Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv on cspan3, an interview laura bush, what was your initial reaction the first time your husband said i think im going to run for president . Well, i cant really remember initially what my act reaction was. I think it was a bit slower than all of a sudden saying im going to run for president. He was governor and had been governor for one term and reelected and i slowly think we both started talking about it. He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw them then
He talked about it and of course other people were talking to him about it. I knew what it was like. I knew already what it would be like to run for president. I knew what it would be like to live in the white house. George and i had an advantage that only one other family has had so far, the John Quincy Adams family. Because wed seen somebody we loved in that office, and we visited him very often. We moved to washington in fact in 1987, rather, to work on president bushs campaign. And so i saw them then when they were campaigning nationwide, and they still had time to babysit barbara and jenna on a saturday night when george and i would want to go out to dinner. Really that year and a half we lived in washington until president bush was elected in november of 1988. It was a wonderful bonding time for our family. It was the only time i ever lived in the same town with my inlaws. And my motherinlaw and i really had a chance to bond. Our little girls had a chance to get to know their gra
Gilroy at 82, and you can throw sfo into their they set a record high of 74. There is your slight easterly breeze. 58 at pebble beach. Pacific grove and 54. It looks nice heading down to monterey. There is an easterly component. 40s and 50s are your temperatures. There is warm air on the coast. There will be some changes over the weekend. There may be some rain for Southern California next week. Villaraigosa for tells us things are crowded, sometimes on friday we get a little bit of a break. Right now looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. Job will be backed up. This should last for a bit but i dont think the volume is as much as it would be on a tuesday or wednesday. This is a look at the commute on 880 s. Heading down passed 92. Otherwise peninsula traffic is looking good. If you are up early on 101 and heading down to san mateo we are having a good start. In san mateo cleanup continues were water main break bill from streets out there with water and mud. Limit thousands of gallons of
I cant find much. Yesterday gilroy was 82 degrees for the record, kentfield 74 and san rafael 74. Sfo at 74 with a record, so far the fog has been chewed up and down to the monterey peninsula all systems go. I know that pebble beach is 58 degrees, Pacific Grove 56 and carmel grove 55. There is an easterly component to the breeze although fairfield dipped down to 39 briefly. Occidental 39 but 30s and 50s across the area. Overall High Pressure for one more day giving a lot of 70s. 7 01 what do you have for the roads . We are not too bad. Looking at the bridge we had a couple of earlier stalled vehicles with another minor accident which slowed traffic down with a minor incident. You will see traffic at the toll plaza is backed up a little bit more than a usual friday. I am hopeful this will even out as we have not had any incidents in the last hour or so. This is northbound 101 San Francisco looking fine getting to the 80 split and down to the airport looking good. North and southbound 88
Doctor. We have to be careful out there. Reporter you got that right. It feels every bit the 93 degrees glenn mentioned. We are at the singing fountain in south philadelphia. They just had their dog walking in the fountain. Its the popular destination on a day like today when the city is going to go through a sweaty steamy start to the weekend. In center city these workers struggled lifting a heavy pane of glass and struggled with the heavy, humid hot air that made working outside painful. Its steamy. I dont know its like living on the equator. Horrible. Reporter the city of brotherly love baked all day. Oh, my gosh. Reporter temperatures soared into the mid 90s prompting complaints. Its horrible. Horrible. Its really very very really close. Humid. No fun. Reporter external conditions coupled with a lack of air conditioning in many buildings prompted School District officials to send the 142,000 students home early. Fernando says the hot weather could create health complications. A lot