[laughter] it is a little daunting. I guess if you are looking at american politics from the beginning past the civil war talking about a paradox and a conflict and the. I tend to focus on is the early part of that arc and the improvisational nature because the nation was founded and the United States was a republic and what that means at that moment so we are not creating a monarchy but beyond that there is a ton of open ground. So in the early decade how it functions the tone of the government, how the nations would stand up what does it mean to be a republican in the ngworld of monarchy how do they get respect and equally what kind of nation will it be . So there is the broad ideological level so how democratic of a nation will this be . How is that land literally going to be arrested from other people . What kind of life of others not have it all . To have questionsin we are grappling with now questions about equity and equality those go back to the beginning of the republic and be
Matter which is how much risk could the u. S. Government take in building out broadband and any sort of utility and is it acceptable for the u. S. Government to build Internet Access and communities knowing that it might fail sometimes and that millions of dollars might be lost . Potentially. It could happen. In other communities its wildly successful and thats what members of congress havent figured out just yet. What comes next with your story . What are you watching for . Were watching to see if members of Congress Bring down the hammer on the agency. The 2014 farm bill that was passed while the stimulus was going gave the agency more money to continue lending and failed to provide loans and grants to rural communities. Not most recent bill the rules were tightened to affix some of the problems and folks werent sure if the lessons had been learned from the federal stimulus. Already some members of congress are talking about it. Congressman greg walden has brought up this issue and d
When roof camera, 44 to 55. 55 at the coast to 73. Hazy sunshine at noon. By the time the sun set, 55 to 68 degrees. Hi, sue. Good morning, everyone. We are off to a quiet start which is nice, in san rafael, the sky is lightening up and traffic is very light past the north gate mall. On in to central san rafael, youre looking at a 20 minute drive from novato to the Golden Gate Bridge area. No metering lights at the bay bridge yet. If you have to be up and out, at least we have light traffic and we have road work just getting ready to to be picked up north 101 at the sir Frances Drake off ramp. A couple exit ramps are being worked on but that should be picked up here shortly. Sue, thank you. 5 01. We are tracking breaking news this morning. British police have released the i. D. Of the third terrorist in the attack at the london bridge. Hes been identified as 22yearold Youssef Zaghba from east london. He was not on police or intelligence radar. Hes believed to be an Italian National of
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Hello and welcome to kqed news rom. Coming up googles decision to fire an engineer in the wake of a controversial engineer. Plus California Supreme Court justice discussions his report on the barriers facing asian yans from the board room to the courtroom. But first tensions with north korea mound. President trump spoke about unleashing, quote, fire and fury. North korea responded with its own warnings. They say north korea is likely capable of launching Nuclear Missiles that could reach the u. S. The rhetoric came days after the u. N. Security Council Agreed to sanctions. Joining me is david smirler. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me on. The Defense Intelligence agency has warned President Trump that north korea could master the technology to deliver Nuclear Weapons targeting the u. S. Within a year. Based on your research, how reel is the threat that those weapons could reach california and other parts of the west cost . North korea is saying they have the capability as