Farewell ceremony. We are also following the Breaking News of the passing of senator Dianne Feinstein, and trail blazer, and the longest serving female senator in history. She has been serving in congress sense 1972, and A Storied Political Career Starting in San Francisco. That is where we will begin. She was the first female to serve on the San Francisco board of supervisors is and then became the first San Francisco female mayor. And she had a Lasting Impact to be elected to the u. S. Senate taking over for harvey milk. She helped to pass a weapons ban, and helped to develop lgbtq rights, and helped to develop the amber alert. She worked all of the way up until yesterday, and voting on legislation to prevent the Legislation Shutdown that is looming. Trying to prevent that. We will be hearing from the colleagues, and throughout the day. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer called it a very, very sad day. He is expected to speak from the senate floor. We have received a statement
Bill in is the news of the moment. Fox news confirming that democratic california senator Dianne Feinstein has died at the age of 90. She was currently serving a sixth term in the senate, winning election in 1992. Described as the year of the woman in that election. She would become the longest tenured woman serving in the u. S. Senate. Rest in peace, god rest her soul. We watched her with her Health Continueing to decline over the past year. A fighter to the end. Im bill hemmer. Dana has the day off today. Welcome to the coverage of the ongoing story. Im jacque heinrich, this is americas newsroom. She has battled Health Problems and multiple hospital stays battling shingles earlier this year. She missed a pair of votes yesterday afternoon and she was also absent from a Senate Judiciary committee meeting. The senior senator from california was 90 years old. Bill one of the images that comes to mind immediately is what we saw recently, the effort she made to fly across country and reall
of legal discussion, somewhat more political discussion, jon, that s not a surprising observation at all. you know, the counterargument would be bringing in law which is that begs the question, however, of whether it did or didn t happen, which is what everybody is saying. but the point is, discussion one is did this happen? did it not happen? we will use the mechanisms to figure it out. discussion two is wait a minute. look at the timing, how many years have lapsed. when did senator feinstein first have this letter? jon: back in july apparently. circumstances under which she disclosed it and it goes on and on from there. the observation that there is political hay to be made out of the idea that if the republican controlled judiciary committee were to go to a vote without hearing her testimony, regardless of why, jon, i mean, you will hear all kinds of screaming in strictly political context about how could you not give her the forum to present her version and you went to the vote.
of legal discussion, somewhat more political discussion, jon, that s not a surprising observation at all. you know, the counterargument would be bringing in law which is that begs the question, however, of whether it did or didn t happen, which is what everybody is saying. but the point is, discussion one is did this happen? did it not happen? we will use the mechanisms to figure it out. discussion two is wait a minute. look at the timing, how many years have lapsed. when did senator feinstein first have this letter? jon: back in july apparently. circumstances under which she disclosed it and it goes on and on from there. the observation that there is political hay to be made out of the idea that if the republican controlled judiciary committee were to go to a vote without hearing her testimony, regardless of why, jon, i mean, you will hear all kinds of screaming in strictly political context about how could you not give her the forum to present her version and you went to the vote.
the judiciary committee, dianne feinstein released a short by jarring statement. quote, i have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court. that individual strongly requested confidentiality, declined to come forward or the press the matter further. i have honored that decision. however, i have referred the matter to federal investigative authorities. hmm. we reached out the senator feinstein s office tonight. they would not provide us any information beyond that statement. news outlets starting with ryan grim at the intercept, later bust buzzfeed then the new york times, washington post, now nbc news are all reporting that senator feinstein first became aware of whatever this information is thanks to a letter. the new york times tonight reporting that this letter was sent in july, first to the office of a california democratic congresswoman anna eshoo. congresswoman eshoo then relayed the letter to senator