The Brookings Institution hosted a conversation with the bureau chief of the National Guard, topics included the guards role during the birx pandemic and protests following the death of george floyd. The chief of the National Guard bureau which means a member of the joint chiefs of staff and officer for overseeing the army and air force National Guard combined the total strength of half 1 million airmen and soldiers under his supervision and command and he is the distinguished airmen and fighter pilot, texan, formerly of activeduty air force in the 1990s and did a number of students in various positions, sometimes in more of a guard capacity, sometimes full time and for the last eight years have been at the leadership of the National Park bureau in washington, now as its top officer, we are privileged to have him today as he prepares for imminent in the rotc entry, the graduation from the rotc program was 1981. He has been serving his country long and very well despite his youthful app
Education and Budget Committee assignments that she holds. Moments ago democrats said this about House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. Why would Kevin Mccarthy continue to associate himself and the republican conference with someone who leader Mitch Mcconnell has characterized as a cancer . The last time i checked, cancers need to be cut out and not allowed to metastasize. And Kevin Mccarthy has the ability to do the right thing he should. But greene will not be the only urgent topic the republicans will need to address when they meet here in a few hours. Wyoming congresswoman liz cheney is on the fence of being ousted for voting to impeach former President Trump in his second impeachment. She has been shoring up support behind the scenes. That includes from Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. Republicans are facing a critical reckoning. Will they encourage, quoting one gop senator, the coux of their party or those who vote their conscience like liz cheney or try to get away with
Black religious leaders calls on a plan to delay and they want to continue Virtual Worship Services until they can guarantee their congregations are safe. Interfaith council is organizing a rally at city hall, its at noon. The group calls for medical and home. Its not its where we make a life. Educational services to help this memorial day, and every day, black people disproportionately we honor those who gave everything affected by the virus. To keep our home safe. It is memorial day and some lowes. Home unites us. Changes in light to the pandemic. The International Guard will perform two flyovers to honor when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. But when you have the chase mobile app, Bay Area Health care workers. Your bank can be virtually any place. Also a socially distanced so, when you get a check. Driveby tribute to fallen you can deposit it from here. Service members in and you can see your transactions and check your balance from here. You can detect suspiciou
And the first day of four days. Starts 11 00 this morning and goes through 7 00 thurz and the areas in orange and red where were most susceptible to heat illness and along the coast and right around the bay shoreline immediately a little bit of a localized breeze that will keep you a little more comfortable than the rest of us and plus spare the air. The areas you see in orange the east bay valleys and Santa Clara Valley. Lets talk temperatures as we break down your day planner. 51 to 63 degrees at 7 00. Still comfortable and still time to open up the windows and let in fresh air. By the time you get to noon, way too late. 70 there. And 74 at the coast at 4 00 and look at that. 89 to 98 degrees for our bay and inland neighborhoods and still in the 80s at 7 00 on this memorial day. So, yes, air conditioning. If you can find it, good luck. If youre used to going to the mall and movie theater, reggie, not so much. That is going to be a tough one for those folkses. All right, mike. Thank y
Air quality this afternoon. Now, look at the heat away from the bay shore and the coast. Were going to hit the 90s and triple digits. Not only today starting at 11 00 but all the way through thursday. We have four days of dangerous heat. Now, that is a heat advisory in the orange. Even hotter in Solano County. Temperatures triple digits today and for the next four days for sure. Thats why youre under an excessive heat warning. Fairfield 100, antioch, 100. Look at the rest of the upper 90s and mid 90s in the south bay and low to mid 90s in the north bay and low 80s around the bay and even an 80 in San Francisco today. Well talk more about this heat coming up next. Mike, thank you. As mike mentioned, today is the first spare the air day of the year. Light winds, high temperatures and vehicle exhaust all combine and that makes the air quality unhealthy. Officials say even with less traffic right now, there is still enough exhaust to allow smog to build up during hot weather. People with r