Libertarians and conservatives how much they have in common and how effective it would be between them. Certainly in most of what i write theres a certain amount that is oriented to diminish human liberty. Cspan do i remember you saying when you ran for mayor of new york that as far as you are concerned they would throw the garbage out the window and let people pick it up rather than have the government do with that . Guest your memory is an exchange i had with James Baldwin in which he was defending the littering of the street on the grounds that it was a form of protest against the city and not paying close enough attention. I said look, it isnt very helpful to use that as a means of protesting. It was really rhetorical. Cspan if somebody buys the book what do they get . Guest while, they get the best i can give them in various modes. Over the past eight years, they covered the collapse of the soviet union, they covered the death of some very important people, plus a number of person
Certain businesses close for the time being. Santa clara county is expected to outline their plans later on this week. Reporter many businesses preparing to open wednesday but is newly posted sign at a nail salon says, that reopening has been delayed. You have to stay safe and i understand that its awful for business. Reporter the general manager spends the day cleaning gym equipment that will remain unused for now. The plans had given fitness centers, Indoor Dining and bars the green light to resume business. I was so ready to open and see my members again and is just kind of go back to a sense of normalcy. Does not seem like thats going to be happening soon. Reporter the move came after the governor specifically recommended counties keep the bars closed because of the rising rate of cases and hospitalizations. Covid19 hospitalizations jumped by 75 since midjune and its Positivity Rate increased from 4 to 6 with more young people testing positive. 38 of those testing positive were 40
If you like todays weather i think you will like it. You will see traffic, you cannot see the traffic on the golden gate bridge. Traffic has died down. Lets talk fireworks. Macys in the midst of a weeklong fire display being launched in different boroughs throughout new york city ending on the fourth of july. Mayor bill de blasio says the exact locations are being kept a secret so people dont rush the areas and they dont want people to be crowding because of social distancing. Still, city leaders argue the fireworks will enter problems with illegal fireworks displays, and thats been a problem in new york and around here. Welcome to mornings on 2. I am mike maibach with gasia mikaelian. People have taken it upon themselves to do the fireworks shows. I got an email from someone who lived near lake merritt, one of the prettiest places and leftparenthesis his like its like the fourth of july every night for the past few weeks. He is hoping between the Mayors Office and the Police Departmen
Coming up in a few minutes. Back to you. New this morning, a fast spreading fire in the foothills just east of concord has now been contained. It broke off near highway 4 and fire crews from cal fire and contra costa brought the fire under control despite the windy conditions. It was a real challenge. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. Now to the governors new coronavirus crackdown. Dine in restaurants and bars are now closed for three weeks in 19 counties including contra costa, santa clara and solano counties. But those arent the only bay area counties seeing some restrictions. Next up, beaches. Kpix 5s kiet do joins us live from pacifica this morning where today is your last chance to catch some sun and some surf before the Holiday Weekend. Reporter yeah, better get on it. So yesterday the governor announced the closure of the parking lots of the state beaches. Not the beaches themselves, but the parking lots. Well, then the mayor of pacifica then took it a step fu
Eve. Other concerts, you have beach blanket babylon. You haveant to stay home. I dont know. What do you years working, now when i dont have to work or when we have to be up very early in the morning, its nice to stay home. Ill be here tomorrow so i think ringing it in at home is a good idea. Its already 2020 in many parts of the world. At about 3 00 this morning new zealand rang in the new year followed by sydney, australia at 5 00 this morning. North korea at 7 00. Then hong kong at 8 00. Right now i want to bring in a live picture from bangkok, thailand as folks there are stepping into the new decade. Weve seen about a half dozen of these ceremonies making their way west different parts of the world ring in 2020. In the next few hours, india, pakistan, afghanistan will all ring in the new year. I havent been anywhere else but here in the bay area to celebrate. I know new york city has obviously got the biggest in the country right now. Is that a place youd go . I have. Ive done it. I