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joining us is nancy skinner. senator skinner, thank you for joining us. >> happy to be here. kristen: your reaction to the majority opinion that the constitution does not guarantee this right? >> it is clearly about abortion. make no mistake, we've got about 26 states that within 30 days will criminalizertn in almost any case. some states criminalizing abortion even in the case of rape her and says, which means a woman in that situation would have to carry a pregnancy to term against her will. so we've got a look at the states, we've gotta get legislators, pro-abortion legislators to reverse this. we cannot rely on the courts, and we have to look to congress. california, fortunately, abortion is legal, will be legal, and there's lots we are doing to make sure that every californian has access to contraception, can get there abortion services, and because so many states are nearby that will criminalize abortion, we expect many people to be coming to california. >> let's talk about those people coming to california. because, you knew it was coming, california lawmakers got to w

and gun control remains a serious concern for californians and are special guest state senator nancy skinner here's the latest on legislation. >> we visit a community farm in albany in this week's look at something beautiful. coming from you from kqed at san francisco this friday, june 10, 2022. >> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i am priya david clemens. major economic news today. the consumer price index hit a 40 or hyperinflation as prices rose 8 1/2% from a year ago and stock markets dropped sharply with the dow falling 880 points and 2 1/2% response. there are increased concerns about a coming recession and the world bank is warning for a mix of low growth and high prices and president bin spoke this morning at the port of los angeles about these economic concerns. >> make no mistake. i do understand that inflation is a real challenge to american families. today's inflation report confirms what americans already know that the price hike is hitting america harden gas prices at the pump and energy and food prices account for half of the monthly price increases. >> all of this news is

state senator nancy skinner is pushing the new legislation.pens the door for civil charges to be filed against gun owners if their guns cause property damage, injury or death. a similar ordinance requiring insurance for gun owners is in effect in san jose. california's unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in may. that nearly matches the prepandemic rate of 4.1% set back in february of 2020 employers added almost 43,000 new jobs in may. but today's report from the employment development department is overshadowed by recent signs of a wobbly economy. inflation is at a 40 year high stock prices have been tumbling and the federal reserve and pose the highest interest rate hike in nearly 3 decades. >> more americans say that they would actually vote for former president trump and president biden if the election were to be held today. that is according to a new poll by yahoo. news and yougov which shows the president's numbers at their lowest level of his presidency. 44% of those polled say that they would vote for former president trump. 42% say they wou

east bay state senator nancy skinner is pushing that new legislation also opens the door for civil charges to be filed against gun owners if their weapons cause property damage injury or death. a similar ordinance requiring insurance for gun owners is in effect already in san jose. charles mcgee mcgee is one of the last surviving members of the famed tuskegee airman was laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. mcgee died earlier this year at the age of 100 to our washington correspondent. reshad hudson has more. as taps played. >> tuskegee airman colonel charles mcgee. was laid to rest friday at arlington national cemetery. mcgee was one of the theme tuskegee airmen, the first black unit to fly combat planes and world war 2. when the warm-up county want do their part. ronald mcgee said his father served this country during a time of conflict to talk about buying the double war or also fighting racism here. in 2020 mcgee received an honorary promotion to the rank of brigadier general before getting a standing ovation during president trump's state of the union a very humble person

state senator nancy skinner, berkeley says it makes sense guns now kill more people than vehicles and liability insurance is required to drive a car. skinner says. the bill that she is proposing is patterned after the city of san jose. it would cover damage to property and both injuries or death to people . california would be the first in the nation to adopt such legislation earlier today on the four we talked with state senator skinner about how such insurance would work. when a gun owner cost their insurer to say look, i need liability insurance . now the insurer's going to say, where do you keep your guns? how many guns do you have? do you keep them in a stored locked place? do you have a trigger lock on your guns? how many children in your house? they're going to ask lots of questions that your rate is obviously your insurance rate will go down. the more safe and more responsible. you are as a gun owner, so my objective is to increase safety and to lessen gun violence. gun rights groups argue that legislation such as this infringes on second amendment rights and is unconstitution

i spoke with state senator nancy skinner about the urgent effort now underway after today's ruling.but it's just a gut punch. it's wrenching. i've grown up since my reproductive age with the right to make a choice about my future about my bodily autonomy about myself determination, and that is now ripped out. as of the right of americans, because the constitutionally the court has stripped it from us, and we've got 26 states that within 30 days. will have abortion criminalized for almost all their residents and a number of those states where a woman would be forced to carry a pregnancy to term, even in the case of rape or incest. it is terrible. so senator on the state level here, efforts are being made to ensure that women here in california will have access to, uh, reproductive rights. so we're talking about s c a 10 toast little bit about that effort. that's our constitutional proposed constitutional amendment. but first let me be really clear. abortion is legal in california it is today and it will continue to be. the court's decision does not affect california's rights. however

east bay state senator nancy skinner is pushing this new legislation. it also opens the door for civil charges to be filed against gun owners if their weapons cause property damage, injury or death. a similar ordinance requiring insurance for gun owners goes into effect in san jose. and that's covid-19 coverage in kids under 5 are another step closer to getting vaccinated against covid. today the fda authorized the first shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for these vaccines to start next week. >> they're still. the cd. the cdc must give the final signoff and that's likely to happen pretty soon federal data shows 440 children under the age of 5. >> have died from covid so far. in santa clara county. health officials say they have been preparing for this moment for weeks and they're prepared to start vaccinating this group under 5. as soon as those doses arrive. >> shipments of the vaccine may be arriving as early as monday. if that were to happen, we would open appointments on monday afternoon and start first shot and arms on tuesday. if

east bay state senator nancy skinner is pushing that new legislation also opens the door for civil charges filed against gun owners if their weapons cause property damage, injury or death. a similar ordinance requiring insurance for owners is in effect in san jose. >> some california lawmakers are pushing a new proposal that's aimed at reducing plastic production for single use products. things like a shampoo bottles, food wrappers. it would cut production by 25% starting in the next decade. the bill's authors, democratic state senator ben allen who says the measure would make california a leader in reducing plastic waste by focusing on the source. not just recycling supporters want to bring environmental and business groups together to push for getting this idea on the november ballot. california has been at the forefront of restricting single-use plastic, although the industry has successfully fought off some of the broadest efforts 4 zone forecast says we'll get live look at some of the marine layer clouds rolling across downtown san francisco over the transamerica building permit bill

and gun control remains a serious concern for californians and are special guest state senator nancy skinnerslation. >> we visit a community farm in albany in this week's look at something beautiful. coming from you

senator nancy skinner who represents the east bay about the basis of the supreme court's decision andprivacy protections. so while our immediate concern is abortion that gutting of privacy protections could affect contraception could affect gay marriage so much but since california's protection is based on privacy and the court has stripped that we have a constitutional amendment that my president of the senate pro tem senator. tony atkins has introduced and that the state senate passed just this week and that is sca 10 and it would go on the ballot in november. so the other house still has to pass it, but it is a constitutional amendment or california voters could enshrine in our constit. and the explicit right to an abortion and to all forms of contraception services. today's supreme court decision brings up a lot of issues and if you're looking for an ally or a way to take action start by going to abc7news.com/take action moving on a suspect is now in custody in connection with wednesday's fatal shooting on a muni train in san francisco officers arrested 26 year old javon green at

state senator nancy skinner pushing the new legislation. it also opens the door for civil charges to be filed against gun owners if their weapons caused property damage injury or death. a similar ordinance requiring insurance for gun owners is in effect in san jose. and kids under 5 are another step closer to getting vaccinated for covid. today. the fda authorizing the first shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to start next week. but there's still one step left. the cdc must give the final signoff and that's likely to happen soon. federal data shows 440 kids under the age of 5 have died from covid-19 so far. santa clara county health officials say they've been preparing for this moment for weeks and are ready to start vaccinating young kids as soon as those doses arrive. shipments of the vaccine may be arriving as early as monday. >> if that were to happen, we would open appointments on monday afternoon and start first shot and arms on tuesday. if however, that vaccine does not arrive on monday, we will be re

east bay state senator nancy skinner is also set to present resolutions on the assembly and senate floors to mark national gun violence awareness day here in california. no other wealthy nation in the world has normalized gun violence every day. here in america, 200 people are shot. from gun violence. can we all agree that we believe mental health is the problem here in america? so if we agree that mental health is a problem here in america how can we agree that 18 is old enough to buy a gun? there have been 230 mass shootings this year across the country. those are shootings with four or more victims. there have been nearly two dozen right here in california. we are learning more about the deadly shooting in tulsa, oklahoma, police say a man gunned down his surgeon blaming him for ongoing pain after recent back surgery. police say the man bought an ar style rifle just hours before opening fire at a tulsa medical office. he killed the surgeon and three other people before turning the gun on himself. investigators are closely examining evidence trying to piece the details together. foxes m

east bay state senator nancy skinner is also sent to present resolutions tomorrow on the assembly and senate floor to mark national gun violence awareness day here in california. no other wealthy nation in the world has normalized gun violence every day. here in america, 200 people are shot. from gun violence. can we all agree that we believe mental health is the problem here in america? so if we agree that mental health is a problem here in america how can we agree that 18 is old enough to buy a gun? there are about 200 people shot with a gun every day here in the us, and there have been 230 mass shootings this year across the country. those are shootings with four or more victims. we are learning more tonight about the high school students suspected of planning to carry out a mass shooting at berkeley high school also coming up here on the four. we'll explain why the investigation is leaving some people wondering why it took so long. for police to make an arrest. and just in time for tonight's start of the nba finals at the chase center in san francisco will show you the new shoes f

speaking of what california's been doing to try and curb gun violence, representative senator nancy skinnerion that will force gun owners to purchase insurance. in case they were forced to use their weapons so you can claim that first of all, is that something that you see that can move through the legislature and possible become law. absolutely following the lead of the city of san jose, the first city in the nation to do so. we now have a model where we will require liability insurance for responsible gun owners in the city of san jose. senator skinner has now applied that particular legislative solution to the problems that we suffer statewide. and so this will probably be a law that is challenged in the courts, and we might very well see it. in the supreme court someday. yeah. and down in san jose. we have 2nd 2nd amendment rights groups that are challenging the san jose law as well requiring gun owners there to get insurance. greg woods from san jose state university. thanks for your providing your insight into this hot topic this morning. we appreciate it. thank you. all right, still

state senator nancy skinner, a berkeley says it makes sense because guns now kill more people than caruries or death to people. what a gun owner cost their insurer to say. look, i need liability insurance. now the insurer's going to say, where do you keep your guns? how many guns do you have? do you keep them in a stored locked place? do you have a trigger lock on your guns? how many children in your house? they're going to ask lots of questions that your rate is obviously your insurance rate will go down. the more safe and more responsible. you are as a gun owner, so my objective is to increase safety and to lessen gun violence. gun rights groups claim the measure infringes on second amendment rights and is an unconstitutional tax on gun ownership. time is 5 57, a former oakland city council member who represented the fruitvale district for more than 20 years now says he's running for mayor of oakland. ignacio de la fuente served on the oakland city council between 1992 and 2003 and was the council president for 10 years. he ran twice unsuccessfully for mayor of oakland. in a statemen

east bay state senator are east bait, right based state senator rather nancy skinner is preparing tothe assembly incentive floors to mark national gun violence awareness day. here in california. no other wealthy nation in the world has normalized gun violence every day. here in america, 200 people are shot. from gun violence. can we all agree that we believe mental health is a problem here in america? so if we agree that mental health is a problem here in america how can we agree that 18 is old enough to buy a gun in 230 mass shootings this year across the us with nearly two dozen of those happening? here in california, the u. k is joining the u. s and germany and pledging additional aid to ukraine. britain says it is sending sophisticated medium range rocket systems to ukraine . the announcement prompted the kremlin to warn of repercussions if those weapons are fired into russia. at the same time in eastern ukraine. russian troops are bombing the donbas region, launching a wave of strikes on the area overnight. house speaker nancy pelosi and congresswoman barbara lee met with ukrain

east bay state senator nancy skinner is pushing the new legislation.t a gun owners if their weapons caused property damage injury or death. a similar ordinance requiring insurance for gun owners is now in effect in san jose. some lawmakers are pushing an ambitious new proposal they say will cut back on production of single use plastics. supporters of the bill say the measure would help reduce production by 25% starting in 2032, this would impact laundry detergent, toothpaste and food wrapping makers and companies like amazon. that package products to be mailed. there is a push now among advocacy groups to get the idea on the november ballot. this month, the federal government said it will phase out the sale of single-use plastics like water bottles at national parks. now the bay area baseball, the giants are in pittsburgh taking on the pirates on the 3rd pitch of the game. luis gonzales hitting the home run to deep rit el give ants the lea s all the offense. they would need san francisco going on to win by a final of 2 to nothing. the 2 teams play agai

skinner in than i thought. >> she fulfilled our dreams. she grew up and married the prince. >> the dramatic high point oif t was the dinner and dance with the reagans at the white house. >> nancy? >> if she'd like me to. >> my job was to go to john travolta, and i said, mr. travolta, would you please cut in on the president and ask the princess to dance? he said, i can't cut in on the president. i said, oh, yes, you can. >> diana didn't just upstage charles, she eclipsed him, actually. she made him nothing, is the truth. >> he had been the star of the show. he had been top of the house of windsor bill, and now he was running a very poor second. >> to the core of the issue first, had the princess enjoyed her dance with mr. travolta? >> i'm not a glove puppet, so i can't speak to that. i think you enjoyed it, didn't you darling? >> it actually goes to the heart of a great sense of insecurity in him and a growing resentment of her popularity. >> why did the prince think there was so much media fascination with their every move. >> it's my wife here. >> charles, the dutiful prince has married the perfect bride. but that union will pose a threat to the entire royal family. >> they