tonight on kqed newsroom newsroom, congressman adam schiff, chair of the committee joins us in the studio to discussing political developments. we hear from california's first-ever surgeon general. also, san francisco moves t restricte-cigarettes as new research emerges ar health effects. plus from the runway to the nightclub, fashion icon isaac mizrahi. hello, and welcome to kqed newsro newsroom. i'm thuy vu. rort mueller issued his report today. it's unclear when william barr

may make thety report possibi meanwhile, some of those investigations are being led by california congressman am schiff. he joined us this morning before the justice department announced it had reived mueller's port. nice to have you here in persot, ng on a little skype box. >> i know, this is much better. we'll get to mueller investigation in just a moment, but i wanted to ask you about nortkorea, because this is breaking as we're speaking just this morning president trump tweeted that he is rolling back sanctioning against north korea imposed by his own treasury department just yesterday. how do you think this would affect u.s./north korea relations? >> it's a mystery and deeply troubling and abrupt turn of events just from yesterday whe john bolton was pushing out informatin, we're sanctioning they ships that are evading sanctions, helping north koreans cheat on these sanctions.

and his own national security adviser is basically repudiated about i the president. i don't know what it means except it's further disarray. >> does it sound like favors to kim jong-un? sara huckabee sanders made the statements that he likes kim jong-un. nationaly he's his o security adviser and he thinking his winning personal is enough to get the north koreans change their whole view of the cessity or lack of necessity of the nuclear program. i think it's a dangerous derangement to think he is going to somehow, by acting nicely, treating nicely, saying that he loves chairman kim, changeorth korean behavior. it's a real danger to the country. white the administration goes through this conflict with itself, the north ko an spins on its nuclear program and continues building its mis les.

>> i wa ask you also about the trump investigations. there's been aumber of revelations this week about president trump and the people around him, everything from h cozy relationship with deutsche bank, to ivanka trump and jared kushner reportedly using private messaging services to conduct official white house business. what's your take on this development? >> we have a lotf concerns about the intervention, for example, toow overrule hi chief of staff, overrule the gencies and grand security clearances to his daughter or son-in-law. the enormous portfolio they have been given in terms of domestic and foreign policy of the th country, and fact they may be communicating with foreign ads of state and others using encrypted apps, as a way of avoiding scutiny, butlso maybe evading lawyers in terms

of recordkeeping requirements. >> and you're leading investigation, are you discoveringthnything new we haven't already heard taabout? >> cly there are things we are learning that are not public yet. >> what can you tell us? >> ian tell you this, what is in the public domain is almosti daenough. what i find so striking, and this is a counter-intelligence issue, and our focus is on counter-intelligence, has a foren power any way compromised u.s. persons, including the president. we know now that the president well into the campaign was secretly tryingto do a deal with russia to make himself hundreds millions o dollars, seeking the kremlin's help to do it. this was the moscow trump tower, and that is so deeply compromising. when it was discovered, the president said, well, i l might hast the election, why should i miss out on that money? that may be the president's view to this date. i might lose my reelection, why

miss out on makhag money by criticizing to vladimir putin or standing up to him? i would be a fool to do, no, you would be acting in the of the country. >> there anything that would rise to the level o high crimes and misdemeanors? >> we i think will see in bob mueller's report what evidence i hope he has produced. that evidence may be -- >> are you getting any closer in your investigation? >> we are rtainly making process in terms of the conspiracy issues, the e obstruction isas well as the broader intelligence issues, the compromi issues, b we have a lot of work yet to be done, and what will large determine how long it will take us to do our work is forthcoming the department will be, and i have to say, i am seeing discouraging signs that the justice department may be adopting a doub standard, in that it

provided 880,000 pages of discoveryn the klining e-mail investigation to a republican congress, but it now may be trying to take the position it does not have to share n equivalent informatione trump administration. i think if it trying to adopt that double standard, it will so deeply damage the department's reputation for lipart, in much the same way the supreme court decision in bush v gore colored people's perception of the court for years te. co >> there are a lot of democrats running in the 2020 race, than 15 so far. who are you endorsing? >> i haven't madean endorsement, and frankly i want to give it some time to see how these candidates are vetted. >> is there someone you're leaning toward? >> you know, i think some are aleady showing they're frankly not ready for primetime and re doingre showing the quite well and they're ready. >> who is not ready? >> i don't think i'm going totoo that, but i will tell you at the end of the day i am

supporting it was summed you by a protesters's sign, anyone adult in >> whoever gets through the gauntlet i will support. we have to make sure this nightmare doesn't go beyond fo years. >> and political causes are pretty divisive right now in the democratic party. do you think that as the presidential race draws even closer these will prove to be litmus tests for the candidates? >> i don'tk they'll be litmus tests. i think we'll see a comp iition eas in the democratic primary. the candidates with the best idea with the broadest appeal will hopefully emerge as ou nominee. that, i think, ought to be someone that can both exci base of the party, but also win over thosete moder voters who voted for donald trump, because they were at the end of their career, they had nothing set f

asi their retirement, they were going to have to work until they dropped, and they were willing to roll the dice on donald trump. he hasn't helped them at all i think it's going to be vital for our nominee to make the casn we deal with this, we can improve the economy, and here's how we're going do it. >> you sound like a candidate yourself. would you weigh running for president in the future? >> i would run, except like aoc, 'm simply too young. [ laughter ] enough nk we ha candidates as it is. >> a youthful adam schiff, thank you for brng hee. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. this week, san francistt 'cityney dennis herrera and proposed legislation to block e-cigarettes, and a second bill would be from ju l prevented from licing city property in the near.

nearly 21% of students say they have vaped a the month. a new ucf stud, tvealst vaping exposes teens to cancer-causing toxins. joining me is daniee ramo, adjungat professor ucsf. welcome to the program. >> thank you. you and your colleagues a publish study looking at the cts mornings teens. what did you find? >> we looked at three groups of adlessants, one group who reported using an e-cigarette, but nother nicotine-containing products. other 2k3wr50u7 who used e-cigarettes and also traditional cigarettes, and a third group of control, who had not usny nicotine-containing products in we found the presence of six metabolites, toxins that have links to cancer in the urine and

saliva in the e-cigarette only users compared to the controls. so that suggeste to us that there are toxinsin present the substances, and we did look at that.ro within the of teens who used e-cigarettes only, we evaluated the metabolite presence of those who reported using certainommon flavors compared to those who did not use fl we found the presence of one metabolite among those whong reported uruit flavor. that's important, because fruit is the most commonly used flavor of moe-cigarettes adolescents. t ere's some suggestion t it's possible that fruit flavors uie more toxic than those that are not f flavors.

>> there's also a big misconception there's nicotine. >> importantly there's a misconception that ju. l does not contain nicotine. >> how much do they have? >> in a pack of juul, there is approximately a similar amot of nicotine as in a pack of cigarettes i can't say how much that means teen would have to use in a give day or week, but it's approximately an equivalent amount as in a pack of cigarettes. >> you have spent nearly two decades researches how teens experience addictiv behaviors. how is vaping compare? >> it's similar to at least other kinds of tobacco addiction most contain nicotine, which

indeed changes the brain to make it crave the substance as soon as it's done being osed. at includes whether it's dosed there's -cigarett nothing different about that process with nicotine containing e-cigarettes than in any other a tte, which is an extremely -- this is a rather interesting phenomeno other studies have shown that they are a gateway, but at the same time many teens have in negative view ofmoking and tobacco companies in general. why would teen vape want to smoke. >> i don't think this he many would say they wouldn't want to be smokers, but because the is nicotine in these substances, the brain changes in response, the body becomes addicted and it

might be a n subsequent process to then pick up a cigarette. >> do they need more and more nicotine? the more they become addicted? >> correct. that's a fundamental part of ct adn. so 3/4 more likely to go on to become cigarette smokers. what do you think of san po francisco's ped legislation to ban the sale of all cigarettes for anyone, including adults? is that good public policy? >> my r mearch shows and general opinion is we ought to be thinking about preventing e-cigarettes from getting into the hands of young people. i do believe these products are not safe for youth. it's not necessarily the case we need to ban the sales of substances stores or online to all adults. it's fairly clear they are les risky than traditional cigarettes, so i don't think our policy needs tore more strict than it is for traditional roducts. >> what you seem saying is the laws around advertising

campaign involving e-cigarettes. >> i dobelieve federally the fda should be regulates e-cigarettes in the most strict way, and that includes marketing with online media,youtube, and through influencers. all right. danielle ramo, nice to have you here. >> it's been apleasure. in january, governor gavin newsom appointed nay nine bercaris ascalifornia's first-ever surgeon general. she's been working to improve ofhe health children exposed to toxic stress. she is plans as to expand on that experience, by using her new role to combat theroot causes of serious health conditions across the stat e doctor joins me now in the studio. good to see you. >> it's great to seeyou. wonderful to be here.

>> we've had you on our program before, talking about the impact of toxic stress on the children. can you explain the difference between normal stress and toxic stress? >> yeah, when we talk about strss, normal stre is the stuff that wepe ences, but with safe, nurturing, buffering relationships that or our bodies recover. toxic stress is actually the body's stress response. it's what happens when kids in poparticular i d to high doses of adversity without those adequate buffering systems. >> for example? >> yeah, so, for example, something li experiencing a growing up with a parent who is mentally ill o substance dependent. >> or child abuse. >> abuse ole n, right?

when that happens, the body's stress response releases stress hormones. that's affects the way the body develops. uffering, get the nurtures relationships, that helps to turn off the stress responn'. if they d have enough, it gets overactive and can harm health i the short term and in the long term. >> what are some othe health effects that can happen from that? >> so this science really ce from a huge study done by the cdc and kaiser permanente. what they saw was individuals exposed to high doses of adversity in childhood saw double the risk of heart disease, 2 1/2 times the risk of stroke, significantly increased risk of cancer, alzheimer's, et in kids we see increased risk of things liken infect asth ma and things you would expect like

behavior problems. pediatricians take offense with the term toxic stress. what would i you say? >> i think what recognize is when kids are exposed to high dose adversity and for some reason they aren't gting the buffering, caregiving system, usually it's because perhaps the parent or caregiver themselves has experienced significant adersity in their childhood, and these things seem to be hande down from generation to generation. what i would say is really when we talk about the term "toxic stress" we're talking about the biological response. that's not blame or shame. we're talking about families who need or support. >> so then hclinically, can do you to help the children who suffer from toxic stress >> what the science tells us is actually pretty clear. two things, number one, early

detection andly e prevention includes outcome. things like healthy relationships, mental health treatment, exercise, nutrition, sleep, even mindfulness like meditation, actually help to calm down the biolodge call stress response. >> and besides -- let me ask you one more question about toxic stress, because california already has a law that wouid re all children on the state's medicaid program to receive trauma screenings starting next year. to surgeon general, what else do you plan do to further tackling this issue? i think one of the big reasons i was appointed to be surgeon general, and especially now, is that we do see our state is not only taking bold strides in terms of this new legislation, but in addition putting significant vestments behind the infrastructure that we need to be able to implement that. the role -- inhe ro of surgeon general, i get to not

only advise the administration, but also communicate with the ublic about why this is so important and what we can do about >>it. and you think that it really is a public health crisis, and there's some sort of national campaign needed on this. >> this is funny. when illy looked this up took this role of surgeon general. i want to do everything by the book, and you look at the cdc definition of a public health crisis, it'something that affects a lot of people, and adverse childhood experiences affect two thirds of californians, right? >> wow. >> in fact 16% offo calians have four or more of the verse ional ten childhood experiences. and the effects are significant. we're talking about -- for someone who has four or more adverse childhoodexperiences, double the risk for heart disease, double the risk for cancer, 2 1/2 times the risk of stroke, triple the risk of

chronic lung disease. besides focusing on children's health what are some of your neiorities. >> thing that docksic stress can affect across the life course. that's one place, figuring out how all of our sysmsan address this issue, but in addition it's really around looking at healthy starts for every child, early childhood, and health equity i think is a key issue, that we also want to address. making sure that every community has access to excellent outcomes is just -- it's the right thi to do. >> it's smart policy. >> yeah, that's right.>> doctor, congratulations on your new post. we wish you all the best in your new role. >> thank you. nice toffee you here. for more that three decades isaac miss razz hi has been one of the fashion world's most iconic designers. he's appeared on"project runway

all-stars." he's also a skilled storyteller and entertainer wit a new memoir and jazzy cabaret show reflecting on his rich, colorful life. joining me now in the studio is isaac mizrahi. knife to have you >>here. ice to be here. nice to be here. >> i hear that san francisco is one of your favorite u.s. cities. >> yeah. >> why do you like it so much? >> oh, well, you know, for one the food is amazing. the band and i are in town together dng the show tonight, and it's like, yew, a culinary capital of the world. i mean that, like yes. also i think that political i feel very at home here. i feel like i have a lot of like-minded souls in san francisco. you don't fl that in a lot of cities, but you do here. >> you know, much of your book i enjoyed readingmuit very . you have a nice authentic writing style. much of it is about year

childhood. you were born in brooklyn, in a syrian community, where you stuck out le a chubby gay thumb, as you write. what was it like to be so different in a very traditional community? >> it wasn't easy. i didn't have the easiest early experience oflife. also, i had an illness, it was spinal meningitis, and that was ver difficult, like at 4 years old. so the formative years were ard, but then suddenly, after eighth grade, i was admitted to performing arts high wschool, whi the exact opposite of this parochial religious background, right? it was like a cmpletely eye-opening thing. >> did you blossom there? >> i blossoms, and otually one the themes of the book, i kind of learsmd opti just by the circumstance changing. you know, that's what taught me

optimism. this thing was just a complete reversal. i know a lot of ople like me who had hard starts don't always get that opportunity. so i was really luck>> nd from a very young age, when you got your first barby doll, was it 4? 5? >> 6. >> even at that yorpng age e making dresses. where did the creative tendencies come from? >> sudden knoy i know,'s like t dread or misery into joy. i don't know how i understood that at a young age. i think the only thing thatar fuels or creation is unhappiness. i'm sorry to say that, but to me that's true. kindther end of it, it's of like a -- an alchemical

thing. >> and fastar forwto our times, when in recent years there's been a great push to boost diversity in the art world, including the world of fashion. you see more models of different colors walking down the runw. >> so rue. >> about you you also seed brands being call out for ad campaigns that are viewed as racist. whyg is this prov to be such a challenge in the fashion world, given that many big brands are multinational companies. >> that for the life of me i cannot understand. i feel like i have done my part and my best part to change whatever culture i couldn that respect. i think like my casting was always so diverse. not just in terms of ethnbuity, also in size. i like all kinds of shapes, right? also, the idea that i kind of reached outo hard with that target collection all those years ago,and tried to diversify in terms of what the

actual accessibility of the product, and the size range, too. in designers clothes, the size range is like this, and when you work for target and also qvc. >> you are more aware of the real population. >> absolutely. >> the target line was in 2002, w a cabaret performer. are there any parallels between designing and performing live? >> well, you know, of course a show is a show, and with the runway shows, there was big preparation that was a must. but really personally there is no comparison. i love this idea of performing. i've been doing it even when i was designing clothes. i was performing at little clu in new york city and the environs, doing these crazy w showsh friends or by myself. and now i w in thisld mostly performing. it is -- it's a nd of -- i was

just writing about this in my journal this morning. it's a kind of realization that i did not expect in my life.ot i did expect to be doing something that brought me so muchersonal joy, you know? like fashion was like a duty -- i don't know why i felt it was like my dut to women. maybe that's the way i was raised by my mom. it was such a priority for her, as much as i loved fashion and love it still, it's been lke a duty. >> almost like you were doing it for someone else. but now cabaret is for you. >> come see me tonight at the regency. >> isaac ms. ra hi, so nice to have you here. >> i adore you. >> like thank you. ht> you can catch isaac performing tonat 8:00 p.m. at the regency francisco.in san tickets can be purchased at the door or that will do it for us.

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robert: it's done. the mueller report is now in the hands of the attorney general. i'm robert costa. welcome to "washington week." the spial council has completed its investigation. the big question now, how much will be t releaseo the public? plus, the president picks fights with house democrat who is want documents and answers. >> it'sime for the congress, house and senate to grow spines and w dealhat is necessary to protect this democracy. robert: those battles com as he picks another fight attacking the late senator johnn mcc even as republicans urge him to stop. next.