>>> hello and welcome to kqed news rom. coming up google's decision to fire an engineer in the wake of a controversial engineer. plus california supreme court justice discussions his report on the barriers facing asian yans from the board room to the courtroom. but first tensions with north korea mound. president trump spoke about unleashing, quote, fire and fury. north korea responded with its own warnings. they say north korea is likely capable of launching nuclear missiles that could reach the u.s. the rhetoric came days after the u.n. security council agreed to sanctions. >>> joining me is david smirler. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me on. the defense intelligence agency has warned president trump that north korea could master the technology to deliver nuclear weapons targeting the u.s. within a year. based on your research, how reel is the threat that those weapons could reach california and other parts of the west cost? >> north korea is saying they have the capability as early as last year and they

♪ >>> hello and welcome to kqed news room. i'm thuy vu.oming up on our show, one woman's mission to achieve social and economic justice. we talk to the new executive director of dream corps in oakland. first, local news. hours after a plan to rally in san francisco saturday, patriot prayer founder joey gibson is calling it off. he says he plans to hold a press conference instead, not far from the civic center. >> we have decided that tomorrow really seems like a set up. it doesn't seem face. a lot of people's lives are going to be in danger tomorrow. >> before making that is surprise announcement, gibson spoke to us about his philosophy and why he wants to come to the bay area. mr. gibson, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> what does your group patriot prayer stand for? >> it's not so much a group. it's more of a philosophy but it's really about bringing love and peace, promoting free speech and freedom. getting away from the politics, don't really care who you vote for. left or right. but it's really about bringing together goo

>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. the latest on climate change and the political developments including today's announcement by jeff sessions that he's tripling the number of investigations into leaks, more analysis ahead. >>> but first a look at international affairs. the investigation into ties between russia and president trump's campaign continues to widen, as special counsel robert mueller and a grand jury issues subpoenas. >>> tensions are mounting with russia after the president signed a new package of sanctions by congress. >>> and the north korea escalating missile test are causing alarm with senator dianne feinstein calling it a clear and present danger. >>> and joining me now is congressman eric salwell on the house intelligence committee. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me back. >> i want to ask you about today's news. what are your thoughts on the leaks and the investigation. >> i'm concerned about the leaks, that people on the president's team are concerned about his policies and governing

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♪ >>> hello welcome to "kqed newsroom."oming up on our show, california congressman adam schiff will discuss this week's events in charlottesville. plus, a one-on-one with carol chris, the new chancellor of uc berkeley. but first, steve bannon is out. president trump fired him today. this comes in the wake of continuing fallout from charlottesville. san francisco city officials are calling on the national park service to deny a permit for a right wing rally later this month near the golden gate bridge. in washington, republican lawmakers found themselves weighing the cost of remaining loyal to president trump after his controversial comments about white supremacists. >> excuse me, what about the alt left that came charging at -- as you say the alt-right, do they have any semblance of guilt? >> mr. -- >> let me ask you this. what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, do they have any problem? i think they do. i'm not putting anybody on a moral plane. what i'm saying is this. you had a group on one side

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i'm vice president of news at kqed in san francisco and i'll be your moderator for the program. and now it is my pleasure to introduce today's distinguished speaker, garry kasparov. yay. woo-hoo. garry is chairman of the human rights foundation, former world chess champion, and author of the new book o'deep thinking: where machine intelligence ends and human creativity begins." born in azerbaijan, he became the under18 chest champion of the ussr at age 12. and the world -- yeah. and the world under 20 champion at age 17. he gained international fame at the aim of 22 as the youngest world chess champion in history. he defended his title five times, including a legendary series of matches against his ale archrival. he called for democratic reform. he was a early porter of boris yeltsin's push to break up the soviet union. in 1990 he and his family escaped agent nick violence as the uss collapsed. in 2005 in his 20th year that's word los top rate player re retired from professional chess to join the van guard of the russian prodemocracy movement. in 2012 he was named chairman of th

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. >> ♪ >>> hello and welcome to kqed news room. i'm thuy vu.oming up on our show, one woman's mission to achieve social and economic justice. we talk to the new executive director of dream corps in oakland. first, local news. hours after a plan to rally in san francisco saturday, patriot prayer founder joey gibson is calling it off. he says he plans to hold a press conference instead, not far from the civic center. >> we have decided that tomorrow really seems like a set up. it doesn't seem face. a lot of people's lives are going to be in danger tomorrow. >> before making that is surprise announcement, gibson spoke to us about his philosophy and why he wants to come to the bay area.

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. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. the latest on climate change and the political developments including today's announcement by jeff sessions that he's tripling the number of investigations into leaks, more analysis ahead. >>> but first a look at international affairs. the investigation into ties between russia and president trump's campaign continues to widen, as special counsel robert mueller and a grand jury issues subpoenas. >>> tensions are mounting with russia after the president signed a new package of sanctions by congress. >>> and the north korea escalating missile test are causing alarm with senator dianne feinstein calling it a

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed news rom. google's decision to fire an engineer in the wake of a controversial engineer. plus california supreme court justice discussions his report on the barriers facing asian yans from the board room to the courtroom. but first tensions with north korea mound. president trump spoke about unleashing, quote, fire and fury. north korea responded with its own warnings. they say north korea is likely capable of launching nuclear

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. ♪ >>> hello welcome to "kqed newsroom."oming up on our show, california congressman adam schiff will discuss this week's events in charlottesville. plus, a one-on-one with carol chris, the new chancellor of uc berkeley. but first, steve bannon is out. president trump fired him today. this comes in the wake of continuing fallout from charlottesville. san francisco city officials are calling on the national park service to deny a permit for a right wing rally later this month near the golden gate bridge. in washington, republican lawmakers found themselves weighing the cost of remaining loyal to president trump after his controversial comments about white

. ♪ >>> hello and welcome to kqed news room. i'm thuy vu.g up on our show, one woman's mission to achieve social and economic justice. we talk to the new executive director of dream corps in oakland. first, local news. hours after a plan to rally in san francisco saturday, patriot prayer founder joey gibson is calling it off. he says he plans to hold a press conference instead, not far from the civic center. >> we have decided that tomorrow really seems like a set up. it doesn't seem face. a lot of people's lives are going to be in danger tomorrow. >> before making that is surprise announcement, gibson spoke to us about his philosophy and why he wants to come to the bay aa.

. ♪ >>> hello welcome to "kqed newsroom."g up on our show, california congressman adam schiff will discuss this week's events in charlottesville. plus, a one-on-one with carol chris, the new chancellor of uc berkeley. but first, steve bannon is out. president trump fired him today. this comes in the wake of continuing fallout from charlottesville. san francisco city officials are calling on the national park service to deny a permit for a right wing rally later this month near the golden gate bridge. in washington, republican lawmakers found themselves weighing the cost of remaining loyal to president trump after his controversial comments about white

laura klivans of pbs station kqed was there and sent along these sights and sounds. >> the surf day in large dog competition hopefully will put a smile on a lot of people's faces. >> whoo! gidget has been surfing three years. i took her on paddle boarding and threw her on a surf board and she balanced and took off. (cheering) >> she's been doing this for ten years. the longest competing surf dog. she has two records for the longest wave rid bin a dog in open water by herself. she started this four or five years ago. well, today, hopefully, he will place. she always surfs the medium dogs. (cheering) (cheering) (laughter) >> a really cool sport. it's about the best thing you can do with your dog. >> that's about as cute as we expected that story to be. that's the "newshour" for tonight. and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, our making the grade team looks at the growing trend of getting preschoolers out of the classroom and into the great outdoors. i'm hari sreenivasan. morrow evening. and again here wshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed news rom.up google's decision to fire an engineer in the wake of a controversial engineer. plus california supreme court justice discussions his report on the barriers facing asian yans from the board room to the courtroom. but first tensions with north korea mound. president trump spoke about unleashing, quote, fire and fury. north korea responded with its own warnings. they say north korea is likely capable of launching nuclear

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. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu.hange and the political developments including today's announcement by jeff sessions that he's tripling the number of investigations into leaks, more analysis ahead. >>> but first a look at international affairs. the investigation into ties between russia and president trump's campaign continues to widen, as special counsel robert mueller and a grand jury issues subpoenas. >>> tensions are mounting with russia after the president signed a new package of sanctions by congress. >>> and the north korea escalating missile test are causing alarm with senator dianne feinstein calling it a

i'm vice president of news at kqed in san francisco and i'll be your moderator for the program. and now it is my pleasure to introduce today's distinguished speaker, garry kasparov. yay. woo-hoo.

. >>> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> every single bite needed great. >> twinkies in there. >> wow! >> it's like a great, big hug in the whole city. >> that food is about all i can handle. my parents put chili powder in my baby food. >> french fries everywhere, all over the table and just a lot of chili.