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Welcome to the mornings on at nine. It is good to be back in the good actually have some cooler temperatures out there playing a role in the firefighter there in the county. Really some good news for a change when it comes to the contained fire which fire crews are making significant progress the fires go just one square mile overnight to 120 square miles the real positive news is that containment has doubled from 15, to 30 now while severe wind gusts remain a concern high wind advisor was canceled overnight because wind was not as strong as predicted. They estimate that this fire will be full...

Rallies took place over the weekend. Israeli air strikes in gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks have killed two palestinians. And now Israeli Military says it was targetinging hamas making facilities and palestinian president is saying he will not meet with Mike Pence Visit next week. There were major protests outside rome over president decision and some of americas closest allies are upset over unnecessary conflict in a volatile region. President trump on hand in opening of Civil Rights Museum in jackson, mississippi, this museum takes visitors through the state history through segregatio...

Statue of liberty. It is often told as a very uplifting and romantic story where immigrants become americans, but not many of us know the history of immigration through angel island. This is the immigration station in San Francisco, and it is an important site not only for what happened back then in the early 20th century but also because it is so timely today. It is timely because when we pick up any newspaper we see headlines like this. This is just from last week. Reps slam obamas immigration town hall. Obama ill fight any attempt to reverse immigration action. Moving forward to fix our bro...

Immigrants in over 250 facilities across the country. So 429,000 people, immigrants were detained in 2011. That translates into about 33,400 beds a day. Advocates argue that the majority of detentions are not actually necessary. So, remember that detentions in ellis island were about one to two days. Angel island, as hard as they were, averaged in the two to three weeks. Today incarceration periods range from 37 days to 10 months. So we have 300,000 immigrants who were detained in angel island over 30 years compared to in 2011 alone, this is the most recent statistics, 429,000 in one year. So,...