watch the debate or the vote and tonight he arrived in battle creek, michigan for a rally. bay area members of congress urged their fellow lawmakers to impeach president trump. south bay democrat talks about the scandal that toppled president richard nixon. president nixon attempted to corrupt elections. his agents broke into the headquarters to get a leg up on the election and like president trump, he tried to cover it up. then he resigned. this is even worse. president trump not only abused his power to help his re-election, he used a foreign government to do it. north bay congressman mike thompson raised concerns about foreign governments in u.s. elections. every elected official must dedicate themselves to protecting our democracy. no one should invite a foreign country to interfere with our most sacred act of voting. lawmakers on both sides cited the constitution and mentioned key figures in history during today s debate. the bay area republicans are taking a m
announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. i don t want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. mark zuckerberg tonight pledging big changes aft russi bought thousands of ads on facebook during the 2016 u.s. election. good evening. i m larry beil. dan and ama are off tonight. facebook is handing over the 3,000 ads to congressional ators, saying after monthsigveinst of internal inven it only just recently uncovered fake accounts linked to russia. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. katie? reporter: larry, mark zuckerberg said facebook s mission is about giving people a voice and bringing people together. he said those are democratic values and he cares deeply about democracy. i don t want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. reporter: using facebook ng over o mark zuckerberg turni more than 3,000 political ads to congressional investigators. the ads are linked to russia. most of them praise don
announcer: live where you i don t want anyone to use our tools to democracy. mark zuckerberg tonight pledging big changes after admissing that russian agents bought thousands of ads on facebook during the 2016 u.s. election. good evening. i m larry beil. dan and ama are off tonight. facebook is handing over the 3,000 ads to congressional investigators, saying after months of internal investigation it only just recently uncovered fake accounts linked to russia. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. katie? reporter: larry, mark zuckerberg said facebook s mission is about giving people a voice and bringing people together. he said those are democratic values and he cares deeply about democracy. i don t want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. reporter: using facebook live, ceo mark zuckerberg announced he d be turning over more than 3,000 political ads to congressional investigators. the ads are linked to russia.
democracy. i don t want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. reporter: using facebook live, ceo mark zuckerberg announced he d be turning over more than 3,000 political ads to congressional investigators. the ads are linked to russia. most of them praise donald trump or attack hillary clinton. we ve seen now that it can be tools of technology can also be abused. reporter: silicon valley congressman ro khanna said he s glad facebook took this step. we need more cooperation between intelligence agencies and tech leaders to help address these problems. these were new problems for democracy. reporter: east bay representative eric swallwell expressed a similar sentiment on cnn. going forward we have to exect that they and twitter and google and others are more mindful about it and, you know, being respectful of free speech but not allowing foreign adversaries to take over our election. reporter: zuckerberg said facebook will continue its own investigat
good evening, thanks for joining us. i m larry beil. dan and alma are off tonight. many of those russian ads attacked hillary clinton, or praised donald trump. tonight facebook is turning them over to congressional investigators. the american people may eventually see them. brian ross explains how the russians used the menlo park company to reach american voters. reporter: after months of stonewalling congress, today facebook gave in. its founder mark zuckerberg agreeing to turnover more than 3,000 russian-linked political ads that ran during last year s election campaign. i don t want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. that s not what we stand for. reporter: russian companies spent more than $100,000 on the ads. many of them praising donald trump or attacking hillary clinton. millions of americans saw them and just this week clinton said facebook has to own up to the problem. i don t think anybody can with a straight face say that the russians did not se