Ms. Compton former governor of South Carolina, jim hodges. [applause] former majority leader of the u. S. House of representatives, virginias own eric cantor. [applause] ms. Comes in and finally a , former Senior Adviser and deputy chief of staff in the white house for george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. Carl grove. [applause] ms. Compton doesnt it always seem that the moment we are living in is the most chaotic, the most dysfunctional that we have ever seen in american politics . Except we know looking back at american politics, it is really not. What you all to explore what it is at the federal level and at the state level that has made this government so dysfunctional and so problematic, and how, looking forward, are there ways that all of you can help get past that . When i graduated from college in virginia, i went right into my first job. I covered the Virginia State legislature for Wdbj Television in roanoke. And talk about dysfunctional. The first republican governor had jus
Behavior. The lodge complex fire is 30 contained and burned more 11 square miles. Northeast of mendocino county, the eiler fire has now grown to 32,000 acres. 1900 fire personnel are manning the lines in lassen county. Flames are 45 contain. Full containment is not expected for 11 more days. All highway closures and evacuations have been lifted. The day fire in is nearly out. More than 13,000 acres have been burned since the fire was started by lightning last night. Another fire, be bald fire in shasta county, is 95 contained tonight. A family in hayward is searching for the son who vanished without a trace. His family says 25yearold john cruz has not contacted them for ten days. Today his family passed out fliers, hoping someone has seen hem. They say he disappeared between 1 30 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. Wednesday, july 30th. He left on his bicycle but the family says that is all he has used since the day before he left. Jonathan has not used his cell phone, has not responded, hasnt used t
After 2 30 this afternoon. When they arrived flames were closing in on an Apartment Building and high voltage power lines. Firefighters got the fire under control. A fence was damaged and a resident twisted his ankle while trying to put out the fire. Witnesses said there were explosive sounds before the fire star fire investigators say it did not appear to come from the power lines or transformers so theyre looking for signs of fireworks. The pittsburg fire joins the list of several fires burping in california. The lodge fire is growing after sending eight firefighters to the hospital. Those firefighters, plus five more inmatefirefighters who were burned, were airlifted to the burn center at uc davis last night. The santa clara fingerprints are happen with their families. Theyre seeing extreme fire behavior because of the brought. Larger fuels, the trees and brush are dead. Theyre try, and theyre burning, and theyre creating very large releases of energy which caused that extreme fire