Bit. Our san jose cam remarks mostly cloudy skies in san jose. 52 right now in south bay. San jose. 50 in concord. Livermore at 49. 50 San Francisco. Mid40s for santa rosa. Through the afternoon, we are looking at temperatures again cooler compared to yesterday, 73 in concord. 73 stan san. 69 oakland. 65 for San Francisco. Still looking at mild to warm temperatures, very pleasant conditions. Well tell you what you can expect for tomorrow and the chance for drizzle. Were seeing the usual traffic patterns. Altamont pass and brakes lights out of tracy. 31 minutes from 205 to the dublin interchange. Looks like traffic is starting to load up there. First reports of a crash. Chicago highway. Bate looks, it is starting to back up a bit. Prenot daudt yo force [ no audio. ] a closer look at the delays. [ no audio. ] im anne makovec. We have new video coming in from hong kong this morning. Violent clashes continue. A lot focused right now around the Chinese University of hong kong, the protester
I feel like i should start off by saying welcome home. Pamela thank you. Im delighted to be home. Host all told, how many years of your reporting career or percentage have you spent overseas . Pamela i guess close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills you may say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i raveled overseas as a tourist, two unusual places, and i began o think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed t
Watch live coverage of the Miami Book Fair saturday and sunday on cspan2s book tv. How many years of your reporting career other percentage have you spent overseas . I guess close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. So that was close to a decade and then off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. When you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward foreign reporting . My earliest interest in journalism was really about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills, you might say. So i did a lot of work on that in the early years. I traveled a little bit overseas as a tourist to unusual places and i began to think that some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed to someone working domestically . Pamela i mean, there is
Welcome . Welcome everyone thank, you for being here. My name is Jeremy Drouin im in the valley special collections and the local History Department in archives of the city public library. Our Research Room is headquartered just across the hall from this auditorium. In our collection, you will find books, manuscripts and journals of other Research Materials documenting kansas citys early history as a town and outfitter for travelers setting out on the trail. It is november 12th, 1927 were the sculpture was dedicated to allie park there. Not only celebrates kansas city s grand near history but is attributed to those who suffered great hardship and loss while traveling across the plains in search of a better life. And her new book pioneer mother monuments, constructed cultural identity historian cynthia press got worked through accessory of recognition in Pioneer Monuments and across the nation. Including those in the kansas city region. For honor to have her here today to discuss the re
Endorsement of his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah one afghan expert says to the us the process may be more important than the result for the travel ministration they are simply looking for a candidate that wins the election and is free if and fair a possible way as possible they want to have a president that is seeing with credibility and legitimacy by the Afghan People its very unlikely thats going to happen with donald trump insisting he has no intentions of restarting the peace talks in afghanistan and a new initiative will have to come from whoever wins the president ial election there and that means for the time being the war continues and so does the cost in money and lives Alan Fischer Al Jazeera washington. And haiti antigovernment demonstrations bring more chaos to the streets. And zimbabwes founding leader is laid to rest Robert Mugabe is buried in a letter. After a dispute between his family and the government. I once again welcome to another look at the International Ful