>>that's what happened >>because the legislature said what? it's not important what? >>well the legislature said we've got a recession revenues are down. we don't have the money. >>is that true? >>well yes it's true it's also true that we spent a lot of money on a lot of other things including the problems we have because we don't send kids to preschool. >>what kind of problems happen when you don't send two kids to pre-k and you know this because your institute did research a study called the pple study we'll talk on it in a second, what happens to children who do not go to pre k? most of them? well a lot of them need special help. they need special education they fail grades and repeat the need for remedial services and all those things cost money year after year after year >>later on do they disproportionately wind up in trouble with the law? >>absolutely >>and when they disproportionately winds up in trouble with the law and could potentially incarcerated... how much more do they cost? >>well if you add up all the additional costs they're probably in the order of

the senior -- california senior legislature presented their top-ten for those bills, we have the legislature has until february 21st to submit bills. we're starting a brand-new -- as most of you know two-year state legislative session. so what i thought i do was to give you a very high-level what we're looking at and as we move through 2015 we'll have more details. this is kind of the overview at what we're looking at for 2015. so on the state level, three of the six major areas focused on adults and seniors. and those were in the area of health care reform and medical, aging and adult services and long-term care and i'm not going spend time on long-term care, because there is a report after mine. and self-sufficientcy for seniors and persons with disabilities. medical, concerned about funding with the affordable care act. numbers have grown, so we need to look at funding and making sure that the systems are updated and all of the support programs. a lot of them don't have legislation with them yet. so we'll look at them again. and again ensuring that seniors and persons with disabilities ar

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the legislature convened monday the first and swore in the new members of the legislature. it was surprised to see 105 members to be introduced. there was a little bit more than what we were used to. and in the succeeding week, both houses are moving towards their formation, the assembly -- ah, speaker announced chairs for the committee and for the relevant committees effecting transportation, jim fraizer from contra costa will be the transportation committee chairman. and richard bloom from santa monica will continue in his role as chair of the assembly budget committee. so we have a face there. full committee memberships in the assembly in the next week or so. we expect the senate by the end of the month or early january to announce their chairs and memberships as well. so things are moving on pace. they will be back on january sixth to start doing their work. in terms of major big picture items in the legislature. i think the budget, why not as content us because the members are on the positive side of the ledger this time. it is a lot less available because of the passa

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new yorkd in the legislature, the new york state legislature. and she had that background. a lot of the women who are coming in with her have got that kind of legislative experience already. and that makes a tremendous difference when you get into the latter decades of the 20th century, the 1980's, the 1990's, because you have got women who are experienced running campaigns, and they are stronger candidates. and that is part of the reason women see the growth of in congress, particularly in the 1990's. when we go from what had never been more than really 20 women in any one time to 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 women serving in any given congress. [laughter] thehese are just a few of hundreds of campaign buttons that we have in the house collection. but i love seeing them altogether. matt and i say we try to put a human face on the house. and to give people individual stories, to latch onto and understand. each of these women -- jeannette rankin, lindy boggs, julisa hansen ahve fascinating stories -- have fascinating stories. one of the things i love is seeing them altogether in seein

the senate was a pointed by the various state legislatures at the time. the president was elected by the who themselvesge were appointees of the state legislatures, and the judiciary, the third branch of government was simply a court of appeals, no power to it here appeals and --her uphold or tonight tonight the decisions of the lower court. chief justice marshall stepped in at a time when washington had and the successor founding fathers, thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton -- all of them comrades at one either comrades of the continental congress, declaration of independence or casedes in battle in the of aaron burr and alexander hamilton. president.nted to be course won in 1800 and immediately dissolved the supreme court. ran a new act to congress that had all of the justices writing circuit for two years. last four years of office had ran through laws, the alien into titian act that suspended the first right of the bill of rights. made it illegal to criticize the government either inns beach or print. dozen journalists and one congressman to jail for

congressional recording of -- because it is not provided through the legislature. who hasave, mr. litt, set on the record, and i hope everybody makes a historical footnote of that, is that there is no intent in providing that halo. if we have any faith in our institutions, we have to assume this will be accepted and that his statements can be accepted and -- relied upon. maybe it just does restrict the

first we have the lady of texas, the queen of the texas legislature. representative senfronia thompson is with the texas house, and is the longest serving women and african-american in texas history. she has been a champion for the underserved in the underrepresented. she has authored bills on racial profiling, to mr. violence, and the hate crimes act. next, we have dr. david klinger. he is our researcher, who is going to tell us all we need to know and give us the data to back that up. released the source of the data to back it up.

i'm relatively pleased with what we were able to achieve in the legislature gi legislature. >> reporterear to go before the general election, is the dream of becoming president over for you? >> first of all, that's not my dream. my dream is the kind of country i would like to see. not about sitting in a presidential suite or anything like that. in any case, i always say you should never say you lost a battle until you have fought it to the best of your ability. >> reporter: you're not ruling out the possibility that some sort of deal could be done. >> i don't like to think of it as a deal. i like to think is that the people's right to choose the president they want is important. this is what we're working to. it's not about my becoming president or anybody else becoming president but about the people in a position to choose whichever person they might wish to choose. it may be me or somebody else. >> reporter: you talked before about the reform process here being stalled. how do you go about persuading the burmese army to allow more change to take place? >> it's not just me. it's the pe

the new york legislature, and she had that background. of the women who are coming in with her have got that kind of legislative experience already. makes a tremendous difference when you get into the latter ddecades of twentieth century -- the 1980's, the 1990's -- because you have women who have experience running campaigns. and they are stronger candidate. and that is part of the reason we see the growth of women in congress, particularly in the 1990's when we go from what never been more than really any one time at forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty women serving in congress. >> these here are just a few of the hundreds of campaign buttons. but i love seeing them altogether. matt and i often say that we try to put a human face on the house. and to give people individual to latch onto -- each of these women -- have fascinating stories. one of the dmit, things that i love seeing them altogether and seeing this great richness and variety oof women putting themselves forward to serve their country in congress. i am deeply impressed by a

legislature. representative senfronia thompson is with the texas house, and is the longest serving women and african-american in texas history. she has been a champion for the underserved in the underrepresented. she has authored bills on racial andiling, to mr. violence, the hate crimes act. next, we have dr. david klinger. researcher, who is going to tell us all we need to know and give us the data to back that up. released the source of the data to back it up. he is a professor of criminology, and criminal justice at the university of missouri st. louis, and senior research fellow at the luis foundation. he has worked as a police officer in los angeles, and redmond washington. written on the issues of

so i will give the legislature a free hand there. i do not trust the legislature to make sensitive sound decisions about the private sexual activities of gays and lesbians. there is a huge he -- history of prejudice. it is a group from which there is -- it is impossible to exit. it a lot of reasons, i think makes sense to treat economic legislation differently from regulation of the private sexual behavior of historically persecuted groups. >> you can do that, but i will ask the question and you can ask -- answer one. [laughter] you do not find in the constitution, which i should say, we are handling them out today, and they should be available on amazon soon, c-span audience, so if you can read this thrilling essay on the bill of rights, you are saying there is no to station between economic and personal rights in the constitution? treatingust defended personal autonomy more skeptically than infringements on economic liberty. but, i want to press you on the notion that judges have a blank check to decide not what rights violate the

the senior -- california senior legislature presented their top-ten for those bills, we have the legislature has until february 21st to submit bills. we're starting a brand-new -- as most of you know two-year state legislative session. so what i thought i do was to give you a very high-level what we're looking at and as we move through 2015 we'll have more details. this is kind of the overview at what we're looking at for 2015. so on the state level, three

. >> speaking of education, real quickly, the state legislature this week has a bipartisan bill that would take away uc's financial independence. how would that work? >> this would have to be an constitutional amendment, so it would need two-thirds votes in the legislature then it would get to to the voters in 2016 and it would mean that the legislature would get control over things like salaries for chancellors and tuition likes. >> okay. i see a big battle brewing over that. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. >> for all of kqed news coverage, go to kqed.org. thank you for joining us. have a good night. ♪ it's all right, it's okay ♪ ♪ doesn't really matter if you're old and gray ♪ ♪ it's all right, i say it's okay ♪ ♪ listen to what i say ♪ it's all right, doing fine ♪ ♪ doesn't really matter if the sun don't shine ♪ ♪ it's all right, i say it's okay ♪ ♪ we're gettin' to the end of the day ♪ so this is where annabel drowned. december 2008. this lake was covered in 2 inches of ice, so she must've fallen through it.

. >> speaking of education, real quickly, the state legislature this week has a bipartisan bill that would take away uc's financial independence. how would that work? >> this would have to be an constitutional amendment, so it would need two-thirds votes in the legislature then it would get to to the voters in 2016 and it would mean that the legislature would get control over things like salaries for chancellors and tuition likes. >> okay. i see a big battle brewing over that. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. >> for all of kqed news coverage, go to kqed.org. thank you for joining us. have a good night. man: it's like holy mother of comfort food.ion. woman: throw it down. it's noodle crack. patel: you have to be ready for the heart attack on a platter. crowell: okay, i'm the bacon guy. man: oh, i just did a jig every time i dipped into it. man #2: it just completely blew my mind. woman: it felt like i had a mouthful of raw vegetables and dry dough. sbrocco: oh, please. i want the dessert first!! [ laughs ] i told him he had to wait.

and the answer is more that if we'd paid for a preschool program >>so why hasn't the legislature stepped up? why hasn't state government the experts in education and the department of education said hey wait a minute it's a smart investment because we will pay less now than we will have to pay later >>well i think there is always the consideration that we don't have the money now and it's someone else's responsibility later. having said that the state has applied and received a federal grant to develop pre school and has applied for a new federal grant that actually provides more money that will let them expand now whether they get that or not remains to be seen >>so the state's not asking the feds for more money? >>right >>that's the plan. who's the champion for these kids with respect to expanding pre k? who is the champion in state government in the state capitol for these kids? >>well you know i'm sure they have a champion in state government >>but kids are supposed to be our most precious resource >>they are supposed to be >>who's the champion? >>well i find it you know in other sta

. >> speaking of education, real quickly, the state legislature this week has a bipartisan bill that would take away uc's financial independence. how would that work? >> this would have to be an constitutional amendment, so it would need two-thirds votes in the legislature then it would get to to the voters in 2016 and it would mean that the legislature would get control over things like salaries for chancellors and tuition likes. >> okay. i see a big battle brewing over that. >> oh, yeah, absolutely. >> for all of kqed news coverage, go to kqed.org. thank you for joining us. have a good night. >> sreenivasan: on this edition for sunday, december 7. six guantanamo detainees are released for resettlement a closer look at the attempt to rescue hostages in yemen. assessing one of north korea's most powerful weapons-- the cyber attack. and in our signature segment, risk or reward: raising money online from small investors for start up businesses. next on pbs newshour weekend. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by:

like 1800s. >> i need to see some photos. >> yeah, some montana legislature fashion show?eter moring for it. i will put that on the tumblr page. thinking of the sexuality, you love it uncooked right out of the tube. what could i possibly be talking about? uncle sam tell you no, to cookie dough. say it ain't so. ♪ not to be focusing, again, on my moderate my goal was to finally get in shape. test. test. test. test. test. ide my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance on humira. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infection

duke was also a member of the louisiana legislature in the early 1990. that's when he gave up that seat to run for governor. when that happened, he was seceded to legislature to become the united states senator of louisiana, david vitter. at that time, he had to at least be aware of. in facts, back in 1999, when he was still a member of the state legislature, he gave an interview with many of the same conservative views as david duke. he talked about cultivating duke leaders. the novelty of david duke has worn off. duke has proven that he can't get elected. that's the first and most important thing. david duke's long time political lieutenant came out just today to say that he had invited skalise to that white supreme sis e sis workshop. hoe had no idea of the group he spoke e spoke to that day had anything to do with david duke or twiet supreme sill. for now, we can say that skalise's version of events is at least plausible. maybe he had no idea. maybe he thought it was just another random speech. maybe he barically eely gave the group a second thought

in the spring of 2014, a law was proposed in the kansas state legislature that would require doctors to report every miscarriage, no matter how early in pregnancy. you would almost think the people who have always opposed women's independence and full participation in society were still at it. they can't push women all the way back, but they can still use women's bodies to keep them under surveillance and control. that thought gives rise to a wish. surely, i find myself day dreaming, there is something, some substance already in common use that women could drink after sex or at the end of the month that would keep them unpregnant with no one the wiser, something you could buy at the supermarket or maybe several things you could mix together, items so safe and so ordinary they would never be banned, that you could prepare in your own home that you could flush your uterus without you ever needing to know if you were pregnant or about to be. a grew of earl grey, tea and ground cash monoor coca-cola with a dusting of cayenne pepper. things you might have on your shelves right now just wa