challenger, kermit jones. and it is being described as a virtual universe for work, like, and more, but what exactly is the metaverse, and how will it shape our lives in the year to come? our panel of experts offer their predictions. >>> and, we venture into san francisco's past and tonight's edition of something beautiful. coming to you this friday, october 21st, 2022, hello, and welcome to the show. this is kqed newsroom and i am priya david clemens. we begin tonight with a race in california's third congressional district , a mostly rural district that leans right. dr. kermit jones, a democrat, is running against republican kevin kiley, who is currently a state assembly member. verifying for a seat in the u.s. health house of representatives. there district stretches from plumas county, through sacramento suburbs, and into parts of el dorado county. kevin kiley declined to join us tonight. you are a medical doctor and somehow you decided you were going to leave that behind and run for political office. why?

kermit jones, he's not with us. he's with pelosi. >> so what is the real story there on the records. >> this is a double dose of nonsense. it is pure fiction conjured from thin air. not only does this candidate oppose defunding the police but we know that speaker pelosi has dismissed that concept. she's done that in public and in interviews. listen to two of her comments one from this year and one from back in 2020. >> that is not the position of the democratic party. community safety to protect and defend in every way is our oath of office. funding a police is a local matter as you know. from the stand point of our legislation, we're not going to that place. what we're doing is talking about how we change policies and make our policing more just. >> and it is not just words under pelosi's speakership, democrats have passed laws to provide additional funding to police not to defund. so this ad is competely made-up. >> but he gets a lot of attention and you have another example out of virginia. also a congressional r

we speak with democratic challenger, kermit jones. described as a virtual universe for work, like, and more, but what exactly is the metaverse, and how will it shape our lives in the year to come? our panel