Containment. Turning wastewater into clean drinking water. The new proposal for california and what needs to happen before it ends up in your glass. Plus, billion dollar dreams. Well show you how big the Mega Millions will be for tonights drawing. This is today in the bay. Thanks so much for joining us on this friday morning. It is august 4th. Im kris sanchez, here for marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Certainly always friyay around here. The morning commute, hopefully its light, and well enjoy the forecast today as well. Its going to be fairly mild, a little warmer than weve seen. We have a cool morning. As youre getting ready to head out in dublin, were starting out with a few clouds here and there. It is mostly clear in the trivalley and temperatures are in the upper 50s. We are going to see upper 50s for the next few hours, but then we see clearing as we go into late morning, and by 11 00 its all clear and temperatures will be just a touch warmer compared to yesterday. Were up to
[inaudible conversations] the microphone is right on you. You have two of them theyll be both here. But theyre not on. Just went on right now. [laughter] all right ladies and gentlemen how are we tonight in so welcome to the American Writers Museum i would like to get everybodys attentions as we have a special guest with us tonight. The American Writers Museum is where we celebrate the impact that writers have had on American History and our culture and our daily life now on our wall and exhibit heres here at m fiction and spirituality and politics, and it is not a hyperbole to say that many of them wrote words that changed the course of history. From Thomas Jefferson declaring independence to wells demanding accountability americans writers have forever challenged the status quo, and advocated fearlessly for the rights of all to be heard. Awm surprise bookshelf series shows a man work and words held government accountable this a new book be doomsday machine is latest chapter many a li
Distortions the way the story was told and other public records. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Were back now with more live original to of thing a annual gaithersburg festival. Melvin goodman will talk about his time with the cia. [inaudible discussion] welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. Im audrey and im washington independent review of books representative here helping at this festival. Its a city that proudly supports the arts and humanity. Were pleased to gripping you this fabulous event thanks to the generous support of sponsors and volunteers. When you see them, please say thanks. A few announcements. Please silence your cell phones. If youre on social media, use the hash tag gbs and i think i see gbs17. Your feedback is valuable to us. Surveys are able. By submitting a century ray you will be entered into a drawing for a 100 series to gift card. Melvin goodman will be signing books after the presentation. Copies of his book right here are on
Jacobson assumption until i decided to work on the book. It was a strange gift for the works. Coming to it with no background and completely clean, meant that i could mime mine own memories and layer in this information that i was learning. It wasnt like one of the things i often said about this work as i was doing it is i didnt come with a story to tell. I didnt come saying i have this whole story i need to impart to you. The look is the attempt to put together the pieces. One of the most important things about the work is when i realized i was reading about it film and with it in mind i might want to write something about it after my father died, i realized that no one really talked about it as a whole movie. It is interesting that you brought that up. People talk about it as evidence, as an artifact that ended up being worth a lot of money, people talk about it as a culture touch stone. People look at it as a lens in which you can look at media, ethics and changing waz. But for our
For a 100 series to gift card. Melvin goodman will be signing books after the presentation. Copies of his book right here are on sale the politic and prose tent. This is a free event but helps the book city of if you buy a book. The more books we sell another our events, the more publishers want to send the authors here to speak with us, and purchasing books from our partner, politic and prose. Benefiting our local economy. So we hope youll buy a book today, or several books. Melvin goodman was a soviet analyst the cia in the department of state for 24 years and a professor of International Relations the National War College for 18 years. He serve the u. S. Army in athens, greece, for three years and was intelligence adviser from 1971 to 72. Is the working for the center for International Policy in washington, dc and adjunct professor of government at Johns Hopkins university. His latest bikes hissing blower the cia an insiders condition to the politics of intelligence and coauthor edi