That they agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Back. Host we were introduced a media local writer, years ago and ron, is been very encouraging and have a quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. And of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans and i just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you are. Much a dead no hope for as they were called. Because the average lifespan was 18 months for somebody would do in world war i. World war ii was a game changer. The advent of penicillin, and other drugs. They had surgical units right behind the battlefield. Behind the frontlines. And they had evacuation back to the mainland. And so by the end of world war ii, you had a cohort of about 2500 u. S. Veterans who return home and there are paralyzed they had a chance at a normal life span. And this was the first cohort was quite have t
6 00 friday, critical fire conditions. Well have gusty winds blowing to the southeast. We already have dry fuels that will get dryer and this will become a red flag warning. So be prepared to advantage being eight. And it will be extremely hot tomorrow everywhere but the coast risk of heat illness. In the north bay, an area that was previously under evacuation warning is now an Evacuation Order. Cal fires latest update says that the glass fire has now burned more than 46,000 acres and is just 2 contained. So take a look at this new video that has come into our newsroom of the wildfire raging in calistoga overnight. The area west of 29 and highway 8 is upgraded to an Evacuation Order. Here is time lapse footage from yesterday. Firefighters on the scene tried to keep the fire from spreading, but you can see that the fire line kept moving forward over time. Fire conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days and Amy Hollyfield is up in napa county and well hear more from her coming
Just weeks ago. We are there with those finding hope amid the ruins. A triumphant season for the Los Angeles Lakers. Mvp lebron james leads hess team to their first championship in a decade. What the nba got right to make basketball possible in a pandemic. Happy for the lakers. First, heress todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I have been tested totally negative. I am going to be out in florida tomorrow working very hard because this is the most important election of our lives. President trump says he is now immune to the coronavirus, and his doctors say he can return to the campaign trail. He has been symptomfree for a number of days now without a fever for more than one day. That should make him no longer contagious. I cant imagine that anybody could be doing more. Dr. Fauci is blasting the trump 2020 complain saying a new political ad uses comments out of context. Confirm hearings for Amy Coney Barrett. Unless something dramatic happens all republicans will vote yes and
But you were talking about the dow being in positive territory for the First Time Since september 2nd. Stocks in china reopened after a week long Public Holiday they both jumped by more than 2 the shanghai composite was up by 2. 6 lets take a look at where things stand right now in europe where there is some trading taking place you can see the markets are open there and theres a bit of a mixed picture. Its actually a little bit higher ftse 100 is right around the flat line, andrew. Hey, becky. Weve got so much going on this morning. Weve got this is squawk planner, two major tech events first amazon sales day it begins after it was postponed, if you remember, back in july. Now running two days, starting at midnight tonight eastern time so watch out for that. Ive already scheduled it and then Apple Holding the big event tomorrow the launch event expected to unveil the new iphone. Everybody looking for the new 5g iphone it will include the first major exterior redesign since 2017 and we
Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Salesforce Tower camera as we look out north at Golden Gate Bridge. Good morning everyone, its wednesday, september 23rd. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. To the forecast first, heres mary lee. Good wednesday morning to you len and michelle. Halfway through the workweek. And we are looking at near normal temperatures. Maybe a degree or two warmer compared to yesterday. But still, looking great across the bay area. Good air quality as we start off our day. That clean and fresh air continues for the region with that onshore flow. Now lets show you our daytime highs. Because we are looking at temperatures about upper 60s in San Francisco and mid 70s in oakland and mid 80s for san jose and upper 80s for concord. So looking at a degree to six degrees above average for this time of year although in San Francisco two degrees below average. Well talk about some changes as we look to the weekend and p possibility ely going