she spoke with scott shafe >> welcome to "kqed newsroom." >> thank you.hanks for having me. >> so this book part history. it's part biography. why did you decide t tell the story of california through the brown family? >> because i thought that the four generations of browns just so mirror the -- the arc of that family mirrors the history of the state of cifornia, that it was a great vehicle for saying some really fundamental things about the history of this place. andrn in the family was so important and influential in shaping it. i mean between pat and jerry ro n, they have governed the state for more than half of its modern history. >> yeah. and pat brown, of course, born in san francisco as was jerry brown. jerry brown's grandmother moved here from the ranch to get to the big city, i guess. and pat brown was elected governor in 1958. what knd of a politician was he? >> pat was the perfect politician for that era of this criminal expansi credible expansion. how california was formed, how it joined the union. it's an immigrant story abo german immigrant

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>>> tonight on "kqed newsroom," a supreme cou nomination in jeopardy as kavanaugh faces sexual assault accusatills. talk with the bay area lawmakers who was the first member of congress to hear about the sexual assault allegation from christine blasey ford. research reveals an alarms achievement gap that starts at a young age. >> welcome to "kqed newsroom." we begin with t high court and politics. trump nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh is being accused of physical and sexual assault. ford said he assaulted her at a high school party 30 years ago. ? july ford described details of the alleged attack to r local congresswoman. ford and kavanaugh have been asked to testify before the senate judiciaryco mittee. >> and joining me now bykype from her office. is congresswoman. thank you for beinghee. >> good to be with you. thank you. >>cayou take us back to the day in july when you met with blasey fordn your office. how did she seem as she told you her story? >> i was struck by the following. she is an intelligent woman. she is highly educated. very devoted to her family. concerne

hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm scott schaefer in forthuy vu. politics.with president trump's pick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh aced three days of tense an contentious questions on capitol hill. at stakere his opinions on gun rights and control and whether the president could be protected from prose in office. meanwhile an explosive op-ed but an unnamed senior official in the trump administration claims the president's own staff have been trying to stop hi from acting in, quote, a manner that is detrimental to the health of r republic. to discuss all of this and more, i'm joined by kqed politics and vernment reporter marissa lagos and professor of lawleory lind political strategist w witlsh consulting. well kind of ran out of superlagives but let's with the op-ed piece. that the author saying president is anti-democratic, amoral,ld erratic. she be reassured or scared to death having read that? >> well, i guess the bottom line is if you are concerned about the president, people in there that are trying t drive the administration one way

. >>> tonight on "kqed newsroom," a startling op-ed from inside of the trump administration. and contentious hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. and san francisco is pushing for aontroversial approach to the opioid crisis. plus a new ad campaign reignites a debate over politics and sports. hello and weome to "kqed newsroom." i'm scott schaefer in for thuy vu. we begin with politics. president trump'sick for the supreme court brett kavanaugh faced three days of tense an contentious questions on capitol hill. at stake are his opinions on g rights and control and whether the president could be protected from prosecution infi oe. meanwhile an explosive op-ed but an unnamed senior officialmp in the trdministration claims the president's own staff have been trying to stop him from acting n, quote, a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic. to dcuss all of this and more, i'm joined by kqed politics and government reporter marissa lagos and professor of law rory little and political strategist with walsh consulting. well kind of ran out of superlative

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. ♪ >>> tonight on "kqed newsroom," san francisco holds a global summit tackling climate change. >>>lso checking up on california's legal pot market from testing the safety of cannabis to keeping track of where it goes. >>> plus two governors spanning four generations. a new book examines california's history through the story of the brown family. >>> hello and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. we begin with the environment. this week, thousands of people attended a global summit on climate change in san francisco. industry titans such as mark benioff of salesforce was there plus politicians from around the world and actor harrison ford.

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research reveals an alarms achievement gap that starts at a young age. >> welcome to "kqed newsroom." we begin with the high court and politics. trump nominee for the supreme court brett kavanaugh is being accused of physical and sexual assault. ford said he assaulted her at a high school party 30 years ago. ?

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