Liz wagner good evening, and thanks for joining us. Tonight, we investigate, and hold the powerful accountable. State investigators are looking into what sparked a series of Deadly Wildfires in wine country last month, including links to pg e power lines. Right now, in gold country, more than 2,000 plaintiffs are suing the utility for another deadly fire that started when a single tree fell into a power line. A judge already found pg e responsible. Now a jury will determine if the company disregarded safety. Tonight, we investigate pg es treetrimming program and why critics say its putting your safety on the line. Liz september 9, 2015, a ferocious wildfire in the sierra foothills chases thousands from their homes. Janet lucich it was horrible. Liz janet lucich was out of town when she got a call. Her husband and kids were caught in the middle of it. Janet you stop breathing. I thought if they were dead, my heart would break. Liz with flames nearly on top of them rick lucich fire is co
Approve of this new travel ban. Under the new travel proclamation, three countries have been added chad, north korea and venezuela. We never thought that we would be part of a group with five or six middle east countries. It only includes the top membership of the government and his family members. Reporter he says this is a good move by President Trump. September 5th, canada government pass a resolution. Reporter still unfairly targets middle east north korean Supreme Leader kim jongun does not let citizen travel to the u. S. A lawsuit challenges those orders is set to be heard by the u. S. Supreme court next month. It was supposed to expire this weekend and new changes are expected to take effect october 18 and supposed to be indefinite. Reporting live at sfo. Sergio quintana. A lot more to come tomorrow morning. We have been following this story beyond a news cast. This is a tweet that was out. Tonight the search is on for the suspects. The search is on for two african men. They wer
Liz wagner good evening, and thanks for joining us. Tonight, we investigate, and hold the powerful accountable. State investigators are looking into what sparked a series of Deadly Wildfires in wine country last month, including links to pg e power lines. Right now, in gold country, more than 2,000 plaintiffs are suing the utility for another deadly fire that started when a single tree fell into a power line. A judge already found pg e responsible. Now a jury will determine if the company disregarded safety. Tonight, we investigate pg es treetrimming program and why critics say its putting your safety on the line. Liz september 9, 2015, a ferocious wildfire in the sierra foothills chases thousands from their homes. Janet lucich it was horrible. Liz janet lucich was out of town when she got a call. Her husband and kids were caught in the middle of it. Janet you stop breathing. I thought if they were dead, my heart would break. Liz with flames nearly on top of them rick lucich fire is co
Response to charlottesville and why he waited 24 hours to condemn the kkk. The president ignited a new fire storm in the wake of charlottesville. It became combative when asked about the protest. Reporter President Trump squares off with reporters inside trump tower, defending his decision to wait 48 hours after the hatefuelled violence in charlottesville before denouncing the White Supremacists involved by name. I wanted to make sure, unlike most pop titians, that what i said was correct. Not make a quick statement and its a very, very important process to me and a very important statement. Reporter but his daughter and Vice President pence all condemned the rallys racism before he did, even calling out the kkk and neonazis. Now three days after they marched in the streets, the president is back to square one, again blaming all sides. If you look at both sides, i think theres blame on both sides and i dont have any doubt about it and you dont have any doubt about it either and if you
Im stephen sackur. Neo nazism and race hate are alive and kicking in the United States. The violence in charlottesville was shocking notjust because a life was taken but also because of the polarising impact of president trumps responds, fault lines that almost broke the us in the civil war have not been erased. My guest is richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center, a group devoted to civil rights activism. How fanciful is the notion of a 21st century American Civil War . Richard cohen in montgomery, alabama, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, looking forward to speaking with you. Of course you join us after all of the discussion of what happened in charlottesville just a few days ago. In your opinion, what were seeing in the United States today, all of the heated debate, the anger, the passion, the hatred, is it a blip or is it part of a much deeper trend . Its both. Its both part of a longer term trend and its also something that has been energised at this particular m