Governor brown everybody ready . Good afternoon. Im here to give another update and egons fire situation, im joined on the phone by the forestry, rtment of ire chief degrass, oregons fire state fire marshal. Of emergency anagement director andrew fell ps and Environmental Public Health section manager. Im joined in person by chris struckler, director of the Oregon Department of transportation. I just want to start by saying storm teams tell me a event coming in today will bring moisture. Both along the coast and along both the west and east slopes of cascades. This is a good sign. With are always challenges a storm like this, such as winds and lightning strikes. Firefighting teams tell me that we are very grateful for the rain. My teams also tell me that were making significant progress on fires ing some of these and fire chief doug grass will peak more to that in just a moment. Since my last briefing, ive seen up and close what these done to our communities, to our land, to our oregon
The winds, the winds have picked up and you may have felt it last evening. It sure was refreshing. The szeo me from the northwest, it is pushing all the smoke to our south. Look at santa cruz, the unhealt the rest of us you can see green and yellow dots as we move from the south bay to north bay and that is good to moderate air quality. Well be near 60 at the coast today, low to mid70s. 8 80 to 88 inland. And spare the air is extended through friday and well talk more broke that comi about that. And there is an update on the c zmu light 234i7k fires an well get to that. But we want for check in with Amy Hollyfield. Reporter yeah, a well ccome relief to the firefighters who have in order had enough resources. The National Guard will be helping them. But ill toss it back to you because i understand that we have a press conference starting. Lets see what the containment is this morning. You can ask question of the representatives up here and as well as oneonone conversations after the con
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Looting breaks out in oakland during a night of protest against the police against the outrage of the death of a black man in minnesota. And suv plowed into the crowd and hit two demonstrators during the protests at san jose. Our reporter was nearby and described what happened. A Police Officer in minneapolis is accused of kneeling on the neck of george floyd for about 8 minutes. Angry demonstrators took to the streets in oakland and san jose to protest the death of george floyd in Police Custody in minnesota. Open police are out with 30 numbers from the protest last night saying 60 alleged looters were detained for further investigation. There were 18 other arrests and other Law Enforcement officers made four additional arrest and several officers from several agencies were hurt. Conditions have quieted down and open but the police have their hands full and our kpix 5 anne makovec join us with the latest. Reporter there is damage about everywhere you look
American history tv continues now with a look at the influence of religion on u. S. Politics and Foreign Policy in the 20th century. From purdue university, this is an hour and a half. Thank you all for coming. Im ronit stahl. Ill be chairing this roundtable today. Ill give a brief overview of how it came to be and what well talk about and quickly introduce our group. Then well get started. 15 years ago in is your mike on . There we go. Thank you. Theres a switch on the mikes. 15 years ago in a journal of American History article, john butler challenged historians of modern america to Pay Attention to religion. In particular, he noted, religions continuing importance contains analysis. In political history religion has retained in butlers evocative term, a jack in the box view. Today our roundtable will address how religion matters in american political history and well do so in three ways. First ill each panelist to focus on a way in which religion matters. That is in their own resear
Alltime high extending its gain into the fourth week as investors cheered corporate earnings. According to Lpl Financial today is historically the best day o the year f stocks and it stts the best sixmonth stretch for the ma det. Toda not disappoint. The dow jones industrtrl average was up to 27,090. Theed nasdaq a 82 and the s p 500 rose 16. And as you know, earnings can often drive rallie but this move higher appeave to be d by whats not being said on all ofhose earnings conference calls. Bob pisani explains. Were coming up on the halfway part of the earnings seas one word investors are not hearing is recession. Plenty of issues out there but the u. S. Consumer which is the engine of Global Growth istill holding up. Weve been scanneding the conference calls. 32 companies have mentioned the wordsion and that along with hopes of a trade deal is the major reaso the s p is hiing record highs today. The consumerer holding up. Bank and credit card ceos in partular have painted healthy pict