Pleased to have with us Toni Morrison for indepth conversation about her lifes work. Toni morrison, as he began, ive seen several citations that you told people that its easiest best most apt to describe you as a black woman novelist. Is that correct . Absolutely. What are we the public to take away from your choice of those three words . I think it was an attempt on my part to choose to be given the status of honorary white male writer. Generally speaking, womens work has been reduced to regional or merely or people complement ethnic writers by saying or implying that they are as good as mainstream writers and whereas i understand the complement, i thought it would be better for me to, at least in the late 60s early 70s to establish once and for all that all three of those things play, and black, i am a woman, and im a writer and they go together. Youve also always been a teacher. Yes. Why is that important to who you are and what you do . Edit quite know what else to do when i gradua
Left the line uncapped and thats how debris clogged it up. The sewer Plumbing Company has not returned my calls for comment. In millbrae, sergio quintana, abc 7. Were still not in the clear when it comes to stormy conditions. We saw spotty showers and even hail in San Francisco. David posted this video on instagr instagram. He slowed it down so you can clearly see peasized hail that fell this morning. El ninopowered storms caused a string of problems in the south bay. San jose firefighters say rain overnight led to dozens of calls for spinouts to downed wires. Alameda off ramp on northbound 880 in san jose reopened around 7 00 this morning after closed for several hours because of flooding. Lets take a live look outside right now. We can see dark clouds from our bay bridge toll plaza camera but blue skies as well, sun trying to peek through. Were getting a brief break from the rain. Sandhya patel tracking the rain. Favor this break. The isolated showers we have right now will turn into
It was so strong, so strong, that i just thought leave it. I got my prius to the top of the driveway, and it died. Reporter the debris flows to the ocean. Today, county workers tested water for e coli. Its not safe to be in the water three days after its been raining. Levels are high at this point. Businesses are just now drawing out from sat rating swells. It is seeping through underneath the door. We had to shut down a little bit early. Reporter kirby is overwhelmed. I lost my dads computers and trying to handle his estate. I need into his computers. The paper work is a disaster. Reporter in santa cruz county, abc7 news. Flood rivers covered green valley road today. One driver got stuck and the ducks are just casually floating by. A tow truck arrived to help bring it back. A creek flooded this roadway. Drivers continued through, and the water didnt just flood roads, but the land around it flooded. The creek often floods during heavy rainfall. Bay area storms are back, and the drought
Strong we were lucky to be alive. Flooded out. Residents lose just about everything when a wall of water sweeps through their homes. Good evening, im kristin zee in for dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We do have live team coverage. Abc7 news is in millbrae, Wayne Freedman in sonoma county. By begin in santa cruz county, ich took a hit from the storms that began on friday. Katie . We have experienced scattered showers today, but the force of the storm is evident by the amount of debris on beaches behind me, and by the mess that Business Owners and oem owners are cleaning up, today. It hit without warning. Robin shows us the mess in her friends home. It was so high, it filled up the drawers. The river rose rapidly during saturday nights rain storms. Then, i heard it sounded like water fall down here. And i was like, holy crap. Reporter they tried to grab things from the lower level. It was so strong, so strong, that i just thought leave it. I got my prius to the top of the driveway, and it die
Reporter incredible. We areaa kind of looking at thef scene right now from sky 7 hd and the flashing lights and Emergency Responders. Train car into the water. How did ot iutt i mean just surprising how often so shocking for you to realize what had happened. Yes, it was pretty scary. The the Emergency Responders were they were really good very coordinated. They pretty much we waited there. We waited in the train for about half hour and after that they pretty much got us off the train and walk about quarter of a mile like i said to 84 and took down all our names and birth date and pretty much want to make sure that everyone is accounted for all the passengers. I guess the cops were cops and firefighters are awesome. Reporter yes that is good to hear. They managed to get everybody out of that train car. 200 people on the train. 14 injured. 10 minor injured. 4 serious none life threatenin threatening. This is a fluid situation. Thanks for giving us your account of what happened again john