it prumeres next friday at kqed. we spoke with jock le pen earlier. >> jock le pen, what a wonderful pleasure. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> where's the chicken? i was hoping to see a deboned chicken. well, this documentary has so many marvelous details that will surprise a lot of people of people who are familiar with you based on so many cooking shows you've been on over the years. i didn't realize you had cooked for the head of state in france. >> yeah, someone said to me a while ago that man cooked for three heads of state and now they're dead. >> yes, but they ate well. you cooked in new york. the kennedy white house asked you to cook for them. yet you chose to go work for howard johnson. >> right. >> why? >> well, if you look at it in the concept of the time, that time the cook was very low on the social scale. the cook was in the kitchen. so it was another world altogether. so when i was asked to go to the white house, i did not realize the potential or whatever. and i had done it, w

>>> hello, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, the university of california comes under fire for allegedly hiding millions of dollars while raising tuition fees. from immigration to juvenile justice to advocating for inner city communities, we hear from state senator holly mitchell. >>> and meet the youngest mayor of a big city in the u.s. stockton mayor michael tubbs talks about revitalizing his hometown. >>> first president trump and house republicans celebrated thursday's passage of a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. it now moves to the senate. under the current bill, millions of californians could lose their health care, and that has state lawmakers concerned. meanwhile, in sacramento, legislators heard this week from university of california president janet napolitano after audit of u.c. revealed $175 million in hidden funds. we talked with republican state assemblywoman catherine baker, vice chair of the higher education committee, one of three committees that held the joint hearing on the audi

and we'll get a snapshot from different parts of california from kqed reporters around the state. wus we'll here from people who have become politically active for the first time since trump took office. first i talk with california congressman adam schiff, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. he played a key role in calling for an impartial probe into russia's hacking of the presidential election. leading to this revelation by fbi director james comey. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >> and joining me now is congressman adam schiff. congressman, welcome back to the program. >> thank you, great to be with you again. >> well, russia connections are continuing to make headlines in the first 100 days of the trump administration. particularly about michael flynn, president trump's former national security adviser. do you think he broke the law by not disclosing payments he received

plus enounced french chef and tv personality jock le pen returns to kqed to talk about his career celebrating love of cooking. >>> but today more lawmakers talk about the possibility of impeaching the president. they both say it's time to look at the process for removing trump from office. meanwhile, cnn is reporting white house lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures. this capped the week of bombshell political developments. on monday "the washington post"

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu.oming up on our program an anchor joins us to talk about politics and media. plus enounced french chef and tv personality jock le pen returns to kqed to talk about his career celebrating the love of cooking. >>> but today more lawmakers talk about the possibility of impeaching the president. they both say it's time to look at the process for removing trump from office. meanwhile, cnn is reporting white house lawyers have begun researching impeachment procedures. this capped the week of bombshell political developments. on monday "the washington post"

special edition of "kqed newsroom" about bay area innovateers. from silicon valley tech giants to world class research universities, the bay area is home to big thinkers and ground breaking technology. today we will hear from engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists who are creating new products to help solve products here and around the world. one is helping get interest free loans while building up credit. two young women are helping girls get excited about engineering through toys that spark the imagination. another bay area entrepreneur is hoping technology will help get food to thousands of hungry of people in the bai. first we start in the world of science. one of four bay area people to win a prestigious genius grant from the mcarthur foundation. he was recognized for creating a microscope out of paper that cost less than a dollar to make. it is being used in 130 countries. he is developing tools to track how diseases are spread in the tropics and u.s. physical biologist demonstrated one of his famous inventions here in our studio. nice to

>>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. the top law enforcement officer in contra costa county tells us why he's against legislation to make california a sanctuary state. plus the golden state warriors pursuing another championship. and we'll hear from iranian-american comedian maz jobrani about fighting prejudice with punch lines. first, on tuesday, president trump fired fbi director james comey. comey was leading the investigation into possible collusion between donald trump aides and russian officials. kevin mccarthy responded swiftly to the news. on wednesday we defended the president's decision to dismiss comey at an event organized by the news outlet politico. >> four months ago every democrat would tell me they've lost trust in comey. if you lose trust, you've got to change. i don't think the director of the fbi should be a household name. i personally think when the fbi director thinks he becomes also the attorney general and the prosecutor, he's probably overstepped. i think some of those past decisions have moved

from maurice kanbar, celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of kqed. >> hinojosa: drug-related killings continue at an alarming rate throughout mexico, and the violence is now spilling across the border into the united states. mexico bureau chief for the dallas morning news alfredo corchado. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. alfredo corchado, you are the mexico bureau chief for the dallas morning news. as such, you spend a lot of your time covering drug dealers, the traficantes, the narcos, the kidnappings. this was not the mexico that you would have been reporting on 20 years ago. it's a whole new mexico. >> well, i actually came to mexico, and my real passion back then was covering immigration, covering the us-mexico relations. and when i left mexico in 2000, i left mexico for washington, because i thought the story had died in mexico, you know? >> hinojosa: the immigration story. >> the immigration story, but also, you know, mexico now had democracy in the year 2000. and so i figured that maybe the story was going to be washington and mexico

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. >>> hello, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, the university of california comes under fire for allegedly hiding millions of dollars while raising tuition fees. from immigration to juvenile justice to advocating for inner city communities, we hear from state senator holly mitchell. >>> and meet the youngest mayor of a big city in the u.s. stockton mayor michael tubbs talks about revitalizing his hometown. >>> first president trump and house republicans celebrated thursday's passage of a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. it now moves to the senate. under the current bill, millions of californians could lose their health care, and that has state lawmakers concerned. meanwhile, in sacramento, legislators heard this week from university of california president janet napolitano te

. >>> hello, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu.ing up on our program, the university of california comes under fire for allegedly hiding millions of dollars while raising tuition fees. from immigration to juvenile justice to advocating for inner city communities, we hear from state senator holly mitchell. >>> and meet the youngest mayor of a big city in the u.s. stockton mayor michael tubbs talks about revitalizing his hometown. >>> first president trump and house republicans celebrated thursday's passage of a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. it now moves to the senate. under the current bill, millions of californians could lose their health care, and that has state lawmakers concerned. meanwhile, in sacramento, legislators heard this week from university of california president janet napolitano afte

special edition of "kqed newsroom" about bay area innovateers. from silicon valley tech giants to world class research universities, the bay area is home to big thinkers and ground breaking technology. today we will hear from engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists who are creating new products to help solve products here and around the world. one is helping get interest free loans while building up credit. two young women are helping girls get excited about engineering through toys that spark the imagination. another bay area entrepreneur is hoping technology will help get

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special edition of "kqed newsroom" about bay area innovateers. tech giants to world class research universities, the bay area is home to big thinkers and ground breaking technology. today we will hear from engineers, entrepreneurs and scientists who are creating new products to help solve products here and around the world. one is helping get interest free loans while building up credit. two young women are helping girls get excited about engineering through toys that spark the imagination. another bay area entrepreneur is hoping technology will help get

. >> you'r >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. the top law enforcement officer in contra costa county tells us why he's against legislation to make california a sanctuary state. plus the golden state warriors pursuing another championship. and we'll hear from iranian-american comedian maz jobrani about fighting prejudice with punch lines. first, on tuesday, president trump fired fbi director james comey. comey was leading the investigation into possible collusion between donald trump aides and russian officials. kevin mccarthy responded swiftly to the news. on wedneswe

. >> announcer: the following kqed production was produced in high definition. >> the beef torta wass is a temple to -- >> we couldn't see it, and we couldn't hear it. >> like, "whoa! i'm actually in san francisco?" >> this is amazing! [ laughter ] bring me more.

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu.icer in contra costa county tells us why he's against legislation to make california a sanctuary state. plus the golden state warriors pursuing another championship. and we'll hear from iranian-american comedian maz jobrani about fighting prejudice with punch lines. first, on tuesday, president trump fired fbi director james comey. comey was leading the investigation into possible collusion between donald trump aides and russian officials. kevin mccarthy responded swiftly to the news. on wedneswe

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