Politics, the daily life, the challenges relating to the gaza strip. This event is the latest in meis george and Rhonda Salem Family Foundation series. Mr. George salem will be with us soon, i suppose. We are not relatives, although were both salems, but were distant cousins, perhaps. This event today is being live streamed from our web site, and i think also cspan3 is covering it as well. Itll also be available later as a video or a podcast from our web site as well. Because its being recorded and just for, you know, general decorum, please put your phones on silent. That are available at the front desk where you signed in. Were looking today at the critical political and humanitarian situation in gaza. A lot going on in and around the gaza issue. Tensions between the Palestinian Authority and in the movement itself shifts in the gulf involving saudi, uae, possibly impacting the situation in gaza. Gaza has been under a blockade for almost a decade now. Things have recently gotten wors
Come flying on up and she stood back in that corner there back in that corner hidden with this big pail of water that she used for bathing. I dont know how she did this. The kids came flying back and she doused them with this big bucket of water and she said you kids leave my kids alone. That was part of the dynamic. It was an integrated neighborhood. It was not one really of racial tensions. August wilson is such an iconic pittsburgh figure and all but one of his major plays really have pittsburgh themes whether its urban redevelopment , whether its the coming of drugs or whether its urban renewal later in the 1990s in the hill district. So he and his plays really capture an important part of pittsburghs history. Wilson had a real sense of place he walked the streets of the hill district. He never drove a car. He didnt have a license, didnt like driving and didnt like flying. He was a person who walked. He could walk for miles and as he walked he observed. He watched the guys on the c
And then for sure thursday. Look, there is a shawl decrease in the cloud deck, maybe you can get a bit of sun today but there is a lot of low clouds. 40s to 50s on the temperatures today. A strong system on tap for thursday. Today, 50s on the temperatures. What is going on at the bay bridge, sal . We saw some lights there. It looks like what ever it was was just pulled over to the parking lot. We may have safed ourselves from a saved ourselves from a terrible commute. Also i wanted to mention something close to the bay bridge, at 40th street, a pedestrian was hit by a car. Its a good area to avoid in oakland. Its near emeryville. So please give yourself extra time. In ooze, 23rd street at foot hill, thats another area to avoid because of police activity. If you are driving out to some of these commutes here, we have slow travel on the altamont pass. Lets go back to the desk. Erosion is claiming another piece of pacifica. This is on esplana dshes e avenue. There is a foot path in danger
It is time to start thinking any preparations that you need to take. The nice thing with this as we have some time. This will likely be an event on saturday. Things could change and lets take a look at the satellite picture. The center of circulation is making landfall now on the southwestern tip of haiti. They are looking at 15 to 25 feet of rain on such a country still trying to recover from the earthquake about six years ago. Is just not a good situation. You really feel for those folks. After it passes over haiti and heads up to the bahamas. Winds right now at 45 milesper hour. We will get another intensity update at about 7 50 or 8 a. M. Or 8 a. M. It is moving north at 9 miles perhour. Until the 11 00 advisory from the National Hurricane center. On wednesday the storm becomes a category three storm, and by thursday night it is sitting on the coast of florida. Coming up this morning we will likely have Tropical Storm watches or hurricane watches posted for florida. Look at that. A
California. Take a look at the rainfall totals adding up. I think they will pick up nearly two inches in cent ridge. The amounts tapering off for oakland and santa rosa. Here is our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. Be extra careful out on the barrier roadways. There are moderate downpours. You can see that the moisture is moving north to the south. Right now main focus approaching the southern portion of the bay area. Some parts of the bay area picked up a lot of rain. Other parts, morgan hill and gil roy, not so much. You can see it extending out forward fairfield. Notice we are not seeing any yellow or red indicating a heavy rainfall or intense rainfall. But moderate fan raul out toward hayward, dublin. It looks like over barry avenue, soto road and east avenue there could be a little heavier. Santa cruz, skots valley. Not much kovrnl for a place like san jose. Actually san jose reporting trace amounts of rainfall. This was the first system coming on board for t