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g erturninchp tweeted these pic. the sheriffs office a the closure is expected to be long-term. they cannot put the big rig upright because the wind is so strong. this and think cannot do it. it is a good idea to avoid the area. larry: a shelter-in-place order has been issued of call-up -- in california street in downtown san francisco because of glass falling from the bank of america building. fire officials say glass fell from the 43rd floor of this 52 story high-rise. the streets around the building are closed. kristen: the wind has something been wild today. look. larry: timber. kristen: so lucky. that white van barely missed getting hit by the tree that fell. what a close call. larry: check out this tree that came down on sir francis drake boulevard. this is in western marin county. the car made it through, but the
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road is closed in both directions. kristen: and milbury, 280. another tree came crashing down, blocking several lanes. i think at one point only one lane was open. as you can see, drivers were able to slowly maneuver around it. larry: if it is not the wind, it is the rain. check out the rising san lorenzo river. my goodness. -- share this says the river is just over 16 feet. kristen: we have team covered on the storm this evening with cruise all over the bay area. larry: let's begin with spencer christian. a look at the forecast how long is this wind going to last? spencer: the wind is still strong. potentially damaging, and want to diminish significantly until the evening. the heaviest rain has ended. here's a look at our peak wind gusts.
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so far today, 88 miles per hour. 79 miles per hour at mount diablo. 74 at sfo. you can see how incredibly strong the gusts have been. rainfall totals over the past 24 hours, just under an inch in san francisco. nearly two inches in canfield north. north bay receiving the highest total so far. you can see the heaviest and most concentrated widespread rain has moved out of the bay area. however, there are patches of rain following the main body of the storm. there is rain right now moving into the santa cruz mountains and onto the peninsula. this was a category 3 storm on the exclusive storm impact scale earlier today. into the evening, it will be a level 1 with scattered showers, isolated downpours, gusts will diminish. starting at 5:00, the scattered nature of precipitation until 9:00 will be basically all over
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with clouds left over. we will get clearing after midday. we still have a high wind warning in effect in a flood watch in effect. i will get to all of that in the forecast later. larry: see you in a few minutes. pag -- pg&e power outage map looks like a christmas tree. there are 275,000 customers without power. the south bay has the most. 115,000 without power, followed by the peninsula with nearly 62,000. a tough day work from home. kristen: pg&e crews are being stretched thin. most outages caused by the fierce wind. a utility spokesman says they did their best to prepare. >> we were anticipating there was going to be a strong impact to the bay area. that is why we brought crews from elsewhere to this area to make sure that we were able to respond. certainly there will be customers who may be out longer
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then we would typically like to see. there can be access issues to like vegetation that has come down. landslides and other issues can cause those delays. and of course, the mass number of customers who have been impacted by this very windy weather event. kristen: tamara sarkissian on getting answers today. pg&e is urging residents to contact neighbors. it will take time to get everyone's lights on. larry: really dangerous with the trees on top of power lines. when the tree comes down, he takes the power with it. the wind is so strong that trees are falling everywhere. these fell on caltrans tracks. >> we are in camino real. behind me as a massive dutch elm tree. you can see a major limb has fallen off. across the area, so much debris
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littering both lanes of traffic. police and the fire department have rerouted traffic through the area. i am going to slow down and be quiet for a moment. listen to this. you can hear how strong the wind is. because of the rustling through the branches of the trees. this is all over this general area. we know this is going to be one of many trees that come down across the region today because of the gusty wind. bernville. liz: it is dry right now, which is nice, but it was pouring rain all day today here in kernville. getting your was not easy. we had numerous mudslides and flooding has been a big issue. just about a half-mile down the road, we saw someone tried to drive through floodwaters.
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they got stuck and we had to call the fire department. rescue crews had to help them get out. today come three people got trapped trying to drive through floodwaters. >> we thought we could get through and we can't. my advice, don't go through the water. ever. liz: if only jessica had taken her own advice. instead as the waters raged, her group took the gamble. ignoring warning signs and driving right in. within a few yards, their van stalled. her aldo sanchez and his dog were watching your bible >> i came here -- watching nearby. >> i came here and saw crazy people try to go through this pothole. liz: the atmospheric river brought rain throughout the county. it was a treacherous drive getting in. this, the biggest of many mudslides on river road. what has it been like being out here? >> wet. crazy. long days.
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liz: in santa rosa, crews were -- clearing this tree. >> at the same time, there were two flashes. liz: bob knox. it from england. >> i grew up in manchester. this is tuesday. liz: back in kernville, no ordinary afternoon. crews have arrived, bringing out their inflatable rescue boats to get to passengers. liz: those crews from sonoma county fire, suited up and waited in the water. among those they rescued, eight-year-old bentley pennington. bentley, with a smile on his face. a surely memorable adventure that could've gone very wrong. >> it definitely could have been worse. our message is, if there water, avoid the area. liz: sounds like we cannot say that enough.
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the importance of not driving through those floodwaters. that is not the first time we have seen a rescue like this. the national weather service has issued a flood warning for the interior parts of sonoma county. we are talking petaluma to kernville. there watching creeks in the area and that is in effect until 5:30 tonight. for now, people are just likely enjoying the break in the rain. larry: everybody going to be able to make it through until they don't. and then they have to get rescued. gusty wind forced a lot of trees to come down in the north bay. lena howland is live in fairfax. lean -- >> all day long this community in fairfax has been rocked by gusty wind and heavy rain. not to mention the debris we have seen on the roadways. making for a difficult commute for drivers as they are heading back into town. only a few minutes up the road from here in the community of
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woodacre, we found one home just inches away from disaster. as rain hammered parts of marin county, the wind was a beast of its own. blowing down trees, debris and trash cans while utility workers struggle to work through the rain. this while some homes were inches from disaster in the community of woodacre. >> we have a tree that is about to go down on our house. i am just grateful we are ok. >> jody haslip two here 31 years. this morning, she was forced to grab her dogs and husband and evacuate over fears of this tree , 120 feet tall, giving way at any moment. >> i got my babies out. we have a cat in there. it is crazy. trees are falling. the ground is saturated. we usually leave and i am glad we did. >> a story familiar for their neighbor gary. the same thing happened to his home 15 years ago, and to his
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car last year. >> does like aming through your. it is just one of those things you never forget. the shaking of it, the feeling of it and the sound. it is terrifying. >> first responders were busy juggling calls in woodacre, cyclists seemingly unbothered by the extra moisture. the damage continued into lagunitas as this massive tree was uprooted, blocking sir francis drake boulevard. bob ratto, a transit bus drive forced his way out of this one. >> branches and debris have been falling. i have never seen it this bad. i have been here eight years. >> larkspur was no exception. deliver park essentially cut in half by a falling tree crashing through a playground, forcing
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the park to shut down indefinitely as a nearby creek was swelling with more rainfall. >> the trees are nice. but, they are dangerous. >> if you see a power line with a downed tree resting on it, or if you see a p line down in the middle-of-the-road, do not approach. call 911. for all nonemergency situations including downed trees that might be blocking right-of-way, call 311. kristen: thank you. after that levy break on the border of santa cruz and monterey counties. zach fuentes has the latest. zach: monterey county still being impacted by floodwaters. you see behind me the bag land inundated. crews working around-the-clock to stabilize. some waters have receded, but residents are still waiting for when they can back to their homes.
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we will have more on that tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. larry: to the east be eight -- in the east bay, leslie brinkley is live in walnut creek. leslie: it has been quite the afternoon, especially with the wind. my gosh, the wind. it has been incredible. i was getting alerts of trees down, roads closed throughout walnut creek. the alerts pinging my phone. finally the last word from walnut creek is, so many trees down, so many power lines down, try to avoid driving it is treacherous. [chainsa > trees toppled here, there and everywhere. the ferocious wind took down not only the huge trees, but in many cases power lines. roads were blocked, traffic snarled from ygnacio valley road to hilltop crescent in walnut
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creek. >> i am shocked because of the way our tree company told us we have three more years life in the trees i mean, we have been gone all morning. became home to this. >> pg&e patching up power outages. morning rain may have triggered problems at this administration building in pleasant hill. workers showed up to find water coming in from the roof of their third floor offices. the decision was made to evacuate the building as a precaution, impacting employment and human services. the work first of element board and center. >> we know there was water coming into the building. given the uncertainty with the rain that has been happening, we did not want to take chances. >> more than 100 police told to go home to work remotely, or were assigned to nearby office space. slick roads caused a big week to jackknife in pleasanton.
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at one point, the backup was nine miles long. part of stanley boulevard in pleasanton remains closed after a walking path collapsed at shadow cliffs recreation area. this tree just snapped the base. the 60 foot tree. lots of reports of this happening. the wind continues. i did just get an update on that office building on ellenwood that a drainpipe became disconnected overnight. that is so water in crow on the building. they are still assessing the damage. kristen: thank you. all of this rain is crating problems for drivers, but we are not talking about flooding. the latest on the banking collapse and why there could be more problems next week equal payday, what that means to you.
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kristen: the justice department and sec investigating the silicon valley bank collapse. larry: the federal reserve considers another interest rate hike justin finch as the latest. >> from the west coast of the white house, some relief now that depositors and regional institutions, signet -- no longer locked out of their accounts.
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>> [indiscernible] >> in washington, the justice department and sec are each investigating silicon valley bank collapse. the typical next step after large companies or banks go under. both the doj and sec declined comment. regional bank stocks saw large selloffs on wall street monday. today, signs of relief. >> it is going to take a while for wall street to process all of this. >> the federal reserve preparing for its next meeting on interest rates, now expected to consider the svp and signature bank fallout. and, new consumer price index data measuring how much americans paid for goods and services. now showing inflation at 6%. down from 6.4 in -- 6.4% in january. >> the fed has to rethink how much more aggressive they want to get with interest rates. >> in a final decision on interest rates is due next wednesday. justin finch, abc news.
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larry: just like in the bay area, it is a good way to stay indoors. this is from our camera at lake tahoe. still a ton of snow as we saw in a video posted by andrew at the uc berkeley center snow lab. >> the way we get down to the lab now is by going down into this big chasm of snow. that is what it looks like to go outside. right now. larry: unbelievable. for perspective, this is the building in the summertime. the entrance we just showed you is there on the right. that is a lot of snow. avalanche danger and wind upwards of 100 miles an hour cap palisades tahoe closed all day long. this is video from the top of the gondola. the risk of flooding over the
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next 24 hours also prompted the decision there to shut down. the last place i think i would want to be right now is the top of the gondola. kristen: i know. the top of any mountain. larry: or building, whatever. kristen: when is this going to stop? spencer: it is in the process of stopping right now. but it is going to be an hours long process for the wind to diminish. you can see at the moment we have light rain from san francisco down onto the peninsula. most of the bay area right now is not getting significant rainfall, but all parts of the city from north beach down to bayview and south san francisco are getting some light rain. maybe some periods of -- periods of moderate rainfall. the storm impact scale, when it was a feeder storm, is down to a level one. through the evening hours, periods of scattered showers. isolated downpours.
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wind gusts diminish him, but could be significant. the precipitation at all at all at that point, but clouds will linger. and there will still be wet spots on the roadways. e evincoutstill going to bt wgot easkies will br tomorrow. welcome the sunshine. even as the storm weakens, we still have a high wind warning in effect. gusts may retrace see 50 miles an hour. we are not likely to get more the 70 mile-per-hour gusts, but in higher elevations that could occur. here is the view at mount where we had some peers wind and driving rain. 54 degrees in the city. though to mid 60's at palo alto. 54 at half moon bay. here's a view it emeryville
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where traffic is moving reasonably well. in the eastbound direction, you can see how congested it is. but that is almost always the case. mid 50's in -- and napa. fairfield, 62. upper 50's conquered in livermore. looking across the gray a market arrow, these are forecast headlines. showers and went through the evening. mostly clear by morning. a brief sunny break tomorrow. and thursday. overnight lows, mainly in the low 40's. increasingly clear skies. sunny tomorrow for the most part. mid 50's at the coast, upper 50's around the bay shoreline. if you locations inland will top 60 degrees, but the north will be mild. and we still have a winter storm warning in effect for the sierra until 5:00 wednesday. one to three feet of new snow. it is hard to believe anymore snow could accumulate there, but it will. here's the seven-day forecast.
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two sunny days coming our way let's celebrate. let's call in sunny. friday, a light shower or two. more right -- more widespread rain saturday through tuesday. monday is the first day of spring. it officially begins at 2:24 p.m. larry: feels like it. kristen: more spring showers. larry: thank you. kristen: vice president harris's niece is out with a new book. >> the epa's new plan to clean up your drinking water.
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larry: michael finney is here with headlines. >> clean water. good news. the environmental protection agency is proposing the first ever federal limits on harmful forever chemicals known as pfa's. as a group, they have been linked to health issues such as a risk of cancer, lower birth weight and heart attack. the chemicals are used in the manufacturing of nonstick pans, fire retardant and other products. they break down incredibly slowly and are difficult and expensive to remove from water. the epa estimates this rule will reduce pfa's exposure for 100
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million americans. the company that makes fortnite will have to pay 200 $40 million in fines. the ftc determined epic games tricked players into making unwanted or unauthorized charges when playing the game. this is part of a larger agreement between the commission and epic games back in december appeared since then, epic games says it has taken measures to prevent unwanted charges. electric vehicle charging stations being displayed on the app. users can enter their type of electric vehicle and the car's type, then find compatible stages along the route. google, the parent company, says charging speed and number of plugs are displayed in the app. easily finding the right type of charger is considered a very big deal in the adoption of evey's peer this is going to hell. larry: one would think in a few
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years we would get to a universal charger. >> you would hope. larry: instead of every carmaker doing their own thing. >> apple. in europe they are not allowed to have a different one. they have to be uniform. we can do the same. larry: hopefully. kristen: you probably felt and heard the strong wind today. the bay, in fact, across the country. >> a stormy year has been day busy year for tire repair shops. for just $15 a month? it's because we sublet our ads. ♪ this is now a jack in the box commercial and this is the new mint mobile shake.
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larry: outside because of the wind. everything isivf len urusts in o s ga wind causing the closure of 580 eastbound on the richmond-san rafael bridge after this big rig overturned. chp tweeted these photos for sheriff's office as the closure is expected to be long-term because they simply cannot put the big rig upright. larry: not a good day to be on any bridge. on the golden gate, the west sidewalk is closed to cyclists. they can still use the east sidewalk for now. kristen: in half moon bay, a eucalyptus tree fell on highway 92, shutting it down briefly while crews cleared the road. let's give you a live look outside. i mean, several looks.
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even where the rain is not coming down, it is windy. larry: spencer, i think 74 mile per hour gusts at sfo? spencer: that is correct. 79 mile-per-hour gusts at other locations. as you pointed out, los gatos, eth mile-per-hour gusts today. you can see we have had the main body storm has pushed through but we still have showers on the peninsula. here is our forecast animation starting at 5:00. showers will become more widely scattered in the evening. they wind down completely by 9:00 or so. there will be clouds lingering and wet spots on the pavement, but the rain will essentially be over before the night. after midnight, clearing, great news for morning commuters as there still could be some slippery spots on the pavement, but it won't be raining in the morning. we are looking for to a sunny
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day. high wind warnings will be with us until 11:00 tonight. so, we still expect periods of powerful, potentially damaging gusts and of course flooding still possible. the flood watch remains in effect until 4:00 tomorrow. overnight lows in the 40's. here is the seven-day forecast. two sunny, dry days coming. mostly sunny tomorrow. and thursday, before the next series of rainy days begin. kristen: we will take light at this point. delays at sfo after the faa implement a ground stop because of heavy wind. it is now just a ground delay, but lots of flights are behind, playing catch-up. some have been waiting as long as four hours for their flight. be sure to check for delays and see if they might affect your flight. the delays are not just at sfo caltrain commuters facing delays after a tree fell on the tracks. larry: the extreme weather is
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not just here, it is across the country. kristen: reena roy has the latest. >> more americans on weather alerts from southern california to maine. parts of the northeast getting slammed by a nor'easter. >> when they say it is a state of emergency, i think we are more than we expected. >> people in northern new jersey and new york trying to keep up with the mess. >> it is ice underneath, so you've got to be careful. >> some residents losing power. in putnam, new york, a power outage after a car crash into a utility pole. >> i do not have power at all. i have to set up my generator. >> parts of new england could see two feet of snow. >> stay off the roads. this is a long storm. >> so many facing treacherous conditions on the others the country. yet another atmospheric river hitting california. los angeles county fire
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department rescuing six people trapped on a river bed. multiple helicopters used pull victims to safety. rescuers searching through the night. the storm dealing a major blow to a big agricultural area. many seasonal farmworkers now facing more hardship with flooding. farm losses for the state already estimated at $330 million. here in the northeast, damaging wind a big concern with 40 mile-per-hour gusts expected in some areas which could impact travel and potentially cause power outages. larry: much rain we have had, take a look. in santa rosa, the average per year is just over 33 inches. we have had 24 and there are nearly six months left in the rain year. in oakland, the average is 18 inches. this year, already 26.5. in san francisco, the average is 23 inches. we are closing in on 28 and counting.
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even a few hit -- you have probably hit a pothole or two or three. dustin dorsey explains calls for service are more frequent than ever. >> almost constant rain in 2023. and now back to back atmospheric rivers,n roadways. let me show you. potholes like these on roads and even freeways are creating issues for drivers. it does not take you long to drive around san jose to find a pothole on a city street. otnlause d of thessly leading to accidentsif you hit one y endt a tire re the team at bruce's say they have been receiving 50 calls a day. meanwhile, the department of transportation is trying to keep up with demand. reports apostles have quadrupled during our most recent storms, according to the dot. the department has a similar
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message. the advice here is simple, be safe, drive careful. if at all possible, stay home. kristen: y changing conditions and access the same live doppler that our weather team uses. it is available on d
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larry: we have talked about
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pricey shoes, but these might top them all. stickers worn by michael jordan during game two of the 1998 nba finals are expected to go for $4 million at auction. they were warned during jordan's final season during the bowls. a jersey during another game of that same series sold for more than $10 million last year. michael jordan still very popular. i have to admit when i started reading this story i thought, michael b jordan? why would his sneakers be -- oh, the greatest. >> the other michael jordan. [laughter] spencer: can you imagine? there are collectors who would do that, but $4 million for sneakers? i guess it's a collectors item. kristen: it comes with an autograph. [laughter] spencer: that makes all the
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difference. larry: sold. [laughter] kristen: some might remember max had, the first computer-generated tv presenter in china. the people's daily newspaper has unveiled its own ai news anchor. she claims she is quite good at learning and says thousands of new anchors have imparted their professional skills to her. i wonder if she was trained on larry data. that would be scary. larry: she would be amazing. >> insert your own joke here. punchline, larry. [laughter] larry: we used to be friends. spencer: she was trained on larry, she would deliver news with authority. larry: thank you. when are we going to be able to see this robot? kristen: there is a demo you can check out. are you feeling threatened? larry: no. [laughter]
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larry: i want to figure out what my career lifespan is. some the upstairs has already done that for me i think. for the first time in more 30 years, vinyl records are out selling cds. 41 million vinyl records were sold last year. only 33 million cds were sold. i'm surprised anybody is buying either. it seems like everybody is either on spotify or apple music or has some service that would make these irrelevant. explain this to me. kristen: i have inside. 19 collect some. if he really likes an artist, he wants the vinyl. he doesn't even have a player, his friend has the player. it has become popular to pick them up at garage sales. you're not buying cds. you might pay for a spotify download, but you are not buying cds. you might buy the vinyl just to have it. >> i believe vinyl sounds
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better. then the compressed music. we listen to vinyl in our household. not a great deal. we have a lot, but it is a lot of effort. that is -- that is waiver but he likes the iphone. you push a button, then there's music. spencer: i agree. the clarity, the quality of that sound. i go way back with vinyl. remember the rca victor dog the gramophone? larry: that was your dog, was? [laughter] kristen: another reason why we should never throw anything away. this next story has a saying nope. if lord alligator was anxious to get away and actually bent a metal fence trying to get to the other side. and then he got stuck. a man then held the fence apart so the gator can escape. larry: guys going to -- i don't understand what he is thinking. spencer: why?
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larry: let me help very sweet. we didn't see the end, but that is ok. >> is it against the law to help an alligator escape? larry: i don't know. was yet a country club? maybe it was tee time. [laughter] look at the size of this guy. the power to bend the bars. >> it looks like an old superman tv show. >> that guy, i guess the alligator is not going to be able to backup. >> he hopes. larry: b has never been seen again. [laughter] spencer: see you later, alligator.
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kristen: today is equal payday. raising awareness about closing the gender pay cap. -- pay gap. today, san francisco and oakland are two cities leading the way by signing a pledge. now, more than 100 other leaders and company executives have signed on. >> it will take commitment, intentionality and a strong will come alongside public and private partnerships like these, to close the pay gap.
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we cannot afford to settle for less. kristen: studies show the average woman has to work fall -- work full-time for 2.5 months longer than the average man just to bring in what he earned as of last year. larry: as we celebrate women's history month, we are highlighting change making women in our community. meena harris, related to one of the most recognizable women in the world, forging her own path rooted in purpose and service. >> your times best-selling author meena harris and i are snapping a selfie in celebration of her new book. it is easy for me to call her an author, she is one. but, she struggled a little bit that title. >> only recently i have become more confident calling myself a children's book author. i set out in the beginning to do something very personal with my first book, which was to honor my grandmother. it >> that first book was, and my is big idea. inspired by her aunt and mother. and then came ambitious girl.
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her latest, a is fo is a sequel. >> i was joking that although the book was focus on that one word, i am sure i could write an abc book. for all of the words that we all know can be used in different ways for women than they are often used for men. >>a is for ambitious exp language and our ability to redefine terms. >> b stands for bossy. we are not banning bossy. these for determined. e is for emotional. f is for feminist. >> pointing to a study by the cooperative children's book center that shows an 2018 there were more children's books about animals and other nonhuman characters then all people of color combined. over half of all books featured white characters. the majority being white boys. the needle has not moved much.
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where are the little black girls that look like my daughter? and now, changing pronouns from he to see today. >> that is money. >> we would take a brown marker and color the skin in with a brown marker sometimes. it goes back to my grandmother. we always said, let's do something. >> you, to say the least, have ambitious women in your life and throughout the -- grew up with ambitious women. your mother, your aunt, your grandmother. >> it was the four of us. you're making me emotional. talking about my grandmother always does that. it was like the opening scene of wonder woman where you have these incredible, strong, powerful, fearless women running around helping each other. >> her grandmother was renowned biomedical scientist and activist. her aunt is vice president harris. her mother is an accomplished
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lawyer and public policy advocate who had her at age 17. >> in law school, she sometimes took me to her classes. i would sit in the bk.>> it onll of that exposure led to her resume. stanford undergrad, tech, harvard law practicing law, back to tech. in 2016, she made another shift. >> for me having been involved in politics my whole life, i definitely had a moment of, did i do enough? hearing my grandmother, what are you going to do about it? >> the answer was phenomenal. it started as a simple t-shirt inspired by maya angelou. the share supported the rights of women and other social causes. the apparel and messages on the continue to evolve. and so has the company. >> a year ago, we formally announced our expansion into content entertainment. we are now at 360 value driven media company that continues
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that mission from day one. which is centering women and interpreters deborah -- understanding the power of brand to lift up unrepresented experiences. i am doing this my own way. whether you call that activism more being an entrepreneur, or disrupting media, it is about finding my own way. >> but it is safe to call her ambitious. mina wears that title proudly. is officially available today. larry: coming up, a softer side of woody harrelson. >> showing the greatness of who they are came through. kristen: catching up with the actor about his new
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larry: tonight, the women tell all. woody big screen after his oscar-nominated triangle of sadness with a new feel-good movie. george pennacchio from our sister station in l.a. has a look at champions. >> i'm going to be your basketball coach. >> now. george: in champions, woody harrelson plays a former minor league basketball code-2 gets into trouble. the only way out of it
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adults with intellectual abilities. i am sure they learn from you, what did you learn from them? marco island a lot. what they did in terms themselves and showing the greatness of who they are. it just came through, always. >> i am johnny. >> it was lovely and refreshing end honest and a lot of their personalities shone through in their characters, which i was delighted by because they are just such fun, incredible people . [indiscernible] >> also in the mix, cheech marin as the man who runs the community center where they practice. when did you become the wise old man? [laughter] >> i think it was about a week
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ago. >> i can't turn them int lakers, they just need to feel like a team. >> we are going to need help. >> i was always thinking, this is not the first guy who came and tried to do this job. i was used to a lot of characters trying to weasel out of it. that kind of informed my attitude. >> director bobby fairley says he looked far and wide to cast the team of 10 actors who loved basketball. >> they had all played basketball wherever they grew up, but they were willing to go out and audition. we looked at hundreds of auditions. these 10 actors were the ones who stood out. >> the fun we had was extraordinary. >> welcome to the team. what's with the boogie board? >> you to you, i do me. larry: right now. that is going to do it for this
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