stayro khanna, i waved to with us. i want to ask you about amazon, facebook, and your internet bill of rights. rochon is a democratic congress member from california, called for congressional hearings into possible saudi complicity with the disappearance and probable murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. he has been a leading critic off u.s. support for the saudi-led war in yemen. we will be back with him in 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we continue our conversation with democratic c congressmember ro k khanna. i want to switch gears from yemen and saudi arabia, the disappearance of jamal khashoggi, to talk about amazon, which recently became the country's second $1 trillion company. on video went viral showing october 2, a amazon senior vice president telling hundreds of amazon workers that the company's minimum wage w was beg increaeased to $15 an hour. >> [indiscernible] [cheers] amy: amazon's embrace of a $15 an hour minimum mad

sergio quintana is live in milpitas where congressman ro khanna addressed the threat at his meeting tonight. >> one of the women who stood up to ask the congressman tonight seemed almost overwhelmed at the sheer number of purported pipe bombs that were sent to so many national leaders. tonight the pipe bomb scare reaches the west coast. a los angeles mail facility evacuated as authorities confirm a suspicious package is addressed to southern california congresswoman maxine waters. at tonight's congressional town hall milpitas resident valerie mackauer says she's frustrated at the day's events and the actions of the president. >> we had an assault on our rally. >> reporter: south bay congressman ro khanna calls it political violence. >> but what we shouldn't do is let's not hold town halls or n be involved actively in democracy. that's allowing those threats to win. >> reporter: because of a similarly built device cnn's new york offices were evacuated. other packages were sent to two former presidents, a former secretary of state and a former attorney general. president donald trump's politi

if california congressman ro khanna has anything to say about it.amed a 10 point that will help to figure out what people's rights and responsibilities look like "line , telling bloomberg citizens need to be protected from the operation of corporate actors." he covers california 17th district making him the representative for silicon valley. he joins us now from washington. thank you for joining us. you are a silicon valley representative. you have lots of friends here. tell us what this internet bill of rights is what the reaction has been at home. a the bill of rights is simple document to say that people's freedoms and security need to be protected online. it has common sense provisions. individual should know what is happening to their data, just like you know what is happening to her how the data, to your financial data on a credit check , you should know what happens to the data you have online. you should be notified if there is a breach you should be able to consent before your data is collected. it's gotten a good receptive. ion. understand

eight, requiring khanna business businesses to comply with all permit conditions whether or not they are currently engaging in the permitted activity. nine, modifying the amount of khanna business th cannabis business that may be delivered or sold to a customer. and reducing from four to three the categories of commercial activity required to operate as a cannabis microbusiness, and amending the health code by extending by one year the date on which article 33, medical cannabis act, expires by law. discussion and action item. presenter is nicole elliott, director of cannabis -- >> director elliott, just one moment. >> commissioner dooley? >> i'm going to reaccucuse myse. i am very involved in the cannabis industry. >> this would be for item number 6 and 7. >> right. >> okay. so might as well ask for a recusal for both items. >> i move that you be recused from items six and seven. we do an all in favor. >> all in favor? [voting] >> you're recused. >> welcome. >> nicole elliott, director of office of cannabis. it has been almost a year since this legislation was -- became effective. in

we made an appointment with the defense minister of malaysia hutaree khanna he too emphasizes the importance of border security. but he says fifty percent of his country is hard to control desert. says solid is a move to secure the desert we need more resources than a country like malaysia air might have at its disposal. we need aircraft and equipment with state of the art technology to monitor these arms they will lose it and thanks to our cooperation with the e.u. and especially with germany we're doing much better in this joint project germany really is a leader who is you know you we have proudly shown one document after another recording freshly signed deals between germany and. germany is buying the jazz defense ministry vehicles and satellite telephones officially for better border control and other documents city. best's to wreck financial aid to the tune of millions of era's. them a document is quickly taken away because its content is still a secret the defense ministry in berlin isn't giving away anything either they tell us details not be revealed. but where is the money from the

. >> reporter: congressman ro khanna wants to stop u.s. aid to the saudis because of its involvement in the yemeni civil war, an effort that's gaining support after khashoggi's disappearance. and he says silicon valley should not accept saudi money. >> we don't need the few billions the saudis are offering. they're an inconsequential nation when it comes to the united states economic success. >> reporter: also tonight san jose city councilman johnny kamitz who traveled to saudi arabia in may to describe how the city uses technology has declined a second meeting there next month. >> we need to support our media. and i just -- again, this just adds to my concern to what's been happening with the "washington post" reporter. >> reporter: in san jose ian cole, nbc bay area news. >>> a scary situation in fremont. a construction tower fell over with workers clipped to it. this is at durham road near 680. fremont firefighters told us the 20-foot rebar tower fell, three people were taken to the hospital. at least one of the injured workers have bee

. >>> congressman ro khanna said amazon is the beginning. if you're a huge corporation that can afford bonuses, you can treat your employees with dignity and raise their wages. marc benioff said i hope other companies follow jeff bezos' example. >>> as hard as it is to believe, the massive takata airbag recall is getting bigger now. >> 7 on your side michael finney is here. >> every time you turn around, you think it's over with. honda is adding 1.4 million vehicles to the recall of takata airbags. the recall includes honda and acura vehicles. the additional vehicles now make up to 37 million vehicles. that need replacement airbags. honda decided to bump up the for december because they say d there is now a sufficient supply of replacement airbags. i got to tell you, this is the first time i've heard that. you can find the list of recalled cars and trucks and suvs on abc7news.com. >>> telemedicine may contribute to the overuse of antibiotics. that's according to a new study in the annals of internal medicine. researchers looked at thousands

south bay congressman ro khanna has also been calling on the trump administration to stop providing aid to saudi arabia for its war in yemen. he says he hopes this case will bring more scrutiny on the actions of the saudi government. >>> in the bay area expect to pay big bucks if you plan to leave pg&e. yesterday, state regulators unanimously approved allowing big utilities to charge an exit fee for customers who opt out. rules to protect customers who stay from footing the bill for those who leave. many big utilities have already made significant long- term investments based on customers they don't have but critics say it can discourage people from switching to clean energy alternatives. >>> in the east bay, relief is on the way to headfocommuters t stn.in-pleasbart the current parking lot there is not nearly big enough on weekdays by 7:30 each morning nearly all 3,000 spaces already taken. hundreds of people are on the wait list for reserve space permits. so the streets near the station are choke with vehicles. alameda county supervisor says that a garage was always planned to be expa

silicon representative ro khanna tweeted, regard lps of this wrong decision for our nation's future, continue to fight. california senator kamala harris tweeted, it doesn't matter your race, age, gender, income, sexual assault affects everyone. this is a conversation we need to keep having and take seriously. >> tonight we are getting a sense of how kavanaugh's first accuser is feeling about today's development. palo alto professor christine blasey ford accused kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago when both were in high school. >> they both testified before the senate judiciary committee last today christine blasey ford's sister-in-law says she remains helpful and does not think all is lost even if kavanaugh's nomination is approved. >> there's a conversation going on around the issues and i think there's solace for her that there's a deeper conversation happening. i think there's time for the senators to think about how to bring the country together instead of deepening the divide. you know, i would hope that maybe could happen. >> members of christine blasey ford's lega

you can attend tonight's town hall and ask khanna questions held at the milpitas high school, this is at 7:30. >>> there are a lot of issues on the ballot this election and we've broken those down for you online. check out our voter s guide at nbcbayarea.com, just click on "elections" at the top of the screen and we'll take you right to that section. >>> in a developing story, hurricane willa weakens to a tropical storm overnight. >> it is still packing a punch as it lashes parts of mexico with torrential rain and winds of up to 35 miles per hour. flash flooding is still possible even as the storm is expected to dissipate by this afternoon. over 4,000 people have been forced to evacuate. one tourist from oregon says he wasn't expecting to get caught up on vacation in a storm. >> when we checked in, they said it looks like it's going to be a three to five category hurricane, so we're just like, wow. kind of freaking us out. >> 'tis the season. so far no deaths have been reported. let's hope it stays that way. always got to look ahead in the forecast. >> we're also looking at a lot of h

,e just introduced ro khanna leading one of those come along with bernie sanders, leading the charge to stop funding the saudi regime in its war against yemen. we have our headline just today, in yemen, at least 19 people killed and another 30 injured in the u.s.-backed, saudi led airstrike. a convoy fleeing hodeida. what would be the most important move right now? >> i think the most important point now is to target the saudi senior leadership with sanctions. we don't want in iraq-style that kills our people. , targetednctions sanctions against mbs. amy: it is interesting you should raise the abacus steve mnuchin, whose department is in charge of that, treasury secretary, has still not said he will not go to the davos in the manyt conference despite corporations, because it enormous pressure was put on them, pulling out of this conference. -- american people can pressure those companies that are supporting -- when mr. salman came to the united states, he now with bloomberg and zuckerberg and bill gates and us people who basically whitewashed a dictator, and they played into his hand

khanna up, steve kornacki joins us from new york. he is a political reporter.irst, one of the debates we covered last night in wisconsin. they challenged each other in the >> that is why i believe the actions of senator baldwin cheapens the me too movement. the me too movement is when there are serious allegations that have in corroborated. i believe something happened to dr. ford. i do not believe judge kavanaugh was the person that perpetrated that on her. there was nothing to corroborate that. importanty it is so that we have people who are willing to listen and follow through on due process. sen. baldwin: has shown us -- n she is not: has show interested in doing this. with keithy stands goodwin, but she has been endorsed by him. here is the case where the accused person, the woman has put the allegation forward has serious medical reports showing the extent to which she was allegedly victimized. up by hernd beaten boyfriend. in that case, a serious me too movement. , you cannot be there for judge kavanaugh. >> now, an opportunity to respond. >> i'm going t