Eastern on cspan. Cerro wire is joining skype,a congressional reporter for the l. A. Times. Thanks for joining us. Good morning. What has been the reaction in california for the impeachment inquiry . Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. It has come up in town halls, but it has not been the prevailing thing people are talking about. Most people are focused on prescription drugs or gun control or immigration. Once ore mentioned twice about impeachment, but it is not the main question. Host there are also the fires, the saddleridge fire, the l. A. Times peace, the city declares emergency as the saddleridge fire is in the valley. That is taking up a lot of the focus recently, huh . Guest it has, when you couple that with the states largest ailities turning off power to million people, it is 3000 miles away from washington, and that is the big focus right now. Host back to members of congress, with members are having a tough fight in 2020, the you think . Take us around the state . Guest it is predominantly democrat. The democrats are going to target a handful of the republican fees, particularly Duncan Hunter in the san diego area. Time, republicans are trying to win back some of the seven seas they lost in 2018 , so those freshmen are those once we are keeping an eye on during this recess. Ground ins lost orange county, which is a traditional republican stronghold, and we saw that only a few of those freshmen, democratic freshmen, held town halls this time, which is fascinating. One of them, cisneros, who is one of the freshman who signed onto this letter that kind of kick start of the impeachment effort here a few weeks ago, he did not hold a lot of Public Events him and he did not have a town hall. Host what other issues are out there that are not impeachment, related . What else are other people thinking about right now . Guest gun safety is a big issue in california. You know, theres the environment, controlled nuclear waste, things like that. I mean, a lot of global issues are taking precedent. Host how about the Hollywood Community . How active have they been in politics this year, and what are you expecting from them in 2020 . Guest you know, they are always active in politics. I think we will see them be more vocal again. Moved toa, she washington and is getting arrested a lot, talking about the environment for the next few months. She had a story about that recently. So we will see them pop up here and there. We are not seeing a ton about impeachment just yet. I think people are waiting to see what happens. It is interesting you brought up hollywood, because the House Intelligence Committee chairman, adam schiff, actually represents the Hollywood Community, so they do have a direct line to his ear, that is for sure. Host some of the folks from california, they have really prominent positions. You mentioned adam schiff, if the closing, of course, maxine theys, a committee chair, have an elevated platform to act from. Guest it is something i think a lot of people do not realize. California makes up one and five democrats in congress, so there are a lot of very powerful positions. You have got nancy pelosi and kevin mccarthy, you have got adam schiff leaving the Intelligence Committee and devin nunes as the ranking member. You also have the Oversight Committee on the judiciary, the Intelligence Committee, so they have some pretty big roles. Host we think of money as well when we think of california. We know President Trump has been out there recently. How important is california in the bigger money picture this year . Guest i think it will continue to play a major role. The president came out and did a bunch of fundraisers a few weeks ago. He was in san diego and los angeles and went up to San Francisco as well. The Silicon Valley and hollywood, between the two, it is kind of the wallet for politicians across the country. Host what else are you focusing on as a congressional reporter for the l. A. Times . Guest i am looking at how the scramble came together to pull the ukraine money together once the white house released it and what that looks like. And for some of the california member sue went to ukraine during recess and talked with on the ground,s, what it actually meant to them. Host cerro campaign 2020. Theh our live coverage of president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. 2020, yourmpaign unfiltered view of politics. Democratic president ial candidate john delaney sat down with cspan to talk about his life, career, and why he is running for president. This is about 35 minutes. Congressman john delaney, you were the earliest to announce your intention to seek the democratic nomination. What has surprised a