isatou is 14 years old and affectionately known as izzy to her friends. izzy was born deaf and diagnosed with ushers at age 10. she uses american sign language to communicate and attends lexington school for the deaf in new york city. consider, however, how her vision impacts communication at home. the way she's growing up, she is going to be losing her vision. she won't be seeing that much, and i know because now when i am talking to her, when i tell her something, when i sign her something, she might see me, but she won't see all the signs, or sometimes when she is walking in the room and then light is not that bright, and you can see she's bumping into things, or she's holding stuff and see where she going. when she drops something, it can be in front of her, but she won't see it. narrator: while an individual with ushers can see in good lighting, hihis or her field of vision is greatly reduced. in the classroom, izzy can only see one person at a time and often misses what her classmates are signing. even while watching her teacher, some of the words h

thought it's almost like revenge of the women's studies professor and my modus lubber on diane life isatwhen i've been in salted or finn themes thatal are offensive i often turn it into a short story. first i will write in my journal and then i will turn it into an essay and that is a way ofing tn getting that kind of insult outt of the body and into public literature so there's that samea the addition best eaten cold ton a reflective and thoughtful way that will convince people what you want to say, and so revenged. here i am i going to tell you what happened as i try to become a be the good professor and how i got to all of the belittling that happens to such a person, and i'm going to meet you laugh but i am also going to have the last word and that is the only reason shy really want to show the stereotypes are funny that they can hurt and a student should never be discouraged from looking at the history of their mother. >> region of the women's studies professor, a professor here at georgetown and at george washington university is the author. coming out of very shortly probably by t

defense is because we spend so much money and other areas with no return.the so the fiscal situation isated r definitely related to our national security. [inaudible] >> a lot of the times conservatives are known to be on the -- rhetoric and the debate going on in washington as a prominent member of congress how do you turn around this idea that conservatives are selfish and that they know the difference between selfish and individual liberty and he said economic mobility. how do you change the debate so we know there's a difference between selfish behavior and being able to be successful economically versus having economic ruin? >> it's a great question because i know that a lot of americans are busy and not paying attention. they are not that well informed on what is going on and i think this administration really preys on that. that is how i think the president can have the audacity to in the state of the union say all of these things that go's of us who are really getting at but that he knows a lot of americans are not paying attention and that is really what i'm trying to do with this

very hard to do, people worked extremely hard on this, these -- isate perfect piece of legislation, no, it isn't but we have not had an f.a.a. bill since 2003. we've had 23 temporary extensions during this period of time the federal aviation administration has basically shut down because we couldn't agree on what should move forward. i repeat, this bill is not perfect. but it's something that is extremely important for job creation and for making our airports more safe. so there will be a roll call vote at 5:30 p.m. on adoption of that conference report i just referred to. if there is no further business to come before the senate i ask that we adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on monday, february 6, 2012. >> afghanistan and reaction to the decision to compel religious hospitals to provide insurance that includes contraceptive coverage for women for among items discussed today in the white house briefing. this is about 50 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, everyone. you heard the news. six more weeks of this te

i'll show you what isat bay. >> reporter: i'm stephanie chuang live in alameda t search continues for a possible missing boater who may have been involved in this boat collision early this morning. we've got the latest coming up. >> we continue keeping an eye on that wild fire burning out of control in napa county. we'll have all of the latest information coming up next. >> a live look outside this morning overlooking san francisco. another beautiful day on tap for this friday, february 24, this is "today in the bay." >>> good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. it's 5:29. seconds away from 5:30. >> we check in now with meteorologist christina loren to find out let me see, four great days in a row. >> keeps on going. what's interesting about this morning, speaking of your temperatures, san jose, you've already exceeded your average daytime high for this time of year. 64 degrees right now. we're at 53 in sunnyvale. we're on our way to the 70s inland. it will be cooler, the winds are relaxing. we'll tell you what you can expect for the weekend. i want to get you outdoors, goin