Daca. Giving them renewable visas. Trump said congress has six months to come up with a solution for the undocumented immigrants often called dreamers. Joining me now from the Nations Capital is republican congressman. Gloo good to be with you. Youre one of ten House Republicans who wrote a ler to House Speaker paul ryan urging congress to protect the dreamers. Why do you think it should stay in place. Not only should it stay in place but weve got to provide certainty. We need a longterm plan for our dreame dreamers. Make sure theyre safe and security. 95 of dreamers that have come forward and signed up for daca are either working or in school, and to throw their lives in shambles to create in uncertainty i think it unfair for them, who stepped up, passed background checks and paid money to be part of the system and really show theyre americans. We have an intractable congress right now. What legislative solutions do you think you can advance and get passed . Well i think there have be
Harris. And in sacramento, its a mad scramble to get key bills onto the governors desk during this last week of the legislative session. Here to break it all down are kqed politics and government reporter marisa lagos and political consultant tim miller. Welcome to you both. So, marisa, what is the deal with the daca deal . What is the agreement between President Trump and Democratic Leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi . Well, its sort of a deal to work on a deal. I mean i think at this point they have gotten a promise from the president that he wants to revisit this issue, that he may support standalone leths although it could be paired with something around border security. Weve heard sort of mixed messages about the border wall situation. But i think the idea is they got in a room. They agreed that, you know, on principle they would like to fix this problem. I think the question really now comes down to what Republican Leadership is willing to do and whether or not theyll even le
Of words with campus officials. Confusion continues to swirl around the event. Today the berkeley patriot told kqed the event was being canceled while may loilo yiannos said it wasnt. Joining me now is the faculty member. More than 200 faculty members signed the letter. Whats your reaction to the confusing developments today . I think this confusion part of the problem. It speaks to the Chaotic Organization of the event itself. That chaos, i believe, breeds danger. I think it breeds threat. It means that this event is going to be hard to contain. Its going to be hard to police. And it threatens the kind of violence that those of us that led the boycott are most eager to avoid. Do you think University Officials should have allowed this event to happen in the first place . No, i dont. I think that the university of california at berkeley is an institution of Higher Learning dedicated to the production, preservation and dissemination of new knowledge. That is our role. And the everyday fr
While authorities are still searching for a motive, the community is left picking up the pieces. More than half of all the victims who died were from california. Well discuss the intensifying debate over gun control in just a moment. But first lets get an update on the latest from las vegas. Joining me now from the public Radio Station knpr is the senior producer. This has all been so tragic and troubling that perhaps the biggest question now is why did Stephen Paddock carry out this massacre . Based on the flews that investigato clues that investigators have been able to gather so far, are they closer to independent tooing that answer . I dont think they are. For people within metro, people within the police department, there has been some word from the sheriff who said they thought maybe there was an accomplice. The fbi immediately walked that back. They do have in their possession all of the computer equipment that mr. Paddock had. However, hes 64 years old. He lived in a retirement
Audit of u. C. Revealed 175 million in hidden funds. We talked with republican state assemblywoman catherine baker, vice chair of the Higher Education committee, one of three committees that held the joint hearing on the audits findings. Kqed senior politics editor, scott schaefer, has more. Senator baker, thanks for coming in. Scott, good to be here. Lets talk about the audit. Janet napolitano was on the hot seat in sacramento this week. What troubles you the most about the audit, the findings, and how she responded to it . Sure. The audit had many troubling findings. First was the undisclosed offbudget funds that was not disclosed to the region, either the spending or its existence. And that that fund was being amassed or built up within the office of the president at the tame time they were asking for tuition increases from students taking campus assessments away. Dollars that could have been spent on our california students. That was very troubling. The good news is, theyve agreed