0:08 – Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas gave an interview to Rachel Maddow that implicated President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General William Barr in the quid pro quo scandal that sparked the looming impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. We speak with Josh Kovensky (@JoshKovensky), an investigative reporter with Talking Points Memo.
0:18 – Environmental advocates held a press conference Wednesday outside city hall in Alameda to demand that Gov. Gavin Newsom stop issuing permits for new oil and gas drilling. KPFA’s Chris Lee reports.
0:23 – Reporter Suzanne Porter gives an update on a new anti-fracking lawsuit: More than a half-dozen conservation groups have come together to sue the federal government to stop drilling and fracking on more than 1 million acres of public land in Central California.
0:34 – This week Rep. Maxine Waters presided over a special hearing on homelessness in the House Financial Services Committee. We’re joined by Karen Chapple, professor and chair of the department of city and regional planning at UC Berkeley, and the faculty director of the university’s Urban Displacement Project. She gave testimony to the House committee on gentrification and displacement.
1:08 – Nadina LaSpina (@nlaspina) is an activist in the disability rights movement, and has been arrested countless times for civil disobedience. Her new book is a memoir: Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride.