Media. She spoke in an event at the university of georgia in athens, georgia. [applause] thank you. When you say i do all those things now i know why i am tired. [laughter] when you become a feminist activist i havent had a chance to wash my hair in 30 years. [laughter] im just giving you fair warning. Im so glad to be here and im stunned and delighted and humbled by the enormity of the attendance and its very special particularly to hear that you do throughout the year and clearly the womens studies presence. Theres enough energy in this room to light a city block. Clearly throughout the year that you dont just settle for womens History Month which i had my moments of ambivalence about because there is black History Month and theres womens History Month and then the other 10 months are pellmell months . [laughter] so we need to have a little available room and spread. We are going to cover a lot of ground so im going to leap right in. I thought that for some of the fresh lemon and wom
About. Weve pivoted from the Severe Weather, because thats still an issue, to the flooding. There is massive flooding going on right now in the florida panhandle, from the alabamaflorida border all the way to just outside pensacola, massive flooding. Weve got video from i10 in florida, where there are literally hundreds of cars stranded on i10 right now. Vivid lightning. Upwards of 5,000 lightning strikes per hour. Folks are stranded there. There are reports of Rushing Water across i10 with no relief in sight. They will not be able to get out any time soon. Wilson, north carolina, there have been really strong rescues going on right now because people have been trapped in trees and homes. The same thing going on in pensacola. You can see right now, look at this, standing water, big problems. Wilson, north carolina, they have been dealing with this. Folks have been rescued from trees, from their homes. There are also high water rescues going on in homes right now in the ascambia county,
This is the cbs morning news for monday, march 31st, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, today is the deadline to sign up for the Affordable Care act. The government said more than 2 Million People visited the website over the weekend. The Obama Administration is making a final push, urging people to enroll and avoid a penalty. Susan mcginnis is in washington. Susan, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Now, the website did have some glitches over the weekend in a lastminute rush for people to sign up, but it was nothing like what happened during the first rollout when all those glitches became apparent. The white house said more than 6 million have signed on so far, but that reflects those who have chosen a plan on the exchanges, not those who have made the first premium, and thats the final step toward the completion of the enrollment. The deadline is now hours away. Andrew morton of maryland has been trying to sign up on healthcare. Gov, but no luck.
This is after a driver accused of stealing a car leading police on a high speed chase, severe injuries this morning. This is on 680 in the danville area and its still effecting traffic today. Tara moriarty is out on the scene. Also looking at traffic effects this morning. We will get to them in a moment. Thank you for joining us im pam cook. Middle of the week. Middle of the week already. Good morning im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, i had the heater on this morning. A little cool there. I had a sweatshirt on. We do have a little patchy fog. It will be clear this morning for most. We have 40s. Definitely for many locations or 50s. Low 50s. Lots of sun and breezy at times. Patchy fog. It looks like it wants to hang out in santa cruz. Mid 40s for some. Low 50s for others. So its definitely a little cool out there. There is a pretty good breeze for some. Not for all. Fairfield southwest at 18. Oakland has a westerly breeze. Sfo also showing west at 16 and gusts t
Good morning, good to be with you. Im annemarie green. The u. S. Is joining the hunt for hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian School girls. Eight more girls were abducted in northeast nigeria by suspected islamic militants yesterday. The u. S. Is sending a team of technical experts but no armed forces. The kidnappings and the nigerians failure to rescue the girls has sparked international outrage. Susan mcginnis is in washington with the details. Good morning, susan. Annemarie, good morning. The new kidnapping are bringing more attention on the nigerians inability to rescue even wouf these girls who have been separate and may be tougher to find and the growing insurgency. Now in a rare move the Nigerian Government is accepting the u. S. s help and they say they can except a very, very rapid response. For three weeks theyre searching to find hundreds of girls abducted from their dorms. President obama confirmed with megan glaros of our chicago station the white house is now stepping in to hel