spencer was a poet. she first became known to other members of the new renaissance through meeting james weldon johnson. and spencer was involved in creating what was one of virginia's first chapters of the naacp. she and judson became friends. johnson read some of her poetry. sent it back to his friends and harlem and publishing the poetry in publication in the publication sister of the crisis. through her poetry which is admired by her peers, and spencer became good friends with many important cultural, literary and intellectual features in the mid-decades of the 20th century. as i say her lynchburg home became an important satellite of this new renaissance. you name an important black cultural figure and a likely stay at and spencer's home. and spencer was an avid gardener. she would regularly host literary conversations about culture in her home and in her garden. some of them included w.e.b. dubois. we have a letter from him to and spencer. they first met in 1898 and became very close friends. this

spencer: the regulatory overhang is real.cerns the regulators can make it more difficult to acquire bitcoin. but overall, bitcoin does not necessarily need regulatory approval the same way libra does. it was launched in this nondescript kind of way and now spread around the world. there are 40,000 nodes around the world supporting bitcoin. its success does not hinge on regulatory clarity, but as the overhang clears, it is definitely constructed for bitcoin. haidi: if you say trading is not the way to view or play bitcoin, and you need to take a longer-term step back to look at the possibilities, how do you actually capitalize on that opportunity if you are not trading? spencer: i think one thing's position sizing. to take a step back, i think it is a bolder bet to say bitcoin will be less successful over the next five years than the past five years. all the trends suggest otherwise. whether it is the value of transactions processed like i discussed or weathered it is people looking at, what you people think of bitcoin? we ran

we have team coverage of the storm beginning with spencer christian. spencer? >> reporter: the storm is here but some of the more turbulent elements have been slower to arrive than we expected. most of the activity's in the south bay right now south of san jose into the morgan hill and gilroy walgtsonville area. through tomorrow morning we'll see periods of rain, heavy at times, wind gusts up to 55 miles an hour. a chance of thunder. high wind warning is in effect for much of the bay area coastal areas and the wind advisory for the rest of the bay area. 3:00 monday there's a watch. the burn scar area over in kinkade. we expect up to two feet or more of snow over much of the zmaerl sierra. i'll have a complete look at the storm and the seven-day forecast in a moment. >> sounds good, spencer, thanks. abc7news was in santa clara when a large tree came down. we want to get to team coverage of the weather station with luce pena. she's along the embarcadero. >> as you can see norway right here in san francisco but the wind is intensifying. that caused several damages

we will look to the year ahead with spencer go but -- spencer bogart.s is bloomberg. ♪ what are you doing back there, junior? since we're obviously lost, i'm rescheduling my xfinity customer service appointment. ah, relax. i got this. which gps are you using anyway? a little something called instinct. been using it for years. yeah, that's what i'm afraid of. he knows exactly where we're going. my whole body is a compass. oh boy... the my account app makes today's xfinity customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. mark: i am mark crumpton with bloomberg word news. president trump will hold his first rally in 2020 in ohio this month, potentially coinciding with the beginnings of the senate impeachment trial. the trump campaign says he will keep the america great rally in toledo. trial ise impeachment expected to start that week. ohio in 2016. a community near the canadian order known forecasting the needn's first ballots may to skip that tradition in 2020. election officials say they are missing a required official needed in order to hold an el

one u of the key visitors is ann spencer from lynchburg, virginia. she was part of the flourishing black cultural expression. in the 1920s after world war i, that's called the new negro renaissance or harlem renaissance and while that phrase, harlem renaissance, acknowledges that the geographical hub of this flowering of cultural expression was in new york city's vibrant black neighborhood of harlem, an spencer made lynchburg, virginia an important satellite of this new negro renaissance. she was a poet and she first became known to other members of the new negro renaissance through meeting james weldon johnson, who was visiting lynchburg, virginia to establish and establish a new chapter and swenser was involved in creating what was one of virginia's first chapters of the naacp. she and james weldon johnson became great friends. johnson read some of her poetry. sent it back to his friends in harlem who then began publishing her poetry in new negro renaissance publication such as the crisis and other publications. and through her poetry, which was wi

i want to bring in spencer and darren baker.pencer, talk to me about what we learned from amazon this holiday season. spencer: in terms of their statement, we didn't learn much. every year is another record for amazon and e-commerce. what we did see was that this was the first year, one that they rolled out their one-day shipping pledge on millions of items, and that they handled so much of their own delivery on their own. i think a little bit of the boost is that amazon got through christmas without any disasters. everyone was wondering how they would do this year. taylor: and darren, every year is a record year. is amazon just riding the wave of e-commerce or are they doing something special? darren: a little bit of both. the department of commerce came out with the statement that said e-commerce was up 17% year-over-year. that period that we call cyber five in between thanksgiving and cyber monday was up 20% year-over-year and amazon is dominating the holiday season. they drove 15 times more purchases online than the second b

and spencer is here. i know you are close friends with them. >> i was at his 95th birthday celebration? august of this year. he is a strong and resilient guy, and he'll fight it. he'll fight his way back. we're rooting for him. we're also rooting for clear skies for new year's eve. >> that's true. >> we might have them. here is look at live doppler 7. we have mainly clear skies right now. there are a few passing clouds moving by, high clouds. but you can see right now skies look clear over san francisco in this view from sutro tower. current temperature readings are on the seasonably cool range, about 55 degrees here in the city. 57 in oakland. redwood city 59. 57 at san jose and 54 apiece at gilroy and half moon bay. and we see nothing but blue sky looking northward from the golden gate. it's a little milder right now in some of our inland area. 61 at santa rosa, and low 60s at fairfield. upper 50s at petaluma, napa and livermore. the view from mount tam looking down into the bay. you can see a little ha

abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking more rain. spencer. >> that's right, dan, it's raining in parts of the bay area, mainly in the north bay. here's a live look of live doppler 7. a batch ever showers are moving on shore now. a closer look at sonoma county we have showers around sonoma, pen grove, this has been the pattern over the last three hours developing offshore and now moving on shore. it's likely that locations like san francisco and other points south of the golden gate will get some rain tonight. the storm ranks 1 on the storm i am fact scale. storm of light intensity. light rain and showers overnight and tomorrow. a closer look at how long it will last in a few minutes. ama? >> all right, spencer, thank you. new at 6:00, they will increase the use of recycled water. valley water will spend $16 million to recycle water that gets processed at the regional water quality control plant in palo alto. officials tell us recycling waste water will provide a drought resistant source of water for irrigation and other uses. valley

spencer soper in seattle. uber has lost a court bid that would require them to reclassify drivers as employees. a judge refused to dismiss the case entirely. a decision stemmed from a driver filing a complaint saying that uber failed to pay for services based on how he was classified. coming up, moderators stop hate speech and report crime. but some moderators say the job is too much for their mental health. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio, the bloomberg app, bloomberg.com, and in the u.s., on sirius xm. ♪ kurt: content moderation is becoming a bigger challenge as tech giants host more and more content online. the job itself is causing trauma. casey newton has written about this exclusively for the verge. he has a new article out about moderation at google and youtube. casey: this story is basically two stories in one. i tell the story of these low-paid immigrant contractors who work in austin, texas, making $18.50 an hour, working on what youtube calls the ve, violent extremism. i also t

traffic on highway 101 near spencer avenue. video from sky 7 shows dirt and debris on the far right southbound lane. the chp is slowly escorting traffic past the slide. this area has been prone to slides in the past and it's happening again. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. with just days left in 2019, the focus is on the final night. >> from last-minute checks to all the preps, the holidays aren't a time off for people in charge of pulling off the new year's eve fireworks that thousands will watch tomorrow. >> the pressure is really on them. luz pena is live from san francisco with the inside story of the city's fireworks show and why this year marks really the end of an era. >> reporter: that's right. the baton was passed on this year and you're about to meet that person in just a minute. before that i want to point your attention to this. here they are, the barricades ready to provide a safe new year fireworks celebration. a new year means a new fireworks show, and these crew

trying to give spencer direction. we just did a stagger through which is about three hours behind schedule. hopefully it's all going to work out in the end when we go live at five o'clock. no pressure. fingers crossed it's all going to happen. i'm just changing bits, i hope he doesn't mind. like that? yeah. i just want these to be in. it was quite nerve racking at this point but i'm excited. there's a bit of a buzz, isn't there? been looking forward to it for weeks. why are you guys here tonight? i just want to learn, really, and see all the new stuff going on. are you sure we shouldn't be there already? trust me, we're going to get there on time. but dundee‘s 500 miles away. the train‘s going to take hours, even a flight‘s going to take too long. there is no way... seriously, i had a word with a guy, he knows a guy and he said there's a shortcut. all we need to do is use this. you need to get out more. we just need to press start. goodness, spencer, are you 0k? yeah, just, just, just go with it. go with what? what th

we begin our team coverage now with abc 7 news anchor spencer christian. and you can see live doppler 7 lit up in green. >> it is interesting as you said earlier. you can see that we have mainly light rain falling through the central part of the bay area right now, but the heavier rain is down over the santa cruz mountains and areas to the south. and that continues to be the wettest portion of the bay area. this storm although it was much stronger earlier is still a significant storm, ranking 1 on the storm impact scale, and tonight we expect periods of rain with showers, occasional downpours and remember the wind is quite gusty with winds ranging from 40 to 50 miles per hour especially in higher elevations. i'll give you a closer look at that and the seven day forecast a little later. >>> well, the holiday weekend shaping up to be a nightmare for thousands of travelers impacted by the newest storm moving through the bay area. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live at sfo. and give it to us, how bad is it? >> well, really bad at this hour, dion.

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taylor: that was spencer soper. of the biggest sources of funding for silicon valley startups was the focus of a "bloomberg businessweek" cover story. the report that employees depicted a culture of recklessness within softbank. sarah mcbride helped bring this story to life and she joined me on wednesday. sarah: he's an incredibly interesting guy. he's a korean immigrant to japan. he grew up in this very kind of hardscrabble way, supersmart. came here to the u.s., attended berkeley, moved back to japan, started softbank. one of the things that stood out about his background to me is that in 2000, he invested $20 million in alibaba. that stake is now worth $130 billion. he is a smart guy. taylor: what do we know about his management style and how it has sort of fueled this environment for these outside bets? >> he's a go big or go home guy. he wants his portfolio companies and investment professionals to keep thinking bigger. sometimes, that is great, like when a young entrepreneur comes to him and he tells them, you

abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian has the answer for us tonight. spencer. >> here's a look at live doppler 7. clear skies right now and calm conditions. i'm going to give you a little look at our forecast animation starting 6:00 tomorrow morning. so going through the day on new year's eve, we'll see the passage of a few thin high clouds. 8:00 in the morning, a few high clouds around. 12 noon, a few high clouds as well. even into the mid afternoon. but check out the evening hours. after 6:00 p.m., skies become clearer and even into the late night hours as midnight approaches and of course the fireworks display. looks like mainly clear skies and good viewing. i'll give you a look at what the first two days of the new year will hold for us in just a few minutes. >>> now, if you want to stay home, stay with abc7. dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest begins at 8:00 p.m. >>> traffic is back to normal tonight on 80 in vallejo. the freeway was shut down in both directions just before 5:00 p.m. at the magazine street overpass. sky7 capture

spencer. >> watching the current one wind down which is good news. fresh batch of rain moving on shore near santa cruz that has a few heavy downpours. this storm still ranks 1 of light intensity. see scattered showers tonight and early morning hours with minimal rainfall totals. but we do have a stronger storm coming our way and show you a closer look in a few minutes. >> spencer, thank you. a section of southbound highway 101 is closed because of flooding which is near the town of actutulare in effect. never test it while driving. don't do it. yosemite area looks stunning. seeing the snow capped el capitan. recent storms blanketed are the park in white. and park workers say it is the perfect time for you and the family to visit. >> guided snow shoe walks. we have great cross country skiing trails to get out and enjoy the winter beauty of yosemite. >> badge ser pass within the park will open for the season next friday. california's oldest ski resort. we have live doppler 7 and you can enable push alerts to get weather advisories right there on your p

spencer christian is tracking just how soon it's going to get here. >> it's just hours away. yes, there will be wet roadways for tomorrow morning's commute. here's a look at what's happening right now on live doppler 7. you can see a large batch of showers developing offshore. this is our forecast, our looping radar showing the movement of this batch of showers. the storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity for late tonight and tomorrow. we can expect light to moderate rain, slight chance of a thunderstorm mixed in there somewhere. by 11:00 tonight we'll see wet weather hitting parts of the bay area mainly near the coastline but it will become more widespread overnight. it's going to be wet. how much wetter will it be? i'll have the answer a little later with my seven-day forecast. >>> facing a deadline, pg&e gets creative in its new settlement with wildfire victims. >> new at 6:00, the key person it wants to cut out of the deal as it tries to get out of the bankruptcy. >>> don't stop now. these swimmers are on a relay that's working toward a world r

abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking what's left? >> i checked out the end of that rainbow. no pot of gold. let's look at live doppler 7. the rain is winding down. but down in the south bay and i mean all the way down in the southernmost part of our viewing area, still have light scattered showers. mainly over the higher terrain. some areas south of mt. hamilton. it is truly winding down. still, we have wet spots out there and the chance for scattered showers. we'll rank the storm 1 on the impact scale. there are wet spots on the roadways and we expect less than .2 of an inch of rainfall. it shows the rain continuing to taper off with showers lighter and more widespread approaching midnight. the overnight hours, starting at 5:00 tomorrow morning, look for virtually no rain at all. it's possible you see a couple light passing showers in the northernmost part of our viewing area today. generally, a dry day tomorrow. but as i mentioned, another stronger storm is coming our way for the weekend. a closer look at that in a few minutes. dan

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please welcome your hosts, lara lewington and spencer kelly.'s that time of year again where we leave the comfort of the click offices and go live to the world, or at least to a crowd of very eager tech fans. v&a dundee was the spectacular location for a show that took in everything from artificial intelligence to facial recognition. the museum not only celebrates the past but also looks to the future. most people's idea of robots are shaped by the robots they see in science so in a film or tv or video games or music. but robots are a bit more real than what we think. 50 most children now will now grow up with siri or alexa or some kind of smart helper in their life and i think in the future that's just going to increase. we're going to have more robotic helpers helping our children and helping us and increasingly more and more in an everyday basis. currently on display is the exhibition design between human and machine. 50 rather than robots coming in and replacing us and replacing our jobs, i think the future is a bit more of an optimistic on

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this is four on four. >> but spencer corrects us. he's the grammar king, right? all right. if you thought santa claus only got around in a sleigh pulled by a reindeer, then you're in for a surprise. santa knows how to scuba dive too. the california academy of sciencesic canned off its annual scuba santa program. is that fun or what? santa will share what he knows about marine biology from now until christmas day. he has plenty of company inside. the academy's philippine coral reef habitat, more than 100 species of fish live inside the exhibit. with kids being outfor the holidays and school's out. >> it's raining so you want to be inside somewhere. >> do you scuba? >> you do, don't you? >> yeah, i do. i'm certified. it's hard enough getting the gear on. then putting the santa clothing on top of it. >> i guess if you do it every day -- >> this is a costume also. >> wow. >> all right. that is the four at four today. we'll be back here, it all starts withello! hi!... how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there?

spencer christian tracking yet more rain. >> i happen to have the information. what we call quiet. there is not a lot happening on live doppler 7. we have spotty drizzle around the bay area. there are some damp spots. but it's going to get wet again quite soon. we have a storm coming our way that ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity arriving tomorrow and producing scattered showers into saturday. wettest area will be the north bay, which may receive up to 0.3 and a high surf advisory in effect at the same time. tonight look for foggy areas that will last into the morning hours. it may be a slow morning commute as visibility will be reduced. overnight lows int the upper 40s along the coast. low 50s just about everywhere else. and tomorrow,under showery conditions look for highs ranging from upper 50s on the coast and most of the north bay to about 60 in most other locations. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. as i mentioned, tomorrow's storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale and on saturday only ranks 1. partial clearing part of

spencer — this is probably the beginning of a new phaselj spencer — this is probably the beginning ofe bigger picture, is this continuing idea of spheres of influence, isn't it? regional power balances. what obviously concerns me about this, as robert was saying, these are irani and melissa forces -- iranian these are irani and melissa forces —— iranian melissa forces, but if this side goes —— iranian melissa forces, but if a side goes, who replaces him? i can't see any resolution to syria at the moment, robert is close to these issues than lam robert is close to these issues than iamat robert is close to these issues than i am at the moment. or libya. i would say the us does seem to have an ambivalent relationship about getting involved in the middle east. one minute it is sort of pulling its troops out and deserting the kurdish forces, next minute it is sort of attacking the iranian—backed militias, what do they want? i don't know. and the hezbollah -- hezbollah back forces. i can say you will be hearing a lot more about iranian activity in the coming month and year. well we will ha

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thanks, spencer. >>> breaking news in san francisco, right now police are trying to coax a man off a building. he has been climbing on the outside of it for hours. this is near the intersection of market and goth. the man has even been jumping from roof to roof of buildings. look at him there. officers have closed down traffic in the area as they try to take that man into custody. sfmta says service of the f market streetcar line is being impacted. they recommend people use subway service between the embarcadero. >>> oracle is moving the open world conference out of san francisco to las vegas but the company is today signaling it would be willing to return if conditions are right. oracle spokesperson deborah helen j helenger issued in exclusive statement, if things change we would love to come back to san francisco. our goal at every event is to deliver a superior experience for 430,000 customers. she declined to specify what things needed to change to bring the conference back to san francisco once the three-year commitment in vegas comes to an end. a report says those things are sa

spencer christian is tracking the storm. spencer? >> it's not that far away. let's look at what's happening right now on live doppler 7. you can see most of the bay area is experiencing fairly calm weather. but down in the southern most part from morgan hill to gilroy to hollister, some areas of fairly steady downpours in the region. it's all moving eastward away from the main part of the san francisco bay area. what's left of our storm ranks 1. for the remainder of the night scattered showers giving way to just isolated pockets of rain during the overnight hours. notice we'll see some wet spots later tonight but by the time the morning commute rolls around tomorrow we should be looking at vastly improved conditions. then the bigger storm comes friday. i'll give you a look at that in a few minutes. >>> rain this morning caused several problems around the bay area including this crash involving seven vehicles in san jose. three people were taken to the hospital. in san bruno workers are now shoring up a landslide. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the stor

trying to give spencer direction.e just did a stagger through which is about three hours behind schedule. hopefully it's all going to work out in the end when we go live at five o'clock. no pressure. fingers crossed it's all going to happen. i'm just changing bits, i hope he doesn't mind. like that? yeah. i just want these to be in. it was quite nerve—racking at this point but i'm excited. there's a bit of a buzz, isn't there? been looking forward to it for weeks. why are you guys here tonight? i just want to learn, really, and see all the new stuff going on. theme music plays. are you sure we shouldn't be there already? trust me, we're going to get there on time. but dundee's 500 miles away. the train's going to take hours, even a flight‘s going to take too long. there is no way... seriously, i had a word with a guy, he knows a guy and he said there's a short cut. all we need to do is use this. you need to get out more. we just need to press start. goodness, spencer, are you 0k? yeah, just, just, just go with it. go

trying to give spencer direction.y it's all going to work out in the end when we go live at five o'clock. no pressure. fingers crossed it's all going to happen. i'm just changing bits, i hope he doesn't mind. like that? yeah. i just want these to be in. it was quite nerve racking at this point but i'm excited. there's a bit of a buzz, isn't there? been looking forward to it for weeks. why are you guys here tonight? i just want to learn, really, and see all the new stuff going on. theme music plays. are you sure we shouldn't be there already? trust me, we're going to get there on time. but dundee's 500 miles away. the train‘s going to take hours, even a flight‘s going to take too long. there is no way... seriously, i had a word with a guy, he knows a guy and he said there's a shortcut. all we need to do is use this. you need to get out more. we just need to press start. goodness, spencer, are you 0k? yeah, just, just, just go with it. go with what? what the—? right, follow me. ok, this is weird. come on. are you sure t

lara lewington and spencer kelly. yes, it is that time of yearagain and spencer kelly., it is that time of year again when we leave the comfort of the click offices and go live to the world or at least to a crowd of very eager tech friends. v&a dundee was the spectacular location for a show that took in everything from artificial intelligence to facial recognition. the museum not only celebrates the past but also looks to the future. most people '5 idea of robots are shaped by the robots they see in science so in a film or tv or video games or music. but robots are a bit more real than what we think. some children who grow up will now grow up children who grow up will now grow up with seri or alexa or some kind of smart helper and in the future thatis of smart helper and in the future that is going to increase, we will have more robotic helpers helping out have more robotic helpers helping our children and increasingly in an everyday basis. currently on display is an exhibition design between human and machine. rather than robots coming in and replacing us and replacing

please welcome your hosts, lara lewington and spencer kelly.ar again, where we leave the comfort of the click offices and go live to the world, or at least to a crowd of very eager tech fans. v&a dundee was the spectacular location for a show that took in everything from artificial intelligence to facial recognition. the museum not only celebrates the past, but also looks to the future. most people's idea of robots are shaped by the robots they see in science fiction, so like in a film or tv or video games or music. but robots are a bit more real than what we think. so most children will now grow up with siri or alexa or some kind of smart helper in their life, and i think in the future that's just going to increase. we're going to have more robotic helpers helping our children and helping us, just increasing more and more on an everyday basis. currently on display is the exhibition design between human and machine. so rather than robots coming in and replacing us and replacing our jobs, i think the future is a bit more of an optimistic one. we