Bill gates sr. And i know you and everyone at the foundation is feeling that loss. He was a tremendous man who i think many of us in philanthropy had a chance to get to know in various ways but not as much as you probably did. I think we feel his loss greatly. Let me just express that loss to you. Thank you so much. He was a remarkable human being and a remarkable humanitarian. Thank you. Indeed. So we are here at this unprecedented moment, and that word gets overused but it is kind hard to imagine that we could have as many crises facing us all now. We have got obviously the health crisis. Er with got the economic crisis. We are going through a reckoning on social justice. Many of us are experiencing the wildfires and other signs of Climate Change that are striking the country. And thats only the tip of the iceberg. Your foundations care about some of these issues and working deeply on them and of course education is why we are here and it is central to what you all do. How do you wei
O the computer histy museum i hope everyone is well and fe but the pandemic we are close but the dital doors are wide open im pleased to welcome you today featuring the director of mit initiative on the Digital Economy and conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist markoff. And those with the generosity under these unprecedented times we need your hp more than ever to sustain museum to dever on our mission for technology for everyone. In the future impact on humanit humanitys please continue to join and giv now to iroduce mr. Hancock to introduce todays program and speakers. I am delighted you can join todays program. And deeply influenced by social media conctions sometimes a love hate relationship and the power for od. And directorf mit initiative with Technology Writer for questions such as e aftermath of the us election and interference in 2016 and 20 what steps can we take a look at social Media Companies do on the platform without cial and with these actions we can take
Northwest. Sweeping in cooler, cleaner marine air. I should point out, its not going to last very long. That counterclockwise circulation will start bringing some northerly flow. Which means smoke from the fires to our north. Well start sweeping to the bay area over the weekend. Lets enjoy the clean air over the next few days. Ill have more a little later. Thank you. The governor gave an update on wildfires and covid19. Those fires have been the source of all the smoke have been clouding our skies. Stephanie sierra has the latest. On the wildfire front, there are some staggering totals that were released today. Yes. We report on these wildfires every day. It is pretty sobering to comprehend these as the big picture. There are more than two dozen anprarg ito getng across ere ar wiliresave scorched the state so far, forcing more than 38,000 people to be evacuated from their homes. Staggering statistics that the governor says underscores a sense of urgency to address climate change. We ne
Some warmer weather for the weekend, at least away from the coast. Lets take a look at the cloud cover on live doppler 7, you can see it is not nearly as extensive as it was yesterday and the day before. And it is dry out there, no need to worry about drizzle or mist today. Temperatures are the constant, even with cloud cover varying, were still in the mid to upper 50s at 7 00. Hard to break free of the 50s at the coast while we hit 71 to 75 at noon with more sunshine. But then we barely warm this afternoon, 73 to 78. And back into the 50s and 60s as we head to 7 00. So if you are getting takeout or heading out, grab a coat. At the live desk, a new abc news poll shows across the board americans are still apprehensive about participating in a variety of activities baucecause of the coronavirus pandemic. 54 say that they would eat at a restaurant, 51 say that they would stay at a hotel, and 78 say that they would go to work. However only 27 of americans are willing to go to a bar, 22 a s
Phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. Ae Vice President toured dairy farm and discussed the economy in the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement, the new accord that went to affect july 1 went into effect july 1. [applause] i got to make sure i turned this on. Yes, i did. Welcome, everybody. We are thankful you could come and partake in this great privilege that we have here to entertain our Vice President , mike pence. [applause] i guess i got to be careful not to clap into this thing. Im a dairy farmer, not a speaker, so bear with me, folks. This is my lovely wife, barbara. [applause] we have tony, representative tony kurtz, wisconsin state assembly. [applause] of a farmhe owner locally here. [applause] and we have my son, cameron, who is our youngest and hopefully will take over for dad soon. [laughter] [applause] mccue, i have patrick who happens to be my nephew. Hes a great farmer and a local hear from mccue farms. [applause] hoyer, theave kevin owner of hoyer farm locally here