how it is costing taxpayers. and ivf lawsuit, they used the wrong man s sperm. why they re concerned about their daughter s health. it is thursday, september 12th, here is today s eye opener. we have a problem. nobody really thought about it for a few years, it s called vaping. the trump administration moves to ban flavored ecigarettes. fighting kids and teens using them. they re coming home and they re saying, mom, i want to vape. 23 states reached a settlement with objectixoxycontn maker purdue pharma over the opioid crisis. the trump administration prevents most central american immigrants from seeking asylum in the united states. this place is dysfunctional. we need to secure our borders. antonio brown practices for the patriots for the first time. what does the nfl do now? they ve had some practice. although this is different. although 2500 people are still missing more than a week after hurricane dorian hits the bahamas, a category 5 storm. win
the coast. in the mid-50s. looking at low 60s. upper cysts, low 60s for the bay. and for inland locations, mid- to upper 60s. we ll have that afternoon sunshine. although right now, it is breezy for many locations, westerly winds, about 10 to 15 miles per hour. now, let s check in with emily for a look at traffic. yes, we are seeing those affecting conditions this morning. several road advisories for bay area conditions. first, let s check out the commute at 5:01. look at that. all in the green. not bad at all. biggest trouble this hour is usually the altamonte pass. and that is only 35 empties. not bad at all. highway 80, from highway 4 to the maze. highway 4 itself is less than half an hour. and only 45 minutes from hellier to hellyer to the airport. you may see residual delays as a result of that. i do see a few brake lights. looks pretty good compared to other days. the richmond san rafael bridge. they aren t doing that construction next to the lane. the lane closures
freedom of expression. and that legacy continues after she left. so she certainly made her mark on the world. and certainly showed that she s unflappable in the face of criticism and unflappable in the face of an attempt to undo all of the work that that fine organization is doing. for me, she s a great role model of how we conduct ourselves as women, in the face of what can be a little bit of a backslide from time to time. it s nice to have people we can see who embody strength and thick skin and certainly you ve talked to you wrote in your book about how much you have how far you ve come in this regard in in not letting the turkeys get you down. your personal story makes the case for public policy that supports women, how do we get men to be allies in the fight to fight to further these policies when they don t experience these things personally? how do we make men care about feminism? is we share our stories. again not to be a broken record, but humanizing these
people who are potentially mega donors to their campaigns, or to their future campaigns. this is why voter apathy is so upsetting to me. because we do show people like governor perry that acting in ways like that will go unaccounted they re not held to account for it. and i think that we all ought to own our responsibility to make sure we re using our voices in a way that show that we are as powerful as some of these folks that can write the big checks. right. because ultimately politics is powerful, but we also need to change culture, and we need to change the way that we see these issues through a moral justice lens. maybe that s the direction we need to go. so how do you determine your political platform and agenda? who educates you on the issues that you champion? it really comes from in here. and as an elected official, i try very hard to keep an open door for people to come in and talk about things that matter to them. my work on testing the backlog on rape kits i