Youtube channel with 325,000 subscribers. She has hosted numerous space and science related shows, among them nasas unexplained and she gives talks about spaceflight all over the u. S. And america. Please give a warm welcome to amy teitel. [applause] bring it down to short level. [laughter] good morning, everyone and thank you for coming to listen to me talk first thing in the morning including myself. There is Something Weird about hearing your bio read like that. Ill try to live up to everything that was said about me. So, i want to start with the presentation of who has heard of the story of the mercury 13, look at the number of hands, 15 or 20 some times called the astronaut trainees. There is no way to. My talk swell rita off the phone. If you do not know the story of the mercury 13 i will explain it later dont worry. Its a story of 13 women who train for spaceflight in the 1960s and took on nasa with the goal of writing the wrong of sexism. Nasa at the time did not allow women to
Member for the president s Reelection Campaign, talk about the africanamerican vote. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. This is the federal holiday marking the life of dr. Martin luther king jr. Today is the National Holiday and this is a live picture of the mlk memorial in washington, d. C. After about 20 years of planning and fundraising, this memorial twoopen to the public in thousand 11. The mlk holiday became law in 1983, signed by ronald lakin reagan into law. How are Race Relations doing as we enter 2020 . Are they Getting Better . 2027488000 is your number. If you think Race Relations are getting worse, 2027488001. If you are not sure, 2027488002 is your number. You can send us a text at washington journal. The number is 2027488003. Please leave your name and the town you are calling from. You can post a comment at facebook. Com cspan or a comment at cspanwj. Usa is the fro
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It is a cool morning, 41 degrees and santa rosa and san jose, 45 degrees in oakland and 40 degrees in livermore, i will have more on your new years eve forecast coming up. Here is a quick look at the bay area roadways. That is highway 24 in lafayette, that is looking good in both directions, so if you do have to work today, it looks like some people are up and they do have to go to work if they are on 24, heading to the east bay, you are looking just fine this morning. There is the approach to the toll bridge, bay bridge toll plaza right there, a few more cars coming in, and 880 and oakland, going right by the coliseum, down the interstate right now. Several bay areas are celebrating to make your new years eve fun, caltrain, the transit, bta are also providing rights. They are still charging fares, and charging by more than 5 starts tomorrow. We are following breaking news, thousands of angry protesters gathered outside of the u. S. Embassy and the group that made it inside the compoun
Were shaping up. Not many clouds in the skies tonight. It will be a nice new years eve. This way . Here we go last sunrise of 2019. Absolutely beautiful start to this tuesday morning. It has been a cold start as well as we have temperatures in the bay area in the upper 30s to the mid to upper 40s. 47 degrees to get your morning started in San Francisco. 42 degrees in livermore and in san jose. If youre heading out the door this morning youre going to need a jacket. It is chilly. Mostly sunny though. Partly cloudy later tonight with high clouds develop throughout the evening hours. But really nothing that will impede the way of your new years eve celebrations. There is a chance for showers later on this week. I will give you more of a detailed forecast plus what exactly you could expect on your new years eve, so you could make all your plans coming up. Thanks. We are continuing to follow breaking news out of iraq where hundreds of Shiite Militia supporters have broken into the u. S. Emb