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b"On today's show:\\xa0 In a scathing ruling, a U.S. District Court Judge blocked the Trump Administration's attempt to add a question on citizenship to the 2020 Census. William Barr, Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, testified at his Senate confirmation hearing that he will not impede the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Trump/Russia, but would not commit to publicly releasing Mueller's full report, or recusing himself from oversight of the probe, even if DoJ ethics officials recommended it. Barr previously wrote and circulated a lengthy memo last year undercutting Mueller's investigation. Moderate House Democrats declined the White House's invitation to meet to drive a wedge between them and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as Democrats unify in their refusal to cave to Trump's demand for a border wall. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is creating long lines at TSA checkpoints at major airports, and federal employees are being forced to turn to charity food banks to help feed their families. Los Angeles Times' Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and business columnist MICHAEL HILTZIK explains the options for the State of California in responding to the bankruptcy announcement of the state's largest privately-owned utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric, which is facing some $30 billion in potential liabilities for historic, deadly wildfires linked to PG&E's failure to maintain its equipment. Hiltzik discusses the pros and cons of what would be a radical, if potentially profitable, investment by the state, and how the company's failures portend similar threats to fossil fuel-reliant firms, insurance companies and state governments as the increasingly brutal effects and costs of climate change undercut profitability. Plus Desi Doyen joins us for the latest 'Green News Report'..."