Up next here on American History tv, their second debate which focused on Foreign Policy. Good evening from the Municipal Auditorium in kansas city. I am dorothy ridings, the president of the league of women voters, the sponsor of this final president ial debate of the 1984 campaign between republican Ronald Reagan and democrat walter mondale. Our panelists for tonights debate on defense and Foreign Policy issues are georgie anne geyer, syndicated columnist for universal press syndicate; marvin kalb, chief Diplomatic Correspondent for nbc news; morton kondracke, executive editor of the new republic magazine; and henry trewhitt, Diplomatic Correspondent for the baltimore sun. Edwin newman, formerly of nbc news and now a syndicated columnist for king features, is our moderator. Ed. Dorothy ridings, thank you. A brief word about our procedure tonight. The first question will go to mr. Mondale. Hell have 21 2 minutes to reply. Then the panel member who put the question will ask a followup.
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
Damage. More than 8,000 structures still threatened as we wake up this morning. Yeah, when you saw metal would go down just big recognizable places like big wineries and then peoples homes, this is the circle of where the fire is burning east of saint and Calistoga Napa county and east of santa rosa. In Sonoma County. They dont know the cause they just know that this fire spread rapidly with the heavy winds and were still under a warning for that so theres 0 containment were continuing to follow the latest 60,000 people have been evacuated, including the entire town of calistoga kron fours will tran has been live for us there in napa county. Bringing us up to speed on the latest firefighting efforts and will they were working to save a home this morning looks like they were successful for now. For now they are actually having their breakfast because theyve been working nonstop for pretty much 48 hours so those heroes are next and a fire truck in front of the house just finally getting
In place today at 1 oclock goes into effect take a look at your map now you can see the most of the bay area is in pain which means the red flag warning going into one this afternoon is for these areas, the glass fire region where that fire is burning in the north bay east bay hills Santa Cruz Mountains the last time we saw a red flag warning was when that glass fire erupted over the weekend. So this is time to have that go bag ready and take it seriously theyre going to be northwest winds of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. We also will have those dry conditions that are just showed you across the bay area and that was low humidity. Thats whats bad thats what causes a fire of a power alert is going in effect at 3 this afternoon theyre asking people to conserve electricity. So we can avoid a power outage. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close blinds and drapes keep your home cool and dont use ma
Flag warning we want to go to kron 4 Sarah Stinson first in the field in concord for a look at the conditions there sarah. Sorry im live here highway 4 above conquered were look behind me looks like a fog is all covering around me thats actually haziness air quality not so great this morning as we head into a triple digit day here in concord take a look so theres a red flag warning in effect goes in effect at one this afternoon and its not just here in concord are in the east bay is also up where the glass fire is burning in the north bay going to be a difficult fight for those firefighters as we head into awful conditions east bay hills Santa Cruz Mountains also in this red flag warning the last time we saw this morning the glass fire erupted over the weekend. So now more than ever its time to take this seriously weve seen the aftermath of what these conditions can produce theyre going to be northwest winds of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. We also have