her masters in creative writing from the university of roanoke, virginia. came to virginia in 1989 and has worked for the roanoke times about 25 years and covered the opioid crisis on and off for about a decade. let's give them a little hand to start off. i'm going to ask serrie to give us a brief view of the situation to these cartels. >> first i would like to say i'm thrilled to be back home in tuscon. it is so fun to look out and see so many friends from child haotd, from -- childhood, from high school. from the shanty group. thank you for coming. two years ago i moved here for two months. my mother was sick but i also was working on writing the chapters of this book and some of you had me for dinner, took me out for drinks, took care of me and i thank you for that, too. so, we are in the midst of the deadliest drug crisis in american history. in 2021 more than 108,000 died of drug overdoses the vast majority from fentanyl. every seven minutes someone dies from a fence signal overdose. the 2021 figures were the most over in one year. an hour from near in

he is a virginia native, originally from roanoke, two-time uva graduate.following his time at uva and uva law school, he originally clerked for judge peter bear for the eastern district of louisiana. following this brief stinlts outside of virginia he returned to private practice in richmond and roanoke where he litigated complex civil issues. in 2011 he was selected by the article 3 judges of the western district to support as a magistrate judge. over the past 12 jeers judge -- years judge ballou has continued to earn the respect and admiration of the article 3 judges that hopefully for the next few days he will actually serve with. and i think will do, again, a great job. he will be replacing retiring judge jones. i know senator kaine and i both have had the pleasure -- i think you may have practiced with him occasionally, but big shoes to fill in, he will do that. again, as has been mentioned, judge ballou has really been known as a magistrate judge for his temperament. the fact that he is -- that lawyers that appear in his courtroom indicate he works d

for those of you, roanoke park and even petaluma starting to see some widespread light rain. but we are going to get the bulk of this storm arriving overnight and into the 1st half of your sunday. but we are keeping an eye on our next atmospheric river that could arrive as early as monday night peaking in intensity on tuesday with a slight chance of pop-up thunderstorms. gusty winds and even heavy rain. in addition to that, we are expecting to see this are arriving and continuing to stay through wednesday. so let's track this storm hour by hour. light scattered hit or miss showers for your monday morning. but most of monday is going to stay dry. noticing that increasing cloud cover by monday afternoon and early evening hours for the up ahead of the storm. but we're expecting to see that atmospheric river not making its way into the bay area until about tuesday morning. so let's track this storm by mid morning. that's when we're going to see some widespread light rain with the bulk of the heaviest wet weather not arriving until tuesday afternoon. that's when we're going to see

this is roanoke park expressway. a flooded sign was posted, but some cars drove around it, and found the roadway covered with water. while many turned around, others decided to drive right on through. now, water levels were rising, especially at creeks in the north bay. this is laguna de santa rosa, and all the run off from the low lying area is flooding into the waterway. a lot of water was also settling on what used to be bone dry farmland until we started to get all this rain last year. the ground is so saturated that the water just sits above ground. now, there's a flood advisory, as paul mentioned, until 9:45 tonight in sonoma county. they're just ask people to be really careful on the highway and roads because water is starting to accumulate. it's really hard to see at night when you're driving. back to you. >> absolutely. i was wondering because you cover that area and know the roads there. was it heart to navigate with your photographer and you as well tonight? >> reporter: yeah, you know, because we've been

around the bay, 56 in san francisco and 57 in oakland and 56 for roanoke park and santa rosa at 57.ds are coming in at 56 this afternoon. the futurecast, as we go hour by hour, you can see some sunshine and clearing through our day today. we are looking at maybe the chance for a pop-up isolated shower for the north bay for the most part we are looking at those dry and quiet conditions through the day today. as we look ahead to saturday morning, it will be even colder for saturday morning and for sunday morning but, again, looking at sunshine. we are dry today through the weekend with just maybe a passing cloud and temperatures on the cool side and as we look to next week, that is when we will see the next storm system. that will bring more rain and wind. looking at late monday into tuesday and wednesday. the seven-day forecast, as we look to the next few days, there we go with a break from the rain. if returns as we look ahead to late monday and tuesday and wednesday and at this point, tuesday, we see heavy rain and the strong winds and that will be the day to watch. next week, here

i would like to invite to the stage, mary dana hinton, president of hollins university in roanoke, virginia an authority on both the arts and the art of leadership, author of the commercial church, black churches and new religion renew religious marketplace in america, along with many articles higher education. she is, a celebrated educator who has elected to the american of arts and sciences. president hinton has graciously agreed to introduce our 2022 jefferson lecture in humanities. professor hinton, you for joining us this evening. good evening. it is indeed a pleasure be with you and an honor and a privilege to introduce. the 2022 jefferson lecture and the humanities. dr. andrew delbanco. andy is the alexander professor of america and studies at columbia university and the president of the foundation. there are many ways that one could know and describe gabe andrew delbanco. andy's numerous, too numerous, to recount. make him seem somewhat superhuman with his prolific writing, expansive thinking thought leadership and deep intellectual acumen or you've encountered andy of his unceasing

her seat and when she refused, the please took her into custody where she spent 13 hours in jail in roanoke rapids, north carolina, and paid $25 for disorder conduct. mr. davis: i recently introduced a bill that would honor sara keys evans with the congressional gold medal, an honor she's more than deserving of. indeed, she's a trail blazer and this is a significant part of not only women's history, but american history. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i rise today to welcome and recognize and well -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman will suspend. does the gentlewoman seek unanimous consent? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the floor today, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. >> you are so kind. thank you very much. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and welcome to washington, d.c., a group of dedicated nursing and respiratory therapy students and professionals from west coast university and american career college. west c

. >> senator roanoke, thank you. >> thank you, madam chair.i think that mr. -- and miss radish have responded that you would not support non transferability. briefly, and could you explain right not? >> i think it goes to a regulatory solution to something that should be a competition issue. if they were competition, if we solve the competition issue here, then customers will get what they want. so i think this is -- it doesn't get to the heart of the matter, essentially. >> yes, thank you very much. it's a good question, and ultimately, we would look at it in a couple of ways. one is a property rights issue. i should have the ability to transfer that ticket at a market rate. secondly, i would point to a statistic i believe was from a g.a.o. report that close to if not a majority of the tickets on the resale market are going for under the market value so while i would contend that while i am not going to pay 500, a little on $5,000 to go see taylor swift, the secondary market allows artists like the band lawrence, who are selling to smaller ve

i visited the program at the center for energy education in roanoke rapids. it allows students to visit colleges incorporate renewable industries while working with teachers and industry professionals to extend knowledge beyond classroom walls. i was honored to spend time with the students of this program who emphasized why representation matters. madam speaker, we must do all that we can to empower young women and girls to pursue stem-related career paths and i will continue fighting to ensure the next generation of woman like our radiant rays have the tools they need to thrive in the east. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today to highlight and celebrate a special group of hoosiers. the fairfield falcon girls basketball team captured the 3-a state title for the first time. the win over cord