amelia siegle is in for tom this morning. still humid out there, amelia.ood morning to you. >> good morning. for the morning hours, dry in the d.c. metro, but as far east as frederick county, loudon and faulkier counties in virginia, i think there will be scattered showers as this rain continues to advance eastward, but it will diminish as it does so. you see here on future weather working throughout the first half of your day, plenty of clouds throughout the morning. most of us a mainly dry morning. what about your afternoon? more on that coming up in ten minutes. for now here's dawnella with a look at traffic. >> good morning. outer loop at little livriver turnpike, an accident but not slowing things down. this time southbound, a work site still set up. cones set up blocking the left lane. aaron and eun? >>> trying to put the pieces together. what we're learning about the fiery train crash in canada as the search for victims ♪ [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. we're gettin' cereal. 'cause over 40 general mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. just look

amelia siegle is here now with what you can expect as you head out the door. amelia?> for the most part it's going to be a dry morning. partly to mostly cloudy skies. 76 degrees now. now, those of you well to the west of the d.c. area in frederi frederick, loudon, faulkier counties, scattered showers there this morning. into the midday and afternoon hours, we'll start to see those hit-or-miss showers once again across the entire area with isolated thunderstorms. so let's break it down for the morning, midday and afternoon hours. 8:00 a.m., 77 degrees. at that point those scattered showers west -- well west of the d.c. metro area. by noon, most of the areas mainly dry, partly sunny skies, a temperature of 85. 4:00, we're looking at scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms likely across the entire region. 87. so this is another day where you need to have the umbrella handy. know, though, you may not need to use it. for tomorrow we're going to see more in the way of sunshine. throughout the day, just limited sun. a high of 90. for today, a high of 91. once agai

so amelia and other students have shown us that, year after year, that has an effect known as the world peace gambit great teachers all over america. now that i have a partnership with the martin institute for teaching in memphis, tenn. director jamie baker and i travel around the world now presenting the world peace game and its principals and inspiring other rigid cater to do their own best work. what we find is there are so many great teachers in the the world, astounding numbers of great teachers doing fantastic things but do we see them? we see a film now and then about a disaster in some classrooms somewhere, we have this idea that everything is falling apart. my experience has been there are so many fantastic teacher is doing great work and students are doing really well in a lot of places so i am inspired and optimistic about education. we have our problems. one of them is test preoccupation. we have to have some feedback and information to help guide us but if the emphasis is so strong in that direction we can see the rearview mirror, see where we have been and gutted the look

amelia segal back inside with us. what do you say. >> warmed up 2 degrees since the start of midday, 82 degrees, high of 88. some. limited. some scattered showers and sprinkles. you need to keep the umbrella handy. for the evening hours around 6:00 p.m. into the overnight hours we'll be mainly dry. as we talk about tomorrow, some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are likely, about a 40% chance. any storms could contain heavy downpours. high of 91, thursday, cold front moves in the area, better chance of widespread rains and storms. downpours possible on thursday. that could lead to flash flooding. we'll keep an eye on that. high temperature of 87. that front is going to bring comfortable air mass for friday and saturday across the area. two really nice days to look forward to. great weather and, of course, chuck bell will be in at 4:00 p.m. with the updates for what you can expect overnight tonight and tomorrow. >> we'll look for that. thank you. >>> that is news 4 midday. be sure to tune in to news 4 toni

, buenos días. >> buenos días amelia. >> sí, buenos días. >> es que ustedes no solo lo conocen a él,, pues sé que dentro y no sé si voy a salir. >> por eso dedica cada momento de sus hijos y a su esposa quien también está en el circo como domadora de caballos, bailarina y también ayudándolo con los tigres. >> ¿te da miedo eso?. >> sí, mucho. >> es que él es el único ahora en el mundo que entra con 18 tigres y soy la única esposa en el mundo que aguanta. >> luego de una relación que empezó en brasil, no se han separado, se ayudan tanto dentro como fuera del trabajo. >> ella llegó en edad de juventud. >> yo lo domé al entrenador que entrena 18 tigres. >> sí, el más beneficiado soy yo, pero acá los más beneficiados son los hijos. >> y ahora los nuevos 18 hijos. >> aquí está tu casa y a pocos pasos están la casa de tus tigres y los puedes cuidar. >> sí, es un trabajo de 24 horas, siempre alrededor de los animales, para saber si algo sucede, yo estoy aquí a disposición de ellos. >> ¿cómo se llama este?. >> se llama tabata, jeannette y judith. >> tabata aprecia mucho a raúl gonzález. >> es

. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal.res right now generally around 70 degrees. there's a chance of a shower but most of us will be mainly dry. for the afternoon, partly sunny skies and muggy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms likely. a high temperature today of 88. the chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. otherwise hot and humid with a high around 90. ♪ >>> 7:30 now on a monday morning. it is the 8th of july, 2013. back to work for most americans after a long holiday weekend. but these nice folks have decided to squeeze? one extra day off and it's a pretty one on the plaza. good morning. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer and natalie morales. >> investigators are pointing to how many passengers managed to get out alive. so would you know what to do if you were in a similar situation? coming up, we'll take you to a place where they study the science of survival. >> and then we're going to lighten things up a bit with new grandma and new talk show host kris jenner. how is kim a

in this case for project amelia. >> you must be astonished by the total raised so far, right?counting money that almost match as what she owes. it was raised through a website called giveforward.com. >> you believe that people want to help people and it's obviously the case in amelia's case that there's just so many people out there rooting for her. >> reporter: giveforward starting in 2008 as a fund-raising tool for all sorts of things but quickly narrowed "i" focus to medical expenses. and why not. the national bureau of economic research found that half of american adults say they would not be able to easily come up with just $2,000 in case of a medical emergency. >> we realized what a huge problem it was and we shifted our focus only on medical. >> reporter: like similar sites giveforward makes money from small fees connected to the donations. >> this travels so much faster than it ever could before because of facebook, twitter, social media. >> reporter: it's not just friends and families donates but long lost acquaintances and even total strangers. >> i think i was humbl

it took about $100 and amelia having second similar problems in the scheme organized a charity of her fellow students collecting pennies and nickels and dimes and quarters and she got to talk about this and have a wall put in and save lives. general doral with an idea inspired by her realistic and real-life experience about the real world. there's a lot of talk about this and that kind of thing. i had my own opinions. but i would just ask, how do you break something like that. you know, you know, you need to go beyond the simple concept of making a snapshot of the students ability and wisdom and we are talking about this and great educational consultant that is a snapshot and we we're trying to get the big picture we want a full photo album. a whole portfolio. not just depending on a single snapshot to determine someone's lives. they have shown us year after year that that has an effect. they are great teachers all over and jamie baker and i are traveling around the world and they are presenting the game and its principles and inspiring other teachers and educators and others. what we

. >>> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal in for tom kierein. skies, scattered lie showers and sprinkles just entering fairfax county and points to the west. we'll see this area of showers continue mainly west of the d.c. metro area throughout the morning hours. presently at 76 degrees. getting into the mid-day and afternoon hours some scattered showers and a few isolated storms likely across the entire >>> and don't forget, away from your tv check your forecast 24/7 at weather.com. let's head inside to matt and savannah. >>> all right. thank you very much. >> coming up next, the cleveland kidnapping victims speaking out for the first time. what does a psychiatrist see when she looks at that video? we'll talk to her right after this. is, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing

the next speaker and i'll really glad our manager amelia is here. i want to thank tom for being here as well. mr. cruise. >> thank you. i'm with the public utilities commission. i want to after you've heard with dp w we support their work. i'd like to go through today why we flood and what we're doing long-term to prevent the flooding. san francisco has what we call a combined sewer system we capture both the typical

the next speaker and i'll really glad our manager amelia is here. i want to thank tom for being here as well. mr. cruise. >> thank you. i'm with the public utilities commission. i want to after you've heard with dp w we support their work. i'd like to go through today why we flood and what we're doing long-term to prevent the flooding. san francisco has what we call a combined sewer system we capture both the typical sewer system as well as storm water into one correction and treat it at one location. this particular system has environmental benefits we catch 1 hundred percent of the rainfall and treat it as long as we can handle the volume. this is very rare many in the country do have this. to give you a sense of the capacitate we have in a storm where we had full capacity we'll handle 5 hundred and 55 million gallons of water a day. and when we exceed that capacity we can store many, many more millions of gallons of water. so we exceed 5 hundred and 72 millions of gallons of water in one storm. overall we have our ocean >> treatment plant that pl

. >> sí, ahora nos vamos a ir con amelia maquiabello. >> sí, desde phoenix regreso con una mujer quevamos a hablar de la risoterapia, pero ustedes díganos las cosas que le dan risa, en el hashtag: cosas que te dan risa. >> ¿qué es eso?. >> sí, es que mira, hay que matar el mal olor. >> ustedes están diciendo. >> no, dije humor, no mal olor. (risas). >> ese es robertito. >> sí, es que hay que reírse de la vida. >> nelson que no salió con su doble raya. (risas). >> sí, se parece cuando apaga la cámara. >> que rico, y me da risa a mí la risa de francisca, dale play. >> satcha pretto. >> a mí me molestabam de adolescente por mi risa, pues dicen que me río como un carro ahogado o como bruja, pero me río con ganas y también es importante que comencemos el día bien informado. >> a los pasajeros del avión de asiana airlines se les dijo en un principio que no abandonaran la nave, esto revela lo último de la investigación y además divulga que los asientos de tres sobrecargos fueron expulsados del avión, 6 pasajeros aún están hospitalizados, una llamada al 911 revela personas quemadas. >> famil

in 1937, amelia earhart disappeared while trying to fly around the world. in 1982, larry walters used a lawn chair and weather balloons to soar over 16,000 feet high. yeah, don't do that at home. in 2002, steve fossett flew a balloon solo around the world. >>> also happy birthday to actress lindsay lohan who is 27. larry david turns 66 and racing legend richard petty, 76. >>> deep right here for more news, weather and sports. i'm betty we tooty ngyuen. have a good day. breaking news. day two of the bart workers strike. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where cash lines just starting to form. we expect to see more of the same today. >> we are looking live at that golden gate bridge. you can see fog as traffic at this point flowing smoothly right there. you can expect ferries to be packed up all day long. brace yourselves and be warned. it is 4:30 right now. thanks a lot for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> we are talking about bart strikes for the second day in a

amelia, usedeam, to call it the secret sauce. tweak e-mails, do all of this message testing to check the drafts and the subject line. we found that people across demographic groups preferred the same messaging, which was cool. but, we could even get more lists by just adding small tweaks for certain behavioral groups. people who donated very recently, we get added extra sentence thanking them for their recent donation, and asking if they could dig deeper and donate again. senses addedhe some risk, but you did not have to write completely different drafts for everybody. get a good message that works, and you can make little tweaks on it. >> we called it buttering. you take the toast of your e- mail, and you butter it differently for every segment. >> tactical question. we are here in silicon valley, so did any of you find any technology to be more compelling? >> what are your favorites, panel? , we found that we saw an whenase in our fundraising we went from the basic contribution form when we went over to add blue. -- would make

. >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia seigel in for tom with the first forecast. >>> we're starting off the day similar to yesterday, plenty of cloudiness. i'm tracking rain back to the west once again. working throughout the morning hours, there will be scattered showers likely especially to the west of washington. another day you need to keep the umbrella handy. getting into the midday and afternoon hours, we're looking at scattered rain and a few thunderstorms. you can see more moisture as we look back to the west. now here's what you can expect today. some thunderstorms this afternoon could be strong to severe. i'll be talking more about that in five minutes. we're also looking at the potential for some strong storms in the area tomorrow. that will lower the humidity for friday and saturday. again, more on what to expect as far as severe weather is concerned in five minutes. for now, here's danella with traffic. >> reporter: good morning. traveling over the 14th street bridge, light volume. we saw this yesterday, as well, look out for roadwork. it is blocking the right side of t

or he's now wanted for espionage swedish pirate party member amelia and his daughter believes that snowden was actually trying to strengthen democracy in his home. democracy is a form of governance but i think what you can tell from mr snowden's x x is that it's not just the election process right but he also believes that values night human rights add to dignity and sanctity of a person's private lives and the importance also of granting people a private life in order to usefully participate in a democratic process so previous is one of the preconditions for us being able to. develop as democratic human beings and participate meaningfully in such a process and so countries that are p.v.c.'s not best preserved always from the risk of not to me be building up to democratic values. while snowden goes out of his way to avoid prosecution the week's long trial a fellow whistleblower bradley manning nearing its end the army private arrested in may two thousand and ten admits to leaking thousands of classified documents to wiki leaks he insists he didn't aid the enemy the main charge against him

desde california para que nos cuente, buenos dÍas amelia. >>> gracias, buenos dÍas, con estas olas de sus mascotas. se cansaron? quieren ir a la casa. quedaron exhaustos por esa media hora en el agua. aquÍ perros y dueÑos quedan fascinados, no solamente estarÁn relajados por mÁs de 5 horas, se quedarÁn placidamente en su casa, de buen humor, como dirÍan wow!, vuelvo al estudio, lle"venlos a la casa, a la playa que naden guev sÍ, saben nadar, son perros inteligentes, una vez estaba en la alberca con honey nadaba con otra persona. se enfadÓ y nado a la orilla. >>> estuvo dandose sus chapuzones y hacen ejercicios, deberÍa hacerlo para aprender a nadar. >>> cuando nazca el bebÉ. >>> vamos con los paparrines. >>> necesita un chapuzÓn. >>> llegÓ el momento de lÁgrimas, besos, cuernos y cachetadas. >>> descongelenme. >>> aquÍ los controles. >>> aquÍ estÁn. >>> "sordomulo" saludÓ a chabÁn? >>> quÉ? >>> por quÉ chabÁn? >>> no, alejandro chabÁn. >>> no, chabaÑa. >>> ay "sordomulo". con permiso. >>> a chabÁn esque estuvo 25 veces aquÍ. >>> no lo nombramos parte del club como tal. >>> dale con es

-- amelia? thehas got her own show in afternoons. >> some hate mail. >> it is going to happen.we are going to embrace it, so if you have some hate mail, send it to us. >> the self-deprecating, the that the fans have enjoyed for years. >> 72 hours. and dave is going to be starring monster.com. our director. he really missed him on this one. >> there have also been changes at wbal radio with an extra hour for one show, and 98 rock and wbal radio and wbal tv are all owned by the hearst corporation. rescue crews in canada having a very to buckle time recovering the remains of the victims of saturday's oil train derailment, and we will have more for you when we cover that derailment. >> and with san francisco in the plane crash, there was another one in alaska. we will have details on the air taxi that went down, killing everyone on board. >> and the egyptians weigh in on the violent protests going on in their homeland, coming up at 6:00. >> these baltimore city school students are attending a camp that gives them support throughout the school year. >> covering the world tonight, ne

me despido desde los Ángeles. >>> gracias, amelia.hofer de bus. >>> quÉ tipazo. lo adoramos. >>> hermano, venga cuando quiera, disfrutamos de su humanidad. mucho Éxito. es un tipo con los pies en la tierra. ustedes saben que el verano son las mujeres que le gusta poner fotos sexy, y fue un caballero que se atreviÓ a mostrar sus abdominales. y estamos viendo ayael, que... >>> me estÁ distrayendo. (risas) >>> que se atreviÓ a mostrar su cuerpazo. y aquÍ pregunta donde estÁn los abdominales. >>> no se preocupe. >>> Él estÁ igual que yo. >>> vienes como yo. >>> y los abdominales estÁn ahÍ. lo que pasa es que hay capa de grasa que no se ve. >>> tenemos que cumplir. >>> muchachas, y mientras me preparo para cumplir a nuestro televidente. y vamos a ver... ♪ >>> ahÍ estÁ con mi chaleco. no recuerdo el nombre de la televidente que pidiÓ que bailemos un tango ana y yo. y el sombrero es el problema. porque no me entra. venga. y dice... ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> y ponme sopa de caracol. para ir preparando. >>> y sabÍa que vestir demasiado sexy a una

. >> so, we have happy amelia erhardt day. >> very interesting. >> royal baby yesterday, there was a moment everyone was waiting for, mom, dad, the cute little bundle was out on the steps of the hospital, similar to diana and charles coming out with william 31 years ago. >> right. >> everyone wants to get a tight shot and see the baby. i thought she looked great, by the way. >> she was in kind of a tight dress. i know lots of women were talking about that. i thought that was cute. look at that little hand gesture there. >> that's definitely a royal wave. >> you'll see the royal middle finger here in a second. hey! media, here you go. go easy on me for the next 90 years. >> steven colbert had a great take, because everyone was talking about how beautiful kate looked when she came out and a lot of women the day after you give birth you don't look like that. anyway, steven colbert had fun with it. >> this is the new standard what you must look like 24 hours after giving birth, smiling, glamorous, hair perfect, radiant and fresh. okay, step up your game. >> so bad. >> that's funny. he's

our newscast, amelia segal will be on board to get you started. here's a look at your day part for tomorrow. 8:00 a.m. at 80 degrees. 85 at 11:00 a.m. up to a temperature of 90 degrees tomorrow. more heat. definitely i think more humidity for tomorrow and thursday. 85 the high for friday. friday right now is looking very, very nice and will feel very nice because we'll have some very low humidity around our area. in fact i think it's one of our nicest days on friday, nicest we've had in weeks around here. set up for the weekend not bad. a little bit of heat back and eventually a little bit of humidity for early part of next week. >>> a happy homecoming for rusty the red panda. he returned to his exhibit this morning after escaping from the national zoo last month and running through adams morgan. rusty got some new rules to live by. for the next week he'll be taken inside into the holding enclosure at night. crews also cutback trees in rusty's exhibit. and electric wires have been installed to keep rusty from trying to run off again. >>> new detai

leading 2 nothing in the fichlt amelia little guy with some pop. that's gone.the frame. l 5ing in game in the seventh t.down the right field line. bead on it and the necessity to the head on replay it looked like a certain concussion from reddick. barack obama. he was down for a few minutes. tough guy. stayed in the game. a were shut out tonight 5 nothing the final. another a news on friday night when oakland host texas. passenger out of the milwaukee brewers book. of henderson big head racing. like the sausages do at miller park. my money is on ricky. former giants closer brian wilson 3 time all star missed past 2 seasons due to reconstruction surgery minor league deal with that dodgers. 31-year-old ink 1 year deal for reported 1 million dollars. after leading the giants with 48 saves and closing out 2010 world series for the g mechbility considered one of the best in baseball prior to his surgery. of course known more for his fear the beard than actual talent. an interesting return for brian to at&t park. stay tune. >> well president obama told bruce yesterda

. >> these are children from haiti, tibet, iraq and amelia, my daughter. we'll have a full report on their incredible stories coming up later this summer. that is what i learned today. joe. >> fantastic. a great organization. guys, thanks so much for watching this week. we greatly appreciate it. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." but stick around. chuck todd is next. >> have a great weekend. >>> violence keeps chicago on edge. the congressional black caucus convenes an emergency summit on guns and crime in the city. we'll go live to chicago with one of the events leaders about what they can do to stop the killing. meantime, back in washington, just a few days to go till congress heads home for the month of august. they won't be in d.c. to avert a budget battle. and one republican is calling for them to resist the smell of jet fuel to get some work done. and before they leave town, speaker boehner comes down hard again on his conservative colleague's steve king's red hot rhetoric on immigration. but king is still not backing down. good morning from

. >> buenos días amelia. >> si, buenos días desde phoenix acá en arizona me ha permitido conocer la vidaacemos, es diferente, hay gente diferente, desde el primer año, estás estudiando, viendo la gente y cada ciudad es diferente. >> ¿todo bien?. >> ¿por qué es tan difícil ser payaso?. >> sí, acá somos 25 payasos en todo el mundo. >> por eso que él combina sus movimientos con la comedia y hasta convertirse en uno de los 25 payasos. >> tienes que mirar para arriba, al lado, todo alrededor. >> ¿cómo vislumbras al iván payaso en 30 años?. >> quiero estar en el circo aún, soy la sexta generación, ¿por qué salir? .>> este no es un trabajo y profesión para iván, es su vida, mañana regresará pues el show tiene que continuar. >> así es como iván finaliza las largas jornadas de trabajo durante los últimos 15 años y deseando convertir a su familia en la séptima generación del circo, mañana sigo en arizona para mostrar que la fuerza física del hombre no es más fuerte que las mujeres, regresamos a los estudios. >> sí, 5 generaciones, tienen que ser talentoso, cuentame un chiste. >> 5 elefantes tocand

. >>> que bien amelia. >>> usted nomÁs piquele los ojos. >>> o dele un taconazo.cha grasa. la salsa de tomate es una bomba, tiene el Ácido del tomate, azÚcar, la salsa olvÍdese. y sabemos que los jugos y frutas tienen acido, el cafÉ aunque sea colombiano no lo deben tomar. >>> me tomo unas pastillas para tomarme mi cafÉ para poder estar aquÍ, pero es dificil si se sufre de eso. >>> el problema es que vamos haciendo el daÑo, estÁ bien que se tome uno, pero no sea de tomar cafÉ todo el dÍa. nada de vino, chocolate, el trago, nada, olvÍdense. y si le gustan fumar es una bomba para la acidez. y siempre hay cosas lindas que si nos da alivio. >>> vamos a empezar. usted no come carnes rojas pero hay pollo, pescado, la cosa es hacerlo a la plancha, preparaciones mÁs sanas. este es un vegetal, es crujiente. >>> le quita la rabia y el hinojo. >>> estÁ bien. y vamos aprender ortografÍa tambiÉn. con h el hinojo. bueno, el jengibre, es bueno para muchas cosas, ayuda a relajar los mÚsculos, y no se devuelven los Ácidos. >>> relaja los mÚsculos del esÓfago. >>> simplemente rayar

. >> these are children from haiti, tibet, iraq and amelia, my daughter.later this summer. that is what i learned today. joe. >> fantastic. a great organization. guys, thanks so much for watching this week. we greatly appreciate it. if it's way too early, it's "morning joe." but stick around. chuck todd is next. >> have a great weekend. >>> violence keeps chicago on edge. the congressional black caucus convenes an emergency summit on guns and crime in the city. we'll go live to chicago with one of the events leaders about what they can do to stop the killing. me

. >>> in the "usa today" amelia earheart is planning to re-create the flight next summer.another big month for your 401(k). stocks up 4% just this month. biggest gain since january and today is the last day of the month. >>> good news for oprah, her own network finally turned a profit. that network struggled to attract viewers since 2011 launch. >>> get ready for tax-free shopping. 17 states offering tax breaks to help with everything from crayons to computers. >>> a break from the rain in the southeast. yeah, well, we're talking about more rain today thanks to the winds coming right out of the gulf. look for one to two inches of rain for what has already been such a wet summer. that's not all. anywhere from the midwest stretching to the northeast. we'll watch the cold front make its way across and by thursday we're talking about rain into the northeast. as far as temperatures. below normal down to the south and so nice around the lake. look at those temperatures say in the 70s. that is the good plus side to that. >> 78 in boston. all right, indra, thanks so much. >>> we'r

. >> mika, we have to tell everybody, you were actually on tv five minutes after amelia was born, your>> it was more like 25 minutes, but okay, yes, i was. >> i'm a politician. i can exaggerate. but still, 25 minutes. why were you on tv 25 minutes after your first child was born? >> because i was a local anchor and my husband worked for the competing station, and they both did live shots. >> live shots from the delivery room? >> well, whatever, you know. you do what you got to do. >> that's just not right. hing o sfx: birds chirping. i don'without goingcisions to angie's list first. with angie's list, i know who to call, and i know the results will be fantastic! find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. when she's happy, she writes about bunnies. when she's sad, she writes about goblins. [ balloon pops, goblin growling ] she wrote a lot about goblins after getting burned in the market. but she found someone to talk to and gained the confidence to start investing again. ♪ and that's what you call a storybook ending. it's not

herdaughter amelia and husband could not be here today because they both just started new jobs in california. our son michael is here with us in spirit. i grew up in a small town in southwestern michigan, 3500 people. my mother was a home economics teacher and my father was a pilot. he taught people how to fly. that was his passion. a were both raised on dairy farms in central michigan. wasrandparents farm designated a centennial farm, owned and farmed for 100 years by the same family, in 1982. my grandparents are in the michigan farmers hall of fame. i spent my summers on that farm. i helped with haying and i showed cows at the county fair and the michigan state fair. it was my dream to go to law school and my parents supported that dream at a time when their friends thought it was a waste of money to send their daughters to college at all. , thei went to law school university of michigan, i did not know that i would become a labor lawyer. while i was there, i represented nonunion university workers, in a management review process. the first described to me how she made less than a male col