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We take you live to a conversation with senator cory booker. Celebrate the illustrious career of our beloved colleague, distant wrist university professor, james a server. Jim is retiring this year after 47 illustrious years studying american democracy, contribute into it, and enlightening others about it. During that time, jim has done many things. Im sure hell be angry with me, the am going to embarrass him a little bit. [indiscernible] longtime advisor to both congress and the executive branch, a documentarian, acting dean, director of many things, including this center, which he founded. A sponsor of more than three to 50 events of converses, principal invested conferences, principal investigator, an author and editor of over 50 books and monographs, peerreviewed journal articles, and well over 100 book chapters and publications. As my colleague said earlier this week, jim is american university. When we started talking about these dialogues, we asked jim who he would like to inter ....
She was president of the San Francisco board of supervisors. She was appointed mayor and brought san franciscans together after the assassinations and the jonestown massacre. She was then elected the citys first female mayor in 1979. And served 2 terms navigating the city through the height of the aids crisis and pushing for the repair of the citys iconic cable cars. Despite losing in 1990, bid for governor, 2 republican pete wilson, feinstein achieved another first when she and barbara boxer. Were elected to the u. S. Senate during 1992 socalled year of the woman making california the first state in the nation to have 2 female u. S. Senators taking on the gun lobby would be a whole marker for 3 decades careers. I am quite familiar with firearms. I became mayor is a product of assassination. Im aware sound my assassinated colleague and put a fingers through a in a 1994. Her assault weapons ban was passed. Senator, i know something ....
Senator Dianne Feinstein passes away at the age of 90. The reaction from friends and colleagues. Plus an arrest made in connection to the driveby killing of tupac shakoor. Nearly 30 years after his death. And newly released body cam footage revealing new details about a fatal martinez shooting involving a burglary suspect. News station. Hes calling news 2. Joining us here on kron, 4 news at 2. Im stephanie lin. We continue our coverage of todays breaking news. Senator Dianne Feinstein has passed away at the age of 90. She was remembered as a trailblazer in american politics and an inspiration for women in the world of Public Service. This is a live look now at the United StatesCapitol Building in washingt ....
Clifford caught up with brown earlier today and joins us live now from feinsteins home. Charles. You know, Diane Feinstein, willie brown, they knew each other for a very long time dating back to the 60s, possibly even longer. Today i caught up with former mayor brown in north beach where he was reacting to the news of her passing. I am obviously. Instantly didnt believe friday morning. Former San Francisco mayor willie brown said he was shocked to hear of the passing of senator Dianne Feinstein, especially after she had voted in the senate on thursday. And so i surprised. I built bill, of course, of the night when she was function, them yesterday. The former mayor in the senator had a friendship and working relationship that went back decades. Brown recalled the time of the 1960s when feinstein who was then known as di ....
Her assault weapons ban was passed. Senator, i know something about what firearms condition after the ban sunset in 2004 feinstein repeatedly tried to get another assault weapons ban passed. But as congress became more polarized, she failed to win support. It exempts 2000, 271 weapons. Is this ad ucfs for the people in the United States that will moderate democrat feinstein championed in offshore Oil Drilling Ban after the bp oil spill in 2010. Were here to announce this band that would permanently ban all new offshore oil drilling in federal waters all along. The west coast, she was also behind the california desert protection act, which among other things designated death valley and joshua tree as National Parks, though, few by some as a late convert to support same marriage. She spoke in favor repealing the defense o ....