calvin coolidge is a great example.is literary style was very clipped, concise, and surprisingly funny. it lined up with his image. he was known as silent cal, even though he had two fantastic books. he is somebody we should remember for his words as much as his absence of words. that stern and buttoned-down and serious approach lined up with his politics and his traditional approach to american life. the literary style of calvin coolidge lined up with the life of calvin coolidge, and readers and voters responded to both things. susan: we have president obama talking all the way back in 1985 about writing "dreams." let's put that on as we get close to the end. [video clip] >> my father was a black african. and my mother was a white american. and much of my life was spent trying to reconcile the terms of my birth that divided heritage with the realities of race and nationality, tribal identities that exist not just in this country, but also overseas. so that this book is not so much a memoir, i think, as a journey of dis

eastbound 580 at coolidge a head-on crash.og down to 580 but no incidents for the rest of the bay. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> up next for you on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: she paid one price inside the store but her credit card company billed her hundreds of dollars more. how can that happen? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. >> reporter: good morning, if you shop at macy's you can skip the register if you choose mobile check-out. a woman did that and a month later she was charged more than the amount on her receipt. she says she asked macy's to fix it but didn't get anywhere. she turned to us. there was a conflict between the regular prices and sale prices on lori's items. we asked macy's to take another look. the store agreed to refund her $195. macy's told us this issues has been resolved with the customer. lori wrote us this, i could not have done it without you. we could not have done it without lori doing two critical things, one, save your receipts, e

eastbound getting away from the bridge. 580 at coolidge. the on ramp is the off ramp for 35th both closed because it's between the two access points, the two right lanes. the two left lanes are fine. fruitvale and high street are before and after that exit so be prepped to use those. a wrongway driver was reported there but we also have tough visibility, the highlighted yellow, marcus, fog on the traffic road weather index. back to you. >> all right, mike. thank you. 4:38 this monday morning. and a new and even more contagious strain of the coronavirus really causing a travel nightmare in the united kingdom. still ahead we'll talk about the growing calls for flights into the u.s. to be stopped and the other areas already making that change. >>> plus, a major move for tesla and the impact that it has on shares of the company. if you hold them you'll want to listen. you're watching "today in the bay." go on, humans, put yourselves through all that pain. waltz around in those foot knives, watch your blue light lanterns, blast those eardrum ban

out of the fog this traffic alert 580 at coolidge. two lanes are blocked.ew crash 880 just off 238 in san leandro and not presenting any slowing as well as the rest of the bay with light traffic. back to you, marcus. >>> another vaccine set to make its rounds. bay area hospitals will soon have another line of defense as icu beds space dwindles. "today in the bay's" jackie ward is live for us in santa clara county at the health department. how many doses are we talking about this go-around? >> reporter: marcus, we're talking tens of thousands of doses making their way to the bay area right now and here in santa clara county they're expecting to get a lot of those. in fact, most of the ones are on their way. they report that they expect to get more than 39,000 doses of moderna vaccine tomorrow. marin county expecting 3,100 doses today and the vaccine advisory group to seek input. we expect to learn more about doses headed to all nine bay area counties in the coming days. just like this time last week when pfizer's vaccine was being shipped, these shots are be

those two right lanes are shut down around the area as well as coolidge.tarting as more and more people hit the brake lights. look at this, already getting busy into the altamont pass. >>> i'm emily turner in in san francisco we could see this moderna vaccine arrive as early as today . everyone is like, at least this is some kind of a gift. otherwise, it would be busy out here with people jogging. unfortunately, it is not. bay area hospitals could receive their first shipment on the vaccine today just three days after the fda authorized a rollout. california expects to receive 672,000 doses of this new vaccine this week along with an additional 233,000 doses of pfizer. here is what the rollout looks like. still, healthcare workers come first and folks in nursing homes will get that vaccine but the cdc advisory panel says that the next people in line could be those over 75, not actually 65 and older. also, behind them, are front- line essential workers which the panel defines as this. obviously, first responders with police and fire but also education teach

jennifer coolidge started improvising.nk interior designer. [ laughter ] she late in life found a passion for interior design of fish tanks. the second one that got me that ruined -- i couldn't keep it together, was that she was somebody who trained small animals to detect carbon monoxide. [ laughter ] she delivers these completely deadpan. and dylancy brown is brilliantly, steadfastly standing, impressed with his wife and manages -- the power of comedians to keep it together through stuff like that. >> jimmy: well, yeah. the movie is really good. give my best to marcus. and i hope your brother doesn't ruin christmas this year. [ laughter ] thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. i think it's bedtime where you are now, go to sleep. >> it is. >> jimmy: carey mulligan, everybody. "promising young woman" opens in theaters christmas day. we'll be back with alanis morissette! wathis year, try shopping for mchristmas gifts live. there's a place you can go where great gifts fill each shelf no need for shipping - just grab the

you cannot imagine calvin coolidge upside down like that. some people thought lincoln's jokes were dirty. they were not dirty. they were earthy. a bunch of guys were talking about the revolutionary war and lincoln said what american colonists should have done was to put pictures of george washington and all of the british privies, because nothing scares the shit out of an englishman more than general washington. earthy, right? before lincoln became president a man from virginia challenged him to a duel and lincoln responded, i accept your challenge, sir, as long as i pick the weapons and the distance at which we stand. cow manure at5 -- five paces. gordon: lake it was a genius. he was alwayse] sensitive. if i had to face his do you think i would be wearing this faces do you think i would be wearing this one. there are not many politicians willing to laugh at their own expense. am i right? joe: whether it is their weight or dress or how they conduct themselves, people are less likely to do it. paul simon, a former senator was self-deprecating

coolidge would come in the kitchen and critique what the servants were eating.uld say, it seems like you are eating a lot of food here. he is laissez-faire, hands-off, not with the food. >> what about the wilson administration? he segregated the civil service. >> they still have the segregation from the past administration but wilson, he was a southerner, so yes, there are a lot of reports of him celebrating the southern food cooked by white house staff. so i don't know about interaction between wilson and others. there was more during the harding administration but he loved their food. >> so the harding administration did what? >> there seemed to be a feeling of camaraderie. harding was big on waffles. he loved waffles. he would eat a lot of awful spared -- he would eat a lot of waffles. the cook that would make these waffles were celebrated and talked about how much he loved their waffles. her name was alice howard. >> [inaudible] >> yeah. he waffled in a good way as president. >> do you know if daisy bonner and misses nesbitt ever met? i have not bet your boo

eastbound around 35th and coolidge is where we have an traffic alert. is a hard closure in place for a couple of lanes as you work your way on the eastbound side of 580. we are in a holiday traffic pattern. as far as delays, things are pretty like right now. you've got at least two lanes blocked as well as that 35th exit off of 580, the offramp from 580 eastbound. speaking of 580, we are getting first reports of traffic in the altamont pass. two cars tangled up right at grant line. both vehicles are drivable so they are over to the right shoulder exchanging information. hopefully they will get this cleared off the road completely but we are seeing some brake lights heading out of tracy, westbound. your travel times are still in the green, 26 minutes from 205 to 680. your drivetime along highway 4, 29 minutes to go from antioch over toward hercules. again, pretty foggy. that is look at your morning ride. >>> check out this beauty. a multifunctional new type of ugly christmas sweater. it is called the safe distance christmas jumper. it is intended to prot

the very first sound film we have featuring a president is calvin coolidge talk about economic policyit's not the most scintillating film in the world, but it's fascinating to see this film. speaking to the camera about policy. just hearing silent cal talk is something amusing in and of itself. >> when the government effects a new economy, it grinds everybody in life pension with which to raise the standard of existence. it increases the value of everybody's property, raises the scale of everybody's wages. one of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the american people is economy in government. >> i've said that in 1912 the copyright law changed and we were no longer receiving films through copyright or we weren't keeping the films that were registered to copyright. but that doesn't mean we don't have any films between 1912 and the 1940s. so we have nearly 140 million feet of nitrate film in the collection. and a great amount of that film is actually chronicling world war i. we're in the process of doing more preservation and digitalitiesization work. these films were not onl

calvin coolidge had a son die in office. many believed he didn't run for a second term because of that tragedy. the kennedy family has been a full of tragedy. not just the assassination of president kennedy but plane crashes and all kinds of other things. most people know somebody close to them who have had tragedies in their lives. i do not doubt this has changed joe biden dramatically. it should to any person unless they become bitter. that's not what we are electing. we are not electing personal stories. you can call yourself anything. you can call yourself catholic or jewish or atheist. the only thing that should matter is what are your policies. what are your policies on taxes? the central doctrines of the catholic church other than theological ones are pro-life. they are against abortion. they are for traditional marriage. joe biden said he wants to get rid of the hyde amendment and federally funded abortions. he is fine with transgender's and all kinds of other human relationships. this goes against the roman catholic

a lot of scientist that they were dangerous and president coolidge said there are biological laws that prevented people who were born in different continents for mixing with each other. the president of the american heart association said if the united states allows immigrants with these other subspecie subspecies, that would bring absolute rule into society. but then there was a big race science and eugenics and the biological hazard of immigration and after that conference organized by madison grant and henry fairfield osborne, put the exhibits together and shipped them off to congress and exhibited in the halls for every member of congress to look at his they would walk into their chambers. the leading scientist who created that conference at on a committee and drafted a policy based on the cutting-edge science about how people live in different countries belong there and were biologically alien from each other and it would be catastrophic and biologically hazardous for the nation. they drafted the laws and that's what became that past 1920 immigration law based on racial quota and

coolidge would come in and critique what the servers were eating. it seems like you guys are eating a lot of food here, things like that. he was very nosy. that is not his persona. he is laissez-faire, hands-off. what about the wilson administration? >> even during the wilson -- they still had the segregation, but wilson was a southerner. there are a lot of reports of him celebrating the southern food cooked by the white house staff. i don't know about interaction between wilson and those others . there was more during the harding administration, but he loved their food. >> the harding administration did what? >> there seems to be this feeling of camaraderie. harding was really big on waffles. he loved waffles. he would eat a lot of waffles. the cook that would make these waffles was celebrated in newspaper articles and talk about how much he loved their waffles. her name was alice howard. he waffled in a good way as a president. >> simple question. do you know if daisy bonner and misses nesbitt ever met? and i haven't read your book yet, but mrs. n

builds it into one of the most important government harding and r the coolidge administrations. erhaps most significantly and what lives with us today is hoover getting industries to industrial standards. this lowered the cost of goods and it also allowed consumers no matter what company a product from within that industry, it would from other rts companies in that industry. there were 42 , different size milk containers hen he came in as secretary of commerce. he got the dairy to get it down pint, half pint. quarter, half gallon. gallon. the size of brick in the home is what was established when he was commerce.of the plumbing standards to this hoover.e those set by size lumber. it goes on and on. next slide. 1928 hoover gets elected by a landslides. of the people connect hoover with the collapse and thearket in october depressi depression, actually not the but the great depression, which makes it worse. e have to remind people that hoover had accomplishments in his administration that tend to overshadowed. probably the one most the public knows he used the power of the to put

he builds it into one of the most important government agencies under the harding and coolidge administrationsperhaps most significantly, and what lives with us today, is hoover getting industries to create industrial standards. this lowered the cost of goods to consumers, and it also allowed consumers, no matter what company they bought a product from within that industry, it would work with parts from other companies in that industry. for example, there were 42 different sized milk containers when hoover came in as secretary of commerce. he got the dairy industry to get to pint, quart, half-gallon and gallon. the size bricks in your home was established when hoover was secretary of commerce. plumbing standards to this day were those set by hoover. sized lumber, goes on and on. next slide. so, 1928, hoover gets elected by a landslide. most people connect hoover with the collapse of the market in october and the depression. actually, not the depression, but the great depression, which makes it even worse. we have to remind people that hoover had accomplishments in his administration that tend

president calvin coolidge said there were biological laws that prevented people who were born in different continents for mixing over melding with each other. the american the public health association said if the united states was to allow immigrants in who came from other racial groups they were a subspecies to bring absolute ruin. so there was a big conference about eugenics and how it would be really dangerous in the biological hazard of immigration and after that conference they put all of the exhibits together and shipped them off to congress they were exhibit in the halls of congress for every member to look at as they walked into their chambers. >> i decided i wanted to work for justice scalia if you know my pastor my background in my family that would not up in your first guess. so why is it that in 1991 i wanted to work for justice scalia? this is a thing that most law students can understand leading to the opinions as a judge myself normally is not a lot of fun. this is where lawyers a quiet man - - acquire the habit drinking more coffee that is good for them. caffeine gets you

eastbound 580 right at coolidge. the two right lanes remain completely shut down as well as the 35th avenue offramp. this is eastbound 580 as you work your way through oakland. if your travels take you through that area, we are not seeing a huge impact to traffic. we will see more volume on the roadways. westbound 580, as you head out the altamont pass area, we have a lot of brake lights. it is slow coming out of tracy. a travel time just about 37 minutes from 205 to 680. >>> 6:31. let's take a live look at the big word this morning. you can see the dow is down 280 points. stock futures were mixed this morning after a covid relief deal was reached on capitol hill. >>> looking capitol hill, more details on the $900 billion coronavirus relief package. lawmakers are voting on this today. it includes a $600 stimulus check, $300 a week and extended unappointed benefits and $284 billion for the paycheck protection program. >> it is packed with targeted policies to help struggling americans. >> anyone who thinks this bill i

is that we don't have a slowdown in the area, but this is going to be on eastbound 580 right at coolidge avenue. two lanes are blocked. this is resulting from an earlier crash. injuries are been reported. we don't have an update from the chp as to when this will reopen. i want to piggyback off of mike talking about that fog. look at that blanketing over the traffic map here. for the chp, there's one main advisory for state route 4 from willow pass to the san creek area. just all over, take it easy, slow, be careful. let's bring in live cameras. we have the bay bridge toll plaza. overall it's been very light so far this morning. in walnut creek, checking out 680, we'll see the fog. there it is. just be aware of the low visibility again. >> all right. thank you. >>> coming up, the hawaiian volcano that erupted overnight. we have new video. >>> covid crowd control at local malls. we're checking in at how the shopping process is going as people rush to get the last-minute gifts. ♪ >> one of the world's most respected vocal ensembles won't be silent this season. what it took to make this >>>

a lot of these scientists thought that was while logically dangerous point president calvin coolidge actually said that were biological laws that prevented people who were born in different continents from mixing or melding with each other. the director, the president of the american public health association in the 1920s said if the united states was to allow immigrants in who came from these other racial groups, these other subspecies, that that would bring absolute ruin to society. there was this big conference in new york all about this race science and eugenics and how immigration was going to be really dangerous and the biological hazards of immigration, and after that conference which was organized by madison grant and henry fairfield osborn, they put all the exhibits together and shipped them off the congress and they were exhibited in the halls of congress for every member of congress to look at as they walked into the chamber's. the leading scientist to create that conference including madison grant created a committee and they drafted a policy that was based on the cutting

you see the boston police go on strike and get fired by calvin coolidge, all of them.ou see race riots, american strike breakers called in to beat up white strikers in s syracuse turning into racial violence, the tulsa massacre. so there is a relationship between the tumultuous influenza which killed 675,000 americans, and the wartime experience with this set of things that come after. we often warn people and wonder, how similar is this moment? how can we get past that, if possible, without succumbing to worse? a final bit of data. we're thinking global, we're thinking this moment, 1918 and 1919. this is mid-august 2020 data. if you're looking at those total deaths, total population, what's gone on, much lower percentage of the population has been killed lately, .05% in the u.s. thankfully we haven't suffered that much, and yet we've suffered terribly. we're moving toward 200,000 deaths in the u.s. if you look at the world population, again, you should call it the spanish flu in quotes, because we don't want to succumb to using that language critically. you saw global

calvin coolidge had a son die in office.any believed he didn't run for a second term because of that tragedy. the kennedy family has been a full of tragedy. not just the assassination of president kennedy but plane crashes and all kinds of other things. most people know somebody close to them who have had tragedies in their lives. i do not doubt this has changed joe biden dramatically. it should to any person unless they become bitter. that's not what we are electing. we are not electing personal stories. you can call yourself anything. you can call yourself catholic or jewish or atheist. the only thing that should matter is what are your policies. what are your policies on taxes? the central doctrines of the catholic church other than theological ones are pro-life. they are against abortion. they are for traditional marriage. joe biden said he wants to get rid of the hyde amendment and federally funded abortions. he is fine with transgender's and all kinds of other human relationships. this goes against the roman catholic c

such as rebecca the raccoon in the coolidge white house. and billy 0possum for herbert hoover.mal lover. his white house was practically a zoo. donald trump stands out as that rare presidential breed uncomfortable with dogs. feels a little phony. phony to me. in a category of her own is pushinka, a cold war gift from the soviet union. historians ponder whether that factored intojohn kennedy's caution during the cuban missile crisis over russian nuclear weapons. if somebody gives you a puppy, it's hard to wrap your mind around the idea of that person being evil or that person lacking humanity or, you know, wanting to drop a nuclear bomb on that person. so... so that averted, i don't know, world war three? yeah, it's quite possible that pushinka is the reason that we're sitting here talking in my backyard right now! whatever the political drama, pets have been a president's best friend, but also helped them connect with the american people. if you see the president walking his dog or rolling around on the ground playing with his puppy, then it reminds you of what you do and makes