tonightthe blue wave cont as another democrat declares victory in a tight congressional race. as well as term ooil and tear gas on the boarder. survivors of the camp fire are trying to pull their lives together after losing everything in the state's deliest wieltd fire. and missions district in the '80s. a look at -- we begin with with politics. one of the last house races is in central valley. this week hobs declared victory

in that race. if the victory is certified, he will give democrats. and nancy pelosi won her party's nomination for house speaker. and after u.s. boarder guards firetear gas on sunday, california governor elect visited the u.s./mexico boarder. joining me to discuss all of th is. nice r to have all of you. the blue wave was a stunning clean sweep across california. districtargeted swing democrats. >> we can thank president trump for lot of it. the republican party in california is on life support in part because they clung to president trump like -- and then

after that, you had a whole bunch of issues that brought out critical voters, suburban women, wum younger voters all came out for the democrats in all of of these districts. that made the difference. at least get out the vote for the democratic party is especially strong. >> they took advantage off a new law that allows campaign workers to pick up ballots and deliver them. >> they have that going on. it was called ballot harvesting. the democrats saw it as a get out the vote and a way to deliver those ballots. you've got 2/3 are voting by mail. and they figured how to efficiently deliver those ballots. republicans are saying that and maybe other techniques like

same-day registration, like long -- early voting. the fact is i talked to the secretary of state. he said they may call it cheating. we democracy here in california. >> and housepeaker paul ryan is calling it bazar. he made point of nationally republicans are down a whole lot more. what happened? >> and questionably i think some of these changes of the law and to accentuate the number of ballots that maken,t those are in thes republicans will express concerns about. what we saw is trends getting worse for republicans in a lot of ways. where president trump did well you look at india, missouri. those trends got better. and here in california it got a whole lot worse. this effect and back lash

particularly in southern california weayaw this in s. so this elekds wction about furthering the trends we saw. >> so how can the republican party repair itself? or is it salvageable in its current form? >> it's very challenging in suburban areas. southern california starters. tbutere's also an infrastructure party. it hasn't been focussed on message more broadly or the bigger question of how to compete state wide. i thing those are the sorts o things that take time and timately may be it it impossible in the trump era. >> the chairman of the democrati california party now says he plans to rese n in the wa sexual misconduct claims against him. >> e allegations include

things like unwanted touching and comments that atre sexual in e. and these are allegations that are coming at him from party staffers on the order of about 10 people. see thing immediateresponse from key members of the state's democraticb party. i was covering the governor ect when this all blew up and there were no quals aboutin m it clear he was one of the first people to make it clear and from ie of the democrats who is comingo congress and said look, we have to maar it c that they cannot get away awith this. >> i still think democrats on the #me too have had a number of headlines this year. they're in the super majority in both houses. i think there has to be an issue where they address this and

drinking was a part of the problem other legislatures are facing the same charges.e democrats ht to see if they can get a handle on this. that's ou do esee when the first thing i need to go to. i need to get help. >> i have an alcohol problem. >> and makes you wuntdither is he trying to pave the path toco back or just fade into the sunset? >> i think only he knows the answer. 32 democrats publicly opposed nancy pelosi. >> i thing it's not going to be much of a challenge.

35 altogether, including those abstained. but that's less than she had a challenger in 201 it was 55 votes. fact is she's in very good shape. she knows how to herd those cats up and down in capitol hill and she is somebody who is formidable and has no opposition. >> it's interesting how people repeatedly underestimate nancy pelosi. she was a very skilled several years ago when the democrats had can control of the house. the question going forward is what's tlr succession going forrd. they're trying to have a forward message with the party.head of >> and republicans have kevin mccarthy. ihey're both from califo

>>eing the minority party at a time like this for the republica going to be a challenge because they haven't had to deal with this in the era of trump. democrats are going to be aggressive in seeking out potential issues to highlight fromn. the trump administrat there won't be a lot of opportunities to work together. asked hisntially members to walk the plank on somany issues. these were all repeal of the affordable care act. that's why many t ofse members went down to defeat. it's interesting tha while pelosi is being criticized, mccarthy is not and his caucus is down to seven members. they haven't had numbers that low since 1970s republicans. >> was the right decision to align with with trump pin way that he hethe republicans do.

and i remember this image where you ahad devyn nunes, jeff denim who are now gone andin sta behind trump as he was signing aexecutive memorandum. so two of those five now been voted out. >> you have a situation where mccarthy earned his stries and boosted his stock by being so loyal to him. but did he also betray his fellow democrats in cay fornia convincing them to vote yes on these issues? and like t carla say lost the election? >> i don't know that he had much of a choice, to be honest with you. evenif republicans and some did try to distance them selves on the tax vote. the democrats were going to doe rything they dood paint a picture of republicans as being one of the same of donald trump.

there's not m muche he could have done in that sense and to have a good working with th relationship with donald trump, he wasn't going to be able to do anything anyway. >> i meant did he leave his fellow republicans astray because i don't think he to hear me saying that, leading the democrats astray. let's talk aboutwemmigration as l. earlier this week u.s. boer agents launched tear gas at the u.s./mexico boarder. those images captured everyone's attention nationallly and inter you were there when governor newsome was there. what were the concerns he express said and how does he plan to handle >>this? here is the humanitarian issue and that's whate is grappling with, the mayor of tijuanaspeciallys grappling with and there's also the issue of economic impact. when you have the arder close

down sunday of black friday weekend, that was a $5.3 million hit to just the economy of san seed row. when i was walking through that community for several daysal through that right at the boarder on the u.s. side, a ghost town. d peopln't want to get t stuck a community of tijuana a very important constituency in terms of patronage for those businesses. this is a hit he's aware of. he wants to be talking about the economic impact and be sure people are thinking about what's happening on this side for itlum seekers that have ma across and going through that process. they're ending up on the seets oaf san diego not a whole lot of support. >> we're going to have to leave this discussion here. but thank you. moving on tounutte c where they're trying to pick up

the pieces in their lives in the aftermath of the sta deadliest and most destructi wild fire. the camp fire destroyed 14,000 homes in and around paradise. so far ie19,000 have apfor assistance. with with rents in the nearbies of chico and norvill high, it's a daunting task for survivors of the fire. pally striker aignment editor of the california report and andre, a report wr theic c enterprise record. thank you to you both. andre, it's birn threen three w since the camp fire broke out and 10s of thousands have had to flee for their lives. >> when the fire rips through paradise, it left, it's fair to say thousands homeless. now most have found

wcommodation withh friends, family and other means but we still have 600 people in red cross shelters in the region and another 150 inerpendent she >> what about that tent city on the walmartlot. is that still up? et and it's bee raining and cold. >> the tent city is still up on a grassy lot next to a walmart. i was up there today and can could count dozens of tentsz. they can avoid the rainy weather we've been having here. >> and what effect will rainy weather have in what authorities were sayi some people could go back? >> we're waiting to find out. we did have heavy rain in the burn area and round it which caused flooding.

the erifff said workers were delayed a little bit in getting back to work and clear thing area so people could come back to parts of paradise. it's ondefinitely arn and could delay things. >> i wantri to in you at this point. they have some mobile homesei tt there provided by fema. what's the date on that? >> i spoke to fema's spokesman, brad rcpi and have been mor than 80 trailers sitting there and more on their way to california. >> why are they just sitting there? >> that's good question. fema has to find lots to put them and they have to figure out a bunch of stf. so after the fire, people offered churches and ranches and mobile home parks all offered space but more than to have hook ups for utilities, sewage and ater and schools and medica

facilities have to be nearby. and they say it takes ti and it could literally take anywhere from a week to four months to assess sites and actually get people in trailers. >> a they're planning to bring in how many total? >> femane assesses the about 2,000. they say that number could gedown but right now there's a little or 2,000 on their way but nobody is in a trailer or an rv yet. >> it's got to be so frustrating i know for people who really need a home right now. is there any type oft shrm recovery housing plan or are people pretty much left to fend for themselves? >> they are fending for themselves but there is sistance available to add on the fema aspect. it's u people to register with them to see if they're eligible to be put up in hotels. a spokesman told me 2400

households are eligible to receive that type of assistance and only 450 have taken advantage so far. they're ging people to go to the old sears building where they can sign up and get lp. >> and this has really created a full-blown housing crisis. 10s off thousands that haveeen displace a situation where nearly 14,000 homes wereost. that's about 13% of the housing stock. it's huge. so when people do go to fema and they register forhe , they get housing vouchers, are there enough places where they can spend those voucher snz >> the rental vacancy was hovering around 2% in chico and oroville before the vire fires. . i went to the sears disaster store myself and one comsaid we had to check. we had money and we're looking as farouth as sacramento and

as far north as oregon. because the vacancy rate has gone down to zero. >> and andre, what about long-term recovery. >> what are you hearing as you talk to them? do they want to even come back at this point? >> long-term recovery. people want to come back and rebuild. but real people haven't been able to see what's left of their homes yet. thousands of people are still unable to reachad pe and what i'm hearing is people just want to start snthat process before they think about what they'reoing to do nex ppt >> and we have theob m of climate change which is contributing to making them more destructive. and that's whether these eighborhoods, these wild land urban and nonurban communities, should they even be rebuilt?

>> well wit, i guess the realit they exist and they exist all over california wherehey hav their own piece of paradise, i'm sorry to say, in amongst the tres. i would say it's a question for urban planners moving forward but these kind of communities will be rebuilt.nk i t one of the questions is what materials for the home snz they have to be upgraded, i would i to be more fire resistant. it's going to be happening as the new legislative session begins. an ongoing question of where can we build? >> and what are you hearing as you talk to them. a, are there some a who say it's been too much for me and my family? and b, if they do come back, are they b willing to comek to a different kind of town in terms of different infrastructure,

building with more fire-resistant materials? >> raerl >> it's a mixed bag. they're thinking about how they that's foruild, sursure if anything needs to be changed for infrastructure. the prebuildingocess could be a lengthy one. >> one fais there's a ceptic system. but what they toldey me is t want to go back and try and re-create paradise. >> and andre, as we head to the weekend, what is the mood like? this is base clically week thre dealing with the aftermath of this? >> they want to stars start the process of looking at what reains of their property. we were given hopes some paf

paradise can could reopen soon. we're expecting more rainy weather. so frustration is the main mood. >> all right. well with, we appreciate your time. the sico enterprise record. thank you to you both. >> thank you. >> now a look back atfr san ncisco's mission district in the 1980s. candid images t during regan era were captured by photographer janet delaney. her photographs offer a poignant perspective on how that reflects where were today as a society. her new book, public matters, contains pictures that have never been published until this year. nice to have you here. you have been ling south of market neighborhood in your 20s

decided to move there in 1981. what did themission district provie provide you weren't finding elsewhere? >> i think i was very excited to have a place wi such an in-tact sense of community. grocery stores and laundry mats and just a sense of daly life. how you would expect a neighborhood to be. coming from south of mark was light industrial buildings and a quiet nkd that didn't have quite the sense off cohesion. zpl >> there was a lot of turbulence. >> i think i was able to be there during a very vibrant time when immigrants were pouring in. 5,000 came in during a 10-year period of the 1980s ppt and perhaps because i had spent time in central america on my ownhe '70s i had studiend was

very much aware of the conflicts. i w able to be cognizant of their situation.n >>there water lot of protests. >> the protests were often in response to regan's planned war on nicaragua and his very blatant, illegal acvity of supporting the contras by selling arms iran. >> and you had these photos all these years. why did you destood publish them now? >> i was in the process of archiving some older work south ofarket i had not yet looked at and in -- during thatprocess i dis covered these slides and thought of themand knew right after trump was elected and all of the issues on the muslim band was in the news. i started to look at these photographs with a different perspective. >> were you seeing paraleg lel

snz. >> definitely seeing parallels. >> and had just been to the women's march with my family dn washingto. and i really wa to make a statement about the importance of mubc life in response to a government i felt was taking a wrong turn. by looking back, we were dining it again. >> and many of the pictures are of public gatherings. the beauty contests, street parties. the men playing dominos. i like the one of the two young wom in their catholic school uniforms. were they spontaneous shots as you walk through the neighborhood were you trying to weave more of a narrative, more deliberate? >> no, think what i was really doing, what i would call hunting and gathering. it as on the strsponding to what i saw.

i'm very much inerred with the unexpected moment and the interaction with strangers. >> and you had quite a unique perspective. you first arrived during the summer of love but you didn't move to the mission until the 1980s. outsider e a relative to the neighborhood and an insider as well. you live there had, worked there. how did that dual role influence your work? >> that's a good questn. i thing it's really to theot of how anybody comesto i somebody else's home and neighborhood and h they interact and get to know where they are. either they assume because they own property that they own thep e or they come in and pay attention to what already exists int an eff to not supercede what it was that drew them there. and for me personally i think

having grown up in lo angeles the latin culture was something i was already very comfortable with and i said i spoke spanish and understood a bit of the issues. >> did that make you very conscious of the wait of the kind of attention you were give thing to snigz. >> i think i was reecording the mission as an act ovofove. i was still very young in my artisc career. so i made photographs of beauty the sheer need to photograph. >> and over the past decade the missas changed dramatically to a place now with eexpension homes, trendy restaurants. but amid all that is homelessness on the streets. if you were to photogrneh the hborhood now, what do you think it would train your lens on? >> i think the contradictions, as you olined them. i wouldin deely think that we

need to pay particular attention ry those have a long hisn the mission. i think it's fascinating to see who's coming. areas always change. citi cities are influx. that's what is exciting about them. and i think the work i'm bringing out now hopefully helps to inform the new residents of the mission on who is here today as well as who was there before. >> howou do see the mission district? is what we're witnessing now signal the end off a nehborhood or is this part of a longer story for the mission district? >> ll, there are many people in the mission working very hard to keep the mission culture ialive and i think anythng the city can to support, at my ti exhi, we had an event last

night who had been born and cised and theyld see their own photographs on the wall. >> that's wonderful and th exhibit is at the ukinom gallery in san francisco's mission district. your new book imatitled public ers. and that willo it for us as always you can find more of our coverage at kqed.com. thank you for joining us. ♪

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