Young congressional aide more than 40 years ago. Like so many of you, i have a me too story to share. I was working as a congressional staffer. The chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. So i know what its like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. I know what its like to lie awake in bed at night wondering if i was the one who had done something wrong. I know what its like years later to remember that rush of humiliation and anger. Joining me now is congresswoman Jackie Speier of san mateo county. Tur so much for being here. Great to be with you, thuy. Id like to ask you about the russia probe. You sit on the house intelligence committee, and were hearing now that there are a number of witnesses scheduled for next week, but none for january. So what does this mean . What is going on . Well, we can read between the lines, i think, and there is a rush to try and shut this Committee Investigation down. And this week was a great example. Three in
Story about being assaulted as a young congressional aide more than 40 years ago. Like so many of you, i have a me too story to share. I was working as a congressional staffer. The chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. So i know what its like to keep these things hidden deep down inside. I know what its like to lie awake in bed at night wondering if i was the one who had done something wrong. I know what its like years later to remember that rush of humiliation and anger. Joining me now is congresswoman Jackie Speier of san mateo county. Tur so much for being here. Great to be with you, thuy. Id like to ask you about the russia probe. You sit on the house intelligence committee, and were hearing now that there are a number of witnesses scheduled for next week, but none for january. So what does this mean . What is going on . Well, we can read between the lines, i think, and there is a rush to try and shut this Committee Investigation down. And this w
Motivations with kqed politics editor scott shafer. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Thank you for having me. Youre spending a lot of money, tens of millions of dollars on ads calling for the impeachment of president trump. Youve never held office. Youve never run for office. Why are you, tom steyer, the guy to be saying its time to impeach the president . Well, i dont think its at all about me actually, scott. What were really trying to do is empower the voice of the American People. What were doing is letting, at this point, over 4 Million People put their voices together to say this is a dangerous president. Hes unfit for office. We need to get him out. So it really isnt at all about me. Were not convincing anyone to do this, i assure you that. Were enabling them to put together a collective National Voice to speak up to elected officials. As you know, youre getting a lot of pushback from democrats, starting with House Minority leader nancy pelosi, who says its too soon. We need to wait fo
Motivations with kqed politics editor scott shafer. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Thank you for having me. Youre spending a lot of money, tens of millions of dollars on ads calling for the impeachment of president trump. Youve never held office. Youve never run for office. Why are you, tom steyer, the guy to be saying its time to impeach the president . Well, i dont think its at all about me actually, scott. What were really trying to do is empower the voice of the American People. What were doing is letting, at this point, over 4 Million People put their voices together to say this is a dangerous president. Hes unfit for office. We need to get him out. So it really isnt at all about me. Were not convincing anyone to do this, i assure you that. Were enabling them to put together a collective National Voice to speak up to elected officials. As you know, youre getting a lot of pushback from democrats, starting with House Minority leader nancy pelosi, who says its too soon. We need to wait fo
Motivations with kqed politics editor scott shafer. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Thank you for having me. Youre spending a lot of money, tens of millions of dollars on ads calling for the impeachment of president trump. Youve never held office. Youve never run for office. Why are you, tom steyer, the guy to be saying its time to impeach the president . Well, i dont think its at all about me actually, scott. What were really trying to do is empower the voice of the American People. What were doing is letting, at this point, over 4 Million People put their voices together to say this is a dangerous president. Hes unfit for office. We need to get him out. So it really isnt at all about me. Were not convincing anyone to do this, i assure you that. Were enabling them to put together a collective National Voice to speak up to elected officials. As you know, youre getting a lot of pushback from democrats, starting with House Minority leader nancy pelosi, who says its too soon. We need to wait fo