weeks for tough. westman is a professor of israel studies and political science at the university of california los angeles. he joins us from ally now. thank you very much for being with us. you'll reaction 1st of all to donald trump's press conference. i mean, can you try and rationalize or explain where he is coming from and what he's actually trying to do here, as well as hot. i didn't think i could be surprised any longer by president trauma stevens, but i must say that i was genuinely quite shocked by his them onto this press conference. and they really seem to come out to prove, i mean, is to previously about, you know, the real estate value of gauze on his southern no child cushion is also mentioned this, of course, trump has a long history in the real estate business, but it's still really quite shocking that he basically views this issue to a real estate level, jesus, and in those tubs, i think it's a completely outlined brush idea, frankly, one that is completely impractical, as well as morally on acceptable buddies. and it's the one that's going to be talking now and, and that's in many ways a d

month's wildfire that devastated los angeles altadena area, which is known for its large historically black community and new research from the university of californiaangeles, has found that the altadena black homeowners more were more likely than others to have had their homes savagely damaged, if not destroyed, by that fire, and they'll have a harder time rebuilding financially. i want to mention that i'll be in altadena thursday in my capacity as a president of national action network, to hold services with some of the victims in altadena and with you. and despite the suffering, the president is pushing for conditions on federal aid to california and toying with the shuttering of the federal emergency management agency, which is on the ground in altadena and the rest of the area impacted. what would that mean for the people recovering there? it's inhumane that he would make it political when so many people are suffering. i mean, they lost everything. not only did they lose their. >> property. >> some of them lost. >> their lives. >> but many of them lost what they see as their future. reverend al, to give. generational wealth to their children. >

is the director of equity research institute at the university of southern california and the of state of resistance, the press. he lives in los angeles. welcome with you. so please join me in giving a warm welcome to chris and. so i'd say my wife i often i made my doc open will edit this out okay. right. so i lot. gentlemen, welcome. it's a real honor to have join us this evening at the world affairs and commonwealth club. so to begin, this question is for of you your your partnership spans over 25 years. can you share how the two of you first met and what sparked beginning of your long term collaboration on research projects. and i'm curious to ask whose idea it was. write your first book. well, we met in the mid-nineties. i was in graduate school at uc berkeley city planning and working a research institute connected the labor movement in silicon valley. and we were doing research on a living wage that was being considered at that time the city of san jose. it was a precursor. many of the increased local efforts to increase living wage and wage. and we got in touch. manuel, who is a professor at uc cruz at that time for some help o

university of phoenix. so for the scope of the damage in the los angeles wildfires become clear, democrats in california areoot the bill. under legislation introduced this week oil and gas companies would be liable for damage caused by weather-related disasters in the golden state with the lawmakers behind the bill, claiming the they intentionally deceive the public about the impact of fossil fuels on climate change. if past the new law would allow insurance companies and victims of natural disasters to sue the oil industry to recoup their losses but we are back with dan henniker, alicia finley wall street editorial board member. alicia tells about the proposed bill in sacramento. about dunning the oil and gas companies what is the logic behind that? >> i wouldn't say there's any logic behind that. >> assists sacramento after all. >> oil and gas companies are decades and centuries. there is deceive the public of the impact of those emissions on climate change. contribute to the fires and all other natural disasters. from flooding and mudslides et cetera. the fossil fuel companies of the natural disasters. p