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About donald trump is his unpredictability. We talk to californians celebrating the new president. It was a lot easier to come out as gay here in the bay area than as a Republican Trump supporter. And those who will take part in the womens march. What im really going there for is this huge kind of community hug. Thats tonight on kqed newsroom. Welcome to kqed newsroom. Im thuy vu. Tonight we bring you a special onehour program on the president ial inauguration, plus analysis what was lies ahead in the trump era for california and the nation. And welcome to our new broadcast time of 7 00 p. M. This morning in washington, d. C. , the nations 45th president , donald trump, vowed in his inaugural speech to rebuild and lead the country into a new era. An era that he said in which the American People have reassumed power. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement. The likes of which the world has never seen before. Marked by protests here in the bay area and in washington, d. C. , where it turn the violent at times. At stake are potential policy issues affecting every american, including jobs, immigration, health care, civil rights. Well take a closer look how california will be affected. First we go to washington, d. C. To check in with kqed Senior Editor of politics and government, scott shafer. Welcome back, its been a busy week and momentous day. What was your impression of President Trumps inaugural speech . It was a tough speech. I think anyone expecting this would be conciliatory was maybe disappointed. Before the speech was given trump said hed written it himself. I think very few people really believe that. Now that ive heard the speech, i believe it. This was very much what hes been saying all along. At rallies and throughout the campaign and even since the election. There were very few olive branches really for people who didnt support him. It was a very tough speech in terms of calling describing the american carnage from immigration and crime and so on. So very much in keeping with what hes been saying which is somewhat of a surprise for those who were hoping for something a little warmer and friendlier. Yeah, certainly there was some hope he might make a pivot toward more unifying tone. What has the public reaction been like . And what is the mood right now in d. C. Where you . Its very split. A lot of people are in town for the womens march tomorrow. And there are also hundreds of thousands here for the trump inauguration. And you can really feel that divide. There are people who are just loving everything that he said, thought it was very patriotic, so excited about change. Then after the speech, i was walking out of the area and i came upon four young women wearing the pink pussy caps and they were all crying, so upset. They wanted to be there to listen to it and see it firsthand. Theyll be at the march tomorrow, of course. Thats the range of feeling and mood here. Youve been there all week. Whats your biggest takeaway from this past week in d. C. . There is only one donald trump. You know, i think that people thought he would moderate after he got the nomination. Then after the election. And then today. And it really didnt happen. So i think this is the one and only donald trump. This is the guy whos going to be president. Hes not going to be softer and cuddly, kinder, genter. Its going to be a new tone and a new attitude. Well see how the country likes it. Thats my biggest takeaway. Capital, thank you so much. Thank you. To further discuss todays events and what lies ahead for california im joined by a panel of political experts. Senior writer carla marinucci, ron he chin, host of california report john sepulveda, welcome to you all. I want to address the first question. What was your single biggest impression from President Trumps speech . I think it was notable for what it didnt have as opposed to what it did. When you look at how president s usually address the nation in places like this, theyre talking about the greatness of the country. And for california, thats the immigrants, the great melting pot that is america. We have no reference at all to that aspect of what has been just a fabric of this country. Silicon valley, the technology, the innovation economy, that has been a focus of president s now for years. How america grows. What is ahead for america. It focused on what america wasnt more than it focused on what america is. For me it was the new trump is the same as the old trump as it turns out, right . What we heard essentially was the continuation of scenes and language and rhetoric from the campaign. It was almost a cut and paste. It was almost. Up to the ending of make America Great again, it was almost as if he was speaking to his base. But also speaking to people not in his base to tell them, hey, look, im not going to change from the campaign. If you thought i was going to be different, you were wrong. What i heard in that speech was a very dark nationalistic viewpoint. He essentially painted an america where the roads are broken, people cant get to where they need to go, there are no jobs. When they go get home there are criminals and gangs and drug dealers they have to worry about. California has its problems but it did not sound like the california that i know and that i cover. It sounded like a very different frankly scary place. So i went back and looked at prior inaugural speeches, rhetoric geeks do that kind of thing. George h. W. Bush in 89 in his speech said, for this is a day when our nation is made whole, when our differences for a moment are suspended. It was all about unity. So was this a missed opportunity to have more of a honeymoon, perhaps . More unity is only used once in the entire speech. And it was quoting the bible. I think that is the missed opportunity. We were all looking for a clean slate from this speech. Where democrats could sit with him and say, okay, lets go ahead and lets move on together. You didnt get that from him. I think that one of the ways that he tried to raise unity as a theme was to say that patriotism should trump the color of our skin or maybe differences in creed. He said nationalism. He had patriotism. He said patriotism. I think that is appealing rhetoric to some people. Its not the same call for unity we would expect in this kind of speech. But i do think he tried to elevate the value of patriotism in an effort to unify the country. You said if you essentially make room in your heart for patriotism, it will push out any room for president s. That is correct. But that was a nationalistic image. Make no mistake, this was a nationalistic speech. Call it for what it is. The second part to it, i think its really important to say, the one bible reference, bowing down to king david. In the bible theyre trying to get everyone to bow down before a king many didnt consider legitimate. It was a very, very interesting quote from the bible for me. You were an adviser for marco rubios president ial campaign, also for mitt romneys president ial bid. Donald Trump Takes Office as the leastpopular president in at least four decades. So based on the remarks today, what do mr. Trumps comments signal for the republicans in his own party and for democrats . I think its important to realize we have three parties in washington. The republicans, the democrats, and the trumpists. Whatever you want to call the trumpists. If its a populist strain of conservative policy, you can call it that. Really the conventional mainstream republican is not donald trump. And so i think when people look at some of the policies he presented in todays speech, he talked about being antifree trade, he talked about cracking down on immigration, he talked about big infrastructure projects. This mishmash of things is not what you would expect to hear from a president mitt romney or a president marco rubio. He went right to the people sitting around him and said, their victories are not your victories. He went back to what was his strength, i think, in the campaign. Speaking to those average folks out there with the red hats. And he was able to i thought that was a way to dig at the people, the very powerful people sitting a around him, give that message that you folks are the ones im looking at. The question is as you said, policies. America first. American jobs first. What does that mean for california . What does it mean for california, what does it mean for immigration, environmental law . Agriculture . Agriculture is really interesting. His picks, the chief regulator of georgia during the largest agriculture recall in the United States history with regards to peanuts. The Peanut Corporation of america. Killed between seven and nine people, i think six of them were kids. Resulted in criminal contradictions. Which is really a rare thing to happen. It happened on his watch. Theres a question of whether that means there will be looser regulation, which actually the california agriculture industry who has opposed the 15 minimum wage hike, the idea of overtime for farm workers, they would really like to see lesser regulation. But it does raise a question, if were saying america first, america first, america first, and as trump said that other countries are allowed to do the same. What happens when china says china first, chain first, china first . All of a sudden california cherries cant make to it market in china. What about immigration . Big issue in california. This has got to be the place where californians, a lot of kids out there, youre talking about the dreamers, these are American Kids who came to this country as infants. Underdaca. The government has all their data and they have got to be worried the Trump Administration is going to turn around republicans on the hill say this federal funding to california is going to be cut off as of today, maybe. Right, immigration certainly is one area where because president obama acted unilaterally and through executive action, its easy for this new administration to do the opposite. I look at obamacare and the impact of what the repeal of the Affordable Care act is going to mean for california, which invested heavily in the Affordable Care act from the very start. And the big question here is going to be is President Trumps approach going to be were going to let california do this their thing . I dont agree with what theyre doing but as someone who respects states rights and federalism, im going to let them do what they want to . Or take a heavyhanded approach saying, were going to move in this direction whether they like it or not . Thats where the stakes are high. Talking about 20 billion in federal funding goes to california. 4. 6 Million People in the aca here. Have there been any serious discussions donald trump is going to let california do its own thing . I think if he is truly someone who respects the federalist system again, were talking about ideological issues. Donald trump clearly is not an ideological guy. If youre talking about the core conservative value of federalism, then that would suggest california should be allowed to experiment with its Health Care System in the way it chooses fit. Just as texas would do very differently. Theres some windows into how his cabinet members may advise him on this. If you look at scott pruett, epa, hes said he cannot commit to the federal waiver that allows california to set stricter emissions standards than other states. What does that mean . Well, i think it means that weve got to first of all see how much agreement there is between President Trump and his cabinet, because already weve seen some friction on a few issues. Russia being the big one. I think the other question will be how much of this administration will be will move towards traditional Republican Values and sort of core ideas, versus being trump kind of on his own . In which case its going to be very difficult to predict. Another area is marijuana. When you talk about jeff sessions, he has been vehemently antilegal marijuana. Theres billions of dollars here at stake with californias approved this, all up in the air. Whether theyre going to go with states rights or not on this one, thats going to be very interesting. I mean, you know, the sanctuary cities issue, you mentioned Climate Change Climate Change has already been taken down. Obamas Climate Change has been taken down today. On the government website. Californias already kind of staking out its territory, right, as being a strong voice of defiance. Its already putting into place and pushing some environmental and immigration laws. Its retained former attorney general eric holder to ward off against any possible litigation. Could that backfire, though . Could california find itself at the back of the line when it comes to things like Infrastructure Spending from the Trump Administration, or federal aid if theres a National Disaster . Definitely people in the state republican party, the California Republican party, why make yourself a target for mr. Trump . Democrats have constituents and their constituents want to see them fight. The truth is that california is a largely democratic, progressive state. And right now democrats and progressives want to see someone emerge to fight mr. Trump the same way that many republicans wanted to see a rick perry emerge from texas in 2009 to fight mr. Obama. All right, ive got a feeling were going to be unpacking what happened today for many months to come. Thank you all for being here. As we mentioned, scott shafer has been in d. C. All week to talk with members of californias delegation. We go next to the two senators who represent california, body of them democrats. First Dianne Feinstein who has held the office since 1992. She sits on four Senate Committees including the judiciary and intelligence committees. She talks with scott shafer from her office in washington, d. C. This is going to be your fourth president ial transition, i believe. Yes. Bush to clinton, clinton to bush, then to obama, now to donald trump. How does this period compare with the others . I think in my time, this is a very unusual and a very unique time. And it causes me great pause because the one thing America Needs to do is be constant. Be constant with the world, be constant with our values, bring the country together, dont separate it. And its hard to see some of those prevailing efforts happening. Because he appears to be very impetuous. And he appears to respond in ways that others wouldnt. You know, somebody says something about you, you tend to ignore it when youre in office. I think very strongly that what he needs to do is bring this nation together. Because there is a lot of fear out there. And theres fear particularly in california. With where things are going. We have a large number of immigrants. Californias a very diverse state. And people are worried. Were worried about their future. Are you hearing from your constituents . Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. Thousands. And, you know, particularly the dreamers. Who are students for the most part. And theyre worried. Are they going to get picked up in the middle of the night . There was a Congressional Budget Office report out this week saying up to 18 Million People across the country could lose their Health Insurance if the aca is scrapped and not replaced. Is there a moral imperative here . 5 million of those are in california. So the answer to your question is, yes, there is a huge moral dilemma here. I am strongly opposed to repeal. My belief is that there ought to be a series of hearings, maybe twice a week, for a period of months, and every part of the Obamacare Program should be looked at. Particularly the individual marketplace. Because thats where the rates, the premiums, have gone up so much. But i think this business of having to rush as opposed to approaching it from an operational point of view, with caution, and piece by piece, beginning with this individual marketplace. I want to ask you about russia. A lot of concern on russian involvement with hacking the dnc, trying to push the election toward donald trump. Are you surprised there isnt more outrage on both sides of the aisle . Or do you feel there is among your republican colleagues . Oh, i think theres plenty of outrage. Take out the partisan part of it. Nobody wants another country manipulating the election. Not the Election Results, because that wasnt manipulated. But the election. Actually with propaganda, with disinformation, with hacking, with release of anything that they think can compromise the candidacy of any individual in any election. That is destruction of our democracy. When you look ahead to the first 100 days and beyond, but especially this first few months, what concerns you the most . Because theres so many things to choose from. Well what rises to the very top for me is the National Security of our country. And we have major problems. And i worry a lot, ill be very candid with you, about north korea. We have an unpredictable leader who is on his way to a Major Nuclear bomb inventory. And secondly, an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can deliver a nuclear bomb to the United States. That is a real and present danger. You have a big decision to make next year about whether to run for reelection. There are a lot of younger democrats in california itching to run for your seat, as you know. What would you say to them . Have you made up your mind . No, i will. As long as i feel i can get things done and i can, then i think i benefit the people of my state. As opposed to someone new coming in and if i can continue to produce, then i will continue to produce. If i believe i cant, either by health or any other way, i wont. But as long as i believe i can, i will. And now we turn to californias junior senator. It was less than three weeks ago that freshman Kamala Harris was sworn in. Shes the first indianamerican and only the second black woman to be elected to the senate in american history. Formerly San Francisco District Attorney and state attorney general, harris takes over barbara boxers seat. The new senator vowed to make the voices of all californians heard in washington, d. C. So much going on. I know. What bubbles up to the top for you . We have such an outside stake in some of the issues that are being debated, discussed, right now in washington. We have the largest number of immigra immigrants, documented and undocumented, than any state in the country. On issue of the environment, today i was questioning, some say cross examining, the nominees for the next administrator of the ep at. California has some of the best, most significant landmark laws around what we should do to protect our environment and still protect our economy. President trump, republicancontrolled congress, how does that change your role as a senator . The role is truly about making sure that the voices that must be heard are heard. And that theyre not drowned out. You know, ill tell you, scott, one of the things that really concerns me is that i as a prosecutor, i have learned that when people are attacked, they do one of two things. They fight back, or they retreat. And my deep concern is that there are a lot of people who have retreated. Are really scared. These are people that include women who are concerned, are they going to have access to planned parenthood . Because its going to be shut down. Thats where they get their mammograms. These are people that are these dreamers who are afraid that they are going to be sent to a country they dont know. Im talking about people who are concerned about because they are muslim. Is this going to mean theyre going to be on some ren tree . Registry . These are not people who are concerned about i mean, they could care less whether its a democrat or republican talking. What they are hearing is there may be policies for our country that will single them out and target them in a way that will harm them. And theyre frightened. So when you say retreat or fight, and obviously youre saying so we have to fight. What does that mean . That means not letting this happen without a fight. It means standing up to articulate that repealing the Affordable Care act means saying to women that when you apply for Health Insurance, the fact that you are pregnant when you apply for Health Insurance that includes prenatal, you may be accused of having a preexisting condition, which is that youre pregnant. It means fighting for the fact that for people who are about to become seniors or apply for medicare, they may be denied coverage or have increased premiums because they have a preexisting condition called arthritis, or diabetes. There is a Senate Intelligence Committee Investigation into russia. Not just whether they hack the dnc. That seems to be pretty well established. How confident are you, how much are you going to push for that investigation to look into what the Trump Campaign did . Im a prosecutor to my core. I say, follow the evidence. Follow the facts. Follow the evidence. We have got to definitely get in there and investigate exactly what happened. And do everything we can do to make sure it doesnt happen again. What mark do you want to leave in your first year . To an voice for all of these voices that are not being heard. People who are not necessarily being seen. And its really, really important at this moment in time. Because people, a lot of people have been attacked and they feel theyve been attacked and it has made them feel that they are dispensable or that they dont matter or worse yet that theyre invisible. My message is, hey, ive got your back, youre not in this alone, were all in it together. Next we sit down with a National Committee woman for the republican party. Harriet dillon is from california. She says now that the gop is in charge in washington, theres no more time for fingerpointing. She also has firm thoughts on concerns that there are too many millionaires in mr. Trumps cabinet. Heres what she told scott shafer. Hermitte, your party ran the table in november. Now what . Now its time to govern. Thats the hard part. Campaigning is fine, taking pot shots at the other side. But making the hard decisions is where were really going to have the challenge and we have to own those. Because we control the government. No more excuses, no more blame . No more fingerpointing to the other side because theyre not in a position to stop us except on a very few things like for example possibly confirmation of a new Supreme Court justice, possibly subject to filibuster, well see. When looking at his cabinet nominees, it is based on the statistics ive seen the whitest, the richest, and the most male cabinet in many, many years in decades. As a woman of color, does that concern you at all . I dont know about the statistics that you mentioned. I actually found that president obamas cabinet was pretty male. That struck me when he came into office. We have a couple of women of color there already. Nikki haley. Elaine chao. Were going to see a number of others being picked. So the richest . Those are successful people who can afford to take a big pay cut to come serve their country so that doesnt bother me at all, theyre successful people. I dont see any people who necessarily arent qualified for those positions. So those are not criteria that i use to evaluate the success of a presidency. Unless im missing someone, i cant think of a single californian in a prominent cabinet position. Would you like to see that change . I would. I would say that mnuchin is sort of a halfhollywood dweller. At treasury . Yes, thats right. It does make you wonder, does california stand to suffer in any way, either from neglect, benign or otherwise, or from outright hostility because the state really did not go for him, to say the least, with Hillary Clinton getting 4 million more votes . I think the answer is, absolutely not. Hes spoken about this in the past. Says he wants to be the president for all americans, including those who didnt vote for him. I believe that. Californias going to suffer because of californias leadership hostility. Openly declaring war on donald trump, thats not going to help california. To the extent that our lawmakers in d. C. Decide that adherence to federal law is an important string that goes along with getting federal funding, thats going to hurt california. I live in San Francisco, for example. San francisco is the epicenter, its the ground zero of sanctuary city extremism. I think if the president elect follows through on one of his Good Campaign promises, which is enforce federal law, thats going to hurt San Francisco. San francisco will lose funding. San francisco will have to make up the shortfall in other ways. So thats going to be interesting to watch. Ditto l. A. Ditto other big cities in the state. So thats Donald Trumps fault. Were just talking about the enforcement of federal law. The clock is running on the first 100 days for President Trump. What would you like to see him do first and in particular what sort of message would you like him to send out to the country, especially people that didnt vote for him . I think the first thing he needs to do is not rely on executive orders for anything. I think he needs to work hand in hand with the congress, enforcing his promises with regard to our security, National Security, but i think more importantly just the borders of our country. And some sort of security for the border with mexico would be important. The initiation of deportation proceedings or acceleration of those for alien criminals i think is very important for safety and security. And repeal and replace obamacare. Hes really urged some members of congress who just want to repeal and worry about replacement later that they need to fix it, they need to make sure americans are able to get Affordable Health care. So thats going to require congress to get to work as well. So i think they need to work together. As part of the collaboration between kqed and the National Writing project, Bay Area High School and College Students recorded messages for the new president. Lets hear from sonya, a senior from oakland tech high school. Hearing this has been the hard nest record, or 1 in 4 are endangered, every minute 51 acres of tropical rain forest are being destroyed, makes me extraordinary anxious. As the president you have the power to make policy. You have the power to effect change. You have the power to save our planet. For many Trump Supporters todays inauguration was a moment theyve been waiting for. But the bruising politics of the election season left some painful scars for some republicans who make their home here in the overwhelmingly democratic bay area. We spoke with two Trump Supporters before they left town for the festivities. My name is Juan Hernandez. I have been active in politics since i was 18, filie i fightin lgbt rights, and i am a trump supporter. Were going to the inauguration. I have the tuxedo. Were just looking for accessories. My name is kim womack. Im a pastry chef and chocolatier. And i am a trump supporter. Thats perfect for your dress, your dress is red. I met juan through the Trump Campaign and weve become family, like best friends. Look at these. Beautiful. It was a lot easier to come out as gay here in the bay area than as a Republican Trump supporter. Nobody would be wearing these. Nobody. Nobody. I dont attend really any gay functions because i dont want to have to deal with the backlash. Cost us a fortune. Yeah. But its worth it i like to be social and i know peoples birthday parties have gone by and there have been no invites to it. But it is what it is. You really get to see who your friends are. In 1987, i read his book the art of the deal. So i was for trump then. I prayed for god to bless him, to use him, and people would ask him, one was oprah winfrey, if the country ever got bad enough would you run for president . He said if it did ever become so bad he would run for president. Donald j. Trump when trump came to san jose for the rally, i went to it, i was really excited. I got there really early to avoid any kind of protesting that might be going on. It was such Amazing Energy to be around fellow republicans who support donald trump. And then we come out. And its completely different. There were flags burning, u. S. Flags burning. People were saying f donald trump. It was scary. As youre walking through, seeing fellow republicans, fellow citizens, humans, getting attacked, getting suckerpunched, pushed down. I was wearing a hat, i knew it was our turn. I could feel the hits coming in at every direction. And i got hit in the face and the nose. And so my nose broke. All this blood started pouring out. So when the attackers saw the blood pouring out they kind of stood back. That was my out. I grabbed my friend, we ran. After the attack, i had talked to my some of my Family Members. And i have i have a my nephew is 14. So in the next election hes going to be able to vote. Hes a trump supporter. I dont want him to fear going to support whoever he wants to support. And im not going to back down. Im going to keep pushing forward. Hey, kim. Oh my gosh. Here we go. I love it. I believe that trump is going to shake things up. Donald trump will turn washington upside down. He already has. With the press, with the house of representatives, with the senate. I believe hes going to bring jobs. He already has brought some jobs already. I believe hes going to turn this country around. What many people thought the change that was from obama for eight years, i believe that trump is the one whos going to do the change. Now its becoming very real. It is becoming very real. I saw the values that mr. Trump has. And i support them. And he supports the second amendment. I completely believe in the right to bear arms. And being lgbt, theres sometimes a little bit more fear. Especially when orlando happened. He has a long history of inclusivity of supporting lgbt rights. I know that hell have the protection of the lgbt community. I believe in National Security and i believe in the wall. I believe in having registration for the refugees that are coming over here. When i hear about the allegations that he has not paid people for certain types of things in business, business is business. So we dont know all the facts. I dont know what was going on in the situation. But i look at the overall picture of what he has done. I look at how he has a caring heart. How many people he had helped that he had just met on his job site or whatever. Were going. Here we go. Going to the ball is an amazing experience. A chance of a lifetime. To be with donald trump, to be with his entire family, to be with pence and his entire family, the team of california going, 100 of us. All the hard work we did. And then to get all dressed up like a princess or even beyond, a queen. Here we go. Here we go, juan. Going to this inauguration, i am beyond ecstatic. To see him put the hand on the bible and swear in as president of the United States of america is going to be pretty awesome. Kim womack and Juan Hernandez ended up with frontrow seats for the swearingin and were humbled and honored to be there. Tonight they are dressed to the nines at the inaugural ball. We turn our focus now to National Security. With someone who has been at the center of it all in two president ial administrations, leon panetta was white house chief of staff for president clinton, served as cia director and secretary of defense during president obamas first term. I met with him at the Leon Panetta Institute where he shared his advice for the Trump Administration. Secretary panetta, thank you for joining us. Nice to be with you. During the Democratic National Convention Last year, during your speech, you said for sake of your children and grandchildren, donald trump cannot become commander in chief. Why did you feel that way at the time . And how have your feelings changed since then . Well, i was very concerned about what he was saying. When it came to National Security issues. He was talking about undermining our alliances, like nato. He was talking about expanding nuclear weapons, even to countries like japan, south korea, countries in the middle east. He was talking about torture. He was talking about things that we have not heard from a president ial candidate for a long time. And i was very concerned. That a person with no experience could really represent a threat in terms of our National Security. And do you still have that same level of concern now . He continues to say strange things. And so i continue to be worried. What would you say is the most pressing, immediate policy threat, Foreign Policy threat, facing President Trump and our country right now . We live at a time when there are a number of what i would call dwruangerous flash points the world. Probably more so than ive seen since the end of world war ii. Were confronting flash points with terrorism and isis. With failed state in the middle east. Syria and others. Were confronting still the threat from iran as far as supporting terrorism. North korea. Developing Nuclear Missiles and nuclear weapons. China exerting territorial claims in the south china sea. Cyber is a whole battlefield of the future. Weve seen how thats played out recently here. But more importantly, cyber has the potential to virtually paralyze a country. Youve been so close to the center of power for so long. You served a distinguished career in congress for 16 years. You have served under both president s clinton and obama. Do you feel that mr. Trump is equipped to be president . I have no idea. Whether or not donald trump is going to have the ability to be able to be president of the United States. The most predictable thing about donald trump is his unpredictability. And so the question is going to be which donald trump goes into the oval office . Are we going to see the donald trump who reacts to every criticism of who he is, tweets out tweets every day to reflect his emotional response to those issues . Are we going to see the businessman who i think understands hes got to listen to people who know what theyre talking about, be able to cut deals, and be able to make decisions in the interests of the United States . What do you think about the two of the key men that mr. Trump has surrounded himself with, men who are nominated to hold jobs that you used to hold, that is, miami pompeo for cia, retired general mattis for secretary of defense. What are your thoughts . I know jim mattis very well. He worked for me when i was secretary of defense, was head of centcomm. He as tough marine. But he provided very good guidance and advice when it came to defense issues. I have a very high regard for his judgment and his capability. And very frankly, i think he will be a good presence in this administration. Because he believes in alliances. He believes in protecting our National Security. He believes in remaining strong. And i think he can be a very good influence. Mike pompeo is somebody who is conservative, but at the same time, he has a lot of respect for the intelligence community. I really do believe that he cares about what the intelligence agencys all about, in particular the cia, and that he wants to hopefully restore the credibility of those intelligence agencies with a new president. Speaking of all the advisers that mr. Trump has, his family is advising him. What are your concerns about that . The most important thing a president can have is somebody who can walk into the oval office and be very honest with the president and say, mr. President , youre wrong. This is not right. And to have a president whos willing to listen. If theres a Family Member that can say to President Trump, youre wrong and you shouldnt do this, then i guess i would say, ill keep that Family Member around. Because thats important to have. Secretary leon panetta, thank you for joining us. Thank you. Well hear more from leon panetta next week when we do a deeper dive into the National Security issues facing the country. Well hear from two bay area women heading to d. C. To take part in the womens march. First we hear from ricky, a student at lany college in oakland who has this message for the president. Dear next president. In the u. S. , College Students have to pay a fee, fees are outrageous. Personally im more worried about how much the tuition fees are than coming to college to learn. I want the next president to make college free because i believe that education should be a right. While many celebrated todays inauguration, for others it represents a tumultuous period aheard. Hundreds of thousands of women are expected to march in d. C. Tomorrow in protest of President Trump. More than 600 canyon marches are planned across the country and the globe. We caught up with two bay area women who are tonight on their way to take part in that march. All right. What about this one . Mango . My name is neha. Im a social justice advocate and longtime civil rights lawyer and author. I am the mom of two young boys. I was born in india but i came to the United States as a very young child and was raised american. I will be going to the womens march in washington on saturday the 21st. My names henna jobla. Im an e. R. Fiphysician. I live in california. I have two little girls. I emrated to u. S. In 2001. Im going to washington for the womens march. One of the most upsetting things that came up repeatedly in Donald Trumps comments during the campaign and the final days of the election season were all his comments about women. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States. I am not myself a muslim, but the idea that somebody can single out people of a faith in a place like america . Where, i mean this is a melting pot of so many different cultures. It reminded me of what happened in world war ii with the japanese internments. Evacuations. More than 100,000, all of japanese ancestry, removed from their hopes in the Pacific Coast states. I said to my husband, do you think its possible . That in a year somebody could knock on our door and ask us to leave . And my husband is an immigrant. He came here after we got married. I came here when i was a baby. But it took him the blink of an eye to turn around and say, of course it could happen. Election day for me was a given for a hillary win. And i was very excited. I took my daughter out of school. Shes in second grade. And went to our polling booth with my husband. And i let her press the button. And she voted for hillary. To me that seemed like such a momentous occasion, a moment, because here i was with my girl voting for another woman president. And the result was very difficult for me to take. Donald trump will win the state of wisconsin and with every result that came in from different parts of the country, i felt like my heart was breaking. My first text message the day after the election was my brother who wears a turban. And i was asking him to be safe and be careful out there. That fear comes from having seen what happened after 9 11 in this country. And as an attorney, i represented and worked with several folks who had been the victims of hate crimes. Ive showed up to hospital beds of people who were chased, beaten, called names. And all of this was happening simply because of the way they looked. Once i became a citizen, i became american. Most often i forget my color. Most often i forget my gender. And im just a human being. And i feel like the Election Results suddenly made me realize that im not like everybody else. I dont think our president or anybody else is going to be able to control all the kind of hatred whats been unleashed. Thats the scariest part. It could be anybody on any street. But heres a woman, shes supposed to fight all of these different things. And she cant make it 15 feet to her car. Give me a break. Give me a break. But when i saw trump just talking about women in such poor terms, with such little respect, and getting away with it, i expected more outrage. I moved on her like a. I couldnt get there. And she was married. There was this huge part of the population that made excuses for his behavior, and that to me was mindboggling. It shook my belief in this country. This is the very first time im taking to the streets in a march. Ive worked in the courthouse. Ive worked on the hill. To sway hearts and minds. This is the very first time when i feel like i need to get out there and actually raise my voice in Something Like a march. I have not been a big activist in real life. I have in the social media. But ive felt like i have to do something about it. So thats why im going to this march. I really need to be with people who believe that change is still possible. And well still have our voices heard. What im really going there for is this huge kind of community hug. See you in d. C. Yeah. All right, bye. Bye. Well, we got a quick update from both women. Despite the violence shes heard about in d. C. , shes hoping for a peaceful march. Dr. Henna said on her point the lighting was changed to pink for all the marchers on board. Republicans now dominate in washington, d. C. California remains solidly blue. Democrats hold every statewide office here and enjoy a twothirds majority in the legislature. Still, theyre bracing for what the Trump Presidency could bring. Kqed government reporter talked with two key party strategists how the trump era could play out in sacramento. Thanks, thuy. Im joined by angie tate, chief Financial Officer for the California Democratic party, and kristin olsen, vice chair of the California Republican party, and new Stanislaus County supervisor. Thanks for joining me. In a way your parties face opposite challenges right now. Republicans control congress and the white house. Gops party in california has waned. Meanwhile democrats are dominating the political scene in california, but just suffered big losses nationally. Kristen olsen, what do you think California Republicans can do to learn from the success of the national party, and do you think those wins can even be repeated here given the dem graphics of our state . I think they can be over time. But theres no denying the fact that as California Republicans we have a lot of work to do. We have to get better at telling our message to voters. About articulating the fact that we care about peoples daily struggles and we want to advance solutions to the challenges that millions of californians have been facing for years under democrat majority control. Do you think the rhetoric of our new president and some of his surrogates actually hurts those chances . We talk about immigration and Climate Change and a lot of the issues californians have embraced. I think his inauguration speech was unifying. He talked about 2017 being the year that we turn power back over to the people. He talked about think big, dream bigger. Those are certainly talking points that resonate with californians as well. Other messages may be a little bit more challenging. We have to work through those. Be true to our Core Principles and demonstrate that we have solutions that can improve the quality of life for californians in all regions of our state. Angie tate what do you think National Democrats can learn from California Democrats . Because california has been very successful in growing power both in the statehouse and around the state really in local governments in some cases. Im incredibly proud of the work the California Democratic party has done the last seven years under the leadership of john burton. The successes that weve had here, the progressive successes weve harks, have not been an accident. Its because of hard work on grass root activists, strategic partners, and the vision of our Democratic Candidates that theyve been rewarded in being reelected. If you look back at 2010, it was a very different landscape here in california. Meg whitman was spending 150 million throughout the state of california, and there was a political narrative that was saying that the Democratic Party and jerry brown didnt have a counter plan to the massive amount of money being spent. However, we know thats not true. Here in california, were sitting in the nation, very difficult time. We do need to unify our nation and i think the work that weve done here in california, and to be honest i respect the work the republicans have done here in california because i think that weve been able to work together. You know, we have governor jerry brown has delivered five times now on time, on balance budget. We have 2 million more californians that are employed. We have 4 million more californians that have Health Insurance. We in california have done well, not only in the Democratic Party, but working across bipartisan lines to protect all californians. And i hope that we can be an example here as we move into the problems in the nation. And while i agree im certainly proud of the bipartisan work that. Republicans and democrats have done in california, the water bond is a great example of that, and yet so many challenges still persist for millions of californians. We have the highest poverty rates in the nation. The highest cost of housing. Horrible roads that are literally crumbling before our eyes. And California Republicans want to advance solutions to these problems. Fix our schools. Fix our roads. Build housing that people can actually afford. Reduce levels of poverty by providing greater economic opportunity. And those challenges have not only per cysted under the democrat leadership thats been provided in the state over the last decade, but those problems have grown. And so while we do need to continue to work together, republicans have to work harder and we are doing that work to make sure that we can have greater election successes so that there will be better Public Policy outcomes to help all californians in owl parts of our state. I know that weve talked a lot about year about a movement of political power from urban centers to over rural areas. You obviously represent more rural area than a lot of the leaders in the legislature. You were in the legislature for many years. What are you hearing from constituents there . And id love your take too. About the ascendancy of trump and some of the issues you just brought up . Yeah, id say that over the last several years theyve felt helpless, hopeless. I cant tell you how many people have lost their jobs in inland california, particularly in the central valley, due to a lack of water, a lack of economic opportunity. The economic divide in california has caused suffering for hundreds of thousands if not millions of california families. And so now they feel a sense of hope. Theres somebody in the presidency who at least is talking about economic opportunity, about bringing jobs back to america. They are hopeful for change. Because theyre desperate for change. Theyre desperate to be able to better provide for themselves and their families. We have yet to see what that presidencys going to look like. But were hopeful that its a step in the right direction. I mean, a lot of these issues are the same things democrats talk about. Equal opportunities, affordability issues. But theres a lot of fear. We heard earlier in the program from our senators from california about that fear and protesters going to d. C. What do you in the Democratic Party hear and whats your answer to people who are maybe concerned about how thats going to impact these issues here . I think in california, theres a sense of security that were removed from washington. I think the day to day i always approach everything as a mom. I know that for my kids and for californians families were really worried about our children having health care. Making sure if our child has an ear infection, they can get the needed treatment so they can go back to school and mom can go back to work. I have three children. My sons best friend has been with us since the first grade. Hes not in this country legally. He is a daca student. Hes a freshman at ucla. Real concerns about what this presidency and what the direction the nation is going. I mean, is there anything that sitting here next to each other, that you would say about that healing as we move forward in this next chapter . I think its so important. There are, as said by angie, real moms, real dads, real workers, business owners, with real concerns that need to be addressed by both washington and sacramento. And good leaders are uniters, not dividers. And thats what our state and nation need right now. We need uniters who will work together, republicans and democrats side by side, who will acknowledge the challenges people are facing and present real solutions. Be it in health care policy, immigration policy, economic policy, education policy. Nothing is rosy. We really need new ideas, Innovative Solutions that can rise all boats. Expand the middle class. Raise people out of poverty. Provide new opportunities for everyone to reach new heights. Angie, do you think thats possible . I think weve been doing that here in california. I mean, we have 2 million more jobs because of the leadership of governor jerry brown. We have Uninsured Health care has gone from 17 in 2013 to 7 . That is significant change. You have to look at my constituents in the central valley, insurance is meaningless if theres no access to physicians. People are still suffering to find quality care. Im hopeful we can find an even better, more Robust Health care plan that provides true care for all californians, not just some. Repealing that with no plan . Thats dangerous for all californians and the health of the nation. We need a plan. I think theres going to be a lot of debates coming up in sacramento and in washington on that issue and many others. Thank you both so much for joining us. Thank you. That is it for tonight. Thank you for joining us for our special inauguration coverage. Join us again next week at this same time. Our new time, 7 00 p. M. For more of our coverage, go to kqed. Org newsroom. Im thuy vu. Thanks for watching. Ed President Donald Trump delivers a rather dark assessment of the current state of america, blaming washingtons political establishment. 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