franken: frannie grew up very differently than me. when she was 18 months old, her father, a decorated world war ii vet, died in a car accident coming back from the paper mill where he worked. frannie was 18 months old, she was not the youngest. there was one younger. bootsie, three months old. my mother-in-law was widowed at age 29 with five kids. age seven years to three months old. they survived on social security survivor benefits. sometimes, it was not enough for food. sometimes, they didn't have enough for heating oil. this was in portland, maine. sometimes, the phone was off, but they made it. my mother-in-law, when the youngest went to school, my mother-in-law worked at the supermarket in the produce department. went to hightsie school, my mother-in-law got a $300 g.i. loan to go to the university of maine. she got three more loans and graduated. she became in elementary school teacher. [applause] mr. franken: and because she was teaching title i kids, all her loans were forgiven. all the girls including my wife went to colleg

frannie grew up very differently than me. old, herwas 18 months father, a decorated world war ii vet, died in a car accident coming back from the paper mill where he worked. old, sheas 18 months was not the youngest. there was one younger. mother-in-law was widowed at age 29 with five kids. age seven years old to three months old. securityived on social survivor benefits. sometimes, it was not enough for food. sometimes, they didn't have enough for heating oil. this was in portland, maine. sometimes, the phone was off, but they made it. my mother-in-law, when the youngest went to school, my mother-in-law worked at the supermarket in the produce department. then when she went to high school, my mother-in-law got a $300 g.i. loan to go to the university of maine. she got three more loans and graduated. she became in elementary school teacher. [applause] and because she was teaching title i kids, all her loans were forgiven. including my wife went to college and graduated. of pell grant's and scholarships. my brother-in-law went

once we receive those prescriptions -- >> reporter: franny edwards say pharmacies and stores could be impacted by a power outage. >> people need to think today about whether they have a week's supply of the essential medications that they take every day. >>> the time is 4:47. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast, especially today when we have these red flag warnings coming up shortly, right? >> absolutely. coming up at 5:00. that's when the critical fire conditions reach massive levels across the board that will create the fire danger that will only get worse as we head towards tonight. 56 in walnut creek, heading soh 680, heading over towards the caldecott, it's open. i drove by a sign that said maybe noon today it will be closed. obviously ke obviously we'll keep an eye on that. high fire danger today and tomorrow. warm without the fire danger friday and saturday. temperatures back to average sunday, monday, tuesday. so everything is going to happen today and tomorrow. temperaturewise we're down from yesterday. a cold front moving through, usherin

they want to turn around as >>on-going i mean while running the saint francis franny flyer kid went theed up with the right result. instead of turning on to the 5 key role. he doubled his distance by mistakenly running straight ahead on to the 10 k road which is 6.2 miles for kids mom, it was a different kind of race a race of emotion. >>one that took her from a normal start to a frantic finish she was waiting for him to finish the 5 k but he never showed even as racers kade normally finishes ahead of kept passing by ok so we should. >>be here should be seen by now and i don't have to run up to the finish line and i'm like freaking to point, crying out in like a medicine is not anywhere to be found. so we need to go find him that's when she got word that people had spotted a boy on the 10 k course and he was doing really well. >>so well in fact that the finish line kid found out he got first, not just in his age group but first place overall we go from freaking out does mitt mad too excited so there's like an emotional roller coaster like a 10 minute span. >>surprised i think what. >>i

. >> reporter: san jose state emergency preparedness expert frannie edwards said stores could be impacted. making an emergency kit is a possibility. >> atms won't be available, preparing ahead is critical. >> reporter: we did reach out to regional medical center here in san jose, which is not affiliated with the county. they did not return our request for comment. we're live in the south bay tonight. i'm chris nguyen, nbc 7 news. >>> power will start going out at midnight tonight. we'll give you the news and information you need first thing. now you can count on abc 7 news for the latest information as the bay area braces for these power shutoffs. we are sending out updates just like this one on the abc 7 tto harrison, the wine tcollection.. to craig, this rock. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything to preserve and protect them. with love, california. hey. ♪hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. downloa

winnie is 6 and franny is 4 1/2.rstand anything so, i don't know, it's fun but what do you read what books are your favorites? >> charlie and i we still read these books. >> you do? >> we do we love them vale and i are getting into some chapter books, marge in charge >> mo williams is good piggy and gerald, do you know that one >> oh, that's a good one >> you're supposed to be selling jimmy's books. >> will you share my ice cream. >> i do like that one. you have a lot to talk about with the show, too can we just tell you, the other day you had jennifer lopez on, she was actually, i think we were interviewing here, and she was like, i have to do some dance thing with jimmy, and she ran out the door. >> i was practicing for that for three weeks, and so out of breath, and look, i still couldn't even get the steps right there, and she came in 20 minutes and nailed it. i'm like look at me doing beyonce, it's so embarrassing. i was so out of breath, i had to lay on the ground, get an oxygen tank after this. >> that's so go