Article about midwest cities trying to adjust to a more hightech future as part of our spotlight on magazine series. Thank you for joining us today. Good morning. Host we have heard the phrase rustbelt to represent these industrial towns across the midwest. Why are they now being called the brain belt . Guest the rust belt dates back to around the early 1980s. The rust belt has been hanging over some of these towns or cities for a while now. The idea of having to reinvent themselves is a long time coming. I think what we are hearing now is if you things. Sense that the United States is still a major manufacturer, but it will not be making the same things going forward. So the loss of certain types of manufactured goods to china or asia or anywhere else is being replaced by other goods, which tend to be higher tech, more advanced techniques, and require different skill sets to produce. So we see a shift across the country. In terms of the rust belt itself, you do still have a core of ma
Golden gate. Were look at all green conditions as we look at the big picture map. We have an issue in downtown sonoma a construction crew hit a gas line. Well talk about that in less than ten. Happening today, two suspects in the murder of a film scout at San Franciscos twin peaks will make their first Court Appearance. 19yearold lamont mims and fantasy decuir shot and killed Edward French on twin peaks for his camera. We have learned that mims was released from jail just six days before the murder. He was arrested for a firearms possession charge and he was convicted of that charge and was released on his own reing so that distance. French was a film location scout and may have been at twin peaks working at the time. He got a break when less than two weeks after his murder a man and woman were robbed at gunpoint for their camera equipment. A College Professor arrested in in the bay area for a deadly stabbing in chicago is head back toillinois. The professor Wyndham Lathem waived his r
Hour off with what is expected to be unfortunately a pretty miserable weekend for about 80 million americans in about 40 states. Much of the west is still digging out from a blanket of snow. Now rain and snow. Forecasters are warning that scenes like this, this avalanche, triggered by a skier in Washington State will be all too common when the mountains get another foot of snow. And preparations are underway for another storm system moving to the southeast bringing a rare mix of snow and ice from birmingham to atlanta. All the Stormy Weather is creating chaos from coast to coast. Reporter winter 2017 is off to a slippery and frozen start with cold or winter advisories. In watertown, new york, i81 is like a graveyard of stranded vehicles. In boulder, colorado, the temperature is near zero. This delivery truck is stuck. Pinched up alongside another car. I slipped into his acura. Deicing at airports, but flights were cancelled. And in the south georgia transportation crews preparing to pr
Hour off with what is expected to be unfortunately a pretty miserable weekend for about 80 million americans in about 40 states. Much of the west is still digging out from a blanket of snow. Now rain and snow. Forecasters are warning that scenes like this, this avalanche, triggered by a skier in Washington State will be all too common when the mountains get another foot of snow. And preparations are underway for another storm system moving to the southeast bringing a rare mix of snow and ice from birmingham to atlanta. All the Stormy Weather is creating chaos from coast to coast. Reporter winter 2017 is off to a slippery and frozen start with cold or winter advisories. In watertown, new york, i81 is like a graveyard of stranded vehicles. In boulder, colorado, the temperature is near zero. This delivery truck is stuck. Pinched up alongside another car. I slipped into his acura. Deicing at airports, but flights were cancelled. And in the south georgia transportation crews preparing to pr
Hour off with what is expected to be unfortunately a pretty miserable weekend for about 80 million americans in about 40 states. Much of the west is still digging out from a blanket of snow. Now rain and snow. Forecasters are warning that scenes like this, this avalanche, triggered by a skier in Washington State will be all too common when the mountains get another foot of snow. And preparations are underway for another storm system moving to the southeast bringing a rare mix of snow and ice from birmingham to atlanta. All the Stormy Weather is creating chaos from coast to coast. Reporter winter 2017 is off to a slippery and frozen start with cold or winter advisories. In watertown, new york, i81 is like a graveyard of stranded vehicles. In boulder, colorado, the temperature is near zero. This delivery truck is stuck. Pinched up alongside another car. I slipped into his acura. Deicing at airports, but flights were cancelled. And in the south georgia transportation crews preparing to pr