kqed criminal justice reporter, suki louis. we turn now to the fires that are currently burning.y this r's fire season in california off to the worst start in a decade. and climate change may be playing a ndle. dry hot ions with warmer nights making it harder to fight deadly bzes and the multistage route and they can spark fires burning quickly and out of control. and joining me now to discuss all of thisqe is science editor craig miller. good to see you. cal fire responded to hundreds of fires this year. why has the start os fire season characterized as one of the worst in a decade?>> lot of people you might have noticed said, it's one of the earliest. it's like why is this starting so soon? you know, it's not unusual twi havefires in california in june, but i think this year, the size and the ferocity were arresting for people. you had the countyire started up in yolo county and started spreading west and eventually burned more than 140 square miles, an area bigger than las vegas anded very, very quickly. quad druping in size

hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with politics. there's continuingsi con over what was said during president trump's private meeting with russian president vladimir putin on monday in helsinki. after initially saying he did not believe russia had nterfered in american elections, president trump later told cbs news he had been firm with mr. putin about not putting up with such interference. the shifting statements from th presideew condemnation from top democrats and some republicans and then on thursday the white house said president trump will invite ovladimir putin for a s meeting in washington, dc this fall. meanwhile, in california, the state democratic party snubbed senator dianne feinstein by endorsing r rival, kevin deleon. feinsin prepares to take a leading role over confirming supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. joining me now to discuss this, kqed political reporter maurieso and political consultant sean walsh. thank you. >> good to be heree, >> there's been a lot of criticism over the helsinki meeting and what preside

kqed's monica lam spoke with ai weiwei when he was in san francisco.ents massive human migration due to war, violence, disaster. what did you learn from making this film? -what i have learned is very simple. among the 65 million refugeesl there's no sone is willing to leave their home. they all struggle not to leavee it's very price they have to pay. their relatives, friends, or whole village vanished by war, it's very price they have to pay. by famine, or environmental problems. -united states president donald trump has cut in lf, in fact, more than half the number of refugees allowed in this country. what is your reaction to that? -i think that this current administration, what they did is beyond beliefh -mor ever, we need the wall. we have drugs pouring through. -i should say it's a shame for a nation like united states, which is the most poweul, not only leading in the economics but should be strongest nation in defending human rights.is after all, u.s. a nati. just a few generations ago, we all come from somewhere. -absolutely. -i ner met a native

welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom" about arts and culture.this program, we're revisiting stories from our archives with innovative and influential figures in film, the performing arts, and visual culture.it we beginthe role of comedy in today's political climate. from immigration policy to health care to the economy, there's a lot going on in politics. that means plenty of material for comedians like roy wood jrs correspondent on comedy central's "the daily show." ug kqed's sheraz sadiq ca up with him while he was in town for the comedy festival colossal clusterfe. they met at an isieractive exhibit showca president trump's love of twitter. -so, where are we today? -this is the donald j. trump presidential twitter library. everybody at "the daily sh," we sat around, and we started looking in closer at the president's tweets over the last couple years. everyone in our digital department and you start noticertain. started looking at ones,ng there's a lot of tweets where he's arguing with celebrities. there's a loof tweets where he's trying to e

kqed politics and government senior editor, scott schaefferd olitical consultant, shawn walsh. let's start with the big news, ie justice departmentued 12 indictments against russian intelligence officers for offenses related to the hacking of the democratic national committee, the targets during the 2016 election. shawn, what are the legal consequences of this? because it's not like russia is going to extradite these guys. ot>> new york city there's much they can do. i was looking at thepresident' statement he put out. it was all defenses, we didn't do anything wrong. it doesn't look like any americans knew what was going on a i think heost a real opportunity to hammer putin and hammer the russians before he goes to meet with them saying 's utrageous, you're try og to interfere in oural electo process. from a legal perspective there's not much i think that the u.s. government can do to access people in russia. >> i guess to the other question, what are the political optics? you said lost opportunity are there other political consequences here as well? >> this will loom large in

hello and welcome to kqed newsroom.gin with security on the bay area's rapid transit system b.a.r.t. john lee cowell has been charged with murder in last sunday'st stabbing of 18 mia wilson and the attempted murder of her older sister.t police are sl investigating the motive behind the attack

hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we beginpo with tics. there's continuing confusion over what was said during president trump private meeting with russian president vladimir putin on monday in helsinkly after initisaying he did not believe russia had interfered in american s, electi president trump later told cbs news he had been firm with mr. putin about notpuing up with such interference. the shifting statements from the president dr c

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♪ >> tonight on kqed "newsroom."ews from the high court, the fight to replace justice kennedy and the court's big rulings this week. political analysis from publicly confronting trump admincitration offials to turmoil in the democratic party following a stunning victory by a e. progress plus, how one nonprofit is bringing free legal help to some of calornia's poorest and most vulnerable residents. hello and welcome to kqed newsroom, i'm thuy vu. justice anthony kennedy announced his retirement this we the sacramento nativeast the swing vote on many momentous rulings. as the court ended thes term thi week, kennedy sided with conservatives on two big cases affecting immigration and labor. iting for the majority, chief justice roberts rejected the otivated the ban was m by religious bias. also, the decision could have a big impact on california where fmore than half o union members where first responders and teachers work in the public seco sector. melissa murray is joining me now. welcome to you both. >> thanks for hav

hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. we begin with security on the bay area's rapid transit system b.a.r.t. john lee cowell has been charged with murder in last sunday'st stabbing of 18 mia wilson and the attempted murder of her older sister.t police are sl investigating the motive behind the attack ce which took pt the b.a.r.t. station in oakland. protesters took to the streets angry and worried that the stabbing of two young black women was racially motivated. b.a.r.t. is under fire about not sharing information that resulted in fatalities raising concern about security and transparency. joining me now is b.a.r.t.'s police chief. chiefsnice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. good morning. >> there are questionswh about her b.a.r.t. is safe. are you making any security changing in wake of the that happened? >> yes, absolutely. what we've seen over time is that our crime haactually at the same rate as last year, so our crime hasn't gone up but we three horrible incidents so we are increasing or patrols through

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hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with politics.re's continuingsi con over what was said during president trump's private meeting with russian president vladimir putin on monday in helsinki. after initially saying he did not believe russia had nterfered in american elections, president trump later told cbs news he had been firm with mr. putin about not putting up with such interference. the shifting statements from thr preside

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welcome to kqed news room we begin with politics this morninu ice department issued indeemts for 12 officers the meddling in the 2016n. elect it comes a few days before president donald trump is scheduled to meet with russian president vladimir putin this arlier this week the president

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evacuation orders for some of the 38,000 people who'd been forced to flee.ge jeremy swith pbs station kqed has been reporting from the fire scene. >> most of the areas where evacuations were lifted are fairly concentrated.e they area that's far enough from where firefighters have been able to build containment lines around the fire that fire officials and locaauthorities are confident that, with current wind conditions, there is not a chance that theire as potential to spread into that area. >> the care fiarted small a week ago. >> yang: the "carr fe" started small, a week ago. then, on thursday, surging winds turned it into an inferno, sweeping through shasta and keswick, and into western subdivisns of redding, a city of 92,000. >> the wind had come up to 50 miles an hour or more. and there were just all kinds of debris flying around in the air and the hot embers and hot leaves comindown all over the yard. i figured i'd better get out of here. >> yang: more than 3,000 firefighters battled the blaze in bone-dry conditions and triple-digit heat. but by late sunday, for the first time offici