in 2013, she finally loses at the courthouse and this company, california llc, more than 300 llcs chartered in delaware buys the house. so sandy, she has a lease. they raise the rent 3 times in 18 months. they also, a feature of these companies, they push all the maintenance on to a tenant. they say the plumbing first, that is up to you. the window cracks, that is up to you so not only are you paying more in rent but you have to fix things when they break. homeowners building up equity but how in the world would you ever have enough money to get back into home ownership? that makes them home records, not just that they foreclose on you and take your house but also keep you out. >> was there anything as you were writing the book that surprised you? you've done this reporting, given so much of the story that wasn't new, was there anything when you thought about it or discovered it, it was worse than i thought or i never knew that? >> the thing that surprised me most was how many people foresaw all this, want about it and were not listened to. learning the extent to which this was predicted by

they're hidden behind layers of, you know, llcs and this and that, and it's very difficult for tenants to pursue their rights. >> reporter: these moms are not traditional tenants. they took over this home and are refusing to leave. they lost their legal battle to stay in the home last week. a judge giving them until wednesday to leave. moms tonight saying they will not resist arrest, but they will not run away. >> me being used throughout this movement is to show people no matter what happens or how many obstacles are being put in your path, that you still should have the strength to fight. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: and what's right for these moms and their supporters is housing for all. >> over 10,000 people in oakland are living on the streets. and wedgewood is a symbol of investors and speculators who purchase over thousands and thousands of homes with no intention of selling those homes to families. >> reporter: a spokesman for wedgewood llc says they offered the moms two months' rent. the moms say that's an insult because they say that will not help the homeless problem here

. >> reporter: so southern california developer wedgewood llc wants to renovate through the nonprofit employing at risk youth to do the work. the council president rebecca kaplan said based on business permits there is no evidence that is in the works. wedge wood offered to pay the moms to move and shelter them for two months and offered that the moms called insulting. and the sheriff could come between now and friday which is the deadline for the eviction. the moms will continue their peaceful nonviolent protests. they do have a plan for children should they be arrested but they say that they are not going to walk away. in oakland, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> and a live look at capitol hill and that is where today house leaders are expected to end a three week stalemate and turn over articles of impeachment to the the senate. the house speaker nancy pelosi was aimed to force the senate to call witnesses which they are still not clear will actually happen but a poll shows two-thirds of americans including about four in ten republicans want to hear former nationa

locked arms and vowed not to let deputies evict them. >> these large corporations are hidden behind llc and it is very difficult for tenants to pursue their rights. >> this movement is to show people no matter what happens or how many obstacles with put in your path that you still should have the strength to fight. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is outside of the home and joining us with a live report with the latest developments at 5:00. >>> the former uc berkeley worker accused of being the nor cal rapist will return to court in sacramento. in 2018 authorities arrested roy rauler at his benicia home and dna evidence led him to waller in connection with a decade of unsolved attacks in thnorth bay counties. they will determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial. >>> we'll look at the impact of the kincade fire in sonoma county. the board of supervisors is expected to hear a report from an analytics company. the fire and evacuation of 185 thousand thousand residents made up a majority of the cost. but additionally they say planned pg&e shutoffs between late october and earl

it expands it to cover llps and llcs. and i would presume that the intent behind this was that it doesn't matter what form of entity you choose, that these are business entities, they are for profit, they should be treated the same way. >> i'm just curious. was there any date that showed -- data that showed how limited partnerships and limited liability companies were not being picked up by the prior prohibition of a 100 contributions were 95 coming from llps and llcs therefore we needed to address this issue? >> i'm not aware of any kind of data like that. the only thing that i'm aware of that i can speak to is actually addressed in the regs, which is that the regs used to address when llcs might be actually captured by the rule and it was based on how the l.l.c.s had elected to be taxed. i found the taxation principles to be complicated, and i am not familiar with an actual application of that regulation to an entity, so i can't tell you too much about how it worked. but that's the only thing i saw in here about non-cor

so they went into a vacant home in oakland that was actually owned by wedgewood llc and they've been living there for quite sometime. a judge's order went through on friday giving the women five days to completely vacate that home and the wedgewood llc offered to give two months of housing, i believe. for the women, for free to give them somewhere to go. these are the protesters outside of the home right now. we saw alameda county sheriff's deputies go up to the door. they tried to knock and tried to get the women out of the door. they had equipment with them. there is armored gear there. and a truck there as well. like a ramming rod. it didn't seem that violent that they were able to have to use any of that equipment. the women eventually opened the door. we saw a gentleman come out -- >> first -- >> -- and then the two women. the whereabouts of the children is unknown. >> they said they had a plan in place when this should happen. they didn't express what the plan was but they did have a plan. right now you're looking at one of the supporters angry about the situation doing on righ

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just to start, starting up llc is a thousand dollars pretty much. with the permit process, not to mention trying to go through the incubator stages. the funds will help us to be able to start our businesses to be able to collaborate within san francisco, to be an effective equity applicant means that we would need the funds to be able to do that. thank you. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much. >> morning. my name is angela. i'm from success centers and i work with equity applicants here in the city. i hear lots of stories like reese and they bring me to tears because we need help. and i'm so happy that the state has sent funds for equity, the equity community here. we need help to also continue our program to work with these folks that have been affected by the war on drugs. and so i am very thankful to be here and very happy that you are going to release these funds to the office of cannabis. eugene and marissa have done an excellent job trying to do what they're doing without the staffing. so i'm hoping that we can get some things going so we

. ♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evendrg. i'm judy wf.n the newshour tonight: >> the question from senatondrs krameroung is for the counsel for the president. >> woodruff: questions of impeachment. senators continue to put thepr ecution and defense to the test, while the greater question of witnesses looms. then, on the ground in iowa, where the race is tight, and the first in the nation democratic primary caucuses are only a few days away. and, an unlikely weapon inns the fight agthe climate crisis: peer pressure.it how keeping upthe joneses can keep carbon emissions down. >> i see my neighbor put on a solar panel onis roof. well, maybe he knows something i don't know. and bere you know it, there's a nucleus in our neighborhood. we've all got solar panels. >> woodrufll

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that had been won in a taxable occlusion auction by an llc that bought 100 houses in the auction thatyear. sold it to you for about five times what they paid in the auction. >>. [indiscernible] they would sell it to you six months before foreclosure. when they want those houses, they had stipulations on those houses that they were to keep the taxes up and pay those taxes. but they didn't pay the taxes. they'd sell you the house and tell you the taxes weren't paid in the county only goes back so far. then you find out there was another year worth of taxes that they didn't say anything about it now you're in foreclosure. you lose your investment and everything you put up. or you swallow that debt. >> this is incredible. miles was sold a house that was effectively already in tax foreclosure. having gone down town to check the records. that is a story you seem to hear of life in the city, tax bills that have no relation to the value of the house. going to vacant lots and that sort of thing. >> a lot of what you're pointing to and talking about here is how broken the mortgage market is in

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some schools were fooled including the university of kansas it found seven students reported findream llc as an employer did everything seem legitimate >> everything is there. all the boxes are checked. >> reporter: how hard it is for universities to believe this >> it's impossible. >> reporter: we went looking for other companies on the list tellon trading claimed to employ 877 students in 2017. we visited five addresses linked to the company in georgia. two in strip malls and other two in corporate officer buildings. no sign. nobody seems to have heard of them. >> there is always people that want to exploit legal immigration. >> reporter: rachel runs one of the offices that the department of homeland security oversees th student visa programs. we've looked at some of these companies and some appeared not exist how is that possible >> we do a lot of back end data analytics once we have the list of companies where people work. we work with partners to identify this. >> reporter: some u.s. officials say more needs to be done. >> we need new tools to be able to figure out who are the indivi

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captioning sponsored by newsur productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight:er >>crimes alleged in the articles, in common law of presidential impeachment? in nixon, yes. in clinton, yes. here, no. >> woodruff: the defense against impeachment. president trump's lawyers take the senate floor, as new details emerge over what the former national security advisor knew about the alleged quid pro quo. then, outbreak-- on the ground fear the coronavirus isofficials spreading more easily than expected. plus amy walteand tamara keith are here to analyze the latest from the impeachment trial and the final week of campaigning before the iowa caucuses. and the liberation of auschwitz, 75 years later. the horror of the 20th century, and the lessons it leaves for the 21st. >> every time i think about it, oi think of the children aren't here and i remember where they were taken. >> woodruff: all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provy: so change in plen, all right, s see what we can adjust. >>

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captioning sponsor by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evenin i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, the impeachment trial of predent trump. what you need to know at the start of this historic week. then, guns drawn but no violence. protests in virginia target new moves to limit firearms. plus, on the ground as austral is burning. miles o'brien explores the threats of a fute of widespread wildfires. >> it's difficult to s we're in recovery while we still have a fire that could burst out anywhere over the next six wks and actually cause a similar devastation where it's not burned now. >> woodruff: and, our politics monday team is here to break down the upcoming impeachment trial and the latest from the 2020 campaign trail. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: k >> before we talout your investments. >> what's new? audrey's expecting. twins. garnets. we want to put money aside for them so changof plans. all right, let's see what we can adjust. >> change in plans. okay. mom, are yo painting again

captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: >> the president's counsel keeps saying this was about corruption in ukraine. president trump was notnc ned with fighting corruption. it's difficult to say that with a straight face. >> woodruff: the prosecution prests its final points. democrats conclude their opening arguments agait donald trump, as the president's legal team prepares to mount hidefense. then, "outbreak." china attempts to contain e spread of the coronavirus, locking down cities and barring the movement of more oan 30 million people. then, "merchantspain." the inside story of how one opioid company cheated its way to the top, and how it all came crashing down. >> the only thing that mattered was a prescription of subsys. and how you got it, what you had to do, what it took, did not matter. >>oodruff: and, it's frida david brooks and karen tumulty are here to analyze the first full week of the impeachment trial of president trump, and to remember jim lehrer. all that and more, on night's pbs

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it expands it to cover llps and llcs.and i would presume that the intent behind this was that it doesn't matter what form of entity you choose, that these are business entities, they are for profit, they should be treated the same way. >> i'm just curious. was there any date that showed -- data that showed how limited partnerships and limited liability companies were not being picked up by the prior prohibition of a 100 contributions were 95 coming from llps and llcs therefore we needed to address this issue? >> i'm not aware of any kind of data like that. the only thing that i'm aware of that i can speak to is actually addressed in the regs, which is that the regs used to address when llcs might be actually captured by the rule and it was based on how the l.l.c.s had elected to be taxed. i found the taxation principles to be complicated, and i am not familiar with an actual application of that regulation to an entity, so i can't tell you too much about how it worked. but that's the only thing i saw in here about non-corp

. ♪ captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff.n the newshour tonight: >> the president was the key pler in the scheme. everyone was in the loop. he directed the actions of his team. >> woodruff: opening arguments in the impeachment trial of president trump. the democrats begin present their days-long case for removing the president from office. then, "outbreak." as its death toll rises, the conavirus begins to read bend china. what you need to know after the first confirmed casen the u.s. >> there seems to be evidence suggesting that the virus is increasing its virulence. we are actually in the initial stages of a major outbreak.

captioning snsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: gjud evening. i' woodruff. on the newshour tonight: a turning point in the impeachment. as more senators come out against witnesses, the chamber movetoward an end to the tri of president trump. then, closing doors. the white house expands its controversial travel ban, barring citizens of six more countries from freely entering the u.s. plus, on the ground in iowa, where a single weekend is all that separates democratic contest of the prieason.rst >> i'm undecided, and now that it's coming down to the wire, i would like to see theone could persuade me to have a clear-cut decision. >> woodruff: and, it's fday. david brooks and ruth marcus are here to analyze the impeachment trial, and the final days before iowans make their choice. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funng for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> consumer cellular offers no-contract wireless plans that are designed to help you do moof he things you enjoy. whether you're a talker, texter, browser, photographer, or a bit of

b captioning sponsored newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: the u.s. now believes an iranian missile brought down a ukraine-bound passenger jet, killing all on board. then, balance of power. as the u.s. and iran de-escalate tensions, house democrats move to restrict the president's ability to call military strikes. and, rollback. the white house plans to abandon a major envirol protection policy. and, recipe for success. how las vegas's culinary workers union is serving as a model for organized labor across the country. >> people are tired of the income inequality. they're tired of wage stagnation.th see wall street doing very well, and we're seeing a ton of people unionize. a on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been prov by: ♪ ♪ >> oa cruise with american cruise lines, you can experience historic dtinations along the mississippi river, the columbia river and across the united states. american cruise lines fleet hi small cruise explore american landmarks, local cultures and calm wateays

there was a security consulting company, giuliani character llc.es under duress and consulted for clients from mexico to qatar. and he joined a texas law firm that rushed to include his famous name and add it to its name plate. millions and millions poured in, and giuliani had a specific pitch, that hiring him in this new private sector role would kind of deliver his greatest hits from the public sector, and that included his business partner and former top employee, bernie carrick, who left from relatively low level work to commanding the largest police force. after 9/11, giuliani pus pushed carrick for a federal post in the bush which could have given power to see federal contracts for companies that also did business with giuliani, and it also seemed to work at first. >> bernie carrick is one of the most accomplished and effective leaders of law enforcement in america. as police commissioner on september 11th 2001, bernie carrick arrived at the world trade center minutes after the first plane hit. the resolve he felt that morning will guide him