U. S. Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, diversity in congress. The new congress is the most diverse ever with 20 women senators and 78 women in the house of representatives. The House Democratic caucus has more women and people of color than it does white men, another historic first. We will explain what this means to you. But first we introduce you to one of those freshman. Illinois democrat Tammy Duckworth, one of two female war veterans to be sworn in this week. The illinois democrat is the first doubleamputee to serve in congress. The iraq war veteran is using her story to get more support for veterans across the country. I sat down with this incredibly inspirational person to hear her story, in her own words. I had been in iraq at this point eight months, i had been away from home 11 and i was just doing a regular days mission flying a black hawk helicopter. I was the copilot on the crew a
Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, diversity in congress. The new congress is the most diverse ever with 20 women senators and 78 women in the house of representatives. The House Democratic caucus has more women and people of color than it does white men, another historic first. We will explain what this means to you. But first we introduce you to one of those freshman. Illinois democrat Tammy Duckworth, one of two female war veterans to be sworn in this week. The illinois democrat is the first doubleamputee to serve in congress. The iraq war veteran is using her story to get more support for veterans across the country. I sat down with this incredibly inspirational person to hear her story, in her own words. I had been in iraq at this point eight months, i had been away from home 11 and i was just doing a regular days mission flying a black hawk helicopter. I was the copilot on the crew and we
Pretty good about that. Very mild start as the temperatures moving into the mid60s into san jose. 65 livermore. Clouds giving way to sunshine but you get the idea a few high clouds with a southerly component ramping up the humidity this morning. A muggy day outside. These temperatures around seasonal maybe slightly above in some spots inland. 88 in concord, San Francisco 68 spot on average. Well have more on the weekend forecast in a moment. Heres liza with the traffic report. We have light traffic all around with no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza where westbound traffic is light across the upper deck into San Francisco. The dublin interchange leaving the Altamont Pass no brake lights so far approaching grant line road you can see a lot of folks in the commute direction but theres still room on the freeway. So westbound 580 still moving at the speed limit leaving the dublin interchange heading counsel the grade there. Highway 92, san mateo bridge is troublefree. In fact, all of th
Your shoulders you start to feel that sticky air. On satellite and radar not a whole lot happening precipitationwise right now. We had some thunderstorms to our north last night. There will be more tonight as that cold front gets closer to us. 76 degrees is the current temperature in philadelphia. A little bit on the muggy side. 68 in allentown. 74 in wilmington. 73 in trenton and low 70s down the shore. And as we roll through the day, its going to be a hot one. By 9 oclock, 80 degrees. By noon, 88. Get your chores done early, if you can cause this afternoon were back into the 90s. 3 oclock 93 and your high today is 94 degrees. Slight chance of a popup shower or thunderstorm through the afternoon but again most of the action probably holds off until this evening. What about tomorrow . Ill have the latest in the accuweather seven day. Matt, roads have been looking over so far. Still that way. Yeah, believe it or not. Keep your fingers crossed david. One of those chores people are gettin
Anytime a joint is injured, has trauma to it, or overuse, it has the potential to become arthritic. And so what were seeing as that with the active sports that people are experiencing today, sometimes. Like bob. He was a sophomore in high school, and that one event had repercussions for his whole life, so that by the time of 40, he was really, really in a lot of pain and discomfort. Ive heard stories about Young Children who play soccer or, you know, lots of different sports, and they get injured. And im wondering if this program would help them if their parents were to add this yoga to their exercise routine. Would that help . I think yoga is valuable for everybody, and its something that can be learned and then practiced on your own. I think its so valuable because it teaches you how to begin to listen to your body, to your mind, to your whole being, and develops an appreciation for how the movements work in the body. Do Something Wonderful for yourself. Help yourself right now, help