>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu. coming up on our program, a california republican and democrat have a bipartisan plan focused on tech firms that rely on foreign labor. california's market for legal recreational marijuana kicked off this week. we'll hear from experts about the high stakes and potential pitfalls. but first -- >> he's brought us to the brink of nuclear war. >> if you've watched any cable tv recently, you've probably seen an ad calling for the impeachment of president donald trump. the ads were paid for by billionaire tom steyer. the former hedge fund manager is one of the top donors to the democratic party. he has poured millions of dollars into get out the vote campaigns. he discussed his political motivations with kqed politics editor scott shafer. >> welcome to "kqed newsroom." >> thank you for having me. >> you're spending a lot of money, tens of millions of dollars on ads calling for the impeachment of president trump. you've never held office. you've never run for office. why are you, tom steyer,

>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up on our program, a special kqed investigation into october's deadly northern california wildfires. some troubling lapses in the energy response system. plus, steps you can take to protect your digital privacy. but first, scott shaffer leads a discussion on local politics. san francisco's board of supervisors replaced the acting mayor with mark farrell, a venture capitalists who represents some of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. and the governor delivered his final state of the state address with optimism and a warning. >> despite what is widely believed as some of the most powerful people in washington, the science of climate change is not in doubt. the national academies of science of every major country in the world, including russia and china, have all endorsed the main stream view that human caused greenhouse gases are trapping heat in the atmosphere and action must be taken to avert catastrophic changes in our weather systems. all nations agree except one, and this i

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. ng up on our program, a special kqed investigation into october's deadly northern california wildfires. some troubling lapses in the energy response system. plus, steps you can take to protect your digital privacy. but first, scott shaffer leads a discussion on local politics. san francisco's board of supervisors replaced the acting mayor with mark farrell, a venture capitalists who represents some of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. and the governor delivered his final state of the state address with optimism and a warning. >>

performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible f >>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i i'm thuy vu. her first year on the job after being brought in to reform a police department mired in scandal. also a look at the immigration moves including several moves by the trump administration to tighten immigration policies. on thursday during a meeting in the oval office, president trump reportedly referred to puerto rico and haiti as a, quote, shithole. democratic senator dick durbin was there. >> senatas senator graham made presentation, the president interrupted him several times with questions and in the course of his comments, said things which were hate-filled, vile,

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu.up on our program, a california republican and democrat have a bipartisan plan focused on tech firms that rely on foreign labor. california's market for legal recreational marijuana kicked off this week. we'll hear from experts about the high stakes and potential pitfalls. but first -- >> he's brought us to the brink of nuclear war. >> if you've watched any cable tv recently, you've probably seen an ad calling for the impeachment of president donald trump. the ads were paid for by billionaire tom steyer. the former hedge fund manager is one of the top donors to the democratic party. he has poured millions of dollars into get out the vote campaigns.

>>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i i'm thuy vu. her first year on the job after being brought in to reform a police department mired in scandal. also a look at the immigration moves including several moves by the trump administration to tighten immigration policies. on thursday during a meeting in the oval office, president trump reportedly referred to puerto rico and haiti as a, quote, shithole. democratic senator dick durbin was there. >> senatas senator graham made presentation, the president interrupted him several times with questions and in the course of his comments, said things which were hate-filled, vile, and racist. >> this comes on the heels of other immigration news. in california, state attorney general javier becerra praised the decision by a federal judge in san francisco to stop the trump administration from ending daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. becerra had sued the administration for ending daca. the program has helped about 800,000 undocumented people who had entered the u.s. as minors.

newshour productions, llc captioned by media access group at wgbh access >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroomgram, a special kqed investigation into october's deadly northern california wildfires. some troubling lapses in the energy response system. plus, steps you can take to protect your digital privacy. but first, scott shaffer leads a discussion on local politics. san francisco's board of supervisors replaced the acting mayor with mark farrell, a venture capitalists who represents some of the city's wealthiest neighborhoods. and the governor delivered his final state of the state address with optimism and a warning. >>

. >>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i'm thuy vu.r program, a california republican and democrat have a bipartisan plan focused on tech firms that rely on foreign labor. california's market for legal recreational marijuana kicked off this week. we'll hear from experts about the high stakes and potential pitfalls. but first -- >> he's brought us to the brink of nuclear war. >> if you've watched any cable tv recently, you've probably seen an ad calling for the impeachment of president donald trump. the ads were paid for by billionaire tom steyer. the former hedge fund manager is one of the top donors to the democratic party. he has poured millions of dollars into get out the vote

. >>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i i'm thuy vu. year on the job after being brought in to reform a police department mired in scandal. also a look at the immigration moves including several moves by the trump administration to tighten immigration policies. on thursday during a meeting in the oval office, president trump reportedly referred to puerto rico and haiti as a, quote, shithole. democratic senator dick durbin was there. >> senatas senator graham made presentation, the president interrupted him several times with questions and in the course of his comments, said things which were hate-filled, vile,