Ok, everybody take a seat. Democrats. G welcome to virginia blue commonwealth gala. This is important, so i want yall to listen up. Before we get started tonight, listen up. We talkportant that about the pain and sorrow suffered on may 31 in Virginia Beach. Here in virginia, and across the country, we are all too familiar with this pain. Action to stop the scorch of gun violence. And we will take it immediately. We will honor the 12 members of our Virginia Beach community, who we love. Who we love, with our actions. I agree with the governor, he said bots and prayers are not enough. We need action. Room, i dot, in this ask for we have a lot of people from the Virginia Beach community with us tonight, please stand. I asked that you all please stand with them and follow the solidarity for a moment of silence in their memory. Thank you. Crowd. This there are 1800 democrats here tonight. [cheers and applause] one for every democrat running for president. [laughter] in all seriousness, help
We begin with a new debate in the 2020 campaign and the issue of democratic socialism, something that Bernie Sanders talked about in his speech at George Washington university and in a recent cnn interview. We want to ask you this question , specifically, would you be willing to pay more taxes for Free Education and health care . Here are the numbers. 202 7488000 if you say yes. 202 7488001 if you say no. You can also join us on social media at cspan wj on twitter [video clip] twitter. J on we want to get your calls and comments in a minute, but to frame the argument there is this the new york magazine. Why does bernie so fervently cling to the issue of democratic socialism. Host thats this morning from new yorker magazine. Getting to your calls in a moment, but first, following his speech at George Washington university, which is by the way available at our website, senator sanders appeared on cnn and was asked this question. [video clip] onlye United States is the major country on ea
Currys first ever block party. At chase center, we take you inside. From the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at 7. Hey, good morning. Thank you so much for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. Im Stephanie Lin. Its sunday. May the 19th. Lets get your morning started with a look at the weather with dave sphar. Good morning, dave. Well, good morning, stephanie. Good morning, everybody. Not a bad start. Either relay taking care of a lot of that fog to get things going across the bay. Its starting to break up nicely. Even in San Francisco. We can see. Some sunshine to start. So were off to a better start today than we had from yesterday. That will add a little bit of extra heating for the day, too. And some of the spots that didnt get so much from yesterday. Heres a live shot of the east bay shoreline. We have some leftover fog still kind of working its magic a little bit. There. But as far as the big view of things, High Pressure is about to take
From a political family wielding 30 years of influence. Take a look. Reporter los angeles, the city where fame and infamy go hand in hand. Tax credits work. Reporter here everything seems larger than life. Including its politicians. That is ron calderon. He is the target of an ongoing federal investigation. According to a sealed affidavit obtained exclusively by al jazeeras investigative unit, the senator is for sale. A politician willing to influence legislation in exchange for money. As part of an elaborate undercover sting, fbi agents posed as owners of a film studio. They had to establish bank accounts. They needed a business license, and so its a very extensive lengththy operation. Reporter the senator allegedly wanted his family added to the payroll. He told undercover agents, any help you can do for which kids thats diamonds for me. At the world famous pebble beach resort, he attended a fund raiser. The greens were lined with some of the states most influential lobbyist. Despite
30 years of influence. Take a look. Reporter los angeles, the city where fame and infamy go hand in hand. Tax credits work. Reporter here everything seems larger than life. Including its politicians. That is ron calderon. He is the target of an ongoing federal investigation. According to a sealed affidavit obtained exclusively by al jazeeras investigative unit, the senator is for sale. A politician willing to influence legislation in exchange for money. As part of an elaborate undercover sting, fbi agents posed as owners of a studio. They had to establish bank accounts. They needed a business license, and so its a very extensive lengththy operation. Reporter the senator allegedly wanted his family added to the payroll. He told undercover agent s, any help you can do for which kids thats diamonds for me. At the world famous pebble beach resort, he attended a fund raiser. The greens were lined with some of the states most influential lobbyist. Despite an ongoing federal probe, calderon i