Be early and more often folks have been experiencing this california the last couple of years. Good evening, everyone, im Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis tonight, im grant lotus thank you for being with us tonight for kron 4 news at 8 oclock fire Officials Say theyre cautiously optimistic tonight after dodging a major Lightning Storm and we begin with an overview of the 3 major lightning complex fires that are burning in the bay have been for about a week now 5 people have died in the lnu lightning complex thats burning in solano napa sonoma lake end yolo countys 5 people have been injured meanwhile and the scu lightning complex thats in contra costa. And Alameda Santa clara as well among others we have also learned that fires there have scorched. More than 360,000 acres making it. The second largest in california state history in terms of acreage more than 351,000 acres meanwhile have in the north bay making the l a new fire the 3rd largest in california history. And its easy y
Chris wallace, inker of fox news sunday. 2014 marked his 50th year in the broadcast industry. He has participated in coverage of nearly every Major Political event and secured high profile interviews of dignitaries and leaders. He has broadcast the sunday morning show every sunday. Chris wallace is with us today to speak about his new book count town in 1945 countdown 1945 that recounts the lives of ordinary americans in japanese during the wartime and the americans and the pacific to launch a possible invasion of japan. A story how in 116 days truman goes to the Vice President to be completely cut out of the fdr white house to suddenly become the president. The story of the flight crew and others we invite you to join our view on Virtual Program with Chris Wallace and Reagan Foundation Institute Executive director. Chris wallace, congratulations. What a terrific book. As you may know guess come through the Reagan Library this is a terrific book and a historical thriller. I just loved
Least 45 people and on a mission to mars china sends its 1st unmanned spacecraft to explore the red planet. The sport has once again marks one year to go to the dealing in the pits. Thank you for joining us 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali today to try to resolve this deepening political crisis 6 weeks of mass protests have demanded the resignation of president. At least 14 people have been killed in recent days the m 5 Opposition Movement activists leads the protests accusing the president of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security they rejected a unity government. Goals from the Regional Organization echo us. Rebel groups linked to al qaeda and i so gain strength using mali as a launch pad for attacks in neighboring nations as there is nicolas following the story from senegal he joins us live on the newshour so nick a regional effort stepping up to try and resolve this crisis in mali tell us 1st of all who was in bomb ago today and can they
On many different fronts. National guard, state patrol, police department, sheriffs departments, as well as those who are out there making sure we maintained utilities and Everything Else. Also speaking of, watching yesterday, the whole nature of why we do these things is to allow for that peaceful expression. We saw large peaceful protests focusing on the systemic changes that get to the heart of why we are in this situation. And when i say we, minneapolis, st. Paul, the state of minnesota, nationally and as we have seen over the last 24 hours, internationally. A society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center of it is certainly going to eventually come to the places where we are at. This is a moment of inflection, it is a moment of real change, it is a moment that those folks who are out there demanding this are not going to take a commission or a report. They are going to want fundamental change. And that is what i think thats one of the exciting things in the midst of
Well, thank you very much. This is a very big day for our country. Its an affirmation of the work we have been doing for three and a half years. This is not just for the last few months. This is for three and a half years. Its a great thing. We were very strong. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We had the greatest economy in the history of the world. And that strength let us get through this horrible pandemic. E pandemic. Largely through, i think we are doing really well. I had a meeting yesterday on vaccines and we are doing incredibly well with that. I think you will have a positive surprises and therapeutics likewise we are doing extremely well. Sure is we are doing well. I think those two words blend with each other. Cures. Tremendous progress is being made on vaccines. We have ready to go in terms of transportation and logistics, over 2 million ready to go, if it checks out for safety. And it is also, the nice part is, we have four companies you , could s