Shirley on campaign 2020. At 8 30, new yorker magazine writer jelani cobb discusses his new pbs frontline documentary policing the police 2020. Host good morning. Its tuesday, september 15, 2020. The house returns this morning at 9 a. M. Eastern and at 10 a. M. Today in the white house, representatives from bahrain, the united arab emirates, and israel gathered to sign an agreement to normalize relations. We begin this morning back on the campaign trail yesterday as President Trump met with california officials overseeing the response to raging wildfires in the state as joe biden sought to put the issue of Climate Change front and center in an address from his home state of delaware. This morning we are asking you how important our climate issues when it comes to your election 2020 vote. Give us a call. Phone lines split this way, if you are a supporter of the biden harris ticket, 202 7488000. If you support the trumppence ticket, 202 7488001. A special line for those who have been imp
Like with our federal response to covid19, the lack of a National Strategy on climate and Climate Change overall leads us without solutions. It has as a matter of fact been made worse by the changes the administration has made. Im speaking from delaware, the lowest lying state in the nation relative to sea level. Just last week delaware state attorney generals sued 31, 31 big fossil fuel companies, which knowingly wrecked tabak and damaged the climate, our climate. Damage that is plain for everyone to see but the president. As he flies to california today, we know he has no interest in meeting this moment. We know he wont listen to the experts or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. Host joe biden, from delaware yesterday. This is a photo of the president from yesterday during his meeting with governor gavin newsom along with other officials to talk about the wildfires out west. Blaze isdent sang the caused more by Forest Management issues. One of the key moments from the p
Its science. Our response should be the same, grounded in science. Acting together, all of us. Like with our federal response to covid19, the lack of a National Strategy on climate and Climate Change overall leads us without solutions. It has as a matter of fact been made worse by the changes the administration has made. Im speaking from delaware, the lowest lying state in the nation relative to sea level. Just last week delaware state attorney generals sued 31, 31 big fossil fuel companies, which knowingly wrecked tabak and damaged the climate, our climate. Damage that is plain for everyone to see but the president. As he flies to california today, we know he has no interest in meeting this moment. We know he wont listen to the experts or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. Host joe biden, from delaware yesterday. This is a photo of the president from yesterday during his meeting with governor gavin newsom along with other officials to talk about the wildfires out west. B
Contained and the czu august lightning complex fires burning in san mateo and santa cruz counties. Now 19 contained calfire seeing cooler weather and extra resources coming from outside the bay area has certainly helped crews gain some ground on these fires and weve got Team Coverage of the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties. And you can take a look here at the map and it shows you the areas burned by that fire or complex of fires which has destroyed more than 440 homes and other structures kron fours will tran is live now at the Cal Fire Base Camp in Scotts Valley with the latest well. No i can tell you the conditions are favorable for firefighters at this particular time it is cold, its still smoky. And yes, the fires are still burning but slowly its not chewing through all of that dry vegetation that we saw over the fast the first couple of days of this fire, lets get right to the video it is tearing through parts of Santa Cruz County including bonny doo
We also want to thank all of you for your support and for our community of booklovers and friends we wouldnt be here today. Tonight we are excited to have with us tara burton who is celebrating the recent release of her new book strange rights, new religions for a godless world. Is contributing editor at the american interest, at columnist at Religion News service and the former staff and religion reporter. She has written on religion and Secular National geographics, Washington Post , New York Times and more and holds a doctorate in theology from oxford. Shes also author of the novel social creature. Joining tara to discuss her new book is ross douthat, columnist for the New York Times oped page and offer up to change the church, bad religion and privileged and coauthor of brandnew party. Before joining New York Times was a Senior Editor for the atlantic. These film critic for National Review and he cohosts the New York Times weekly oped paul podcast. He lives in new haven with his wi