the beautiful bay area, oakland in the background, san francisco in the foreground, starting tomorroworning in the 40s. overnight the full moon in the sky looking bright, beautiful, plenty of stars. 46 vallejo. 48 overnight in san francisco. 49 san jose. the number 47 in fremont. highs on monday, take a look at this. we are walking on the mild side still. tons of sunshine. santa rosa up to 80 tomorrow. 70 in san francisco. 72 oakland. san jose nice and comfortable, 77 degrees. concord warm at 79. so the accuweather seven-day forecast shows you tomorrow we continue that nice, warm, sunny trend. tuesday a few more coastal clouds pop up. wednesday, a front brings more cloud cover and much cooler air. that is short-lived. by thursday and friday and st. patrick's day we rebound nicely. the weekend looking equally as delightful. >> so nice. >>> we're talking about some offseason moves by the 49ers, or maybe a lack thereof. >> exactly. who's going to play quarterback? we don't know for sure. coming up we'll hear from the niners' possible starting quarterback this season. >>> giants' buster p

hiding from rape charges in his native sweden, today a man named nigel farage, not the guy in the foregroundbut the guy in the background, he was seen leaving the ecuadorian embassy where julian assange lives. he later told buzzfeed when they asked him what he'd been doing there that he couldn't remember why he was at the building today. he just left the building, he couldn't remember why he was there. nigel farage, even if you don't follow british politics, he's a british politician but you may recognize him from his frequent visits to the united states, for example, his time at trump tower. you may recognize him from his time on the campaign trail with donald trump. nigel farage you may also recognize from the recent citing we had of him eating dinner with donald trump at hiss d.c. hotel and restaurant two weeks ago in london where wikileaks founder julian assange has lived for almost five years hiding from rape charges in his native sweden, today a man named nigel farage, not the guy in the foreground, but the guy in the background, he was seen leaving the ecuadorian embassy where julian

the foreground, the spring station open for business. we'll track that this morning for b.a.r.t. as well. >> amazon wants to sell you a bed, couch, dining room table. the new push by the internet giant that's going to let furniture buyers try before they buy. >>> it is 4:45 on this mond morning. and we do have mostly clear skies overhead. and still some wet roadways. as we go into this afternoon, going to see those temperatures warming up into the low 60s today. much of the bay area hitting the mid 60s and it gets warmer as we go through the week. a look at what you can expect as the rain holds off is coming up in four minutes. >>> and over here, we're taking 22 minutes to drive out of the altamont to the dublin interchange. a great draub, great conditions. we will give you a little caution and point out what's going on farther north as well. >> thank you very much. a live look right now from our emeryville camera this morning at a quarter to 5:00. as kerri was saying, a clear start to your morning. happening today, thoe, the first of four meetings on reducing air pollution in th

i think at&t in the foreground. after watching the giants down in scottsdale, many fans you were incredibly engrossed. >> i was watching. >> it feels like spring is here. people are itching for warmer weather. baseball season, meteorologist rob mayeda joining us now. >> of course our local teams coming back to town later next week so we're watching the end of the seven-day forecast very closely. right now in oakland you got temperatures in the low 60s right now. 61 right now. san francisco in the sunshine 57 degrees and you can take it over to san jose also in the 60s and one more stopped half moon bay increasing clouds off shore. cooler temperatures there in the mid-50s. right now just some high clouds on approach as we head through sunset. but here's the storm now starting to approach the coast and this will bring some rapidly changing weather. rain will develop as we go through the day. rain totals less than a half inch, not as powerful a storm we've seen so far but big time impact with the sierra where things hav

you can step into this glass box, but in the foreground we can see the other type of human being whohey just strap themselves into a wing suit and make like a flying squirrel. so you can see as all these tourists are gathered around with their phones, this guy eventually just decides to show everybody up and do something awesome. he just plummets and vanishes. as you keep watching, you see as the speed builds up, you really get an idea for just how well those wing suits work as that guy just vanishes off on an awesome line. we see a lot of wing suit videos, but i love this one. >> great comparison. love it. >> i just wish we had their video too. >>> this dog really is that man's best friend. >> the dog's face is like, are you crazy? >> next "right this minute." >>> and still to come, newly released helmet cam video shows firefighters rushing in to make a rescue. >> they found her right there still alive. >> poor dog. >> see why that's just the beginning of this life-saving mission. >>> plus some super embarrassing home video. >> let's go back to 1987. >> oh, no! >> find out why this

a mix of the sun in the foreground and clouds off towards the east.he real main event with this system not going to be a long one at that. it's happening now through probably about 9:00 tonight as we show you the futurecast tonight hour by hour, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30 crossing san jose by eleven clock tonight most of the showers will be done. for tomorrow morning maybe a stray shower around the santa cruz mountains and things will be breezy and dry. morning temperatures mostly in the 40s to low 50s for the morning, highs during the day tomorrow will be in the mid-60s. probably the windiest day of the week ahead, clearing skies, wins out of northwest from 15 to 30 miles per hour. clearing skies for your monday. highs by mid-afternoon in the mid-60s. compare that as we go through tuesday we'll begin to see high temperatures climbing into the mid-70s inland. that's when we'll see as we go into 3:00 in the afternoon, maybe a little bit less windy as the temperatures climb through the middle part of the week. kind of interesting here high pressure now not only d

you can see some police officers there in the foreground, as well, and you can hear just a lot of just commotion and shouting. now, the reason for this is, some guy, is coming to this coffee shop with a meat cleaver and he's just waving it around. he is crazy, he is erratic because, reportedly, he lost his mobile phone. and he may have lost it in this restaurant. and you know what, he just -- >> he could have done one of those gps services. >> what is the fire department going to do? >> funny thing you should ask, because the situation kept escalating to the point he actually grabbed one of the compressed natural gas containers and was threatening to cut the hose and cause big issues. >> so before firefighters responded -- >> they called his phone! >> found it! >> can we stop now? >> not quite. they just used their firefighting skills. >> yeah! they unleash on this guy. they get their fire hoses and they just -- >> now the poor coffee shop is flooded because of this guy? >> coffee shops in malaysia, they're actually kind of open on to the street and have tie floors. that's not really a

the bay bridge in the foreground. and really just a cool and quiet night right now. a live look, east bay hills camera showing you spectacular visibility from this vantage point. beautiful looking from san francisco in the background. to san jose, equally as clear, equally as quiet. and it's gorgeous right now from our sfo camera. likely no delays out of sfo tomorrow morning since fog will not be an issue. numbers not all that bad. a lot of spots still at this 9:00 hour sitting in the 60s. concord at 64. 60 vallejo, livermore. 58 san francisco. 57 san jose, oakland, napa. equally as comfortable at 57. so the call overnight tonight, have that full moon in the sky, we have plenty of stars out there across the board from the coast to the bay and inland. we're going to hold in the 40s as your starting temperatures on monday. like this weekend, going to love mondays. highs starting in the south bay about 79 morgan hill. 77 in san jose. 76 cupertino. 77 santa clara. 74 redwood city. 66 for half moon bay with a sea breeze kicking in. still nice for this time of the year. dow

diablo with signs of spring in the foreground. you never know how to dress these days. you need to wear layers, bring an umbrella and the chp warned drivers last night along highway 280 south san francisco that hail was making for some dangerous conditions. accidents were happening there along the highway 280. that was a big concern last night. back here live, if the temperature drops at the summit, we could see slick roads. be careful while you drive in your morning commute. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, "this week in baseball." >> we can't ma, today in the ba. >> we can't make it out if you're in the snow or rain. >> right now in the rain. >> so a mixture of things there. sharon reporting for us. you can always track the weather conditions for us. people are doing things with slow motion snowfall. click on the weather tab. you can look at our live dop le doppler radar. >>> happening today, the nfl own es ers may get an idea about the finance plan. the nfl is holding three days of meetings today in florida. one of the topics on the agenda is the proposed move to v

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showing the bright lights of san francisco in the foreground. oakland in the back ground. no weather concerns at this hour. the forecast once again will be mild to warm on your wednesday. thursday will you feel the changes out there. it's breezily. it's cooler there's a chance in the predawn hours could be back to warming temperatures on friday. in the 60s in a lot of spots at this late hour. 63 in oakland. 64 in san francisco. 65 san jose pretty comfortable. winds are backing off once again. gusting over 25 miles an hour this afternoon. seeing those winds back off less than 10 miles an hour most spots. right along the coast a breeze higher than 10 miles an hour. 16 at sfo. the wind forecast not a big issue going into the overnight s in san francisco overnight 52 oakland. 49 in fairfield. 47 in santa rosa. out the door we go tomorrow morning light breeze, grab a jacket, sun is up shortly before 7:00 and by 8:00 nothing but sunshine and those temperatures will quickly warm. highs on wednesday, a lot of sunshine some spots near 80 degrees. santa rosa and napa will feel night

live view from the storm team 4 tour camera overlooking northeast washington in the foreground. in the horizon is prince georges county. a lot of clouds around, no rai evening. between now and then, look at our temperatures. what a traumatic warming. in fact, as we get into the afternoon by 1:00 or 2:00, climbing into the low 70s. peaking mid-70s mid-afternoon. new hour-by-hour timing on that rain this evening in a few minutes. >>> 6:15 on this saturday and one marine is making history in his community by overcoming the odds. this after suffering major injuries on the battlefield. >> kristen dalg rhlgren shares new mission to protect and serve. >> reporter: for ferrera, becoming a police officer is a dream come true. >> since i was little, i was always out playing cops and robbers. >> reporter: he was always one of the good guys. after 9/11 the immigrant became a u.s. citizen so he could join the marines. it was in afghanistan that all of his dreams almost ended. >> i landed on a 30 pound ied which amputated my legs below the knees. >> before you know it, it was a year later and

the cherry blossoms already getting an early jump, likely to be this year to the jefferson in the foreground with a gray sky this morning. showers moving through the area, grab the umbrella, look at the green here. this, eastbound towards areas like waldorf, clinton, lake arbor in the next few minutes. maryland,clinton, high temperature going up tonight, not cold it all again theing, then back to sunshine. tomorrow, 63, going to did it -- be a bit of a gusty, breezy day, feeling a bit of a difference thursday into friday, going from 63 to 47 in northern maryland is where we could see some snow friday morning. i wanted to show you the temperatures for friday morning starting out at 39, above freezing. many locations with all of this warm, road temperature should be just fine. for the weekend, the events going on, and how i think they will fare. on the highways -- julie: on the highways, out of germantown, you're not alone. coming from 109 towards the split, look for that to be a 45 minute commute southbound. headedout of randy wind, commute from shortcut road. again, heavy volume on and off o

and i have my camera out to, have got with the cap the foreground area just gorgeous there it's got some of the shades of pink instead of yellow coming our way. morning, we will be warming up rather rapidly, all week long the temperatures will be higher than last weekend. the roller coaster ride continues, peaking temperatures on tuesday. today, upper 50's. the story for this work day, 14 days until spring. i say that because, again, just a reminder that we could still get snow during the later parts of even march around here. historically we have had that. today's temperatures are going to rise quickly. ,es, a little bit of sunshine but a cloud son mix for today tapping out later on. the system we are tracking, the next one for us is goi will be moving in, but you can see a big system moving here with rain around kentucky and tennessee. julie: on the roads you will find that your lanes are open each way at the wilson bridge. no problems there, but a little bit as he and 210 where we had a crash reported north of old fort road. swan creek, heads up making your way back to the capital bel

200th anniversary of abraham lincoln's birth, the president during the pledge of allegiance in the foreground of the sculpturet by of abraham lincoln from life, which we will get to in this program. i am showing it because this is i am showing it because i get to stand in the picture with president obama clearly. by the way, i was the second speaker that day. not only did he give the speech i had prepared, unbeknownst to me, rather awkward, but he is the president and got to speak first, but as i stood up to give the second speech and we had to move the program, they disassembled the rostrum where he stood. they tore the seal off, then they took the roster way, and it was nothing left but the microphone and me with no speech, but it happens. [laughter] lincoln visited this rotunda and saw these paintings in the rotunda that spoke about the glories of american history, about the founding period, and who knows, they had imagined themselves in that setting as he andd the crisis of disunion 1861. -- in 1861. i sure the picture in the rotunda for a reason grid i hope that will become obvious later

outside we go, live look from the tower camera showing you beautiful san francisco in the foreground, oakland in the background, great visibility out there now and the forecast calling for the showers. they are exiting as we speak. however, that cool air is going to remain at least the next 12 to 24 hours. warmer days come here beginning wednesday and then a chance of showers moves back into the picture sunday into monday. looks like a good stretch of dry weather moving in. out there right now, it's actually a little bit milder than we have been this time last night. the 24-hour temperature change ten degrees warmer in santa rosa, six in napa, two in concord and five degrees warmer in mountain view now than we were this time yesterday. still it feels chilly out there but not as bad as it has been the past couple nights. 50 in san francisco, about 49 mountain view, 45 san ramon. a mix of stars and clouds out there. most spots will be dry overnight. perhaps a shower near clover dale and 46 san francisco and 41 san jose and overnight 42 that number in fairfield. highs on tuesday, the sun

maybe here in the foreground, one that's in the midst of a struggle here. >> you can see where some of the cold weather took them away. so hopefully that is going to be not the majority. >> reporter: that's the gamut of what you'll see. but there's a lot to do today. the festival begins today at the warner theater. >> the festival has been going on the last few days. we have performances over at the a&a stage. the welcome area. but opening ceremony today at warner theater. all the seats have been reserved, unfortunately. we have world class performances but you can for the first time tune in to facebook live to see the show. >> reporter: excellent. that's going to get it out to a lot more people. >> all over the world. >> reporter: lots of things to do today and until april 16th. come on down. derrick ward, news4. back to you. >> all right. thanks. >>> 9:03 your time now on this saturday. no deal. the republican measure to end the affordable care act though it was pulled minutes before a vote. why this is a major setback for president trump who's now blaming democrats for the bill's fa

you can actually see in the foreground is a victorian style home or apartment building. the smoke is very close. i would imagine embers could certainly catch a lot of -- it looks like a lot of residential buildings not far from this. >> right. oakland firefighters also tweeted a photo a little earlier where they show store fronts and buildings and so the picture that you showed, pam, and the other showed definitely make the . that this has different types of buildings and one of them is on fire. they are trying to protect the other buildings as we speak. >> okay. they begin to let people know. this is west oakland. and we do have crews on the way to the scene. we're going to have sky fox overhead. typically our chorp can -- >> yeah. >> working on that now. we also have crews on the way, pam pam, this scene but right now, as you can see this picture that we have shows pretty well the flames that are coming up. but interestingly enough. we're shooting from from -- on a straight line. 980 traffic is not effective. in fact, just driving by. i guess that's the only thing that

but the background becomes the foreground. >> i would stack him up against any american artist of theeaks every rule you can think of in terms of good, acceptable composition for a painting. he splits his painting in half. who does that? >> christopher knight is chief art critic at the "los angeles times." >> and in the '50s in new york, coming after world war ii, the void was a very different concept for jackson pollack and mark rothko. the void was a place of terror. the world had almost collapsed after holocaust and the hydrogen bomb. that's in some respects almost the opposite of mclaughlin was doing. the void as a place in which consciousness and perception can emerge. >> mclaughlin died in 1976, just as his reputation was building. he had no children, so his paintings were eventually sold off. the los angeles county museum of art exhibit is set to close next month. but knight hopes it fills the void of appreciation he feels the artist truly deserves. >> when you have an artist of mclaughlin's brilliance, it behooves you to pay attention to him if you have any interest in art wha

sliding on this if this thing gets coated with slush today but is there the neon sign, and in the foreground now opened and they are not talking about the latest pace shop in bristol. e pennsylvania turnpike to the new jersey turnpike opened and then in the background you can see, in the dark, is there the headlights and big tractor trailer, headed toward lovely new jersey. just before 10:00 last night something that had not happened here in 61 years since may 23rd, 1956, day bridge over delaware river connecting both pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes, first opened to traffic. they had a big grand opening celebration then, "good day philadelphia", not on the air then so we don't have any file tape to show you but second opening not so grand last night, ahead of its planned april opening, the earliest, do you remember how that sounded. that didn't sound too good back in the wintertime after the big crack was first found and closed it on january between the yet. >> thanks to a lot of hard work by aloft people on both side of the delaware river and also, thanks to a little bit of luck with

you can see the sun is coming up in the foreground there. ently we have temperatures that are in the 30s and 40s. look at the beautiful sky. temperatures right around 38 degrees. redwood city to 41 in oakland. we are in the 30s away from the bay. 45 san francisco. we have now dipped to 38 degrees in san jose. that's the coolest temperature we have seen so far this morning in the south bay. now, the winds have dialed back around the lip of the bay here under 5 minutes. winds pick up out of the north- northwest later this afternoon 10 to 20 miles per hour. as the sun sets, george hughes, i get the point here. he says the total rain for february approaching 7 inches for february. 7 inches typically we should have about 4 1/2 inches so it gives you a good idea we had a very rainy and blustery month. today, as we kick-start a brand- new month bright sunshine warmer conditions dry weather through friday. then big changes for your weekend didn't want to go there been in denial but i got put it in the forecast now with this latest run of computer mod

you can see his body in the foreground of that shot. right up until boris nemtsov was killed outside the kremlin, his friend alexei navalny had been leafletting with him for a march they were due to lead against bird flu tin in moscow together. they'd been planning for this big rally due to happen the morning after boris got killed. ultimately it turned into a funeral march and ultimately they wouldn't even let alexei go to boris' proper funeral. they locked him up and held him on charges of illegal leafletting on the day boris had his funeral and was buried. well, now as we have talked about before on this show, alexei navalny, the survivor of that friendship, he is running for president of russia against vladimir putin. they have election this is time next year and putin and his government, they do keep finding ways to put alexei in jail. the most recent rabbit they pulled out of a hat was they had him convicted on embezzlement charges against a state-run russian company, something having to do with timber futures? nobody believes it w

while figures writhe in the foreground. >> it seemed to him the perfect analogy for the way people havebeen talking about the first world war, the blind leading the blind. >> brown: sargent, who everybody in all, some 17 million soldiers and civilians would die in the war, including more than 100,000 american military personnel. it brought huge changes, but wasn't, as first claimed, the¡ war to end all wars.' the exhibition's final room shows work from its aftermath, and two that bookend its heights and depths: the flag waving celebration of george benjamin luks, "armistice night"... and john steuart curry's "parade to war, allegory" from 1938, as soldiers again march toward a great foreign war, their faces already becoming skeletons. images of war that reverberate to today. from the pennsylvania academy of fine arts, i'm jeffrey brown for the pbs newshour. >> sreenivasan: the world war one exhibition will travel next to new york in the spring and then to nashville in the fall. >> sreenivasan: finally, our brief but spectacular series where we ask interesting people to share their passi

are looking live now at the chopper headed toward the white house, the washington monument in the foreground as well, president trump getting ready to make his way to florida, headed to orlando before going down to mar-a-lago. all of it happening two football fields or so from where we are. bob's loving the set here. thank you guys for being back with us. we are back now with more on the talks between team trump and russia. the white house now confirming that the president's son-in-law, senior adviser jared kushner, and former national security advi adviser michael flynn did reach with a russian envoy. page seemed to have a little bit of trouble confirming when asked directly by our chris hayes on msnbc last night. >> did you meet sergei in -- >> i'm not going to deny i talked to him. i will say i never met him outside of cleveland. >> the only time up met him was in cleveland? >> i may have met him possibly, it might have been in cleveland. again, i'm respectful to the organizers, i'm respectful to confidentiality rules. whether it's in government or outside. >> you're not going to deny you

and one wall street firm is marking the occasion by placing statue, see here in the foreground, a littleown the iconic charging bull down in lower manhattan. the spokeswoman for state street global advisors told reuters the statue is a way to call attention to the lack of gender diversity on corporate boards. and the pay gap facing women working in financial services. for more, let's bring in stephanie rule who is here with me. i love that. >> that's an amazing statue. just look at that. that's a little girl facing off against a bull. but even look how she's -- >> powerful little girl. >> defiant with her hands on her hips challenging status quo. when you look at that little girl, you see yourself, you see your daughter, and it's amazing. so state street is a two and a half trillion dollar asset manager. this is about results. they have done the work. if you looked at revenue and shareholder value. having diversity and diversity of thought on your board, it's going to ensure your company results. this is beautiful in every way. >> people keep asking, is the statue going to stay up foreve

you can see his body in the foreground of that shot. p until boris nemtsov was killed outside the kremlin, his friend alexei navalny had been leafletting with him for a march they were due to lead against bird flu tin in moscow together.

now we have a president who clearly has put it in the foreground. e told that in conversations with president obama that obama said this was one of the biggest security risks to the country. when you hear secretary tillerson say diplomacy is dead, do you agree with him? >> i think that diplomacy, with the way it's carried out, has not worked. and that just is very clear. because the north koreans have been able to use diplomacy and have not been negotiating in good faith. what they have been doing, though, is developing their nukes and their missiles. we need to do something new. clearly, as you said, the last 20 years have produced failure for us. >> i saw you during janice's report, you chuckled almost at the president's tweet, poking an eye a b at china. does that kind of public expression do anything for china? what will be their reaction to something like that? >> they'll probably just roll their eyes. but the one thing they're concerned about with trump is that he just breaks conventions. they don't know whether it will be good for them or it w

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these amazing british soldiers are walking from their headquarters in their coats and walk into the foreground of buckingham palace and it's around midday every day and they change out. tourists flock there to watch it and doors are open and the gates are open to watch that happen. if the queen is there particularly, then that would take place. now, we also know -- and remember, this is also happening in the context of a highly difficult political debate over brexit. the scottish parliament has been talking about its desire for independence. it has suspended that debate out of respect and concern for what's happening in the united kingdom here in london. >> christiane, standby. the latest information that we're getting, at least one person dead, ten people injured. but there is breaking news we're following right now. >> let's get an update on all of the breaking news emerging from what is now considered to be a terror incident in the uk. one woman has died and a number of people have been hurt. at least ten, we are now told, including some with what is described as described as catastrophic i

clouds there, that early morning light, live view from the tower camera, northeast washington, the foregroundzon and prince george's county. we're in the 20s for the mountains all the way to the bay. reagan national at 27 degrees. all this area in blue, including the metro area, northern virginia, maryland, eastern panhandle of west virginia, winter storm watch in effect, 7:00 p.m. monday to 2:00 p.m. tuesday. new timing on the storm, totals expected the first look at that if a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. >>> a riverdale family is without a home after this massive fire broke out. riverdale fire officials the city, the flames tearing through that house. prince george's county fire officials saying it started before 11:00 last night when the temperatures were well below freezing. the home is on oliver street, not far from the riverdale house museum. fire officials are working to pinpoint the cause. >>> developing this morning out of prince george's county, a deadly crash in bladensburg killed one man. you can see how this vehicle flipped over on its side near a building and it happened earl

. >> this is a minister who has been in the foreground, put ahead of dealings in africa to get some economicstability was needed and investors were asking for confidence in the economy and get the country has managed to break that. the rand was beginning to strengthen more. it was the second-best performing currency in the emerging market space. it is a factor that will worry south africa. the ratings agencies may begin to worry as well. who thenot matter finance minister is, it is if the policies maintain. tom: thank you so much. let me do a data check. we will come back with tony crescenzi. a very correlated move. you can see the big south. futures -140. that yield is wrong, it should be a red color. well.tronger as stay with us, worldwide. ♪ we welcome all of you on this monday. here is taylor riggs. korean prosecutors are seeking to arrest the former president on graft allegations. they asked a court to issue an arrest warrant. there are allegations that she colluded with a form -- longtime friend. president trump has lashed out at republican leaders and conservative groups following the

in the before photos, in the foreground, you see an island in the middle of the river formed the sediment buildup over course of years. in the after photos, you get a clear picture of the ice blocks creating a dam at that island and causing flootion. over the course of the week, officials,the, state the wyoming national guard and tirelessly toked protect property and critical infrastructure. still evaluating damage but estimates will likely exceed 150,000. while this flood is heartbreaking, what is important is the committee to know what happened is almost identical to flooding in 2014. that same island gathered and blocks and pushed over the big horn river, costing state and local governments nearly $200,000 in recovery costs. for a rural county, these costs difficult to bear. for a clear picture of the sediment buildup on this island, the nextattention to aerial photos that show the buildup. we at the local level must confront the issue because the same flooding is likely to occur year after year, depending on the severity of the winter. following the 2014 flood, we pursued the possibil

you can see in the foreground there are a few sad little branches there with less blossoms. ows of trees it still looks beautiful a sea of white and pink as annie said and it's a nice morning out there at the tidal basin. it's definitely going to be nice today, tomorrow not so much. so, your weekend forecast for cherry blossoms viewing cloudy but warm 75 degrees with a few peeks of afternoon sunshine. big change tomorrow. if you're headed out on your sunday, no matter where you're going you're going to need a nice jacket to keep you warm with a hood because we've got persistent drizzle maybe showers and it's chilly with temperatures not getting into mid 50's.t getting out of the- but back to th warm and cloudy one. we've got a warm front well towards our north that moved through last night and right now this morning temperatures are starting out in the 50's. 57 westminster, 56 dulles, 56 in washington. it's already 61 in annapolis. a lot of cloud cover this morning. sprinkles up in southeast pennsylvania. i don't think we see much rain here today. we'll save that for later on

in the before photos you can see in foreground an island in the middle of the river that is made of sedimentment built up over the years, and in the forephotograph, you can see the ice that was causing the flooding. in the counties and the national guard and the corps worked tirelessly to protect private property and critical infrastructure for away from the flood. the estimates will exceed $150,000. while this flood is heartbreaking by itself, what is important for the committee to know is what happened in worland a couple of weeks ago is identical to what happened in 2014. the same island pushed eye blocks into our county costing the state governments over $200,000 for recovery costs. for a county like our, it is hard to bear. for a clear picture of the sediment built up on the island, look at the aerial photos of the 20-year span of build up in the level. we at the local level have to confront this issue, because the exact same flooding is likely to occur year after year depends on the severity of the winter. following the 2014 flood, we pursued the possibility of removing the island. the est

foreground. it can be informative, so that is how i look at it. to go back to public affairs i don't think the policymaking i described and public affairs are mutually exclusive. i think they go hand-in-hand when public affairs, talking about the history of your office, unit, agency in a meaningful way, not as a cabinet of curiosity or in a banal sort of way. but truly fleshing out the richness of an agency's history, the fact that it was not only leadership that led an agency, but hundreds of people over generations to shape a particular branch. by framing history and a really -- history in a really rich and thoughtful way in a public affairs context, that also leads to history becoming more foreground as opposed to background. that is my experience, but i understand the potential pitfalls there. >> when i spoke earlier i did not mean to say the importance of history was easy. >> you make it look easy. [laughter] >> i will take that as a compliment. in the state department, we have a giant bureaucracy. it is extremely diffuse. we have 196 posts out there. the amount of history and policy to b

foreground as opposed to background. that is my experience that i potential the pitfalls there. >> when i spoke earlier i did not need to say the importance of history was easy. >> you make it look easy. [laughter] >> i will take that as a complement. in the department, we have a giant bureaucracy. we have over a hundred posts out there. the amount of history to be addressed is immense. moved, i think, all of us into a world where i think, in my case, i work in the bureau of public affairs, everybody but me in the bureau is working on the cycle time of a tweet, right? it changes the nature of your audience, i think, and therefore how you need to go about, again, i call it targeted engagement which reflects my air force background maybe. [laughter] x conscientious engagement, we will get this right before we are done here. conscientious engagement, we'll get this right before we're done here. but, when you move away from the policymakers, we work hard to set up a relationship with the policy planners has speech makers and people who are one step away because in this ms bureaucracy with so many flows is worn foron, it any

foregrounded. and i think this remarkable story deserves our attention. but she made significant attributions as a scout, a spy for thenion. she was a nurse, and she really was working closely with the military behind enemy lines. after 1865, she had a strong record of agitating for women's suffrage while establishing her charity home in her adopted home of auburn in upstate new york. when she opened this home, it was the only charity home open to african americans in all of new york outside of manhattan. yet the more than half-century following the abolition of slavery until her death in 1913 remains a relatively neglected. period of her life. by the time my harriet tubman appeared in 2004, scholars seemed ready to include her in the framework of african freedom struggles, to place her alongside other icons. tubman's image has adorned dozens of book covers, logos, websites. she has a symbolic utility for many academic audiences. the two-fer of being both a black and a woman. the academy seemed ready to embrace her as a long-lost history who had been there all along. just as she managed such a brilliant career hidden