more frequent skin tense. joining me to explain why is scott stevens, professor of fire science at uc berkeley, welcome. so far this year we ve been hundreds of square miles of acreage burned in wildfires in california. how does this compare to previous years? southern california and central california are ahead. i think we ve had a real dry period in southern california. el nino year, usually that means 150% precipitation in southern cal, this year they got about 75%. very dry. they really are ahead, they have really dry conditions. north of the golden gate we haven t had that many fires. as you alluded to there s a terrible fire in lake county. will things get worse as september and october roll around? that s when the santa ana winds kick in. that s right. we go into later into the season, we would expect worse conditions. especially in southern california. the santa anas come in october, november. really severe winds out of the east. that s our worst season. calif
more frequent skin tense. joining me to explain why is scott stevens, professor of fire science at uc berkeley, welcome. so far this year we ve been hundreds of square miles of acreage burned in wildfires in california. how does this compare to previous years? southern california and central california are ahead. i think we ve had a real dry period in southern california. el nino year, usually that means 150% precipitation in southern cal, this year they got about 75%. very dry. they really are ahead, they have really dry conditions. north of the golden gate we haven t had that many fires. as you alluded to there s a terrible fire in lake county. will things get worse as september and october roll around? that s when the santa ana winds kick in. that s right. we go into later into the season, we would expect worse conditions. especially in southern california. the santa anas come in october, november. really severe winds out of the east. that s our worst season. calif
more frequent skin tense. joining me to explain why is scott stevens, professor of fire science at uc berkeley, welcome. so far this year we ve been hundreds of square miles of acreage burned in wildfires in california. how does this compare to previous years? southern california and central california are ahead. i think we ve had a real dry period in southern california. el nino year, usually that means 150% precipitation in southern cal, this year they got about 75%. very dry. they really are ahead, they have really dry conditions. north of the golden gate we haven t had that many fires. as you alluded to there s a terrible fire in lake county. will things get worse as september and october roll around? that s when the santa ana winds kick in. that s right. we go into later into the season, we would expect worse conditions. especially in southern california. the santa anas come in october, november. really severe winds out of the east. that s our worst season. calif
hinojosa: in every movie role he s had, from dances with wolves to the last of the mohicans to avatar he brings depth and authenticity to the characters he plays, changing the way audiences see native americans. legendary actor wes studi. i m maria hinojosa. this is one on one. wes studi, you are an amazing actor, the star of. well, let s just say avatar, dances with wolves, last of the mohicans, geronimo. what an honor to have you on our program. i have to tell you, i want to go to a movie that came out several years ago geronimo, an american legend. because you were. you carried that movie. i m sure many of our viewers saw that. the moment that i want to talk about for a second is the moment when you first appear onscreen in that movie. and when you are looking at the american soldiers, and you have this look. the camera just kind of zeroes in on your face, and you have this look of distrust, disdain, and interest, and you captured that so well. and i just said it has to
undocumented immigrants in the u.s., mainly those who committed a crime. his plan would also provide no amnesty meaning there would be no path to legal status. he also reiterated his plan to build that wall along the mexican border. as for who will pay for the wall, well that tonight depends on who you ask. more on trump s speech. laura? jessica, trump s speech in arizona was billed as his chance to clarify his controversial immigration policy. supporters say he did just that. but critics say we ve heard it all before. we will build a great wall along the southern border. reporter: delivering his highly anticipated speech on immigration, donald trump sounded tough as ever. i am going to create a new special deportation task force focused on identifying and quickly removing the most dangerous criminal illegal immigrants in america who have evaded justice. just like hillary clinton has evaded justice. okay? reporter: why the difference stance than earlier in the day i
to everyone who voted, i want you to know that i hear you. for the two-thirds of voters who chose not to participate in the process yesterday, i hear you, too. the midterm election has drastically changed the political landscape. now it s time for some in washington to face new realities. for the next two years, republicans will control both the senate and house. abc news reporter karen travers live in washington, d.c. with the latest on the changes and the impact they will have on congress. karen? reporter: good evening. four years ago, president obama called his party s midterm losses a shellacking. today he wouldn t take the bait and said republicans had a good night last night. that s a bit of an understatement. he also said the focus now needs to be on making the next two years as productive as possible and the way to do that, is to work with republicans. president obama did not sugar coat it. obviously republicans had a good night. they deserve credit for runn
a large number of races for the house and various governorships are too close to call but the big pie is for control of the senate where 36 seats are at stake. republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. our background tracker finds out if republicans have a better than even shot of taking control. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. anne-marie, good morning. if republicans gain those six seats or greater in the senate as they are expected to, the gop will control the house and the senate for the first time since 2005. now, that prospect has democrats doing all they can to get voters out to try to save their majority. voters take to the polls today in an election that will determine which party controls the senate. turnout in midterm elections is notoriously low, but some polling stations have prepared for large numbers. this is not fighting for voters there s so many incentives. reporter: republican kentucky senator mitch mcconnell is
costly midterm election ever. a large number of races for the house and various governorships are too close to call but the big ties are for the senate. with 36 seats at stake. republicans need six seats to take control of the senate. our background tracker finds out if republicans have a better chance of taking control. susan mcginnis is in washington. good morning. anne-marie, good morning. if republicans gain those six seats or greater in the senate as they are expected to, the gop will control the house and the senate for the first time since 2005. now, that prospect has democrats doing all they can to get voters out to try to save their majority. voters take to the polls today in an election that will determine which party controls the senate. turn outin midterm elections is notoriously low, but some polling stations have prepared for large numbers. this is not fighting for voters there s so many incentives. reporter: republican kentucky senator mitch mcconnell i
he was not using his own personal innuendo and i greatly enjoyed it and i hope you have more guests like that but he was right on target this morning. i am calling to say that i think like many people, c-span is wonderful but for criticisms i almost have none and i am a very partisan kind of person and you all do a tremendous job of showing just about every side of everything of the way people look at things in dc and elsewhere. i take my hat off to you. continue to let us know what you think about the programs you re watching. we are live on this friday morning for another look at the midterm election outcomes and how they will impact states and local communities by the governing magazines where it is just getting started. to discuss some specific initiatives but right now i would like to start with the governors races. you ve been tracking bees and predicting the rankings for more than a year as you ve done in several previous cycles. the republican wave that we saw
well, i think the court by citing loving in windsor thinks that there is not much difference between marriage by a same-sex couple and marriage by an interracial couple. they didn t decide the case but they cited it. the trend is certainly in that direction. i think the court it s different from saying what loving stands for. isn t the answer to my question about what happened in 1968 pretty obvious because we have baker in 1973. i think that lawrence, excuse me, that justice kennedy tells us something about how the court may be viewing these cases. i think what he is saying and i think you see it in lawrence and you see it in windsor. the court is saying that back decades ago, certain practices were accepted. now we understand more about these things and we now understand that these are now going to be framed as discriminatory. we didn t know anything about same-sex couples back at the at the time of loving. these were hiding because their conduct was criminalized. i