i would also like to thank mike meyer and martha from the darfur interface network for making this possible and beth grossman. i'm also going to ask your indulgence as an audience. i know there's sudan experts here, and please bear with me if i tell you things you already know, but those lovely people at c-span are here to broadcast this, and therefore, i think that it's our duty to use this opportunity to get across the message about the serial jen sides that have been going on in sudan, so forgive me if i'm telling you things that you already know. i know there's people in the room that think it's perfectly appropriate as a topic conversation to talk about genocide, but believe it or not, not everybody feels the way we do about that. i'm going to first of all talk to you about what's happening in abya. over the weekend you probably saw that the sudan armed forces occupied the region of abia bringing in 5,000 troops, an unknown number of tanks. they've been basically carpet bombing the city since the 19th of may. 20,000 people had to flee for their lives. i've been getting e-mails from som

i would also like to thank mike meyer and -- from the darfur interfaith network for making this possiblend beth grossman. i know there are some sudan experts here. please bear with me if i start telling you things you already know but those lovely people at c-span are here to outcast this and therefore think it is our duty to use this opportunity to get across the message about the serial genocides that have been going on in sudan, so forgive me if i am telling you things that you already know. i know there are people in this room who think it is perfectly appropriate as a topic of conversation to talk about genocide but believe it or not not everybody feels the way we do about that. i am going to talk to about what you about what is happening in abyei. over the weekend you probably saw the sudanese armed forces occupied the region of abyei. they brought in 5000 troops, an unknown number of tanks. they have then basically carpet bombing the city of abyei since the 19th of may. 20,000 people of had to flee for their lives. i have been getting e-mails from someone we

mike? >> we talked about the drizzle, that it would be falling. we moisten the atmosphere. up in the northwest county, annapolis road, kings ridge road, meyers grade road to main street. definitely looking wet right now. the big picture, you can see the area of low pressure spinning right here. look at it spin. moisture it is bringing with it. look how it heads to the southeast, putting it in the neighborhood in the afternoon hours. that is when thunderstorms could develop. if you head out now, everywhere else is dry, except for the patchy drizzle. not enough to run wind shield wipers once or twice. everybody else in mid-to-upper 50s. by the afternoon hours, dealing with some precipitation, whether it's the light rain or scattered showers ahead of the main ban. temperatures in the most part, mid-to-upper 60s. look at palo alto, fremont, livermore, san jose. the last areas to receive the rain, in the low to mid-70s this afternoon. showers will taper overnight and they could have a clap of thunder in them. tomorrow is cool again. let the warming trend begin. thursday, ten degrees warmer. by saturday, ten degrees warmer. sunday, triple-digits i