bring some law and order to washington state, why don't you.ight, now this, this is crime-related. tourism in san francisco got a rude awakening after visiting the beach for just 10 minutes. take us through the story, ashley. it's extraordinary. ashley: yeah, it's extraordinary and horrible. welcome to san francisco, a family of tourists from malta, of all places, went to the beach for just 10 minutes, as you say, but when they returned, they found their rental car being vandalized, shattered glass and even worse the thieves took everything inside which included passports, cameras, phones, ipads, laptops, luggage, the lot. it was the family's second day, by the way, in the city, and they were already contemplating returning home because of this devastating theft. horrible. nearby, by the way, another car belonging to tourists also hit with thieves stealing luggage and and a backpack. locals say that san francisco used to be a tourist mecca, but it's becoming, quote, the forgotten city. in august the san francisco pd reported merely 16700 car br

help us understand why your university and washington state u have filed this lawsuit against the paca long connection to pac-12. we've been a charter member of pac-12 and a member for over a hundred years. we are oregon's statewide university with huge connections all across the state and there are beavers all across the state deeply connected to the pac-12. osu and wsu are the two remaining members of the pac-12 and we believe that we should be the ones controlling the future of the pac-12 because the others have chosen to leave. >> so, in other words, you don't want them, as coy was just explaining in his piece, you don't want the other members to be able to attend a meeting upcoming. you would prefer, for now, that in attendance at that meeting would just be osu and washington state university and together these two universities will make a decision ultimately about whether to invite any other colleges into the pac-12 since right now your feeling is it's only being represented by two universities right now? >> indeed. we are the two universities that are deeply invested in the fut

washington state like so many other states in our country has been grappling with the nation's housing and homelessness crisis for years so i'm glad we are able to maintain and build on some key investments in this bill that provide rental assistance to families in need, increase our housing supply, support maintenance for distressed properties and connect people with healthcare and education and employment programs and other support services and i hope we can come together in a bipartisan way to do more to tackle those challenges in a serious way in the future because this bill does take important steps and includes necessary investments, our housing and homelessness crisis is going to take a lot more in most areas and modest funding increases in some programs which is what it was possible to negotiate under the test budget in budget ceiling deal. when it comes to the nation's transportation infrastructure investments in this bill are especially important in light of the derailments, disasters and disturbing close calls we saw this year which i was pleased we could increase funding fo

which former washington state quarterback owns a winery in wall la wall la, washington? hey, man. if you get this one -- got a special prize pack for you. >> louis: ryan leif. >> mark: good guess. i'll say luke falk, heck of it. badgers have to get down to business. mordecai, clean pocket. and throws a bounce pass incomplete. at the 30. and now, let's answer the aflac trivia question. it's not real until the duck quacks. okay, who has the winery with the chardonnays and the malbacs? drew bledsoe. >> louis: oh, you know -- oh, man. >> mark: have to hit up drew for a few bottles. maybe after a cougar win tonight. who nknows? it's on the defense now. allen with the catch out of the backfield, out to the 31. it will be third down with 5:15 to go. gain of six on the play. third and four. >> louis: here in the second half, skyler bell has been getting loose. bryson green, too. let's not forget about will pauling. >> mark: keep an eye on jackson and stone off the edge. mordecai. delivers a strike in the middle of the field, pauling still on the move. and brought down at the 50 at midfiel

court against the conference and its commissioner, washington state and oregon state universities are seeking to prevent departing members from getting in the way of their efforts to rebuild the disintegrating conference. the complaint requests a temporary restraining order that would keep departing members of the pac 12 board of directors from meeting next week and taking any action regarding the status or governance of the conference. the pac 12 declined to comment. bart is rolling out a new schedule that will increase service on weekends and nights. in this evening, bart leaders hopped on a train to talk with riders. ktvu jana katsuyama was there and explains bart's efforts to add more police presence, better lighting and more service to sfo. friday evening at the embarcadero bart station, maybe like a quarter of the train is full. now afterwards, especially on weekends and regular riders noticed what bart officials say has been a 42% drop in ridership from pre-pandemic levels. many say safety is their top request for bart leaders. more police, more, more security for the passe

washington state on crime up 11.4% since 2019. drug overdoses up 163.4%.re deeper, bigger problems and ways we need to be going about tackling some of these problems. can you give us a quick summation of where you think this country needs to go? >> shannon, we need family, nuclear families with both parents in the house. and we need people that are willing to ask forgiveness from god. we all make sins and god forgives us. and i want god to forgive these individuals but they need to spend time in jail and get away from the people that they've been around and make a clean break from that. it is a toilet bowl of destruction that they're swimming around in. we have to help them out but they have to want out. a lot of them don't want out. >> shannon: i'm a sinner saved by grace and i need it every day and it's there for people who want to start over. glad you and your boys are safe. thank you for joining us and for all you do. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> bill: good story there. shannon, thank you. fox news alert now top of the hour, three big stor

i'll remind my colleague from washington state, in 2019, when there was a partial government shutdown, focused on the coast guard, which wasn't getting paid and the democrats blocked my bill to pay the coast guard, she actually stated, quote, it's absolutely unacceptable that our coast guard families went without their paychecks during the shutdown. we need to make sure president trump doesn't put them through this again. well, i'm going to put the senator from washington state's words back at her. it is absolutely unacceptable that coast guard and other family members went without paychecks during the shutdown. we need to make sure it doesn't happen again. so vote for our bill! every time they object, the arguments of why they're objecting to something they already agreed to ten years ago get more tangled up. we're all working to avoid a shutdown, but if it doesn't happen let's make sure the men and women risking their lives for our country and their families know they'll get paid. that's all we're asking. all we're asking. everybody in this body ten years ago did this, including the

washington state has the most restrictive pursuit policy at the state level in the entire country.en, therefore, pursue? i mean, are you going against that policy, or does each county have an opportunity to do it a little differently? >> no, i think it just, it goes back to the traditional viewpoint of what these burglaries are, and what we did is we reach out to the prosecutor's office and had conversations with the executive staff. and we essentially came to the conclusion that turned legal opinion, there are circumstances where we can treat this as a violent crime and pursue the criminal. pete: so how important is it that criminals hear a message like that from you? do you get a sense that will have a deterrent effect in your county? >> we hope so. and it doesn't stop there. we're committed to working with business owners to make the community safer and also provide tips to help keep their businesses safe. pete: has this been a problem you've seen in your county, or is it confined to the seattle metro? like, how big of an issue has it been for you? >> at least on the western hal

we had a young woman from washington state has been following this issue in that state.ed by video. these two young people did a tremendous job. they blew the committee away. we passed this in the senate unanimously. >> senate bill 1782 is declared passed. >> and so i learned we are in good hands. the next generation is fit to continue on and make progress. >> you are now a political influencer. i'm wondering what are your thoughts about what could be ahead for you? >> am not sure. the field of politics is intriguing. i was lucky to be able to see the process of a bill becoming a law up close. learn about it in social studies and civics class but to be there and testify for the bill was on another level. it was such an amazing experience. maybe it is something i want to pursue but we will see. >> senator kaylor of illinois and shreya nallamouthu, thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪ >> a new report funded by the state department paints a dire picture of the humanitarian situation in darfur were in western sudan. nearly five months ago, the sudanese military and insurgent

one of those in attendance at the climate ambition summit was washington state governor jay inslee.nors in addressing environmental challenges. he laid out for my colleague caitriona perry the areas where his administration has been successful battling climate change. well, i think we've succeeded for three reasons. 0ne — we have had action today rather thanjust aspiration for decades from now. i think, actually, the road to destruction is paved with long—term aspirations. we need action today. so we've decided to not be hooking up toxic gas to our homes and businesses starting just in a few months. that's action today rather than just aspirations of what we'll be doing in 2030 or 2050. second — we haven't relied just on offsets. there's this idea that you can just have offsets somehow and shuck your responsibility off to some other continent or country. we don't think that works. it's kind of like building one of these new york skyscrapers, you know, just on sponge cake. it's not sustainable, doesn't really work. and third — we've recognised that we can't be shackling our children

as you heard, washington state is not unique. our students are facing tremendous challenges, and schools can't do this work alone. we have moved away from episodic events to sustainable practices across our buildings and communities. they are focused on three elements, prevention strategies, response strategies, and therapeutic services. our prevention strategies, each of our schools develop an intentional plan to support emotional learning. they contextualize each plan at each site. our students are engaged in physical and mental wellness supports during the day and after school ecosystem. we do a shared business model. community assets, business supports, and funding with over 70 partners. our system of positive behavioral supports ensure students understand school expectation, fostering stable and reinforcingsing -- re-enforcing mental health habits. our responsive strategies we have invested in professional development. we support and train, facilitate practice with intentional hearing and understanding. we provide peer suppo

in 2022, washington state had 602 fires according to our state dnr. this year, to this date, washington state is 1855 fires have responded to. at least for one state, wildfires are increasing. >> chair, thanks to the gentleman of the chair. recognizes. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. graves well, thank you for joining us today. i really appreciate it. before i was in office, i promised my voters i would focus on flood insurance and flood mapping. the issues that correctly affect my district in south mississippi. to combat the effects of active flooding, several of these counties were actively engaging in resilience. accordingly, fema is planning to spend 3 billion this year on resilience of projects in addition to several other agencies across the federal government. specifically, jackson county, which is my home county on the mississippi gulf coast is relying on many of these programs to plan and build projects to improve drainage, enhance our shorelines, protect our citizens from storms and flooding. ideally, these advancements will provide protection

i mean it is really hurting me. >> carol from washington state.he talked in large about that medicare/medicaid issue be doing to respond? what's one thing we've seen recently this past couple weeks is medicare is led to negotiate drug prices which was passed last summer which was a huge issue for democrats are pushing his policy for long time. the government can negotiate with drug companies to try to reducedi prices of medication currently there is only limited list of medication at the moment they're trying to expand that but that's a major victory for people to lower the cost of healthcare. this was opposed by many drug companies but that is one instance the federal government is trying to lower costs. king a punch will not "washington jour" continues. host: joining us now is tom frank who

officially , washington stated the need to protect american citizens of the dominican republic , although. strictly speaking , there was no external aggression from anyone, indeed the situation in the country was unstable, but again emphasized that external threats did not exist. therefore, president johnson on may 2 announced a gang of communist conspirators of the dominican republic who were preparing to overthrow the government of the country, comparing the reasons for the two occupations, then, and according to their tasks were similar, that is , the promotion of american interests in the country , as well as interests in the caribbean and the proximity of the panama canal. uh, disobedience from the point of view of the americans, uh, local civil authorities, and the american dictates have changed, essentially only the forms of occupation, maybe there were no such atrocities and torture, but again, this is such interference in the bodies of a sovereign state. the fact is that the patriotic forces turned out to be surprised by the american invader and not the aggressor managed to immed

the total amount in washington state. can you elaborate a little bit on the urgent need for supplement of funding, how delaying get projects in different programs can be funded because of the delay, the problem with disaster relief? >> with the current health of the disaster relief fund we have been watching this very closely throughout the year and made the determination to implement because our focus and priority needs to make sure we have the resources available to support life-sustaining activities through immediate needs funding that is what we are able to do. we delay the obligations for this other work. it doesn't mean the work necessarily stops. just means we cannot reimburse jurisdictions for the cost that they incur as a result of that. >> reimburse out of the drf? if it is funded through the hazard mitigation grant program. those dollars are spent down or does the drf fund the hazard mitigation grant program? >> hazard mitigation grant program and building infrastructure and communities program are funded from

host: that is carol from washington state. she talks in large about the medicare/medicaid issue but if you would like to respond. guest: one thing we ever seen -- we have seen recently as medicare is allowed to negotiate drug prices which is something passed the inflation reduction act last summer which is a huge victory for democrats who were pushing for this policy for a long time. the government can negotiate with drug companies to reduce prices of medications currently a limited list of medications at the moment, they are trying to expand it, that is major for people who want to lower the cost of health care. this is proposed by health care companies that say this is able to stifle innovations but that is lowering costs. host: how are guest is working a punch will not talk about the partnership between australia and the u.s. about partnerships sharing. it is expected to start shortly.

the columbia at the border between present day washington state and oregon. so the british were willing, in other words, to conceal read to the united states. all lands south and of the columbia. but they wanted to maintain access to the river itself, which of course, was the main transportation for the company. remember, the hudson's bay company had a number of trading posts, not just the columbia, the willamette and the snake and other rivers in the territory and so the british hoping that the border would follow the columbia river would enable them to keep access to the columbia river. and hold on to the trading forts that they had established along river. they wanted control over puget sound, which they rightly regarded as a superior harbor on the northwest coast. now americans, for their part, did not expect to acquire any territory north of. the 49th parallel, but they also coveted puget sound and access to strait of juan de fuca fuca. keep in mind that during the 1820s and the 1830s, the united states no good harbor on the pacific, san diego and san fr

the move leaves the pac-12 with two remaining programs, washington state and oregon state. >>> oaklandheng thao is firing back after failed talks to keep the a's in oakland. mayor thao is publicly calling out a's owner john fisher after our exclusive interview. last week our raj mathai talked to fisher, it was his first interview since buying the a's in 2005. fisher says he wants out of oakland because of the money. john fisher says, quote, i felt the pressure from the collective bargaining agreement. we had been working with oakland for six years. we had to have a binding agreement on a new stadium by january 2024, or we would lose our revenue sharing. mayor thao did admit the ballpark deal was not approved and the a's kept changing the rules, the price and the timeline. >> we were so close to a deal, and i just feel like every single week, every single two weeks, there's a new story to tell, a new false narrative that the oakland a's is telling about why they had to leave the city of oakland. and, again, i continue to call bs on that, because at the end of the day, we went beyond wha

has to do with media rights revenues and it left the pacific conference dismembered with just washington state and oregon state left. >>> still ahead, paul heggen, some exciting changes coming to the newscast , we are going to have a sneak peek for you coming up. you will want to catch this. - [narrator] stimulant use disorder is a disease, not a choice, but getting help and finding treatment for your meth or cocaine addiction is up to you. treatment for stimulant use disorder is often covered through medi-cal, medicare, and many private insurance plans. choose change california. find proven treatment options like contingency management that are right for you at choosechangeca.org. (gentle music) >>> welcome back. tonight, a new era kicks off, we are launching a new 8:00 and 9:00 newscast on pix+ featuring weather like you have never seen it before. the new prime time lineup features familiar faces on the news and leading into it, mary is joining us from the aloha fund center in san jose. >> reporter: it is a party out here, i have laced up my skates, this is near the east ridge mall and they'

a sheriff in washington state has a scathing warning for the smash and grab thieves.eriff says his department is ready, i mean very ready to take action. watch this? >> if you come totherston county and decide to do tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to the business, we're going to chase you. we're not pulling over. the states rcw is no longer going to protect you. if you flee, we'll chase you. we'll conduct a pit maneuver. we do the tactical vehicle to bring your car in and if you flee on foot, we'll chase you on foot too. ashley: i think he means business and giving a very specific warning, don't do it and comes after multiple small businesses in the area have been target in recent months with the suspects using stolen cars to crash through store frohns like the one you're seeing and what sanders called completely unacceptable. he's talking tough, stu. stuart: thanks very much, ashley. time us up for me. more varney after this however. ♪ chevy silverado has what it takes to do it all. with up to 13 camera views. and the z71 off-road package. ♪ you ok? yeah

some states like here in washington state that have banned police officers from pursuing vehicles that case of this being a violent felony. you have here again in washington state, not allowed as an officer to talk to any juvenile suspect until they have a lawyer present, even if the parent is saying, you can talk to my kid. we have gone out of our way is seems to ensure that criminals have more rights than anybody else. we had a story or earlier today that one said he actually has the audacity to say, we are going to throw prolific criminals into the jail. what is the response. aclu of washington saying that this is just not fair. the prolific criminal who is a drug addict might not be able to keep the job. they don't have jobs. people who are breaking the law. every second that they are in jail means one less second than any of us are going to become a potential victim. we have to stop pretending that the criminals are the victims. we have actual victims here. >> sean: curtis, rather than enforce the laws of different states, obviously, against violence and stealing. chicago because

as of now it is only oregon state and washington state starting next year. sounds lonely. baseball, giants in san diego where the scoreboard giving all the facts, rode in the limo to back street boys. four pitches later, soto goes deep. three batters, three padres runs. to the ninth, san francisco trailing 7-3 but the tying run, flores, 6-4-3 double play ends the game and san diego wins dropping the giants in a tie with arizona for the final spot. a's hosting angels. ruiz goes for the third time this year, went three for four as oakland cruises 9-2. that's going to do it for sports. have a great day. >>> sticking with baseball, new york yankees have had a rough season but that's not stopped the former american league mvp aaron judge from adding to the record books. >> judge swings at the first pitch, high and deep to left center field. that one is long gone! see ya! monster shot by judge. >> the historic home run last night against the houston astros. in the fifth the slugger smashed a shot upping his total to 250. that makes judge the fastest player in mlb history to reac

now, only washington state and oregon state remain. >>> getting back a key member of the offense just in time for the regular season. matt lively explains on today's red and gold report. >> this is the volkswagen red and gold report. >> reporter: we turned the page from august to september which means we are just over a week away from the 49ers regular season opener next sunday. san francisco is getting back a key contributor in the backfield at just the right time. running back mitchell says he is ready to go for week one of pittsburgh due to an injury. he is soaking up all of the knowledge he can >> this is my rookie year. even before that, i watched christian play. i was like man, he is loose. the way he routes people up, unbelievable for a back like that. i am always asking questions. he gets tired of me a little bit. no, just joking but he is an animal >> for the red and gold report. >>> paul will join us next with a special holiday forecast with a high-tech twist. look at this. something you will see only right here on cbs news bay area. . >>> and did your ring slip off and did

. >>> every year in washington state, runners suit up an inflatable t-rex costumes for the most unusualhey are often the kid's t-rex race. >> reporter: here in washington state, the first to go down was the blue dinosaur and the leader lost tissue. a crock, no less. that did not stop the teenage t- rex from winning. competitors have to be 14 and under, long past when the rest of the contentions had crossed the finish line, i fight for next to last feature be zik02 and stragglers. >> was a hard to run in a suit? >> at times. it was so hard. >> i had fun. >> reporter: alex and sidney are best friends. sydney is the daughter of the race track's marketing director. the two four-year-old rocked their warm-up and then held hands as the race got underway. >> i watch the two t-rex to waddle. they were trying to run but it was more of a lotto. >> reporter: sydney kept chewing on her toy t-rex. >> we've got to do the interview . >> reporter: of our 100 yard dash was immortalized. >> careful, alex. >> reporter: the two stragglers finally cross the finish line and alex just a few feet ahead of sydn

positive kind of also seeing some of that very wet, wet, wet weather, coming down across the washington state, oregon all the way into northern parts of california. meanwhile, the shy was for the race. while i continued down towards louisiana, some showers the up towards the lakes a little try to was east disabled by monday and coming on into tuesday. still some showers from that training system actually from balsam and the faded just pushing in across the caravans cuba spaniel at jamaica, saying somewhat, by the way, over the next couple of days. oh, thinking his way for the south of the weather brought to you by visit, cut some for some little boat, he's a mechanic or even that self driving train to the apple. but androids today can be deliberately human. only robots like me, will be everywhere else. a 0 documentary, which to the lead on the weird and wonderful world of little box loan thing for you and even trust. i feel like i'm alive, but i know i am a machine. origin of this is in prison without trying to, i'll just say, richard, unless remain behind bars in egypt. ha. who didn't seem d

public records show he lived in washington state.n 2021 his wife had filed for divorce. his business shut down. his house was foreclosed. and a police report details an altercation with his wife where she says he was believing conspiracy theories about the government. >> the shoe is in the drain! >> reporter: michael protzman called his followers back to dallas in october 2022, a year after the first gathering at the grassy knoll. some of his followers again believed the kennedys were coming back. michael protzman didn't answer our questions when we reached out to him, but we did catch up with him at the hyatt regency hotel, his so-called ark. >> rolling? >> rolling, yeah. >> reporter: michael, how are you? my name is donie o'sullivan. how are you? >> well, i'm beyond excellent but i've got to go. >> reporter: where are you going? >> where i need to go. >> reporter: are you going trying to find kennedy? >> you'll find out. >> reporter: when will i find out? >> when the time is right. timing is everything. >> reporter: you got a big f

that is sean and washington state. couple things to watch out for today on the network, taking a look at the relationship between the united states and korea. this will feature the secretary of state antony blinken and maryland's senator chris van hollen to talk about the alliance hosted by the center for strategic international studies. see that event already in process on c-span2, our c-span now app, and c-span.org. later this afternoon, howard university hosting a discussion on how to increase female representation in elected office, moderated by stacey abrams. it will include black women freshmen members of the congress and take a look at encouraging students to consider careers on capitol hill. 4:00 this afternoon on the network. later on this evening, 7:00, dr. jill biden, the first, will meet with members of the smithsonian, library of congress, national park service, and national archives to talk about that process of historical presidential sites and preserving those. you can see those on all the platforms at

yet this person also had a washington state driver's license that was presented to the police.ue, as a gubernatorial candidate, that not enough attention is being paid to the northern border. make the case. >> there's not enough attention being paid there. biden administration's open border policies are causing a surge over the northern border. you just talked about the statistics. over the last 11 months, they have had thousands of illegal immigrants arrested from 76 different countries, john, over our northern border, more than in the last ten years, and recently we had indicted on new hampshire's northern border what you've talked about, a mexican immigrant who was trafficking people illegally into new hampshire and also before that i visited pittsburgh, new hampshire, a farm up there, idyllic farm, the farmers intercepted drugs on the property and are worried about illegal immigrants that are coming on their property and they should be able to live in peace. so, this is what you get with the open border policies. so that's why our governor sununu has called for more resourc

now to washington state, where four teens have developed an award winning app to help out-of-state abortion patients, according to the federal way. mirror newspaper in washington. the app connects people who have to travel out of state for an abortion with safe private housing, with vetted hosts. the group of teens is from the city of bellevue. the group is one of several winners at the annual technovation competition. it's an event that celebrates teams of girls from around the world who develop apps that address real world problems. as the app is not live yet, but prize money and an educational stipend from the global nonprofit technovation could help bring the app to life. new at 11 tonight. recently released data is shedding new light on the pay gap among california workers. california's civil rights department looked at the pay in 2021 for more than 7 million. california employees. about 40% of the workforce. it found 64% of executive or senior level managing jobs were held by men. 36. women when broken down by race, 61% of those executive jobs were held by white employees. and among t

. >> out in thurston county washington state a fellow by the name of derek sanders he has seen the smash-and-grabff like we just showed you. the department posted on facebook a message, essentially, targets the people hey you smash and grabbers, you got to come up with a new business plan because we're going to getcha. here's the schiff. sheriff.>> if you come to thursn county and you decide you are going to do tens of thousands of dollars to our businesses damage. you are going to smash that stolen car and hop in your buddy's stolen car and flee from the scene. we are not going to chase you. the state is not pulling over. if you flee we will chase you. we will conduct a pit maneuver. we use a tactical vehicle pin your car. in if you flee on foot, we will chase you on foot then too. if we lose you in the foot chase, then we will send the dog after you. and we are going to be relentless in our efforts to capture you. they are driving small business out of our area and as a community we cannot and should not tolerate it. >> brian: this is washington state. that is great that they are empowered to d

>> and detectives in washington state had no answers.pects, the investigation was dead in the water. >> the case must have been growing colder >> it was. >> i'm sure >> did you at some l co e putting this case toget>> ther wish. >> coming up. all the men in sandi's life claimed they didn't see her the day she disappeared. which one of them is lying? >> the neighbor saw her car, recognized her car parked outside his house. >> when "dateline" continues. >> it's hard the neighbor saw her car, recognized her car parked outside his house. craig melvin: when "dateline" continues. [sneeze] dude you coming? ♪ alka-seltzer plus powermax gels cold & flu relief with more concentrated power because the only thing dripping should be your style. plop plop fizz fizz winter warriors with alka-seltzer plus. ♪ on your period, sudden gushes happen. say goodbye gush fears! thanks to always ultra thins... with rapiddry technology... that absorbs two times faster. hellooo clean and comfortable. always. fear no gush. (sean) i wish for the amazing new iphone 15

idaho cannot decide about what washington state decides crimes are.g that will not have abortion restrictions can do to help your situation or the situation of people who come to you seeking an abortion? >> i mean, honestly, the thing that i need people to remember is that this is coming -- the federal society put out some sort of blueprint for how they can get a national abortion ban, that is a total abortion ban. nobody is safe anywhere, and so by helping us fight these things here on the ground in our states, it has to be in our states. it can't be in sanctuary states, it can't be in national organizations. you have to help us fight on the ground, because you want that fight here before it comes for you. >> i'm, sorry to both of, you i'm sorry to keep having you on his guests and keep having these conversations. but i suspect we will for a long time. -- is a law professor and a historian and a guggenheim fellow at uc davis law school. the author of agÜero, the history of a national obsession. robin -- is the operational director at the west alabama