Gfx scott boxes we have Team Coverage of this devastating flooding. As we mentioned nbc bay areas krischez is the. She just talked to people who tried to stay in their homes to ride out the storm. So is bob redell, whos been talking to people who fled thier homes evacuating their homes overnight and this morning. But lets begin with meteorologist kari hall kari anim kari chroma wx at ck laura boxes gets back out to the scene of that massive flooding south but we may still have some waves of rain moving in. We just had crazy amounts of rain over the past several days. And as you see in morgan hill, weve had 5 1 2 inches of rain and it may have been even higher over the Santa Cruz Mountains we had 8 to 15 inches. And even spots like san rafael measuring a lot of rain, the amount that we should have for the whole month of january we had over a short period of time. And now once again, a few more breaks in those clouds, a chance to dry out, and a little bit of sunshine so that may help aid
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Issues, but i think we can get around them. I think we got the sense that there are serious and deep problems that need addressing. We thank you very much for coming to present your book and thank you to the panel. If you have questions we will be at the reception and just ask us in the informal setting. With that, our time is up. [applause] skraz oakland is 11th on the list. To find out the other cities making the top 20 list look for the article on booksquire. Com. Carla hayden was sworn in as the librarian of congress. She is the first woman and africanamerican to hold the position. Thomas jefferson sold most of his library to congress. The british burned the original library of congress when they invaded washington the year before. A later fire destroyed most of jeffersons books we still have some of them. They make up the heart of the library we have here today. Jefferson as you know was a very unique man. Others arranged books alphabetically or by size. He divided his library int
Both expressive and asserti assertiveness for boys and girls. I dont disagree with that. I think you ask t you should try to develop your child in all of the lessons and try to develop the creative side as well as the side of your child that is interested in building and construction. I would love to see that, but i am saying the child is going to go his or her own way. You can give a little girl a fire engine or a daughter gave the daughter a toy train and he came downstairs and she was playing with the train and said daddy, i am putting it to sleep. You try as best as you can to get your child to develop in another direction, it doesnt always work. The child comes with a nature and knows who he or she is and there is only so much you can do. If children are too wild we have to calm their natchurnature. We want boys to become gentlemen and we have to influence them. But that doesnt mean turning them to girls. That will not happen. They will find ways to avoid it. It is futile to attem
Former director of the faithbased and neighborhood partnerships is up next. Dot. [applause] we have been married for precisely 82 days now. If you see this go on my face, thats why. Thank you for being here. You know, one eye firstever working for barack obama, had no idea i would be sitting in a devotional every morning and become a spiritual adviser. Was a young preachers kid from nashville, tennessee working and a campaign check. Ive worked in his Senate Office but did not know him all that well and was doing and reach around the country, like so many others including many in this room which is privately and alone i would say for that young senator that he would wake up every day and have a purpose and joy and spirit and be protected along campaign trail. One of those moments of prayer i felt this nudged. A guy who had so many different supports, policy advisers, political support. What did he was looking after that aspect of his life. And decided that i should send him an email, a