Thanks so much. Its an honor to be here today to speak with you all about white house gardens. Both of our jims, both of the other panelists are named jim and both worked at the white house. So were going to run our panel differently at the end here, im going to open up for your questions because i feel its a unique opportunity for you to ask questions of people who worked on the gardens. Were the last panel of the day well finish the discussion on white house gardens by talking about gardens established since the Kennedy Administration so the last 50 years. In many ways the gardens have been inspired and used. Ill start by talking about some of the garden trends and movements that have inspired and influenced the development of the white house gardens and grounds. Also talk about first ladies and president s because in the last 50 years its been the first ladies that had the influence on the white house grounds. Perhaps more than any other first lady, Lady Bird Johnson was extremely p
And san jose did a bit earlier and highs only in the 50s today and pattern for us and highs have struggled to get out in the mid and upper 50s with possible thunderstorms and keep an eye on things for later today and coldest air yet to arrive and later tonight and tomorrow and bit of rain shower abilityivity mainly north of the golden gate after that its 50s and scattered showers, thundershowers look to be on the old weather menu with temperatures struggling to get up in the 50s and quite a weather pattern today. Several cars crashed just before 3 00 this afternoon and all southbound lanes were blocked to traffic as chp investigated. Officers have yet to say what led to the crash. 7 02 and number of bay area cases of the coronavirus keeps going way up. Right now theres 886 cases including 17 deaths. This map youre looking at shows the latest numbers county by county and Santa Clara County has 321 cases and 13 people have died. San mateo and San Francisco and alameda counties each have
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Will pause for one night only, so its famous bongs can ring in the new decade in london. Coming up in half an hour. Us soccer star Megan Rapinoe speaks to bbc sport about winning the world cup and being an outspoken voice on equal pay, lgbt rights and politics. The mayor of sydney says the citys famous new years eve fireworks display will go ahead, despite a call for the event to be cancelled because of the bushfire crisis affecting parts of australia. More than a quarter of a Million People have signed a petition urging the authorities to spend the money on fighting the blazes instead. More than 80 fires are still raging across large areas of new south wales. A warning this report from phil mercer in sydney contains flashing images. Its arguably the worlds most dazzling fireworks display, but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new years eve spectacular. They say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfire crisis. Sydneys lord mayor, clov