In tehran, the American Embassy is in the hands of several hundred iranian students. 52 americans were being held hostage in iran, during an Election Year and there was no end in sight. It must be made clear that the failure to the release the hostages will involve increasingly heavy cost to iran and to its interests. In 1980, jimmy carter and his staff believed that if they could show progress in freeing the hostages that would be enough, that would take him over. Larry is director on of the university of Virginia Center for politics. What they did not count on, is that the promises from the cy before the tuesdays election. So, basically americans were told right before they went to the polls, that it was either hopeless or they had better try somebody new who would try new things to get the hostages back. So that was an october surprise that jimmy carter thought was going to help him, but it reversed. It helped reagan instead. 1980, might have been when the term october surprise was
The Memorial Ceremony for Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is underway in u. S. Statuary hall. Were going to hear shortly from the speaker of the house, and has noted, Justice Ginsburg is making history even in death because she is the first woman to lie in state, a trailblazer in so many ways. And as jan crawford has reported, this is so rare even for a Supreme Court justice to lie in state. She is the second justice ever following only chief Justice William taft who of course was president before he became chief justice. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. It is with profound sorrow and deep sympathy to the ginsburg family that i have the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg to lie in state in the capitol of the United States. She does so on the built for abraham lincoln. May she rest in peace. Ladies and gentlemen, ms. Denyce graves, accompanied by ms. Laura ward. Deep river my home is over jordon deep rive
San jose, 103 santa rosa, low to mid 90s around the bay as well. Because of this heat, san jose is opening cooling centers for today. Those will be open starting at 11 00 and the library in san jose will be open starting at 1 00 p. M. Today just to give people some relief from the heat. Were also talking about that dangerous fire weather conditions with the red flag warning that will in effect for north bay mountains. It does include the glass fire as well as east bay hills diablo range and Santa Cruz Mountains. We will see winds kick up and lower relative humidity values, critical fire weather conditions today into tomorrow. Lets check in on the latest on road closures due to the glass fire. Its a laundry list of closures on surface streets. I will stick with highways such as 128, 29, highway 12, some of the larger thorough fairs that remain shut down. These areas will be closed until further notice. East and west bound, highway 12 from mount hawk way to trinity road, north and south
Just a few days. What does it mean for the oracle deal . Allegations of retaliation and a coverup at san jose state. We have the details on ofcials reportedly involved. Some schools preparing to reopen in San Francisco. How far teachers will have to go to protect their students. Kids need to be in school. This is what it is about. The new evacuations from the bobcat fires several communities under threat as the blaze creeps closer. It is friday, september 18th. We are keeping an eye on air quality. There is more fresh air on the way. That could change a bit as we go into the weekend. Definitely, breathe at all in. That clean and fresh air across the bay area because changes as early as tomorrow with the return of our smoke. We have good air quality and this is so great to see, once again as we start up our friday. We will continue with good to moderate air quality through the day. It is a foggy start and there is some patchy drizzle all because of that strong onshore flow kicking in. I
Deputies is held on more than 6 million bail. Find out how investigators identified him. Pressure to stay open. Well investigate claims federal officials pushed a local Health Department to let a poultry plant stay open during a deadly coronavirus outbreak. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Biden is too weak to lead this country. His supporters were saying he should cancel the rest of the debate. The Debate Commission looking into change iing. I dont know who proud boys are, but they have to stand down. President trump walking back his comments about White Supremacists. They are very proud of it. It said proud boys. Stand down but stand by. Thousands of airline employees are about to lose their jobs when a federal aid program is about to run out. If theres a fair compromise, were prepared to do it. We didnt have days, we had minutes. There was no time. The death toll continues to climb from the devastating wildfires in californias wine country. Everything we