♪ >>> this week, i am in tacoma, washington, and seattle, washington.anging out with the john brown gun club and now, tacoma against nazis. so i am talking to white people who want to end white supremacy. and want to do it the way people normally do it by hashtagging it. right now, they are protesting a nazi-owned tattoo shop. i should say, allegedly, a nazi-owned tattoo shop. i don't want to get sued by nazis. ♪ >>> what can i do? now, that's a question i hear a lot from people in my travels, during these hectic times. but if i am honest, it's really a question that i mostly hear from white people. specifically, well-meaning, white, liberal people. see, black people and other people of color, we don't ask what we can do to help. in our history, we have always had to figure out a way to make the world a better place, while also finding ways to make it through the day. some people are starting to realize that, uh, no, things are pretty effed. and those white people have taken to protesting, hashtagging, phone banking, donating, and a little c crocheting.

. >> reporter: last march, manuel ellis died after being arrested by six officers in tacoma, shinon. eyeny wrongdoing and now the state's attorney general still investigating the use of force. videos of the evidence have sparked a plea for statewide police reform. >> that training should have been in place. i know i cannot murder people because i can go to prison. it should be like that for officers and it's not. they need rules in place like we need rules in place. >> reporter: in the cawake of t deaths, bills are working their way through legislature banning choke holds and requiring active by-stander training and adding discipline if they do not step in and report bad conduct, many of these are stalled in congress. >> there's a huge impotes to get it done. the vast majority of our officers are good, ethical human being that want to do the right thing. they need the tools and that structure to enable them to do that. >> reporter: but the group representing the rank and file officers worries that the reforms will drive people away from a career in law enforcement. >> this sweeping r

the video shows an apparent attack on an asian couple in tacoma, washington.ast november. you can see and hear the couple as they are hit and cry out. the couple said they did not know the attacker. tacoma police say they have arrested a 15-year-old who has been charged with second-degree assault. it happened in november. the man you see attacked in the video says he forgives those who attacked him but he wants them to do better. attacks on asian-americans both physical and verbal have been occurring at an alarming rate since the pandemic began. now, an asian-american couple is revealing details of what happened to them on the streets of new york after a woman yells at them to go back to communist china. watch and listen. >> communist china? >> isn't that where you're from? >> i'm from the united states. >> i don't want to talk about this any more. >> yeah, you don't because you're on camera! >> leave me alone. >> nobody -- oh, you cover your face now? you're ashamed! you're ashamed! >> no, you're the type of person -- >> the woman in the cab is mora moynahan

> reporter: raised by a black father and a korean mother, strickland got her start in politics in tacoma then as mayor from 2008 to 2018. she now represents washington's tenth district, one of the big items on her agenda, police reform. >> typically, policing is a very localized issue. but the federal government has a role to play because it doesn't matter what your zip code is. every person has a right to be safe in their neighborhood. it is not about being anti-police. it's about being pro safety. >> reporter: these new faces of congress just the latest in a long line of female trail blazers, like representative nancy mace, who was the first female grad from the citadel. she now leads the district with that same drive. but getting to this point meant overcoming enormous challenges. >> i was raped when i was 16. and i dropped out of school shortly thereafter, right at my 17th birthday. i've had many challenges in my life, but i learned some very tough lessons during some very tough times at a very young age. >> what pushed you through in those moments? >> it literally took me 25 years t

. ♪ >>> this week, i am in tacoma, washington, and seattle, washington. want to end white supremacy. and want to do it the way people normally do it by hashtagging it. right now, they are protesting a nazi-owned tattoo shop. i should say, allegedly, a nazi-owned tattoo shop. i don't want to get sued by nazis.

host: let's go to johnny from tacoma, washington. caller: good morning. i just want to say to steve. you are on here promoting your book and dr. fauci is a scientist and we have to understand science. so at one point we might say that you don't need masks, but with science and then you realize that out there without masks this is spreading faster. so you regroup and say, ok, maybe we do need masks paid you try different things and you tell the people who lost family members. we had over half a million people to die from this. this herd immunity who was talking to trump about letting it go. how many people do we want to die before we say we need to do something like quarantined? i am a schoolteacher, so i understand how quarantining students and doing virtual learning has impacted these students. don't get me wrong, because i have kids who have not logged on and i am concerned. i am concerned if we had just let it go and done herd immunity, we would have millions die so staying home for a year so we can eventually get back to the way we possibly work it se

. >> reporter: last march, manuel ellis died after being arrested by six officers in tacoma, shinon.s attorney general still investigating the use of force. videos of the evidence have sparked a plea for statewide police reform. >> that training should have been in place. i know i cannot murder people because i can go to

. >> laura: laura: of the biden administration tries resettling illegal aliens in tacoma they have totie knowem. and how would you enforce this. >> >> what i have determined by watching the actions of this president is he's making america unsafe. people processing the border illegally, we do not know who they are, multiple news sources that we have people on the terrorist watchlist getting into this country this way and not going to find a place here in south florida. >> are they legally required to alert you to this since they say, i've heard them say this before, that this is federal authority, the federal government is charged with doing this, we will resettle the border and the federal authority, that makes sense? >> they have in the past always communicated with governors. i wouldn't put it past this administration to do it differently or do it in a way they didn't have the authority to. from what we are seeing happening at the southern border and in so many of our cities, this administration is in shutting down, it is dangerous to america, to the people that live here and able t

to rely upon there's a lot to be said for new york that does not necessarily work wellin topeka or tacoma or other cities and as we talked about it, i think we found a lot of mutual understanding and insight in place of the accusation that usually hurl back-and-forth in that debate. >> how about you pedro? what did you find we found more common ground than you expected? >> what is important to keep in mind is although the title is the search for roundness of the objective, the objective was to actually out the issues to exchange and listen and react to each other. it became to point we agreed. so we didn't so be it, right? i think it's important for the listeners to understand that. we did not come predetermined that we're going to reach agreement, right? now just recently we hope will come out soon. the objective of that can we come to some agreement related to schools reopening? that we need to get on the phone, talk through this not only from it all. turns out it was what a day or two? what does that say? i think it says that two things, one when you are not that is here not just tryin

. >> let's go to john joining us from tacoma washington, waukomis on this conversation. >> i just want to stay to steve, you are on here promoting your book it seems like to me and dre have to understand science, at one point we might say y that yu don't mean masks it was science experiment but you realize out there without masks this is spreading faster so you regroup and you say okay maybe we do need masks so yout try different things and you tell the people who lost family members. we had over half a million people to die from this. so the herd immunity like the other doctor was talking to about letting it go, how many people would we want to die before we say we need to do something like quarantine, i am a schoolteacher, i understand having the students at home, doing virtual learning, has impacted the students, don't ged me wrong i have kids that have not logged on and i am very concerned about this but i'm concerned if we let it go and have done herd immunity we would had millions of people to die, staying at home for a year so we can eventually get back to the way that we possib

yes there is a lot to be said but that doesn't necessarily work well intot, peak at or tacoma with those at different dynamics andou infrastructure. we found a lot of mutual understanding and insight in place of the accusations to go back-and-forth on that debate. >> what about you pedro? what did you find? more common ground than you expected? >> what is important to keep in mind although it is the thirst for common ground that wasn't the objective. it was actually to air out the issues to exchange and look and if we come to a point where we agree then so be it but really, it's very important for the listeners to understand that. we did not come pre- determined we would reach an agreement on these issues. now just recently pressed to come out soon and the objective of the op-ed was to come to schools of reopening. he said i don't think it would be a problem at all but it turns out after a day or two. [laughter] what does that say? i think it says that two w things. when you're not an ideologue if you're not trying to protect a position to understand it, then you can see all of the diffe

one of the largest privately run immigration jails, the geo group's northwest detention center in tacoma, must shut down by 2025. asylum seekers at the nearly 1600-bed jail have repeatedly gone on hunger strike to protest squalid and dangerous conditions, including several outbreaks of covid-19. texas'op criminal court has thwn out the death sentence of the state's longest-serving death row prisoner. 70-year-old raymond riles, who is african american, was sentenced to die for murdering a houston used-car salesman in 1974. riles suffers from mental illness and has been repeatedly deemed mentally incompetent to be put to death. in pennsylvania, the imprisoned journalist mumia abu-jamal is scheduled to have heart surgery today after he was rushed to the hospital with chest pains. he suffers from several pre-existing conditions and lost over 30 pounds in march after becoming ill with covid-19 in the state correctional institution. the house judiciary committee voted wednesday to recommend the creation of a committee to consider reparations for slavery. the reparations bill was first proposed

one, 40 from bent to tacoma. the weather's good. it's windy. >> it's sunday. until we get close to the gorge. >> they entered into clouds in a few minutes later, the engine starts around rocks. but the problem is we're losing altitude and we can't see anything, which is kind of terrifying. and we're talking the air traffic control and they're safe and they're saying we've got a real problem. a it's basically made a situation. there was no safe place to land the pilot decided to land in the treetops, the to brace themselves of the plane goes through the trees and then comes to stop landing. >> on its nose sugar looks at me and he goes, you're okay. and i look at treatment ago, you okaya >> and turns out. miraculously we're okay. >> to the incredible skill of my. in structure, a trend in co owner of the plane who's got almost 20,000 hours as a commercial pilot in certified flight instructor eventually work their way out of their seat belts got away from the plane. they tried using their technology to get into contact with anyone even tried starting a fire when t

walked away from a crash that destroyed their plane truman o'brien and craig bells for flying to tacoman they began to suffer engine trouble after a few didn't have enough engine power to stay in the air and o'brien a flight instructor decided the best course of action was try to put the plane down in the treetops. there it is. after a few heart-stopping moments, the plane came down, nose down on the force for. but both men still in one piece. >> sugar looks me and he goes, you're okay. and i look at treatment ago, you okay. and turns out. miraculously we're okay. >> to the incredible skill of my. in structure, a trend in co owner of the plane. >> search and rescue crews were able to quickly locate the downed plane and the 2 men, both of them suffered cuts and bruises. but other than that, they're just fine. >> here at home. cal fire is already bracing for this year's wildfire season. this as officials do expect another hot dry summer. melanie townsend shows us the updated aircraft. cal fire's using. >> it is 11 and a half years with cal fire in nearly 40 years with the u.s. forest serv

a tacoma, washington forensic pathologist routinely stabbed corpses. a milwaukee m.e. collected the testicles of the dead to develop theories of sterility. none of that was illegal priority 1968. at the end of the class we'll read mary roach's book"stiff" and i'll ask you at the end that have class whether we're in a better place now or whether you would donate your body to science. she writes a lot about cases where if you donate your body to science, one possibility, not inevitable, and you can avoid this, but one possibility is that your decapitated head will be used to test a flip stick. that counts as having donated your body to science. so there are some problems with corruption and interests in our death investigation system and problems of incompetence too. death investigation in the united states is one of the least professionalized, least standardized areas of american medicine. this issue actually bubbles to the surface every once in a while and then we just sort of tamp it back down and pretend not to notice. i'll just walk you through a few high profile di

of the parents a tacoma washington forensic pathologist routinely stabbed corpses to try to develop he was writing a paper on knife wounds essentially again trying to advance science and milwaukee emmy and the 1930s collected the testicles from the dead to test theories about heroin use and sterility. and none of that it was illegal. prior to 1968 so at the end of the class, right we'll read mary roach's book stiff. and i'll ask you at the end of that class whether we're in a better place now whether you would devote donate your body to science she writes a lot about cases where if you donate your body to science one possibility not inevitable and you can avoid this but one possibility is that your decapitated head will be used to test lipstick. um, and that counts as having your body to science. so there are some problems with corruption and interests in our death investigation system. and problems of incompetence to death investigation in the united states is one of the least professionalized least standardized areas of american medicine this issue actually bubbles to the surface eve

she's from tacoma, washington. but she has resident of west oakland for all these years.f her keys to getting lots of vegetables. he said, oh, she's getting her own and then she walked everywhere. everywhere she went. she walked so another great, great reason to, you know, follow the healthy, healthy habit plan. >> i love the fact that in her 80's she would walk from west oakland to university avenue to help out the seniors seniors distance that you walk. but the whole. >> idea that her perception of her age which building, which i think is another great a great tip here to help us deal with stress is just to recognize that age is just a number of karen, thank you so much. we'll see you next weekend. you're welcome. all right. but by. we'll be right back. our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. hey, kevin! hey, guys! they have customized solutions to help our family's special needs... giving us confidence in our future... ...and in kevin's. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. >> for your money this morning. millions of americans are still wa

obama and president biden praised when they were senators, the same filibuster the democrats used tacomaice reform bill last year has suddenly become a racist relic just because the shoe is now on the other foot. race is not a political weapon to solve every issue the way one side wants. it is far too important. this should be a joyful springtime for our nation. this administration inherited a tide that had turned. the coronavirus is on the run thanks to operation warp speed of the trump administration our country is flooded with safe and effective vaccines thanks to bipartisan work last year, job openings are rebounding so why do we feel so divided? anxious? a nation with so much cause for hope should not feel so heavy laden. a president who promised to bring us together should not be pushing agendas that tear us apart. the american family deserves better and we know what better looks like, just before covid we had the most inclusive economy in my lifetime, the lowest unemployment rates ever recorded. african-americans, hispanics and asians at a 70 year low, wages are growing faster at

gmc sierra 2500, ford f-350, toyota tacoma and ram 3500 all holding roughly 80% of their value.- >> first, check the value of your car. see how much it is going to appraise for, and then shop it around, see what your local dealer is going to give you for the vehicle. >> reporter: now, the advice historically has been that selling a used car through the dealer is easier but you make a smaller profit. the experts i spoke with say that is really changing. the demand is so high that it is a seller's market everywhere, robin. >> you're looking good in the showroom there. i thought that was almost like going to do a commercial. >> come on down. >> toyota of marin, that's it. thank you very much, becky. good information. good information you shared with us. >> all right, everybody, next, we have our tuesday edition of "play of the day." we'll be right back. we'll be right back. . tonight's matchup: me versus an ugly fender bender. if i can eke out a win, it's going to be a miracle, baby! uh, mr. vitale? it wouldn't be a miracle because geico gives you a team of experts to help manage y

tacoma. it is crazy that we have not gotten the vnrpc and the folks who work in conjunction in the archives folks at college park have not gotten them vaccinated. i am using my authority. i said let's get these guys vaccinated and get them back to work. i am struck -- that is the first thing. let's get them back to work first and foremost. second is let's get those records digitized so that we are not stuck in this place again. i talked to the archivist just the day before yesterday on this. you will have given us money both in the omnibus last year and we will have access to some money in the american rescue plan to allow us to get the stuff digitized so it will move more quickly. let's get people back to work. we have the vaccines to do that. we have signed all of their paperwork and hopefully we will be getting some shots in arms within the next couple of days. >> thank you, mr. secretary, and i yelled back -- yield back. >> --, you're five minutes. i call on you next. >> thank you, chairm

connie from tacoma washington. good morning. caller: good morning.upported biden in general, but i think this might be a bad decision. i work for an international engineering firm, and we worked on infrastructure in afghanistan. they had built a new school for both boys and girls, and were going over to deliver books the day before the school was to open, and found that someone had plans to blow up the school on opening day. so i know we cannot solve all the problems in the world, but i'm concerned about the young women and girls in afghanistan, the efforts that we started making over there, and i don't want to just leave them to their own devices. that is my concern. host: to jackson, california. hi there. caller: this is an occupation. there is no war in afghanistan. this is one of the only things i agree with biden on. barack obama, who said he was going to get all those troops out of the middle east, this is just an occupation there, and it is a curious timing for him, for biden to go and use afghanistan. there are domestic issues in the united s

jerry into kabul washington, things are hanging on the line that dashed into -- in tacoma, washingtoncaller: originally i am a southerner from the dallas area. i moved to the pacific northwest, the seattle area to attend college some 20 years ago. i moved up here because it was the place to be at the time and all that stuff. we are in the process of moving now. we are moving back to texas because our home here when we initially bought it was around 300,000. now it is close to $1 million. we could move down and buy a cheaper, neuhaus, the weather is better there. most of the african-americans are moving back to the south. we are an african-american family. there's a big migration in the last 10 or 15 years. even though those numbers in those states may seem like there are more people coming, i'm willing to bet those are more african-americans. host: why do you think that is? caller: my networking. i communicate with african-americans across the country and we are going back to the south, the weather is better, cost of living is better. most of us are connected to the south in a differe

stella keating is joining us from tacoma, washington. she is completely involved in politics. has collaborated with her local city council from a surprisingly young age. senator grassley? senator grassley: i have the privilege of introducing abigail. she is an independent journalist. her work has appeared frequently in the wall street journal. she authored a 2020 book titled, "irreversible damage: the transgender craze seducing our daughters." she is a yale educated lawyer who resides with her young family in los angeles. mary rice hassan is a fellow at the washington, d.c. ethics and policy center. her research is on politically effective women, families, and religious freedom. she is a widely published author and a mother of seven. >> thank you. my staff told me i said stella was six years old. she 16. -- she is 16. a big difference. i am sorry for the mistake. each witness has about five minutes for their opening statement. there will be one round of questions. each senator has about five minutes to ask. could all witnesses please stand to be sworn in? if you are able. rais

host: let's go to johnny from tacoma, washington. caller: good morning.want to say to steve. you are on here promoting your book and dr. fauci is a scientist and we have to understand science. so at one point we might say that you don't need masks, but with science and then you realize that out there without masks this is spreading faster. so you regroup and say, ok, maybe we do need masks paid you try different things and you tell the people who lost family members. we had over half a million people to die from this. this herd immunity who was talking to trump about letting it go. how many people do we want to die before we say we need to do something like quarantined? i am a schoolteacher, so i understand how quarantining students and doing virtual learning has impacted these students. don't get me wrong, because i have kids who have not logged on and i am concerned. i am concerned if we had just let it go and done herd immunity, we would have millions die so staying home for a year so we can eventually get back to the way we possibly work it seems to m