>>. tonight on kqed newsroom, house minority leader nancy pelosi helks about winning back house and fighting in the acapitol. >nd double trouble forhe trump presidency. paul manafort's conviction. and the women who helped kick start the economy and her take on the labor markets. hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. we begin with politics. this week, the trump administration suffered major league blows. on esday, president trump's former campaign manager was convicted on eight counts of tax and in fmeraud while working for ukrainian politicians. michael cohen admitted he hade

m a payment to adult film actress stormy daniels at the direction of president trump and with the intention of influencing the01 26 election. and hunt interhis wife were indicted for misusing $250,000 in campaign funds. e we asked nancy pelosi for her perspective. scott schaefer talked to her earlier. >> leader pelosi, welcome to kqed newsroas. >> my plee. it's a great to be here. >> a legal and political tsunami in washington. the lawyer pleang guilty, his former campaign chairf guilty tax fraud and campaign fraud. what do you take away? >> the take away is that

president trump has crony intompetence in washing d.c. he said he was going to drain the swamp. he hijacked the title and betrayed the mission. >> there are democrats as you know, tom sr here i california, among others, saying it's time forimpeachment. you have discouraged that. what about now? >>f there is a path to impeachment, we will see what that is. >> what does that mean? >> it means the mueller investigation will continue. it will come to a conclusion. impeachment is not a partisan exercise unless you have bipartisan, you are just acting politically. and wehink that if the factses are so self-evident, the case can come to the congress of the united states. but in the meantime, we have to protect the integrity of the system. enter he is making an assault

and we havee to make sat he does not succeed and that we protect the investigation and the documents and the quest for truth. >> so michael cohen's guilty plea aong other things, he said that the president essentially participated in a felony. what kind ofab accounity short of impeachment should bit for that? >> again that is in the judicial system. >> what do you think? >> the facts that have been presented would be very incriminating for the president. it was a day of reckoning for >> anl ryan and other phim. republicans with reluctant to criticize the president. not just on this. tuesday, paul rn said he needed more information before he could draw conclusions. what would you like the speaker of the thousad say abo this? >> people ask me all the time, when are the republicans ever t goin distance themselves from president trump and some of s attitudes and et cetera.

never. this is -- there is nothing that president trump has been asht, denial of climate, women's right toheese. fairness in the economy, imgags, gun safety. name an issue. there is nothing they haven't been there long >> isn't this just a political calculation? if you look back at 1998, bill clint yob was facing impeachment and republicans ran on tt. how is there a risk for democrats in that? >> it's important for people to now that when democrats win, we are about honor pg the founders pu forth. they couldn't possibly igine how many so when we win, we will

reswlears they have, the most closed congress in mystery. transparency, ipart sonship lniany. >> there are pe who are saying swhe an adollish i.c.e. the order folks. is that a winning message? >> no, is not an and the fact is if we want to changize, we have to win the ehylection. >> do you think dshl. >> well, everybody has their

enthusiasms and sneektd and their poll sifs are about the taking babies out of the arm of their parents, uncivilized, inhumane. oforthy of the united states america. >> you mentioned the republicans are using i.c.e. as a batteringe ram againstcrats. they are always using you. that is not new. thatapas beenning many elections and many feel the volume on that is increasi and some democrats are saying if i get elected, i'm not going to vote for nancy pelosi as minority leader or speaker. what do you expt? iknow you said, knock yourself out. just win. but thenwhat? >> well, the point is, is that rublicans now that i'm effective.

i say it modestly. i'm an elective orp and tt remains it off the table. it's just another sign of their polihe bankruptcy have to be -- go after a 1y0e6789 one of

the rising ss in the party, is cortez. shee shocked peoack in new york and beat a close ally of yours, joe crawly. what is the take away from that? >> let's sayabout that district, it's a progressive district. so her messaget worked in t district. we're trifing to win the congress of the united states. we're trying to win many seats that were won by donald trump. and as she is appropriate to her district, our candidates are appropriate to their district is. >> is this a year of the women and why? >> yeah, i and tha why republicans are so afraid, and president trump is so afraid of women, people of color, and the numbers that will be add to

the tranks in the democrat up. >> pam: and net pickup -- 23 seats. a ther about eight or so seats in hlary clinton. the dwrikt they re-elected the how many seats do you think will be flipped in california? >> a number of them. you have to remember, when i first ran f leadership, we hem 26 democrats and 31ca republ. now it's 39 almosts and 14 copies. we have picked up -- >> you feel it's hafrtd e harder

against thewrt and they are connecting with the voters in their own way. it's very impot, i say it as a former counsellor andir ch it's important for us to joan the ground. get out the vote. i tell the v tiers, every step you take, every posencard you makes a dference. these elections are going t be verm and what republicans and congress are doing, it's not only different. it's what about we are as a kbloudt. >> ronalregan.

>> you knew? >> yeah, just guessing. >> ronald reagan said the vital force of america in the world is every generation of new comers coming to america and whe we trail to recognize w that,e fail to be and the now for a further anal siz of theti week's polal developments, i'm joined by hoover institution wan chen, and toms mann from the brookings inn constitution. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> and what apeek. not only and the now withe have a david and pref and

compared to other bombshell developments we have had had in the past for. >> if and more relationship -- and carter pige frge. now, what we see is the investigation, and this is part 06 pef and that have to be conditionsed. and i think that's w people focused so much this week. what is the sbrekt involvement. that's why thisnd is people why are so many high provile almostic. >> interesting, they've not talking about it.

onlyoe smt you can't convict a president of thef articles improoefment would a -ttwird majority. that means vps has toome around. the count has to come around and it zwroublt and public congress ale hearings on all the suck jekts, republicans have avoided. >> i think it's not true to say there are no democrats that have raised thessue of improoefment. you have a number of members

lking agent it because they believe in their district -- this is to pelosi's point, it works. an thepage nor democrats, l zbroechblg against impreachment, and i the are the is able to make the case, he is able to come out better and ahead. >> let 2340e67td had happened prifr to president trump taking offic is it impeempible? >> i think 234r50e7 and let's

see how it plays out. as it kands now, it's a yen yol. >> his lawyers are spleeding with him not to. it would be the e live lent jasms and he could appear to be be doing it, to keep man forth from e eventually testifying. myhe is waiting to do it, h as well wait for the dust t

settle sfwroinchts and the president i don't think still has notforgiven sessions for making -- for committing that original is sin f you will. a we're at point now where the relatinship between the two is untenable. it's so interesting now. this is the point where we actually have democts defending jeff sessions. i never thought you'll get here. it took a shydown to keech to this point, d the qui with. >> flemt and jeff sessions is a

very conservative attorney general and is pursue peruing issues on the immigration front, questions that hoe with criminal punishment. he is doing what trump wants done. trump is thinking this i a mob boss. these guys work for me, and if they're not worried -- >> they are are are research zbroshl and about the issues? >> the answer, it sdepe entirely where the district is. and speaking out against president trump is not going to get you a lot of benefit. 60% gets 90% snarmt and

you're in original county, colorado mnchts what will it take for thome zblomt and they are calling for a delay in that. they contend nearmt and i think this is part of the political

cab buicky theaternd that all of the members decided to enjoige it. they feel like they have to sake vick a strong accept frasmt. >> let's remember how this started. this started with rich mcconnell in sfromt nomination of merrick arland who was e stehmed on

bides of t230e78 and is we have to move it there, thomas mann with the brookings institution, and lani chen. thank you both. >> thank you. turning now to tech, before there was uber of lyft there was task rabt. in 2008, leah busky had it to allow people to do jobs. and busky left the company for eighthea y before it wascq aired by acquikea in 2017. joining me now is laky. good to see you. >> thanks so much for having me. >> not a lot of people realize, before uber and airbnb, there is task rabbit. w did you come u with the

idea to have an online platform to convince people who needed people to run errands for them. >> you know, back in 2008 this is not an obvious idea. is is long before you would jump in aer stra car off the street, right? but i was sitting at home one night with her husband. we were getting ready to go to din interi realized we were out of dog food. s a cold and snowy outside. we didn't want to go out. we were like there has to be someone out there to help was the job. four months earli, the iphone had just come out. and i knew that i could build a plan form that connected me someone in real time and that is where the yt was gornl.

>> it was a cuff and the quef tarted to change. there were trends in the way that people wanted to find jobs andarn run and they wanted flexibility in the za to day. the idea for fafk and a normalization 340e6 and i don't think that these two ideas of havingenfits and security and sort of the safety net along with the freelance economy with flexibility. they are not two concepts that have be mutually exclusive and we have to mans the leads and wants o the people enjoying the

flexibility in the work kboerms and where do you seeofhe future he work force? >> the future is changing for women in particular and that's an area i ha done deep into. we have looked at flexible job marketplaces and marketplaces thatmpower women speckly to play long the work course. we looked at child care to so i think that is what is a yenl and they are are getting 2% of all venture capital in the country.

as a women founder do you feel an obligation or responheibilit t change that? >> absolutely. and not only are the venture capital statistics as far as ng who's gethe capital really disconcerting, the women in venture capital, only 7% of partners in the country are women. and hey are the people who control who gets the capital and who gets the money. there's a question here that is twofold. increasing the number of women in venture, will bring a new perspective to the table and it will empower the next generation of fnunders that are represd in technology in particular. but. across all sectors no >> you have gone now from a a company to someone working in venture. as a woman, do you look specifically for companies founded by women? >> i look for companies that are

tgoing to bring and sh best returns. it has been proven that having i rsity at top brings better returns. since i've joined fuel, we have creased the number of female founders we have invested in. i think having that perspective as a woman just allows me to see businesses in a different way and in a new light and it opens up the pipeline of the als we look at. re and what about -- ths a proposal to require public mp nies in california to have at least one woman on their board. what do you think about that? >> i think that if those companies are interested in re betterns, that having more diverse and under represented perspective at the board level can only drive returns. d or ould it be legisla left to the marketplace? >> i think thatbeing legislated is great.er is also an assembly bill

that is sitting on governor brown's desk ready to be signed that would require some of the foundations and institutions in california to have more diversity in the fund monger portfolios as well. and that again is designed to drive better returns for the endowments and institutions. >> on a personal note, you and your husband, kevin, were high scol sweet hearts. you founded task rabbit together. he went on to start another company. you have a house ld with two very drive entrepreneurs, and how is that? >> my daughter, most little rl are playing house. e she plays office and ts up her office in her bedroom and she r urns e-mails and take phone calls. that's what she knoand i guess that is the impress that both kevin and i ve on her. >> i think that's a good thing. next, she will assemble a computer for you and you will be

in great shape. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and that will do it for us. you can find more of r coverage at kqed.org/newsroom. thank you foroining us.

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