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>>> tonight kqed newsroom, the fallout from pg&e now that they've been ofilgszy found at fault for the deadly camp fewer. >>> and the first major city to ban law enforcement from using facial recognition technology. and >>> rplayoffns in the bay area as the golden state quariersand the san jose sharks talken their rivals in the nc western confefinals. >>> we begin with more turmoil from pg&e. they determined their equipment caused the camp fire. pg&e admitted months ago that was probably the case but wednesday's announcement removed all doubt. this as the utility is facing numerous lawsuits. and push back from state pall tus. and president trump is proposing a plan that would overhaul immigration law including emphasizing skills over family ties for those seekiry. here with a look at those stories is and senior writer with "plit co kwa " and a republican strategist. good to see allf oyou again. also consumer advocates have been insisting th pg&e be held accountable. with will that bolster the lawsuitsve that already been filed? >> i think there may be people throughout that wanted to w

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nancy pelosi herself has commented on this, saying this to kqed earlier.peaker pelosi: facebook knows that this is false. they know this is false, and yet they have decided to keep it. we have said all along, facebook ,poor facebook, they were unwittingly exploited by the russians. but i think wittingly, because right now they are keeping up something they know to be false. emily: what do you make of that? shira: it is harsh, may be unfair, but i understand the anger. there is this doctored video of her that has been seen millions and millions of times on facebook. and look, the company did do things to make sure that it got slightly less distribution in people's newsfeeds, made sure to put a little tag on it that says that there is more information about this video, linking to a third-party article saying this is a doctored video, it's false, but millions of people have seen it and some people have chosen to believe it. so pelosi is sort of reacting to that, that episode that embarrassed her. emily: kurt, what do you make of the fact that this is the issu

pelosi tells radio station kqed this is more proof facebook is a willing enabler of russian hacking. mark zuckerberg once says it affected the election is crazy. robert mueller didn't mention facebook, but we have pointed out the ways we have unl willingly hurt our democracy. >>> this fellow is a rock musician, johnny halliday. he died recently and left behind two wills. one was win in los angeles. another in france included his adult children. they sued, saying the french will is the right will. his kids when on instagram to figure out how to spend more time in america or france and they proved to the court, he spent more time in france and the courts ruled they would have more priority and the will in france will take precedence. it's the first time i'm aware of if instagram has been used in a court case over wills and testaments and that sort of thing. >> that's interesting. >> isn't it? the tests keep up. >> it's surprisings with we see more and more. >> hey, where you headed this summer. new this morning, the force is now with disneyland. the park is getting a major new attracti

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. >> reporter: today's town hall was organized by the silicon valley leadership group and kqed as part of the road to the white house series. >> i wish that we would have this kind of opportunity more often to be able to connect personally with more presidential candidates. >> reporter: local leaders stressing the need for this type of interaction. >> we think it is so important that people who would like to lead our country understand the innovation economy and not just from the employer perspective but the hard-working employees and families as well. >> reporter: in santa clara, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >>> housing and urban development secretary ben carson violated the law when he spent more than $40,000 on a dining set and dishwasher last year. the government accountability office said hud failed to tell congress about the purchase which went well over the $5,000 limit for making improvements to an appointee office. carson told lawmakers he was unaware of the pricey purchase and canceled it. >>> democrats in the house approved a sweeping anti-discrimination bill. the equality act w

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