System, was it lucky or inevitable, is this lecture. The whole story of the nixon tapes has been only partially told, taking years to gather and find out what happened. Since it is one of the most important factors in the watergate story, its important to get that history straight. And we are going to try to do that in a very summary fashion. Id like to remind you that other president s did tape, starting with Franklin Roosevelt who used when they first went to talking movies and had a soundtrack, he had a system that was put in the oval office that recorded. Im going to try a very, very quick sample let me go back a quick sample of roosevelt taping. Let me go back. [video clip] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] all right, all right, to give a sample, thats kind of amazing when you think of somebody today, when we have cell phones talking about the breakthrough in that presidency of a walkietalkie that was so heavy they had to carry it on their back. Nixon got the idea of
What were seeing now. Huge flames roaring outside of yosemite tonight. Firefighters have been unable to tame them. This is a terrifying fire. The governor declared a local state of emergency because of the rim fire. So did the city which operates a camp and gets water and power from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir there. The fire is sprou shaeding up and down the canyon. And toured the community of Pine Mountain lake. Highway 120 into yosemite is still closed. The winds have picked up had afternoon. But today, the day began with a red flag warning lifted enabling firefighters to makeup ground lost after the fire tripled in acreage. This fire exploded out of control when just the wind banned the flames. This is a very complex fire. Just unique fire behavior. But at tack continues to play a key role pounding the fire with retardant and water one of the main ways to fight the fire because much is not accessible. Folks the camp which serves special needs kids thought the facility was a fire wit
Special needs kids thought the facility was a fire with a wall of fire but they believe its standing because of the strategy from above. You can see the drop of 13,000,000 gallons of retardant. Dry brush is providing fueye7 and crews cant seem to work fast enough to gain progress. I think theyre going need to go faster. I agree with you. The evacuation as ply to Pine Mountain lake. Many left, others are waiting until it gets worse but are ready to evacuate. Just wanted to get pets out and computers and a fox of clothes. That is about it. Some dont know what to do because of the messages of where the planes are headed. Everyone has mixed messages. Now you can see the big clouds of smoke billowing up there. So purists will have to use other entrances if they want to visit the park. Nannette, thank you we have more information the park will remain open but will take you longer to get there. So what will it be like when you arrive . George warren is in Yosemite Valley tonight. Standing her
That it would be two minutes. Were waiting for him to show up. The nra is americas premiere gun rights lobby. It may be facing its biggest challenge in years as Many Americans shocked, they were shocked by newtown and theyre calling for tougher restrictions on guns and ammunition, and while we wait for the groups executive director to appear, Wayne Lapierre, i want to bring in several of my colleagues now. First off, wolf blitzer is here, Jessica Yellin is at the white house, dana bash on capitol hill, and Jeffrey Toobin is in new york for us. As we wait, wolf, lets start with you. Is this, in fact, a turning point for guns in america . Do you think well hear anything like that in this press conference . I know a lot of attitudes have hardened as a result of what has happened over the past week in newtown, connecticut. You were there, i was there, and people all over the country and all over the world are outraged by the horrible nature of that massacre that occurred at the Elementary
If they get ill, lose pay, or feel they need to self isolate. I can indeed confirm that we will do. We will be bringing forward legislation to protect private renters from eviction. Supermarkets take action to reduce stockpiling and panic buying. The bbc suspends filming of hit dramas like eastenders and casualty, and this years Glastonbury Festival and Eurovision Song Contest are both called off. Good afternoon. Schools across much of the uk look set to close their doors and shut down by the end of the week. The governments in scotland and wales have already said schools there will close from friday, as part of the effort to control the Coronavirus Crisis. And in the next half an hour, an announcement is expected from downing street on schools in england. Lets look at the days other main developments. Around the world, confirmed cases of the virus have now surpassed 200,000. Here, the number of people who have tested positive has jumped by more than 600, to 2,626. Its feared there are