Marisa lagos,and joining from San Franciscos kqed politics and government reporter, guy maserati. Thank you for joining us tonight. Guy, President Trump proved last night that he can display restraint and offemore of a coherent policy message. Is it likely to increase votes in his favor late in the game with a week left until electi day . I think the answer to that is entirely incumbent on his mp gn ability to take that slightly more coherent policy message we heard in specific areas. And thinking about the energy policy, differences that emerged in the debate between biden and trump. Trump pouncing on the biden taing away from fossil fuels. Also, but issues that are more on voters mines like Coronavirus Response and health cayo. Marissa, arexpecting the unexpected to occur in the next few days, especially with President Trump behind in the polls, do you think the two campaigns will be relatively quiet now . Voting is underway and in record nu wers. Have some 15 million americans that cast their ballots. But priya, i think like never say never. 2016 taught us that, but the bott line is this has been a static race despite the unprecedented year. A Global Pandemic, something we havea ot seen in century, and econic meltdown. Really, the bases have stayed with both men, anthey are fighting for the scraps in the middle. To i think trump will try to continue to shake up this race . Probably. To stay steady . N is going totr that has been histology all along. Think one thing to watch is this meddling we are hearing from iran, russia, other foreign actors, how the Trump Administration handles that and mpwhether it does up, or whether its just the disinformation we are seeing domestically. I think those are some challenging issues for th sides in the final daysof the campaign. Marissa, lets turn to the Senate Judiciary committee this week. The democrats to an unusual step of boycotting the vote to bring Amy Coney Barretts e nomination to ll senate. What were they saying with that gesture . Oh i mean, the point was were not going into participat something we do not see as legitimate. But you ow, this habeen on the fast track since the beginning of democrats have very little power here. I think quite friendly, they made a moresort of potent political point during the hearings when they just over and over again really hammered on this case by the Trump Administration seeking to overturn the Affordable Care ac and the ct they feel like her past shows hes very open to that argument know, where most people paying attention to the fact that democrats did not show up to this judiciary hearing i dont think so. Guy, to come to the Senate Judiciary committee, the committee, dianne fein has taken some criticism for thanking and hugging the ranking republican on the committee, lindsey gram, and there have been stat progressives hearing in california who have said they feel betrayed by her, and i want to read this grote. Said finds and represents the past of San Francisco in california. Its not the present at the time we are facing a crisis when we have a rightbewing supremacisg rushed through the Supreme Court. She is not up to the task. Its not because of her age. Ca its just e of who she is. Now, campos was not speaking on behalf of the San Francisco democratic p, but was expressing opinions and sentiments being echoed by other progressive leaders throughout the state. Do u see feinstein servin out her fullterm . Look, i think its a lot more likely that we would see perhaps senator feinstein stepping away from her leading role on the Senate Judiciary committee, but frankly, i think democrats should be thinking diannefeinstein for th subdued way in which the Supreme Court hearings played out. I think republicans initially thought this was anopportunity to take the convertion away from the pandemic. We have seen the precourt hearings the past really ive people into their ies, corners. Raises an issue like the coronavirus im aware there is a widespread agreement and the president s failure to contain dispute because suof the ued way this played out, it really never emerged as a top issue in last nights debate in cent weeks. I think in this case, progressive complaints about Dianne Feinstein arnot going anywhere regardless of the result of the election. In this case, i think her moderation helped her party. And marissa, if we do see wibiden and harris the white house and if feinstein does choose retire, it puts gavin newsom and an unusual inpositio of able to appoint two senators kept us that offer him some advantages . Yeah. Gets to sentially anoint two ambitious california politicians to a very poweul post with no term limits. I think its a doubleedged sword to that too. Youre probably going to make em some friends, s to appear theres a long line of people who have been eyeing the seats. Kamala harris jumped into the race sofast, that it did not leave an opportunity for anybody within the establishment to get a toehold. So i think yes, this is so thing. It might a little weird for new some to a book you might one of those seats himself. But to i guys point, think there has long been a feeling that Dianne Feinstein may not actually want to serve out beis fullteruse of her age, where things are at. I think ultimately, shes going to want to go on heterms whether from a Judiciary Commission or senate entirely. Geico joe biden that he would create a panel to study the possibility of adding Supreme Court justices if hewi the election. Talk us through how republicans are responding to this possibility. Look, republicans are still unified in opposition to any kind of judicial reform li this, anpriya, as you know, on the political ladder of avoidance, forng a Blue Ribbon Panel to discuss something thats only a couple rings above, and addressing the issue at all, which has nbeen biprevious strategy when he came to court packing, ultimately i dont think this is an issue driving people poto the s on either side. Is not a lot of evidence this is emerging as a top issue. Eventin last nidebate, it did not really break there. This is something democrats will continue to debate about into the next administration, but i dont think it will play a huge erle in nove3. Lets turn to the Public Policy institution in california which put out a new survey about ate propositions. Prompted wh16 h is the one that would reinstate affirmative action currently does not have enough support to pass. and has about of likely voters saying they would support it marissa, what you think this proposition has not garnered more support . It is such an interesting i do think someof it is that everything is getting so overshadowed by the president ial race and our t National Politics i think this is fairly complicated. You know, if you are not a voting age when prop 20past which banned affirmative action and this would rebaal that ot measure, you may not have a very strong opinion on it, and i think it is a real failure in some ways of supporters that they have nodo a better job connecting this to the bigger Racial Justice conversation were having. I talk to the pers ran that poll. He says support has ticked up you are still a large group of voters that are undecide the campaign es have funding, so they pohave an unity hearing. I dont know if they are going to get over the finish line, but it is e e of ththings where i think they need to really make a clearer , sort of conection between blmak lives er and the bigger conversation were having around race, and make the case for why this is going to help in that sort of broader push for civil rights. Guy, lets talk about a race you have been covering ann the. South is between dave cortez and and ravel. What can you tell us about these two candidates ann the th state of right because its being very closely watched . This is a fascinating race, and im sure and ifyou are in san jose tes with the torrents of ads and mailers, this has become an incredibly in pensive campaign, the mo expensive state legislative campaign in california. Were nearing 10 million in spending when you look at independent spenng and the campaign. Are a lot of key differences between these two democrats on issues like using, heis in favor of zoning reforms i would legalize housing in more areas in the state as oprased to l, and on some hotly contested propositions, prop this team to raise property taxes to fund local schools and support and ravel in him opposition. Prop 22 on uber and lyft and gig worker classifications, you have cortese he opposing that and ravel in favor. I think is the latest example daylight betweencrats in ot of the same party on the state and local runs. Is it a similar race for a race comingfor state senator and form San Francisco supervisor, scott weiner and a progressive challenger who thinks that scott weiner is not progressive enough . Exit 4 i woulsay this is one more personality plays a role too. Scott weiner is being attacked by jackie fielder who veis a young rising star. She is amazing. I think if she does not win for something else, but shes been going after him from the left, talking a lot about clime change, ying to ti him to developers and sort of big business but the truth is scott weiner is one of the prmo ressive senators in the state senate. He comes from San Francisco. He has always been part of the mo moderate, sort of sector of our democratic, you knowin w of politicians hearing in california, but he is a gay man, he has pushed hard for a lot of very ogressive issues, and i think this is one of those cases where there is only so many seats, ofand sort a combination of certain communal, segments of the politicaworld do not like scott weiner pers ally, and theateening on issues like Climate Change that are of course very voter important. Talk you have to takea look at prop 22 is the most expensive ballot measure in california history. Of course, this ballot measure is the one that will decide whether uber and lyft and mpoth ies can classify their employees as gig workers or if they are fulltime employees. What the latest on this . Where does this stand . Does it seem like its going to pass . W guy, i will thto you first. This is going to be a very close contest in this proposition. This an incredible spending. I think voters are looking for gnals on where drivers stand, thats a hard question to ask becausa lot of drivers do want the flexibility is kind in pendent contractor will provide. At the same time, a lot of drivers who use these apps as more fulltime employment want the kind of benefits and ha securitythey are not getting. I would encourage our viewers to check out the great reporting our colleagues have done on thand really do interesting, Controversial Campaign tactics weve seen fromber, lyft, and doordash when it comes to kind of using these workers in the campaign. Marissa, final 20 seconds y hearing. St thoughts on prop 22 . Just that the last poll at september did showa wide number of voters still undecided. The yes side, even though th this campaign have not reached that 50 threshold in that poll. I will be watching next week to see if theres any new Public Opinion polling, but i think thisll be a typo despite how spending. The companies are thank you both. Thanks, pri thanks so much. Visit kqed. Com. Pandemic of high school and College Students have been faced with additional challenges , leadleg to higher ls of stress and anxiety. A survey of thousands of students at nine campuses earlier this year found a prevalence odepression that is twice as high compared to last year. In addition, many College Students are experiencing unprecedented loneliness and anxiety, which is leading to an increase in cases of depression. Social distancing restrictns due to the ronavirus have halted many traditional types of therapy, so researchers are testing new ways to help College Studentsfeel connected and less stressed. Joining me now by sky from San Francisco niel raymo, the senior director of research at hope lab, a nonprofit that creates Digital Tools such as vi apps ando games to improve the health and wellbeing of young people. Joining me by sky from chicago is will coleman, senior Columbia College and intern at hope lab. Thank you ford both joining. Will, can you share with us some of the Mental Health chald nges you have experien this year, especially compared to precovid days . Yes, so im currently a senior at Columbia College chicago, and with vi this, i understand the challenges that come with school, the depression can be involved. Anxiety on a regular basis, but adding a Global Pandemic on top of all of that can really raise the bar dramically within all those, so way more anxious, im behind the screen for eight hours throughout the day and having minimum interaction of reallife students, and thats one of the major parts about college, is the fact that you can work with stents from all around the country and working in a field that is passionate to you personally, so when things arshifted er to a computer screen, those feelings are just increased by so, so ch, being that you can feel isolated and by yourself anno one is really there with you because thats what it really are held over zoom instead of being in person. Danielle, will has had at least the opportunity to have several years in college, of more of a normal college experience. Freshmen are having a very different experience this year. What are your concerns about t the cognitive developm generation z due to these restrictions . It is y fair to that this year is unlike any Previous Year frankly in history, and gen z is really experiencing something unprecedented for themselvesas well. As a clinical psychologist, i like to come with a frame of ce hope and resiliwhen i think about generation z are those born after 1996. They carry with them an incredle amount of hope an resilience. Members of gen z are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation, and theyare on tracto be the most welleducated generation yet. They are also digital naves who have no memory of a world before smart phones, and this makes technology a uniq part of their developmental experience. Both their brain and social developmental experience. And there see of coperils and promises that come along that being said, there are a lot of vulnerabilitiez that gen x experiencing, some of which you reviewed in your intro, and the toll of covid19 is taking an adverse effe on gen z. While americans overall on average are not more lonely as a result of the pandemic for example, generation z or young adults today are indeed saying they are more lonely, more isolated, and experiencing more depression and anxiety. Will, what are you hearing from your peers, your w iends about they are getting through this time . Its a very rough time because as you stated, this is such a different time of year. Everybody dealing with it all at the same time. This is new for everybody, so just having somewhat of a mmunity built weather on social media or platform online is a great way to get through this because you are being coab to unicate with other folks and students who are going you, so keeping an open dialogue and keeping the conversation going and expressing and sharing our feelings with eachother is a great way were able to get through these hard times. Danielle, you created an app called not nod through hope lab. Can you tell us what it does and how it is meant to help College Students . Se. Build resilience and gy to skills among young people, adolescents and young adults. With nod, we wanted to reduce the burden of the impact of loneliness on young peoples wellbeing. Create a sense of community, like will was describing p outside of the experience. Nod has three main features. First, it gives students ideas, which are prompts based on the science of social connecting, that help students take small, achiev le steps toward meeting new friends, going eper with people they start to have connections with in college. The second feature of nods reflections but these are short, and apt exercises that help students process the feelings that come with taking a ance in meeting new people and reflecting that sometimes that goes well and wanting those feelings er sit lo and sometimes it doesnt go so well and wanting to help students reflect on the with the lens of self compassion. Third, everything we do at hope lab is cocreated directly with young people themselves, so we have sourced ofa number testimonials directly from College Students about the experience of meeting new people, making new friends, and connecting in college. The idea here to help other students realize making new friends in college is noeasy. It takes work, and it can be done with effort. Will, i see you nodding there. Tell usabout your experience in finding nod and how it has worked for you. Yes , my process of finding nod was through the hope labs platform. Ive been connected with hope lab the past two ars, so when i saw they were developing a platform to help college of dailymotion of life, i was trigued, so i gave it a try, and as danielle expressed, there are so many elements to it that are crafted and developed to help college ts studavigate these issues in their lives, so whether its reflections or whether picking up a prompt that helps you get through your day just a bit better or incrnsse those emotyou are feeling, its just overlaying in such a beautiful experience to go through and share with othe friends. My personal experience, i found whenever i was feeling a certain way, i wa able to navigate that feeling