My guest today is funny. Shes a comedian, actor and a disability advocate. She who was born in the United States to palestinian immigrant parents. And since birth has been living with Cerebral Palsy, a condition which affects the brain and nervous system. Maysoon zayid believes comedy has the power to transform the lives of disabled people. She also says her standup comedy shows help normalize the perceptions of muslims, when many seek to demonize them. Can comedy really do all that . And where do you draw the line between whats funny and whats unacceptable . Maysoon zayid, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you so much for having me. I really want to shake your hand but i shake too much to shake. Laughs consider it done. Maysoon zayid, youve said if there were an oppression olympics, you would win the gold medal. Yes. Why do you say that . I would definitely win the gold medal because im palestinian, im muslim, im a woman of colour, im disabled and i live in Donald Trumps america. You dont ge
Its affecting. No, this is the bay bridge toll plaza, the backup over on the right side and we also see that fog rolling in over the last 15 minutes, weve seen the view really become obscured by the low clouds and fog right on the oakland side. Lets show you the map, again, thats the bay bridge toll plaza, the map shows you speeds coming into the area are just fine but you see slowing right where our camera is and were also noticing that the orange thats highlighted in the north bay, thats where theres even more fog, tougher visibility, sometimes down to hundreds of feet overnight, but look at Solano County thats the advisory for this morning. Anywhere south of there moves well, no crashes or incidents. A smooth drive for the freeways. This is new video posted online of a home in montecito at the height of tuesday mornings deadly slide. Within minutes mud levels in this home rose to waist high. Other homes were completely washed away. 17 people are confirmed dead, 17 more unaccounted f
A distraction so the slowing will stick around south toward possibly 84. The south bay and peninsula look great as far as the speeds go. This crash north 880 at seventh, motorcycle involved, sound like a motorcycle hit a pick yum truck and when thats the case oftentimes we see the driver okay. No slowing so im thinking they are out of lanes but chp has yet to arrive. The slowing we do is at the bay bridge toll plaza. The metering lights are on there and low clouds hover around but so far you can see just fine as you drive across the deck and down the east shore freeway. Where we saw that slowing coming down towards hercules the fog register is here. So the fog creeping through the area, probably had these fox tapping the breaks coming across the carquinez bridge. Developing news out of Southern California this morning, the search is intensifying for survivors in the deadly montecito mudslides. This comes as new video is surfacing into our newsroom showing the moment the devastating mud
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