Just in case. At intersection of california state routes 53 and tonight c. H. P. Officers closed traffic prent having anyone from going back in. That is where emma and her son live. Mandatory evacuation in spring valley. That is east of here. They are not letting us in. We are stuck here. Pretty big. Heading toward my house. They do not have anything. She has been on the phone with her husband still at him trying to convince him to being pa up and leave. He is think he will fight the fire but they have not been able to stop it. It is hopeless. You can see some of the rural buildings destroyed, cruise are throwing everything they have at the place including jumbo jet fire retardant bombers and 2,700 firefighters much the rocky fire spread through three county and 54,000 acres. Crews are crying to keep it from doubling again. A few more air tankers will join and 19 helicopters now battling the place. This video shows a helicopter picking up water from clear lake and dropping it on the in
71 islip to bridgeport. 63 poughkeepsie. 75 around central park. We will get to 79 by 9 00. 90 this afternoon with the humidity it will feel like the mid90s. Hot and humid august dog days. Those are coming to an end thursday. We will talk about that in the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up in a moment. How are you doing. Im doing all right. We have an issue with the two trains. We have mechanical problems. Thats downtown near grand concourse you will find the 2 by the 5 line as a result. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit doing fine. Metro north waterbury branch, ongoing work in bridgeport. No major problems at the hudson river crossings. Minor delays across the board. 78 to the westbound side near exit 3, tractor trailer fire extinguished. Crews are out there now trying to clean up the debris from the tractor trailer fire. One lane is open. Then we have 51st, 52nd. Street cleaning rules are in effect. We begin with the developing story out of new jersey. A new Jersey Polic
Host there is a photo that purports to be Thomas Friedman. Tom is younger but it looks like he is accelerating in reverse in that photo. Tom spent his life getting out into the world. Thorough research and speaking to people in every station of life, every walk of life and around the planet. The result is something quite different from the cynicism and snark integration we encounter so often in todays media universe. What we get instead is a pair of rarities, insight and wisdom. They are the product of real reporting and serious reflection. Themselves all too rare. Those qualities could be found in his previous bestselling books and you can find them in his latest, thank you for being thank you for being late an optimists guide to thriving in the age of accelerations. When the editorinchief of bloomberg and former editor of the economist wrote his review of Thomas Friedmans book for the New York Times he rightly observed it is hard to think of any other journalist who has explained as
They have had so dont turn your back from keeping in touch with everybody as your experiences progress. Host if you have been watching live coverage of the National Book festival you saw David Mccullough earlier in conversation with david rubenstein, 2500 people in a packed room waiting in line as you can see around the set, cried ground gathered to see David Mccullough. Raymond in delaware please go ahead. Caller an honor to speak with you, i have many of your books. Can you comment on the most recent elevated efforts to take down our national statues, those that have withstood time for over 150 years, thank you. Guest i find that a complicated and emotionally charged issue. I when the statue was built, when the edifice was created in memory of someone, has a great deal to do with whether or not it is something that ought to come down. The statues to the heroes of the confederacys that were put up in the 1890s were being put up at a time when racism was rampant in the south, black peo
Bestselling author, tom friedman. [inaudible conversations]. From the failing New York Times, the truth is, that the times succeed on some fronts. And the central reason is that it is home to outstanding journalists, a standout among them, is tom friedman. [applause] you may have noticed in the program that there is a photo that purports to be tom friedman. You know, tom is young but looks like he is accelerating in reverse in that photo. Tom has spent his life getting out into the world doing thorough research and speaking to people in every station of life, and walk of life around the planet. The result is something quite different from the cynicism and snark and aggression we encounter so often in todays media universe. What we get instead is a pair of rarities, insight and wisdom. They are the products of real reporting and serious reflection, themselves, all too rare. Those qualities can be found, could be found in toms previous bestselling books, you can find them in toms latest.