scarlet fu out of cornell, what do you have?lk a lot higher at, the numbers are fairly daunting. harvard only takes 5.9%, stanford 5.1%. kevin carey of new america foundation says reaching a good college is not as hard as it seems. this is my morning must-read. the most elite college admissions stat is not be percentage of applications top schools except, it is the percentage of top students admitted to at least one top school. that number is not 5%. or 20% or even 50%. it is 80%. games-ish"s "hunger as the numbers would seem to suggest. herf someone has his or heart set on a particular school, it is very competitive, tough on the student, on the family, i think it is a variety of factors causing this. one is that we were talking about earlier the big differential between one's outlook, economic outlook with a college education versus without. that is one thing. secondly is a big generation. a lot of students apply in, and realization that there is a difference in prospects depending on exactly where you go to school, and one of

. >> next cornel west discusses his book followed by an interview at the 31st annual miami book fair international. [applauding] association, thank you. >> i am a multimedia journalist at channel 5 news in west palm beach and vice president for the national association of black journalists, the miami for lauderdale chapter and the am very happy to introduce two special guests today. dr. cornel west is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual, a professor of philosophy and christian practice at union theological seminary and professor emeritus at princeton university. the also taught at yale, harvard and the university of paris. graduated from harvard and obtained his a and b hd in philosophy at princeton. he has written more than 20 books and has edited 13. he is best known for his classics race matters and democracy matters and his memoir brother west, living and loving out loud. he appeared frequently on the colbert report, cnn and c-span and he also made his film debut in the matrix and was a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004, his latest book, "black

in addition to the introduction you just heard a i want to say that cornel west is working on two other books with us and one coming up soon is his addition of the writings of martin luther king jr. which will be called appropriately the radical king. that will be published on dr. king's birthday and you should all look out for that and his next book after that will be a very important one, justice matters. we are looking forward to that as well. i am going to ask cornel west to talk briefly about each of the six figures he discusses in the new book and then to reflect on how their legacy impacts us today and that i will turn the floor over to questions. michele alexander said that "black prophetic fire" was a fascinating exploration of the black prophetic genius and fire. i would like to start by asking you how you define "black prophetic fire" and then we can talk about each of the figures. >> thank you for that question. i would like to begin briefly by saluting personnel, my publisher, very blessed to work with james baldwin. the same as james baldwin, so many other talented figures

she also serves on cornell's council on sexual violence prevention. the president's counsel on alcohol and other drugs and the council on hazing prevention. chief zoner con screens the public advisory committee. a graduate of ohio state university and to the fbi national academy, she continues her education at cornell. we are honored to have her. and peg land diagnosis-- day one, for more than 25 years, a foufbding member of the attorney general's task force on the sexual and violent physical abuse of children, she was instrumental in the establishment of the rhode island children's advocacy center. ms. langhammer acted as chairperson of the rhode island children youth and family advisory committee. she is also a former member of the rhode island board of review for sexually violent predatory behavior and a member of rhode island jugs oversight committee. we are thrilled to welcome her to this committee. >> senator white house and distinguished committee members. ash land police departments you have options programs and southern oregon's campus choice

she also serves on cornell's council on sexual violence prevention. the president's counsel on alcohol and other drugs and the council on hazing prevention. chief zoner con screens the public advisory committee. a graduate of ohio state university and to the fbi national academy, she continues her education at cornell.

she also serves on cornell's council on sexual violence prevention. the president's counsel on alcohol and other drugs and the council on hazing prevention. chief zoner con screens the public advisory committee. a graduate of ohio state university and to the fbi national academy, she continues her education at cornell. we are honored to have her. and peg land diagnos-- day one, more than 25 years, a foufbding member of the attorney general's task force on the sexual and violent physical abuse of children, she was instrumental in the establishment of the rhode island children's advocacy center. ms. langhammer acted as chairperson of the rhode island children youth and family advisory committee. she is also a former member of the rhode island board of review for sexually violent predatory behavior and a member of rhode island jugs oversight committee. we are thrilled to welcome her to this committee. >> senator white house and distinguished committee members. ash land police departments you have options programs and southern oregon's campus choice-. thi

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> thank you cornell. now, right now in the north bay, 2,000 customers are without power. in san francisco a hundred customers are in the dark and 1500 on the peninsula. 5,000 in the east bay. the hardest hit area the south bay currently has 9,000 outages. in all at least 150,000 customers lost power today. >> in san leandro the winds pushed power lines so low that a railroad crossing came down on top of them. look at this. his spear yen boulevard had to be shutdown while a crew dealt with this problem. >> in martinez a power line came down on two cars setting them on fire. the area near the campbell theater was evacuated. firefighters couldn't use water because of the live wire. eventually they used foam to put out the fires. >> the traffic came to a stop i-80 as a tree and power lines were blown over by the wind. the entire freeway was shutdown for hours. crews were finally able to get the tree off the road and all lanes have since reopened. >> drivers on bay area bridges may see gusty winds tonight. hig

cornell bernard is live with the details. cornell? >> wow, ama, so much rain over the past 24 hours has brought, well, so much water to marin county. take a look. this is an an sell mow creek which look likes a river. all of the water has taken its toll. it has declared a state of emergency. meanwhile another storm rolled through tonight. the storm blasted into marin county making the afternoon commute soggy and treacherous. lots of standing water. monique is heading home from work. >> i will be prepared to take the drive all the way to novato with the flooded freeways. >> heavy rains caused this small mudslide in tiburon. most of the debris washed down the hill into a home swimming pool. the day luge caused storm drains to back up and flood the area around tib -- tiburon town hall. good samaritans came to help clean up the mess. bayside nursery got lots of water they didn't need. >> i am shocked at how much rain we had. we emptied the rain gauge and we had four inches of rain overnight. >> marin county officials have declared an emer

and cornell is live in hillsboro tonight with the story cornell it was snot santa reindeer that landed on the roof latter week. >> sure sounded like it dan. big cat showed up just after christmas. then may have returned to the same house last night. happened just up the road but one couple says the welcome mat is not out. >> it's just coming right to the edge of the roof and then of course cats are jump percent we know that. >>reporter: heather says the mountain lions which showed up day after christmas may have returned late sunday night. >> could you actually hear the stress on the roof. >> big cat stayed around for 20 minutes then vanished. >> it seems that he's chosen this home of all homes as home away from home for himself. >> what make your house so enticing to the cat do you think? >> about maybe the deer. >> her husband bob says a mountain lions killed a deer in the side yard on december 26 then quickly took off. after the couple made noise. >> we heard this enormous guttural growl. >> plenty of mountain lions sightings this year in the bay area. one was spotted under a car in

cornell? >> yes, larry things are looking much better. this is el monty bowel vaferred vaferred -- boulevard. as you can see it is still underwater, but slowly receding. it is a reminder of how wet, wild and dangerous things got on the freeway this morning. >> it was very, very confused. oh my gosh. >> christina meyer is gassing up after running on empty this morning. she and thousands of drivers were caught in commuter chaos. sky 7hd was over marin county when four lanes of southbound 101 flooded in marin city. it created traffic gridlock for miles. a 30-minute drive into san francisco turned into a two-hour ordeal for tom harbinson. >> it was a long trip. >> pretty frustrating. >> we got some flooding calls and we had calls underwater. >>> firefighters were busy in the deluge. they tweeted due to heavy traffic and congestion in mill valley everyone is advised to remain at home unless you must leave. deborah roberts took the advice. >> i walked and did things locally i would normally drive to down the street on shoreline. i walked. i lef

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> thank you cornell. now, right now in the north bay, 2,000 customers are without power. in san francisco a hundred customers are in the dark and 1500 on the peninsula. 5,000 in the east bay. the hardest hit area the south bay currently has 9,000 outages. in all at least 150,000 customers lost power today. >> in san leandro the winds pushed power lines so low that a railroad crossing came down on top of them. look at this. his spear yen boulevard had to be shutdown while a crew dealt with this problem. >> in martinez a power line came down on two cars setting them on fire. the area near the campbell theater was evacuated. firefighters couldn't use water because of the live wire. eventually they used foam to put out the fires. >> the traffic came to a stop on i-80 as a tree and power lines were blown over by the wind. the entire freeway was shutdown for hours. crews were finally able to get the tree off the road and all lanes have since reopened. >> drivers on bay area bridges may see gusty winds tonight.

cornell? >> yes, larry things are looking much better. this is el monty bowel vaferred vaferred -- boulevard. as you can see it is still underwater, but slowly receding. it is a reminder of how wet, wild and dangerous things got on the freeway this morning. >> it was very, very confused. oh my gosh. >> christina meyer is gassing up after running on empty this morning. she and thousands of drivers were caught in commuter chaos. sky 7hd was over marin county when four lanes of southbound 101 flooded in marin city. it created traffic gridlock for miles. a 30-minute drive into san francisco turned into a two-hour ordeal for tom harbinson. >> it was a long trip. >> pretty frustrating. >> we got some flooding calls and we had calls underwater. >>> firefighters were busy in the deluge. they tweeted due to heavy traffic and congestion in mill valley everyone is advised to remain at home unless you must leave. deborah roberts took the advice. >> i walked and did things locally i would normally drive to down the street on shoreline. i walked. i lef

become to mel robbins, tom verni, and cornell belcher.at police have planned. new york city police officers, police department deals with the issues all the time and crowds. >> we have specialized training for the cops. you know, in, in -- in, in riot control. they have demonstrations you. can see that in the way the cops are responding. >> cornell, you know, as, we have been sort of comparing -- what has happened, what we saw play out in ferguson. what we saw play out here. it is a tale of two cities. beauty of it. brook was talking about it. white people. black, being arrested. beauty of it. a lot of times. a political hack as you know. i will go to the politics of it. a lot of times we look to put people. sort of tribalize, and put people in their corners and make political calculations. a lot of the politicians sitting back. trying to figuree out, their political calculations here. and thought that, sort of the, the downside for weighing into, an issue look this. when you see the diverse, mass of young people. i think a lot of politic

cornell bernard is live with the details. cornell? >> wow, ama, so much rain over the past 24 hours has brought, well, so much water to marin county. take a look. this is an an sell mow creek which look likes a river. all of the water has taken its toll. it has declared a state of emergency. meanwhile another storm rolled through tonight. the storm blasted into marin county making the afternoon commute soggy and treacherous. lots of standing water. monique is heading home from work. >> i will be prepared to take the drive all the way to novato with the flooded freeways. >> heavy rains caused this small mudslide in tiburon. most of the debris washed down the hill into a home swimming pool. the day luge caused storm drains to back up and flood the area around tib -- tiburon town hall. good samaritans came to help clean up the mess. bayside nursery got lots of water they didn't need. >> i am shocked at how much rain we had. we emptied the rain gauge and we had four inches of rain overnight. >> marin county officials have declared an emer

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live and cornell, what are you seeing there? >> well, the rain is definitely back, ama. just in the past couple minutes, rain and lightning has caught our attention too lighting up the western sky near larkspur. it has been quite a sight. the rain was not far behind. it is bracing for more storms. there is a lot of water in marin. it is everywhere. the latest storm brought flooding and one lane is closed. don't even think about using the nearby commuter parking lot. it is underwater. water escaped from the gutters and look at this. the creek is below its banks and raging downstream. this garden gnome may not be worried, but michelle is. it is feet away and she is watching it rise. >> it is a common thing to watch it rise and see how the flow is going especially overnight it makes you nervous. >> the area has flooded before. sandbags are a good investment and many in this low-lying area have been ready. sandbags are available in san anselmo. she needs some because of a certain storm drain. >> water cannot exceed the capacity of a

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live and cornell, what are you seeing there? >> well, the rain is definitely back, ama. just in the past couple minutes, rain and lightning has caught our attention too lighting up the western sky near larkspur. it has been quite a sight. the rain was not far behind. it is bracing for more storms. there is a lot of water in marin. it is everywhere. the latest storm brought flooding and one lane is closed. don't even think about using the nearby commuter parking lot. it is underwater. water escaped from the gutters and look at this. the creek is below its banks and raging downstream. this garden gnome may not be worried, but michelle is. it is feet away and she is watching it rise. >> it is a common thing to watch it rise and see how the flow is going especially overnight it makes you nervous. >> the area has flooded before. sandbags are a good investment and many in this low-lying area have been ready. sandbags are available in san anselmo. she needs some because of a certain storm drain. >> water cannot exceed the capacity of a

cornell bernard is live in sausalito where boat owners are on uh beret. cornell? >> yes, they are on alert to be prepared for the big storm and here in sausalito, a lot of people are bracing for just that. >> one full turn. >> he has been securing lines all day to keep his inventory of luxury vessels from drifting away. >> we are very worried when we have weather like this coming in. >> the u.s. coast guard is warning boat owners to take precautions ahead of the storm. boats which can't be moved are out of the water. he says he has done all he can do. >> we have removed the covers, the tops, anything that can be blown away in a big gust of wind to over 40knots is what we are expecting. several images take center stage. reverse 9-1-1 calls like this one are ready to go to homeowners if needed. >> the city of mill valley highly recommends that you prepare now for possible localized flooding. >> the digital sign is alerting mill valley residents to be ready for the storm. sandbags are in place in tiburon . this water pump failed. he hopes it does president -- doesn't

cornell bernard is live with the details. cornell?wow, ama, so much rain over the past 24 hours has brought, well, so much water to marin county. take a look. this is an an sell mow creek which look likes a river. all of the water has taken its toll. it has declared a state of emergency. meanwhile another storm rolled through tonight. the storm blasted into marin county making the afternoon commute soggy and treacherous. lots of standing water. monique is heading home from work. >> i will be prepared to take the drive all the way to novato with the flooded freeways. >> heavy rains caused this small mudslide in tiburon. most of the debris washed down the hill into a home swimming pool. the day luge caused storm drains to back up and flood the area around tib -- tiburon town hall. good samaritans came to help clean up the mess. bayside nursery got lots of water they didn't need. >> i am shocked at how much rain we had. we emptied the rain gauge and we had four inches of rain overnight. >> marin county officials have declared an emergenc

cornell bernard is live in sausalito where boat owners are on uh beret. cornell? >> yes, they are on alert to be prepared for the big storm and here in sausalito, a lot of people are bracing for just that. >> one full turn. >> he has been securing lines all day to keep his inventory of luxury vessels from drifting away. >> we are very worried when we have weather like this coming in. >> the u.s. coast guard is warning boat owners to take precautions ahead of the storm. boats which can't be moved are out of the water. he says he has done all he can do. >> we have removed the covers, the tops, anything that can be blown away in a big gust of wind to over 40knots is what we are expecting. several images take center stage. reverse 9-1-1 calls like this one are ready to go to homeowners if needed. >> the city of mill valley highly recommends that you prepare now for possible localized flooding. >> the digital sign is alerting mill valley residents to be ready for the storm. sandbags are in place in tiburon . this water pump failed. he hopes it does president -- doesn't

cornell? >> yes, larry things are looking much better.s is el monty bowel vaferred vaferred -- boulevard. as you can see it is still underwater, but slowly receding. it is a reminder of how wet, wild and dangerous things got on the freeway this morning. >> it was very, very confused. oh my gosh. >> christina meyer is gassing up after running on empty this morning. she and thousands of drivers were caught in commuter chaos. sky 7hd was over marin county when four lanes of southbound 101 flooded in marin city. it created traffic gridlock for miles. a 30-minute drive into san francisco turned into a two-hour ordeal for tom harbinson. >> it was a long trip. >> pretty frustrating. >> we got some flooding calls and we had calls underwater. >>> firefighters were busy in the deluge. they tweeted due to heavy traffic and congestion in mill valley everyone is advised to remain at home unless you must leave. deborah roberts took the advice. >> i walked and did things locally i would normally drive to down the street on shoreline. i walked. i left my

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> thank you cornell. now, right now in the north bay, 2,000 customers are without power. in san francisco a hundred customers are in the dark and 1500 on the peninsula. 5,000 in the east bay. the hardest hit area the south bay currently has 9,000 outages. in all at least 150,000 customers lost power today. >> in san leandro the winds pushed power lines so low that a railroad crossing came down on top of them. look at this. his spear yen boulevard had to be shutdown while a crew dealt with this problem. >> in martinez a power line came down on two cars setting them on fire. the area near the campbell theater was evacuated. firefighters couldn't use water because of the live wire. eventually they used foam to put out the fires. >> the traffic came to a stop on i-80 as a tree and power lines were blown over by the wind. the entire freeway was shutdown for hours. crews were finally able to get the tree off the road and all lanes have since reopened. >> drivers on bay area bridges may see gusty winds tonight.

cornell bernard is live in sausalito where boat owners are on uh beret. cornell?> yes, they are on alert to be prepared for the big storm and here in sausalito, a lot of people are bracing for just that. >> one full turn. >> he has been securing lines all day to keep his inventory of luxury vessels from drifting away. >> we are very worried when we have weather like this coming in. >> the u.s. coast guard is warning boat owners to take precautions ahead of the storm. boats which can't be moved are out of the water. he says he has done all he can do. >> we have removed the covers, the tops, anything that can be blown away in a big gust of wind to over 40knots is what we are expecting. several images take center stage. reverse 9-1-1 calls like this one are ready to go to homeowners if needed. >> the city of mill valley highly recommends that you prepare now for possible localized flooding. >> the digital sign is alerting mill valley residents to be ready for the storm. sandbags are in place in tiburon . this water pump failed. he hopes it does president -- doesn't h

and cornell is live in hillsboro tonight with the story cornell it was snot santa reindeer that landed on the roof latter week. >> sure sounded like it dan. big cat showed up just after christmas. then may have returned to the same house last night. happened just up the road but one couple says the welcome mat is not out. >> it's just coming right to the edge of the roof and then of course cats are jump percent we know that. >>reporter: heather says the mountain lions which showed up day after christmas may have returned late sunday night. >> could you actually hear the stress on the roof. >> big cat stayed around for 20 minutes then vanished. >> it seems that he's chosen this home of all homes as home away from home for himself. >> what make your house so enticing to the cat do you think? >> about maybe the deer. >> her husband bob says a mountain lions killed a deer in the side yard on december 26 then quickly took off. after the couple made noise. >> we heard this enormous guttural growl. >> plenty of mountain lions sightings this year in the bay area. one was spotted under a car in

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live and cornell, what are you seeing there?well, the rain is definitely back, ama. just in the past couple minutes, rain and lightning has caught our attention too lighting up the western sky near larkspur. it has been quite a sight. the rain was not far behind. it is bracing for more storms. there is a lot of water in marin. it is everywhere. the latest storm brought flooding and one lane is closed. don't even think about using the nearby commuter parking lot. it is underwater. water escaped from the gutters and look at this. the creek is below its banks and raging downstream. this garden gnome may not be worried, but michelle is. it is feet away and she is watching it rise. >> it is a common thing to watch it rise and see how the flow is going especially overnight it makes you nervous. >> the area has flooded before. sandbags are a good investment and many in this low-lying area have been ready. sandbags are available in san anselmo. she needs some because of a certain storm drain. >> water cannot exceed the capacity of a sto

and cornell is live in hillsboro tonight with the story cornell it was snot santa reindeer that landed on the roof latter week. >> sure sounded like it dan. big cat showed up just after christmas. then may have returned to the same house last night. happened just up the road but one couple says the welcome mat is not out. >> it's just coming right to the edge of the roof and then of course cats are jump percent we know that. >>reporter: heather says the mountain lions which showed up day after christmas may have returned late sunday night. >> could you actually hear the stress on the roof. >> big cat stayed around for 20 minutes then vanished. >> it seems that he's chosen this home of all homes as home away from home for himself. >> what make your house so enticing to the cat do you think? >> about maybe the deer. >> her husband bob says a mountain lions killed a deer in the side yard on december 26 then quickly took off. after the couple made noise. >> we heard this enormous guttural growl. >> plenty of mountain lions sightings this year in the bay area. one was spotted under a car in

he says, cornell west has become a hater. when i was in college, i wanted to grow up to emulate cornell west. he influenced millions of young black americans. but now i feel sad at the way he's let pettiness and his pride overshadow his desire to effect real change. >> well, i'm so glad he doesn't speak on behalf of large numbers of young people. you go to the young leaders of ferguson right now, you ask alexis templeton, you ask tori russell and so many of those right there in the heat of struggle, they call me uncle. why? because i was there with them. arrested with them. why? because they know i am a hater. i hate injustice. i don't hate people. i am a hater. >> you sometimes give the impression you hate barack obama. >> i hate barack obama's policies. i hate his his deeds. i hate his cowardice. i love him as a human being. i'm a christian, so this is a deeply personal issue in terms of how you separate a righteous indignation of people's policies, deeds, and acts from their humanity. because people can change, and we're a

. >> thank you so much, cornell west, such a wonderful conversation. i wish it could go on and on. at mac >> tavis is the host of the late night television show as well as they tavis smiley show for public radio international. he has authored and co-authored 16 books, 16 books. and at one point they said we'd couldn't write or read. i think they were quite wrong about that. i have read several of them in this i know is going to be his most pensive, thoughtful emotional transformative book that he has ever written. one of the things i can tell you about tavis, he is serious about this museum and he is serious about dr. king. when tavis comes to memphis even if he doesn't come in to talk to the staff he will often kneel down and pray because dr. king meant so much to his life and continues to mean so much to his life. for those of you who have never met him you have got to know he's a down-to-earth guy. he is just like your brother. he is a person you always want to talk to. my first introduction to tavis, tavis gave some of the most thoughtful commentary that i have ever heard. papp

in san francisco, cornell bernard. >>> skiers took advantage of snowfall this weekend. hitting the slopes at alpine meadows tonight which has seen 7 inches of snow in recent days. north star, just about two inches. tomorrow, it's expected to warm up bringing rain to tahoe. you can see what's on live doppler hd any time with the abc 7 news weather app. we also have more information at abc7news.com. >>> a large homeless camp in san jose is set to be closed for good this week. there have been been several attempts over the years to get the homeless out of an area called the jungle. the city will close it down for good on thursday. 72-hour notices are going up tomorrow. city workers will start taking down the makeshift homes and cleaning up the trash on thursday. almost 200 people who live there have or will soon have subsidized homes to live in. >>> getting arrested just so they can sneak narcotics into jails. sheriff's officials say that's one reason drug smuggling is up in many koept jails in california. a recent overhaul of the state prison system to reduce overcrowding

abc 7 reporter cornell barnard has more. >> i was worried. >>Ñi steven boils was working i the christmas lot here when a small group of protesters broke through next door. >> well, it is one thing to protest, that is their right, but it is another thing to break into communities, stores. >> there are kids out here. >> reporter: she marched through the streets protesting police brutality. sky 7 hd was over head but she stopped marching as the peaceful demonstration turned violent. the windows here were smashed. and she tried to stop some demonstrators from breaking the windows of this trader joe's. >> this is my store, i shop here, yeah, i live around the corner, the vandalism is not part of the movement. >> reporter: police say protesters started throwing bricks at officers. police say these items were thrown by the crowd, a crow bar, and rocks, one officer was injured and several police vehicles were tagged with graffiti. the police used flash cameras and smoke to stop them. others who refused to move off telegraph avenue were jabbed with po

cornell? >> reporter: they really are. there was a lot of water in guerneville tonight. take a look. good news, the water is slowly receding. that's according to sonoma county officials. but look at some of the flooding the storm has left behind. this is an rv park off highway 116. at least one camper as you can see under water. the flood watch is not over yet. >> i didn't sleep last night. >> reporter: henry is nervous about the russian river creeping ever so close to his house. he spent the night frantically moving furniture in the basement to higher ground. >> just had no clue where the water was going to stop. right now it's about a foot below entering the basement. >> reporter: officials say the river crested friday morning at 33 feet. one foot above flood stage. but that was enough to put neely road under water, cutting off more than a dozen homes. >> right now they are pretty much stuck. one road in, one road out. >> reporter: if you had a big truck like matt, you were lucky. >> way cooler looking back there. i'm standing on my deck, looks like i have a houseboat.

teaching fellow at cornell university.e's also the president of physicians, scientists, and engineers for healthy energy, inc. we welcome you both to democracy now! this is a major decision. sandra, can you talk about how this happened? the governor announced it, but what was the pressure taught -- brought on the governor? >> that is a tale that could be told as an opera. we had the good fortune of having a member -- moratorium in place through the previous governor and i will let tony telling details on how that came to be, but because we push the pause button, it gave those of us in the scientific community a chance to look at the data and the research and what it showed, and we started with only a handful of studies. there were only six studies since 2008 when we had the first moratorium declared. now there are 414 studies and counting. so, it was like we had pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. ofn you only had a couple pieces and you try to see what the picture is, it is hard to see. we saw troubling signs. it was like trying t

in san francisco, cornell bernard. >>> skiers took advantage of snowfall this weekend. hitting the slopes a alpine meadows tonight which has seen 7 inches of snow in recent days. north star just about two inches. tomorrow, it's expected to warm up bringing rain to tahoe. you can see what's on live doppler hd any time with the a 7 news weather pp. we also have more information at abc7news.com. >>> a large homeless camp in san jose is set to be close for good this week. there have been been several attempts over the years to get the homeless out of an area called the jungle. the ci will close it down for good on thursday. 72-hour notices are going up tomorrow. city wkers will start taking down the makeshift homes and cleaning up the trash on thursday. almost 200 people who live there have or will soon have subsized homes to live in. >>> getting arrested just s they can sneak narcotics into ils. sheriff's officials say that's one reason drug smuggling is up in many koept jails i califoia. a recent overhaul of the state prison system to reduce overcrowding mean they spent t

once again, cornell, thanks very much for joining us. people focus in on most of the protests -- there are tens of thousands. honorable, decent. but there were some who were ugly and terrible. we heard this in new york the other day. i'll play some clips because it's disgusting but presumably it gets picked up. listen to. >> what do we want? dead cops! when do we want it? now. >> you see a crowd going down a major street in street, what do you want, dead cops, when do you want it, now. they keep going on and on and on. how does that happen? >> it's misdirected anger. the fact of the matter is people are expressing their anger in ways that are not only unconstructive but socially suicidal. when you attack police officers broadly, these are the protect charged with the responsibility of protecting you, protecting us. that does not help. in ferguson, within days of michael brown being killed, the naacp marched with law enforcement and young people, grade schoolers. we did that because we wanted to make clear that we're not anti-police, we'r

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cornell bernard is live at third baptist church in western edition. cornell. >> the program just getting underway at the third baptist church. it's party of "black lives matter sunday" majors day of healing and a call for justice. the speaker is michael down, sr., whose son was killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. brown arrived a short time ago, and will be speaking about his personal experience tonight. earlier today churches around the bay area gathered to pray and heal. ♪ ♪ >> san francisco naacp president amos brown told the congregation to be strong. in the wake of protests from ferguson to the bay area, over the police killings of unarmed black men, brown is calling for the san francisco police department for sensitivity training for its officers, and more diversity on the force. >> i hope that we will be humble enough this time to admit we have a problem of racism being at the core of our values in this country. >> we as a community are also bold in our declaration that black lives matter. [applause] >> at glide memorial church, me

cornell bernard is live in mill valley tonight. reporter: this is one holiday gift that really nobody wanted. the king tide are back with a vengeance. over six feet. it's low tide right now, but the king tides will be back in a few short hours, and when they do they'll cut off access to homes and businesses. get to go mill valley off highway 101 was challenging sunday. the stinson beach exit closed when eye king tides caused flooding. caltrans crews shut down the shoreline highway after it vanished underwater. a sunday ride for josh and lonny was super soggy. >> we just washed off our bikes and all covered in salt water. >> i didn't expect it our hotel would be this close to the ocean. quite a deal. >> the water flooded the parking lot of the holiday inn express. driving through wasn't easy. then we spotted this. dedicated postal worker trying to get this holiday packages delivered. >> were you sure the truck would get through? >> i have to be very careful. we still have to go through. >> andy was cut off from his job site so he pu

cornell bernard is live with the father's message. cornell? reporter: several hundred people are inside the third baptist church, listening to a dozen speakers talking about social justice and recent events involving police, but of course, the featured speaker is michael brown, sr. he has yet to speak tonight. he arrived a short time ago. had no comments. but his son, of course, mike brown, jr., was the unarmed teenager shot bay ferguson, missouri, police officer. reverend amos brown, who organized the event on this national black lives matter sunday, says racism is an obstacle that needs to be acknowledged in society. >> i hope that we'll be humble enough this time to admit we have a problem of racism being at the core of our values in this country, but get some recovery and be the nation that we envisioned it to be. reporter: about a dozen police officers from the san francisco police force have been in the area, providing security for tonight's event. michael brown expected to speak in the next hour. we'll have his full comments tonight on

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cornell bernard is live with the father's message. cornell? reporter: several hundred people are inside the third baptist church, listening to a dozen speakers talking about social justice and recent events involving police, but of course, the featured speaker is michael brown, sr. he has yet to speak tonight. he arrived a short time ago. had no comments. but his son, of course, mike brown, jr., was the unarmed teenager shot bay ferguson, missouri, police officer. reverend amos brown, who organized the event on this national black lives matter sunday, says racism is an obstacle that needs to be acknowledged in society. >> i hope that we'll be humble enough this time to admit we have a problem of racism being at the core of our values in this country, but get some recovery and be the nation that we envisioned it to be. reporter: about a dozen police officers from the san francisco police force have been in the area, providing security for tonight's event. michael brown expected to speak in the next hour. we'll have his full comments tonight on

abc 7 report er cornell bernard is covering the story. we understand police are making arrests. >> reporter: we can tell you that market street reopened to traffic. police moved in about 40 minutes ago to arrest a group of protesters who refused to move. they were blocking market street, actually sitting down in the middle of the street near the cable car turn around at powell street, began as a protest against police brutality. >> hands up. >> don't shoot. >> reporter: demonstrators were back on street on saturday. this group of 100 marching to the mission to protest the recent killings of unarmed black men by police in the u.s. >> we're just asking for police to be held accountable. we give thm a lot of power. we want them to be held accountable for the power. >> reporter: the march group as they headed down market street where demonstrators stopped and laid down on the street, blocking both directions of market near powell. a large group of police watching the event unfold. >> our goal is to gather people, more are and more people to s

cornell bernard is live in mill valley. reporter: king tides got the attention of lots of peopl here today. six feet high in some. the tide is out right now but in a few hours king tides will be back and where i'm standing will be underwater once again, cutting off access to homes and businesses. >> sometimes it's entertaining. but most of the time it's frustrating. >> heidi says 18 years of living in a houseboat has lost its charge. high king tides make it impossible for her to leave him. >> you live on a house both you expect thilifestyle but after a while it gets frustrating. we have to wade off the dock. >> getting to mill valley was challenging sunday. this exit closed when kingides caused flooding. caltrans crews shut down the shoreline highway after its vanished underwater. a few bikers brave enough to plow through. >> trying to get into mill valley, closed off. >> it is. >> but i think i can go north on the freeway. so that's going to be my move. >> luckily he made it through. the water flooded the parking lot of th

cornell is live in mill valley where they are very concerned nitd. cornell? >> concerned and a little worried tonight too amma. sand bag seem to be the best defense against possible flooding here on miller avenue. most businesses have them ready in fact check this out. the sand bag even using being used to advertise a shoe sale at this store. no question about it. the next storm is on the way. >> the sign is getting the attention of drivers on east blythe dale avenue in mill valley. friendly warning from the city to prepare for the next storm. many are taking the advice. >> how are you getting ready for the rain? >> sand bags. >>reporter: brian kim isn't taking chance also. he is stocking up on all the sand bag he can get to cover every door of his restaurant on miller avenue. >> we don't want water in my business so definitely we are very worried. >> tomorrow will be more on storm watch. >>reporter: amanda has her sand bag. she owns the 2:00 a.m. club flooding happened too many times to mention. here's what it looked like out in front of the bar last februar

cornell is live in mill valley where they are very concerned nitd. cornell? >> concerned and a little worried tonight too amma. sand bag seem to be the best defense against possible flooding here on miller avenue. most businesses have them ready in fact check this out. the sand bag even using being used to advertise a shoe sale at this store. no question about it. the next storm is on the way. >> the sign is getting the attention of drivers on east blythe dale avenue in mill valley. friendly warning from the city to prepare for the next storm. many are taking the advice. >> how are you getting ready for the rain? >> sand bags. >>reporter: brian kim isn't taking chance also. he is stocking up on all the sand bag he can get to cover every door of his restaurant on miller avenue. >> we don't want water in my business so definitely we are very worried. >> tomorrow will be more on storm watch. >>reporter: amanda has her sand bag. she owns the 2:00 a.m. club flooding happened too many times to mention. here's what it looked like out in front of the bar last februar

we'll turn now to the president of the naacp cornell william brooks. mr. brooks, you just heard the commissioner here, are they doing enough? >> in one answer, no. we're looking at the tragedy of eric garner as a single incident. it's not enough. to talk about training retrospectively as opposed -- as to holding people accountable retrospectively that's where we have to go. yes, body cameras. look at training. we have to look at fundamentally changing the culture of policing in new york city and across the country. we have to change the model of policing. in other words, we are -- we have police serving the role as occupying army as opposed to using a community policing model, that's where we have to go. unless we're talking in terms of global, comprehensive reform it's not enough. we have across this country generation of young people who simply seeing that we believe based on imperical evidence, pandemic of police miss conduct. we are not a nation who put our heads in the sand. we have citizens who are rising up and saying, now is the time. >> schieffer:

cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> new details tonight. san jose state university has reopened now after someone reported seeing a person with a gun on campus. sky 7 hd was over the scene while the search was in progress. police evacuated the school's business tower and did a floor by floor search of the building. no gunman has been found but again, that building open now again. >>> a massive fire painted the skyline orange and red today in los angeles, as it destroyed a large residential development project. authorities say it may have been set intentionally. our sister station in los angeles joins us with the latest. >> reporter: what's happening, work crews are busy trying to tear down what's left of the scaffolding on the surrounding corner that survived this morning's blaze of the building. investigators will go in once that scaffolding and framework comes down. right now they don't know what caused this morning's fire but they are looking into the possibility that it was deliberately set. >> we are getting multiple calls. this is a b

. >> schieffer: we'll get latest and talk to naacp president cornell william brooks. next, perspective on the week's other big story, the sony hacking case and change in cuba policy from republican senator marco rubio and lindsey graham and democratic congressman chris van hollen. plus the cbs news tradition, an end of the year round up with our cbs news correspondents. 50 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning again we begin with a new york story cbs news correspondent. >> good morning, bob. officers liu and ramos were in their squad car brooklyn yesterday afternoon when police say 28-year-old us nail brinsley opened fire numerous killing both officers then ran to subway station where he took his own life as police were closing in. earlier that morning police in baltimore say brinsley shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend. he posted numerous messages on instagram warning of his plans that said, putting wings on pigs today. shoot the police follow weeks of protest over failure of various grand juries to indict officers i