Pleased to have with us Toni Morrison for indepth conversation about her lifes work. Toni morrison, as he began, ive seen several citations that you told people that its easiest best most apt to describe you as a black woman novelist. Is that correct . Absolutely. What are we the public to take away from your choice of those three words . I think it was an attempt on my part to choose to be given the status of honorary white male writer. Generally speaking, womens work has been reduced to regional or merely or people complement ethnic writers by saying or implying that they are as good as mainstream writers and whereas i understand the complement, i thought it would be better for me to, at least in the late 60s early 70s to establish once and for all that all three of those things play, and black, i am a woman, and im a writer and they go together. Youve also always been a teacher. Yes. Why is that important to who you are and what you do . Edit quite know what else to do when i gradua
Were drying out. This is good for the plants. Let them get the sun. Soak up some of the rain and process it. However, theres more to come. Theres a shot from berkeley and fog yet again. This is more radiation fog than they are typical patent invection fog. Around the golden gate. Whatever, this will be clearing out for us as we go into the day today, sun comes up, well go into a mostly sunny mode. Let everything soak up before our next patch coming our way. As far as the sky view from space, high clouds may come to pass. For the most parent, uneventful compared to what we will be going through. Mild as we start the day. Its all that moisture in the atmosphere. 60 going on for richmond. 61 for oakland. 58 howard. 58 for San Francisco and 60 going on for vallejo. In contrast to 24 hours ago, we are more behind, predicting those inland spots at 12 degrees behind. And san jose at 6. Heres a look at how things break down today. We have clearing skies, mild drying out, just briefly. Next sto
In in vallejo, all over the bay area, southern california, as east as utah, this video is from las vegas and utah, scientists from the Smithsonian Center said on twitter, he believes its from a Chinese Rocket that originally blasted off in late june, breaking into two pieces in the chi. So manmade. There are three different meteor showers happening now, but likely this was a large piece of space junk that broke up very slowly over the west coast earlier tonight, gave a beautiful, beautiful picture there for a while, but likely manmade. Thank you. Now to the Democratic National convention. Don champion is in philadelphia, a powerful endorsement for Hillary Clinton. Reporter indeed, good evening. Night three of the dnc was filled with emotion, and tough attacks on donald trump. It ended with a passionate speech from president obama, who passion, who tried to pass the baton to Hillary Clinton. Reporter Hillary Clinton made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National convention, along
Tonight. From Northern California to vegas. What are they . Also im asking you to join me to reject cynicism and reject fear this is kpix5 news. Mysterious lights in the sky from Northern California, to vegas. What are they . Also join me to rejection cynicism, and fear, and summon what is best in us. To elect Hillary Clinton, the next president of the United States. President obama says he is ready to pass the baton. A look at the strange lights in the sky. Here is paul . There were about 29,000 pieces of large space junk circling the earth, and people saw something come in the sky, about two hours ago, people saw in in vallejo, all over the bay area, southern california, as east as utah, this video is from las vegas and utah, scientists from the Smithsonian Center said on twitter, he believes its from a Chinese Rocket that originally blasted off in late june, breaking into two pieces in the chi. So manmade. There are three different meteor showers happening now, but likely this was a
Could this visit mean . We are live in rome with the very latest this morning. Good morning, everyone. Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. I felt like i havent seen you in weeks. Welcome back. Im glad to be back. Im zoraida sambolin. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east on december 2nd. So many questions on what caused that deadly train redetailment in new york city. The pictures are stunning. Four people were killed and 67 others injured and 11 critical when this metro north train went careening off the tracks sunday morning. The ntsb is investigating and will no doubt be looking at speed and brake failure as two possible causes. This morning, metro north has started the process of upriding these train cars which you can see laying on their side right now. Cnns Alexander Field is live in the bronx in new york. What is the latest . Reporter they are trying to right side the train cars and starting in the back of the train where the locomotive