welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom"ul about arts andre.this program, we're revisiting stories o fr archives with innovative and influential figures in film, the perfortung arts, and visual c. we begin with the role of comedy in today's political climate. from immigcation policy to healt to the economy, there's a lot going on in politics. that means plenty of material for comedians like roy wood jr. he's a correspon"tnt on comedy central' daily show." kqed's sheraz sadiq caught up win him while he was in tow for the comedy festival colossal clusterfest. they met at an interactive exhibit showcasings fpresident trump'veival coof twitter.terfest. -so, where are we today? -this is the donald j. trump presidential twitter library. everybody at "the daily show," we sat around, and we started looking in close at the president's tweets over the last couple years. everyonen our digital departme started looking at ones, and you start noticing certain paerns. there's a lot of tweets where he's arguing with celebrities. there's a lot of tweets where h

kqed's monica lam spoke with ai weiwei when he was in san francisco.ts massive human migrationvi due to warence, disaster. what did you learn from making this film? -what i have learned is very simple. ramong the 65 milliugees, there's no single one is willing to leave their home. they all struggle not to leave. it's very heavy price they have to pay. their relatives, friends, or whole village vanished by war, by famine, or environmental problems. in fact, more thanfident donathe number of refugeeslf,h allowed in this country. what isadministration,to thatt what they did is beyond belief. -morllthan ever, we need the dr we havugs pouring through. -i should say it's a shame for a nation like united states, which is the most powerful, not only leading in the economics but should be strongest nation in defending human rights. after all, u.s. is a nas just a few generations ago, . all come from somewhere -absolutely. -i never met a native here. mean, to limit somebody's rights to move is almost the same as to push someone to leave tir home. -the officials

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. >> tonight on kqed rone rabbit mueller long awaited testimony and -- also a maj housing contract in san biunno was rejected despite wcomplying h city regulations sparking questions about hoto get approval process. facebook nominated chief privacy officer with a million dollar fine hello, and welcome to kqed. we begin our show wi special council robert mueller's testimony to the house judicialal and intelligence committees on wednesday. he spent hours in front of the congressional committees sounding the alarm of russian interference in our ctelns and pushing back president trump's insistence the two-year victims in the 2016 was a witch hunt but he didn't give democrats the game changing moment they were look for. it remains unclear whanther republwill do anything to combat what mueller warned was an active threat from russia. . >>> >>> joing me is thepositions of partners on siboth s. there were key moments in which she indicated that he bewould n able to charge the president sitting president under the department of justice policy and president could be charged after he leaves offi

book nominated chief privacy officer with a million dollar fine hello, and welcome to kqed. el begin our show with special council robert r's testimony to the house judicialal and intelligence committees on wednesday. he spent hours front of the congressional committees sounding the alarm of russian interference in our elections and pushing back president trump's insistence the two-year viims in the 2016 was a witch hunt but he didn't give democrats the game changing moment they were look for. it remains unclear whether republicans will do anythingto mbat what mueller warned was an active threat from russia. . >>> >>> joining me ishe onposi of partners on both sides. there wee key moments in which she indicated that he would not be able o charge the president sitting president under the department of justice policy and presidentcould be charged after he leaves office. for republicans, thefound more evidence that in their framing of it, the mueller rert is not producing any damming evidence against the president and it was a last, last gasp hail mary attempt for democrats y t

joining me are kqed politics reporter katie. and loretta, a former president of the california public utilities commission. the state agency that regulate utilities katie, me begin with you. you were at the signing ceremony th morning. mind us what this legislation is intended to do. >> it is really intended to give cutomers and financial mar some certainty. we've been having these massive wildfires in california that ofve been causing billion dollars worth of damage. companies like pg&e are --not sure about whether or not it would be made whosoe ething tragic happens to their house or car or their belongings. this gives some certainty that they will be paid back and made whole if they suffer one of these wildfires. >> so this $21 billion fund, how is it going to be funded? where is the money going to co from? >> haf of the ney will come from ratepayers. they won't see a direct increason their bill. it will be a small monthly fee. right now it is $abo50 that ratepayers are already paying. it is set to expire . they are going tot

welcome to the kqed news root i am scoshafer. we begin with a wild fire update. governor gavin newsom signed a $21 billion wild fire insurance fund that would back the state's largest utilities. assembly bill 1054 will allow california utilities to use the fund to cover the liability. if the california public utilities district determines the utility try to prevent wildfires. butthe utilities would first have to invest a combined $5 million. pg&e would have to meet additional requirements including current claims and exiting bankruptcy by the end of next june. many of those who oppose the bill say it was rushed intlaw in that ratetoo much cost. payers re bearing too much cost. joining me are kqed politics reporter kati and loretta, a former pree dent of california public utilities commission. the state agency that regulates utilities. katie, me begin with you. you were at the signing ceremony this morning. remind us what this legislation is intended to do. >> it is really intended to givu omers and financial markets some certainty. we've been having these massive

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welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom"ul about arts andre.gram, we're revisiting stories o fr archives with innovative and influential figures in film, the perfortung arts, and visual c. we begin with the role of comedy in today's political climate.

>>> tonight on kqed newsroom. from health care to civil rights democratic presidential hopefuls got to make theirpitches. >>> also shocking detention conditions for migrant children emerge as appeals for humanitarian aid at therder divide democrats. >>> and the supreme court ends its term.' look at how key rulings this week could affect california. >>> hell and welcome. we begin our show with the democratic debates. >>> this week millions of viewers tuned in for their first extended look at the crowded democratic primary field. the debate featured 20 candidates. last night senator kamala harris attacked former vice joe biden for his comments on bngsing and wor with segregationist senators s on wednesdaator elizabeth warren who is the only candidate polling in double digits on stage held strong in the first partof the debate. many are calling julian castro the breakout star of the first night. joining me is the senior political writer f the "san francisco chronicle" and los angeles political timesin write g us. muc

. >>> last friday kqed news 800,000 gallons of water in ude oil into a dry creek bed in the entral valley. weeks have started and stopped since made from oil site roughly 35 miles west of bakee field. anypeared just this week. state regulators or the company last friday to take all seasures to stop the flows and said safran t done and enough to prevent future lea but with no content and claimant poses no threat to waterways or wildlife. news n now is mournin editor ted goldberg broke the inory, ted, thanks for coming in. edibly when you broke this there have been no public accounting of the massive spill. how did you find out about it and why didn't we know about it sooner? >> via found out about it is quite boring. s monitoring database that's on the tao oh, yes office of emergency services website for another story. i'd been reporting it in the chevron refery in chmond and i wanted to see if there were any updates we put the word chevron in the databad e noticed this other incident in cook county. at the time i noticed it wasn't as big as wit is but i started asking questions about it a

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welcome to the kqed news room. i am scott shafer. we begin with a wild fire update.billion wild fire insurance fund that would back the state's largest utilities. assembly bill 1054 will allow

pbs station kqed i francisco produced an emmy- winning animated version. and now it's a 154-page hard cover book-- "a fire story." published by abrams comicarts, it chronicles the first months of his rise from the ashes. >> comics excel at metaphor and symbolism. so you don't have to use wheks to explainetaphor. you just draw it and show it to people. i don't have to say another word about it. >> the same simple direcheess >> yang:ame simple directness is in fies' favorite drawing in the book, showing him searching through the ashes of his house. >> we'd really gone through the entire house, had more or less lost hope of findi anything else. but felt we had to finish the job beca just one more shovelful is going to turn up that thing you really treasured. i'm standing ithe middle of this blankness. the caption on this page says," i am uprooted." >> yang: "a fire story" tells more than just fies' own talin >> we're comup here on the right on the house of my friend jerry dunn, whose fire story i told in the book. >> yang: the book recounts the experiences of