his newly named president kevin o'brien underwent a transformation 23 years ago, ordained as a jesuitcticing law with the goal to enter politics. >> i had to assess what gave me most joy and what made me most happy. and while law is a good and noble profession, it was not for me. i also had a lot of ambition and ego in my desire for politics. >> reporter: he has worked in higher education ever since. he becomes university president in july. this is a jesuit university, and part of the greater catholic community, so it does not exist in a bubble. inevitably it is drawn into the controversies of our society. as a jesuit father o'brien spent time with the poor, migrants in mexico. can he relate as he, too, was an immigrant. his family came from canada. the university must take up their cause, he says. he's aware of the need for the church to address sexual abuse by its clergy. the university can study the problem and develop solutions. >> we've hosted academic panels which reflected on questions about the origins of the abuse in the church. not just the violation of minors and other vuln

his name is kevin o'brien and is a jesuit priest. his krcredentials are long. he taught at georgetown and cared four lepers cared for lepers in india. >> i'm just filled with gratitude. i will try every day to be worthy of the trust that santa clara's put into me. >> o'brien's first day on the job officially will be july 1st. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. and speaking of the first. tomorrow is the first day of spring, and we have a storm coming in. >> i now. it was hard with that cloud cover today, wasn't it? man. >> after the weekend we had. saw the clouds, oh, man. you probably want more sunshine, i'm guessing, after how active it has been in january and february. can you see right now on storm ranger mobile done luppler rada. there's that next system right there starting to push the moisture. the central coast, getting to the bay area. we are seeing a few lightning strikes pop up. definitely instability that could spawn off thunderstorms as we go through the duration of the storm system. so let's get you a closer look at storm rang