so we took a picture of the penis on the mailbox.tball and i said jimmy, did you go down and see the picture of the penis on the mailbox? and he said no. in europe, when they graffiti a penis on the mailbox, do they leave it uncut? and jimmy didn't even inhale. he went absolutely not. they draw them the same way. and i was, like, wait a minute. [ applause ] first off, who died you and made you the foremost expert in european penis graffiti or did you just take the world's worst bike tour to europe, and he said no, they draw them exactly the same. and i said how do you know this? and he said because they do not draw limp penises. they only draw erect pea nnises and when it comes erect, the foreskin draw back and therefore they draw them the same way we do. you seem you're reading off a teleprompter. >> jimmy: when i was 18 years old, i went to italy on a trip and was delighted to find that someone drew a huge penis on the wall and it looked just like one of our american penises. and i've always had that in my mind. oh, wow, we really

you can't see the mailboxes, you can't see people's driveways, cars are halfway up the hill. the people that live in this area that were under a mandatory evacuation order have been coming out all day long. they have been keeping track of what it looks like out here. we've had people come up and say we've lived here for 30 years in this area and have never seen it this bad before, even in '97. >> but i haven't seen this back here flooded this much ever. and just since this morning at about 10:00 or 11:00, there was a mailbox that you could still see a couple feet of the wood, and a few hours ago, you could see the top of the mailbox and now you can't see it at all. >> reporter: now, the area that i'm in here, i want to show you these pillars that you can see. they're literally 6 feet tall and they're halfway up. we've seen pg&e crews walking up here. they're turning gas meters off. they say if they're under water, they're going to turn them off. we're just a couple of miles from a historic farmhouse inn that people had to be rescue fred today. so t for people that are water l

mailboxes and trees it didn't melt right away. this video is around midnight this morning . you can see the family pets got a chance to step outside . later in the morning around 3:00 drivers on the ultimate pass saw snow as well. it looks more like a scene from truckee rather than the ballet. there is enough snow you could see it covered cars and trucks and forced drivers to slow down . some big rigs even pulled over. the elevation at altamonte passes 1000 feet. there is no snow or rain here in livermore . it is cold and breezy. there is a high wind advisory for the ultimate pass throughout the morning. there is still a possibility of scattered showers, hail maybe even some snow throughout the morning here . and across the bay area. with developing news in paris france suspected arson attack at this apartment building has left nine people dead. a suspect was arrested. 30 people were hurt including eight firefighters. prosecutors say 40-year-old woman who lived in the apartment building and has known to mental problems was arrested in front of that burning building. the fire

you can see mailboxes submerged. garbage cans submerged. cars half the way up. the lower russian river is dealing with. the concern for the most part, it's been good all day long. people are in pretty good spirits. the big question is what happens next? what happens at 9:00 tonight when the river crests? for that question we go to nbc bay area's chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. jest, what are supposed to tell the people in forestville? >> i think the advice you're giving them is certainly the best, that is to stay inside and hunker down. we are going to see that water level rise just a little bit more, going to 45.6 feet by 9:00 p.m. tonight. you can see current reading is 44.6 feet. again, so a little bit more to go when we crest tonight at 9:00. we are going to have updates tonight when that does happen. and then we do start to see this drop below flood stage by early friday morning. now, as we have seen in the video that jessica just showed us, she's been talking to the residents. they have never seen anything like this, and that's because this now ranks as

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at first, maybe russian hackers, maybe they could open mailboxes of campaign managers, of private accountseply involved in a campaign against some topics, for example. so this is, what, inciting, spreading the wrong information about somebody? yes. i mean, you're not talking about some manipulation of the voting system. no, no, no, no. it's propaganda, and the spread of misinformation. it is a propaganda machine, and it's to influence the public opinion. what is it that makes you an independent news organisation, rather than just dissidents who are campaigning against the current russian government? that is my favourite question, because every time i take part in conferences or forums or internet — some internet debates, everybody, everybody, is talking about fighting against the regime and fighting against propaganda and so on. and every time i say, guys, i'm not fighting against propaganda. i'm not fighting against the regime. i'm fighting for my audience, to promote information. i'm not saying that i am telling truth. authorised information, and to make them — you know, to bring them so

since that day in autumn two thousand and sixteen when a letter from the government landed in his mailbox. and a whole lot in boston been waiting for the post to arrive or nine and when i saw the letter and i mean without opening it that it was from the social insurance agency that must have been from the minute i had it in my hands i really started celebrating or. for him getting a basic income was like winning the lottery. he had big plans during the two years he wanted to set up an agency to provide living space and studios for artists called art to be in b. well that project has not been entirely successful you have believed in trying out new things u.b.i. gave him the freedom to do just that. you her arrives in helsinki to finish government's experiment to give two thousand people five hundred sixty euros a month for two years made headlines all around the world at the event in the finnish parliament you have meet another participant in the program. she and the others in the program will be surveyed by finland social insurance agency k.t.l.a. . it's really interesting to hear the pat

the letters you're putting in e mailbox, you're trusting that somebody trustworthy picks it up, thent goes th and lots of different hands. >> reporter: news 4 contacted all three credit bureaus. they tell us they understand why merents would be uncomfortable sending these dos by mail. transunion says, the process is done via mail, givenhe rigor necessary to verify the identities of both the parent and the child. experian tells us, it is confident in the u.s. postal service and uses a secure p.o. box which, it says, isn't at risk for mail theft. equifax is the only one that allows parents or legal guardians to fax documents to a secured server if they don't want to mail them in. this financial expert says there yo more risk to your child's financial future idon't freeze their credit. >> susan, it is worth the risk. 51 times greater opportunity for a child's credit to be invaded s veours and mine. every new baby has a social security number. we don't typically use that social security number for maybe many, many years. it takes such an effort to go behind and correct that. >> reporter:

trees, mailboxes all covered in snow, roads are icy, frozen, slick. chapter 5 giving us the aerial view of all this snow, mission peak earlier today. like a fresh powder covering the mountaintops, check this out, so much snow at castro valley, homes covered in it. people in the neighborhood woke up to snow on top of their cars to the hillsides layered with powder. despite it's been so nice to see , paul, will we see more of this? >> we get about once a decade. this was a really rare event. sometimes the answer can stay really cold, likely not. this was a treat, that's why we had to enjoy it yesterday and enjoyed today. because, we average this once every 8 to 10 years. and, not trying to rush things. first the radar showing you there is never the petition following, currently, i have never shared you a local total map, mount hamilton, 8 inches, mount almond and 3 inches, in the santa cruz mountains, 1800 feet of elevation 1 inch of snow fall, snow totals right here in the bay area. this is the best news i've seen in a while when it comes to weather. t

. >> look at that mailbox. >> anybody need a dining room table?and it will flood houses. >> the town of guerneville san island tonight cut off by the rielzing rising russian river. i'm cornell barnard. abc7 news starts right now. >> announcer: live where you live this is abc7 news. >> here's what you need to know about the flooding disaster in sonoma county. the russian river is cresting. 2000 homes businesses and other buildings have been flooded by up to 8 feet of water. 3600 people are now under evacuation orders. >> the national guard is there and a local state of emergency has been declared. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard is live in forestville. cornell, what's the situation there? >> reporter: alma and dan, we are just a few miles outside of guerneville, and you know this is as far as we can go. all roads leading in and out are under water. flooding from the russian river has even reached this vineyard. that is the top of a barn that you're looking at. for now e locals say they are feeling trapped. >> there it goes. >> reporter: kim had

. >> reporter: a simple walk to the mailbox ended in tragedy for robert downing.to pick up his mail when he was hit by a car and died. neighbor bob benoit knew downing since he was 4 years old. >> he was like a step dad to me. it's very hard. >> reporter: new research shows accidents like these are on the rise. >> it's alarming the number of pedestrian fatalities we're seeing now. >> reporter: russ martin is with the governors highway safety association. preliminary data from the new report estimates more than 6,200 pedestrians were killed on u.s. roads in 2018, up 35% since 2008. >> this is the highest number of pedestrian fatalities on an annual basis since 1990. >> reporter: one reason for the increase is because people are walking more. another factor, americans are driving larger vehicles. the report says pedestrian deaths involving suvs have jumped 50% since 2013. >> what we found in our research is most pedestrian crashes are taking place on local roads. they're happening at night. they're happening away from intersections. >> reporter: many modern streets

say the couple would often receive pill manufacturing-related deliveries bens motherlsoved in ve mailboxs all of this. there is not an arrest warrant for her but the dea said this case is ongoing. in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> federal investigators are now on the scene of wednesday's gas line rupture and explosin in san francisco. sky 7 was overhead as fbi agents and investigators from the national transportation safety board toured the site on geary boulevard in the jordan park neighborhood. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas joins us live. eric? >> reporter: one of the big questions everybody is had today is why was the fbi involved? the ntsb said they're assisting in gathering evidence and processing information. there is no criminal investigation involving the fisch at th-- involving the fbi this does happen from time to time and not all that usual. and on geary and parker, this is the site of the big fire, the natural gas pipeline that was breached and the fire reaching 40 feet into the air. the hong kong lounge ii burned out structure lind it had a big h

every resident in the town got this flyer in their mailbox asking them whether they want the swastika and goose stamp step thrust upon them and ultimately the residence of this tiny town are able to keep them out in large part to the efforts of this man reverend lindsay, a congregationalist minister in south berry who gives a stirring anti-nazi sermon thanksgiving weekend of 1937. he calls -ism and anti- christian menace. he describes -ism as agents of the antichrist and argues that the residents need to keep out because -ism is unchristian and un-american in the point there is that for americans in the 1930s, they want understanding -ism first as a threat to jews, they were seeing as a threat to democracy. the next section of the exhibition really focuses on how americans responded to a refugee crisis. things change in 1938, the invaded austria in march 1938 and they start to take over arts of czechoslovakia so for americans, americans are to realize that have greater territorial ambitions beyond germany. by november 1938 you have the violent attack on jews across germany and the for

s bolus of all the mailbox you have going on the ground. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next about different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to suppressing and i saw one on t.v. . i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you think i was going to go. by the way ways and such like here. welcome back france's president probably has other things to think about today and other demo in paris and thousands injured in the deadly yellow vest uprising but for other european leaders egypt is on their mind more specifically the egyptian seaside to resume said you'll to attend a meeting in sharm el shaikh that she wants to use for bricks it if she appears there it will have been essential according to the u.k. foreign office because the u.k. foreign office advises against all but essential travel by to or from sharm el sheikh but the head of this proposed esse

the health policy journal mailbox quarterly published a paper this week that included an analysis of nearly three hundred pages of eighty six e-mails exposing a rather symbiotic relationship between the centers for disease control and prevention and sugar water behemoths coca-cola the most the c.d.c. were directed to dr barbara bowman who at the time was director of c.d.c.'s division for heart disease and stroke prevention coca-cola representative wrote to bowman that quote there are clearly areas where we can work collaboratively collaboratively and share insights to advance the work and prevention of obesity in the event to inform consumers of choices now realize those choices relate to coca cola's low calorie or no gallery beverages with coca-cola representatives claiming in e-mails that studies showing associations between diet averages and weight in the mail audible studies is likely the result of reverse causality so what they're saying is that people who drink diet soda are already are probably already sick with some sort of problem and obesity when they start drinking the die

coming up, but as a member of the greatest generation, with few shipmates still alive, she knew the mailbox>> so i put on my facebook, "my dad is turning 96. he's a world war ii purple heart vet, and i would like to get some birthday cards and make him feel special." >> reporter: did she ever. >> first day was about 150 letters, and i thought that was really cool. and the next day, they said, can you pull around back? >> reporter: 100,000 birthday cards now fill up the rooms of her house and a friend's home. since duane is now legally blind, sue and her "card squad" have vowed to read every one of them. >> "my father served in world war ii and was captured in the battle of the bulge." >> reporter: letters from veterans... >> "thank you for your service." >> reporter: ...and messages of gratitude. >> it moves me to no end. >> yeah, i know, me too. >> reporter: but one birthday message stood out. it was from a shipmate on the u.s.s. "lamson." the last time they saw each other was in 1944, when their ship was under a kamikaze attack. >> captain said "abandon ship," and we all ran over to the p

postcard, through the mailo wherredeem an invitation token that proves that you actually had to gto your mailboxnd take it out. we have a number of different verification mechanisms.an once people are verified, that increases the level of truster that they're iting with people who are actually in their neighborhood, and facilitates a wide variety on these other platforms.f n -and in this world where the internet is so ubiquitous, as you say, there's a concern that people aren't interacting face-to-face more. so, why is arkeighborhood social netecessary? why can't neighbors just go out and say, "hey. hi. i'm your neighbor. let's chat face-to-face. -yinh, i think we are comba trend that has been happening in the united states especially over the past 50 years of a decline in community. in fact, one of the inweiring statistics thaaw when we started the company was that 29% of americans claim to know very few of their neighbors, and 28% of americans claim to know not a single nghbor by name. so you're talking about over half the population with very weak ties into t. and so, as strange as it may see

right, and hold up that flyer if you will because you should've received something at home in your mailboxif not, more are coming soon, right? raul: yeah, exactly. so, we sent these flyers out, this is a notice of--notification of service. this was sent out in december, late december, and then another one in mid-january. and we'll also be sending out two more of these late february and early march. so, it's just a way of letting people know what's going on with their service and, if they have any questions, to be able to reach out to us at any moment. damian: my fifth grade daughter, she's--her science report is--this year is on clean energy. i mean, it's on the environment angl i mean, we might not see the effects of what we're doing here in san jose, but maybe give it 10 or 15 years, i'm assuming environmentally you'll be able to see the affects of going this route. raul: yeah, exactly. it has a lot of--you know, as we know, you know, climate change and air pollution is--you know, greenhouse gas emissions has a lot--plays a lot into, you know, how it affects our health more than anything

look at mailbox. >> traveled down to farm, horse boarded inside. >> figured couldn't drive in driveway, no idea would be up to the barn. >> reporter: images startling but evacuees from other areas. >> homeless until a week ago, just moved into trailer we got evacuated out of. >> reporter: live near lagana wetlands preserve. >> walk out, waist deep water. horrific. >> reporter: all he has is clothing on his back and memories of trailer. >> it's history, i'm out of there, got to figure out what i can do. you know. sometimes god -- doors close, says doors open. >> reporter: volunteers trying to channel the same positivity. >> then i have karma. >> reporter: shelters from places for pets, food, clothing, won't turn anyone away. >> not luxury hotel but we try to take really good care of people. >> reporter: evacuation center in partnership with the american red cross and the county is running another evacuation center at sonoma county fairgrounds. ac7 news. >> thanks so much. >>> one of the towns hit hard is monte rio. historic buildings like the movie theater now partially under water. bel

coming up, but as a member of the greatest generation with few shipmates still alive, she knew the mailbox would be empty. >> so i put on my facebook, my dad's turning 96, he's a world war ii purple heart vet and i'd like to get some birthday cards to make him feel special. >> did she ever. >> first day it was about 150 letters and i thought that was really cool. the next day they said could you pull around back? >> reporter: 100,000 birthday cards now fill up the rooms of her house and a friend's home. since duane is now legally blind, sue and her card squad have vowed to read every one of them. >> my farther served in world war ii and was captured in the battle of the bulge. >> reporter: letters from veterans and messages of gratitude. >> moves me to no end. >> i know. me too. >> reporter: but one birthday message stood out. it was from a shipmate on the "uss lamson." the last time they saw each other was in 1944 when their ship was under a kamikaze attack. >> the captain said abandon ship and we all ran over to the port side and leaped over the side. >> did anyone die that day? >> 27 or

this is a man who had a bit of an ice ca paid pade on the way mailbox.ow listen to this. >> are you okay? don't do that. [ bleep ]. >> jimmy: don't do that. his shoes were like a comedy. let's look at that one more time, if we can. look at the action. i mean, it's, and then the question and his response is just fantastic. >> are you okay, mike? >> jimmy: don't do that. >> don't do that. >> [ bleep ]. didn't do dit on purpose. >> jimmy: literally adding insult to injury, and disney took advantage of that, adding a teaser for "frozen 2". there's a new batch of frozen songs. for those of you who don't have kids, "frozen" is a street-legal drug that's more lethal than gummi bears. what if we made a bunch of money again. "frozen 2" comes out in nine months, which means you have just enough time to have a baby that will make you hate "frozen 2". president trump met at the white house today with the president of colombia. trump was asked about the political tumult in venezuela and took that opportunity to compliment himself. >> no matter who stays in power, do

the covered tree branches and mailboxes even some family pet the little dog you see there had a chanceound midnight this morning. higher elevation than where we are. later in the morning closer to 3 am. snow showers coming down on 580 there was enough snow to cover cars and trucks passing through. some drivers had to slow down because of it . some big rigs even pulled over to wait it out . elevation at the altamont pass is about 1000 feet. not only is it cold there is a breeze out here. it's pretty chilly out here with the wind, advisory you for the altamont pass this morning. drivers going through there should be careful and take it easy. we haven't seen any rain just a light rain about a half hour ago . it looks like most of the rain has cleared here little more for now. roads are pretty slick, up on the hills you may be able to sell see some snow we were going to check it out ourselves later this morning. live in livermore. >>> you can find expanded bay area weather coverage on our all new ktvu weather app . has interactive radar and hourly updates on 7-day forecast. the weather app

we see demanding, anger even in our mailboxes, we read it as that's the leader.as a society, we look at those same character traits in women. we see it as so unnatural it need to be called out. so i understand where the applause is coming from in the room. i think a lot of people are tired of being pigeon holed in ways because they don't stick to happiness or jen gentle it all the time. >> everyone go to cnn and read it, she talks about klobuchar, she says there is no equivalent of boys being boys for women. pen are bosses and women are bossy and another "b" word. thank you all very much. many more conversations to come. >>> meantime, a stunning piece of information. the fbi opened an investigation into whether the president of the united states was a russian foreign agent. one of these maga accusations out of andrew mccabe's book, he now has much, mump harsher words. we'll be right back. if i built a van, it would do more than haul. if i built a van, it would carry my entire business. i'd make it available in dozens, make that thousands of configurations. it wou

the letou'reutting in the mailbox you're just trusting somebody picks it up and it goes through lots and lots of different hands. >> reporter: news 4 contacted all three credit bureaus. they tell us they understand why parents would be uncomfortable sending these documents by mail. transunion says the process is done via mail given the rigor necessary to verify the identities of both the parent and the child. experian tells us it's confident in the protected nature o the u.s. postal service and uses a secure p.o. box which it says isn't at risk for mailhe. and equifax is the only one that allows parents or legal guardianto fax documents to a secure server if they don't want to mail them in. financia expert bill says there's actually more risk to yourci child's fin future if you don't freeze their credit. >> susan, it's worth the risk 51 times ere are greater opportunity for a child's credit to be invaded versus yours and mine. every newso baby has al security number, but we don't typically use that social security for maybe many, many years. and it takes such an effort to go behind a

i mean, look at that mailbox. >> reporter: we found tracy warner on high road in sbeft pohl trying to get to her horse on this road halfway underwater. >> i had no idea it would be up to the barn. >> reporter: cindy vickery had no idea it would be up to her home. >> i'd been homeless until a week ago. we just moved into this trailer. then we got evacuated out of. >> reporter: vickery, like malcolm andrews, lives near the laguna wetlands preserve. now they're beth both staying in an evacuation shelter in sebastopol. sonoma county is running another shelter at the fairgrounds. >> instantly get out, you know, walk out. waist-deep water. it's kind of horrific. >> reporter: andrews has nothing left. >> it's 2 1/2 feet. it's history. i'm out of there. got to figure out what i can do. sometimes doors close, doors open. >> reporter: volunteers are trying to channel that same positivity. >> you know, it's not like staying in a luxury hotel or anything. but we try to take really good care of people. >> reporter: and their pets. we got to check out the sonoma county animal services temporary spo

agents say th couple would also receive pill manufacturing related deliveries to the nearby glenn cove mailboxey are being detained. their preliminary hearing is scheduled for february 216789 benson's mother is also mentioned in the criminal complaint as being involved in all of this. there is not an arrest warrant for her. but the d.e.a. says this case is ongoing. in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> breaking news update now, on the problems at the richmond-san rafael bridge. caltrans just announced they will close all but one lane in both directions from 9:00 tonight until 7:00 tomorrow morning. the closure will allow repair crews to put larger metal plates over a damaged section of the bridge, where chunks of concrete fell on to cars yesterday as we reported. caltrans confirmed today what the abc 7 news i-team reported to you yesterday, that an expansion joint worn down by heavy traffic caused the trouble. caltrans says there may be additional closures tomorrow. a permanent fix will begin next week. >> a lot to keep track of. >>> students from six oakland high schools staged a

i'm gonna sign up licensees around the country, and they're gonna get mailbox money, which means every time a new car cash opens, we'll all get a check without having to put up any money or do any work. so the catch to this whole deal, uh--i want to be very clear--i'm in charge for the next week, so what i say, goes. which means you're not in control. at all. >> i don't know if giving control--you know, 100% control, basically--to somebody that, you know, we just met and, um-- [sighs] how do i put it? i'm a control freak. it's hard to let go of that. >> the business needs cash like... >> both: like yesterday. >> obviously, it's gonna take capital to change the complexion of the business. but we also need capital to buy cars. i don't know if $200,000 is going to be enough, so i would also like to ask for a line of credit. >> so how much is the line of credit you want? >> okay, uh, let's say, can we start with 300,000? >> what's the interest rate you're gonna pay me? >> um, is 5% fair? >> no. >> oh. really? >> really. it's 10%. i need 10%, because it's unsecured. >> well, it's unsecured,

painting something on a wall or leaving a nasty note for somebody, putting something in someone's mailbox, attacking their sexual orientation things like that. we were able to determine the perpetrator in over half of those cases. in 67% and these are the ones we found out who did it cost 67% of the people we identified were under 18 years of age. they were under 18 years of age. i think one of the things that really calls on us to do is to use this as, we've got to put information together to educate young people about the harms of targeting anyone through a threat or ridicule based on their race religion ethnicity or any trait that is protected by law. the fact of the matter is and we could have another session on dealing with adolescent minds , a lot of these adolescent minds are different. it is different than the white supremacists who have an agenda. you deal with them differently. most and many are committed by folks whose brain is still developing so i think dealing with it through education should be a priority for all of us. in terms of preventing it from happening educating our

night owls who ventured outside caught a light dusting of snow falling in their yards, on their mailboxes, and of course on the roads. there was even a dog that got out for a few minutes to check out the new snow. >>> at the altamont pass, warning drivers to slow down a little bit. we didn't see any major incidents along 580. we did see a lot of snow. there was a little slow traffic this morning. as some peopleat 3:00 this morning. the snow had been coming down at that point for several hours. the elevation is about 1,000 feet there. snow in the mountains made for a wet commute this morning. sara is live at the summit since 5:00 a.m. she joins us once again, how are things looking right now? it looks like people are joining you for a party out there. >> everyone is having a great time out here. the sun is out. so the snow is melting right now. and there is a lot of fun going on here. a lot of snowball fights. and there's a man right here who's wearing a sleeveless shirt. and some shorts. aren't you cold, sir? >> a little bit. >> but you're out here any ways having fun. >> oh yeah. >> can'

would gi mailwomen and mailmen a job every -- at least every friday, they wouiver two joints to every mailboxow. [ cheers and applause ] >> -- in america. compliments of your federal government. seth: yeah. >> and you know -- and just two, we're not talking just -- >> seth: right. >> country won't work if ev.ybody is completely ston but just two. and it gives the postal service a job. i would try to think of things like that. >> seth: yeah. >> to do. >> seth: i thinkplhat's a good form. i want to talk, last time you were here was right before the midterms. >> yes. >> seth: and i'll admit, there little pessimism. >> yeah. >> seth: you were fairly critical of nancy pelosi, particularly her optimism going into the midterms. mism t only was her op borne out, but how do you feel about her and the handling of the shutdown? >>y feel the same we everyb feels. she kicked his ass. [ cheers and applause ]ng it was amau and -- and, ow, many of us -- what is she 78? many of us have had a 78-year-old grandmother. if you have one that's really feisty and really that puts her -[ bleep ] kicking boots >> seth

she had virtually no dollar help from her parents and tells the story as so mailbox first-generation kids do when they crawl back home when they're facing a new student at university of an example, or plymouth state, or dartmouth they call home and their parents so often don't have answers because they have not had that experience. but connie graduated with not much more than $1,000 in student debt, and that was years ago. and it's important that we recognize that and you know what your question suggests. what we've done to this generation of students who put off maybe put off marriage, put off having children because of the cost of child's care and the cost of paying a student debt, less likely to start a business or buy a house. all the things we've inflicted on them which causes damage to the economy long-term. for people who would invest in these communities -- congress hasn't nearly kept up on pell grants with we should be doing. third we are working on a match where the federal -- this will take money, and president trump, and mitch mcconnell and paul ryan, have decided that a

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this is video of snow falling overnight in livermore, you can see snow on the mailboxes. if you know this area, this is along mines road where the wineries are. a lot of that snow falling, sticking onto the ground. two to three inches sticking around this morning, on highway 29 in napa county. this is just above calistoga. folks living up there telling us those roads are icy, there are rock slides in some of those spots out there, so mindful to you, to be careful out there. >> and snow is and has been falling on mt. hamilton as well in south santa clara county, just east of san jose. chp not escorting cars on mt. hamilton road. it's really drive at your own risk and the road leading to the top of the mountain is closed. so that's tough. when you do get to the top, if you're able to, it is covered with several inches of snow. you'll see it when the sun comes up from the ground. >>> not surprisingly the road to lake tahoe still closed. i-80 closed from colfax all the way to the nevada state line in both directions, because of whiteout conditions reported there. many can't m