well, that s a loaded question peter. wonderful to be with you part of it is that i was born and raised in huntsville, alabama and surrounded by engineers who came to huntsville to in the race to put the man on the moon. so engineering was a very common degree that people pursued i needed money for college. my activist parents were broke and vanderbilt offered me a merit scholarship on forever grateful. i loved science and math and i use the logic of engineering in my writing you could particularly i think see it in my most recent book where i m a self-hot-taught historian, but i bring a systems analysis. to the structures that create racial inequality. so there s a connection there. it s helps me to think critically. well that path began in huntsville, alabama. it went through vanderbilt university and then to oxford university masters in english law jd from harvard. and then a clerkship with supreme court justice thurgood marshall the clinton white house and finally to auth
In. And the millionaire millennial. The 20yearold with 282 million reasons to smile. He can pop the champagne. He just cant drink it. Good evening, and thank you for joining us on a very busy saturday. Im cecilia vega in for tom llamas. We begin tonight with complete panic and chaos in hawaii after that Emergency Alert sounded across the islands just after 8 00 a. M. Local time. Residents seen running for cover. Families hiding in bomb shelters. Take a listen. This is not a drill. Take immediate action measure. Reporter the dire warning of a Ballistic Missile threat buzzing on cell phones stripped across television sc residents told to seek immediate shelter, quote, this is no it took 38 minutes for the all clear for some people. E message, a human error false alarm, and it comes weeks after missile alert system in the event of an attack by north korea following kim jonguns repeated tests. In hawaii tonight the governor saying an employee at shift change is to blame, but there are so m
Im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. Today is going to be beautiful it hasnt been bad at all. Its been good. Yes youre dressed in your summer white. I know beachy i have like half of the beach around my neck. No more shells left. Its all good things. Speaking of good things, meteorologist amy freeze is over there. Good morning to both of you. Didnt you work late last night . I worked the 11 00 news last night. Every single show except for the morning. I dont want to say its easy, because its so difficult, but it has been a very pleasant pattern, so not a lot to get worked up over. We vii 30 degrees right now in central park, and the skies are looking good. Its going to be a cool day today, and we start off, and theres a few clouds around the city. Chilly, 53 in sussex, monticello, 54 degrees, and i think we should get everyone in the 80s with a good deal of sunshine, and its a comfortable, goodlooking day, and theres a front stalled just offshore, and it could affect us over th
In addition the department of the interior will give contractors flexibility to get water to farms and caution on facilities. How far do initiatives go . Abc7 news is in sonoma county. Local farmers there are hurting. They have a lot to worry about, still. If you think just because we had rain the drought has been alleviated youre wrong. Youre not a cattle rancher. Youre looking at what should be a large field of tall and growing hay. But in winter 2014 that would be wishful thinking. Nobody knew how bad its going to get now, were finding out hes a hay farmer with nothing left to sell. This barn is on the brink of emptiness contents speak to the shortage. Of the year would be half full. Now, i cant give what i dont have. Two rock region of sonoma county. I have a load of hay come out of texas the other day. The load costs 11,000 he only had to go to oregon to get i the consumer doesnt realize this is unless we get help from someone. It may put me out of business two more links in the c
Its opposed to lauras law. Any time you introduce force into a situation, where youre talking about someone getting treatment, where theyre forced to get a treatment, the ethic, how well that is going to work is going to fall apart because of that. Its not going to be as effective when shun cant choose for themselves. But the supervisor believes its a better alternative than the current system, where they can be held against their will up to 72 hours. Can only take place for a period of six months you cant force people to take m medication. I consider this a more humane option. If the board approves it would be put into place this year. And would be a Pilot Project with just five patients to determine if it works. Thank you, carolyn a shift in policy for firefighters in Contra Costa County. Crews will take a hands off approach with certain homes. Its a calculated move in the face of increasing danger. This was a major potgrowing operation. You can see how its gutted but because of the