Reporter that meeting between the president and county and state emergency officials in california wrapped up just minutes ago. Emergency officials spoke and informed the president of the 20 night significant active wildfires that are currently bring across our state. As we know, those fires have claimed lives, destroyed thousands of homes and have left much of Northern California and really a lot of the metro areas across the west coast in a constant cloud of smoke and unhealthy air. It was against this backdrop that the present touchdown in in Northern California on air force one. He was at mcclellan park, a former air brace airbase where they landed. He wrapped up that briefing with state and county emergency official. Gov. Gavin newsom set to the right of the present and the tone between the two leaders was professional and crowded, the reasons be hind the fires are a political flashpoint between the president and some democratic governors and west pick drought like conditions and
[shouting] mr. Chairman, my fellow americans my fellow democrats, i proudly accept the nomination of our party. [applause] this moment, this moment is one of personal pride and gratification. One cannot help but reflect the sadness that we feel over the troubles and the violence which have erupted in the streets of this great city. And for the personal injuries which have occurred. That is Hubert Humphrey accepting the 1968 democratic nomination for president. The democrats had gathered for the convention in the midst of the vietnam war while thousands of protesters demonstrated outside. Hubert humphrey is the focus of this weeks program. We are live from Minnesota History center. Mick caouette is the documentarian of Hubert Humphreys life. We are standing in the middle of an exhibit about the tumultuous year of 1968. I want you to set the stage for people. This country was in an uproar about the vietnam war. Set the stage. The vietnam war had been going on for 15 years. It was obvious
Well never forget and forgive the still. President. The belarus Opposition Leader calls Police Violence against protesters the governments worst mistake and tells aljazeera the president must go. And russian Opposition Leader alexina valley is airlifted to germany where hes being treated for suspected poisoning. Welcome to the program the u. S. House of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system that threatened mail in voting ahead of the president ial election politicians voted to give the agency 25000000000 dollars and rejected reforms that would have slowed mail delivery the fight over the Postal Service has become a key election issue democrats accuse the head of the Postal Services of trying to undermine mail delivery to benefit President Donald Trump the Postal Service had warned that they could not guarantee that ballots cast by mail would arrive in time to be counted or she able towns are caused by the following events for us from capitol hill the hou
This happy occasion preserves unbroken a convention which began with president to get our roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience, but tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as behemoth among moral leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid succession of communist aggression as millions of people were behind the fire reaching iron curtain. I have been buying the stalemate of the stalemate in korea, the inflation in our homeland which was eating up the savings and traveling the motors of our Free Enterprise economy. Here there is a man trained in lower who would be acclaimed by future generations as the man who laid the foundations of peace. [applause] and more, he is our president whom we love with a deep and abiding affection. [applause] welcome to the Commonwealth Club of california, i am george hammond. Along with the staff at the Commonwealth Club, the staff has helped to put you always online programs. We did
Im. Sick of coronavirus rules tens of thousands defined social gathering bans in europe to protest against measures designed to control the pandemic cooler weather on the way how should we balance personal rights cloud with choosing new infections this is inside story. Below that welcome to the program im hala my hed seen restrictions meant to help stop the spread of covert 19 theyre not going away anytime soon as governments ease locked ins theyve imposed Safety Measures like mandatory face coverings and social distancing but people are growing increasingly frustrated with those rules in europe tens of thousands of protesters have defied bans on Mass Gatherings the socalled anti corona rallies attracted conspiracy theorists and vaccine campaigners as well as far left and far right groups who say the measures violate personal freedoms but government leaders insist the restrictions must stay in place especially as cooler months approach in the Northern Hemisphere will bring in our guest