sean walsh, a republican strategist with wilson walsh and kqed politics and government editor scott shafer politics government producer and reporter, guys ati. good to have you hear. >> good to be here. during the served first bush presidency and william barr was there then. what can you tell u about him. >> it is inspired about president trump and he did something right. he's a tough law enforcement guy and he has the confidence of the law enforcement in doj and not pushed around, that said he wi not respond or react and try to firry favor of the president if hes a tweet storm at him0 at 3 the morning. >> there is controversy about him regarding a 1999 memo he wrote about the presidential power and the constitutional authority to act without congressional permission or in defiance of certain statutes. 't >> i think do think it is controversial at all. people believe the powers of presidency are very strong and the division between the three . branch you will see that memo and criticism that he helped support president bush duringn- iuldn't riran iran-contra but he will be co firmed. >> wh

scott shafer, guy maserati and sean walsh. >>> it was only two weeks ago that the bay area was cloakedthick smoke from the camp fire. docto and air quality officials urged people to stay inside. medical experts sayok wildfire is bad for your lungs and heart, especially for children, the elderly and people with cardiac and respiratory ailments. like secondhand tobacco smoke, the effects of wildfire smoke linger even after the flames die down. medical researchers are trying to determine just how serious the risks are and what can be done about it. joining me now toss dis this are erin glance, and from the center of investigative hammond and katherine from u.c. berkeley school of public health. welcome to you both. rein you've been talking to people in the bay as far as 200 miles away from the camp fire and still exposed to the smoke. what have they been telling you about the smoke and the health efplcts. >> pare explaining. they can't breathe. their schools were closed because it was unsafe to breathe inside or outside. we wanted to know what is the health effect of all of this. so we st

kqed's politics and governmentn editor scott shafer satow down with at the dpo governor's mansion. >> thank you for joining us on kqed. how are you feeling the final days in office? >> feel good. it's very grsing. there's a lot to do. we have some regulato ssues. we've got some lawsuits. we have personnel questions. so i got plenty to do over the next almost three weeks. >> you came into office, and it was a mess, right? there were questions about whether california was even governable. there was a $26 billion deficit, a big drecession. there's an expression, never let a good crisis go to waste. >> yeah. >> i'm wondering you feel like you used that crisis to do things you might not have otherwise been able to do? >> well, we got things so without that fiscal crisis, we probably wouldn't have had the fund. we wouldn't have h c thes we made. and we might not have had the tax increase tha proposition 30 was. so those were all things that responded to a clear problem that prented real threats. but that's what government is. it's challenge and response. you get a challenge, and you got to