we're bald earlier today, i spoke with documentarian alexandra pelosi. her newest film for showtime, which documents how 2020 is one of the most chaotic and yet transformative years in american history. check it out. >> i'm scared myself. if i get pulled over, i'm scared i'm going to die. >> are you more afraid of the corona or the cops? >> the cops. ( bleep ) corona. i'm more afraid-- i think i have a better chance of dying by cops than corona. >> trevor: alexandra pelosi, welcome "the daily social distancing show." you created a film, a documentary about america and what many would say is the most pressing issue going on in the country right now, and that is protests around the injustice happening across the united states. it seems like an obvious choice now, but you've been working on this for a while. why did you decide that this was the documentary you wanted to make today? >> you know, what is so special about 2020 is it's the year that white america woke up. i didn't know that was going to be the case. you know, last march, my family went to selma

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alexandra pelosi joins us now. alexandra, good morning to you. first, congratulations on this film.e sure is it is called american selfie. but this is not found footage. you were out there doing the work talking to people like we just heard. about that interview, that's a young woman who has been talking about ten years of change. you have been doing this 20-odd years. you have seen a lot of change. what is the difference between america of george bush years and the america of today? what caused that change. >> i should mention that that was the day that the united states military used chemical agents to shoot rubber bullets and chemical weapons at peaceful protesters. that young lady is an example of who was there that day when the government turned on peaceful protesters before the curfew in america. you know, i have been doing this a long time. i was a network news producer for a decade. i have been making documentaries -- this is my 13th documentary. but i never thought in my lifetime that i would see my own government turn on its own people. to this day, i still haven't quite g

to carry out the duties of his office house speaker nancy pelosi announced a new commission to accomplish that our washington dc reporter alexandra mon has the story as well as reaction from critics. >>speaker of the house nancy pelosi announced legislation for the creation of a new bipartisan commission to determine whether a president is capable of carrying out the powers and duties of the office this is not about president trump. he will face the judgment of the voters. >>but pay shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents. speaker pelosi says the creation of the commission is based on the 25th amendment which was passed in a bipartisan way after president kennedy was assassinated and it ensures the continuity of national leadership specifically. >>section 4. >>of the amendment empowers congress to set up an independent body. to confront such a crisis. >>the white house dismissed the idea that it absolutely unfounded and it's a stunt ahead of an the president says feeling well president trump also reacted to the speaker's announcement with a tweet calling the speaker crazy and saying pelosi's efforts are re

pelosi's efforts are really about looking at the 25th amendment. >>in order to replace job i did with kamala harris. in washington, alexandra le mon. >>those speaker nancy pelosi claims her bill is about future presidents. the fallout is being felt right now catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics is here now with reaction good afternoon. catherine high just saying yes since this legislation is unlikely to see the light of day and we are less than 4 weeks from the election. i asked professor david mckeown of sonoma state. what is the purpose in doing this now. and so if you think about how democrats respond to president trump. >>whatever president trump says whatever he tweets they go right to like the worst case scenario and overreact and really hear hear. speaker speaker pelosi take in a page from the donald trump playbook by putting forward something that is about politics, pure and simple it's going to garner white house that at that it's going to garner the president's attention and by doing that and talking about his fitness for you raise a whole bunch of issues on the democrats playing field if they're leading the r

alexandra limon reports that's why advocates are urging lawmakers to strike a compromise and we've the fighting aside. >>the deadlock over another coronavirus relief package took center stage at the final presidential debate because nancy pelosi doesn't want to approve it i do he does not have republican votes. why talking to his republican friends, the candidates blamed each other's parties and sparred over what should be included in the bill house democrats pass the hero's act back in may and joe biden says states need the billions of dollars in aid or else. they're going to start laying off for the red or blue cops firefighters first responders because teachers because they have to balance their budget bill that was passed in the house was a bailout. >>of badly run high crime. democrat all run by democrats cities and states while the partisan fighting continues the food research and action center says 10's of millions of americans already lost their jobs and need help now 26 to 29 million people. >>don't have enough to eat luis guardia the president frack says those numbers are based on recent census data this is an act disproportionately impacting. >>women. >>it's disproportionately impacted communities of color. and it's