as it enters the glass in the water this is something that every physicist knows snell's law refraction. but it was known many centuries earlier let me show you this rather remarkable diagram it's from a text that was discovered only twenty years ago partly in tehran and partly in damascus it's by a little known scholar by the name of it been sad and it describes snell's more reflection beautifully let me explain this line represents the boundary between air and water if a beam of light enters the water at an angle it will refract bends towards the vertical this angle is larger than this one or draw a circle around it the ancient greeks understood that this angle of incidence the angle that the beam enters through the air is larger than the angle of refraction in the water but they knew that the ratio of the two angles remains constant if you double this angle that angle doubles the way they described it was in terms of the ratio of these two parts of the circles perimeter that was wrong or even sell understood was that it was in fact the ratio of two straight lines he said that this ch

and partly in damascus it's by a little known scholar by the name of it been sad and it describes snell's law of refraction beautifully let me explain this line represents the boundary between air and water if a beam of light enters the water at an angle it will refract bends towards the vertical this angle is larger than this one or draw a circle around it the ancient greeks understood that this angle of incidence the angle that the beam enters through the air is no larger than the angle of refraction in the water but they knew that the ratio of the two angles remains constant if you doubled this angle that angle doubles the way they described it was in terms of the ratio of these two parts of the circles perimeter that was wrong what i've been so help understood was that it was in fact the ratio of two straight lines he said that this chord divided by this chord is always a constant number this is the correct way we understand it today now europeans argue about whether it was snell or descartes who should be given credit for them over a fraction in fact it was discovered by even six hun

and partly in damascus it's by a little known scholar by the name of it been sad and it describes snell's law refraction beautifully let me explain this line represents the boundary between air and water if a beam of light enters the water at an angle it will refract bends towards the vertical this angle is larger than this one or draw a circle around it the ancient greeks understood that this angle of incidence the angle that the beam enters through the air is no larger than the angle of refraction in the water but they knew that the ratio of the two angles remains constant if you doubled this angle that angle doubles the way they described it was in terms of the ratio of these two parts of the circle perimeter that was wrong or even cell understood was that it was in fact the ratio of two straight lines he said that this chord divided by this chord is always a constant number this is the correct way we understand it today now europeans argue about whether it was snell or descartes who should be given credit for them over a fraction in fact it was discovered by events that had six hundre

is npr congressional reporter kelsey snell. hi, kelsey. thanks for being with us. >> hi there. thanks for having me. >> stewart: so i think everyone is looking towards next week, january 3, specifically. explain for o viewers what could happen on january 3 that could affect the shutdown. >> the middle of the day is when congonss comes back into ses and all of the new members are sworn in. and then, over in the house,be they wilaving a speaker's election, and that's when we expect nancy pelosi to be elected speaker. and she has said that one of the first things that theyill do is the house will vote to reopen the government. and once they do that, it will beenompletely up to thee and president trump about whether or not they will movear fowith that. once the house votes, senate would then have to decide if they're going to vote on the house-passed bill or they're going to still keep waiting to see what president trump will support because that's where we are rightow-- waiting to see what president trump would be willing to sign. >> stewart: c wean't ignore the politics of this.

roy snell katha to the rescue once more with ten goals in just eight appearances the spaniards had no trouble making friends in dortmund. zero to show the city we're so happy to have them in the squad there's a few lads that are working hard for him serials who feel if he doesn't of course we know that we have an ice cold striker they can put the ball in the net they depend on we saw that again today on the pitch is plenty more for fans to cheer about as dalton goes seven points clear. by obama and there's nothing to chair about that such high expectations that so much going wrong at iffi to dortmund and a surprise three zero draw against us will go off last week capped off a horrid month of november in the bundesliga. is under pressure to turn things around sooner rather than later and what better team to face them braman by having dropped the points against bremen since september twenty ten was that about to change. and. may just one change to his victorious champions league team now bring in for the injured are going robin the visitors carried the momentum from choose days when int

roy snell cafetiere the rescue once more with ten goals in just eight appearances the spaniards had no trouble making friends in and. because those who showed the city were so happy to have him in the squad there's a few lads that are working hard for him serials who feel if he doesn't of course we know that we have an ice cold striker that can put the ball in the net to depend on we saw that again today on the pitch as he has plenty more fans to cheer about as dalton goes seven points clear. november was a month to forget for byron munich nikko that his side failed to win a league game and ended the month in an unfamiliar fifth place nine points behind high flying dortmund they kicked off december with a narrow two one win over vera bremen on saturday. by an coach nick ok batch made just one change to his victorious champions league team says now bring in for the injured are you and robin. carried the momentum from choose days when into this match just seven minutes in robert levin dusky tested brain means you have a link out. by n kept pressing and were rewarded for their efforts aft

roy snell kaffir to the rescue once more with ten toes in just eight appearances the spaniards had no trouble making friends in dortmund. zero two for the sake of course we're so happy to have him in the squad there's a few lads that are working hard for him still to feel if he doesn't of course we know that we have an ice cold striker that can put the ball in the net to depend on what we saw that again today on the pitch as he has plenty more fans to cheer about as dalton goes seven points clear. in boxing american deonte wilder retained his w.b.c. heavyweight title after a thrilling split decision draw with britain's tyson fury in los angeles thierry who you see here on the left controls the fight using his trademark long jabs and excellent footwork but it was the power hitting wilder that knocked him down twice late in the ninth and twelfth rounds one judge ruled in favor of wilda another in favor of theory and the third well he called it a draw both boxes remain and to see. said and as for fear you who's baffled at the demons this was more than just a boxing match. a full doctoral

i'm patrick snell. >> patrick, thank you. something atlanta needed for sure. that super bowl that we just don't need to talk about. >>> powerful winter storm is sweeping across the southern u.s. it is already dropping large amounts of snow in parts of texas, panhandle there, and threatening other states east. more on the forecast as "newsroom" continues. >>> welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. a major winter storm is creating dangerous conditions for millions of people across the southern and central u.s. take a look here at the texas panhandle. this is what people in lubbock, texas, are waking up to this weekend. the city blanketed in nor than ten inches or 25 centimeters of snow in one day. that's more than lubbock usually gets in an entire year. let's talk more about all of this with karen maginnis. a lot of snow and it is moving this way. >> and when you see pictures like that, some people say, oh, i want my children to see the snow fall. if you're planning on driving and letting kids look at the snowfall, it is going to be crazy dangerous.

capital expressway at snell, just past the monterrey road, down towards 87. reports of a crash overnight there. let me show you videos from the where a car came down the roadway hitting the light pole. those familiar with the intersection hit a chevron. that's the light pole. both the passenger and the driver airbags are deployed. we're not getting a lot of detail. we do know they're -- that will likely mean there is no major injuries. no one died as a result of the crash, likely because they are cleaning that so soon after the crash. watch that one intersection, guys, you see the wet roads. back to you. >> thank you very much mike. it's 4:32. breaking news from fremont with word of a deadly double shooting. on newton court and chauser drive. the details are limited. but one person was shot and killed, a second injured. from the video, it appears the victim was shot inside the car. police are gathering information working to confirm information as well. he's talking with police. he'll join us with a full report in our 5:00 hour. >>> new for you this morning,

specifically, though, on that offensive line, the most ec unlikely of tdtions, that's bradley snell.excuse me. .kiem hicks, eddie goldm each with a sack. three sacks for the defensive line. right now with michele, sowell and hicks. >> thanks. akiem, what a defensive rf peormance by this team tonight. what is it about vick fangio? >> he has our mind right and focus on the goal to be playing late into the season and as long as we keep doing what we're doing and follow the lead, we'll be a good >> grr. that's all you can say. we want more. >> all right. let's go to the play aft game now. last week it was freezer left. tonight it was santa's sleigh. the fake to you. how did you sell it? >> oh! i sold my .art out. list mitchell was on me all week. snatch it like in new york. we got in there. it was caught over the top! >> congratulations. let's turn to bradley sowell. all right. so they were paying so much attention to akiem and all the defenders on the field. ydon't think they noticed. what was it like to score a touchdown on your first career catch? >> i mean, surreal. it really was. ha

. >> it's not all tears,s snell takes time to remembe bush's un sense of humor he brought to the whitet trump is back in the u.s. as nbc news learns new details about a trump company project that is part of the special counsel's russia probe. >> thank you for being heif. ou aren't up and out of bed, time to face the day. you won't likeeaheer forecast. >> you don't have to. if you can stay in bed, i would do that. >> that kind o weather. >> let's be honeu , if d a choice what would you do? >> i would be in bed but i can't, i have three little people that tell me to get out of bed. >> yesterday was aay like that where you could watch the. movi today won't be as wed as yesterday but we'll have mist and drizzle. fog as you can see. i don't see all of this lifting out of here uil after the lunch hour and then we may get peeks of sunshine but i'll kclp ds around for much of the day. so fog, drizzle through the morning. we have the chancef a stray shower possible and i'll keep that chance through the day as well. we have aig spread in temperatures despite the cloud cover. temperatures anywher

i'm dennis o'done snell. >>> here's the play of the game from the nba. the los angeles lakers taking on houston. >> what a move. >> what a move and showing some strength. james harden right down the lane taking on the defenders. wow. left handed jam. houston beetles l.a., 126-111. >>> 11 pg&e wants you to pay more. >> and suspected drunk drivers had to be cut out of their car. >> the bay bridge toll plaza. look at that lane for the carpool lane. definitely want to take that this morning. we're coming right back. ♪ toyland, toyland while you dll witn it land ♪ you are ever happy there daddy, it's christmas! ♪ childhoods, joyland never let go of your dreams. the mercedes-benz winter event is back. lease the glc 300 for $459 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> an investigation is underway into illegal payments by the trump campaign. >> a bizarre scene at a muni station when a man gets trapped atop a train. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. we ha

. >> why did he hire all the best people snell. >> was poison from the start is that when you have an investigation in certainly i've crime, you will find crime. there's no doubt about it. that's an you be just totalitarian approach to jurisprudence. it's not the american approach. >> steve, i've got to get to a break. steve, okay. let's just consider the whole week, right you? just what happened this week with michael cohen and with the whole thing about trump tower and him actually admitting that he was in the process of trying to get a building there and offering a penthouse. if that had been barack obama or hilary clinton, what would you be doing right now? >> look, first of all, we don't know that he michael cohen admitted anything about offering a condominium. that's reported by sources. >> you're not answering the question. the president admitted he said if he did it -- the president admitted. he said i can do business. even if i did do it, it was okay. it was good. >> very cool. >> it was very cool. >> so. >> there's a difference between looking at an opportunity and offering

it happened around 3:00 this morning on capital expressway and snell. both people in the car suffered serious injuries. there's no word what might have caused the crash and right now, it seems that all of the lanes are reopened. >> details in a story we've been following for you for months. santa clara county agency will consider whether to allow construction of a new catholic high school. in morgan hill. it will fit with the big picture of preserving open spaces. the city of morgan hill has to be annexed first in order to have city services. so now it's up to santa clara county's local agencies formation commission. >> offering a one to one mitigation for every acreage of land we build for the children, the students, we're going to reserve another acre to keep it agricultural. >> the commission declined to comment ahead of the vote today. >>> a memorial sits in antioch where a toddler lost her life monday in a tragic accident. this is video of the memorial. 3-year-old died when she was struck by a car. it happened in a parking lot at summersville town

happened at 3:00 in the morning on capital expressway and snell in san jose. firefighters say both people in the car had serious injuries. no word on what may have caused the crash. we believe all lanes -- i would assume, they're reopened. it happened so early this morning. >>> if you live in phoenix, arizona, you can use an app to order a self-driving car from waymo. the car is supposed to take you to your destination with driverless technology. for now, an operator will be on hand just in case. we don't know when the service called waymo 1 will roll into the bay area. waymo is owned by google's parent company alphabet. >>> another quick check of weather and traffic together. what about the forecast? >> expect to the see the scattered chance of showers through the early morning into the afternoon as well. temperatures in the upper 50s for san francisco and the inland area. we dry out for tomorrow and friday before another system moves in on sunday. >>> all right. sounds good. what about that morning commute? >> it's calm. very good right now. wet roadways. be

in a very happy home dressing room, i'm patrick snell. >> something atlanta surely needed after the superay, didn't happen. it was a major week of headlines coming out of the special counsel robert mueller's investigation. and as you'd expect, the comedy sketch show "saturday night live" here in the u.s. jumped on it with a big assist from robert de niro. take a look. >> there's something in my closet. >> yeah, bud. that's just the cheap steel dad uses to build his towers. look, buddy, nothing in the closet. >> mr. mueller, people say you're the worst thing to ever happen to my dad. >> no, eric, getting elected president was the worst thing that ever happened to your dad. >> "saturday night live" there. thank you for being with us for "cnn newsroom." >> i'm george howell. for our viewers in the united states, "new day" is next. for our viewers around the world, "erin burnet outfront" is ahead. thank you for watching cnn, the world's news leader. i know i can be challenging... but i'm deeper than what you see. i'm craving something we're missing. the ceramides in cerave. cerave contains th

and if you think of a map of san francisco, horning is right at the end of the snell, so to speak and would be sold to merchants in the channel islands and the french held big auctions there, very big auctions indeed. very little of the tea got to paris because we know the demand is extremely small for tea and would go to gurnsy in the channel islands and would be carried wherever. the magistrates in gurnsy in fact the chief magistrate got bent, basically. they were dealing in tea themselves. and gurnsy in the channel islands was a fantastic place for smugglers because technically speaking didn't fall under the authority of parliament as it still doesn't. he dutch were sending in amsterdam at auction and dutch ships will sail another cross the atlantic or land on the eastern coast of england and they also were scandinavians and the swedes would set in stockholm or copenhagen and it would go straight in ships that would head either to america or to new england. as an alternative would go around the north worst of great britain and land in the southwest of scotland, island not so much b