>> yeah, thank god for the "l.a. times" who it doesn't appear like anybody at the "l.a. e last year. and then these are the same people who decry when they hit the unemployment line themselves that we are not supposed to cheer when a venture capital hedge fund decides what the rest of us has figured out long time ago we don't need them anymore. there were 22 million jobs that were lost over the course much the last year. 6 million of those were in service industry restaurant, hotel, another 2 million in other pars of just casual working business and retail. and about another 2.5 million that were lost in business. and when you add all of this up, i guess, you know, this is how you know that a democrat is president when we can come in 800,000 jobs short in april and you had the "l.a. times" writing pieces like no, it's fine. the economy, we are doing great. it didn't hurt anybody. the other thing they are not taking into account is the long-term damage this does to children who have been kept out of school. thanks to teachers unions and so, you know, it's cherry picking it

"l.a. timesere they said the evidence is clear covid lockdowns saved lives without harming economics. look at this "l.a. times" column. they published data points to two related conclusions. first lockdowns played significant role in reducing infection rates. second modest role in producing economic damage. lifting lockdowns have done little to spare economic resurgence. guys, where are these guys? are they not been visiting? have they not been seeing carley shimkus, jillian mele, visiting different cities and seeing the effects to business? i travel all the time so i get to see these businesses? they are trying to fight back. new york city is trying to fight back. i know they see people back on the streets right now. a lot of my favorite restaurants will never return because they just cannot do it anymore. steve: sure. ainsley: that's why gavin newsom there is this recall because his favorite restaurant apparently is french laundry. it's so expensive. how much was his wine bill in the middle of

resident so we should mention that a recent l.a. times op ed revealed that one city councilman from the san fernando valley moved to kill one of these homeless housing projects in chatsworth he says in the 11th hour by the way because this was approved in 2019 that the project is too close to schools and is too big so is this a case of local politicians paying lip service but then when it comes down to it it becomes a case of not in my backyard. yeah i mean there is there is a lot of motivations in terms of why he would want to kill it chatsworth is a welfare community and so the argument that it could be to be in close to a school made it makes sense for that made for that type of community as you know the problem is that even if you prove something like this which is basically it's a housing for almost this that are not going to solve the situation of the actual problem you know the problem is not people necessarily missing house lacking housing opportunities for housing it's an overall infrastructure of people that are essentially disp

after the l.a. times article in the nightline piece all bad i remember us being just completely crazy busy i mean as great as it was it was such a blur. it was a blur. you think when i said where you think that i don't know all those details i'm just saying blur meaning it was a blur the time of my life well let me add some color because i remember i'm sure. the blog was running i want to. because of our connection countrywide they started at least they had just applied to be one of the. december 2006 this house sold for a 1000000 dollars 900 square feet right across the street from the freeway one. so we call it retro order here a vintage. lovely. if you. are watching this video and you're a realtor. and you're saying wait a minute i represented the buyer when they paid a 1000000. i want to put your my tie down and go grab a shingle. right now you don't deserve to be licensed december 2006. want. to get fired. i'm jim realtor. there's a lot of trust the marketplace value could this be just a value bubble

option to return to some form of in-person learning, according to state data published in the ""l.a. times."" only about 48% of those students at schools that are open have returned to campus. >>> new details this morning, sonoma county supervisors are ready to approve a new resolution condemning sexual violence and supporting survivors, the measure would strengthen the vetting for new hires and appointees comes in the midst of the ongoing scandal in windsor surrounding mayor dominic foppoli. the former mayor of the tunnel to came forward to "the chronicle" about her experience. the report does not reference foppoli by name or the town scandal. >>> a drunk driver who killed a chp officer parked in his patrol car christmas eve three and a half years ago will learn his fifd. 24-year-old mohammad ali faces 15 years to life for the death of andrew cavalieri. he was traveling more than 100 miles per hour when he slammed his car into officer camalleri's car. the officer's mother is expected to address ali at today's sentencing. >>> the later on the cyber attack that shut down a major u.s. pipeli

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new, so novel. >> reporter alan abrams in, once an attorney himself, covered the trial for the l.a. times the jury. you are playing to all of america. >> the judges decision turned a local l.a. story into an international sensation. how big was it? the menendez trial was the case that put an entire network, court tv, on the broadcast landscape. prosecutor pam began a new all of america was watching her every move. >> how did you feel as you prepared to make your opening statement? >> as i walk down the hallway, all the cameras with their hands i just threw up because i thought, oh god, this is really stressful so -- >> what's more, the prosecutor was going up against two fierce opponents. leslie abrams, in defending eric. and jill lansing, defending lyle. >> these are three very smart, strong women. >> definitely. >> engaged against each other over these boys. >> yes. >> i say boys, but they weren't really boys, where they? >> they weren't boys at all. in fact, that's what the defense wanted to hear. was boys, these poor boys, these orphans. >> orphans. an impression the defense tried to

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that's according to data published in the "l.a. times." >>> happening now, san leandro police need your help finding an elderly man they consider to be at risk because of his dementia. police say david jamison seen in this photo went missing several hours ago from his care facility on davis street. if you see david, please call police. >>> we're also tracking some dangerous conditions out there. the bay area is under a microclimate weather alert. that's because conditions romania rife for wildfires across the bay area which has a lot of people on the edge and firefighters are at the ready. our meteorologist kari shall here with us now with more on these conditions. kari, good morning. >> good morning. we really do have to be careful because we've had such dry vegetation, not enough rain to really help out our hills, especially some of the areas that are prone to sthom of those wildfires and grass fires, and so we are seeing now the red flag warning that has been extended through tomorrow evening as a result of still some high winds and s

the "l.a. times" reporting one-thirmd of latino and blacks have gotten their first shot in comparison to more than 50% of asian and white californians that have gotten that first shot. and, of course, we have you covered when it comes to all things vaccine and covid-19. head over to nbcbayarea.com for the very latest information including where you can get that vaccine and how. >>> the division within the republican party on capitol hill continues to grow. wyoming congresswoman liz cheney has been removed from her leadership post for opposition of former president donald trump and lies is your rounding the last election. "today" show's savannah guthrie spoke with her shortly after the vote. >> are you the leader of the opposition in exile right now in the republican party? >> i intend to be the leader -- one of the leaders -- in a fight to help to restore our party,a fight to bring our party back to substance and principle. and in a fight to make clear that we won't participate in a really dangerous

leaders tell the "l.a. times" that it just cannot compete with state fire departments like cal fire not to mention local fire departments. those hot shots travel the nation protecting national forests. the hiring in california is especially challenging because entry level firefighters are offered less than the state's $15 mainly. staffing levels in california are now at a all-time low. >>> new impact this morning from the bay area's extreme drought conditions. more north bay residents are being asked to cop sever that water. last night santa rosa council members adopted a 20% volume think reduction in water use and this move comes after recent drought declarations for mend seepo and home? a counties. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. certainly we're seeing the effects on the hillsides. you can see they are all brown right now but we just need to be careful out there. >> yeah. even just something as pulling off to the side of the road can be dangerous if your car is on fire or something like that or

stuart: look at the headline, from "the l.a. times." goes on to say i'm quoting again, lockdowns played a significant role reducing infection rates. quote, they had a modest role in producing economic damage. have they spoken to any small business owners lately? watch this. >> it has been a really tough time for the industry. it has been for a while. we've done everything we can to get ready. >> small businesses in california, what they have done, it's unthinkable and, to me humanitarian crisis. >> we're just trying to make a dollar here and it's very difficult. >> i can speak for these other restaurants also. we're done. stuart: look, i want to bring in todd piro on this, he travels around the country, he has an opinion and a strong opinion. all these businesses are at risk. some of them are closing for good and "the l.a. times" doesn't see it. what are they talking about? >> stuart, the underlying thesis of this "l.a. times" article was that people chose to stay home. that's why the lockdowns weren't impactful on businesses. that is a

leaders tell the "l.a. times" it cannot compete with calnts. hot spots travel the nation protecting national forests and hiring in california is especially challenging. that's because entry level federal firefighters are offered less than the state's $15 an hour minimum wage. staffing levels in california are now at an all-time low. >>> 4:36 and coming up here on "today in the bay," the one thing many workers don't want to change about post pandemic life. >>> plus why making it in the bay is more difficult in contra costa county these days. what new numbers are revealing for you, next. jack, toss me the frisbee. i can do you one better... with cheddar. everything's better with cheddar. like my new cheddar biscuit breakfast sandwiches with cheddar baked right in. only at jack in the box. in this ad pay attention to the actor's gums. gums? we don't think about them. with cheddar baked right in. but like skin, over time gums can get damaged. new colgate gum renewal. reverses early gum damage for a beautiful, revitalizd smile ♪♪ reynolds wrap makes

more than $1.6 million for advertising campaigns in "time" magazine, "l.a. timescial times, foreign policy magazine and paid another million to american newspapers to print copies of its own publication. chinese state run media paying our news organizations to print propaganda. that's how desperate our media happen to be for ad dollars. what are we accomplishing here, michael? >> as a mansion, president trump signed an executive order in november that would require the companies that are listed by the department of defense as being owned or controlled by the ccp. u.s. investors can't invest in them anywhere on the world and they can't be listed in u.s. markets. we can't invest in them in frankfurt, shanghai, anywhere in the world. that is the first time we have ever done sanctions against chinese companies. last week, china mobile, and china telecom, china unicom were finally determined to have to be delisted from the u.s. stock exchange and that's a good start. we're worried that president biden, we want him to continue that and to broaden it to companies. >> lau

jonah goldberg has a new column for "l.a. timesome utterly blind at the same time when it comes to the seat of the government. there are many legitimate arguments against the special commission to study january 6th. congress has the power to investigate already and is doing so. many democrats want to use the commission to score partisan points. hundreds of criminal cases under way and congress should be reluctant to muck with them. he goes on, the problem with all of such arguments, though, often made in good faith by conservative writers, is they have nothing to do with why elected republicans don't want a commission. all pretext designed to distract from the fact that most of the gop is terrified of contradicting the false narrative still being pedaled by trump and embraced by his core supporters. it's absolutely true his supporters are mostly peaceful, but that misses the point entirely and deliberately, joe. that's jonah goldberg writing in "l.a. times." >> great points from jonah, as usual. there are areas that can still be ne

after an "l.a. times" report that revealed, among other things, none of the group's 87 voting members are black. >> netflix and amazon studios have both threatened to cut ties with the association. >> the winner is tom cruise. >> now three-time golden globe winner tom cruise is joining the growing boycott, returning his statues to the organization. >> he has three golden globes and he said, "nah, you can have these back." that is a signal to other prominent white people in power in this industry to step up and fight the fight with us. >> trevor: oh, boy! you know you screwed up if tom cruise is distancing himself from you. personally, personally, it doesn't bother me if the golden globes go away, because the purpose of film isn't about pleasing snobby critics with golden standpointues. no, it's about figuring out how to set at least one scene of your movie in china to increase box office revenues. but this doesn't change how crazy it is that the hollywood foreign press doesn't have any black members. i me

there were colored photographs in the front pages of "the new york times" and the "l.a. timesfor the first time i can truly tell my kid if he or she works hard, he or she can be anything they want to be. whatever happened to that? if these -- the critical race cabal would stand a fraction of time telling people to pursue what a left-wing think tank institution is called the success sequence we wouldn't be having these problems. finish high school, don't have again until you get married. get a job, avoid the criminal justice system, you will not be poor. that ought to be the message instead of you are a victim. it's an outrage that they are eternal victims and white people are eternal oppressors. >> sean: thank you, wish we had more time. your courageous message, people will hear. i hope you'll come back, you did a great job. v is always there with them. so when their windshield got a chip, they wanted it fixed fast. they drove to safelite autoglass for a guaranteed, same-day, in-shop repair. we repaired the chip before it could crack. and with their insurance, it was no cost t

our next guest is getting excellent reviews for her new movie, the "l.a. timess now. say hello to patti harrison. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? >> i'm good. >> jimmy: somebody told me you've been here before? >> yeah. yeah. when i was in my junior year of college, i drove out to l.a. because my friend joe got an internship at ucb that fell through, but he drive out here and ended up staying with jeff loveness? can i use first and last names. >> jimmy: jeff was a writer at our show, yeah. >> witness protection thing happening for him. sad. and he asked if we wanted to come to the show, or asked if joe wanted to come to the show, and i was like his plus one, asked if we wanted to do audience or green room, and i was like, green room sounds cooler. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, thanks, yeah. >> i will say that i was kind of pissed at the experience. >> jimmy: why? what happened? >> i was excited for free food. all the food was gone by the time we got here. >> jimmy: that's guillermo. [ laughter ] that's guillermo's fault. >> guillermo: sorry. >> t

"the l.a. timesinvent the flaminin' hot cheeto. revising that, saying the company attributes the launch and success of flamin' hot cheeto and other products to montanez among others. reminding how he started, as a janitor. i wasn't a supervisor i was the least of the least. maybe that's one of the reasons they don't have any documentation on me. why would they? asked about the film, he says he thinks it will inspire people to do the right thing. don't make the mistake montanez made. document everything. i'm alicia menendez. right now it's time for "the mehdi hasan show." >> hi, alicia. i have no idea who came up with the flamin' hot cheeto but i'm glad we no longer have president cheato. >>> the anniversary of george floyd's death is tuesday but copying is not ready to pass legislation in his name. what will it take? >>> will republicans use the filibuster

l.a. times report in february revealed the organization had no black members.recruit their first black female last year but rachel passed. they pledged to reform and last week approved a plan to diversify its membership. some studioing including amazon and netflix say it's not aggressive enough and they won't work with the hollywood foreign press until more action is taken. even tom cruise, all 4'7" of him, has taken a stand probably on a box. he reportedly turned his three golden globes to the press association headquarters. he won the award for born on the fourth of july, maguire and getting a box of detergent down from a very high shelf. -- claimed to have worked in hollywood, we have no proof of this. >> that's very true. >> greg: i have a theory. i have three theories. which theory, okay, hollywood always tries to sell themselves as heroes in every plot. in the red scare, they were the ones that fought the anti--anti- -- they fought the joe mccarthies. they are literally throwing their allies to the wolves because they don't want to get canceled. so, who i

demonstrates why you should. >> reporter: this was created in 2009 by former "l.a. timestarted the l ago with my daughter in mind. >> reporter: the project now reaches more than 160,000 students with more than 34,000 teachers enrolled. demand increased in the wake of the pandemic and 2020 election, perfect storms for misinformation. >> my goal is to get students to think for themselves. >> reporter: is it working? >> it's working absolutely, because the students are asking questions. >> reporter: saundra started using the program this year at the gordon park school for inquisitive minds in queens. one of her students, this 14-year-old. >> i put myself in, like, a journalist shoes. >> so now when you see any information online or on social media, what immediately goes through your mind? >> if it's true. is it true? is it accurate? >> reporter: it may sound like a simple question. but the key is motivating more of us to stop and look for the answers. y today" joe fryer, new york. >> incredibly important work. joe, thank you very much. >>> this week we highlight another life

then outrage over an "l.a. times" column. why one writer is claiming shutdowns did not hurt the economy. the business of housing is booming, but how long higher prices, supply shortages make the market go bust? we'll get the read from the ceo of ace hardware. first that growing push to investigate whether covid was leaked from a wuhan lab. fox business's edward lawrence is live in washington with the details for us. reporter: jackie, going against the relative silence coming from the white house about the actual origin of the coronavirus, the cdc director rochelle walansky testified that covid-19 could have come from laboratory in china. the hearing she was at about the cdc budget. senator john kennedy asked her pointed questions. listen to this exchange. >> certainly the possibilities that most coronaviruses that we know of are origin infected the population, sarscov-1, merz, generally come from animal origin? >> are there any other possibilities? >> certainly a lab-based origin is one possibility. reporter: officially lists

this after the l.a. times revealed the awards voting group had zero black members and other issues.eek by week plan to to to to diversify including adding 20% of black voting members by august. the academy that votes for the oscars has around 9,000 members. >>> a new jersey family has finally figured out how their puppy is escaping past the gate. take a look at this. they recorded the doggy duo plotting this break up. you can see the 3-month-old quinn walking down to the gate then sitting down and waits for harley to come over and help her out. the video has 129,000 like likes on tiktok. >> that is teamwork. >> me parents have been trying to figure out how the puppy gets past the gate! [ laughing ] >> oh my gosh, your best 20s, 30s, 40s movie voice. can you hear it? the video has one of those robotic voices narrating it, but also that! >> i thought you were dealing with news trailers before world war ii. >> it is a news reel trying to get across the gate! [ laughing ] >> now enjoy the show! >> all those movies -- all those movies about the dogs and cats being smarter than we know an

i really appreciate there's a really when the l.a. times last week. did say effectively threaten a horror story. [laughter] was very complementary. and that is amazon. another product of baltimore the wire is a series of human stories change the political economy in a system of winners and losers and how institutions have failed, whole groups of people. so tell me how you found your people in kind of come about some of the people in this book. tell us sort of why they are good vehicles for understanding what is going on in the united states right now. make sure. to keep going as we'll find the people in society and places. i wanted to have certain cities there were hyper prosperous cities that were struggling with the prosperity than left behind in town is very clear what my cities was going to be cl is clear from the outset. the city had been utterly transformed by the company. and i knew i wanted to write about washington d.c. because it was also to me and very classic example i wanted to write about the baltimore divide and i went to pick pc from a

the "l.a. times" is reporting just 50% of california khans have received a covid-19 shot, about 19.8 million people. as of today, more than 34 million doses have been distributed statewide, and here in the bay area, more than 8 million doses have been administered. this comes as the state is reviewing the cdc guidance to ease restrictions on wearing masks. >>> more help from the bay area is headed to india, where covid continues to ravage the country. a morgan hill dentist is getting ready to ship machines to india, those machines will help get oxygen to people. the dentist has collected more than 500 cpaps from the indian community in the south bay, they provide pressurized air to keep a patient's airways open. doctors plan to send them to pakistan, nepal and bangladesh with a little help from google. >>> the oakland police department is restarting a special detail to deal with sideshows in the city. they've been tracking a group of about 150 cars that keep driving between hayward and oakland. "toda

according to more than a dozen employees the paper spoke to, "the l.a. timese did not invent the flaminin' hot cheeto. it was invented years earlier by another team. in a new statement, revising that, saying the company attributes the launch and success of flamin' hot cheeto and other products to several people, including montanez. he spoke with "variety" about all this and explained the discrepancy saying -- ying -- asked about the film, he says he thinks it will inspire people to do the right thing. don't make the mistake montanez made. document everything. that is all the time i have for today. i'm alicia menendez. right now it's time for "the mehdi hasan show." hi, mehdi. >> hi, alicia. i have no idea who came up with the flamin' hot cheeto but i'm glad we no longer have president cheato. sl have a great rest of your sunday. >>> tonight on "the mehdi hasan show," the anniversary of george floyd's death is tuesday but skong not ready to pass legislation in his name. what will it take? >>> the january 6 bill may come up in the senate, but will republicans us

leaders tell the "l.a. times" it cannot compete with cal fire and local fire departments. spots travel the nation protecting national forests and hiring in california is especially challenging. that's because entry level federal firefighters are offered less than the state's $15 an hour minimum wage. staffing levels in california are now at an all-time low. >>> a correction to the stocks i said bitcoin hit below $3,500, it's $35,000, a correction for me, i apologize about that, didn't mean to scare anyone. >>> time to look at the forecast for you this morning. kari, you're better with the numbers than i am when it comes to the weather. >> well, it's been nice and cool, so not too much to juggle here and it's been also very comfortable for our afternoons and we're going to see those highs reaching up to 76 degrees today in fairfield, 67 in san jose, and in palo alto, so i think making some plans to get outside today once again. but if you are going to be out there, it's going to be super windy especially this evening. i'm taking the time line through 9:00 tonight, take a lo

there is a big report out in the "l.a. timesng netflix was going big into podcasts, implication that maybe they would be a rival to shopify. what i have heard from my sources at the company is that netflix is going to continue using podcasts as a marketing fool tool, podcasts hold on to consumers let them know about shows and keep them engaged with shows. they're not going to be trying to do an apple or a shopify play there, but it's about taking the netflix content, putting it out anywhere you can find a podcast to keep those brands and those characters alive. >> interesting i wondered if they would eventually do that, try to use it as a churn killer on the platform itself. apparently not and then there's pinterest which has been taking a lot of heat on diversity. it lost a chief operating officer, a woman who said she was not well treated there and they've been trying to make some moves to shift the culture, right? >> yeah. look, pinterest has taken a lot of heat not just about lack of gender diversity but a culture bad for wo

but what really blew the lid off of all of this was an "l.a. timesoreign press association that consists of about 100 journalists all over the world that nominates these people for awards, picks the winners, that there's not one black member, if you can believe that. so you can imagine the outrage. well, the hfpa came forward during the golden globes and said, we are going to make changes but it fell flat and those changes really haven't happened. that's why nbc, netflix, amazon, even our own parent company, warner media, have pulled the plug. the hfpa has released to a state to cnn saying regardless of next year's air date, they are implementing transformational changes as quickly and thoughtfully as possible but again that's left to be seen. in the meantime, like you said, tom cruise gave back all three of his golden globes on monday. scarlett johansson released a statement. she's been nominated multiple times. she said she experienced what borderlines on harassment from the hfpa. the hfpa hasn't commented on that specifically. ava duvernay, mark r

to pitch the ceo his idea, but this morning they call the story a framing hot fraud telling the l.a. timesny especially his insights into hispanic consumers, but we do not credit any flaming hot products to him. an investigation has been revealed they were maetin so ar claims inspired him did not even work for frito-lay when they were developed. but he is standing behind his story. >> the best way to destroy a positive message is to destroy the messenger. never allow that to happen to you. >> reporter: he has made a business telling that story commanding speaking fees. he stepped down from frito-lay in 2019 to focus on motivational speaking. he has written two memoirs in the summer, a movie based on his life is set to begin filming with eva longoria directing. >>> no matter what the truth is, he's a fascinating character. i also read that he actually didn't read or write very well when he applied for the job. he had his girlfriend make up the application and look at where he is now. he also says he is not concerned about the movie being affected by frito-lay's claims. don't forget you can

i saw some reporting by the "l.a. timesing orders were issued last year which is a significant percentage increase over the year before. it is the situation where employees -- you know, co-workers, family members, friends, can go into court and basically say they think a person is a danger to themselves or others. or law enforcement can do that in a standard is even a little lower. so we're dhs to come across information like this today, i certainly hope they would take advantage of the red flag laws and take a person like this, get them the attention they need. but what happened in this individual case we need a little more investigation to figure out. >> in this case, there was previous information in 2009 in a the shooter's ex-girlfriend made allegations in a filing that he had major mood swings as a result of bipolar disorder. i mean it just gets to what the standards are and do red flag laws actually work, right? as you know, following shootings like this you know, many lawmakers, particularly republicans who are not i

she herself participated in a women's golf tournament according to the "l.a. times."pian republican party she's living in. >> one motto for running for politics is follow the trump playbook. we know that doesn't play well in the california electorate as well. they succeeded in the past to build that coalition. caitlyn jenner is run as a conservative celebrity and why hannity was a first step. we don't know if it's an attempt to build a winning coalition. what we know is true, there's a wave of anti-newsom anger in the state. true across some conservatives and progressive voices upset with apolitical leadership. does that benefit her campaign? we don't know. >> i had a dinner out in california with your cnn colleague mark preston with a democratic consultant splane ex in california, it's all advertising, all advertising. no retail in california. they no in advance who can win and who can lose. run the numbers. focus groups. sometimes rich californians want to make a point and means consultants on both sides make a lot of money. >> really, really rich. absolutely. >> al

second, all they see from places like "new york times," "l.a. times," is the negativity.fering. not about people who recover. howie, the key element right now is whether or not the press is talking about a light at the end of the tunnel. whether or not they're talking about the masks coming off. whether social distancing is ending and whether we are moving any further close, any closer i should say to a return to normal. howie: let me jump in here because when 580,000 americans have died from covid-19, that is undeniable part of the story. so i don't fully get the criticism that people in my business are doing this for ratings. maybe at the beginning of the pandemic when it was a new, scary and chilling story but the topic is inevitably a bit after downer. doesn't exactly make people rush to tune in to news. >> i agree with that. i agree with that analysis. it is something that i tried to say to president trump voters in these focus groups. in the end it is based on medical sighens, research that went into it, thousands, tens of thousands of tests. the fact is, this is so

if comes after what the l.a. times calls a wild wild and surreal week on the campaign trail.terview from a private airplane hangar. meanwhile, as more candidates emerge, the new data shows highest support for newsom's recall comes from california's rural conservative counties. let's go to nbc's scott cohen in san francisco for us. what are you hearing about all this? tell us where it stands. >> reporter: sure. alex, the odds for the republicans are pretty long, as you might expect in this very blue state. that data you referred to, that's based on the petition significants for the recall coming from those republican pockets. think places like fresno and san diego. the republicans are going to have a tough time matching the heavily populated areas like san francisco and los angeles. there's this field of candidates. it is going to be huge. already we have a handful of declared candidates. of course you've heard about caitlyn jenner, the former mayor of san diego, the former congressman, this being california, there's an adult film actress and billboard model. john cox, a busin

house oversight committee and contributor to usa today and l.a. times.nd nbc senior political reporter jonathan allen, coauthor of "lucky, how joe biden won the presidency." >>> what is the trajectory of it as best we can tell? where does it look like this is going to end up? >> at this point it would be a shock if liznt cheney was to remain in leadership of the republican conference -- as the conference chairwoman. but i think there is something larger going on here, which is that even as liz cheney gets struck down, which she is doing right now, is becoming the leader of the faction within the republican party as small of it is, that thinks what donald trump did after the election is completely not only inappropriate, but really not a place the republican party should be in the long term. >> senator lindsey graham had an interesting take this week. i'd like get your reaction to something he said on fox. watch. >> can we move forward without president trump? the answer is no. i've always liked liz cheney, but she's made a determination that the republic

joining me now, kurt bardella l.a. timesoversight committee and angela rye, host of the podcast on one with angela rye, good to see you both. guys, thank you so much for joining me. kurt, can i just ask you, rallies for what, exactly? >> i guess for attention. this is someone who i know for a fact has been spending his time at mar-a-lago texting anyone he could possibly thinking to see if they will come out there to play golf with him. this guy is so bored and starved for attention that he'll do his dog and pony read show because he's a narcissist and didn't know what to do without the spotlight and without seeing himself on cable news on the loop. it's really embarrassing. this is a former president of the united states, and he is just so missing being the center and focus of everything, he's now going to go out there and hit the rewind button and make it like it's 2016 again and it's incumbent upon all of us not to far for it. this guy doesn't deserve oxygen and doesn't deserve attention and public conversation of any kind

john myers, the sacramento bureau chief for the "l.a. timesnk you very much. >>> we will stay in california for a breaking story when we come back. officials suspect human smuggling after a boat capsized. we're live with the latest. but first richard louis is here with the headlines. >> very good evening to you. some of the stories we're watching this hour. republicans susan wright and ellzey are projected to fill the house seats of susan rice's late husband. there will be no change in the balance of power in the house. three people are dead including the suspect in a shooting at a casino near green bay, wisconsin. another person was seriously injured. authorities say the shooter was targeting a hotel worker. >>> and, finally, j emergency roomony agreed -- germany agreed to return plundered artifacts to nigeria. they were stolen by british soldiers in the 19th century. hundreds are currently in german museums. >>> more right after the break. gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the firs

and the "l.a. times" was there and they start talking to the dude for like ten minutes.o and so from justified. and i said "wait a second, you think -- wait, you think i'm timothy oliphant." ten minutes we talked and he thought that i was this dude so, i go into the thing and sure enough timothy does show up later at this event and i finally got to meet him. and we talked and we laughed about all the -- you know, all the -- all the times we each get sort of, you know, taken for the other, for each other. and he goes "here, come here, take a picture with my family. so, i'm like, "okay. he had his wife and i think three kids, maybe four, i can't remember and we all take -- he actually takes the photo so i'm sitting there with his wife and his kids well, come christmas time i get an envelope with a christmas card in it with me and timothy oliphant's family saying "happy holidays, the oliphants." [ laughter ] i mean, i thought that was brilliant of him and, you know, i was looking around for the photo, so i could -- i could, you know, send it to you guys, but i couldn't find

the "l.a. times" is warning folks in california not to ditch their masks yet.sk mandate might be lifted. what should states, what should businesses be thinking about right now. >> first of all, these are guidelines. and the guidelines are based on the evidence. the evidence is showing that vaccines are highly effective, that people are unlikely to get very ill, or to transmit the infections to others. i think with such a big shift, a significant shift in the guidelines, i think the cdc -- it would have been helpful to add more nuance to this announcement. physicians need to know what to do, schools need to know what to do, health care settings, they're just so many questions that we have that really need to be answered with urgency. and i think that my colleagues probably would have liked to see the decision made and tied more to metrics around cases and vaccination rates, rather than just the blanket pullback on mask guidelines. >> gabe, you're in, i think you should call it the epicenter of the epicenter of the virus, when new york was having so many horrible

the l.a. times, when reagan left the presence, they acknowledged that reagan saved the state from bankruptcy. when he became governor, he was running a million dollar a day deficit. increasing by a million dollars a day and he turned it around tr a surplus from bankruptcy. it was exactly what he said he was going to do. when he a ran in 1980, he would defeat them. he would turn around the economy he would restore american morale. he did exactly all of those things. he defeated communism and won the cold war. inflation, when hen was running, interest rates were something around 18%, inflation was almost as high. the value of the dollar is not worth today what it was yesterday. it is really devastating to people's savings. especially to citizens. he turned around the economy and created 18 million jobs. when he left office, inflation was 4.7% when he left. restoring american morale. the proof is in the pudding. his approval rating among all americans was something like 73%. when he left office in janu

as the "l.a. timesching personality shift for those who knew her as a low-key moderate. in fact, according to 538.com, while cheney has voted 92.9% of the time with trump and his position on actual issues, liz cheney, 98.9% voting with trump, stefanick only did so 77.7% of the time. what more do you need? willie? >> the editors of the "national review" say in a new editorial, liz cheney is not the problem. they write this, quote, at the end of the day, the problem isn't that cheney is making controversial statements, the problem is that republicans consider her obviously true statements to be controversial. it isn't cheney who is preventing republicans from moving on and repairing the wounds from the 2020 election, it is trump himself. six months after being defeated, he still won't drop it. in statements and tv appearances and in impromptu speeches to small crowds at mar-a-lago, these statements are divisive and false, yet the same people now coming after cheney, don't raise a peep about them. cheney h

the "l.a. times when reagan left the presidency it was very rough and reagan for eight years but they acknowledged that save the state from bankruptcy because when he became governor he was running a million-dollar day deficit and increasing by a million dollars a day and he turned it around in eight years into a surplus and save the state from bankruptcy. but as president it was exactly what he said he was going to do. when he ran in a teenage -- 1980 he wanted to turn around the economy. he was going to restore american morale. he did exactly all those things. as we all know he defeated soviet communism and the cold war. inflation when he was running in 1980 and his rates were something like 18% and inflation was almost tied. the value of the dollar was at work today what it was yesterday so it was really devastating to people's savings especially senior citizens. turn around the economy and created jobs. when he left office inflation was up 4.7% and the restored american morale. his approval raidi