welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, the california supreme court's chief justice takes a stand against federal agents arresting undocumented immigrants at courthouses. and state senator kevin de leon discusses how he hopes to prevent local and state agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. first as part of our ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration, this week the house intelligence committee held a public meeting about russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. they heard from fbi director james comey. comey confirmed his agency is investigating possible ties between members of donald trump's presidential campaign and russian officials who sought to influence the outcome of the election. during the hearing, the committee's ranking democrat, adam schiff, details numerous examples of contacts between trump's veadvisers, and russian officials last year. >> many of the trump campaign's personal, including the president himself have ties to

welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up on the program, the state assembly's republican leader talks about why the gop needs to do a better job on messaging. and the university of california released records on more than 100 cases of sexual misconduct across its ten campuses. plus, the all male ballet troupe. we go on point with two dancers from the bay area. >>> but first, as part of our ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration, yesterday attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from investigations into russian interference in the presidential election. this after it was revealed that he had met twice last year with the russian ambassador. >> i have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigation of any matter relating in any way to the campaign for president of the united states. >> top democrats, including nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, have called on him to resign for failing to disclose those meetings during his confirmation hearing. >>> joining me now t

welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up in our program, a look at how the republican proposal to repeal and replace the affordable care act impacts california. and wikileaks said it will work with silicon valley companies to fix the vulnerabilities the cia allegedly uses to hack into devices. plus the founder of craigslist and why he's giving millions to uphold and expand trustworthy journalism. >>> the first 100 days of the trump administration, this week two congressional committees approved the gop's new health care plan. it would no longer require people to have health insurance, but a penalty would apply for a lapse in coverage. the proposal fundamentally changes what help what people would receive from the federal government to pay for insurance. >> it's unclear how the 5 million americans who got insurance through obamacare will be affected or how much the new proposal would even cost. for a california perspective, i'm joined now by california insurance commissioner dave jones, who is also running for state

>>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." coming up on our program, california and other states gained a legal victory when federal judges blocked president trump's latest travel ban, but the fight is far from over as the trump administration plans to appeal. almost two moss into trump's presidency we hear from a tea party republican thrilled with trump's performance so far. first, bring up ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the fru trump administration. a lot of to do about the travel ban. on monday joined five other states to a new executive order targeting travelers from six muslim majority nations. supporting the suit, javier says the latest ban was an unconstitutional attack based on people's religion and origin. politics and government scott shafer talked with attorney general basera but this an other potential legal conflicts. >> attorney general, thank you for joining us on "newsroom." >> scott, good to be with you. >> let's talk about the travel ban. you've been in office now less than two months and it's been

productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroomoming up on our program, california and other states gained a legal victory when federal judges blocked president trump's latest travel ban, but the fight is far from over as the trump administration plans to appeal. almost two moss into trump's presidency we hear from a tea party republican thrilled with trump's performance so far. first, bring up ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the fru trump administration. a lot of to do about the travel ban. on monday joined five other states to a new executive order targeting travelers from six muslim majority nations. supporting the suit, javier says the

welcome to kqed newsroom.ing up on the program, the state assembly's republican leader talks about why the gop needs to do a better job on messaging. and the university of california released records on more than 100 cases of sexual misconduct across its ten campuses. plus, the all male ballet troupe. we go on point with two dancers from the bay area. >>> but first, as part of our ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration, yesterday attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from investigations into russian interference in the presidential election. this after it was revealed that he had met twice last year with the russian ambassador.

welcome to kqed newsroom.ing up in our program, a look at how the republican proposal to repeal and replace the affordable care act impacts california. and wikileaks said it will work with silicon valley companies to fix the vulnerabilities the cia allegedly uses to hack into devices. plus the founder of craigslist and why he's giving millions to uphold and expand trustworthy journalism. >>> the first 100 days of the trump administration, this week two congressional committees approved the gop's new health care plan. it would no longer require people to have health insurance, but a penalty would apply for a lapse in coverage. the proposal

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed "newsroom." coming up on our program, california and other states gained a legal victory when federal judges blocked president trump's latest travel ban, but the fight is far from over as the trump administration plans to appeal. almost two moss into trump's presidency we hear from a tea party republican thrilled with trump's performance so far. first, bring up ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the fru trump administration. a lot of to do about the travel ban. on monday joined five other states to a new executive order targeting travelers from six muslim majority nations. supporting the suit, javier says th

welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up in our program, a look at how the republican proposal to repeal and replace the affordable care act impacts california. and wikileaks said it will work with silicon valley companies to fix the vulnerabilities the cia allegedly uses to hack into devices. plus the founder of craigslist and why he's giving millions to uphold and expand trustworthy journalism. >>> the first 100 days of the trump administration, this week two congressional committees approved the gop's new health care plan. it would no longer require people to have health insurance, but a penalty would apply for a lapse in coverage. the proposal

welcome to kqed newsroom.ing up on the program, the state assembly's republican leader talks about why the gop needs to do a better job on messaging. and the university of california released records on more than 100 cases of sexual misconduct across its ten campuses. plus, the all male ballet troupe. we go on point with two dancers from the bay area. >>> but first, as part of our ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration, yesterday attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from investigations into russian interference in the presidential election. this after it was revealed that he had met twice last year with the russian ambassador.

welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu.ng up on our program, the california supreme court's chief justice takes a stand against federal agents arresting undocumented immigrants at courthouses. and state senator kevin de leon discusses how he hopes to prevent local and state agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. first as part of our ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration, this week the house intelligence committee held a public meeting about russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. they heard from fbi director james comey. comey confirmed his agency is investigating possible ties between members of donald trump's presidential campaign and rus

welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, the california supreme court's chief justice takes a stand against federal agents arresting undocumented immigrants at courthouses. and state senator kevin de leon discusses how he hopes to prevent local and state agencies from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. first as part of our ongoing coverage of the first 100 days of the trump administration, this week the house intelligence committee held a public meeting about russian interference in the 2016 presidential race. they heard from fbi director james comey. comey confirmed his agency is investigating possible ties between members of donald trump's presidential campaign and russian