a just released study suggests, the removal of ground water from the san joaquin valley in central california. could actually be putting california at greater risk of an earthquake. by friday it will be much cooler trout the bay area--throughout. in the morning it will been pretty crisping. along thand the coastline leucin below c des reached a run on 70-. today, kron 4's charles clifford visited the u-s-g-s in menlo park. to find out how big of a problem this really is. in a new study published in the journal nature, researchers from western washington university claim that over the past one hundred and fifty years, humans have sucked the equivalent of lake tahoe from the ground of the san joaquin valley. they say that as the water is removed, the earth sinks and that in turn causes the surrounding mountains, including the sierra and the coastal range, to actually lift up. not by much, maybe just a few inches, but the findings seem to indicate that human activities are literally moving mountains. one of the big concerns from the new study is that all this movement could disturb the san andre

mexico and the united states and ended up coming into the san joaquin valley, where i was a migrant farm worker, it was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of people trying to get the job. the very same hands that are now doing brain surgery, i was pulling the wheat. >> one of 25 unique voices. "sundays at ys -- eight." over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider.

better out towards not only the sacramento valley but also the san joaquin valley. things are calming down. we did have rain in stockton, modesto down to bakersfield. some areas still picking up a little bit of precip. a lot of 60s or very low 70s. santa rosa at 68. 57 half moon bay. san jose, 66. livermore, almost 70. fairfield, 70. antioch is not even 70. it's pretty close. not that bad of a breeze north at fairfield. santa rosa, a puff. novato west, 10. sfo showing more of a breeze, 17 in half moon bay bay, gusts to 17 as well. san jose northwest, generally a northwest breeze. the low continues to wrap itself up. mountain snow. as it heads toward southern nevada. we'll see pressure in the gradients. a lot of 60s. 37 up at tahoe. it's cold out there. you can see how everything is carving itself out. the low will be here. will that eject east. not too bad right now. it's a little bit below normal. the wind is stronger as well towards the coast and some of the higher elevations. it's severe clear. a lot of 60s and 70s on the high side. temperatures look like they ar

you can see a lot of it diving toward central sierra and san joaquin valley. 50s on the temps. novato is in there. the breeze a little bit of a breeze. concord 16 miles an hour gusting to 24. fairfield 12, other locations -- you can see just missed this. it's diving more toward fresno. fog, sun, nice. a little warmer. breezy for some. 60s and 70s. you remember the 80s. well out in antioch they will have some. here is sal. >>> good morning, steve. right now traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area. if you are driving on the bay bridge approach, your drive time is at less than eight minutes to drive from the toll plaza all the way across the bridge to the san francisco side with no major issues. also looking at interstate 880 the same thing goes. traffic is moving well in both directions here. about a five minute drive time between the oakland airport exit and downtown. either way. and traffic continues to move along very nicely. if you are driving in san jose northbound 101 and 280 are off to a good started. now let's go back to the desk. >>> three attacks on women in th

actually published a similar study 30 years ago and he says that the removal of water from the san joaquin valleys causing shifts in the ground but that it only slightly increases the risk of an earthquake. >> reporter:holzer also says that if years to come, possibly because of the ongoing drought, there's little risk of triggering an earthquake. >> reporter:in menlo park, charles clifford kron 4 news. 10 >> >> jacqueline: we still are always have some 90 degree temperatures i hear the much cooler than what it was today starting at the coast look to mid-70s with 75 in downtown san francisco, a down the peninsula, it east bayshore light cooler with a degree temperatures and 82 in richmond. 84 in hayward. mainly low 90s for tomorrow. hayward would would 90 a sonoma and 91 and after all. 91 and napa of >> jacqueline: sea breeze wan's will not be too strong overnight. tomorrow afternoon in search of sea breeze glance. jean >> reporter: several fires are raging there near san diego. how's that is the hon largest hit stay away founder owned for your own safety. >> reporter: >> pam: new information of a

central san joaquin valley. it will chew upmost of this low cloud deck. but the bay area is dealing with a lot of low cloud deck. but mostly sunny. it will be a little bit warmer today. not a lot. the breeze kicks in. you will see most of the rain is over with. the low clouds will be with us in the morning. already clearing taking place to the north. still rain if you are up in the sierra nevada. the breeze will kick up. concord gusting to 24 in buchanan. there will be a decent breeze. the wind will turn more northerly. so fog, low clouds, sun. it will be nice today. a little warmer. breezy, maybe blustery for a few. 60s and 70s. i did go with one 80 here that would be antioch. here is sal. >>> traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area as we drive through. there are no major problems on some of the major freeways. let's go to the east shore. you can see between the carquinez bridge and mccarthur maze we have a nice looking drive. it is about an 18 minute drive and that is as good as it gets for the most part to make the trip between those two spots

it's on its way to the san joaquin valley. t much of a breeze there will be a little bit one today. the low is making a beeline right toward san joaquin valley. high pressure builds into the north. a little warmer today and we will carry that into the weekend. low clouds. fog. inland 60s, low 70s coast and bay. here is sal. >>> steve, right now we are looking at a commute where traffic continues to be a little bit slow in some areas. but things have improved on highway 24. we will show you that in a moment. westbound bay bridge that is backed up for a little bit at the toll plaza. 25-30 minute drive as you drive into san francisco. also the morning commute is going o be okay on -- is going to be okay on the san mateo bridge. could be a little windy on that span. i can tell by looking at this picture as the water is a little choppy. for the most part it's a nice and even drive over to the peninsula. that sig alert they have flairs out too but 24 is improving in the area. and you can see it never really did effect 24 from walnut

it was close but it went from stockton, merced, san joaquin valley.they are getting some rain there, not a lot. but a little bit. 50s on the temperatures. really cool. it will be very cool tonight in wind protected areas. all of this is associated with a low-pressure system in the  sierra nevada. is it making a b-line toward the central sierra and then down to las vegas as it parks itself or sets up shop here, high pressure will build in the north. the high pressure says i don't like you down there so i'm going to fill that with wind. and the breeze will pick up later today. sunny, breezy. if you are in the sun, not bad. in the shade, a little chill in the area. 60s on the temperatures, low 70s for tomorrow. again, north wind might help a few. but everall slightly below average temperatures. it looks like we're in this pattern. there will be another system clipping us on thursday and then it's out of the picture and then friday we start to see sunshine and that will take us into the weekend. >> all right, steve. >>> 8:21. you like sports. well, new

overall, flag warnings are out to the valley out to the san joaquin valley valley. there is a lot of 50s around mainly low-to-mid 50s and the nights are very short. it looks like it, 40s for some, sacramento 59 and that will do it out to the valley and they had the red flag warning. 70s for many, it will not last long and that will wantp up the fog and -- it will ramp up the fog and watch what happens by tonight, there it goes and that fog will be on the increase and in fact it will make a huge push into saturday. i might even get some local drizzle and it's breezy for some. 60s and 70s and 80s clear lake sonoma 85, 86 degrees and 86 and 87 in danville oakly, berkeley alameda, 87 gilroy, 81 san jose, 781 milpitas cupertino, san bruno burlingame even 70s on the coast for one day and tomorrow they will really drop as the cooling begins friday into saturday and much changes sunday and monday. >>> this morning's costco report reports rose 3%, they are looking for items in bulk. membership rose by 5-point 5% as they look to save money and the overall sales slowed mostly

. >> california's san joaquin valley is one of the most productive farm regions in the world, yet thele who live and work near those farms can't always access that bounty. >> they're picking fresh fruit for everybody else, but actually they don't even have fresh fruit for their own family. >> families in the central valley experience some of the nation's highest levels of food insecurity. >> one in four families are at the risk of going to sleep hungry. one in three children are at risk of being hungry. >> in tolarie county, the food bank is already feeding a fourth

the united states in the late 1980's, across the border between mexico and united states the san joaquin valleys a migrant farm worker. there is no challenge to find a job. there are not thousands of get the jobs to like pulling weeds with my own hands. the same hands that i now use as a brain surgeon. eight,"n's "sundays at now available at your favorite bookseller. >> next, british prime minister david cameron taking questions in the house of commons. a house hearing on the state of college athletics. >> on the next "washington journal," david hawking's looks history of select committees. russell rambaugh -- "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. week, question time this bridge prime minister david cameron calls kidnapping of hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls u.k.evil, and says the would offer any assistance necessary to nigeria. this is just over 35 minutes. prime minister. >> thank you, minister. thisdition to my duties in house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am the proud father of three daughters. i'm sure that the entire ho

. >> california's san joaquin valley is one of the most productive farm regions in the world, yet the people who live and work near those farms can't always access that bounty. >> they're picking fresh fruit for everybody else, but actually they don't even have fresh fruit for their own family. >> families in the central valley experience some of the nation's highest levels of food insecurity. >> one in four families are at the risk of going to sleep hungry. one in three children are at risk of being hungry.

states in the late 1980's at across the border between mexico i came united states, into the san joaquin valley. it was no challenge to find a job. there were not a lot of people trying to get jobs in farming. i was pulling we. wheat. published by public affairs books. >> in place of president obama, first lady michelle obama gave the weekly address. she condemned the kidnapping of nigerian schoolgirls and stressed the importance of education. a group of republicans give their weekly address. they talked about their efforts to create jobs and called on the president to take action. >> hello everyone. i michelle obama. on mother's day weekend, i want to honor all of the mothers out there and wish you a happy mother's day. you about anak to issue of great significance to me as first lady, and as the mother of two young daughters. like millions of people across the globe, my husband and i are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from their school or majority in the middle of the night. this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to

san joaquin valley valley, and we have a lot of low clouds in place and that's making a good push, we will go sunny put mostly am if you are driving down there, you may encounter some rain from merced, areas south, they can definitely use some of that rain and by tomorrow it start to eject out. take your pick on the temperatures, it doesn't matter everybody is stuck to that low cloud deck, it is decent with gusts at fairfield, oakland, it is much stronger and our system is moving out heading south as it does april don't think the coast gets in on this over the next few days but the low will be moving out and then clearing back to the coast it might take a couple for some. you may and then it burns off and picks up. 50s and 60s and 20s, clear like, ukiah brentwood oak lay 85, 80 in plenty and too much fog. february something on much of the coast. low clouds and fog especially as we go into the weekend and there will be some 90s well inland and we start a cooling trend for mostly next week. >>> the u.s. labor department shows the latest filing new claims for unemployment and the total n

sacramento people are not necessarily familiar with california but they walk out the spine of the san joaquin valley through the farmworkers towns and everywhere they go every night there is a rally into the church has to open the door to the farmworkers. so it was brilliant and ultimately the church comes around and the bishops support them but it took a while. >> at the same time that this is happening, there was a lot of discussion as to the nonviolence that they used in the strike in the boycotts etc.. you mentioned there was violence among the farmworkers. there were acts of sabotage. the relative was quite relentless and perhaps i'm reading too much into this, but i sense that the emotional violence that many volunteers must have felt when they were dismissed from the movement must have caused a lot of emotional violence. >> ruthlessness was not a foreign concept, and i think that manifested itself in different ways. one of the reasons he was so effective is his single-minded focus and intensity and i think that god communicated to his followers and people interpreted that in different ways ca

the late 1980's and i cross the border between mexico and the united states, i came into the san joaquin valleyo work as a migrant farm worker. it was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of people trying to get the jobs of pulling weeds with the very same hands that are now doing brain surgery. one of 41 unique voices from 25 years of our book notes and "q&a" conversations. nowan "sundays at eight," available at your local bookseller. >> next, british prime minister david cameron taking questions in the house of commons. then a discussion about the dodd-frank laws institution -- impact on institutions that are too big to fail. then another chance to see "q&a" with author evan osnos. on the next "washington journal," david hawkins looks at the history of congressional committees. health policy reporter louise nofsky explores the following uninsured rate in the u.s. also, pay and benefits for active military personnel. we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. during question time

a big fog bank out there and a strong low heading towards san joaquin valley and southern california. 56 san jose. we'll go for a high of 76 degrees in downtown san jose if you are out towards read hill view, probably close to 79. there's been mist/drizzle being reported in numerous locations in part, of the city. also pacifica, half moon bay and el granada. daly city thank you for that. hanford, vie celia. .75 of rain at bridgeport. 50s on the temperatures. everybody is stuck because of the cloud cover. if you have sunshine, there's probably a breeze. fairfield had gusts when i came in this morning 31 miles an hour. 14 now. concord had fusts of 24. 7. oakland gusts to 18. there's still a little breeze. when you get a delta breeze like that, it's tough to get that warm. we'll see inland temperatures warping up. coastal temperatures i think are stuck in the 50s and 60s. 55 sacramento. had 3 up in tahoe. 55 ukiah. they were 86 yesterday. the system stays to the north. high pressure nosing in. we have to wait for the low to move out which will be tomorrow. once that takes the turn and he

. >> train slam in a stranded semi in chowchilla in the san joaquin valley yesterday. truck got stuck on the track. driver got out of the big rig. tried to wave down the conductor but no luck. thing going too fast to stop. union pacific train carrying hundreds of military vehicle headed from washington to fort i are we know in the desert. fortunately nobody was hurt. >> another half hour of abc 7 news at 9:00 just moments away. up next. special significance of this bottle for one bay area war veteran. bitter sweet reason it's still on the shelf. >> also the pope final gesture after a controversial visit to israel at big mistake for the white house. how cia operative name somehow slipped out. ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ >> president obam

yeah, we know the southern san joaquin valley when you get the wind you get the [ bleep ] blowing as [ bleep ] do you take a week, you said seven. >> maybe some guys just like [ bleep ]. >> uh-oh. >> mother. >> mother? >> mother [ bleep ]. >> beautiful. >> unnecessary censorship. really funny because [ bleep ] seems like they do. >> i've been doing the laundry. and i [ bleep ] my pants again. >> what did you say? >> he wasn't allowed to shove the [ bleep ] in your face. >> why don't we demonstrate what an erection is supposed to look like. >> all right. >> put it down here. i can't believe i am doing this. i can't believe i'm doing this. >> jimmy: tonight on the show dave attell is here we have music from cut copy and we'll be right back with julie bowen. [ cheers and applause ] first the cookie at check-in. then a little weekend to remember. join us for the celebration package. with sparkling wine, breakfast and a late checkout. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. be a sound sleeper, or...l you a mouth breather? well, put on a breathe right strip and insta

lightning to the sierra yesterday and now they are falling apart and sliding down into the san joaquin valley will keep sliding that way. they are getting undercut and we have the wind from the ocean at 21 miles per hour in fairfield and 14 at concord and ten at oakland and everyone else is less than 10 miles per hour. we will look at the golden gate bridge and that is what you will be dealing with this morning. you can see the low cloud deck and here is how it looks from the top: 2,600' mount tamalpais you can see the such rise. elsewhere, not is much. still warm around the bay and inland and it is the warm air coming in creating the cap and the reason why we have more moisture and thicker marine layer this morning. warmth this weekend and cools next week with no rain in the forecast for the transition. by noon, clouds are back, and they are stubborn so you will be in the 60's and 70's through the bay and 80's inland and we have the summer spread developing and it will be wider into the week. we have mid-to-upper 70's in milpitas and santa clara and everyone else in the low-to-mid 80's to th

and i crossed the border between mexico and the united states and ended up coming into the san joaquin valley, where i was a migrant farm worker, it was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of people trying to get the job. the very same hands that are now doing brain surgery, i was pulling the wheat. >> one of 25 unique voices. "sundays at ys -- eight." over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. on thursday, the house education and workforce committee held an -- a hearing on the state of college athletics. to allowows a decision football players at northwestern university to unionize. you will hear testimony from baylor university's president and former u.s. solicitor enrile ken starr -- general ken starr. this is two h

gps readings found the san joaquin valley floor has been sinking for decades through ground water losshile the surrounding mountains are being uplifted. >>> new developments in the story you only saw on 5. an arrest in the theft of redwood burl from old growth trees in northern california state park. kpix 550s allen martin first brought us the story and has new information. allen? >> reporter: after going up to humboldt and del norte county thursday and friday and talking to the park rangers and seeing the damage to the trees, we knew the poachers were smart enough to get away with it but not smart enough to get away with it forever. rangers say they did catch one person danny garcia of or rick which is a small town just south of redwood national park. this is the damage they say he and others were causing to trees that were hundreds if not thousands of years old. thieves go into the mountains at night and cut the burl off the trees which they use to make tables and bowls and other souvenirs. apparently an anonymous tip led rangers to stolen burl at one of the wood shops north of the p

weather going on over the mountains and some of that will spill into the sacramento and san joaquin river valleyss evening so watch out for that if have friends in the area or if you are heading to tahoe early tonight. tonight's temperatures 56 concord, san francisco down to 54. mountain view 55. there is a big dome of high pressure that will eventually shove out that low pressure area and it's slowly inching its way closer but it will take its time. as it gets closer, we will gradually warm up over the next several days and by the holiday weekend, by memorial day, we will be near or above normal to the tune of 10 degrees above average coming up on sunday and also memorial day monday. so what to expect? just like this morning tomorrow morning fog will be back anywhere near the water coast and the bay. a little warmer tomorrow and that trend will continue through the weekend and by this weekend temperatures will be running above average. a great weekend to get outside. high temperatures tomorrow, for your thursday, livermore back to the 80s. 81 foreyou. napa 80. santa rosa 77. redwood city 74. san

san francisco 60. plenty of showers in the sacramento valley and san joaquin river valley and snow showers still above00 feet in the sierra but kpix 5 hi-def doppler is dry right here throughout the bay area. live neighborhood network look at the wind or lack thereof. two miles per hour or less, the wind is finally calming down. menlo park currently 65. sunnyvale 72. berkeley checking in at 61. past few days have been cooler than normal. the average high in san jose 76. you are a little above that on friday. remember last week three days in the 90s? not this week. 72 over the weekend. 71 yesterday. today's high in san jose also just 71 degrees. things will be changing. this low that brought rainfall to the north yesterday, rainfall to the east today, not much for us just scattered showers in the south bay is now moving away from us. it will be a big rainmaker for the sierra. we'll take rain anywhere close to the bay area. it's good news but we didn't get a direct hit. it begins to move out and a big ridge of high pressure begins to move in. seems like the low pressure area hangs out for two days and t

through, no widespread rainfall but lots of drizzle and heavier showers in the sacramento and san joaquin river valleys heading into and up the sierra. we will miss most of the rainfall, but we had some rain this evening, especially those of you in the north bay. 115-inch in kentfield and when you've got .1-inch -- .15-inch in kentfield and when you've got .1-inch and widespread thunderstorms from medford, oregon up to the washington/canada border, but we're on the trailing edge of this and the storm is too far away to give us a dent in the drought we could use. a couple showers possible overnight tonight perhaps while you're driving to work tomorrow as that low moves out, but once it's gone the rain chance is gone for a while. there's a huge area of high pressure moving in, going to give us hot weather next week, but the transition will take about two days as the strong low moves out and a strong high moves in. we'll be caught in between, windy friday, windy saturday, but just in time for mom sunday, high pressure wins out. we'll warm up and those winds will relax. loudy and a few showers overnight. s

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when i crossed the border, i ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant farm worker. there were not a lot of thousands of people trying to get the jobs. i was pulling the weeds. of 41 unique voices from 25 years of our book notes and the q&a conversations. this is published by public affairs books and available at your -- favorite bookseller. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," our guest is journalist and author evan osnos, who discusses his new book, "age of ambition: chasing fortune, truth, and faith in the new china." >> evan osnos, in your new book, under the acknowledgments you start off by saying, "none of my grandparents lived to see this book but they are responsible for its inception." >> my grandparents on my father's side came from poland. they were polish jews. they left at the beginning of world war ii. on my mother's side, my mother's father was an american diplomat sent to hungary who was kicked out. he was accused of being a spy which he wasn't. in some ways, these stories, the experience of being ejected from poland or hungary, formed a backdrop in our family's

one i first came into the united , i crossedhe 1980's the border and ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant worker. it was no challenge to find a job. with the very same hands that are doing brain surgery i was pulling weeds. 8:00.pan, sundays at now available at your favorite bookseller. >> a house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from comcast and time warner cable executives on the proposed merger. this hearing is about four hours. >> good morning. the committee hearing will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. i don't did we anticipate a recess unless it goes fairly long, and then we will have one for everyone's convenience. i recognize myself for the opening statement. today is for a proposed merger. the purpose of the hearing is not to determine whether the merger should proceed as proposed, the modified or denied. that responsibility lies with the other branches of the federal government and involves the department of justice and communications division. here to provide a public for the am

1980's and i crossed the border between mexico and the united states, ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant farm worker. it was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of people try to get the jobs of pulling weeds with the very same hands that are not doing brain surgery. i was pulling the weeds. >> dr. alfredo quinones-hinojosa unique voices from >> coming up on c-span this morning, "washington journal" is live with your calls and tweets. at 8:20, presented present of charles dent of pennsylvania explains his growth act. host: this week in congress the xl pipeline was debated in the senate. a benghazi special committee was head ericd, andva shinseki was subpoenaed. this morning on "the washington journal" we want to get your views and what is happened in

80s, and i crossed the border between mexico and the united states, ended up coming into the san joaquin valley. there was no challenge to find a job here. .. >> fed chair yellen testified at the senate budget committee thursday. this is two hours. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you to my ranking member, senator sessions, and all of our colleagues who are here and many who will be joining us. today we have the great opportunity to hear there the chair of the federal reserve, dr. janet yellen. dr. yellen, i want to start by thanking you for your leadership and encouraging stronger economic growth, stability and job creation throughout your tenure at the federal reserve as vice chair and now as chair. really is wonderful to have you here. i also do want to take a moment and recognize your predecessor, chairman ben bernanke, for all the work he did on we half of -- he did on behalf of the country. i'm glad we do have the opportunity today to talk about our economic and our fiscal outlook and the steps we can take to continue creating jobs and broad-based growth now and over the long ter

it's on its way to -- well, central sierra, san joaquin valley, for us, we have low clouds. but they will get chewed up. the allergies are not that high but i guess they are that bad. oak and olive on the trees and then the grass is in the medium to medium high category expected to go up over the next couple of days. for us, the low clouds are there, already beginning to burn poof a little bit on part of the coast. [no audio] >>> all right. we're looking at a commute that's busy. i want to show you 80 westbound because we had a crash with a motorcycle. it wasn't as serious as some of the others on westbound 80 over at gillman street which, if you look at the picture, i'm about to show you, would be at the top of the screen. it wasn't serious injuries but they had to temporarily close lanes to get the motorcycle off to the side of the road and the drive time between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze is just shy of 40 minutes. remember monday when we had like 90-minute plus delays. >> today it's not quite as bad. bay bridge toll plaza, 30- minute drive time into san

80's and crossed the border between mexico and the united states, i ended up coming into the san joaquin valleyo work as a migrant farm worker. it was no challenge to find a job. they were not a lot of people trying to get the jobs of pulling weeds with the very same hands that are now doing brain surgery. i was pulling weeds. c-span's sundays at eight, published by public affairs books, now available at your favorite bookseller. washington journal continues. now joining us as representative john delaney. he's a democrat from maryland. he represents the sixth district. thomas mann, tell us about your background. prior to running for office i was an entrepreneur and business person. i started to companies in the financial services industry. infirst company i started 1993. i took it public in 1996 and assaulted a 1999. it is a company that focused on midsizedsmall to mr health care businesses. my background is in starting businesses. i grew up in north jersey. my father was a union electrician. my parents did not go to college . he worked for hart to give me an opportunity. host: to bring a finan

and i crossed the border between mexico and the united states, and that i'm coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant farm worker, it was no challenge to find a job. there were not a lot of thousands of peoples trying to get jobs pulling weeds with the very same hand that are now doing brain surgery. i was pulling the weeds. >> and as we promised there is a picture from mountain view, california, inside of a walmart. president obama is expected to make remarks in 10 minutes or so. if you look carefully you can see energy secretary ernest moniz, with grayish suit taking fixtures there at walmart. the president is expected to speak about a series of steps his administration is it taking to increase the use of clean energy and improve energy efficiency. following a release by the white house this past week of a report that urges action on climate change. again the president's remarks scheduled for 12:55 p.m. eastern. we'll have them live as soon as mr. obama takes the podium, in just about 10 minutes or so we're told. as we wait, more from this week's "washington journal" segments o

the floor of the san joaquin valley has been sink forge decades. and with the drought, problems are getting worse. that may trigger small earthquakes on the san andreas fault. some of the most devastating earthquakes in california's history have been triggered by the san andreas fault. >>> gas may be hard to come by on parts of highway 1 in the north bay. the green bridge gas station at point ridge station is closed after a crash there knocked out the gas service. that gas station is not expected to reopen for several more days. the next closest gas station is beau gas. and now we're hearing that's almost out of gas. the other nearby station is on highway 1 in bedaga bay more than 30 miles away. chp is putting up signs warning drivers and asking a aaa to be prepared with tow trucks. >>> it is 7:10. a 4-year-old girl attacked with a crowbar inside a south bay walmart store. at 7:30, how security guards stepped in to help capture the woman suspected of this shocking crime. >>> this there is former new york mayor michael bloomberg. president obama is e

valley to the northern fringes of the san joaquin. temperatures begin to warm up here. kind of a pattern with sunshine and warm temps today. start a cooling trend tomorrow. a little area of low pressure is going to drop. it's going to join up with another one. the combination will give us fog today. today sunny and warmer. a little breezy. sunshine for everybody here and warmer temps. lots of 80s. 70s for those who don't reach the 80s. here is sal. >>> we are looking on a commute towards the east shore freeway and you can see the traffic here is busy. 36-minute drive time from the carquinez bridge to the mcarthur maze. when you get to the toll plaza you will see traffic lighter than it normally is for this time. there are no major problems getting on to the bridge. a 20-minute drive time to san francisco, which is substantially low are. southbound 680, concord to walnut creek, we have slow traffic as you drive to the walnut creek interchange. westbound 24 is also slow.

when i first came in, and cross the border between x: united then came to the san joaquin valley to work as a margaret worker was no challenge there were not thousands of people trying to get the jobs. i was pulling the weeds. >> dr. alfredo, one of 41 unique voices from 41 years of our book notes and conversations. now available at your favorite bookseller. >> is the time of year for height listed take the advanced placement exam. today on washington journal, students had a chance to ask teachers about the test. this is 40 minutes. >> the segment is for you if you are studying for the exam. dan and andrew. them gentlemen, welcome. >> said the kentucky derby for civics. they will have the opportunity an exam. >> we feel it is a test of engaged citizens. >> so high school students especially if you're studying for this exam here's your chance to call in with your questions, about specific topics and formats. these are the guys to talk to. s zone. and for those in the mountain and pacific time zoneds. again for this segment only, only high school students, please, preparing for this exam.

1980's and crossed the border between mexico and united states, i ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant farm worker. there was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of people trying to get the job of .ulling wheat with the same hands that are now doing brain surgery, i was pulling week. 45 unique voices from our years. now available at your favorite bookseller. it is the time of year for high school students to take the advanced placement u.s. government exam. today on "washington journal," students got a chance to ask high school teachers about the test. this is 40 minutes. host: high school students especially this segment is for you especially if you're studying for the advanced placement exam. two experts have joined us for many years. both history teachers, both experts in this exam. gentlemen, welcome. >> great to be here. >> for those who are following along this exam what is it? >> this is the kentucky derby for civics test. next tuesday may 13 students will have an opportunity to take a civics exam and they get college credit. >> so this exam

in the i crossed the border between mexico and the united states, ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to worker,a migrant farm it was no challenge to find a job. there were not thousands of trying to get the jobs of pulling weeds with the very same hands that are now doing brain surgery. i was pulling the weeds. of 41 unique voices from 25 years of our book notes and q a conversations. now available at your favorite book seller. >> republican senators jim mccain and richard bur have issued public statements of president'sthe nominee to replace kathleen sebelius as health and human services testimony. this is two hours and 10 minutes. >>> we're going to go ahead and get started here. oh. >>> the committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. we have convened this hearing to consider the nomination of sylvia matthews-burwell. we thank you for joining us today and for your prior services and for being willing to take on this enormous responsibility. ms. burwell is currently serving in a position which she was confirmed by a vote of 96-0 in april of 2013. ms.

in the 1980's and across the border between mexico i endedunited states, up coming into the san joaquin valleyo work as a migrant farm worker, it was not a challenge to find a job. i was pulling the week. wheat.ing the >> c-span, sundays at 8:00. now available at your favorite bookseller. >> washington journal continues. host: we're back with adam schiff. he sits on the intelligence committee. talking about the benghazi investigation. the first committee to investigate what happened. how will you vote? should democrats participate? don't think democrats should participate. i will vote against the committee. we have been down this road semi times already. the seventh investigation of benghazi. accountability review board made a strong finding about that. recommended numerous changes that are underway. this is really a political exercise. i'm not sure the democrats ought to give credibility by joining this exercise. republicans are using it to fund raise. this is a key indication of what the select committee is all about. turning out voters in the midterms. at a certain point, as the republican

and crossed came in the border between mexico and i came intotates, the san joaquin valley to work as migrant farm worker. there were not thousands of people trying to get those jobs. i was pulling the weeds. >> one of 41 unique voices from 25 years of our book notes and q&a conversations. published by public affairs books and available at your favorite seller. washington journal continues. sarahjoining us now is jane glynn. policieso talk about that directly affect working mothers. there are a couple of things that are important people in mind. most people use to have a stay-at-home mother. now only one in four has a parent that stays on full-time. most kids are growing up in a family with two working parents. our family demographics have changed considerably and the way we live our lives is very different than it was back in the 1960's, policies have not kept pace. we are the only advanced economy that does not guarantee paid maternity leave. we do not guarantee paid sick days. we don't guarantee any paid time off of all in this country. the paid leave is one problem. we have issues

san joaquin valley, route 99. everybody is okay. that's the first thing to say here.owing the whistle. >> yeah. and the lights and the gate. >> oh, gosh. >> that's like a hollywood movie. >> the train is carrying tanks. it's a military train. see that? >> wow. >> there you go. driver is okay. got out. truck not so much. >> yes. >>> how about a look at the weather? >> okay. so a lot of folks went to the beach this weekend. well, we've got i think the beach weather to break all beach weather. take a look. this is lake superior. marquette, michigan. >> ice. >> that's ice. that's ice. water temperature, 36. tell her about the shrinkage-jerry! that is rough. kayaking around icebergs. that is nuts. well, anyway, hopefully things warm up very soon. we've got a lot of serious weather to talk about down around texas. last four days, areas have picked up over 5 inches of rain, and there's more falling. we have flash flood watches, flash flood warnings between austin and san antonio. why? look at the radar. it's all lit up. you can see heavy thunderstorms now pushing in. rainfal

mexico and the united states ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant farmworker. there was no challenge to find a job. they were not thousands of people trying to get the jobs of pulling weeds with the very same hands that are doing great surgery. >> in 1903 dr. halstead a mastectomy for breast cancer surgery removing the for breast cancer. he described going all the way down to the ribs and up to the third level of the lymph nodes. a woman who had a halstead mastectomy in 1903 was in a blue

late 80s and across the border between mexico and the united states ended up coming into the san joaquin valley to work as a migrant farmworker. there was no challenge to find a job. they were not thousands of people trying to get the jobs of pulling weeds with the very same hands that are doing great surgery. >> in 1903 dr. halstead a mastectomy for breast cancer surgery removing the for breast cancer. he described going all the way down to the ribs and up to the third level of the lymph nodes. a woman who had a halstead mastectomy in 1903 was in a blue to raise her arm higher than this for the rest of her life and always had swelling in the arm. we did the halstead mastectomy well into the 1980s in the united states. in the 1930s and 40s doctors were saying do we need to be doing this to beran operation? some of those doctors actually lost their academic careers because they questioned the halstead mastectomy. they got fired because they were wondered if the halstead mastectomy was an inappropriate operation and halstead had been dead for 20 years. quite honestly bernie fischer from the unive