Do you want to talk a little bit about the response to the book and what you have heard from people now that the book has been published . I believe there are many people who have been upset by the book. It is certainly an upsetting topic. Many do not want to relive the tragedy again. For the most part, the feedback i have received has been positive. One of the things that has occurred it has been gratifying is that many people think me for writing the book, which i appreciate command many people have said, i think every parent should read this book. And i hope my hope is, by reading the book they will lose a child, as i did. I will see that something can be terribly wrong when it is and not just write it off. So the fact that people are reading it and talking about it is very gratifying and what i hope to accomplish. I know that we appreciate the time and energy you put into this book, particularly the conversations about how people should be talking with their teens, asking the quest
A reminder, well have live coverage of mrs. Reagans funeral from the president ial library in simi valley friday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. White house spokesman josh earnest took reporters questions about the Supreme Court vacancy, last nights president ial primary and this is a one hour portion of todays briefing. Good afternoon, everybody. I do not have anything off the top so we can go straight to questions. Darlene, would you like to start . Do you have anything to add to your reports that u. S. Special forces are questioning the head of the Islamic State units trying to develop Nuclear Weapons . Unfortunately, i do not. Ive seen those reports. At this point im still constrained im still constrained by some Operational Security concerns from answering them. You do know there are u. S. Military forces that are on the ground in iraq that are part of these forces that are dedicated to carrying out raids, collecting intelligence and where possible getting access to high value targets, but
And furious. Hence, the flood watch, and then that Flood Warning on the Russian River which is the big story which well be following into the bay area weekend. Well get more with you in a little bit, bill. As bill just mentioned it has been a wild day of weather in the north bay. Thats where we sent ktvus john sasaki what joins us live from rohnert park. Reporter the north bay has been hammered by all this weather. Along with all that weather has come no shortage of problems. Around 11 00 a. M. A couple was driving in a toyota on Freestone Valley ford road. They came to a flood in the road and tried to drive through it which is never add visible. The car stalled, but they were able to get it to a dry stretch of roadway where they waited for rescue. The vehicle went into a foot to foot and a half deep of water and stalled out. Bodega bay fire arrived at scene and affected the water rescue which consisted of two of their members in swift water rescue gear walking out and assisting those
Hammonton, 30. Philadelphia, 42. Were chilly now, 31 in coatsville, pilots, 33. Quakertown up to the freezing mark, 32. Hammonton, folsom, 34. Glassboro, 38 degrees. Weve got work to do. Fortunately well see a lot of sunshine early on. Later this afternoon, some of this moves in here, but you can see were clear sca as a whistle up and down the eastern seaboard. Its clear and dry, yesterday was windy today we wont see the wind. 58 degrees is the forecasted high for trick or treaters and for folks heading to the lincoln financial field for Temple Notre Dame game. Lots of clouds, it stays dry, temperatures in the low 50s and upper 40s when the game is all said and done. When i come back new few minutes well talk about a huge warm up in the sevenday forecast. There are several days well get close to 74 or 75 degrees. Ill have that for you in just a bit. Fan fever is sweeping across the city. Check this out, the undefeated temple owls are hoping to stay perfect when they take on 9th ranked
Tom had a whole lot of credibility even before the blog started as a Supreme Court advocate. I first started writing about tom when he was a clerk, when he was interning for nina tote 10 berg at n 3 r. As on npr. As an up start, somebody who did not fit the mold as pete said and who was cold calling, the losers of cases in lower courts to see if they wanted to appeal to the Supreme Court, was a model that really hadnt been used before. I remember interviewing another top advocate of the, before the Supreme Court and asked him about tommy and he said, well, you know you wouldnt want your heart surgery done by the, by the heart surgeon who called you up and asked if he could do it. Who was that . That was a fellow by the name of john roberts who became a chief justice. I think he is sort of eating his words on that. So i think, tom had the reputation of a real innovator within this stuffy world of the Supreme Court and he was a good media source. So that when the blog came along i think