cornel west east best selling race -- cornel west's best selling race matters. a new introduction.04. his autobiography, brother west: living out loud, came out in 2009. black prophetic fire, 2014. here's a couple of robert george's books including making men moral, 1995, the clash of orthodoxies which we've talked about today in 2001. conscience and its enemies, 2013. and conjugal union: what marriage is and why it matters. we've done a little constitution on that today as well. cornel west, if somebody wanted to buy one of your books, which one do you recommend to them? >> guest: i would tell them to buy james baldwin -- [laughter] listen to some curtis mayfield and john coltrane and nina simone. there's so many other voices more important than mind. i would never promote my own text. but if they had a little extra time, i would say read race matters with the new introduction. >> host: robert george, same question to you. >> guest: well, i suppose it would depend on a person's particular interests. if they're interested in the deeper sorts of philosophical questions, then i'd rec

now on booktv, your opportunity to talk with professors cornel west and robert george lead cornel west has written many books including "race matters" and brother west living out loud. robert george has written "making men moral" and "conscience and its enemies". >> robert george, when did you first meet the man sitting next to you? >> must have met in the 1990s after brother cornell came and we were together in faculty, seminars under the auspices -- we didn't know each other very well. we would just say hello, we interacted a bit in the seminars. we began teaching together in 2007 and there is a whole story behind that. i don't know if you want me to go in that kind of detail but that is when our teaching and friendship began. >> host: how did the teaching profession again? >> a brother named andrew. >> a good student who studied with both of us. >> called cream, my course, resin mucin, david hume, he was taking a course from me on civil liberty and he asked me who i would like to have dialogue with, who was a conservative, i would love to have a chance to engage in dialogue. we got

>> thank you, cornell. we've been told that the san francisco prodigal, joined by our legal analyst, long-time -- we've been told the chronicle has tweeted not is the verdict. we're working to confirm that. how surprised would you be at that outcome? >> i would be surprised, yes. >> how could the jurors -- and here's the tweet. "acquitted of murder and manslaughter in the killing at pier 14 in san francisco." what would be the minimum barrier the prosecutors would have to achieve in order to get involuntary manslaughter? what we're saying is the prosecutors could not prove he even fired the gun? >> well, the prosecutors couldn't prove that he negligently -- >> one moment. we have a new update from cornell barnard from inside the hall of justice, cornell, i take it you also have confirmation with leanne who was inside, what can you tell us? >> lyanne melendez, just out from the courtroom. is there a verdict? >> there is. surprising, first-degree, murder, not, second-degree mrder, not, involuntary manslaughte

you are on with cornell west and robert george.go ahead. >> i would like to call this a true spiritual serendipity. i just came out of prayer about an hour ago and everything seems to fit. the only question i would like for you to focus on is what you think about disavowing being in the republican and/or democratic party and file as independent with a more spiritual, truly spiritual stance? i do. [inaudible] >> we are going to leave it there and let cornell west answer. robert george, if you flip the switch on your box, that should turn on your audio. garrett will come in and take care of that just a minute. cornell west if you want to answer that caller, we will figure that out. >> one, i just want to thank you for your own spirit in terms of resonating with what we are trying to convey. as we know, spirit can go in so many different directions. i'm just concerned that when we talk about spirituality that is tied very much to social justice for the most vulnerable of our society no matter who they are. vulnerable in the world. the

this is cornell tech. how does the u.s.s edge while making the stem disciplines more inclusive to women and people of color? this is an ongoing struggle. even as we form our resources into the discipline, we have to make it more accessible to everyone. martha: we do. i don't think the question is how do we maintain our edge. i think we the question is how do we maintain our edge of we don't do that? there is demand for talent in these fields. -- these fields. we're leaving behind half the population if we don't include women or diversity. julia: where do you -- scarlet: brady c adaptability with instruction to these disciplines to students? a greatthat is question. i have to be a little self-serving. cornell tech is a remarkably innovative institution. it was set up specifically to train students for the digital economy. it brings in students on lets them work closely with entrepreneurs within the industry, teaching them how to go out and do startups. i think we'll have an impact on the city of new york as well as higher ed

our time with chester bennington and chris cornell. >> daddy. >> i'm extremely proud. >> plus, "e.t.'an dike show rose marie passed away ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy ♪ hard to talk to people i don't even know ♪ >> rhinestone cowboy, one op glen campbell's major hits. he sold more than 50 million albums and won 60 grammys, such a legend. >> i remember sitting down in front of my tv watching the glen campbell show. there are two other music stars who died tragically. two friends whose deaths will be forever linked. chester bennington and sound garden's chris cornell. >> it's a being able to do this is wonderful. >> the 52-year-old took his own life, leaving behind a wife vicky and and two kids. one of what do you mean was always by his side. >> i want to see my daddy. >> how proud of you are of that? i'm extremely proud. >> i'm a huge fan of mr. chris cornell. >>. ♪ nothing compares to you >> equally tragic, the death of linkin park's chester bennington. ♪ i tried to hard and not so hard, but in the end it doesn't even matter ♪ bennington also hanged himself. the grammy award winner battl

chester bennington and sound garden's chris cornell. >> it's a dream come true.l. >> the 52-year-old took his own life, leaving behind a wife vicky and and two kids. one of what do you mean was always by his side. >> i want to see my daddy. >> how proud of you are of that? i'm extremely proud. >> i'm a huge fan of mr. chris cornell. >>. ♪ nothing compares to you >> equally tragic, the death of linkin park's chester bennington. ♪ i tried to hard and not so hard, but in the end it doesn't even matter ♪ bennington also hanged himself. the grammy award winner battled drug addiction throughout his life. >> my whole life i felt a little off. this is like a bad neighborhood and i should not go walking alone. >> ironically, chester performed at chris cornell's funeral in may. chester was survived and survived by his six children. chester and the band founded music for relief which has raised millions to benefit victims of natural disasters throughout the world. >> so much good. still ahead, more stars we lost tragic death of a happy days star. aaron moran's secret health

cornell is live at the safeway with herstory. cornell. >> reporter: first we want to show you a small memorial that's been established to honor mayor le angela gracela says one moment she was shopping here last night, the next in the middle of involving the mayor.gency and she tried to help. >> lying on the floor. he had a lot of difficulty breathing. >> reporr: angelica gracelas told us on the phone shel never forget how she tried to help mayor ed lee after he collapsed in this safeway store. mayor lee's wife anita called out for help. >> first thing i asked was are and he said yes.pain? >> reporter: gracelas called 911. a dispatcher told her to give the mayor aspirin until paramedics could arrive. she did. >> i just hoped he was going t be okay but woke up to the sad news. >> reporter: just blocks away leon chow prayed outside mayor lee's home i glen park. chow, a union representative for home health care workers, brought flowers, candles, and signs of thanks. chow says the mayor was always supportive. >> the mayor now is in he

cornell is live at the safeway with her story. cornell. >> reporter: first we want to show you a small memorial that's been established to honor mayor lee. angela gracela says one moment she was shopping here last night, the next in the middle of a major medical emergency involving the mayor. and she tried to help. >> lying on the floor. he had a lot of difficulty breathing. >> reporter: angelica gracelas told us on the phone she'll never forget how she tried to help mayor ed lee after he collapsed in this safeway store. mayor lee's wife anita called out for help. >> first thing i asked was are you feeling any pain? and he said yes. >> reporter: gracelas called 911. a dispatcher told her t aspirin paramedics could arrive. she did. >> i just hoped he was going to be okay but woke up to the sad news. >> reporter: just blocks away leon chow prayed outside mayor lee's home in glen park. chow, a union representative for home health care workers, brought flowers, candles, and signs of thanks. chow says the mayor was always supportive. >

cornell. >> reporter: hi dan. the line of public mourners is expected to be very long outside the poke street doors of city hall, which will open tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning for a viewing of the mayor. meantime, this beautiful sight, a memorial continues to grow here. >> it's beautiful. so beautiful. >> reporter: acting san francisco mayor londonfree gets me motional about the growing memorial of love for ed lee outside city hall. brie says a shocking and tragic week will end in tribute to the late mayor who died suddenly tuesday morning. >> we are going to-or him, appropriately so, this weekend and lay him to rest. and do it in a way that will make him proud. >> reporter: the mayor's casket will arrive early friday at city hall for a public viewing. lee will lie in state inside the rotunda from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. >> i think it's going to be a very hard weekend for all of us. this is someone that we saw on monday and sunday and on saturday in good spirits and excited for the holidays. >> reporter: a pub

cornell bernard is live in oakland with details. cornell? >> reporter: eric, cautious optimism for sure, the places like this main library branch will reopen soon. where and when that mediation session will happen has not been determined. meantime, the strike goes on. >> striking city workers picketed outside oakland's main library branch, forced to close along with dozens of other city facilities. library worker lena hernandez is hurting without a paycheck. >> i paid bills and just watching my check account getting lower and lower. >> reporter: seiu local 1021 and the city have agreed to mediation with a mutual third party from the state after the mayor declared an impasse to bargaining talks on friday. >> it's a small showing by the city that they are having to compromise that we were able to agree to a mediator and go to mediation. i'm cautious because the city has been bargaining in bad faith for eight months. >> if we don't get no contract, you don't get no peace. >> reporter: 3,000 city workers walked off the job last tuesday and hit t

cornell bernard is live in oakland with details. cornell? >> reporter: eric, cautious optimism for sure, the places like this main library branch will reopen soon. where and when that mediation session will happen has not been determined. meantime, the strike goes on. >> striking city workers picketed outside oakland's main library branch, forced to close along with dozens of other city facilities. library worker lena hernandez is hurting without a paycheck. >> i paid bills and just watching my check account getting lower and lower. >> reporter: seiu local 1021 and the city have agreed to mediation with a mutual third party from the state after the mayor declared an impasse to bargaining talks on friday. >> it's a small showing by the city that they are having to compromise that we were able to agree to a mediator and go to mediation. i'm cautious because the city has been bargaining in bad faith for eight months. >> if we don't get no contract, you don't get no peace. >> reporter: 3,000 city workers walked off the job last tuesday and hit t

cornell. >> reporter: hi dan. the line of public mourners is expected to be very long outside the poke street doors of hall, which will open tomorrow at 8:00 in the morning for a viewing of the mayor. meantime, this beautiful sight, a memorial continues to grow here. >> it's beautiful. so beautiful. >> reporter: acting san francisco mayor londonfree gets me motional about the growing memorial of love for ed lee outside city hall. brie says a shocking and tragic week will end in tribute to the late mayor who died suddenly tuesday morning. >> we are going to-or him, appropriately so, this weekend and lay him to rest. and do it in a way that will make him proud. >> reporter: the mayor's casket will arrive early friday at city hall for a public viewing. lee will lie in state inside the rotunda from 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. >> i think it's going to be a very hard weekend for all of us. this is someone that we saw on monday and sunday and on saturday in good spirits and excited for the holidays. >> reporter: a public m

you could win. >> what you -- yeah, cornell? >> but this is why you need, again, the 50-state strategy. you have to put in place the structure and infrastructure and the people and the resources to take advantage of these opportunities. and i think democrats are being caught flat-footed. look, without sort of these eruptions around moore, democrats aren't spending money in alabama, but if we're going to see -- if we're going to realize a blue wave in the next midterm, democrats have to spread the resources across the states. and they have to put in the infrastructure right now. and when you look at the south right now, bannon is giving us more opportunity in red states than we've ever had before. >> and one of the things that happened in 2010 and the story of this political era were the state house races that gave control of these states in a place like wisconsin, which then set about passing these laws going after labor and voter i.d. and sort of entrenching state power. what does it look like from your organizational vantage p

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i'm cornell barnard. coming up, we'll tell you about the fairy door craze sweeping the city. >>> but first, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" right after abc 7 news at 11:00. pthe cast and director of a smal independent film called "dancing with the stars" "star wars: the last jedi." a little nugget of somethg. please, th >>> tonight salvage crews in washington state are working through the night to clean up the scene of yesterday's deadly amtrak train derailment. large cranes have been brought in to hoist the mangled cars onto flatbed trucks. the cars are being driven to a nearby military base where investigators will exam them. >> two big questions were answered by the ntsb tonight in their investigation into the derailment. >> safety investigators say a second conductor was in the cab of the train learning the new route at the time of the crash. the board did not say whether the engineer who was operating the train was distracted by the conductor. investigators also said

good evening, cornell. >> reporter: hi there, carolyn.ld that off duty police officer now undergoing a mental evaluation at a hospital here in san francisco. his identity not being released tonight, but we are told he is a veteran of the richmond police department. the bizarre gunfire incident left many guests here at the four seasons hotel rattled. many asking why it happened. >> it's not anything that you're expecting to happen at the four seasons. >> reporter: guests at the four seasons hotel are shocked about reports of gunfire from inside the hotel. about 5:00 a.m. sunday. >> the witness who stated there was a male located in the building who was shooting a gun. >> reporter: police said the suspect is an off-duty richmond police officer. police sources tell abc7 news the officer fired eight rounds from the 12th or 14th floor which was under construction and with few places for off sericer take cover, it took 90 minutes to convince him to surrender which happened at 6:30 p.m. >> he surrendered peacefully. he is currently in our custod

sunday, live on in depth, professors cornell west and robert george will be our guest. >> anytime i get a chance to be in dying dog with professor to be in dialog with professor george. we go back 13 years. we share commitment to the world of ideas. we have had a chance to lecture around the country. when i see him, i do not see a conservative thinker, catholic philosopher, i see him as my friend, as my someone who has a right to be wrong. >> if you're going to work together in conversation, even , thee, to get at the truth people involved in the conversation have to recognize that they are fallible, frail, fallen human beings. they have to recognize that they could be wrong, each one has to recognize i could be wrong about my most cherished beliefs. i could be wrong. has thatct, one attitude and understanding, not in a merely notional way, but in a deeply appropriated way, then one will begin to develop a virtue that is indispensable for truth seeking. >> among the books mr. west has written are "race matters" and brother west. mr. george's books include conscience and its enemies. we

live at the hall of justice, i'm cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> no doubt about that, cornell. much debate coming. thank you very much. >>> this trial has taken less than two months to complete. >> jury selection began on october 2nd, opening arguments starteding october 23rd. >> the defense claim the shooting was a freak accident. and closing arguments wrapped up the case the monday before thanksgiving. >> kate steinle died on pier 14 in july two years ago. >> melanie woodrow is live at the pier right now for us. melanie? >> reporter: well, as we've been talking to people here, some of them have seen the news of the verdict over twitter, others we've shared that verdict with them, and in both cases the reaction from everyone we've spoken to has been one of shock. people saying that they are absolutely stunned that garcia zarate was found not on involuntary manslaughter. everyone we've talked to said that they did not expect he'd be found guilty on murder charges, but they did expect that he would be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. here's what one woman who lives here

i'm cornell barnard. coming up, we'll tell you about the fairy door craze sweeping the city. >>> but first, here's a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" right after abc 7 news at 11:00. pthe cast and director of a smal independent film called "dancing with the stars" "star wars: the last jedi." tell us one thing. a little nugget of something. please, th >>> tonight salvage crews in washington state are working through the night to clean up the scene of yesterday's deadly amtrak train derailment. large cranes have been brought in to hoist the mangled cars onto flatbed trucks. the cars are being driven to a nearby military base where investigators will exam them. >> two big questions were answered by the ntsb tonight in their investigation into the derailment. >> safety investigators say a second conductor was in the cab of the train learning the new route at the time of the crash. the board did not say whether the engineer who was operating the train was distracted by the conductor. inv

now it's your opportunity to talk with professors cornel west and robert george.rofessor west has written many books including brotherd west living out loud. the books include making men moral and conscience at

cornell bernard has details. >> it's scary. i have a 4-year-old. >> reporter: guests at the four seasons hotel are shocked about reports of gunfire from inside the hotel 5:00 a.m. sunday. >> the witness who stated there was a male located in the building, shooting a gun. >> reporter: the suspect is a an off duty richmond police officer. the officer fired eight rounds from the 12th or 14th floor, and with few maces for officers to take cover, it took more than 90 minutes to convince the man to surrender, which happened at 6:30 a.m. >> he surrendered peacefully. he's currently in our custody, and we have no reports of any injuries. >> reporter: police recovered a hand gun belonging to him. the manager confirms the man was a guest at the hotel. other guests were questioned by police. >> detectives, and they're asking people questions if they heard gunshots. >> i'm a loyal guest. i'm surprised nobody notified the guests this was a situation like that. >> reporter: the man was transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation. >>

cornell west and allender show alan-- cornell west and dershowitz debate whether the boycott and divestment and sanctions movement will help bring about in and to the conflict. the bds aims to end political pressure on israel. the debate center at old parkland in dallas hosted this hour and 10 minute event. [applause] >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here. it is my privilege to moderate this evening's event. a few housekeeping notes. you saw signs on the door when you came in, we are being recorded by c-span. they will be occasionally audience.he if anybody does not want to be seen on c-span for whatever reason, please go over to the pecan room. you can hear the entire program there. our agreement with our guests requires that no one record either audio or visual of these debates. please respect that. please make sure your cell phones are silent. the debate structure is going to be as follows. from each of our individual guests who will then have rebuttal for four minutes. each will then have the opportunity to engage one another in dialogue. we have cards for you

. >> here to talk about it cornell belcher democratic poster who works on the campaigns. jill colvin back with us white house reporter for the associated press and david jolly back with us former congressman from florida. okay, congressman, mike murphy who is funnier than the average gop political consultant said on this broadcast steve bannon can't deliver a pizza let alone a congressional district race. do you think bannon's going to have better luck this time around? >> well, the people of alabama might elect roy moore and we know that. listen, steve bannon is that drunk uncle at your thanksgiving dinner. what he has done is doubled down on what trump did by endorsing moore and now he's using it to attack romney and mcconnell. by attacking mitt romney, steve bannon and in essence donald trump ha chosen a new foil and it's a foul unlike anybody else. there are very few republicans with the elegance and conservatism that mitt romney has, and i don't know that this is a fight that steve bannon and donald trump want to have with mitt romney. if there is a fight for the sou

abc 7 reporter cornell bernard joins us live from outside the four seasons. that's where this all took place. >> reporter: that off-duty police officer is in the hospital. he's undergoing a mental evaluation. he's a veteran of the police force. this bizarre shooting incident left many guests here at the four seasons hotel rattled this morning, many asking why it happened. >> scary. i have a 4-year-old. and i would not expect that to happen here. >> reporter: guests at the four seasons hotel are shocked about reports of gunfire from inside the hotel about 5:00 a.m. sunday. >> a witness that stated there was a male located in the building who was shooting a gun. >> reporter: police say the suspect is an off-duty richmond police officer. police sources tell abc 7 the officer fired eight rounds from the 12th or 14th floor which was under construction. and with few places for officers to take cover, it took more than 90 minutes to convince the man to surrender, which finally happened at 6:30 a.m. >> he surrendered peacefully. he's currently in our custody, and we

in santa rosa cornell barnard abc 7. >>> a stretch of highway 37 in novato spent a lot of time under water last winter might be getting relief. today the california transportation commission approved a $130,000 grant for marin county to study flooding. the money is coming from the new state gas tax. this part of the highway was closed or partially closed from january to february due to flooding from this past year's record setting rainy season. >>> well fires in southern california, warmer wgt here and look at the rear sight throughout the south today. check out this drone video in ken he saw georgia, northwest of be atlanta. while it looks beautiful schools are closed and thousands without power. and it's the same story in mississippi. where some towns are receiving record amounts of snow. 6 inches or more. there are even snow flakes in new orleans. >> wow! >> can you believer it, the big easy, happens sometimes in that part of the country but unusual. >> well the sierra could use snow right now. they haven't been getting much. >> meteorology sandhya patel is looks like bone dry for

cornell? >> yeah, there is cautious optimism about an end to the six-day strike. both sides will sit down with a mediator tomorrow. meantime, the strike does continue. places like library will remain shut down monday, at least for now. striking city workers picketted outside oakland's main library branch forced to close because of the strike along with dozens of other city-run facilities. sciu local in the city a greed to immediate asian with a local third party after the mayor had an impasse with parg annibargais friday. >> we agreed to a mediator and agreed to mediation. i'm cautious because the city has been bargaining in bad faith for eight months. >> 3,000 city workers walked off the jab last tuesday and hit the pickett line. over pay and working conditions. the mayor told abc 7 morning anchor carolyn tyler she is hopeful for a resolution. >> we want our workers back at work and we want to settle our differences because we just deeply respect our workers and really want to continue serving the public. >> but both sides are still far apart on pay. the union is

abc 7 reporter cornell bernard joins us live from outside the four seasons. that's where this all took place. >> reporter: that off-duty police officer is in the hospital. he's undergoing a mental evaluation. he's a veteran of the police force. this bizarre shooting incident left many guests here at the four seasons hotel rattled this morning, many asking why it happened. >> scary. i have a 4-year-old. and i would not expect that to happen here. >> reporter: guests at the four seasons hotel are shocked about reports of gunfire from inside the hotel about 5:00 a.m. sunday. >> a witness that stated there was a male located in the building who was shooting a gun. >> reporter: police say the suspect is an off-duty richmond police officer. police sources tell abc 7 the officer fired eight rounds from the 12th or 14th floor which was under construction. and with few places for officers to take cover, it took more than 90 minutes to convince the man to surrender, which finally happened at 6:30 a.m. >> he surrendered peacefully. he's currently in our custody, and we

. >> abc 7 reporter cornell barnard has more. >> reporter: eric, the passenger was feeling a lot of pain from that terrifying accident, now under investigation by the chp. only two passengers remain hospitalized here tonight in fair condition. one passenger telling his scary story. >> these moments you never understand what is happening. >> reporter: marco zorsi was just released from the hospital with a bad head wound. the private bus he was riding on crashed on the sound 101. >> we were dancing on the road. and then we fell on one side. then i forgot everything. >> reporter: he says the bus was taking a group from san francisco to palo alto for a holiday party. but the bus started fish tailing, hit the center divider and bounced back across four lanes. the bus flipped over? >> i'm very lucky. >> reporter: lucky indeed. all 29 passengers and the driver were taken to local hospitals. >> we ruled out that the driver was not impaired at the time of the collision. >> reporter: the chp towed the bus to the inspection yard. >> we'll look at anything including any sort of driver input or speed

cornell belcher, democratic strategist.esting because here's a bill about to be passed with a lot of hoopla and grandeur, it's exciting, with about a 28% popular support. yet the republicans consider it an essential, necessarily, mandatory thing to do. and they are going to celebrate it. >> right. i think it's two reasons why they're behaving that way. one, they haven't done anything else and they're scared to go to the voters and say, we've done nothing other than neil gorsuch. the second is that the dogma of trickle-down economics is very strong and these people believe it. does it matter that we're not in a recession, doesn't matter it's going to create debt, this is what they do. this is what they believe in. and they're willing to get behind -- >> regardless of the cycle? >> exactly. regardless whether it's a dog's breakfast of a bill or not. >> we have almost a trillion-dollar deficit right now. to add another $1.5 trillion doesn't sound like traditional republican dogma. >> under current law, the deficit's going to -

here is more from cornell bernard who spoke with zarate. >> reporter: 48 hours after his arrest suspect jose ines garcia zarate confessed to a terrible crime. did you shoot kate steinle, the lady who was down on pier 14? >> yes. >> reporter: you did shoot her? >> reporter: he look nervous, frail and scared. he told me the shooting which took the life of 32-year-old kate steinle was an accident. he claimed he was wandering pier 14 after taking sleeping pills he found in a dumpster. where did you get the gun? >> on the ground by the bench. >> reporter: he said the gun was wrapped in the t-shirt, it fired when he picked it up. >> boom, boom, three times. >> reporter: garcia zarate said he kicked the gun into the bay and walked off unaware he shot someone. he made his way back into the u.s. knowing san francisco was a sanctuary city, a safe haven from immigration officials. >> reporter: garcia zarate said he felt remorse for killing kate steinle. >> i feel sorry for everybody. >> reporter: you feel sorry for everybody including kate steinle's family? >> yeah. >>> zarate's sentence on the gu

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is at san francisco general hospital with more. >> these moments, you never understand what is happening. >> reporter: marco zorsi was just released from the hospital with a bad head wound. >> we were dancing on the road and fell on one side. then i forgot everything. >> reporter: he says the bus was taking a group from san francisco to palo alto for a holiday party. but at hospital curve, the bus started fish tailing, hit the center divider and bounced back across four lanes. the bus flipped over? >> on my side. i was very lucky. >> reporter: lucky indeed. he escaped the bus. all 29 passengers and the driver were taken to local hospitals. >> the driver was not impaired at the time of the collision. >> reporter: the chp towed the wrecked bus to this evidence yard where it will be inspected for possible mechanical failure. >> we'll look at everything we've got, including any sort of driver input or speed, if you will, that may have caused this. >> reporter: how fast was the bus going, do you know? >> no, because we were so -- there was a great mood,

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story. >> hey hey, ho ho, libby schaaf has got to go. >> reporter: striking oakland city workers staged a picket line outside the law firm where mayor qulib schalibby schaaf waa fund-raiser for her re-election campaign. >> you're up there with your developer cronies taking money when we wanted to be bargaining with you today to prevent this strike. >> don't cross our picket line! >> reporter: most of the fund-raisers' guests crossed the picket line to support mayor schaaf. >> i think the mayor is bargaining in good faith. >> reporter: about 3,000 oakland workers went on strike tuesday over pay and labor practices after bargaining talks for a new contract broke down. earlier mayor schaaf called the strike unlawful. >> both sides have agreed that we have not reached impasse. i really wish we were at the bargaining table today rather than dealing with the impacts of this strike. >> a strike which shut down most non-emergency city services like rec centers and libraries. the union has been without a contract since june. while the city is offeri

in santa rosa cornell barnard abc 7. >>> a stretch of highway 37 in novato spent a lot of time under last winter might be getting relief. today the california transportation commission approved a $130,000 grant for marin county to study flooding. the money is coming from the new state gas tax. this part of the highway was closed or partially closed from january to february due to flooding from this past year's record setting rainy season. >>> well fires in southern california, warmer wgt here and look at the rear sight throughout the south today. check out this drone video in ken he saw georgia, northwest of be atlanta. while it looks beautiful schools are closed and thousands without power. and it's the same story in mississippi. where some towns are receiving record amounts of snow. 6 inches or more. there are even snow flakes in new orleans. >> wow! >> can you believer it, the big easy, happens sometimes in that part of the country but unusual. >> well the sierra could use snow right now. they haven't been getting much. >> meteorology sandhya patel is looks like bone dry for a whi

in alameda, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> yeah. let's get over to mike nicco. >> look at you. >> take a look at what's going on outside. a couple things to know, this is a steady rain over in san francisco. the winds are starting to pick up and that will help dry the ground a little bit. the heat it creates will help dry things out, also. the later you leave for the morning commute, the easier it's going to be as far as navigating wet roads and we'll turn from steady rain to some scattered showers this morning and then the chilly breezes for the afternoon hours when you need the sunglasses. freezing cold valleys the next few nights. and our christmas storm is starting to fade. the cold air plunging in behind this system that's going to hang around for the next several days. hour by hour what will happen today. the scattered showers still up across the north bay and along the coast and even some snow in the higher elevations around ukiah, clover dale and clear lake. a few lingering showers around san francisco and the peninsula coas

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cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> bay area transit agencies will help people celebrate safely. b.a.r.t. will run extra trains until 3:00 a.m. and cal train, ac transit, sam trans, vta and muni are also offering free rides starting at 8:00 p.m. you can find a list of events on our website abc7news.com. >>> a live look now from our emeryville camera, it is nice but the question is, what will new year's eve look like? >> let's get a check now with sandhya patel. >> it is all about the timing. we need the rain. we'll get it, but not on new year's eve. take a look at live doppler 7, we have high clouds overhead, temperatures really have been on the mild side today. right now upper 50s to the mid-60s across the bay area. here is a live look from moupts tam. y you see the haze so spare the air alert is up through the weekend. this evening high clouds, low 50s to low 60s. so just grab a jacket. for the morning, foggy areas with low 30s to upper 40s. and afternoon, upper 50s to mid-60s. so new year's eve forecast, mostly cloudy at 8:00 p.m. cool to chilly as you get ready to ring in the

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story. >> hey hey, ho ho, libby schaaf has got to go. >> reporter: striking oakland city workers staged a picket line outside the law firm where mayor qulib schalibby schaaf waa fund-raiser for her re-election campaign. >> you're up there with your developer cronies taking money when we wanted to be bargaining with you today to prevent this strike. >> don't cross our picket line! >> reporter: most of the fund-raisers' guests crossed the picket line to support mayor schaaf. >> think the mayor is bargaining in good faith. >> reporter: about 3,000 oakland workers went on strike tuesday over pay and labor practices after bargaining talks for a new contract broke down. earlier mayor schaaf called the strike unlawful. >> both sides have agreed that we have not reached impasse. i really wish we were at the bargaining table today rather than dealing with the impacts of this strike. >> a strike which shut down most non-emergency city services like rec centers and libraries. the union has been without a contract since june. while the city is offering

full disclosure, cornell received a $100 million gift from bloomberg philanthropy in new york. very concerned about this bill. this is not a bill that will increase access for students or drive down costs. it is not a bill that will reward or incentivize philanthropists. it is the opposite in all of those categories. i think you see this with moody's having downgraded the outlook for higher education last week from stable to negative because of these impacts. it is a bill that were hurt higher ed without any clear policy purpose. julia: there are a number of different angles whether it is changing tax structures for student loans, tax on endowments. let's talk about that specifically. if you do you see a change on taxes for endowments, what impact will that have in a financial aid perspective? what portion of that money used for directly financial aid? martha: in cornell, we spend about $70 million per year for the endowment institution towards the total financial aid bill. if the excise tax were to impact cornell, it would cast us about 10 point finally dollars a year, which -

eastern, cornell west debates israel and the impact on middle east. >> what kind of human values areto promote? are we going to forget the very ugly realities in gaza and west bank? the u.n. look at today, there is one country in the world that is the focus of 90% of you and resolutions. that is israel. on 6:30t tv at c-span2 p.m. eastern, world war ii veteran recalls his bombing missions over japan with his book "the last fighter pilot." my place for a mission on june 1. the squadron took off and was led into a front. 27 fighter planes went down. 25 guys were killed, including -- and my airplane. it is hard for me to tell you the truth of how i felt then. i miss my airplane. protect oure to freedom, we were there to fight and we did that. it was after the war that i suffered for 30 years. aton american history tv c-span3 at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lindeman well -- lynn maneul miranda accepts the freedom award. >> when you are a theater kid you learn to work hard to create something greater than the sum of your parts. just for the sake of making something great, you learn to trust your pa

an amazing amount of reporting about specific incidences at different institutions and one case in cornell, they basically leave the guy on the couch overnight and he is dead by the next morning. we have seen more recent incidences including one at penn state where cameras capture the entire night of a student who died there and makes you wonder, you talk about students at cornell, very selective school, many are athletes, varying backgrounds, the smartest kids in the country by going to cornell. what happens when they are in this environment that logic does not kick in. there was a moment in reading these reports that somebody says maybe we should go to the hospital or do something, this groupthink takes over and they go on. what happens, as a pattern. students ended up dying. did anybody ever say we should stop? >> a lot of students in february were saying you got to take this guy to the hospital, there was a problem, if you report that you have been drinking, perhaps the university will -- you have a situation where there is a lot of underage drinking and chapters lie to the university

watch the entire debate between professors cornell west and allegation was dershowitz so it'an tonightan. the museum of the bible officially opened its doors with the dedication ceremony in washington. among the featured speakers, d.c. mayor muriel bowser and israeli ambassador to the u.s. ronald dermer. this is just over one hour. [applause] >> hello, everyone. this is the day the lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it. it is his day. so, good morning. welcome to the dedication of the museum of the bible, the first world-class museum to the bible and the history of the worlds. what a blessing to have you here. we are so pleased everyone is here. you're going to hear from a lot