Next on booktv john yoo argues International Law has very little effect on the behavior of powerful nations when they deal with each other but acts as an impediment when powerful countries try to do things like fake terrorism and to stop the spread of weapons through disruption. This discussion is about an hour and a half. Welcome everybody. Thanks for braving the weather to make it to the American Enterprise institute today. Im a resident scholar and i direct the center for Security Studies here at aei. Todays event which is being cosponsored by the society is a discussion of john yoos latest book point of attack the work of International Law and global welfare. The format of todays great a quite simple. John will start with an overview of the books thesis and then we will follow up with our panelists comments and i might throw in a point or two as well and then following that, we will open up the floor to your questions and have a good robust discussion. Before turning the microphone
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Yes. Temperatures heat up and so does fire danger concern. In 23 years since the Oakland Hills fire some of the trees have been removed but many more remain. Its not hard to see things starting to heat up in the east bay. And as far as fire danger is concerned its looking like the fourth of july than two weeks before memorial day. The fields are dry for what we normally expect this time of the year. Usually its 20 points higher. Mount diablo starting to turn brown ahead of schedule. Same in Oakland Berkeley hills. Some wonder why there is many of these. Trees contain lots of oil. John kauffman is a Neighborhood Group thinking they should have been removed years ago but 6 million in money for uc berkeley has yet to come through. There is delay in that. Were afraid fema will give the money only for trimming the trees and not removing them, which would be a disaster, having tall trees for shade is resulting in a lower fire risk than removing them. Began garcetti is leading the charge to s
Going to get hotter. The Weather Service rescinded a heat warning for the bay area. Were going to have several days of high temperatures for this time of the year. We have Team Coverage for you on the heat and fire season were live but lets begin with live doppler seven hd. Heat is on, here is hiv doppler 7 hd showing sunny skies out there but nothing going to prevent temperatures from continuing to rise notice inland locations had highs into upper 80s 91 degrees in gilroy 81 here in San Francisco. Its going to get hotter over the next couple days. Strips of coastal areas sh high temperatures ranging from 95 to 100 inland theyll be in 90s around the bay. There is a risk of heatrelated illness. And looking live now blue skies and well take a look at air quality, which is declining as temperatures rise, tomorrow will be the second spare the air day. Poor air quality inland east bay and santa clara valley. Ill show how hot going to get in just a few minutes spencer talking about hot weath
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