Wit, heumann served in bill Clintons Administration shaping disability policy in the department of education and was appointed by barack obama as the special adviser on disability rights for the state department. She is also a former senior fellow at the Ford Foundation and advisor to world bank. She joins us tonight to discuss her life, work, and new book, being human, an unprepen tent enemy interior of a disability rights activist. She will in conversation with tam la edwards. The science yours. Thank you very much. Thats wonderful. Andy, in the news age of social distancinged a great to see we can get it done and judy it was an honor truly to read your book, running theme in the book how often people tell you, people who should know, say i had no idea and im hopeful that people reading your book and joining in on the conversation tonight will be brought up to speed on what your fight has been about and all the changes you have made, and in fact thats where i wanted to start to give
Kansas but heres the thing about villanova they break your spirit. They break your will with their defense. It works against any team. Athletic team or team just average. They throw this pressure at you. They take time off shot clock and other team rushes a shot down other even. Great formula. Hopefully they will keep it going. Oklahoma is a good team that has beaten them by 23 points, jamie, on an aircraft carrier. That is not on a neutral floor in houston. Heres what they have going for them. Oklahoma, we have beaten them before they get over confident. The bad thing is, villanova is favorite in this game, which gives oklahomas attention. That is a bad thing. I think oklahoma looks at the this and says, wait, hold it a second. We are under dog in this game. That will charge them up. Bulletin board material. Cats could get to the first championship since 1985. Know of nation welcomed everyone back. And then jay wright says there is a difference this time then the last time they went t
Step outside, it you will not really needed this morning. Metinka it feels really nice out this morning. 50 degrees already. No rain to worry about. That is going to change. Later on this afternoon, well have a little bit of light rain, light drizzle. Temperatures today still today stay really mild. Temperatures will start out decent and then fallout into the 30s. That would change the rain over into a wintry mix. We have a winter storm watch to talk about. Eric thank you metinka. Millions of americans are expected to hit the road this morning for their holiday travel. But officials are warning to stay alert and vigilant, amid heightened concerns over potential terror plots. Shaina humphries has the latest. What are Law Enforcement officials doing to keep americans safe this Holiday Season . Shaina travelers this week should expect steppedup security at airports and train stations across the country. The tsa is advising to get to the airport even earlier, to allow for extra screening t
You are watching kcci eight news. Eric also this morning, were live at a central iowa holiday tradition. A beautiful a preview of the one, festival of trees and lights ahead. Good morning everyone. Thanks for waking up with kcci 8 news this morning. Elizabeth its on wednesday, november 25th. We will get right over to metinka and no need to bundle up metinka . Metinka it is feeling really warm out, 50 degrees right now in des moines. Cooler to the north, 43 in ames. All the locations across the state are waking up to temperatures above freezing. You dont have to worry about slick spots and right now theres no precipitation. We will have drizzle, pockets of fog developing but temperatures will stay warm. 53 degrees, a good getaway day. Weather turns a bit yucky and we start with impressive rainfall totals, maybe 12 inches in central iowa changing to a wintry mix. That will be followed by a chilly, breezy black friday. Eric millions of americans are expected to hit the road this morning f
You should not take for granted. Entire weekend is about paying tribute to kobe bryant, his daughter gigi and david stern, late nba commissioner. To honor kobe bryant and his legacy, its a beautiful time, its a beautiful time. Good morning to you. Im victor blackwell. Im a. M. Ma walker in for christi paul. We begin with breaking news. Hundreds of americans stuck aboard a cruise ship quarantined in japan for nearly two weeks because of coronavirus are about to finally get off. Very soon, theyre going to be bused from the diamond princess to the airport in tokyo and then theyll board charter planes back to the u. S. More than 400 americans have been on board the ship for the past 12 days now. At least 46 of them have tested positive for coronavirus. Cnns matt rivers is at the airport in tokyo where evacuees will be boarding their flights pretty soon. Were going to start with will ripley. He is in yokohama where the buses are standing by to take the passengers. Walk us through it. What d