[applause] welcome, everybody, my name is scott schaffer, senior editor, pleased to be moderator for this program, joining us today u.s. senator and democratic presidential candidate michael bennett, senator bennett has represented colorado in u.s. senate since 2009, before then he served as superintendent of public schools in denver where he worked to improve accessibility and quality of information in urban schools and also the author of a new book, a good one i might add, i call the land flickering lights restoring america in age of broken politics, we will talk about the book, unfolds the back story of some of the hyperpartisan conflicts in congress today calling washington out on the dysfunctions and running for president of the united states to restore integrity into the government, we are excited to have him here, please welcome senator bennett. thank you. [applause] well, we are going to talk about the book and, you know, obviously we want to talk about congress
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tarrier is absolutely critical to border security. it s also wha our professionals at the border want and need. this is just common sense. the next day he abruptly ended a meeting with hse speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer r wused to provide billions in funding for the wall in exchange for ending the government shutdown. president trumthreatened to declare a national emergency to get the military to build the wall.th would likely spark a legal crisis. meanwhile in california, newly sworn-in governor gavin newsom unveiled a budget totaling $209 billion. among the funding proposars, mothan a billion for affordable housing construction, nearly $2 billion for early childhood education and an additional $105 million to fight and prevent wildfis. joining me to discuss this, kqed senior editor of polt ticks and government scott schaffer, francisco chronicle political writer joe gary foley and geopolitical consultant john walsh. great to have you here
months in jail. turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious 22-year-old woman on the campus. many view the sentence as too lenient. it s fuelling debate about campus sexual assault along with how race and privilege play out in the criminal justice system. joining us now are michelle dauber, who s spearheading the effort against the judge and katie murphy. katie, r wabt to ask you, the last few day, we ve seen so many actions in addition to the recall petition. at least a dozen state lawmakers are demanding an vest dpags of the judge for misconducts. also a review of the sentence in this case. joe biden has issued an open letter in support of the victim. why do you think other campus sexual assault cases is receiving this level of anger and attention? i think for one thing, what s different about this case was the victim wrote this incredible moving compelling statement that went completely viral on buzz feed. it was posted i believe on friday. it was long.