Representatives and a member of the advisory meeting on the records of congress, to which the legislative records reports twice annually. He is a longtime friend and supporter, as well as a source of guidance to the center through his service on the advisory committee. Matts here today to discuss hispanic americans in congress, 18222012, which was published last year. This is the third in a series that has come out of the house office of the historian under leadership, the previously published volumes being women in congress 19172006, and black americans in congress, 18702007, published in 2008. The total page count for these three volumes is 2573, and still counting. I believe there is a fourth volume in the works. [laughter] so, this series obviously represents a very substantial effort for which were all grateful and eager to hear about this latest publication and thank you so much for joining us, matt. Matt thanks for inviting me. Its a pleasure to be here. Pleasure to see so many
Is our smoke forecast, those red and purple colors end lating that intense smoke for us. More on a heat wave in store for us in the extended forecast coming up. Gianna . Good morning. A Traffic Alert continues sow to 1 connector to south 808 is completely shut down as fire crews and emergency crews work on an accident involving an overturned vehicle. Theyve got a lot of activity there on scene. They have called out tow crews to the scene as well. So hopefully theyll be clearing this shortly. But in the meantime, traffic is still closed in that area for that connector south 101 over to south 880. Were starting to see a few brake lights also northbound 101 working your way out of the south bay in that area as you approach the 280 and 680 connector. Traffic is getting busy in the Altamont Pass. Ill take a look at the bay bridge coming up in my next report. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. And we are continuing to follow this shooting investigation going on right now in san jose. Thi
And yet when we talk to a family one thing on sits. On in sport professional rugby players in new zealand dont park on the Training Field we report on the countrys efforts to secure its National Schools financial future. Now china is accusing the United States of avoiding responsibility and shifting the blame for mishandling the Coronavirus Crisis to President Trump threatened to permanently halt funding to the World Health Organization that means the w. H. O. Would lose its single largest contributor the us gave more than 400000000 dollars last year trump issue the threat of the lesser to the head of the organization which he then posted on twitter in it he accused the w. H. O. Of mistakes and inaction you write it is clear the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to the pandemic. Have been extremely costly for the wilds he also accused officials of backing china writing the only way forward for the World Health Organization is if it can actually demonstrate in
Were looking at overnight road work wrapped early this morning so we didnt have a full overnight closure. We just had some lanes closed on that southbound side between the e between 23rd an 29th. Just double checked with caltrans and all those cones are picked up. No delays. East bay commute looking good this morning. Golden gate bridge one of those areas we are seeing some of of that fog so you can some visibility issues but so far thats a quiet commute from the north bay as well. This morning parents and teachers at a marin County School are wondering what happens now. A fire sparked at dichlsy elementary yesterday just three weeks from the start of their school year. Tiffany wilson live for us in san rafael. Tiffany. Reporter good morning. Well there is typically a troush get things ready for the start of any school year and thats without a fire to deal School Officials r officiasay i early to tell whether the classrooms 8 be ready august 24th. Theyre hoping to get a better look at
Westbound 580 near san ramon road just past the 680 interchange hearing the left to lanes are blocked. Thats a tough spot to have anything blocking. And then once you get past it were still in recovery mode through Castro Valley, about a threemile backup. We did have a crash just before 880 that cleared about ten minutes ago. Parents and type offers at a marin County School are wondering what happens now. This fire sparked at Dixie Elementary School its three weeks away from the start of the school year. Tiffany wilson live for us in san rafael. Tiffany. Reporter good morning, reggie, natasha. School Officials Say its too early to tell whether the four affected classrooms will be ready for the start of school on august 20 fourth. This fence was put up over the summer for construction work thats being done here, some of the workers who just arrived didnt even know about the fire yesterday. But firefighters say that a roof that was getting replaced sparked the fire. Heavy black smoke gre