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You are watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors at the weekend. Tv, television for serious readers. She teaches American History at university is the wishes a professor, a Mcknight University professor, the rudolph chair in immigration history and the director of the immigration History Research center. Lee is the author of three awardwinning books in u. S. Immigration, americas gates, chinese immigration during the exclusionary era, 18821943, and angel island, gateway to america in the making of asian america, a history. At the immigration History Research center she has helped to merge immigration history with the digital humanities. She launched and oversees the National Endowment for the humanities funded immigration story project which works with recent immigrants and refugees to collect, preserve and share their experiences. Her book america for americans a history of xenophobia in the United States is the subject of tonight talk. Please welcome erika lee.
There. There. Back into the 60s, we had a nice golden hugh start to the day for you there. Mostly sunny skies away from the coast, a few touches of fog. For the most part everybody will enjoy the sunshine. Temperatures this morning just as colds as yesterday morning. Santa rosa one degree above freezing. 33 to start your day. 51 in San Francisco. Low 40s in oakland. Livermore at 47. Widespread 60s once again. Low 60s at the coast. Upper 60s inland. We cool it down getting back to work on monday and breezy weather also will bring up the possibility of fire danger. No advisory in place at the moment. Thankfully by tuesday afternoon rain moving into the bay area. Well detail this and a look at afternoon highs for today, coming up. Union city police are looking for Surveillance Video or possible witnesses to a deadly shooting at sara elementary school. Investigators say both young victims were inside a van at 1 30 yesterday morning. The boys were 11 and 14 years ct student and the other a