let's turn to tom evans, we talked to him from the national weather service earlier and gave us tremendouse would see and it's all coming true, tom. >> thanks for having me back. >> our pleasure. >>. you've kind of been able to give us the forewarning when the next surges are coming through. do you have a sense for when we might see the next round coming through, whether it's crescent city, san francisco bay area? >> actually, looking at the tidal gauges up north of us, we expect to see additional surges, looks like about every 20 to 30 minutes we're getting another surge. looks like the fifth and seventh have been the highest so far. there's still possibilities of getting larger waves. >> has the sixth and seventh hit us yet? >> we're about seeing the sixth surge hitting our coast right now. they are still on the way. >> we've seen so many so far. how many gauges do you have out there? >> we have one in port arena and point reyes and san francisco and one in monterey. we have four along our northern and central california coast. >> do you have any in deeper water or is it pretty much just

it wants to can act -- you talk about legislation one year after we got the senators leave, tom daschle evan bayh passed 47 bills that might by unanimous consent. just to a fuss. we had a grand time. [laughter] >> because he did that we never leave it the vehicle left. [laughter] >> that's when the good stuff gets done. >> just remember, it is when it wants to move fast it can. >> you were talking about change and reform and how it's sometimes it's used to much as it's a good thing and i remember lloyd cutler is in custody but the it was unconstitutional and quote did somebody in the bridge reform debates who got up in the parliament and said reform, reform. that's all we hear as if things were not adel ready. [laughter] and i think that's the attitude some members of the house and senate have towards those who might want to drastically alter the way things are done. but in any event i think that it is time to open -- time to open things up for questions. raise your hand, we offer a microphone and then give your name and affiliation. >> not everybody at once. >> right here in the front with

it wants to can act -- you talk about legislation one year after we got the senators leave, tom daschle evan bayh passed 47 bills that might by unanimous consent. just to a fuss. we had a grand time. [laughter] >> because he did that we never leave it the vehicle left. [laughter] >> that's when the good stuff gets done. >> just remember, it is when it wants to move fast it can. >> you were talking about change and reform and how it's sometimes it's used to much as it's a good thing and i remember lloyd cutler is in custody but the it was unconstitutional and quote did somebody in the bridge reform debates who got up in the parliament and said reform, reform. that's all we hear as if things were not adel ready. [laughter] and i think that's the attitude some members of the house and senate have towards those who might want to drastically alter the way things are done. but in any event i think that it is time to open -- time to open things up for questions. raise your hand, we offer a microphone and then give your name and affiliation. >> not everybody at once. >> right here in the front with

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