Judiciary committee, and we had some very rancorous debate within our own party, behind closed doors, out in the committee room, here on the floor over the patriot act. Over the extension of power under the foreign Intelligence Surveillance courts. I was very concerned, even though we had a republican administration, and president that i liked and respected, george w. Bush, smarter, wittier than people gave him credit for, a good decent man, but we have to consider the possibilities, and we have to be specific in our laws, and when we debated these changes before the Judiciary Committee back in the 109th congress, when i was a freshman, there were people, my democratic friends across the other side of the aisle, that were very concerned about an abuse of power that might be occasioned if we dont tighten up the patriot act. Anal enough, i read the bill as it existed, i read the law as it existed, i was pushing for some things to be changed, and it did cause me of concern that the title
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Andrea, it is great to see you, congratulations on 40 amazing years. It is great to work with you. Thank you. Good afternoon to all of you, i am kasie hunt in today for craig melvin. Stop this. The president tells is Attorney General to end the russia investigation in a string of tweets on the same day his form er campaign chairmans trail. The Press Briefing should start in about 15 minutes. Well see how they respond to questions about this. Plus, russian influence, hearing on capitol hill reveals russias push to sway American Voters went deeper than we thought. We all these talks, when do we see action to stop it . Off message, the president says you need to buy an id to buy
groceries the day after his administration floats the idea of a huge tax cut for the rich. We start with President Trumps twofold twitter attacks today demanding his Attorney General end the Special Counsel investigation. He defended the target of one of the biggest Indictment Results in that probe. Former Campaig
Atmosphere, the far left as they dont want police or city officials to ever again have a presence in the several city blocks they now control. City councilwoman blaming democrats and their policies for what is going on now. We have to hold the establishment in various cities accountable. This violence on capitol hill was carried out by mayor durgin. Tens of thousands of people in seattle are calling for her resignation. The only thing that went awry, day after day after day since the first protest on may 30th was the police under orders by the Democratic Party establishment, the police making things going all right. We take you inside the autonomous zone with somebody who has been on the ground at the abandoned Police Precinct but first to kevin cork with the president s greatest response to what is going down in seattle. The president has been fiercely critical of seattles mayors handling of the capitol hill autonomous zone in the citys downtown area. It has been cordoned off to polic
Ballots and 50 days before a pope was named. Now, two more votes may happen later this morning our time. So stay tuned through ktvu throughout the day for coverage throughout the conclave and well have a live report from rome coming up at 7 30. You can also find continued updates on ktvu. Com and mobile ktvu app. Back here hat home this morning, students at Foothill High School in pleasanton are arriving in school and security there is very tight. The school is on alert after a threatening message was found in a girls bathroom. Ktvus Claudine Wong has been at the campus since 4 30 this morning to tell us more about this threat. Claudine . Reporter well, we do expect an increased Police Presence here on the campus of Foothill High School. This morning, you can see behind me, things pretty quiet right now. There was an early bell that was supposed to ring at 7 00. We havent seen anyone arrive. School in general for everybody starts at about 8 00 this morning. We expect things to pick up