for duty. cincinnati reds just after 8:00 for opening day. if you let just let week we thought we might not even get here after the walkout. but tonight, it is here and it is the night but the world series chance to shine. we have team coverts out at the ballpark for you. let's start with maria and reggie. how is it up there? >> happy opening day. it is incredible. what do you think it will be like insight here? >> it is going to be

unbelievable. it is a party for years in the making. it will feel a lot like world series. it is a weeklong celebration. you can already feel the excitement building. it is going to get a lot more epic out here. opening day is a big deal. it is our favorite day of the year. what did you think about that? >> you can see the fans lining on both sides of the street. you can tell how much the world championship match to the fans. >> he talks about what it means to him. i am extremely grateful to be

here and to be on this team with these guys.

some very apt questions around critical race theory. the end result was what you saw depended on where you set, where your politics are. before donald trump, he was the most recent nominee for president. you heard in his decision and urinate for a different kind of process. where you could decide based on the qualifications of an individual instead of the political talking points of the moment. the fact that there are three, in some ways that is a lot.

it used to be that you would get 80 or 90 votes with regularity. it is kind of a sad state of polarized politics. nonetheless, it is a big moment for president biden. it is a campaign promise kept. clearly, it brought him joy. who else did this bring joy to? >> democrats proud to be senators for at least this one day. president biden during the campaign that he would nominee black woman. nobody has ever made a pledge like that before. his friends and allies were part of this. a good portion of the democratic base feels better about things as they stand. a big segment of the base that was levying -- lobbying for

stephen breyer to step aside. this was the time to do it. the fact that they were able to get this done in short order. they feel pretty good overall. >> does this give the democrats a big boost going into the midterms? it is not nothing, also not everything. people will move on from this. yes, the fact that a promise maples kept. and although promised important to so many millions of americans who see somebody on the bench who looks more like them than they ever have before. it is a sad commentary that it took us over 200 years to get to a place where you could have a black woman serving on the supreme court.

serving on the supreme court that looks more like a country is the goal i think that everyone should get behind. if you are democratic voter, this is a very tangible, very permanent naps gender everybody spelt. >> let's talk about what her joining the bench would mean. she is replacing the outgoing stephen breyer. let's talk about what she could bring. >> it is interesting because you can look at this on one level and say it is not consequential at all. you still have a majority of republican appointees. you can move on from there. the history of this makes it very consequential. and what we learned over the years is that the influence they have right now is met tell you anything about where they will

be down the road. you can imagine a whole host of issues and a body of writing that gets built up over decades. she is only in her early 50's. she can easily serve for 30 years on the high court. it is very hard to predict what is coming down the road, what is in the future. some justices change over time. and often no court changes direction based on the personality and the jurisprudence and the direction that individual justices take. being as young as she is, you can see all matter of ways for justice jackson is going to be influential. >> let's look at what cases will come to the court when she takes to the bench. abortion rights, lgbtq issues, curriculum issues. >> with this current term, we

are so expecting ruling on some of these issues, including on abortion rights and affirmative action. this one case involving harvard university, justice jackson has said she would recuse herself from because she sat on the board of trustees on harvard. the vote total is not any different. you are still talking about the same number of liberal justices on the court. there are some huge areas of american life at the state and local level that are working their way up to the courts. issues around schools and curriculum are a big one. there is so much that is still out there and to work through. i do not think we know what the influence of the trump dominated court will be. >> she is the first black woman and i think the first one who has been a public defender to

become a justice. how could that shape her thinking? >> that was an interesting quirk to hear about. she was pressed about her role defending guantanamo bay suspected terrorist. those are awful people and it is not a fun job to do. knowing the importance of representing a defendant is important i think. you heard democrats say that degree of understanding of where they come from is important. it is important for judges not to be an ivory tower. so many have this ivy league pedigree. at think it meet the changes your perspective a little bit. i have seen those defendants who are entitled to the rights and

privileges under the constitution. it is not something you see if you only hang out with other judges or in the world of academia. >> you hear a lot about how the justices, even if they are on the opposite ends of the philosophical spectrum, that they are close friends oftentimes in real life. they have lunch together. so, do you think it is possible that she could influence her colleagues just through the interactions, and the way that some of us might not expect? >> 100%. a few justices who say their whole outlook change based on friendships that they made. nobody thinks antony scully and ruth bader ginsburg influenced each other. seeing somebody as a human being does change the way you approach things and how started you may

criticize the other side. i do not think getting to the supreme court makes you any more likely to change any of your worldviews, but you cannot ever underestimate that these are nine men and women who meet behind closed doors to hash things out. sometimes they do not agree and it spills over into searing opinions. if they can get along and understand where they are coming from, it does change the way the law is applied. i think knowing she has so much time to establish herself for decades to come means you never know where it will head. >> thank you so much. coming up next, we are talking to the lead scientist from uc berkeley about the latest snow

california's drought is getting worse. officials reported the snow yesterday percent, which is 23% lower than last years. how much should we be concerned and where do we go from here? joining us now is the lead scientist at uc berkeley's snow lab, dr. andrew schwartz. thank you for your time today. let's start by talking about this year's snow survey. how bad is it? >> it is not looking terribly hopeful, to be honest. we are 23% below average. and further, with these record

temperatures we are seeing, we are looking at a snow melt completely within the next two or three weeks, unless we get a bump up in the form of note -- another snowstorm or two. >> i do not think it is in the forecast. is this an indicator of how things will go? >> well, unfortunately, that december through march. bama is where we get --. bama is where we get rain and snow. it is really not looking that we are going to be able to make up the difference unless we change drastically. the short term forecast is not looking too great. anchor: was there anything you were most surprised by or alarmed by? >> i think just the absolutely crazy weather whiplash we have seen recently. we had the second largest

october here on record. and the deepest december on record here at the snow lab going back to 1970. yet, we had these record long dry streaks that have occurred at the earlier portion of the year. we also had a record during november as well. it is this weather whiplash that is a little bit this appointing in terms of us believe in our drought. anchor: some people think of the drought as lacking in rain or snow. what are some of the other factors present that we need to consider? >> that is right. the rain and snow consideration is definitely correct. but there needs to be hydrological imbalance. or more of a demand than a supply also for drought as well. with our activities as humans, that means the hydrological imbalance is growing. one of the factors that can

really affect that is forest fires. they can affect the way the snow melts and the way the water runs off of the slopes. that means the following year, we can have larger fires of gun and it is a vicious circle. anchor: not only are we getting less water, the water is not getting stored or saved in a way that we can use. is that part of it? >> it is just differences in timing. there are some complicated things that arise from it. for instance, when we have long periods of drought, or soil dries out. that means if we get heavy rain, it is sucked up completely by the soil which means it is not running off into the streams. so there is this mounting complexity with our drought that maybe we have not experienced in the past. anchor: if human activity is

making the drought worse, what needs to happen? >> as far as ordinary people we can have a large amount of impact through our daily actions. we cannot change the weather. we cannot make it rain or snow more. but what we can affect is the way that we use our water on a daily basis. we can choose to conserve more and make sure we are using less to do the dishes. not water our lawns as frequently. we need to make sure we can conserve because every drop we conserve now will be more water than we have in future months and years. anchor: what about on a macro level, water management? it seems like the tools are less accurate. >> some of the tools are still

very good. we are making headway with them. but it does that mean they are all good either. the national weather service is constantly updating their models. some of the other agencies and some of the smaller agencies do not necessarily have the same tools and they do not have the personnel to help improve their models as much. that means we need to invest, just money, but also people into this problem of drought and water. anchor: and what might that look like? paint a picture for us. >> realistically, we have so many different water agencies that are working together. we need larger input from each of them. discussion and collaborating together, because there are so many different agencies. we also need more people to

improve measurements to take a lot of the science we currently have and implement that in models as well. it is occurring in some areas, but it needs to occur broadly across california as well as throughout the entire western united states. anchor: well, thank you so very much for talking with us. dr. andrew schwartz from uc berkeley's snow lab. >> thank you for having me on. anchor: coming up next, what went wrong when more than 1000 employees at the san francisco school district got personal

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impending layoffs. also the unexpected glitch that led to thousands of staff not being paid on time. our media partner has been looking into this. today, the standards education reporter joins us with the latest in her series of stories on this particular issue. thanks for your time today. >> thanks for having me. anchor: i would like you to recap the payroll disaster. >> it all started in january when the district switch to a new payroll system. it had been building through it for a few years. they wanted to switch from an antiquated system. there were some delays due to the pandemic. some teachers are already reporting some issues. it was bubbling around. there was not a lot of action on it.

the staffer was upset with not getting paid and so in mid-march, the teachers union launched a strike that ended up lasting for four days. more than 1000 teachers were not paid correctly or on-time. anchor: if i remember come up because of this some people had higher tax bills or had their insurance cut off. it was not just about the paycheck. >> it was a lot of other benefits related issues. it is still a mystery what is going on with the retirement contributions. as for insurance, that ended up being retroactively reinstated and it will be reimbursed for out-of-pocket costs. and other sorts of mysteries that have arise. anchor: the teachers demanded answers and last night the

district laid out some findings. tell us what they were. did they can point blame on something? >> in their initial analysis of what went wrong, it seems to revolve around lack of proper staffing and preparation. different departments working on different aspects of the project. and not necessarily seeing a full picture of what was going on. as the chief technology officer put it, we were not seeing the whole puzzle. at the same time, because they had delayed it from the beginning of the year, that cost a lot of other issues in terms of not being prepared. anchor: has it been rectified? what is the longer term solution to prevent this from happening again? >> it has sort of been rectified. there are still some people who have lingering payments that

still need to be made. there are some new cases from the latest pig that happened last week. there is still some tax withholding issues. sorting that out. and the district has set a has put more support toward payroll -- has said it has put more support toward payroll. they still want to figure out more about what is happening with the retirement. and to get an independent investigator. anchor: did any teachers quit over this? they face a stepping shortage, like so many other districts. >> i have not heard directly. that is what i am hearing that it is highly considered, teachers have already been severely burnt out from the past

two years of working through the pandemic. to not get paid is likely to be the straw that breaks the camels back for many teachers. the treasurer told the board there are some very dedicated teachers. especially the younger teachers. >> thank you so much for joining us with your report. we have links to the other original reporting on our website. too much more segments, check out the streaming to be

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