Is, we are a nation of immigrants. And proud of it. Our rich, diverse heritage would not have been the same without the contribution of immigrants that have come from around the world. Contributions that have become a very part of the very fabric of our lives and our society. Millions of foreignborn millions of foreignborn who have come to the United States legally have become successful, patriotic citizens of the United States and we have been the beneficiary because of the opportunities that our nation provides that nowhere else on it provides and that is the opportunity to pursue the American Dream. But part of what makes the American Dream possible is the rule of law. Its our constitution. Its not president s getting frustrated with congress and issuing an executive order to find the constitution, ignoring his oath to uphold and defend the constitution of the United States. That undermines the American Dream. So i listened to my colleague and friend from illinois saying that this i
It. Whereas even something as smart as breaking bad you have all these moments where you just think, yeah. Thats kind of entertaining i suppose but its just unfortunate. And then could pick up a novel i suppose at that point. Does holding the adavan make you feel better . It really does. Thanks for allowing me to do that. We want to make you feel this is a good year. 2014. People are always interested to know, how do you get your ideas for your novels . How do you develop your characters . Whats your writing process for lack of a better way, theres kind of there are people, i have many writer friends who are eekers which is to say they write seven words a day but theyre all perfect. And there are blurters who they just spew out thousands of words, most of it is crap and they have to edit it back. Im like a constipated blurter which is the worst of all. How do you guys work . Just the whole work thing is not my forte. [laughter] you know, i actually think that i idleness is what i do be
100 years old and needed more business. So this is really the economy we see. When we look at the internet or look at the political challenges in the United States and all the issues and all the sniping, what we see is, when people selforganize, they use the internet to connect with each other and they work with each other. Then the economy works. Great. So i think people can envision transformation when it affects them and they have a hard time when it doesnt. People in d. C. Understand the transforming political effect of being able to raise money on line. In a recent conference, we had travis from uber. People can understand uber. The Maker Movement, many people in big servicesector cities like this have a hard time taking seriously why should the Maker Movement what is it and why should it be taken seriously . How many of you have heard of the home brew computer club. Great. So it was a group that met in the bay area in the 70s and it was a group of people who traded supplies and t
Thank you and a white house call to action for colleges. This should not be a democratic issue or a republican issue. A Bay Area University pledges to double the number of graduates in one key field. Now heres nbc bay areas jessica aguirre. Hello. Welcome to our class action education special. We begin with a provocative question. Can you get a Great College education without stepping foot in a classroom . A new school in San Francisco is promising just that. Now we first told but the minerva project recruited. You the founding class of freshmen is now enrolled at minerva. I dont remember which one of you said this. Reporter he is a 17yearold College Student from san diego who is debating his college classmates online. A very big advantage when they depend on them. Reporter when he applied to college, he got into selective schools like ucla, uc berkeley and nyu but he chose minerva. Based in San Francisco. I just want to win the opportunity to be part of the founding class and to cocre
The rain tapers off. The wind continues. Well see some high elevation gusts 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. Thats weaker than what we saw earlier today. Mount diablo 70 Miles Per Hour. Los altos hills 55 Miles Per Hour. So its been wet and windy an both will continue through the evening commute. Rain tapers off tonight but this is round 1. There is another round moving in, and that will hit us over the weekend. As we said, the highest rainfall totals are in the north bay. Kpix 5s da lin is in the north bay where its been raining hard in healdsburg. Da. Reporter yeah. Nonstop rain here, paul. Onetwo punch literally in the north bay. We got the strong rain and gusty winds. Take a look at this clogged storm drain forcing the water out of the manhole. Elsewhere we have downed trees and darkened homes. The morning started out with heavy rain causing pour visibility on the Poor Visibility on the freeway. At times windshield wipers couldnt clear the water fast enough. The wet roads caused quite a fe