Cspan three. Brought to you today by your television provider. Many americans thought they were voting to bring our sons home from vietnam in peace and since then 20,000 of our sons have come home in coffins. I have no secret plan for peace. I have a public plan and as one whose heart has ached for the past temperature years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of china on inaugural day. It was 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. He would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. Were live from the museum in mitche mitchell south dakota. Why is it 2 30 in the morning . The reason i think it was embl emblemmatic. And what happened was that as you heard the senator there, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me is one of the most flufl of those that ran for the presidency but was not successful. I think he did two things. One he spoke about that war in ways that no president ial candi
I have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta it was 1972, 2 30 in the morning when George Mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. A few months later, he would lose badly to president Richard Nixon. The contenders. The candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. Acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. Of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. Against the establishment. Senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator mcgovern as one of the most who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was la
Atlas fire in napa county now topping 42,000 acres. The tubbs fire has ballooned to 28,000 acres with 25 containment. The partridge fire has doubled in size. Fires in mendocino has burned 32 acres. A total of 21 people died due to the fires burning. 3500 homes and businesses burned dwn. In Sonoma County the sheriff updated the number of missing people to 285. 13 missing people have been located. Firefighters will get more help fighting the flames. These fires are getting the priority for resources in the state. We have leaned very far forward to get recourses not only from round california but across the country. Ontrol asked that r of the drivers stay of north bay road ways unless they absolutely have to be in the area. The entire city of calistoga is under mandatory Evacuation Order because of the tubbs fire. Loni live at the scene there. Reporter you can see the street, not a lot of action going on. Trucks coming up empty, most of the homes down there have already been evacuated. Ju
Are in affect for geyser vil. Downtown geyser vil is under advisory right now which mean people dont have to evacuate yet. Evacuation in lake crow and boise hot spring and the city of sonoma. And also for boise hot springs and sonoma. The advisory includes arnold drof drive to petaluma avenue. The area were showing you is southwest of the evacuation area. Traffic backed up through downtown sonoma. This is an advisory evacuation which means it is not mandatory not yet. But it means be packed up and ready to go. Absolutely. In fairfield people under volunteer Evacuation Order because of the fire. People who live west of i80 should be ready to evacuate. There are no mandatory Evacuation Orders for fairfield currently. Tst fire burning, atlas fire in napa county now topping 42,000 acres. The tubbs fire has ballooned to 28,000 acres with 25 containment. The partridge fire has doubled in size. Fires in mendocino has burned 32 acres. A total of 21 people died due to the fires burning. 3500 ho
Immediately. Take everything and going. Joining us on the phone is scott alonso with the Sonoma County Emergency Operations center. Scott, can you hear me . Yes, i can. Thanks for having me. Thanks for coming on. I gave a quick thumbnail sketch. Up date us on whats just happened from your perspective. The winds are still flowing in pretty high tonight. Were very concerned that fire activity is still on the rise and in certain areas of the county. We have advisory evacuations that came out of northeast santa rosa a few minutes ago. Were very concerned about the fire in guyserville and in Sonoma Valley like you mentioned so were urging residents if they have received an Evacuation Order to please gather their belongings and leave if its a mandatory evacuation and if anyone has been issued a mandatory evacuation do not return home because its not safe. We need to be able to clear those areas and ensure its safe to return. One thing to point out here, scott, so many areas in and around win