Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori
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From ktvu. Reporter weve seen some of the waves breaking over the pier, even over the barriers they have been so high. And thats happened even at low tide. Authorities want to warn people that this High Surf Advisory could be continuing through tomorrow morning and bring dangerous conditions. Reporter the first day of 2020 brought people to the edge of the Pacific Ocean to relax and reflect. But high surf brought powerful waves barrelling toward the shore, packing a punch at pacifica pier. We just happened to be coming through town and saw the waves and thought wed come out here and get a little closer look. Is this the first time ive ever seen them this high. We were hoping for a nice walk on the pier. Reporter a High Surf Advisory for new years day warned wavewatchers down the coast to half moon bay. Conditions like, this it can pull you out, theres rip currents. Its best to stay away, even if youre standing next to the water. Youve been hearing about all these sneaker waves. Those c
Delays is when there are crashes. Now there was a crash earlier on the altamonte pass approach 580 at greenville and this commute. Now part of it is just the truck traffic. If you look at the rest of the east bay were off to a good start. Well check that and look at the south bay commute in sdprus a few minutes. Just a few minutes. At least one man was taken into custody after a suspicious fire in a san jose apartment building. It started in the carport area of the altera apartments. Ktvus alyssa harington there this morning with the latest information. Good morning. Yeah, a bomb squad had to be called to the scene after reports that a device may have been used to ignite this fire. Residents had to be evacuated dozens of them were seen standing in the parking lot as investigators arrived to the scene some neighbors say that the fire woke them up and they tried to fight it themselves. They also tried to explain a strange smell. Suspicious canisters and broken glass. Firefighters, police
I am back with my work family. Did you enjoy the break . Did. I did. I was dancing in the living room a couple of times. There may be video out there. Who knew . It is nice to be back. I know a lot of people are coming back on january 6. School is still out right now until next week. I do have an interesting story i want to share. I want to run it by you guys. A ski resort in lake tahoe is facing a lawsuit about harken piece. They are claiming fraud and breach of contract. The resort said they would charge 20 a day at a parking lot that used to be free to park in. Skiers said they bought their passes before the new policy was announced so they should not have to pay the fees. North star said they do not comment on pending litigation. We were at northstar this weekend everybody was about that. The closed lots, you have to pay for. This was a bigger lot farther away, and you took a shuttle over. All of a sudden, they are charging for. People were really surprised. A lot of the other reso