to college campus this to talk with professors who are authors today we're on uh campus of claremont california enjoined by professor ralph rossum who is author of the book "understanding clarence thomas" the jurisprudence of constitutional restoration" ralph rossum what in your view is the biggest misconception of clarence thomas? >> guest: that somehow he was the justice scalia the shoeshine boy that it was put after his confirmation he is his own man. i had a chance to f few years ago i a admire him enormously and in fact, they have asked me to do and after words for the book combined into a paperback edition. and thomas having done a book on him in his more profound and consistent and is a giant he is not as with teeth or sarcastic but he gives as. >> one of the things that he does is that each but he will assign a clark or to sell one he has the research looking at an enormously amount new cannot sell of the things that you want to say without leaving the superiors. and it will be 6880 pages in length and enormously well researched and his statement on that issue when the topic comes up to

i remember i was in my study in claremont california where it is warm and i had a shiver go through me. we'll get that. bois i flipped to the back yes. this place is old. had been here once but i had forgotten. they showed me the memorial statue to when i was here i said you had a big part in the civil war. they said we did. i said why don't i know that? if you are any good at your job been beautifully snow to tell the that. so i see that and i think to myself maybe that would solve the problem. because people who are real smart and know their discipline better than you do cannot work for you. such to be in charge of anything learning from lincoln or churchill churchill, tuesday bolshevism could not have succeeded with the mass effect on modern life. and what he said in the paragraph before they're trying to turn this into insect. but he did nature is more to tractable. those explosive variations are unpredictable with the glory of mankind if you can read that then you can say is a that is how you like to be governed? allies sought a way to do that this is about me it is about that. if

this weekend two islamic centers in southern california in long beach and claremont reported they also a better way. >>> 17 dogs rescued from a burning house in the east bay last night. look at this video the oakland fire department. a terrific job by firefighters who were able to get the dogs out of the burning house. the fire started near 6:00. the oakland fire department says there were no injuries and the dogs were taken to the vet. >>> coming up, this morning at 7:00 on "today in the bay," hustler publisher larry flint in the bay area for a controversial grond opening in the south bay. why some neighbors are less than welcoming. that plus all your top stories coming up at 7:00. >>> thank you macy's thanksgiving parade. that explain why it wounded into central park and wondered how it got there. that's fine. that's fine. thank you the kid's table for being a place not to talk about politics. >> jimmy fallon wrapped up by writing thank you gifts. the wildest show in the late night belongs to a news producer andy cohen. he belongs the cocktail bash and with the rereelease this month

california. including this one in long beach and another in claremont received the same hate filled letter signed "americans for a better way." the director of the bay area chapter of the council on american islamic relations >> what we are concerned about is that this is part of a normal trend of the normzation of anti-muslim hate. >> reporter: at least 100 anti- muslim acts were verified nationwide. at least four of the incidented happened in the bay area >> a woman had her head scarf pulled if broad daylight, another woman being yelled at, a visible muslim woman and a third woman mistaken for muslim having her car vandalized and a hateful note left behind. >> reporter: the president elects that condemned such attacks. trump later said he supported banning immigrants from so- called terrorist states. on his website, a statement of preventing immigration remains. >> whether it is a muslim ban or extreme vetting or a special regest i have, it's about words and actions, now. >> san jose police say they are investigating the letter as a hate motivated incident. so far, no word on woe may have sent

california. one long beach. other in claremont. third was accept to evergreen islamic center in san jose. police si letters are signed americans for a better way. the letter calls muslims children satan and they also say president-elect donald trump would do to muslim what hitler did to the jews. >>> whether it's muslim ban or extreme vetting or stee it's about words and actions right now. after the original shock you know we kind of realized that these things do happen once in a while. this is one bad apple. president-elect trump has condemned letters islamic leaders calling on him to clarify an about ban muslim from entering united states. amazing video from ukraine worker have built a huge safety arch over the damaged cher noble nuclear reactor. the steel and concrete structure reactor. the melted down in 1986. arch will help contain radiation from spewing out for the next 100 years. will also protect the structure from any bad weather. the arch is so big, it's tall enough to house paris's notre dame cathedral. >>> it's big. >> wow. okay. any video shows devastation caused by massive l

this weekend two islamic centers in southern california, in long beach and claremont, also reported they received a letter. all three were signed by americans for a better way. >>> 17 dogs rescued from a burning house in the east bay last night. take a look at this video we got from the oakland fire department and the terrific job by firefighters who were able to get the dogs out of the burning house. the fire started around 6:00 near the foothill square shopping center. the oakland fire department says there were no injuries, and the dogs were taken to the vet. >>> now, a developing story this morning out of new orleans. one person was killed and nine others injured in a shooting on bourbon street. some 30 police officers were already in the area at the time of the shooting. the officers were part of the security detail for this weekend's bayou classic football game. eight men and two women were among the wounded. one of those men died at a local hospital. officials still don't know what led to the shooting. the mayor of new orleans called it senseless and tragic. >> we're going to cont

california gold rush.... e to be made and it's already pouring into the central valley... in coalinga - investors bought the abandoned claremont custody center for over $4 million dollars. they plan to extract cannabis oil from marijuana plants.....the irony of that isen't lost on the mayor pro-tem the irony that this actually held drug offenders, this prison and in hanford investors bought an abandoned tire factory for twelve million dollars they plan to processing over ramirez/hanford vice mayor " ... " this is a facility that grows .. packages and ships it out .." under prop 64 - you could have - 28.5 grams of marijuana - 8 grams of concentrated marijuana - and grow up to six marijuana plants at your home. supporters of prop 64 include lt governor gavin newsome.. lieutenant governor gavin newsom taking people from the shadow and bringing them into a regulated market.. and the by product of that is taxation. along with big name su they've outraised their opponents eight-to-one. collecting over $17 million dollars. a former facebook executive has contributed over $8 million. supporters claim - it's money well spent because th