The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays – November 6, 2017

The Texas church massacre reignites the debate over gun safety legislation with New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Texas Republican John Cornyn facing off over the issue. San Francisco Supervisors debate rules for citing businesses that could begin to sell recreational marijuana as of January 1. Featured Stories: https://soundcloud.com/kpfa-fm-94-1-berkeley/cannabis-rules-debated-by-sf-board-of-supes https://soundcloud.com/kpfa-fm-94-1-berkeley/republicans-propose-sweeping-new-tax-law


President Donald Trump departs for a five-nation, 11 day trip to Asia expected to be dominated by the crisis over North Korea. Jeff Sessions’ claim that campaign officials didn’t discuss meetings with Russian officials is belied by court records which show he and Trump attended a 2016  meeting when a campaign aide offered to set … Continued