Project that youre work on. This is something you have continued past the life of the book. Could you talk a little bit about what youre doing there and how its succeeded since the book and the movie have come out . So. Yeah so, yeah, the human computer project. Essentially, what i was so surprised to discover doing the research for Hidden Figures is how many women were involved in computing, as i talked about before. Not just at nasa, but at all of these other organizations. And so this is really a way to try and catalog all of the women who were involved in doing this work in the early days of computing and really understand, you know, what kind of work they were doing and also to get a snapshot of women in these fields and see if theres something that we might learn from those early pioneers that we can apply to women working in these fields today. So if people want to participate, they can find it onlinesome. Yep. The humancomputerproject. Com, or you can reach out to me at margo l
Sitdown with modern familys Eric Stonestreet talking about the hit show and where he got the inspiration from his character, cam. In my portal sort of into the character was one line in the original audition which is when i revealed the mural in lilys room. Cam walks in and goes, oh, my god, do you love it . And i heard that line, im like, who does that remind me of . And it was my mom. A sunday sitdown with Eric Stonestreet plus harry smith a little bit later in the morning. Lets begin this morning with that breaking news overnight as nate makes landfall as a category 1 hurricane. This is the First Time Since katrina that a hurricane has hit mississippi. Nate is the fourth hurricane to hit the u. S. In just four weeks. Its now weakened to a Tropical Storm. People will be feeling the effects for quite some time. We have team coverage. Lets begin with nbcs Kerry Sanders in biloxi, mississippi. Good morning. Good morning, hallie. You can see the power behind me. The boat broke from the m
You. Later willie has a sit down with Eric Stonestreet talking about modern family and where he got the inspiration for his character. It was one line in the original audition which is when i revealed the mural. Cam walks in, oh, my god do you love it . I heard that line and i go who does that remind me of. It was my mom. A sunday sit down with Eric Stonestreet. Harry smith later in the show. Let begin with that breaking news overnight as nate makes landfall as a category 1 hurricane. This is the First Time Since katrina that a hurricane has hit mississippi. And nate is the fourth hurricane to hit the u. S. In just six weeks. Its now weakened to a Tropical Storm but people will feel its effects for quite some time this morning. We have team coverage. Lets begin with Kerry Sanders in biloxi, mississippi. Reporter good morning. You can see the power of Mother Nature behind me. This boat broke from its moorings and was deposited on the beach. Now laying on its side. Let me take you above
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Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. At least four republican senators say the gop senate bill to replace obamacare doesnt go far enough as is, and they will vote against it. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says hes open to discussion, but with no democrats to support the measure, the defection of just three republican senators would sink the legislation. Weijia jiang is in washington with the details. Weijia, good morning. Good morning, meg. Those conservative holdouts say theyre also open to negotiation. Youre right. The current plan is not a true repeal of the obamacare. He says hes very supportive of the Senate Version, but, of course, he doesnt get a vote. Health cares a very difficult situation. In an interview with fox friends President Trump addressed the four conservative republican senators with their refausal to get on plan and replace and repeal obamacare. Theyre friends of mine. Well get there.