d delightful thought leaders. tonight at 8:00. >> tonight on kqed newsroom. special guest, congress member adam seema schiff . discusses his new book. and a growing income gap. should san francisco apologize to chinese communit we look at san francisco's grace cathedral in this week's edition of something beautiful.

>> coming to you from headquarters in san francisco. this friday, november 12th, 2021. >> welcome to newsroom, i'm your host. let's kickoff our show. it a look at the top news stories this week. california coronavirus case rate is in e highest category. transmission has increased. the state is preparing for a winter search. governor newsom and state secretary is recommending covid boosters for anyone that may benefit aired dr. galli said administration working with healthcare providers and followed pharmacies to make sure no one is turned away. anti-vaccine protests led to a car crash that killed or injured five people. leaders continue to push for climate action. here's chair of the resources board, leanne randolph.

>> a clean transportation sector is key to achieving climate targets and protecting our public health and removing to zero emissions future. the agency is developing the next generation of clean car regulations. it will increase the share of electric vehicles in california. the legislature passed a historic $3.9 billion budget to support the transportation future. in san diego this week, the united states navy christened a ship for harvey milk. he was a san francisco supervisor for the first openly district in san francisco. he served four years in the navy but discharged after being questioned about his sexual

orientation. a bay area man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for orchestrating a ponzi scheme through his solar energy business. they used the money to purchase a nascar sponsorship. minor league baseball team. and luxury cars. this is the largest criminal fraud scheme in the district of california. the population of this place has disappeared over the past few years. marine biologists say a cyclical change in the ocean has brought cooler temperatures and more nutrient rich waters that helped california double his growth. that's your take five. i will be joined by political

leaders. but first. congressman adam schiff is often in the spotlight of leadership for the democratic party. he's in his it 11th term and the chairs and agency. he has a book, midnight in washington, detailing his experience of the insurrection on january 6 and why he blames administration officials for the uprising. thank you for being here congress member. >> let's start with this week's happening. there is an investigation of the events on january six. you are a member of this group aired you are expecting to have the white house record release this week. a federal appeals court has delayed that to the end of the month. potentially

the case could end up in front of the supreme court. to do you expect those papers will eventually be released? you see them? >> yes we will. the case is so strong. of the holder of executive privilege is the current president and not the former president. the district court which took on this case tried to delay the release of the records, made quick work of donaldrump's arguments. a sickly said he's not king and not president. the current president is not asserting privilege here. the circumstances are so compelling, that is a violent attack on the capital. congress needs to know who was implicated and how do we protect ourselves going forward aired that's not the kind of thing covered by executive privilege. we will prevail on minutes. but i'm glad to see the courts

are moving very expeditiously. >> you've also been investigating what ties the writers had with members of congress and white house officials. what are the facts you've learned so far that you can share with us? >> unfortunately i'm not at liberty to talk about that. i can tell you we are making progress. we've interviewed 150 people during the course of investigation. we will have more public hearings like we did with the police officers to inform the public what we are learning. when i can tell you is among other things i can discuss this becaus it was the subject of senate investigation, open proceeding. we've learned there was efforts of the highest level of the justice department to use that depament to promulgate false claims of voter fraud in the aftermath of the election. and states like georgia, to send

alternate slates of electors or delay electors as a way to appear peaceful transfer of power. that should be shocking that justice department, there was an effort to abuse that her illicit purposes. we are learning a great deal and we are determined to follow the evidence where it leads. >> do you have an idea when the results of the investigation will be shared? >> our intention is to punctuate with open hearings along the way. the public will be learning about things as we learn about them. in terms of that, we will conclude and write our recommendations. it will be sometime next year. how early that is, may depend, in part, how quickly that litigation you mentioned goes forward and how the justice

department prosecutes people like steve bannon for refusal to appear good >> you detail your role into ingrs investigation for donald trump's ties with russia. some this is based on intelligent official, the steel dossier. and this person was arrested by the fbi and charged with lying. what has at arrest change about the investigation and do you wish you hadn't read the dossier into official records and relied on it for source of information? >> what i did at the beginning of the investigation where we had several leads. many journalists. one came from christopher steal a respected member of intelligent. i said we should investigate them. it would be irrespsible not to. we could investigate a range of allegations.

dossier can be away for donald trump and supporters to deflect from attention from what we did find. we did find manafort was secretly meeting with agents of russian intelligence. because someone lied to mr. steele, we could not anticipate. they should be prosecuted. unlike those trying to cover up for donald trump like manafort and others. he should not get a pardon the way that donald trump pardoned them. >> do you think the arrest makes any difference in the work you did if you had known it would it have changed úanything? >> if we knew that christopher steal source was lying to him, of course, we would have known to agree with whatever christopher steal produced with skepticism. donald trump did what he did which was invite the russians to cheat in the election.

make use of the help and coordinate when wikileaks was going to publish what the russians stole from his opponent. none of that under donald trump complicity in that misconduct aired and none reflects after the russian misconduct to get ukraine into helping him cheat in the next election. donald trump's role in inciting a resident insect insurrection against his own government. i view it as a distraction that the fox news crowd likes to suggest that we should ignore everything donald trump did because it wasn't used by mueller. >> let's turn to your book in which you write, when you look at a map of the country a few years ago. the midd of the country was a sea of an intra- did read.

the coast were blue. have we become a landlocked nation living together in the same landlocked household with differences so irreconcilable that we could never be whole. can you talk about the divide and what you are doing to bridget? >> i've seen as a result of how americans get their information. growing gulf between the two parties. people are reading and seeing different things from their neighbors. i do think it puts an enormous challenge on us to communicate with each other. part of it i most americans get their information from social media which curates exactly what they see or don't see or like or don't like. the result can be a bitter division. >> kind of a problem in terms of how communication gets out.

technologies use. i'm curious, you talk about in the book how you cultivated a reputation for bipartisanship and now you are not sure if you can never work effectively with members of the republican party. how are we with our own busy lives is supposed to bridge differences with people of the other party when we see examples of strife and did division and distrust in our political leadership aired >> very good question. here's the challenge and also a silver lining. on the positive side. a lot of good work is getting done in a bipartisan way. as chair of intelligence committee my ranking member is noon as. we have no limit of disagreements but we've developed an intelligence bill. very difficult and contentions

is issues but we come to agreement. we passed our bill unanimously out of committee this year. the work goes on. i will say this in terms of families and holidays. with their neighbors. >> thanksgiving table. >> as long as the supreme arsonist is on the scene and that is donald trump who gets up every morning to divide the country in pit americans against other americans, it will be difficult for us to come together as a nation. after the insurrection, after what people saw, he brought this country to, the republican leadership can consider getting rid of him and throwing him overboard aired but they decided he was too popular with his base and they have embraced him to the point where millions of americans distrust our own

democracy. there's no good answer to that except we need the republican party to return to be a party of ideology and not this cult of a former president. as long as it is a cold of a former president, it will be hard to see us moving forward, unifying and bringing us back together. >> the former president. you expect him to be a president who will run again in the next election cycle. tell me about how u are preparing for his full reemergence on the national stage? >> he will be their nominee. he was running. we need to face that reality. i don't think we should put our expectations and hopes in a prosecution to rescue the country from another dangerous four years. my expert tatian's he will have

to be beaten at the ballot box again. we cannot underestimate him. the way he was unrestimated in 2016. >> we will have to leave it there, my apologies. congressman, adam schiff. thank you for your time. the book is midnight in washington. a new poll finds californians are concerned about the widening income gap between rich and poor and our state. among people polled, 69 said it's increasing in the region and 64% said it would be larger if by the year 2030. governor newsom had a conference in monterey. his first public appearance in more than a week. catch up on state politics our government reporter. guy marzorati and rerter for the sacramento bee. sophia.

before wedig into the poll numbers let's talk about what happened to governor newsom the past week or so, 11 days. and no one know where he went. >> we know that newsom decided to skip the climate event in scotland. it was only this week he found out why. he said his kids played in the intervention. they wanted parents to be home for halloween. it seem like newsom was frustrated that this was a big story. he has the right to keep this information private. we were told we have the right to ask about it. someone as media savvy as the governor by creating a vacuum, crazy right wing conspiracies that came into the explanation were going to come in. this could have been avoided when he gave the explanation even with people he didn't

agree with, gave that explanation earlier. >> and people have sometime used family obligations as a shield to do what they need to do without delving into a. to do we really know what happened during this time? sophia, you wrote about this, this week. >> basically for more than a week, newsom's office refused to give any details to rerters or members of the public who were asking what the family obligations were that forced the governor tocancel his trip to scotland. and his wife, first partner added to the confusion. sheet tweeted his critics could get a life and suggested he might have been doing something mundane but like spending time with kids. a couple days later newsom cleared up the confusion yes that's what he was doing. he decided to cancel the úappea

spend time with his kids. in that more than a week silence for lack of an explanation, rumors proliferated online and the governor didn't do much to tamp it down until early this week . >> the governor is back and he spoke at the economic summit. he's always a booster for california. he spoke again how his ate is a powerhouse. how does his statement square with what people are feeling úa california? is this joy with the results of the public poll? sophia, i'll address thatto you. >> his remarks at the economic conference he spoke at, he focused on a positive for california. he talked about how california

has had a faster rate of economic growth than other large states. he mentioned different industries at a been doing well like tech companies. movie production companies. companies in hollywood. he highlighted some of the bright spots economically for california. but as you mentioned in the poll for average californians, results are mixed. their feelings about california's economic outlook are mixed. affordability is a big issue on californians minds right now. particularly when it comes to housing costs and worried that jobs are not keeping up with the expensive cost of living there in california and not enough good jobs to keep people in our state. that's one of the things that are top of mind for californians even as newsom is

painting this picture of a rosy economy. let's turn to another topic. redistricting maps are returning this week. i don't know of anyone that's follow this more closely than you, guy. >> members of congress and who is overlapping and who are winners are losers among current sitting congress members. too early to get into that. we can see retirement of congressional delegation. and members in the district. we could see musical chairs in 2022. i've been focused on how is this commission looking at unique interests that may have different needs on how they may see districts strong. one example in san francisco, trying to grapple with growing asian population. commission has proposed a unique district that has gone sideways v-shaped down to bayview.

it represents a lot of asian communities. it leads other neighborhoods in the city, predominantly white eared you will hear pushback around the idea eared a lot of time for that is still here. they will work the next couple of weeks and finalize these lines. >> i want to stay with you in a different topic. the city of san francisco is considering a proposal issued this week to issue an apology to chinese- american community for past wrongs. can you tell us what's happening here? >> this took root in antioch.

body. policies that denied access to education, housing and levels of power were accompanied by physical violence against chinese residents. deeply discriminatory policies the board supervisors have passed all of which were overturned by state and federal

courts have impact on chinese residents. >> we will be following that story. sophia, i want to talk with you about the california treasury secretary who was in san francisco. she's been sued for sexual harassment. what's the story and defense strategy >> state treasurer has been sued by a former employee accusing her of sexual harassment and wrongful termination. a former employee said that when she would share lodging with the treasure, the treasurers sexually harassed her by exposing herself and at one point crawling into bed with this supply. i should say the treasurers strongly denies all the allegations and she said the truth will come to light in court and the employee is trying to get a settlement. is working its way through the courts. we don't kn yet what the

outcome will be. the treasure is being represented legally by the state attorney general's office. but also because she's been sued personal and professional capacity, she's also launching her own legal defense fund which she is fundraising for. elected officials in california are allowed to do that. although, if she is found liable for any sexual harassment allegations, she would need to return that money to the donors. at this point like i said, she denies the allegation and is fighting them in port. >> last question, guy. last few minutes. san francisco, progressive district attorney has been facing a recall effort. that's now official. there is a date for the vote to happen.

if you think this is really likely to happen? will he take office. >> a date will be on the ballot in june. all the concerns you've heard about crime in san francisco, you are also seeing a lot more data analysis on the record in his office. san francisco chronicle did a deep dive into this. we are going to have to see how these numbers potentially translate into votes. >> guy marzorati with kqed. and sophia -- with the sacramento bee. i want to thank you both for joining us today. >> thank you so much. >> with high-voltage ceilings and spec tacky letter stained glass. looking at something beautiful is grace cathedral in san francisco.

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