welcome to kqed newsroom.june 7, san francisco voters will determine whether the city's top prosecutor will keep his job or be recalled. those who want to remove district attorney from office say his policies are too soft on crime and that san francisco has become unsafe. but many who support him say that he is being blamed unfairly for car break-ins, theft and overdoses. and that a recall will not solve the prlems. he joins me now. welcome, thank you for being here. let's talk about what is going on and some cisco because there is this feeling by many that it is unsafe, that crime is rampant and these problems need to be fixed. you are one piece of that puzzle. you are not the whole thing. if you had a magic wand, what would you say it would take? the time, the money, the collaboration, what needs to happen to help people feel safe? >> there is nothing more important to me and my office been making san francisco safe and making sure everyone feel safe in their home, in their neighborhood, everywhere in our am

i am priya david clemens, join me on kqed newsroom, where we explore the state of our state. coming up next, here, on kqed 9, or of the pbs app. >>> tonight on kqed newsroom, and update on the current rising covid-19 cases. dr. bob walker joins us and talks about his own close call with the virus. plus, in the category of the rich keep getting richer, j david mcswain shares his investigation in the pandemic profiteering, which meant hundreds of new billionaires. and what is in the multimillion dollar package to bolster reproductive health services that governor newsom just announced? look at the week's big political and budget news. >>> can you guess where we are headed for something beautiful? it is a place where people can turn trash into treasure. coming to you from kqed headquarters in san francisco this friday, may 13th. hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. i am scott shafer in for priya david clemens. it is been a while since we started the show with a discussion of covid-19, but the pandemic has never been far from any of our minds. covid infections are flaring up again.

this is kqed newsroom. this week san francisco, twitter accepted elon musk to buy the company later says he wants to take the techfrom private and promote more free speech on the platform. joining me now is the chief of marketwatch, jeremy owens, thank you for joining us. >> the heavenly. >> this week after this was announced that he was going to have the plan to take over and it was accepted, elon musk went on twitter which seems to be one of his natural habitats and criticized the senior twitter executives which led to some of the musk supporters piling on and criticizing and really harassing these executives as well, seems like there is a lot of consternation about what the musket takeover would mean for public discourse. what are you hearing? what are you hearing from employees here at twitter? >> i think employees are the same as everybody else that watches elon on twitter. they want to know what is a truth and what is a troll and what is his attempt to get people out, right? the free-speech rhetoric h

i am priya david clemens, join me on kqed newsroom, where we explore the state of our state.kqed 9, or of the pbs app. >>> tonight on kqed newsroom, and update on the current rising covid-19 cases. dr. bob walker joins us and talks about his own close call with the virus. plus, in the category of the rich keep getting richer, j david mcswain shares his investigation in the pandemic profiteering, which meant hundreds of new billionaires. and what is in the multimillion dollar package to bolster reproductive health services that governor newsom just announced? look at the week's big political and budget news. >>> can you guess where we are headed for something beautiful? it is a place where people

. >> welcome to a special edition of kqed newsroom. how do we, as a society, value of the work that our mothers provide? we are looking back at several interviews, featuring authors who have highlighted the work of mothers. we begin with husband and wife anna and michael. when former stockton mayor michael tobin was a child, his father went to prison and he was raised by his mother, aunt and grandmother. his wife, author and scholar, tackles mother heard in her book, the three mothers. how the mothers of martin luther king jr., malcolm x, d james baldwin shaped a nation. the two speak candidly about how mothers are often overlooked and how it is beyond time to shine light on their power. >> thank you for being here. let's turn a little bit to your work, which is about highlighting and bringing up the profiles of women and mothers in particular. this was your doctoral dissertation that you turned in your debut book. which has done extremely well. tell me about how you chose this subject. >>i have to say, i had an incredible mother who w

this is kqed newsroom and i am priya david clemens. this week many of us were stunned to learn the supreme court intends to reverse roe v. wade. 1973 ruling that protects a woman's right to have an abortion. the information came by way of a leaked draft supreme court opinion obtained the news organization politico. in response, the state of california and any healthcare agencies are signaling they will expand access to abortion services for women who may travel here from other states. lawmakers also talking about state laws to protect the rights to have an abortion in californa. joining us now is congresswoman jackie spear . thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you for your invitation. >> it is you describe your reaction when you heard about the draft ruling? >> you know, it was a gut punch. i was stunned. i was literally groaning at the time. i could not believe it. i still cannot believe it. i think most of us toiling in the fields of women's equality and reproductive rights, it is like a bad dream. there is a nightmare element

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