especially up near walnut creek and pinol. about half an inch of rain an hour. now, the entire california coastline is now seeing heavy rain. you can see up and down the coast we ve got rain. look at all that yellow on your screen. we ve got heavy rain. you can see specks of yellow here. also and especially over los angeles where they have been pounded the past few days. they re already at 70% of the seasonal average. a lot of rainfall down there. we re going to see more overnight. here s a look at what we ll see tomorrow. actually mostly dry in the 7:00 hour. pam is surprised it will clear out this quickly. it s a fast-moving storm. potential for a few light showers. we ll see decreasing cloud cover throughout the day. at the 3:00 hour mostly sunny skies at a number of locations out there. first time we ve seen sun in quite some some. but how long will it stick around? new at 11:00: six california counties are under a state of emergency tonight because of the extreme storm
holiday spirits are being dampened across the western u.s. by a powerful weather system. several days of rain has led to mudslides, massive flooding and arizona homes have been literally ripped off their foundation by the surging waters. in california, weather conditions have forced govern arnold schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency for six counties. and in utah, fears about a dam failure triggered evacuations yesterday. city officials say the dam is still safe. nbc meengt bill karins will have much more on the weather and the all-important travel forecast. the 2010 census numbers are out and they show america s political map is about to change. we get more now from nbc s kristin dahlgren. 308,745,538 persons. reporter: for the first time america s population has topped 300 million. and again, the 2010 census shows a shift from the north and east where states saw losses or minimal gains to the south and west where populations are booming. this is the very fi
elect vincent gray will announce a permanent counselor tomorr. good evening, everyone. i m jim vance. tom jins us with the details. hi, tom. sourc tell us tonight that vincent gray i expected to name kyra henderson as the schoo administror. kyra hendson was e dputy under michelle rhee, but she seems much more community oriented. gray has said the commaer of the schools need to be more in tune of what the communy wants. ka henderson has fulfilled that for several months now. she will be announced tomorrow as t not the interim, but the chancellor of d.c. sools. is this the last of the top appointments? well, s, littit is. it s one ofhe biggest appointments you c ke. one othe biggesthingsas michelle rhee reforms, and everyone was wondering what wou happen next. but he still hasn t named a puty mayor for education. but key thing is kyra hendern, who has been interim chancellor, will be the chancellor for d.c. schools. tha you, om. good nit. on to the big story now, t
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conviction to not let him out of prison. saying any sensitive judge realizes that a lengthry prison term robs the convicted person of what we all value most: months and years with loved ones. some of who will no longer be there when the sentence is served. his wife has months to live. but that request from the attorneys was secondary to a recent ruling in skilling versus the united states. involving enron executive jeff skilling. a portion of that was overturned. skilling is a private citizen, ryan a public servant. judge paul meyers said the judge did not receive proper instructions but that s not enough to throw out the case. she is convinced the jury found some bribery. if it did, that s sufficient to sustain ryan s conviction even if the instructions were wrong. reporter: that s the legal issue. the fact that mrs. ryan is dying is the emotional issue, the one that tugs at the heart strings. but as judge paul meyer points out there are more compelling cases than this a