are joining us from cairo now is journalist ruth michelson roof it's good to have you on the program very strong mandate eighty more than eighty percent of the vote for these changes. that you know makes me wonder health fear in free there was this referendum do we know. well there are certainly plenty of questions about how strange that this election was despite the say the extremely strong outcome in favor of changes. in the fasting with the u.s. he seriously won reelection last year with ninety seven point eight percent but in so you know neither of these results were expected to be quick to keep three also at. but you know i spoke to several people who had talked about being paid in boxes of food in order to go to the polls and that they certainly felt that once that they were in the polling station have a shot in their right each of the start working that if that they totally get the change means that there will be some kind of punishment that you could find out and so this is an election that as he's a terrific very strong results it's certainly likely they're oppressed now to

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correspondent ruth michelson there in cairo.for some football news now in life they have reached the final of the german cup for the first time they dismantled second division hamburg three one use of poles and opened the scoring for leipzig just twelve minutes into the match but back kerry struck right back to give hamburg fans that is until goal early in the second followed by a. strike finishing things all for life safe they'll face either braman or in the final. i the women's football world cup kicks off in france in june and argentina will be there for only the second time it's a par cry from the success of the men's team in that country critics blame the lack of investment in the women's game both the club and national level in argentina. another day on the boca juniors training pitch in one of cite despite their rigorous schedule and the fact they play for one of south america's top clubs these footballers don't receive a proper wage. the argentinian football association and i'm just last month at the sixteen women's team

alex michelson joins us live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.bout 115 miles from san diego. this is the portable joe station where the president is headed. let's take a look at video of air force one taking off. the president is now in the air expected to land in california around 11:45. he will take a look at some newly fortified border wall. he will also meet with local law enforcement officials from california at the border patrol station. to preview that the issue is, i spoke with the deputy and i also talked to activist tom steyer who has a very different view of all of this. take a listen. >> they will tell exactly what is going on at that stop, the horrific scenes they have seen over the years, the deaths, the drugs, he will hear from them directly. then he will talk directly to the american people to explain how serious this problem is. >> this world is going like this in trying to separate us from the rest of the world and make us alone, it is unrealistic. >> reporter: the president had been threatening that he could close the border wi

all right let's take you now to cairo to journalist ruth michelson ruth a very strong mandate for these changes but just how free and fair was this vote. well you're certainly right that that. eighty eight. percent result sounds like a strong mandate and also plenty of questions about how free and fair and spoke was i spoke to several people plenty of people who said that they had been paid boxes of food in order to go to the polls. that the boxes of food were not designed to get them to vote a certain way but they also knew that once they were inside a polling station and that they could show their id to officials working there that they felt in some ways that they were under pressure in order to vote some don't. and so this you know certainly raises questions about how spread the turnout is if not the overall thought it worth can you tell us a little more about what these reforms will mean. well as you mentioned they extend presidential terms from four to six years and it means that again for the next run for reelection in twenty twenty four is obviously expected to win it given that

ruth michelson in cairo for us thank you very much. well today marks twenty years since the columbine high school shooting in the u.s. when two students on for the guns and homemade explosives killed twelve of their peers and one teacher on that tuesday morning the school in littleton colorado rose to tragic fame around the world now survivors of the attack are a grownup and many have children of their own two decades later the columbine generation is still battling the trauma and hoping that the u.s. will finally impose stricter gun laws. on the big it's a routine course of many parents day school run virginia a most picking her son up comes with a particular sense of relief she's a survivor of the nine hundred ninety nine columbine high school shooting every day the mother of three waits for this moment we have children a safe back to gregory home watching her as a parent you have no idea that she's still dealing with the trauma of what happened at her high school that day really being in the out of tori i'm in and listening to what

let's head to cairo now where ruth michelson is standing by for us she's a journalist in the egyptian capital ruth so as we heard it it looks likely that these constitutional changes that they will be approved if they are will that bring more stability to the country as the president says they will. well i mean it depends what you mean by stability. there are ongoing austerity measures instituted are all present and. that proved very unpopular with many egyptians excluding. the specially polished egyptians and i saw today. egyptians who are working class neighborhoods in cairo who are being bussed to the polls and potentially open packages of food to prove they can prove be o.t. . now some would say that's not a sign of a stable regime in general a repressive regime is not necessarily a savior and that really is the challenge. his opponents say that you know it's not and i have to say and power is more than just bending the rules this could end now with him to become president to life beyond twenty twenty four even twenty thirty and so i guess you know consistent regime with the same

this weekend on the issue is alex michelson sits down with the governor to discuss the ongoing battle at the southern border among other topics. he is joining us live. you have covered many topics with the governor. he is not holding back. >> reporter: not holding back. the issue that seemed to really animate him most is the issue of immigration. which is an issue that animates president trump. we will with president trump at the border a few weeks ago. i asked him about the government's criticism. the president saying governor newsom living in a fantasy world. i talked to governor newsom about those comments in about the comments the president trump wants to put migrants into sanctuary cities and our sanctuary state of california. here is what the governor had to say. >> i submit this is a point of consideration. just the last few days have the attorney general of the united states asserting that we are going to detain migrants for a longer period of time. when in fact u.s. the president he was not interested a week ago in detaining people he wanted to send them into sanctuary cities

in a twenty thirteen when morsi was ousted well joining us now from cairo is the journalists ruth michelson to talk to us more about these developments ruth how has voting been going so far. well so far there seems to be plenty of people at the polls but i and other journalists this is also getting incredibly difficult to find anyone who says that they voted gets the treaties and that is in part because many people that i spoke with simply unaware that it no caps against these amendments and even exists and that is in large part due to suppression of the kind of opposition campaign clearly i asked and. arresting someone who held up with a sign telling people they vote no yesterday and there's also been claims from different gyptian authorities that there have been international election monitoring missions here over seeing what's happening at pubs when i spoke to the african union only of this week they said that they were not sending anybody and when i spoke to the european union they said that they do not have an official just a couple officials who went and looked at polling stations tha

are joining us from cairo now is journalist ruth michelson a roof it's good to have you on the program a very strong mandate eighty more than eighty percent of the vote for these changes . that you know makes me wonder how figure in free there was this referendum do we know well there are certainly plenty of bresson's about how strange that this election was despite the say. extremely strong outcome in favor of changes. in the classroom and even in a c.c. recently won reelection last it was ninety seven point eight percent the front seven note neither of these results were expected to speak. at. but you know i spoke to several people who had talks not being paid in boxes assumes you want to go to the phones and then they sent me felt that once that they were in the polling station i have a shot in their right to each stop that lucky that if they come to get the change it's that they would be some kind of punishment that he would find out and say this is an election and it's the same thing if you can very strong results the second line but there are precedents now to tell you i heard to

this week on the issue is alex michelson spoke to another candidate jay inslee.joins us with a preview of that conversation.>> reporter: good to see both of you. happy friday to you. i talked to cory booker who is running for president. he said 2020 is not only the year it is the number of candidates. 2020. we could end up having. one of them jay inslee came here to our sets. the governor of washington. his campaign is really all about one issue. that is the issue of climate change. he says he has a lot to say about other issues. his main focus is on climate change. here's what he had to say. >> what we are going to do build a $6 billion wind turbine industry. approaching 50,000 electric cars on the roads. we are building jobs like crazy and our clean air tech development fund. this is leadership on the west coast focusing on the most important thing.>> do you think we may need more taxes in this country to fix the climate change issue? >> in one sense one thing i know we need to do is to end that huge rating of taxpayer's pockets. of $27 billion. of subsidies go

.>>> the president's visit will be the focus of alex michelson's weekly political show. the issue is. it airs tomorrow morning at 6:30 am on ktvu. >>> california leaders are trying to block the president's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border. this morning attorney general announced california is leading a 20 state coalition against the trump administration. the lawsuit seeks a temporary halt to the emergencies declaration. and the white house plan to divert one $.6 billion in taxpayer money to build a border wall. he says the president emergency order violates the constitution. >>> president trump is not above the low. we will continue to hold him accountable. it is time for us to make it clear. that if you want to build something using taxpayer money you have to get permission the way previous presidents have always done. it is not just the law it is the constitution. >>> is that the emergency declaration divers taxpayer money meant for other programs like law enforcement drug prevention and military construction projects. >>> firefighters rush to

michelson, what are we going to do to stop the funds were being taken to the public sector and giveno private schools? is onn i see going on conscience symbol. they are being let off with a lot of schemes that don't serve all students. a lot are creating environments where they are bleeding out public schools and then blaming them for not working. you can't do that. we have to be a country that fully supports public education. to be a vibrant democracy, this is how i can help in the state here. number one, fully fund special needs education in your state which means right now, the federal government is not meeting its full obligation. they are paying about 8% nationally. strugglinghools were , making sure they have full educational opportunities. if we gave them the resources they need it were not only help social needs kids, but help all the children in the schools. number two, i want to have a plan. this is how i'm going to do it. i'm going to make sure that we are a nation that fully funds the actual people at our schools . i want to say teachers are important and this is howard d

alex michelson sat down with the 2020 hopeful.re taxes in this country in order to fix the climate change issue x >>one thing i know we need to do is to end the huge rating of taxpayer pockets of $27 billion of subsidies going to oil gas and coal industry. we should not take off of the table consideration of carbon pricing systems. >> you can catch full conversations every week every saturday morning at 6:30 right before mornings on two. >> a federal judge in san francisco walked a new rule from the trump ministration that would ban taxpayer-funded clinics for making referrals. the ruling was made yesterday and only applies to california although it comes one day after a federal judge in washington state made a similar decision to block the ruling nationwide. the ruling has to do with a federal program that paints family services. federal law bans using money for abortion. the attorney general called the ruling a victory for women and the healthcare. >>> cities across the country are taking part in national takeback prescription d