Teacher talked about how it appears to be that color because of the reflection and the sunrises going on around the world. So weve been showing that to you live. Its happening. Were watching history as it happens. Nasa is showing it and you can watch and have your tv on and your computer, ktvu. Com. But you got to stay us with. Its wednesday, january 31st. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. Lets go to steve paulson. Youre looking this moon stuff. Total began in ten minutes ago so thats why were starting to get that blood appearance hence the name. Pretty. Well max out at 5 29. Another 28 minutes to go. Not too shabby. Skies clear. I like it. Go ahead, pam. Steve, i meant to say that was brought to us from the uss hornet where theres a party going on. Very good. Over by the a little fog. Some might sneak into the city. I hope not, but it looks like. Sunset district and if youre out that way, you can let me know. Other than that, i think were good. There will be a little cloud cover going to th
Too hard on the banks. In his confirmation hear, he said that he would, quote, continue to consider appropriate ways to ease regulatory burdens. When i asked him if there was a single financial rule he thought should be stronger, just a single provision in one of the feds dozens of rules where there might be an unintended loophole or where an inknow stative product has innovative product has introduced a new risk into the system, he couldnt name a single one, not one. And my questions for the record, i also asked governor powell about a report that the Treasury Department put out last june. Now, this report was really just a cut and paste job of the banking lobbyists wish lists for rule rollbacks. Governor powell do not identify any recommendations in that report that he disagreed with. Again, not a single one. And thats not all. At governor powells confirmation hearing when my republican colleague senator kennedy asked him about whether there are any institutions today that are too bi
Direction and provides leadership for the civil works programs of the u. S. Army corps of engineers. In this position, mr. James will play a central role in ensuring the navigatability of the waterways. He will oversee the storm Risk Management and responses to emergencies like hurricanes that we saw in florida and in texas this past fall. He will also play a central role in modernizing americas aging water infrastructure. This week the committee on environment and public works, which i chair, has look at the needs of americas water infrastructure. These hearings are important steps as the Committee Works towards a new Water Resources Development Act which will be reauthorized this year. Its critical to have mr. James confirmed so he can partner with us in this important process. I look forward to working with mr. James on projects important to my state of wyoming. He has committed to me that he will work to prevent icejam floods like those that caused the water in our state to flood.
Then we are going to zero in on women in the labor market after the war, and follow that through the late 20th century. Today isimportant task to dispel the notion that american women went home after world war ii. American women workers did not go home after world war ii and we are going to do our best to wipe that notion out of our minds. Primary goal. If we can accomplish that we have done a lot. Before we dive into the arguments, i want to do a Free Association exercise. This is going to involve having you close your eyes, relax for a second, and im going to speak a phrase. I want to see what images walked into your minds eye. What images pop up . Is american women in the 1950. 50s. Can women in the 19 do any images come into your mind . Would you share . June cleaver. Great. We will come back to that area . Housewives. Anybody else . A different picture. How many of you thought of suburbia . Whennk it is the most we asked that question of most americans, we ask that of most america
Americans, not just college students, what comes into our mind is suburban housewives. The person that comes into my mind is june cleaver. I have been studying womens history for decades in the first image that pops into my mind is june cleaver. She wasnt even a real woman. My gosh, she is a sitcom character in leave it to beaver. That is the name of the show. Can you describe june cleaver . What is she wearing . A dress, prim and proper. An apron. Prof. Muncy fancy dress and an apron. Sometimes a high coller, not too low. It was still the 50s. Prof. Muncy pearls. Coiffed hair. Prof. Muncy when i picture june cleaver, i always picture her, got the pearls, got the coiffed hair, in stiletto heels frying bacon and vacuuming. This is very often the image we have of american women in the 1950s. One of the things we want to do is to shove june cleaver to the margins of our images of american women in the 1950s. We dont want to get rid of her entirely because suburbanization was an important