which could detect students carrying weapons or drugs and according to an article by the california policy center an educational nonprofit they see the new policy making these twenty eight schools as less safe california policy center also dives into what they call computer proles sample to attacks on public charter schools as well as the union's lawsuits against them a key factor of the california policy center points out teachers in charter schools are not required to join the union now we reached out to the union president and have not received a response as of news time the district now carries a pension. liability of six point eight billion for other benefits and retirement health insurance has now reached a whopping fourteen point nine billion dollars in los angeles hospice week or two. deep in the once forseen landscapes of the arctic tundra ice that has locked in a rock and soil for hundreds of thousands of years has melted away and while some items found after the melt is good long lost plants and moss there's one discovery made by newcastle university researchers that does not bode well

joining us now is the president of california policy center and one of the people behind the campaignction to your billboards so far? >> it's been great. there is a lot of media attention, of course, because some people might want to hear an alternative perspective to what the teacher's union is pumping out every day. so that has been great. and then, you know, a little bit of controversy around them because the union, of course, would not like its members to know they don't have to keep paying the union to keep their jobs. steve: that's right. the reason we know that is the supreme court said you don't have to belong to the union to keep your job. what is the number one reason why, in your estimation, these l.a. teachers should opt out of the union? >> well, if if you ask most public employee teachers why they would like to opt out they would like to keep their money. they earn this money and the union dips into the paychecks and takes it out. the second most important reason ought to be ought to know and we aim to help them understand that the union dues think pay fund the union sys

public diplomacy association of america, and university of southern california annenberg center for communication, leadership and policy. our program today is quite timely. it is on both the new york times and the washington post on the first page. -- on the front page. always a topic which gets attention. we are grateful to our two speakers today, who are joining us to address this from a base of years of research on this. before it became front-page news, they were already working on it. our two speakers are peter singer, he is senior fellow at new america foundation. the author of multiple award-winning books. he was described by the wall a futurist andas national security environment. he has consulted for the defense department defense intelligence agency and fbi. he has advised a range of entertainment for grants for warner bros., hbo, the discovery in history channel. he has been named by the smithsonian is one of the 100 leading innovators and 100 most influential people in foreign policy. and, my favorite title, as mad scientist for the u.s. army trading and dr. command. -- doctoring command. our other speaker

public diplomacy association of america, and university of southern california annenberg center for communication, leadership and policy. , leadership and policy. our program today is quite timely. if you have looked at the front page of the new york times or the washington post. and very high on the website, always a topic which gets attention. we are grateful to our two speakers today, joining us to address this from a base of years of research on this. before it became front-page news, they were already working on it. are two speakers are peter singer, he is senior fellow at new america foundation. he has consulted for the defense department defense intelligence agency and fbi. and he has advised a range of entertainment programs. including what i think is still the number one videogame of all time, "call of duty." he has been named by the smithsonian is one of the 100 most influential people in foreign policy. my favorite title, as mad scientist for the u.s. army where are we now? we seem to be everyday discovering some new way in which things are less secure than we thought they were. peter: i want to begin by tha

public diplomacy association of america, and university of southern california annenberg center for communication, leadership and policy. our program today is quite timely. very high on the website, always a topic which gets attention. we are grateful to our two speakers today, joining us to ofress this from a base years of research on this. before it became front-page news, they were already working on it. are two speakers are peter , he is senior fellow at new america feloundation. he has consulted for the defense department defense intelligence agency and fbi. he has been named by the smithsonian is one of the 100 most influential people in foreign policy. my favorite title, as mad scientist for the u.s. army trading and dr. command. emerson. speaker is he has been a research fellow at the council of foreign relations where hech associate studied defense budgeting and strategy. is 2016 cover story for the atlantic may have been the first major report on what we are going to talk about today. brooking is the co-author of many the broken dialogue and has been published in foreign policy, popular science, and appears r

more than 20,000 people gathered for the center's first big campaign rally in her hometown of oakland, california. not surprisingly, she attacked many of the policies of the trump administration. >> when we have children in cages crying for their mothers and fathers, or don't you dare call that border security. that's a human rights abuse. and that's not our america! >> senator harris also said she would deliver the largest middle class tax cut in a generation. >>> the race for 2020 could get a major shakeup if former ceo of starbucks enters the race. howard schultz says he's seriously considering as running as a centrist independent. according to forbes, schultz's net worth is worth $3.4 billion. >>> switch to go weather now. there are breathtaking numbers. >> good morning. yeah. millions of people will experience some of the coldest temperatures they have ever seen in their lifetime. we will see the coldest temperatures in 20, 25 years in areas of the midwest. so 25 million people at risk of windchills of negative 25 to negative 55. we show you these numbers. this is as cold as it gets with this arctic outbreak. today is not bad. i'm saying negat

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california state issued driver's license to fly domestically. we've put a list of other forms of acceptable identification on our website at abc7news.com. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> president trump's policies took center stage at today's community swearing in for new state treasurer fiona ma. she drew cheers from supporters but likely jeers from the trump administration when she dropped the f bomb speaking about the president. fiona ma today's local swearing in ceremony was a family affair. dozens of bay area lawmakers including the mayor packed the booker t. washington community center in san francisco. democratic power broken john burton administered the oath. >> -- in the state of california, against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> reporter: the former supervisor wasted no time calling out who the domestic enemies might be singling out president trump, including cutting programs that millions of low-income californians depend on and she promised to use her office to fight back. >> and that is what i'm here about. my team is here about. it's about leveling the playing field and building that financial wall around california to combat the white house. [ cheering and applause ] >> ma's wall may h

center for law and social policy. you can join in starting at 8:00. james is next in north hollywood, california. an independent.o ahead. caller: good morning. i agree with the caller about four or five calls ago about this issue of how politicians are ruling versus governing in my country. could solve this in about two days. i say this because we have a collaborative government. we have three branches of government and the idea is to this great experiment with the democratic republic where the people are really the government. ourpeople we elect are our spokespeople. they should not be trying to rule the country. they should be governing the country. that is my first point. my second is what is the great security risk? those in our hemisphere trying to seek asylum? or sympathizing with a russian doctor see that would seek to undermine the structure of our government, our country? our logic is so poor that we cannot see how obviously this man is out to -- i am sorry, i will say what other people are afraid to say, he is undermining our country for whatever purposes he has and i think we should stop giving him a