the primaries and then it was the bush campaign that did in fact say we're going to i believe lee atwater was quoted in time magazine thing. we're going to you know, make it indelibly associated with michael dukakis as you pointed out. jim baker was a was a promoter and and advisor of lee atwater never disavowed him and but the thing that's interesting that does tell you about how much our politics has changed. so you have this absolutely, you know. scathing attack in 1988 on dukakis and you know again, this was really the only way that they decided they could win the campaign and baker was very pragmatic campaigns were shorter than he comes in to run the campaign only at the very end only at the convention and you know, that's the rollout to rescue absolutely. so that's what i was gonna say. they understood that the only real way for bush to win. he was down 17 points at the convention was to tear down the opponents. this was a pragmatic decision in his point of view. but what happened after the election to me is quite instructive about what a a different moment it is. he's appointed sec

great privilege for journalists like yourself, any time in one of those situations, i am reminded atwater privilege it is to be on the front row of history. did you have that sense in the room watching something happen, particularly the first black woman ever nominated, but going to be confirmed to the supreme court? were you aware in that moment in history? >> definitely. i was aware of how historic and monumental the event was for a lot of people, for the world. i tried to channel my own experiences and perspectives as a black woman to see how i can portray this story. it was especially significant for photographers, because it was my first time as a black photojournalist being in the room with more than just one other black woman journalist. so it was a huge moment. >> describe what the moment as a black woman of color meant to you and by extension, all women of color. >> the one word that comes to mind is a really strong sense of gratitude. especially seeing the reaction to photo and the hearings. i felt like we were being seen and we were heard. i know what it is like to create a sce

. >> reporter: she left work here atwater bar on the embarcadero and set out for her 3.5 mile journey home on her bicycle. she never made it to her destination. >> reporter: alex was making the routine track home to the bayview on the night of february 10 when she was struck by a driver on third street near fairfax avenue. she was left with traumatic brain injuries and the driver took off. >> reporter: what has been going through your mind senses happened? >> you know what? shock. sadness. >> reporter: alex was in the icu and just this week came out of the medically induced coma. she suffered a fractured skull, jaw, and ribs. >> she is super outgoing and enjoys hiking and just recently learned how to scuba dive. she's teaching herself italian. >> reporter: her water bar family is devastated. alex has been a bartender here for three years. >> she is a type of employee that shows up in a really good mood with a smile on her face and she has really good energy. she is somebody that lifts the spirits. >> the manager said he spoke with a witness it came to her aid >> this guy is a great hu

. >> the bartender left work atwater bar on the embarcadero and set out for her 3.5 mile journey home on her bicycle. she never made it to her destination. >> reporter: alex was make a in a routine track calm to the bayview. she was struck by a driver on third street near fairfax avenue . she was left with traumatic brain injuries and the driver took off. >> what has been going on in your mind since this happened? >> shock. sadness. >> reporter: alex was in the icu and just this week came out of a medically induced coma. >> she has tons of friends and she is very outgoing. she enjoys hiking and just recently learned how to scuba dive. she is teaching herself italian. butt her water bar family is devastated. alex has been a bartender here for three years. >> she shows up in a really good mood with a smile on her face and she has a really good energy. she lifts the spirits of everybody around her. >> the managing partner said he spoke with the witness it came to her aid pick >> this guy is a great human being because he heard the sound and ran to see what had happened. he got a descript

. >> there's more to the story, leon was headed back from a job interview atwater berger when he gotwind. >> have you ever seen a tornado? >> no, i have not, have you? >> no, dust devils in the central valley but that's it. i think it's from watching the wizard of oz that put a total terror in me as a kid. that's why i stayed in california. i will take the earthquakes -- well, i don't want to take the earthquakes. low pressure that spinning offshore, high clouds, first then look what happens tomorrow evening, 6:15, this will be just before sunset in the north bay, when the rain really begins to move onshore from santa rosa down to sausalito than a pretty good band offshore for the rest of the bay area. by sunset tomorrow night, it has not begun to rain in fairfield, livermore, haywood, but it will have begun from redwood city and north, as time goes on, everybody will get wet. overnight monday, not much then we stop it again, quarter to two on monday afternoon. topside moisture coming from inland over the top of the low back out toward the pacific. it'll favor the southbay by the tim

he was interviewing atwater burger. let's hope that they just hired him right up. poor kids. i hope you got that job. okay, so here's the fog rolling in and i put i put a arrow on sutra because i keep losing it or not suitable partners salesforce and you can just barely see the lights from the top of the tower. this is from sutro towers up over 1800 ft are cameras probably 1600. so the marine layer is getting pretty deep, which means it's going to push pretty far inland tonight not not classically far, but pretty far. here's the model. we are used to it by now. we're going to go all the way into sunday. there it is right there sunday. into monday and then kind of a one and done so not not great, but neither has the winter been okay, so these are the right now. temperatures look at the warmth you see where the sea breezes and where the sea breezes, not it's as green areas right. that's the sea breeze cooling everybody off overnight lows on the mild side. it's spring. it feels like spring. it's acting like spring, and it's going to keep that texture. going for the next couple d

blacks so skeptical about the republican party armstrong back in 1992 good friend of yours lee atwater with over the rnc george bush had just become president. he's looking at the map. and we and the the republican party hadn't had power. in the house representative in 40 years. it leads their hmm. we got to get. you got to start working with redistricting. and he said we ain't got the numbers to to change the state house votes on that. lisa, let's see if we can get the black hawkers. to vote on our existing plan and we'll make a deal with they don't know our plan. we'll give them these majority black districts. and we won't run anybody in these districts. we won't help anybody run against them. in perpetuity they bought that to the black caucus i said we're going to double your number and state houses. we're going to give you majority black congressional districts that will double your number in the congress. what do you say they said you got a deal? so the republican party pulled out the black community. black democrats came in and for 30 years they've heard nothing but lies. because

blacks so skeptical about the republican party armstrong back in 1992 good friend of yours lee atwater with over the rnc george bush had just become president. he's looking at the map. and we and the the republican party hadn't had power. in the house representative in 40 years. it leads their hmm. we got to get. you got to start working with redistricting. and he said we ain't got the numbers to to change the state house votes on that. lisa, let's see if we can get the black hawkers. to vote on our existing plan and we'll make a deal with they don't know our plan. we'll give them these majority black districts. and we won't run anybody in these districts. we won't help anybody run against them. in perpetuity they bought that to the black caucus i said we're going to double your number and state houses. we're going to give you majority black congressional districts that will double your number in the congress. what do you say they said you got a deal? so the republican party pulled out the black community. black democrats came in and for 30 years they've heard nothing but lies. because