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chp is warning drivers to slow down and wake up, be alert. there is more coming tonight. a break in some places and yet in some places where it rained, it did pour today. low pressure is spinning off northern california pretty much staying in place. you really get a sense of that low by looking at the direction of the rain, i mean, out of the south and southeast. first the rain in uncharacteristic fashion begins in the south bay and heads north with that low pressure to our west. it s no big surprise as you can see in the santa cruz mountains, pretty good cells coming down from time to time. in the east bay, not as intense. in the peninsula, san francisco all the way down through san mateo mostly light and up in thenorth bay, mostly scattered showers. this is coming from south to north. the rainfall totals have been impressive. we have more showers, more intense showers and more thunder coming into the bay area, potential at least, for that tonight. we ll cover this at ....
reporter: this is benjamin vance and these are his radios. out here yet this morning. good morning, ray. copy that. reporter: he was a ham radio and police scanner. the purpose it have all, to find out where trees are blocking roads. it s just being ready and being able to do what i can with what i ve got. reporter: this all started five years ago when ben got a job where he had to commute to the south bay every day. he soon ran into problems getting over the hill. wi the ded to carry a ouget ormy reporter: he estimates hecleared more than 40 trees mostly near 17 and nearby county roads. first he cuts the fallen tree into smaller pieces and then uses his truck to tow those pieces off the road. he said it can take anywhere from 5:00 to an hour and a halfdepending on the size of the tree. it s just a hoppy. really, i just do it to help out. reporter: ben says his dad taught him to use a comain saw to use a chainsaw when he was 8 years old. it was m ....
i mean, these kids need somebody. you can t just turn away and say, okay, it s not my problem. woodruff: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. xq institute. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the spotlight was on president trump today, as he took the stage at the annual conservative political action conference outside washington. he touted his agenda and called some news outlets the enemy of the people, before a crowd of activists who have at times viewed him with a skeptical eye. john yang reports from the conference. ....
somebody. you can t just turn away and say, okay, it s not my problem. woodruff: all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. xq institute. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the spotlight was on president trump today, as he took the stage at the annual conservative political action conference outside washington. he touted his agenda and called some news outlets the enemy of the people, before a crowd of activists who have at times viewed him with a skeptical eye. john yang reports from the conference. our victory was a vicotry ....
and he asked me what i wanted to do next. in 2012. i said how about george bush. he said fine and we started on george bush. brian: why? jean edward: he needed to be treated. at the the books out time had adequately treated him. brian: i want to jump in to chapter 12. was regarded by many of his classmates at harvard business school as dynamically ignorant. he was energetic but ill , untutored, and unread. and he flaunted it. little had changed in his 2002 state of the union and the reeked ofaxis of evil arrogance. bush has spoken without wearing the consequences. jean edward: i think that is right. that is why someone had to say that. brian: when did you start to feel this way about him? jean edward: when he was president. brian: why? reasonward: there was no to go into iraq and his domestic hiss or his response to 9/11, let us put it that way seem to be overdrawn. brian: where were you? hmm.edward: in huntington, west virginia. brian: do you remember the day? je ....