would mean that the agency would sincerely be handcuffed. um, the agency itself right now is is staffed by very capable people. we don't want to lose that staff. but but honestly, this is all about how we protect our health and our safety, how we protect our natural resources. this is not a percentage game. this is an opportunity to recognize that people in this country have had epa to protect their health and well-being since 1970 with the clean air act and the clean water act amendment, the safe drinking water act, we do what what congress dictates by law that we need to do

in a letter to his constituents, republican congressman from west from virginia rob whitman acknowledgeded this quote i share your concerns regarding potential conflicts of interest and overreach, protecting the personal information of americans is a fundamental responsibility, and any breach of privacy is alarming. the prospect of private individuals or companies having unfettered access to sensitive data raises critical questions about accountability, oversight and the safeguarding of our citizens rights. and there's also gop congressman mike flood, who tried to tried to reassure his nebraska district, saying, quote, that mr. musk absolutely does not have full access to the federal payment system. he pledged to take his responsibility under the constitution very seriously to respect congress's power of the purse, and restated his intention to protect nebraskans. joining us now, the bulwark congressional reporter joe perricone. joe, how much of this is a pro forma response from a lawmaker to a constituent? joe, my friend, i think you were on. mute up there. start over. you're not on mut