Changed the course of world war ii. She will bespeaking tonight about her new book , the great secret, the classified world war ii that launched the war on cancer. Thank you for joining us. Thank you and i want to thank the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight. Alas, its virtually but im here at my desk. Myfirst zoom presentation so bear with me everyone. Im thinking right now i should have a little bit of wine but anyway here we go. Lets start us off with a quote from winston churchill. He had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across it to most of them themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. Lieutenant colonel Stuart Francis alexander, our hero is not long off. In fact, you refused to leave the scene of a military disaster even though churchill warned him to. He stayed and investigated and as a result he recognized a never before seen symptoms of dying sailors that might have lifesaving implications for others inthe future. This is the story of one intrep
Now at 11, we can be just 19 days away from the first coronavirus vaccines hitting the bay area. Tonight, how two hospitals are getting ready. There are a lot of moving pieces as far as education and safety. Lots of finger pointing following a deadly stabbing at a san jose church. Why city leaders say could have been invented. We are less than an hour away from thanksgiving. I will have your hour by hour forecast. Despite the warnings, millions of americans are traveling for thanksgiving. We will show you the bay area holiday rush. Now at 11 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a live look at San Francisco where healthcare workers could become some of the first to get coronavirus vaccines. And it could happen in just a few weeks. Reporter because the Pfizer Vaccine has to be kept so called it is unlikely he could be transported in the air instead it will likely have to be shipped around the country via truck. The first dose of the pfizers coronavirus vaccines could reach ucsf and zuckerberg
Right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our exclusive Sales Force Tower camera as we look out at pier 39 and coit tower on this thanksgiving morning. It is thursday, november 26th. Im michelle grego. Happy thanksgiving. Lets get to that all important forecast. The cold out there this morning. We went back down into the mid30s in places again this morning. San jose getting close to it. Most inland spots, weve got plenty of clear skies. The number in sap jose is 42. Already 36 in livermore an 38 in concord. A bit of a breeze out there as well to go along with nothing but blue skies. I doubt you will note i the weather much at all. It will probably be one of the last things on your mind. You wont have to think about it at awful mid60s, sunny, maybe a breeze. Are we doing traffic on a day like thanksgiving in lets all find out together. No, we are not. I just found out an was apparently the only one would didnt know. The all good. A new record for califo
Welcome everybody to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webx. Some members are appearing in person. Let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the attending physician, all individuals attending the hearing in person must wear a face mask unless you are speaking. Members not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for these members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as webx as active speaker view. The timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with webx by now, but let me remind you of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing, whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webx set to active speak
I and delighted to welcome an accomplished author and the administrative director of the Manhattan Project and the author of New York Times bestsellers with the british spy ring and wartime washington and in tuxedo park speaking to her new book the great secret. Thank you for joining us. Also thank you to the museum for inviting me to be with you tonight my first zoom presentation. Bear with me. Now im thinking i should have had wine. Winston churchill had a way with words. Men occasionally stumble across the truth but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing is happened Lieutenant Colonel Francis Alexander the remarkable humor of my book and in fact refused to leave the scene of a military disaster when churchill himself warned him to. And investigated and recognize the never before seen symptoms in a group of dying sailors to have lifesaving implications in the future. And then turns a chemical weapons report into a stepping stone and a tragedy into a medical triumph. To t