Clipper and George Hammond culture of the amenities forum which organized todays event. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime if we had them here you in half or so ago from the accidental president. His last book, and this time we have a virtually from his home, and were going to talk about his new book about a 1940 election. Were going back 72 years to another electionyear and you will be amazed at exactly how similar it sound in some ways. Another with a different but in some ways. Whats different is the politicians were all younger than they are today. Thats one big difference. But a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Just a very good read by the way. Very good read. Outstanding. I want to say a couple things first. Thank you so much for having the. The the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and you are doing this virtual. A lot of people are going to painandsuffering china for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was s
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Im happy to welcome back. We had him here a year and a half or so ago. We will talk about the new book the 1948 election and you will be amazed of exactly how similar it sounds in other ways different. Whats different is the politicians were all younger so that is one big difference but take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. Thank you for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a great place to be. Here we are i know for myself books im streamlining books can transport you to another time and place and during all of this its been a blessing. Regarding the last time i was with you i had already started the book to talk about the accidental president and i planned the book to come out during the cycle. It would be relevant and it would give me an opportunity to talk about things that matter. I found a whole bunch of material i didnt expect to find and elements in our life conspired in such a way that it begins to feel everything i was writing about was no longer taking plac
Bit more of that today as we do see return of moderate conditions for air quality for most of the bay area, not enough to stay inside, but just enough that were not those Crystal Clear skies we had once been saying 40s and 50s for most of the bay, although its another chilly one for the north bay take a look at fairfield the votto petaluma and santa rosa this morning, each falling into the upper 30s. Santa rosa right now youre the cool spot at 38 degrees. Robin all right, thank you for the update john now lets update your morning commute because its picking up out there, especially on 92 are checking a trip across the san mateo bridge there it is and you see its crawling right thats a westbound traffic right there leaving hayward and its been stopping go since the 4 oclock hour and only heavier now so were at 40 minutes and growing which is still a very quick trip off to the peninsula here the bay bridge toll plaza 80 west, no delays at all so come on and were at 12 minutes to fremont
Remain calm throughout the day today with winds remaining very light. Thats the same as yesterday air quality a lot like yesterday, not necessarily ideal were back to moderate conditions for areas like napa concord Oakland Hayward fremont and san jose so not the most Crystal Clear quality weve had but we do have the sunshine comfortable temperatures. All in all its definitely shaping up to be a lot better right now temperatures are in the 40s and 50s for most of us, although we do have or turn to the 30s for a couple spots in the north bay like santa rosa and fairfield each sitting at 39 degrees right now so layer up where the middle of fall now temperatures start to give it cooler especially during the morning hours. Robin thank you john lets update the morning drive because the early birds have to get to work right there already out there so if you want to join these folks do it now because you have a delay free trip into San Francisco are taking a live look at 80. I dont see any pro