THE DIRECTOR SAID THE SAFETY
CHALLENGES CREATED BY COVID-19
PLACES OUR FOOTBALL STUDENT
ATHLETES AT AN UNACCEPTABLE
LEVEL OF RISK.
>>> AND IN CALIFORNIA, LOS
ANGELES MAYOR GARCETTI IS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO SHUT OFF
WATER AND POWER SERVICE TO
PROPERTIES HOSTING LARGE HOUSE
PARTIES.
>> WHILE WE HAVE ALREADY CLOSED
ALL NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS THESE
LARGE HOUSE PARTIES HAVE
ESSENTIALLY BECOME NIGHTCLUBS IN
THE HILLS.
MANY TIMES THE HOMES ARE VACANT
OR USED FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
AND BEYOND THE NOISE, THE
TRAFFIC AND NUISANCE, THESE
LARGE PARTIES ARE UNSAFE AND CAN
COST ANGELINOS THEIR LIVES.
THAT IS WHY TONIGHT, I’M
AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO SHUT OFF
THE LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF
WATER AND POWER SERVICES IN
EGREGIOUS CASES IN WHICH HOUSES,
BUSINESSES AND OTHER VENUES ARE
HOSTING LARGE UNPERMITTED GAGS.
>> JOINING US DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL.
CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW DID CALIFORNIA GET TO THIS
POINT.
IN THE EARLY STAGES I’M THINKING
BACK TO MARCH AND APRIL IT WAS
ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES
BECAUSE OF THE STAGES BECAUSE OF
SHUTDOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WAS
RELATIVELY LOW.
AND NOW YOU’RE TO A POINT WHERE
YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT SHUTTING
DOWN AGAIN.
MAYOR GARCETTI HAS FLOATED THAT
POSSIBILITY.
WHAT HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA?
>> IN MANY WAYS, WE HAD SUCCESS,
WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO
SHELTER IN PLACE.
ESPECIALLY IN MY CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT YOU WOULD SEE A DAILY
CASE RATE OF 30 TO 50 CASES A
DAY.
REL THIFL
RELATIVELY LOW.
BUT AS THE REST OF COUNTRY
STARTED TO REOPEN LIKE TEXAS AND
FLORIDA AND GEORGIA I THINK
PEOPLE STARTS TO GET ANTSY.
AND THEY WANTED TO COME OUT AND
WE LET OUR GUARD DOWN.
THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR
PULLED US NOW.
AND NOW WE’RE ALL PLAYING A
PRICE BECAUSE WE DIDN’T HAVE A
NATIONAL PLAN.
>> ERIC, TELL ME WHAT’S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN
NEGOTIATIONS ON THE CORONAVIRUS
RELIEF BILL.
WHEN YOU HAVE, OF COURSE,
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS GOING
BACK AND FORTH TALKING ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF MOVING CLOSER TO
TOGETHER.
AND NOW THE PRESIDENT COMING OUT
AND SAYING THAT HE MAY MOVE
UNILATERALLY BECAUSE ARTICLE TWO
OF THE CONSTITUTION GIVES HIM
ULTIMATE POWER.
BUT THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE MAY
MOVE UNILATERALLY IF CONGRESS
DOESN’T GET THE JOB DONE.
WHERE IS CONGRESS, AND ARE THEY
GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE?
>> JOE, YOU’VE BEEN AROUND LONG
ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT PLAN BEATS
NO PLAN.
11 WEEKS AGO WE PASSED THE
HEROES ACT WHICH FUNDS THE
TESTING AND TRACING THAT’S
NEEDED.
IT EXTENDS THE PAYCHECK
PROTECTION PLAN.
AND EXTENDS UNEMPLOYMENT TO THE
END OF THE YEAR AND PROVIDES
HAZARD PAY.
AND STATE REPUBLICANS ARE ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
THEY DON’T HAVE A PLAN.
THEY HAVE GRIEVANCES.
WE’RE STICKING TO WHAT IS NEEDED
AND THAT’S ULTIMATELY GOING TO
PREVAIL.
I WAS AT A FOOD BANK IN MY
HAYWARD DISTRICT TWO DAYS AGO
AND THE LINE WENT AROUND THE
BLOCK OF PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY
IMAGINED THEMSELVES WAITING IN A
LINE FOR HOURS TO HAVE A BOX OF
FOOD IN THEIR TRUNK.
THE HELP AND NEED IS THERE.
AND WE NEED TO FULFILL IT.
>> THAT’S THE FRUSTRATION,
CONGRESSMAN, A LOST OF AMERICANS
WHO NEEDED THAT HELP LAST WEEK.
NOT THIS WEEK.
A WEEK AGO.
THEY’RE WATCHING CONGRESS
SLOW-WALK AND IT’S AFFECTING
THEIR LIVES.
WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT
URGENCY IN THE SENATE.
MARK MEADOWS IS SAYING IF WE
DON’T HAVE SOMETHING BY THE END
OF THE WEEK, THE PRESIDENT MAY
STEP IN WITH EXECUTIVE ACTION ON
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
ON EVICTIONS.
WHERE IS THIS GOING TO END?
TOMORROW IS FRIDAY.
WE’VE COME UP TO A WEEK
ANNIVERSARY OF $600 PAYMENTS
RUNNING OUT FOR TENS OF MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS.
IS SOMETHING ABOUT TO GET DONE
HERE OR NOT?
>> IT FEELS LIKE IT’S MOVING
THAT WAY, WILLIE.
AGAIN, WE PUT OUT A PLAN, AND WE
SHOWED WHAT OUR VALUES WERE.
IF THE PRESIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN
ACTING UNION INGING UNILATERALLY
HAVE PRESENTED A PLAN IN MARCH.
HE DOESN’T HAVE THE ABILITY OF
HIS OWN CONFIDENCE OR DOESN’T
UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF THE
PROBLEM TO ACT UNILATERALLY.
I THINK IT’S PRETTY CLEAR WHAT
WILL WE BELIEVE.
AND THE SECURITY GRIEVANCES FROM
THE SENATORS WELL WE DON’T WANT
TO ADD TO THE NATIONAL DEBT,
THAT CONCERN WASN’T THERE THREE
YEARS AGO, WHEN THEIR TAX PLAN
WAS PASSED FOR THE WEALTHIEST
AMERICANS.
IT’S NEVER GOING TO BE CHEAPER
RIGHT NOW TO STIMULATE THE
ECONOMY AND HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SCHOOLS.
THE CITY REPORTED LOS ANGELES --
EXCUSE ME, CHICAGO IS GOING TO
START THE YEAR ONLINE.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT
PLACES LIKE LOS ANGELES?
SAN FRANCISCO?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR FOR ALL
OF THE FAMILIES IN YOUR
DISTRICT?
>> MOSTLY, IT WILL BE VIRTUAL.
WILLIE WITH A 3-YEAR-OLD AND A
1-YEAR-OLD, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE
KIDS TO BE IN THE PRE-K
PROGRAMS.
IT’S BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT
THEY’VE NOT CRASHED THIS
BROADCAST YET.
>> THERE’S STILL TIME.
>> UNTIL THEY CAN HAVE THE SAME
TESTING AND SANITIZED
ENVIRONMENTS THAT PROFESSIONAL
ATHLETES HAVE OR THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE SAFE.
AND WE HAVE TO PUT THEIR SAFETY
ABOVE ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT I NEED THEM TO SEE THEM GET
BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND IT’S ALSO WHY IN PART,
GETTING A DEAL WITH THE SENATE
SO WE CAN FUND THE NEED THAT’S
THERE RIGHT NOW AS STATES TAKE
SHORTFALLS IS OWESO IMPORTANT.
>>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
ANOTHER STORY THE MANHATTAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BATTLING THE
PRESIDENT IN COURT OVER TAX
RETURNS.
AND SUBPOENAING THE LENDER NOW
IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WIDE
INVESTIGATION INTO TRUMP
BUSINESS PRACTICES.
CY VANCE SUBPOENAED DEUTSCHE
BANK.
ACCORDING TO THE"THE NEW YORK
TIMES"
TIMES", THE GERMAN BANK IMPLIED.
THE "TIMES" REPORTS THE SUBPOENA
TO DEUTSCHE BANK SOUGHT
DOCUMENTS TO MR. TRUMP AND HIS
COMPANIES INCLUDING ANY
MATERIALS THAT MIGHT POINT TO
POSSIBLE FRAUD INCLUDING TWO
PEOPLE BRIEFED ON THE CONTENTS.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS COMPANY
REPEATEDLY DENIED WRONGDOING.
CONGRESSMAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU WERE
VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION.
AND ANY LINKS BETWEEN TRUMP
BUSINESSES, PRESIDENT TRUMP
HIMSELF AND THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT AND RUSSIAN BIT
ENTITIES.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS STORY
THAT SHOWS PERHAPS THE
INVESTIGATION IN THE MANHATTAN’S
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS
MORE BROAD THAN WE ORIGINALLY
KNEW?
>> IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT’S MOVING
CLOSER TO AN INDICTMENT, RATHER
THAN FARTHER AWAY.
IT IS FILLING IN THE GAPS THAT
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO FILL IN WHEN
WE WERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE
MINORITY RUNNING THE ELECTION
INVESTIGATION.
AND THAT THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION DID NOT LOOK AT
BECAUSE IT WAS STYMIED IN
CONGRESS AND WE DID NOT YOU’RE
OUR SUBPOENA POWER TO LOOK AT
THE PRESIDENT’S FINANCES.
RUSSIA HAS INVESTED IN THE
PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS INVESTED OVER
IN RUSSIA.
HE’S DISGUISED OR BEEN DECEITFUL
ABOUT THOSE INVESTMENTS.
SO NOW, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT
FOR TO US UNDERSTAND WHY DOES HE
CONTINUE TO PUT THE PRESIDENT
OF -- RUSSIA’S INTERESTS ABOVE
OURS.
AND THIS MAY BE ONE WAY FOR US
TO FIND OUT SOON.
>> CONGRESSMAN ERIC SWALWELL.
YOU SURVIVED THIS INTERVIEW IN
ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE IT’S SO EARLY WHERE YOU ARE WITHOUT THE