now the federated states of micronesia is one of the island states in the pacific made up of more thanern side of the archipelago, where i'm joined by the country's president, david panuelo. it's wonderful to have you back on the programme, president panuelo. i really do want to first start by asking you, what were the big reactions, do you think, to the promises that we heard at cop26? how successful do you think it was? first, thank you for having me on the programme again. i bring you greetings from the paradise of my back yard. this is a peaceful and harmonious weekend, and thank you for that question. of course cop26, in my view, we represented our global history's global communities chance to fight and tackle climate change. it was considered a last ditch chance to finalise our plan to save humanity. the extensions of species and our planet's life support system —— extinction. if left unchecked, climate change will result in civilisation collapse. with the agriculture depleting. and countries. citizens either migrate from their home, so it becomes totalitarian, and keeping foreig

all this comes while they account for less than i% of global greenhouse gas emissions.now the federated statesd panuelo says cop26 resulted in some positive movement but it is not enough to help his country in fight against climate change. cop 26 in my view represented the crossroads of our communities. the chance to fight and tackle climate change and the last best chance to finalise our game plan to save humanity. you know, the extinction of species and our planet�*s life—support system. i believe if left unchecked climate change will result in total civilisational collapse, as i said before, with agricultural yields depleting. and countries, citizens either migrate from their homes or become xenophobic, totalitarian in stopping or keeping foreigners away. climate change, as i have said many times, is an existential threat. well, 26 resulted in some positive movement we are still concerned that our global community is not quite tackling the steps that we need to take. one of the things that was discussed at the conference was the amount of money that developed countries are supposed to be gi

courts for the right in the united states may protective supremacy of federal law against this attack. finally, the injunction of the proper response to texas unprecedented law, if texas can nullify case in this manner, than other states could do the same with other constitutional rights are the decisions of this course in their favor and federal courts are not powerless to correct the lease and is not that intolerable threat to our constitutional hierarchy. >> general, which is been just few minutes on the united states interest that gives your basis for being involved in this. >> yes justice thomas, ensures that the states cannot plot the supremacy of federal law by enacting a law unconstitutional and then through the simple mechanism of outsourcing enforcement authority to a remote underworld a large blocking the traditional mechanisms for judicial review the congress in section 1983, this court and young recognizes it would be vital to securing federal constitutional right against that kind of law pretty. >> is there any difference between legislation and r

state officials. the only conceivable reason for doing so it was to evade federal court review under young. s and traded special rules applicable only to claims help make it all but impossible to protect one's constitutional right in state courts. for a single abortion the law authorizes limitless suits and all 254 counties and provides a victory in one has no preclusive effect in any other. texas incentivized enforcement through words of at least 10,000 dollars per prohibited abortion against each defendant without any showing of injury. and it added draconian one-sided fees provisions with liability extended even to attorneys themselves. the combined effect is to transform the state courts from a form for the protection of rights into a mechanisms for nullifying them. as responded dixon has said no rational abortion provider would violate this law. clerk courts are not ordinarily proper defendants in these circumstances the principles underlying young author is a federal court relief against clerks. they are docketing which is critical to effectuate texas illegal scheme and flex article th

state courts. with no ability to go to the federal courts before essentially pre-criminal process ends. >> why doest allow plaintiffs anywhere in the state? that is not the normal weight venue works in texas is it? >> undoubtedly there's a handful of individual procedural rules that are designed to favor this cause of action. like a brain, the antitrust laws or happy to stipulate to that. to the extent they became extraordinary if anything found in a procedural due process claim which my friends are not bringing for their bringing a substantive due process claim to it liability itself in attempting to cash it out there some forms of enforcement first texas officials the court clerks and so and so on. >> i might turn out turning specifically to the assertion my friend on the other side of said that is not even clear injunctive relief against a court clerk will give him what he wants under texas rules of civil procedure a petition is deemed filed upon receipt by the clerk of the clerk does not have the opportunity to reject that petition. it would all of us to of texas law in the event this court int

court to avindicate federal rights. the united states may sue to protect the supremacy of federal law against p this attack. finally, the injunction is a proper response to texas is unprecedented of law. if texas can nullify well and casey in this manner, than other states can do the same with other constitutional rights or other decisions of the court that the disfavor. federal courts are not powerless to craft relief to stop that threat to the constitutional hierarchy. >> general prelogar, would you spend just a few minutes on the united states interests that gives you a basis for being involved in this suit? >> of course, justice thomas. the interest of the united states is the sovereign interest in ensuring that states cannot flout the supremacy of federal law by enacting a law that is clearly unconstitutional and then through this simple mechanism of outsourcing enforcement authority to the world at large, blocking the traditional mechanisms for judicial review that congress andie section 1983 and that this court and ex parte young

ah, do, does ethiopia continue to be a federated state? loosely united or as the prime minister ob d wishes? will it be a unitary state? led by now one person out with con, well, a laws and regulations throughout the country. and many in de gray in romeo and other regions want to return to the federated state. honestly, i think the solution that i know the secretary of state as, as a military solution is not the solution if he's right, but i don't see any other solution right now. and the problem is, i can, can the rebels overtake the government or can ok, do you agree to step down? but the worst thing right now is the intervention rivera tray, because it keeps the war going. and we'll see how this all plays out in the coming days and weeks. vicki huddleston, they're a full, may us charge to fair in ethiopia. thanks so much for joining us on out there. i think he thank you. i'm moving on on the wise, how says it's releasing 50000000 barrels of oil from at strategic reserves. it's a coordinated effort with several nations to try to stop soar

, dci, state patrol, _ federal, state, dci, state patrol, waukesha sheriffs department, brookvillee fbi, atf and all other partners who responded to assist in this tragedy _ responded to assist in this tragedy. it is unknown at this time — tragedy. it is unknown at this time whether the incident has any nexus to terrorism. to the families— any nexus to terrorism. to the families involved, you are in waukesha's police department thoughts and prayers. to the waukesha community, the scene is how— waukesha community, the scene is how safe — waukesha community, the scene is now safe and secure. i will take — is now safe and secure. i will take a — is now safe and secure. i will take a few— is now safe and secure. i will take a few questions. can chief i would take a few questions. can chief i would speak— take a few questions. can chief i would speak first _ take a few questions. can chief i would speak first about - take a few questions. can chief i would speak first about the i i would speak first about the victims? _ i would speak first about the victims? i— i would speak first about

state law defense. it so as in all cases an individual can raise that particular piece for the entire case as a federal constitutional right that is a default state court judges who swear an oath to the constitution just the way the justices on this court and the lord federal courts do i i presume they will apply in good faith and they are always sanctioned by this court and any appropriate case. what can't occur is what couldn't occur in new york times v. sullivan or for that matter masterpiece cakeshop. an individual who thinks it will be subjected to a state court process that you do going to be very difficult for them or otherwise unfair in terms of the midst of the decision is not permitted to go to a lower federal court and seek functionally an injunction against the state trial court -- >> general stone, keep going. i think all these arguments were the same argument that minnesota race in ex parte young itself. you look at the history of the case, it was an extraordinary controversy in the united states and in minnesota, about the federal court view. and that itself didn't exist before ex parte y

in an fbi raid on at least four single sites in a state for what appears to be a quite serious federal, statestigation into what these folks are up to. joining us now is colorado secretary of state jana griswold. thank you for joining us tonight, madam secretary. i appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me on, rachel. >> this story started off as something that seemed small and awkward and maybe not worth figuring out the details of, but it has metastasized and become not only very serious but also sort of riveting in its -- in the way it has unfolded. let me just ask you if i missed any important parts of this or if i said any of it wrong. >> well, you got the mypillow guy, you've got qanon, unauthorized access. the only thing that i would add on is the entity that leaked the passwords and then the images of the server of the voting equipment is the guy who is allegedly "q" of qanon. so this is mypillow guy plus qanon plus election deniers compromising voting equipment to try to prove conspiracies. >> can you explain what you mean by compromise there? like what is dangerous about what wa

when i was a prosecutor, when 9/11 happened, it happened because federal state and local law enforcement were not on the same page. there were turf battles, lack od trust, a lack of collaboration. i was doing death penalty cases inpe puerto rico. one agency, federal agency, didn't want to work with the other because it didn't require four-year college degree to be an agent. that is the type of ridiculousness we had tot deal with. so after 9/11 we kind of molded into a terrorism realm. we were already trying in the drug enforcement realm. the federal, state, and local all under the same roof with analysts from the national guard for example, s whatever we coul do, and say we are going after "x." we are going to focus on "x." i couldn't give a -- if you were a fbi or dea or anything. let's get the job done. that same s type of attitude ha to come to this. right? i reallyy think with cisa you haven to have the private sect built up with a a certain degre of trust and it is almost like muscle memory where okay. we got hacked. let's get this information to cisa in a way that is not too burden

state officials. the only conceivable reason for doing so was to evade federal court review under ex parte young. texas then created special rules, applicable only to sb-8 claims, that make it all but impossible to protect one's constitutional's rights in state court. for a single abortion, the law authorizes limitless suits in all 254 counties and provide that a victory in one has no preclusive effect in any other. texas incentivized enforcement through awards of at least $10,000 per prohibited abortion against each defendant, without any showing of injury, and it added draconian, one-sided fees provisions, with liability extended even to attorneys themselves. the combined effect is to transform the state courts from a forum for the protection of rights into a mechanism for nullifying them. as respondentdixon said, no rational abortion provider would violate this law. while clerk courts are not ordinarily proper defendants, in these circumstances, the principles underlying ex parte young authorize federal court release against clerks. their docketing of sb-8 suits, which is critical to effectuate

of street crime and violence that we have been talking about earlier today is also a federal crime. we assist state and locals to help them in their investigations of these kind of matters. every single day in non-federal matters, we are partners with our state and local partners. >> mr. attorney general, you have acknowledged parents have a right -- a constitutional right to be heard on the education of their children in public schools. can you imagine the sort of intimidation, the sort of bullying impact a memorandum from the department of justice would have and how that would chill the willingness of parents to exercise their rights under threat of federal prosecution? did you consider the chilling impact your memorandum would have on parents exercising their constitutional rights? >> the only thing this memorandum is about is violence and threats of violence. it opens with a statement -- >> my question is, did you consider the chilling affect this would have on parents' constitutional rights? >> to say the justice department is against violence and threats of violence -- >> did you consider the

i also want to thank all law enforcement partners federal. state. the cia. state patrol.ashington sheriff's department. for field. he's burned police department. fbi. etf. and all of the partners responding to a system that is tragedy. it's unknown at this time whether the incident, any nexus to terrorism. to the families involved. you're in war from police from and prayers. community. the scene is now seen. it's a cure. we'll take a few questions. the power now. >> thank you. goes is going to provide you some brief information regarding the patients that transported on the city of waukesha was actually part of the had been injured in the soon as the calls started coming we heard radio traffic and re media responded from 5 of our stations. we activated our mass casualty protocols and use made this box alarm system activity a box. the second alarm. that means that we received assistance not only for our 5 fire stations, law personnel on duty. but from approximately 12 fire departments. the city waukesha department and its partner as partners in may of this transported a to

work together with the state ag but on aindication you have to use a little stack. you have federal funding that goes to the states that local community and state ags and state authorities rely on. you use that leverage a bit to get them on board with the priorities we have here. we talked about data, that's important part of recommendations. the qualitative data is so important here. that is really important. prosecutors get hung up on the prosecution angle of this. that's really important to call a hate crime out for what it is, a hate crime. it sends an incredible message. protecting the community is much more than that. it's much more than an afterthe fact prosecution and alleged deterrent. they are finding these distingts, these are in part on but in large part they're not. they're getting more organized every day. we saw it with what happened in january 6th. that's how the ku klux klan got damaged in the 1980s. that got a judgment and broke them financially. we have to go after them financially and prosecute financial crimes but go after in the civil context. our social media

actually choose to live in virginia. 18.5% of the workforce in virginia is employed by the federal, stateor local government. a larger percentage than most states, and fact, of all the states. the rest of this date is a mix of those who work in higher education, defense contractors, and agriculture. a majority of the state is still extremely rural. this gives the state are represented should -- representation of the various demographics that make up the united states. those demographics have been increasingly blue. resident biden had a 10% lead over president trump. yet yesterday, this week by the republicans -- sweep by the republicans shows a winning play for the gop going into the 2022 midterms. natasha joins us with all of the results of tuesday's elections, as well as the issues which motivated voters to the polls. virginia was the main focus, but there were other major races, including with one which took longer to call then just election night. >> yes, and we will get to those. we have to start with the race in virginia. you might've heard the state travel slogan, "virginia is for

if you do with carrots by working together with the state ag's, local law enforcement. but on occasion you've got federal funding to go to the states these local communities and state ag's instate investigative authority rely on. you can use that leverage a good bit to get them on board with so many of the priorities we got here. we've talked about data, that's an important part of the recommendation. we will not go through that but the qualitative data is so important here. congressman mentioned protecting communities in prosecuting crimes for that is really important. i think sometimes prosecutors often get caught up on the prosecution angle of this. that's really important to call a hate crime out for what it is. a hate crime. it sends an incredible message but protecting them is much more than that it's much more than after the fact prosecution and alleged deterrent. what you really have to do is work with communities for transparency to get education out there and educating the public about what is going on and educating about the problems we have gotten this in dealing with the mental health issues

state ags, local law enforcement. on occasion, you have to use a little stick. you have federal funding that go to states that the local communities and state ags and state investigative authorities rely on. you can use that leverage to get them on board with so many of the priorities we've got here. we have talked about data. that's an important part of the recommendations. the qualitative data is so important here. congressman mentioned protecting communities and prosecuting for crimes. that is really important. i think sometimes prosecutors get hung up on the prosecution angle of this. that's really important. call a hate crime out for what it is, a hate crime. it sends an incredible message. but protecting the communities is much more than that. it's much more than simply an after the fact prosecution and alleged deterrents. what you really have to do is you have to work with communities for transparency to get education out there and educating the public about what is going on and educating people about the problems that we've got in this and dealing with mental health issu

also with federal state, dci, state patrol waukesha state department brookfield police departments fbiand the other partners who responded to this tragedy. into the families involved you're in our thoughts and prayers to the waukesha community the scene is now safe and secure i will take a few questions. >> . >> i will provide brief information that patients transported. as part of a sinister carl call start economy heard radio traffic we immediately responded from five stations. we in this —- use mass casualty protocols and activated a box and that means we received assistance not only from the five fire stations and all personnel on duty but approximately five other fire departments. the fire department and partners transported a total of 11 adults and 12 pediatric patients 26 area hospitals. we don't have any specifics on the injuries at this time. all patients were transported there were some fatalities. we don't have any detailed information on the fatalities at this time. >> how many people were killed? >> out of respect for family members and pending notifications. the investiga

federal, state and local under one roof and we would say we are going after x. let's get the job done. that same type of attitude has got to come through this. with cisa, you got to have the private sector build up a certain degree of trust him as is got to be collaboration, it's almost like muscle memory let's get this information in a way that's not to burdensome but cisa has to look at it. what kind of decorative's are we seeing? that way they cannot -- operationalize that stuff. it's the same type of idea where you are breaking down barriers of collaboration. one of the concerns is that if you overregulated that, you will end up having a lack of trust and have too much bureaucracy and you will have the underpinnings of 9/11 where you had too much yurok chrissy and too many stove pipe sites. you need some regulation. it can't be the wild west but at the same token, we have to work with the private sector in a collaborative manner just like i work with state and local governments. i work at them to get them to trust us and share with us the data they have. as

state level according to the constitution. the founders made that decision. the only role of the federalovernment was to open and count the electoral votes set by the states. i understand the disappointment in the election. you have to be willing to do your duty. i appreciate the affirmations of support tonight. it means a lot. thank you. >> my name is sadie, i don't have this memorized because i am not a weirdo. post the invention of the car -- mr. pence: i am having a little trouble with the mask, could you pull it down? >> republicans and democrats alike have been voting for more roads and they all seem to be crumbling. anyone who drives can tell you that. there have been multiple solutions proposed to the situation of us continuing to create roads all the ones we have are not in that great of shape. some have said privatizing roads or putting tollbooths on them. or we can raise taxes to fund road repair. do you andy conservative party have a take on this -- do you or the conservative party have a take on this? mr. pence: when i was governor of indiana, i did some very innovative thin

it said the company has complied with all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances since the beginning of the pandemic. despite the recent wins for workers like vargas and vilorio, the changes they fought for only apply to the stores where they work. that's because of how the franchise system works. while corporations contractually determine how their restaurants operate, the franchise, owned as a small businesses, is legally responsible for wages and working conditions. workers with the fight for 15 campaign and a union are lobbying the state's legislature to pass a law that will change that: "the fast recovery act," introduced last january. it would make california the first state in the country to create a fast food sector council. a committee of fast food workers, employers and state agencies would determine new standards for the industry. >> ( translated ): this will help us, because there will be people like us, who know what it is like, to sit and talk with the people who up until now have not taken us seriously. >> i think we're going to learn that the rules are rigged against

. >> reporter: containers taking up space as cargo ships wait at today federal, state, and local leaders gave some insight in how they plan to stop the problem. l.a.'s mayor said there already has been some progress. >> since we have talked about implementing a fee on containers that are not moving, we have decreased already by 332%, the number of con -- 32% the number of containers we have on dock. >> reporter: and another hope is to get more truck drivers on the road. >> allowing us to double from 5,000 commercial tests a month to 50,000 commercial tests a month. >> reporter: and truck weight exemptions on our highways. >> it will have a substantial benefit on industrial and manufacturing cad containers that willmaeir way into the ports of long beach and l.a. as for the lack of warehouse space, the governor said they are working it to to find storage sites. the supply chain issues are starting to impact school lunches near california. the salinas city elementary school strict said it has gone from using one vendor to several for food products. students are still getting fed, but some d

respect of rights for citizens and as susan said it really puts this sort of oversight on the federal and state government from the federal government. it was so the states wouldn't not go back and try to re- enslave effectively newly freed men and women and then the 15th amendment. it is an antidiscrimination amendment. says you cannot discriminate the right to vote based on race. and that amendment was profound all were very profound. that was profound because is replicated in numerous occasions to apply to sex, age, basically with the poll tax amendment. that is what we call the foundation at the second founding many of these amendments were ignored it was nonslip to the 1960s action of the federal government starting to make good on the promises of the reconstruction era. >> the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment sound great they promise of equality and rights. but the supreme court's part of the problem why the reconstruction was never realized. the supreme court had a number of decisions narrowly interpreting what the 14th amendment in particular had to say. i think i want to move now from the

as susan said, it put this sort of oversight on the federal and state governments, from the federal government. it waste so the states wouldn'to back and sort of try to reenslave effectively newly freed men and women. the 15ndth amendment, it's an anti-discrimination amendment. you a cannot discriminate in th right to vote on the basis of race. that amendment was profound. all these were very profound. it was replicated to apply to sex and age and wealth. that's what we call the foundation. it's the secondd founding. as we know, many of these amendments were simply ignored over thehe next century. it wasn't until we got to the modern civil rights movement. 1960s where you actually had the federal government starting to make good on the promises of the reconstruction era. >> t the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, they sound great.h they promise equality and all sorts of rights. the supreme court was part of the problem inn terms of why th reconstruction never was realized. the supreme court had a number of decisions, very narrowly interpreting what the 14 nth amendment in particular had to say.

i believe that the use of technical assistance both of the federal level and encouraging that at state level where you have the expertise both at the federal and state level to go into those communities, states really have to understand the communities within their jurisdiction. at the federal government, even though we are supporting the disaster from a little bit further away, we have to understand the needs of those communities as well. again, effectively utilizing those broad partnerships, being really intentional about those community impacts and i'm certainly in tune with that. we have experienced that in north carolina where communities of the minority -- off the minority communities, recover less well because of the difficulty navigating processes to get the appropriate funding. sen. padilla: thank you. my colleague asked how you might respond to pressures from higher ups in the administration regardless of political pot -- party. i'm glad he pointed that out. to media for larger grants for larger states versus others. i would ask the same and slightly differently. how would yo

goodwin has raised over $1 million through private donations, and hopes to secure grants from federal, state, and local sources to buy the property, and possibly expand the number of beds. for goodwin, turning from tenant owner would be another turning point in his remarkable battle against veteran homelessness. >> veterans will never be homeless again in santa clara county, san jose, and northern california. they always have a place to live. >>> we know we have had rain, but we know we need to conserve water. >>> we have the latest update ines for downtown san se8 francisco but we should be really making some progress. this is what the drought met looks like 4 weeks ago. exceptional drought, extreme drought for the entire bay area. the exceptional drought has shrunk a little bit. there's an area in mendocino that is gone from extreme drought to severe drought. some progress on the edges, but overall, it tells you how deep a hole that we are in due to the last several years. the rain we have seen over the past few weeks has only chipped away at the edges of the drought conditions. tonight, p

federal law. it's about really an argument between the states and the federal government. are the states going to comply with the constitution itself? and i think that's where justice kavanaugh knowing him for many years and having worked with him, i think that's something he is very concerned about in terms of the legitimacy of each branch of government. i can't speak for amy coney barrett except i agree. it looks like she is not has az she said in a recent speech, going to make knee jerk decisions based on ideology and politics. >> before we spoke, you spoke to one of my producers. you talked about if fact that you think at this point sadly political ideology is what is driving the conservative justices. do you still feel that way after listening for the last 90 minutes or so? >> i do in part, because of the fact that this law was not enjoined already. maybe given that the approval ratings are dropping and the more justices on the court are feeling concerned. maybe that is shifted. but the thread throughout this entire argument is the fact that roe v. wade is black letter

susan: you describe the culture that grew out of the creation of hud, federal, state, local level, you say there are 30 500 local housing authorities in the united states that partner with hud. -- 3500 local housing authorities in the united states that partner with hud. what do you see as the pluses and minuses of the investment? mr. husock: hide and johnson were influenced by the urban riots of the 1960's and the idea was to improve living conditions for the black people coming to the city during the great migration. they made the same mistake. tear down the substandard housing and replace with subsidized apartments. that has trapped minorities in homes they can never own with wealth they can never accumulate. they made the mistake of saying it would last forever. and hud subsidizes more and more rentals. their approach has been augmented by the low income housing tax credit. those who were concerned about low income americans have realized we have to find a way to get them into some sort of homeownership situation with homes they can afford. subsidized rentals is the path hud has ta

state level. the founders made that decision at the constitutional convention and the only role of the federal governmentlectoral votes that were sent by the states. i understandhe the disappointmet in the election. you might remember i was on the ballot. [laughter] but you've got to be willing to do your duty. at the time may come that some of you are in that position or one like it and i have a feeling based on the shining faces i'm seeing, you will be men and women that do your duty in that time as well and i appreciate the affirmations of support tonight. it means a lot. it truly does. thank you. [applause] >> i don't have this memorized because i'm not a weirdo. [laughter] >> katie, hi. >> post world war ii -- >> i'm having a little trouble with the mask. could you please pull it down. >> post world war ii, republicans and democrats build roads and more roads and now they seem to all be crumbling. anyone who drives can tell you that. there've been multiple solutions proposed to the situation of us continuing to create roads while those we have are not in great of shape into some solutions include pr

my home state of south carolina, we permit cbd, they have medical california has full adult recreational use. it's time the federaltates already have and have been for number of years. kennedy: what your legislation is saying is basically we've been so prohibitive at the federal level, possess a schedule one drug, categorized with what are considered to be the most harmful addictive substances on the planet yet the vast majority of americans live in states where it is at least medically legal so the state should be the one to decide but we still have thousands of people in prison for canvas crime, nonviolent went. >> right, non- violent canvas crimes into still has a criminal justice of the federal life level. state driven, states in the driver seat, they can determine, no one state law should be forced to change under this particular federal bill but it gives the federal government providing a stack tax structure, 3% that regulates it allows states to do whatever it is they want that conservatives and republicans, moderates and democrat can get along with. it's a nonpartisan issue, 70 -- 30 and most states a supe

. >> as we get closer to winter leaders at the federal, state and local levels are all now pushing for people to get vaccinated against covid santa clara county health officer doctor sara cody held a news conference urging everyone who's eligible for a booster shot to get one. the cdc says boosters are available to those who are age 65 those 18 and over with underlying health conditions and those who work or live in high-risk settings. doctor cody says you might be eligible to get a booster and you don't even realize it. >> underlying medical conditions include everything, including depression anxiety. hypertension, diabetes obesity. there ar us who don't fall into one of you know, meet one of those eligibility criteria. >> doctor cody says more than a million county residents can get a booster. but so far only about 20% of those eligible have actually done that. governor gavin newsome says he and the state's top health officials are now doing everything they can to avoid what happened last winter cases rose dramatically while hospitals and icus spaces dwindle and weeks of decline cali

federal law says state and local agencies must protect employee interests in order to be eligible for public grants. at the sacramento bee reports the labor department now says california's 2013 rewrite of its pension laws, which made them less generous for new employees, was improper, because it was imposed by law, rather than through union bargaining. the decision voids nearly $10 billion set aside for california in the new infrastructure bill, and about $2.5 billion in pandemic relief grants. governor newsom is appealing for a reversal point >>> on this veterans day, dozens of vets gathered on board of the uss hornet in alameda. we spoke with one veteran who served about 3 years on a ship very similar to the hornet. >> a lot of people deserve that. they put in a lot of years of their life to serve the country , and they need recognition. >> there were events across the bay area today to honor those who have served. in san rafael, an outdoor gathering ended with taps playing, and world war ii artifacts and memorabilia and military vehicles were displayed in danville point >>> this m