joining us now is the mayor of stockton, michael tubbs. tubbs, thank you for joining.give us the statistics in the last few months during the pandemic. hey make for a chilling reading. mayor tubbs: stockton, california, is the largest city san joaquin county. 8% of all deaths in this city covid-19.ecause of it's a city with about 315,000 people. 20% -- 22% at poverty. nother 30% to 40% one paycheck away. a city full of resilient, brilliant people, many of home workers, many who work without the dignity of paid time off and other protections. that's why some of our basic ncome programs has been so important. while waiting for action from the federal government, folks have been calling my office a migrant fieldworker and i'm paid hourly. told to quarantine for two weeks, how will i eat this winter? ? we have mothers talking about childcare because they're called essential workers nd have to continue to go to work without making much as well. program before covid but extended it during covid because we understood our residents and people across this hurting at a ally time

still, for the defense, tubbs was pure gold.o create reasonable doubt. >> there simply isn't enough evidence to convict cal harris of murder. >> bill easton was one of cal's attorneys. >> there's not an eyewitness to it, an earwitness it to, he didn't confess to it, none of this direct evidence is present in this case. >> the prosecution argued that cal showed how unfeeling he was by failing to join the search for michele. that was nonsense, said his aunt mary. cal was trying to keep it all together for his small children. >> there were dozens, maybe hundreds of experts scouring the area, looking for her. and there was one person taking care of these four kids. >> that alleged motive that cal was worried that dealerships would take a hit because of the divorce, not so, said cal's side. his lawyer said michele couldn't touch the business, and that anyway, before she vanished michele decided to accept cal's settlement offer, $740,000. >> she indicated to numerous people she was happy with the settlement. >> besides, said aunt mary

wa nted they otherwise might not tubbs wanted to spend christmas with, but the flip side of that is of people, and again, for over 60 fours it's 1.7 million people who will not be able to spend the christmas with the people of their choice. it speaks to a wider loneliness epidemic that we have seen as a result of the pandemic, as a result of the lockdown restrictions. it's probably exacerbated the situation that's been happening in our society for a little while now, but it really accelerated during the first lockdown, and nine months, ten months on from that experience, what we're finding is that at this one time of year when we always assume that people will do their level best to reach out and be with people that they love, there are going to be far too many people all who are going to be alone and unhappy at christmas. joe, just reading a little bit further into this article, it shows a similar polling from the british red cross found that a lot of adults felt very lonely, and the executive director of communications said that the shorter daylight hours, very different christmas

check out this cat he was missing since the tubbs fire three years ago.ut today a happy reunion as the cat is reunited with its family this week. >>> a temporary memorial is now set up in san francisco at the site of a deadly crash killed a person. he's the 10th pedestrian to be killed in san francisco. the memorial was set up by walk san francisco. >> it is unacceptable and something we could be doing to change that. we're seeing that, we can make changes to our street with simple paint and posts, we can slow down traffic. >> this year a total of 25 people have been killed in >>> officers say they saw a coyote in the area recently and noticed someone trying to feed it. they advise to never try to feed or pet a coyote. >> another scary animal video caught on tape here. there's been another bay area mountain lion siting and this time. the big cat is seen chasing three pet goats behind a castro valley home. this happened around 9:30 last night we're told the goats did survive. >>> and in probably one of the best stories we have tonight, a surprising and hap

. >>> a family thought they lost everything in the tubbs fire even their family pet.ut three years later their furry friend is back with the family. we'll tell you about it. >> and yes we are in december but california is still battling wildfires the late in the year burn in southern california. >> we have may have some wind of our own to contend with later this weekend. i'll have the details coming up in your extended forecast. in just a few months, we've learned a lot more about the covid-19 virus. it's real. and it's dangerous. so, on behalf of all of us working on the front lines, please take it seriously. and while we don't yet have a cure or a vaccine, we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. do your best to stay out of crowded spaces. and get a flu shot, it's even more important this year. we can do this. if we do it together. >> in san jose trying to determine the cause of this large fire at a roofing company. the fire broke out around 10:30 near spartan stadium. you can see there a thick column of

the founder of that group, stockton a mayor tubbs, is joining us now.morning. >> thank you for having me. >> this is interesting looking at the national stimulus, first one passed, it was money that got into people's pockets in retrospect made the biggest economic difference. since last year you have been sending direct payments of $500 to residents. can you give us a sense how this work and how and when they spent this money? >> i did it as a guaranteed welcome the country is owed itself, thomas henry talked about it in the 1800s and dr. king before he was assassinated. in stockton we decided to test out the idea because we recognized even before covid-19, one in two americans could not forget one $500 emergency. and pell speople spend money th you and i spend money, on their kids and finances and take time off work to interview for better jobs, spend money on tutoring or or one woman den vurs. with covid-19 we seen issues in terms of unemployment benefits or rapid testing, this has been enough to allow people to stay home who don't have paid time off

homeowners are still waiting to see a single cent to help them rebuild according to state records the 2017 tubbs fire leveled 80-year-old linda adrian's santa rosa home. three years later she's still in temporary housing isolated in a small space. >> i don't know what to do. i'm angry but i'm also extremely frustrated and then i'm really depressed because i'm sitting here by myself i don't have anybody to talk to. >> reporter: a generation of wildfire refugees left out in the cold waiting to find a way back home steve patterson, nbc news. >>> there's a major change coming to the airlines sam brock with the crackdown on pets. >> reporter: tonight the department of transportation showing not just bark but also bite limiting service animals on planes to just a dog that is individually trained for a person with disability emotional support animals no longer qualify except trained dogs helping passengers with conditions of anxiety or ptsd. >> there's a lot of people who have intellectual o developmental disabilities that these animals can really benefit >> reporter: eric's group open doors advocates

. >> hill: mayor tubbs, we will be following your progress there. and we certainly thank you for the time and wish you a lot of luce,k in the futir. >> thank you so much. happy holidays. >> hill: same to you. >> harill: at end, we like to introduce you to some of the producers and reporters behind the tories on our broadcast. hari vasreen spoke with producer sam weber about some of the road trips theykeere able to n the lead-up to the election. >, > sreenivasan: s are one of the few teams that were able toe go out this year, and actually decided to take the whole show on the road because we weren't in the studio anyway. so, one of the places we went, north carina-- refresh our viewers on why we went there. >> it was a really fascine ing time to the state. early voting had already started and we concentrated on the race that was a little bitoff the beaten path, the race for the state agriculture commissioner, anfocused on a oung challenger who was really putting climate change at sort of the center of her campaign, and running against an incumbent wh

between women surgeons and women nurses and so this person who i've been communicating with heather tubbsoley she's a nurse and i had just emailed her about a question about the research that we're working on and then she. had me which i super appreciated because it was right to the heart of what we're working on there is i mean historically we look back 50 years 100 years ago the vast majority of physicians were men and the vast majority of nurses were women and there was this sort of hierarchical relationship where the doctors were up here and the nurses were down here i'm not saying that's good i'm just saying that's what it was and things really have a vault and i think that's what that tweet is trying to say it's not really like that anymore. to just this morning i'm running in the i.c.u. when i go to the patient's bedside the 1st thing i do is talk to the nurse what's going on here what are you seeing what are you concerned about because they're right there at the bedside and they have all their home ation. we cannot adequately care for patients without the nurses and of course we h

justing me now is the founder of ta group and the mayor of stockton, california, michael tubbs. back. it's good to see you. i know that you first started this program. it was in february of last year. tell me how it's going for riz dent there in stockton and the feed back you have been getting. >> it's been lifeline will ever covid-19 and more so now. we have folks who have said during covid-19 that the $500 has allowed them to stay home from work so they didn't inif he can other people with covid-19 because they don't have paid time off and there wasn't an vablts of tests when they were showing symptoms. people are saying the $500 a month has allowed them to keep up with their rent payments as they had their hours slashed and seen pay dreeecrease. people say the 500 there are has allowed them to way the two or three months that it takes to get unemployment insurance. this country has to have a guaranteed income as part of the pandemic response because we see people not be able to go to work, people being told to stay home and shelter in place. one in eight americans in 2020 are

after the 2004 bush versus kerry election, there was a democratic congresswoman from ohio, stephanie tubbss, she was joined by barbara boxer, senator from california, they objected to ohio's electoral count making a point about voting there, and voter disenfranchisement and paper ballots. and what you said is exactly what will happen, the joint session breaks up. the house debates the challenge separately. the senate debates the challenge. so they each go to their own chamber. there's debate. there's a vote on it. it's unlikely there is going to be a vote that passes, that actually somehow upends the electoral count. that doesn't seem really within the realm of possibility. so it's all about making a point and josh hawley is laying down the fist marker for perhaps a presidential run in 2024. he wants to make sure all of his trump supporters know he's an alley of president trump, who still holds so much power signed the party. >> and despite the embarrassment for the democratic process here, it does raise a question of voter integrity. and josh hawley said at the very least congress should

the mobile home park was destroyed in the tubbs fire. affordable housing will be built on the site. it's still an empty lot due to bureaucratic hold-ups. linda adrian is on the list for that housing, she's 80 years old and is afraid she may never see it. >> the federal government keeps showing how ineffective they are and how unorganized they are, and how they don't know what they're doing. i sometimes wonder if the federal government actually talks to the state government >> santa rosa will likely approve the journey's inn housing project by next week, however the issue of funding remains. >>> a bombshell investigation into a possible scheme to illegally obtain a presidential pardon. newly unsealed court documents show the justice department is looking into allegations that lobbyists may have tried to bribe white house officials. according to the documents the unidentified suspects offered a substantial political contribution for a pardon or a reprieve of sentence. the white house is declining comment. it comes as sources tell abc news that rudy and the president discussed the poss

i am joining with congresswoman stephanie tubbs jones to cast a light of truce on a flawed system whichbe fixed now. >> i raised these objections because i am convinced that we, as a body, must conduct a formal and legitimate debate about election irregularities. griff: election irregularities and a flawed system. that's what we heard there. the media praised those lawmakers for doing it then but yet, jason, now hawley is being blasted for engages in conspiratorial fantasies for raising what is a legitimate point particularly when it comes to big tech and their censorship which is in every way a form of disenfranchisement. jason: i doubt much of the media is going to be praising hawley and mo brooks in the house of representatives. what i think is interesting about this, what will happen procedurally on the 6th is they will bring this up. there will be an objection. that will lead to debate. after that debate, they're going to want to vote, but then there is going to be a parliamentary inquiry and they will figure out can the states have one vote and one representation or does each memb

guest: so mayor michael tubbs launched mayors for a guaranteed income several months ago, and nearlyrs from around the country have joined on. they are saying two things -- one, we need a federal guaranteed income to support people who live in our cities and towns. us, will demonstrate what that idea looks like in our cities. you have big-city mayors like the mayor of al aye, the mayor of atlanta -- the mayor of los angeles in atlanta, of shreveport, of los angeles or all saying, this is an idea whose time has come, and i will demonstrate and be part of the moment to make sure it happens in the united states. so, jack dorsey gave $15 million to help support the demonstrations that are happening in those cities. host: even though it is a lot of money it is a limited amount of money. you would have to determine exactly who would get that. how exactly would that be determined? randomly chosen in consultation with researchers to make sure you have a sample size of the population where you can actually learn information. part of what they are doing is demonstrating policy. if we wanted we

. >> i don't know how this is going to work, tubbs.ly up my alley style and persona-wise. heaven knows i'm no box of candy. >> television very much was the small screen. it was interesting about tony's pilot screen play for "miami vice" is that it was exactly not that. very much the approach was, okay, they call this a television series. but we're going to make one-hour movies every single week. >> here we go. stand by. >> action. >> police! >> you were just describing the show as sort of a new wave cop show. >> yeah, it's a cop show for the '80s. we use a lot of mtv images and rock music to help describe the mood and feeling of our show. >> in a lot of ways you don't get "miami vice" without mtv because in a lot of ways "miami vice" was a long video. the music was such a big part of that show. >> there was an allure to using great music that everybody was listening to as opposed to the routine kind of tv scoring of that period. ♪ i can feel it coming in the air tonight ♪ >> not only was it not afraid to let long scenes play out, it wo

the one in 2004 when stephanie tubbs jones did it with barbara boxer, it was about four minutes.e very quick, if that. maybe senator tuberville does it. the crucial part was finding that senator. maybe it happens, maybe it doesn't, but it could happen. >> matt, i want to pick up on exactly that point. you know, let's say this does happen and it's a testament again to how the president sort of has the party in the palm of his hand in many ways. how do the republicans move forward from that? january 6th will come and go, joe biden will be president. but are there going to be the loyalty tests, should we expect them every few weeks or months? are they still jumping up and down depending on how higher the president's twitter tells them to do? is someone going to step forward and say, enough is enough. we don't have to listen to this guy anymore? >> well, i have to disagree with donny, i don't think trump is going anywhere and that doesn't mean the media won't cover him. look back to what he was in 2011 to 2015 before he ran. he was ubiquitous on cable news. if you remember in 2020 --