Restrictions and whether they should be followed or not, if it is not about the election and concerns about the legality of elections, procedures to the election, not to mention the number of cases involving Administration Officials and the doj role as those cases through the system. I think we have a lot to talk about. I want to start with the big question. Does it really look different to you . Doesnt look like a different environment when the two of you were at the department of justice . Are we just overreacting . We are talking about National Security today in particular, what does it look like over the last number of years, bringing us up to the present moment. In getting ready for todays conversation, i decided to go and look at the recent press releases, recent announcements on cases, see what is being publicly announced. I went back to the beginning of august, end of july. Drowning this conversation in National Security, i saw any number of cases in the National Security realm
National security at fordham law. Today, washington and the country seem embroiled in controversy and chaos. It seems very much at the department of justice are in the that at the department of justice are in the headlines about what is going on in the country, if not the protest in portland or kenosha, if it is issues about covid and restrictions and whether they should be followed or not, if it is not about the election and concerns about the legality of elections, procedures to the election, not to mention the number of cases involving Administration Officials and the doj role as those cases through the system. I think we have a lot to talk about. I want to start with the big question. Does it really look different to you . Does it look like a different environment when the two of you were at the department of justice . Are we just overreacting . Lets begin with you because you were there the longest time ago. And i have the gray hair. Of what has the department looked like, we are
Youre actually looking at calm conditions so winds are definitely spotty as of this point some areas are nice and calm like concord while map and fairfield just to the north are looking at some breezier conditions now with winds pushing offshore today and still plenty of dry tinder out there dry grasses and dry brush. High fire danger exists today. We saw a red flag warnings taking effect earlier this morning at 04 00am and they will lead us on to the rest of the day eventually into tomorrow morning, the highest a fire danger exists for the north bay where as james will tell you in just a moment we are seeing the greatest potential of Power Outages. But there are also red flag warning still in effect our upper elevations in the east bay such as right above oaklands down into the blows and then up above walnut creek in concord as well your current temperatures, those are in the 40s and 50s a touch cooler than yesterday was that this time the at 48 right now berkeley in concord at 5747 d
Looking day in the bay area as we look at a live picture of the bay bridge and San Francisco bay. I tell you what, business is booming now. I would say mike and gossia, backup generators right. Are probably flying off the shelves, because we might have power shut off this week. We havent taken that step. We have a number of shut offs at our house. We have flashlights at the ready, charging our batteries, filling up the gas tank, buying the ice after work. We were knowledge the hundreds of thousands we knew it was going to be extended. We had 48 hours the last time around last month. Its going into a 3rd day. This time around its not expected to be that long. Im not getting the generator. I do have friends who say, no way. Were going to get them. Well, they are flying off the store shelves, because there might be another majored planned power shut off coming. The National Weather service has issued a red flag warning for several parts of the bay area. It begins early tomorrow morning. B
Convicted. Police in atlanta are asking for the publics help to identify a jewelry thief. He walked up to a kay jewellers counter and ordered employees to the floor at gun point and helped himself to 300,000 worth of Engagement Rings and merchandise. The suspect is on the loose. In italy, the bodies of 114 people have been recovered in the waters off of the southern coast. They were passengers on a ship from africa. Illegal immigrants desperate for a better life in europe. Jeffrey kofman reports from italy. In the dark of night, hundreds of men, women and children were flung in to the sea. Most did not know how to swim. As the Italian Coast Guard combed the waters and weary survivors were plucked from the sea the scale of the tragedy was becoming clear. The boat was crammed with about 500 ill legal migrants. 150 regs cued. Several hundred more are still missing. According to survivors, the migrants came from africa to board the boat in libya, heading 200 mondays to lampedusa. Someone a