Feinsteins seat became open law professor and political commentator Jessica Levinson says the pick makes a lot of sense for Governor Newsom. I think Governor Newsom understood when he said im just going to appoint a caretaker that there was an enormous amount of backlash saying how could you say youre going to appoint a black woman who can only be a caretaker . And i think what he acknowledged today is what hes saying is i pick somebody is qualified. I pick somebody i trust and theres no Strings Attached and they can now run. If they want to. Butler will be the 3rd black woman to ever serve in the senate. She could be sworn in as early as tuesday evening when the Senate Returns to session. Now, congresswoman barbara lee is running for that Permanent Senate seat this summer. She criticized the governors comments about choosing a black woman as a caretaker. In a statement tonight, she said, quote, i wish la fonda well and look forward to working closely with her to deliver for the people
Leader in choosing her newsom is fulfilling a pledge he made to appoint a black woman. If einstein seat have become open law professor and political commentator Jessica Levinson says the pick makes a lot of sense for the governor. The pick, a black woman who is also at the forefront of issues. He cares about about gender equality, about reproductive choice. And so i think for the governor, this pick makes a lot of sense. It also makes sense because Senate Democrats need another person there. They cannot be down a body and we expect that ms butler will be sworn within a matter of days. She could be sworn in as early as tuesday evening when the Senate Returns to session. Butler will be the 3rd black woman to ever serve in the senate. Now congresswoman barbara lee is running for that Permanent Senate seat this summer. She criticized the governors comments about choosing a black woman as a caretaker. In a statement tonight, she said, quote, i wish lafond so well and look forward to working
Neighbors on the tarmac at sfo. There are lots of hugs and tears. As feinstein made her final trip home. Senator Dianne Feinstein returned to her hometown for the final time on saturday. A plane from the president s military fleet carried her body back to San Francisco international airport. She died in her washington, d. C. , home thursday night at the age of 90, it was just hours after she cast her final vote misses. Feinstein. Representative Mike Thompson whose district includes parts of napa contra costa and solano counties says it was an honor and a pleasure working with senator feinstein who is always available should always want she could she helped immensely. Issues race, creed, disaster, Fire Prevention to healthcare. Feinstein was the first female mayor of San Francisco before she began a more than 30 year Senate Career year. She fought for environmental protections, reproductive rights and gun control. Representative nancy pelosi made the trip with her body back to San Franc
Returned to her hometown for the final time on saturday. A plane from the president s military fleet carried her body back to San Francisco international airport. She died in her washington, d. C. , home thursday night at the age of 90, it was just hours after she cast her final vote misses. Feinstein. Representative Mike Thompson whose district includes parts of napa contra costa and solano counties says it was an honor and a pleasure working with senator feinstein who is always available. Always want know she could help. She helped on issues race, creed, disaster, fire to healthcare. Feinstein was the first female mayor of San Francisco before she began a more than 30 year Senate Career year. She fought for environmental protections, reproductive rights and gun control. Representative nancy pelosi made the trip with her body back to San Francisco. Shes called feinstein not only a colleague or friend is a say personally as a friend, neighbor and fellow san franciscan. All of us do so
Being reported. The quake set off an earthquake alarm in mexico city, which is almost 400 miles away where buildings shook and swayed sending people running out onto the street. The quake was at a depth of almost 10 miles kron fours haaziq modyoon spoke to an expert about the significance of todays quake. A major earthquake in mexico. We everything really flying around. Was a 7. 6. Well, thats a pretty big earthquake. Thats thats a very big earthquake. You have an earthquake that large under San Francisco bay area youre going to youre going to have considerable damage for comparison. The 1989 loma prieta earthquake was a magnitude 6. 9. Usgs seismologist paul earle says this earthquake in mexico happened monday at around 11 00 05am, Pacific Standard time it was center just off the coast near colima states. Fortunately in this case, the coastline is not excessively populated. This is video of mexico city. First responders on the scene, coincidentally over the years, a pair of major quak