consulate here in san jose. welcome back to the show. rodrigo navarro: thank you so much. damian: it's good to have you back. so, last week, we spoke with the san francisco consulate about the workers' rights, but it's important to repeat it because there are a lot of people, especially here in silicon valley, who are working who are being taken advantage of, they're not getting paid, they're being underpaid.

damian: we begin today with the monthly visit of the mexican consulate in san francisco. with me is stephanie knapp, who is director of media affairs there in san francisco. welcome to the show. stephanie knapp: thank you, thank you, damian, for having us this evening. damian: it's always great to be here with you. now, we have video of what happened in 2015. this is el grito that you all--we always celebrate. tell us what el grito is all about and how we celebrate it in san francisco. stephanie: so, every year, as you know, we have this celebration, which is very traditional in mexico.

yourter: ambassador bolton, talk about the consulates in san francisco and seattle. what happened there? bolten i will discuss the background of that decision, which occurred before a came to this job. but the purpose of expelling russian individuals that were to send a signal that their conduct in conducting a chemical weapons attack in great britain was unacceptable, and this was a mode of retaliation designed to show we will not tolerate that kind of activity on the territory of the united states or any of our allies, and we expelled a lot of people we think had knowledge of it or other activities in the u.s. we considered unacceptable. : these meddling campaigns you said fall into two broad categories, it information campaigns that challenge the information on which voters make their determination, and then interference in voting, tabulation of voting, voter rolls, the machinery. can you describe what you are saying specifically in the run-up to this upcoming election? worryse areas, do you more about one or the other, either specific threat to can't say talk abo

the russians can't even have a consulate there in san francisco.hat the heck is going on in the bay city area? joining me from the "wall street journal" editorial board, timberly strassel. kimberly, it is good to see you. >> hi. trish: how much at risk is someone like dianne feinstein, or anyone else for that matter being infiltrated by someone like a chinese spy, a russian spy or any other kind of spy? >> well, look everyone of our elected officials is at risk of that. one really good point to come out of this story is that we make a mistake when we only focus on russia. that has been one of the downsize of this complete hoopla over the russia probe, it is taken our eyes off the fact that we have many hostile enemies out there looking to infiltrate many different offices of government to turn and recruit people to their side within government, and that we need to be constantly on the lookout for this. trish: so, what's the balance then? because you know, as a society, we're pretty welcoming. there are people here from all over the world. a guy who

. >> ambassador bolton, in your letter you talk about foreign disclosure of the consulate in san francisco and seattle. what happened there? >> i'm not going to discuss the background decision which occurred before i came to this job, but the purpose of expelling the russian individuals that were expelled was to signal to russia that their conduct in conducting a chemical weapons attack in great britain was unacceptable. this was a mode of retaliation designed to show that we will not tolerate that kind of activity on the territory of the united states or any of our allies and we expelled a lot of people who have knowledge of the other activities in the united states that we considered acceptable. this would the may be her -- r secretary nielsen, the mailing campaigns seem to follow two broad categories, the sort of information campaign to challenge the information on which americans use to make their determinations and then the more physical interferences into the machinery of voting. the tabulation of voting, the machinery thate the state runs -- do you describe what you're seeing physic

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closed consulates in san francisco and seattle kicking out a bunch of russian spies. now this latest -- again, we are ready punish them for this activity happened in another country. the attempted assassination of two people in britain. incidentally britain not doing us any with anything. moving the embassy to jerusalem and giving us some cover there. eric: the attack though is an attack directly at our western values. that we both share across the atlantic. and as you say, if there are increasing sanctions against russia, don't they deserve it for what they have done in ukraine for the annexing of crimea? for the election invasion and attack on our countries infrastructure to try and undermine our very democracy? >> is all very bad things. they have been punished and that they can support to keep it in perspective. the amount they spent. if you look at the indictment from back in february, $1.5 million a month at the peak level on social media to try and cause tension in the united states. you actually don't need to have a foreign government spending money to cause t

. >> ambassador bolton, in your letter you talk about ordering the closure of the consulates in san francisco and seattle. these are two tech hubs. what happened there that led you to do that? >> well, i'm not going to discuss the background of that decision, which actually occurred before i came to this job. but the purpose of expelling the russian individuals that were expelled was to send a signal to russia that their conduct in conducting a chemical weapons attack in great britain was unacceptable. this was a mode of retaliation designed to show that we will not tolerate that kind of activity on the territory of the united states or any of our allies. we expelled a lot of the people who we think had knowledge of it or had other activities in the united states that we considered unacceptable. >> this, i guess, would be for maybe secretary nielsen or mr. wray. the meddling campaign seemed to fall into two broad categories, the sort of information campaign which challenged the information upon which americans use to make their determinations, and then the more physical interferences into the

. >> ambassador bolton, in your letter you talk about the order closure of the consulate in san franciscoand seattle. to tech hubs. what happened there that led you to that? >> i'm not going to discuss background of the decision that occurred before i came to the job. the purpose of expelling those that were expelled to send a message to russia that the conduct of conducting a tem call weapons attack in great britain was unacceptable. this was mode of retaliation designed to show we will not tolerate the activity on the territory of the united states or any of the allies. we expel a lot of the people we think had knowledge or activity we considered unacceptable. >> this is for maybe secretary nielsen or mr. wray. the meddling campaign fall in two broad categories. information campaign that challenged the information on which americans used to make determinations and the more physical interferences in the machinery of voting. tabulation of the voting. the voter rolls. the machinery that the state run. can you describe what you are seeing specifically in the runup to this coming election in

included the expulsion of five dozen russian diplomats and the closure of consulate facilities in new york, washington, d.c., san franciscoand seattle. >> it's important we maintain this kind of pressure in order to deter any other nation that might use a nerve agent. >> this latest round of agents were imposed under a 1991 law that mandates the federal government can sanction any country that uses or prepares to use chemical or biological weapons, lawmakers are able to force the hand of a president whose dream of a real russian reset of appears to be fading . >> mike: how concerned are white house officials that more sanctions on the kremlin could ultimately undermine any improvement in relations between the u.s. and russia? >> they are deeply concerned about they are also resolute. they feel like it's russia's behavior that is the main issue. it's important especially when you consider phase two of the sanctions, giving the kremlin very little time to comply. >> mike: thanks a lot. the saudi led coalition fighting rebels is being blamed for an assault on a busy market today killing nearly 50 people. senior foreign affai

reporter: ambassador bolton, in your letter you talk about ordering the closure of the consulate in san franciscotwo tech hubs. what happened that led you to that? >> i'm not going to discuss the background of that decision which occurred before i came to this job, but the purpose of expelling the russian individuals that were expelled is to send a signal to russia that conduct in conducting a chemical weapons attack in great britain was unacceptable. this was a mode of retaliation designed to show we will not tolerate that kind of activity on the territory of the united states or any of our allies and expel a lot of the people we think had knowledge of it or had other activities in the united states that we considered unacceptable. reporter: this, i guess, would be maybe for secretary nielsen or mr. wray. the meddling campaign seemed to fall into two broad categories, information campaign which challenged the information upon which americans used to make their determination, and then the more physical interferences into the machinery of voting, the tabulation of voting, the voter rolls, the mach

ramÓn: en san francisco y san josÉ trabajan coordinadamente para promover la semana de los derechos laborales y para hablar mÁs, nos acompaÑa juan manuel calderÓn, el cónsul y en general a la comunidad hispana. precisamente esta semana tenemos la semana de derechos laborales dÓnde los consulados de san josÉ y san francisco estamos dando informaciÓn puntual sobre los derechos laborales que tiene nuestra comunidad mexicana en esta Área. ramÓn: uno de los problemas que mÁs afecta nuestra comunidad es el robo de salario, quÉ deben hacer los mexicanos en la bahÍa vÍctimas de este tipo de abuso? juan: nosotros, los consulados en general, la red consular de mÉxico en estados unidos en particularcontamos con abogados especializados en temas laborales y uno de los temas es precisamente si eres vÍctima del robo de tu salario, que no te quieren pagar el sueldo adecuado porque cuestionan tu estatus migratorio, los consulados tenemos abogados, acÉrquense para orientarlos y el consulado en su momento puede apoyarnos al pago. ramÓn: ademÁs del robo de salario, quÉ otros problemas han identificado en el consulado que enfrentan los ciudadanos mexicanos? juan: la seguridad

san francisco. hey it's a good segue for me. i was here inn san francisco i've been living here for about 30 years and recently i went to an event at the filipina consulate. filipino consulate. and it was an event with the partnership of the russian consulate.as the russians that were in china. were stateless people. after world war ii. these people have to go somewhere. they went to the philippinese and a lot of the russians ended up moving here to san francisco. it segues into my point that was an event where the russian consulate and i actually had it chance. just three months later. obama shut down the consulate because the whole russia affair. with the voting et cetera. the intelligence report that came out. unfortunately it was rather an satisfied and since then it seems like they built on this flawed intelligence report. i've actually read and they're gone from there and what's gotten to me is the fact that they portray it out like it's a proven fact. especially hacking into the dnc what would you like them to assist in all of that. as a media observer this argument of russia interference is built on the house of cards. and even the dnc server has

san francisco. go ahead. >> caller: it's a good segue. i was here in san francisco. i've been living in about 30 years and recently i went to an event about two years ago at the consulateand it was an event in partnership with the russian consulate dealing with an interesting historical event where the russians [inaudible] after world war ii when they started taking power over china these people have to go somewhere. had to go somewhere. they went to the philippines and a lot of the russians ended up moving here to san francisco, a big population here. this segues into my point of death was an event where the russiante i consulate and i hada chance to meet the philippine consulate in the russian consulate but then about three months later, obama shoved down the consulateau because of the whole russian affair with the voting etc.. the intelligence report that came out unfortunately was rather unsatisfying in proof, and since then, it seems like they built on this flawed intelligence report from january 6, which i've actually read. they've gonene from there and is gotten twhat's gotten into me ie fact that the media portrays it like it is a proven fact that russia did al

san francisco immigration attorney philip leven .... ice is most likely already processed this person. they've gotten all the info they need to go to the mexican consulate that the conuslate can at least start processing travel documents. because most likely they dont want him in an american jail for his entire term which could be many many decadespolice were able to track rivera by using surveillance video of the route tibbets was seen jogging last month.... and say he made this confession, then brought them to the body. president trump once again showed his disapproval of the country's immigration system.should have never happened. illegally in our country. we've had a huge impact but the laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace. we're getting them changed but we have to get more republicans. we have to get.brooklyn, iowa -- where the abduction and murder occurred -- is not a sanctuary city. but even if it was ... there's no safety for criminals.sanctuary city wouldn't matter in this situation. if this gentleman going to be convicted of murder, thats an aggravated felony. and under the law, aggravated felons are almost always going to

san francisco immigration attorney philip leven .... ice is most likely already processed this person. they've gotten all the info they need to go to the mexican consulateso that the conuslate can at least start processing travel documents. because most likely they dont want him in an american jail for his entire term which could be many many decadespolice were able to track rivera by using surveillance video of the route tibbets was seen jogging last month.... and say he made this confession, then brought them to the body. president trump once again showed his disapproval of the country's immigration system.should have never happened. illegally in our country. we've had a huge impact but the laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace. we're getting them changed but we have to get more republicans. we have to get.brooklyn, iowa -- where the abduction and murder occurred -- is not a sanctuary city. but even if it was ... there's no safety for criminals.sanctuary city wouldn't matter in this situation. if this gentleman going to be convicted of murder, thats an aggravated felony. and under the law, aggravated felons are almost always going

san francisco district attorney was in chinatown today handing out flyers and talking to the community about the chinese embassy phone scam. people receive a call from someone claiming they're from the chinese consulateial victim is then asked to wire money to avoid repercussions. ft the people that are being targeted here are people that are very vulnerable. they may be chinese speakers, often elderly or business people, the way that the process goes they feel threatened by this process and they become a victim of this. >> it's a national scam. gascon says his office saw a victim that lost nearly $3 million in this scam. >>> for people stuck in south bay traffic, the construction of a hyper loop could be a possibility. >> reporter: this concept is in the preliminary stage. i can tell you one city council member in cupertino is already talking about the possibility of building a hyperloop here along stevens creek boulevard. and he's already met with a hyperloop company. could this be your fast speed alternative to sitting in traffic for an hour? during last night's cupertino city council meeting, council member barry chang says he's investigating whether building a hyperloop could ease transportation

i was here in san francisco, i've been living here for about 30 years and recently i went to an event 2 years ago at the philippine consulated it was an event in part with the russian consulate and it was dealing with an interesting historical event where the russians that were in china were stateless people after world war ii as they started taking power over china, these people had to go somewhere and went to philippines and russians ended up moving to san francisco, big russian population here, but segued into my point at that -- that was an event where the russian consulate and i actually had a chance to meet the philippine consulate and the russian consulate but about three months later obama shut down the consulate because of, you know, the whole russian affair with the voting, et cetera, the intelligence report that came out unfortunately was rather unsatisfying in proof and since then, it seems like they built on this flawed intelligence report from january 6th which i've actually read and they've gone from there and what's kind of gotten to me is the fact that the media portrays it out like it's a proven fact that

san francisco immigration attorney philip leven .... ice is most likely already processed this person. they've gotten all the info they need to go to the mexican consulateso that the conuslate can at least start processing travel documents. because most likely they dont want him in an american jail for his entire term which could be many many decadespolice were able to track rivera by using surveillance video of the route tibbets was seen jogging last month.... and say he made this confession, then brought them to the body. president trump once again showed his disapproval of the country's immigration system.should have never happened. illegally in our country. we've had a huge impact but the laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace. we're getting them changed but we have to get more republicans. we have to get.brooklyn, iowa -- where the abduction and murder occurred -- is not a sanctuary city. but even if it was ... there's no safety for criminals.sanctuary city wouldn't matter in this situation. if this gentleman going to be convicted of murder, thats an aggravated felony. and under the law, aggravated felons are almost always going