We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix
Heavy smoke fills the air. And evacuation orders are in effect. The bear fire is burning in the northern part of Santa Cruz County near highway 35 along bear creek road. Kpix 5s Sandra Osborne reports from Boulder Creek where the fire has been burning since last night. Sandra. Reporter we have been watching as helicopters circled as they are making air drops on the flames in the canyon behind me. Recently we have had a lot of ash falling down on us. We have seen a lot of smoke over the canyon. This fire right now is at 152 acres but the containment is only 5 right now. Now, the good thing is we do not have a lot of wind out here. The bad thing is the amount of smoke were seeing, they have one helicopter making drops right now but because of safety reasons they have to limit the number of air strikes as of right now. Our cameras captured these images of whats being called the bear fire carrying through dry brush and trees along the edge of Bear Creek Canyon this morning. 911 alerted res
Fight back. Dozens of cities are competing for amazons new led quarters and 50,000 new jobs. The areas with the best chances of willing and some say its not worth the price. We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Were probably now i think at least as far as im concerned closer than before. The president plays both sides with mcconnell and bannon. I have a Good Relationship as you know with steve bannon. I like steve a lot. Steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. Standing next to Mitch Mcconnell as hes saying it. Winners make policy. Losers go home. Time is up for isis in raqqa. U. S. Backed Kurdish Forces retaking the isis stronghold. Tom marino is no longer being considered to be the president s drug czar after a 60 minutes the Washington Post investigation. Troubles continue to mount for Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Company board is discussing a potential sale. Scientists have for the first time detected a collision of two collapsed stars
Today, President Trump went further. Invoking one of those families to make a political point. He put the spotlight on his chief of staff, john kelly, urging reporters to ask him whether he had received a call from president obama after his son robert, a u. S. Marine was killed in 2010. I mean you could ask general kelly did he get a call from obama . You could ask other people. I dont know what obamas policy was. White house officials claim to be unaware of mr. Trump had spoke tine kelly before making the remark. The retired marine corps general actively avoided calling attention to his sons death making it clear he does not want tight be exploited. But on a memorial day trip to arlington cemetery, President Trump called attention to the familys loss. Robert died fighting the enemies of all civilizations in afghanistan. Reporter today, despite the president s prodding, kelly decleaned to comment. But a white house official who requested anonymity told cbs news, i can tell you obama di
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