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>>> tonight on "kqed newsroom," thidterm elections gave democrats control of the house, while a justice department shakeup could threaten the russia investigation. as california preparesor a high-profile role on capitol hill, we look at what ther ults mean for the golden state. diverse women candidates made history across the country on election night. >>> hell and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with a constitutional debate on immigration.to y president trump issued a proclamation to deny asylum to anyonentering the u.s. , illegally staunch reversal ofig ition policy. the migration had undermined the boards.y of our in a separate move, the president forced attorney general jeff sessions to step down and appointed matt whitaker as his placement. he's been a vocal critic of robert mueller's investigation into russian meddling into u.s. politics. joining me now to talk about this and more is congressman zoe lot of gren. nice to have you with us again. >> thank you very much. >> you chair the house judiciary subcommittee on immigration. what is your reaction toen prestrum

next week tune if for "kqed newsroom" special. featuring interviews wth dynamic, provocative authors. find more coverage online. thank you for joining us. nd have a wonderful thanksgiving. >> robert mueller wants answers. and there's a leadership fight on capitol hill. i'm robertosta. welcome to "washington week." >> my lawyers are working on i'm working on it. i write the answers. >> the president says he has prepared answers for robert mueller as he escalates his attacks against the special cosel. >> no indication that the mueller investigation will not be allowed to finish. and it llould be aed to finish. >> and acting attorney general mattheou whitaker faces t questions. plus, house democrats confront a leadership tussle. >> i heverwhelming support in my caucus to be speaker of the house. >> sometimes you just need different voice. sometimes you just need a different kind of a vision. we discuss the president's looming decisions on the mueller probe. hiseam and t new congress. next.

>>>onight on "kqed newsroom." with the new democratic majority in the house. what a lies ahead for the russia investigation? we'll talk with adam schiff. the expected incoming chair of the house intelligence community. in beautcounty firefighters are battling the deadliest wild fire in state history. what's described as theew ab normal and how featurefi res can be prevented. former san f mnciscoor george moscone on the 40th anniversary of the his death. a film honors his life and legacy. welcome to o "kqed newsroom." we begin with political investigations and stand offs. after months of negotiation, trump prepared his written t answer questions from robert mueller in his russia probe. a bill to protect mueller from being fired is a stand off in the senate. democrats are intensifying their stance for whitaker to recuse himself from over seeing the california congressman adam schiff wrote if he tried to obstruct the investieation, que will be called to answer his actions will be exposed. schiff is in line to become chair of the use intelligence committee. in jan

raquel maria dillon, kqed, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: for weeks, u.s.itary forcehave been deployed to defend t u.s. border with mexico from almost 10,000 migrants and asylum seekers. the military has insisted these troops were not armed, and would not confront would-be migrants. but a new directive from theit house includes the words "lethal force," leading to new questions about what those troops are authorized to do. nick schifrin has the story. >> schifrin: more than 5,700 service members are deployed to the u.s./mexico bord their mission has been support, by installing concertina wire, reinforcing ports of entry, and nding helicopters to mov border patrol agents. but overnight the president went horther than that, issuing a directive that azed troops to defend border patrol agents, "including a show or use of force, including lethal force, where necessary, crowd control, temporary detention, and cursory search." federal law restricts when military force can be usedst doally. so does this directive violate the law? and what does tr actually mean ps w

vu: next, a "kqed newsroom" special... richards: my motto now is, "start before you're ready whatever new opportunity comes your way, jump at it. vu: ...authors speaking about everything from sexism in silicon valley... chang: the women sort of fe like, "this is where powerful people are, but they're damned if they do and damned if they don't."ro vu: ...to th of religion in today's turbulent political climate. aslan: evangelicalism and the republican party have been married as a single force, and thand perhaps it's tion offor a divorce.,im vu: hello. i'm thuy vu. welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom." on this prograwe're res from our archives with dynamic, provocative authors. we begin with the politics of health care. r cecihards has been the president and ceo of planned parenthood for more than a decade. the organization offers low-cost reproductive health-care services to millions of peoe across the country one of those services is abortion, making the nonprofit a frequent target of conservative lawmakers who

welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom." on this iogram, we're revisitierviews from our archives with dynamic, provocative authors. we begin with the politics of health care. cecile richards has beenet and ceo of planned parenthood for more than a decade. the organization offers low-cost reproductive health-care services to millions of people across theountry. one of those services is abortion, making the nonprofit a frequent target of conservative lawmakers who have threatened to cut off federal nding. richards announced in january that 2018 will be her last at the helm of planned parenthood, and she has a book out, "make trouble."on iticles her stories of bucking the system and fighting for change from an early age. cecile richards, nice to have you here. richards: great toe back. thank you. vu: well, in the introduction in your book, "for the first time in my life, the top practically, i'm wondering whether my own daughterswe will have far rights than i've had." which rights are you talking about, and why do you feel that

raquel mar dillon of public media kqed has been reporting from the area around chico and i spoke wither by phone a short time ago. >> there are just so many of them, i think the wolks who are e off are expecting this wal-mart parking lot and rvs or an empty fieldnnd tets. when i left there earlier today, the rain was just beginning to come down for real, and it's a low-lying spot, and there's a lot of concern in the community for getting those folks out of there, or just helping them get through the bad weather. people are putting wooden pallettes underneath the tents and getting tarps out. i got the sense at some of those folks were really living ck the edge when they were ba home in paradise. one guy told me straight up he was homeless. another gentleman was telling me out his asthma and medical conditions and he really shouldn't beleeping out in a tent. but i would say the vast majority of the evacuees are crashing with family and friends on couches and people's rvs parked in driveways and other options like that, but families are split up, and it's a very stressful time and tear s

officials have been through in recent days, i am joined on e phone by jeremy seigel of pbs station kqed's been reporting from butte county, the area of the cp fire, north of sacramento. jeremy seigel, thanks for making the time. you have covered wildfires in the past. what's unique about this one? >> well, as i was driving up, mean, just the intensity of the smoke. it was even flowing into the bay area. it was smokey down. there as i gotto close this region, it just became grayer and grayer, more smoke, and even as i was driving up the area, i was on what i thoug was a state route based on what i had looked at, and when i got closer to the area of paradise, it was completely blocked off by police. and you saw flames on the side of the highway. i started to see some of the confusion that residents have seen around here where th think they're taking the right road out of an area, they think they're evacuating the rig way and find there are flames right by or even on the road they were taking >> nawaz: as you said, it's not just the intensity of the fires, it was the speed with which they

. >>> tonight on "kqed newsroom." with the new democratic majority in the house.es ahead for the russia investigation? we'll talk with adam schiff. the expected incoming chair of the house intelligence community. in beaut county firefighters are battling the deadliest wild fire in state history. what's described as the new ab normal and how feature fires can be prevented. former san francisco mayor george moscone on the 40th anniversary of the his death. a film honors his life and legacy. welcome to o "kqed newsroom." we begin with political investigations and stand offs. after months of negotiation, trump prepared his written

welcome to a special edition of "kqed newsroom." on this program, we're revisiting interviews from our archives with dynamic, provocative authors. we begin with the politics of health care. cecile richards has been the president and ceo of planned parenthood for more than a decade.

. >>> tonight on "kqed newsroom," the midterm elections gave democrats control of the house, while a justice department shakeup could threaten the russia investigation. as california prepares for a high-profile role on capitol hill, we look at what the results mean for the golden state. diverse women candidates made history across the country on election night. >>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with a constitutional debate on immigration. today president trump issued a proclamation to deny asylum to anyone entering the u.s. illegally, a staunch reversal of

. >>> tonight on "kqed newsroom." with the new democratic majority in the house.t a lies ahead for the russia investigation? we'll talk with adam schiff. the expected incoming chair of the house intelligence community. in beaut county firefighters are battling the esdead wild fire in state history. what's described as the newb normal and how feature fires can be prevented. former san francisco mayor george moscone on the 40 anniversary of the his death. a film honors his life an legacy. welcome to o "kqed newsroom." we begin with political investigatns and stand offs. after months of negotiatn, trump prepared his written answers to questions from be

. >> pg&e spokesman told kqed, we can't speculate on the cause of the fire. there will be an investigation. >> the campfire is only 5% contained. it's already destroyed structures and acres. twice the size of san francisco. just an hour ago, president trump approved an emergency declaration for the state of california. >> laura anthony begins live coverage. laura? >>. >> reporter: hi kristen, i'm standing in front of the vehicles that ran off the road. this is a school bus that ran off the road at the height of the fire. this town of paradise at 26,000 people suffered tremendously in an event that lasted maybe 24 hours. all over, we're seeing cars like these appearing to hit each other. they're frantically trying to get out. you can't help but wonder what they went through trying to get out of here. >> how did they get out? did they get out? we now know at least five people died in their cars trying to escape the raging campfires that swept through paradise. all along the roadways, there are abandoned cars, school bus, trucks. many in disarray in ditches, sma

welcome to kqed newsroom. we begin with a high stakes midterm elections. in the final days before voters head to the poll president trump has made a number of immigration pronouncements in an effort tois appeal to h base. they include a proposednd to birthright citizenship and he targeted the caravan of central american migrants suggesting federal agents can fire at them if they toss objects at them. meanwhile, ne s pollshow proposition 6th repeal of the state gas tax is trailing among voters. ime for proposition ten, which would give citiesli the a to expand rent control. as part of our ongoing election coverage i am joined by californiand politics government team. scott shafer, always good to see you guys. scott, democrats are hoping, as you know, to fp those seven gop seats in california that they have been trying to target in their quest to win 23 seats to retake contro of the house. how is the current messaging from president trump and the white house on immigration affecting those key races, and does it vary depending whether it's a central valley ra

welcome to kqed newsroom. we begin with a high stakes midterm elections.d to the polls, president trump has made a number of mi

and a reporter from kqed radio is with us. great to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> she pored through literally hours of dispatch tapes, and she's here to give us a sense of the first day the flames spread. as you listen to these tapes, your overall impression of what you heard on those tapes? >> well, heartbreak is really kind of my takeaway from it. it's really painful to listen to this unfold, this disaster, and to see the challenges as they began mounting, like from the beginning. >> did you have a sense of fear or grave concern on the part of deputies and the other emergency first responders, did you get that sense as you listened? >> yes, you have a sense of grave concern. they're very professional, so they're not screaming or freaking out on the radio tapes themselves. they're communicating information in a very professional way. but the information they're communicating is about people who are trapped, even first responders, who are trapped and in grave like threatening danger. so that gravity really come

. >> pg&e spokesman told kqed, we can't speculate on the cause of the fire. there will be an investigation.

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newsroo to kqed we begin with a high stakes midterm elections.final days before voters head to the polls, president trump has made a number of immigration pronouncements in an effort to appeal to his