Week and every weekend on cspan three. There are more than 400 National Parks across america, covering over 85 million acres of land, with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited the state sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland, situated along the cayuga river, we will learn how the canal system here plays a major role in our nations westward expansion in the 18 thirties and forties. The ohio and eerie canal is part of a two canal system that was put in place in the early years of america. Built between 1825 and 1832. Its basically a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river. It was part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we n
In terms of acreage. It has burned nearly 366,000 acres and is 25 contained. Five people there including three First Responders have been hurt. And 31 structures destroyed. In santa cruz and san mateo counties, officials this morning confirming a second death connected to the czu fire. Officials say a 63yearold woman was found dead inside the fire zone. Six people remain missing. That fire has burned at least 80,000 acres and is 19 contained. One person has died and 538 structures have been destroyed. Now officials are holding a News Conference right now about the lnu fire. Lets listen in. Fire engines assigned to incidents from arizona,idaho, nevada, new mexico, texas, oregon, utah, washington, and montana. And thats part of the 375 engines that were requested. One thing i want to touch on real briefly this morning is driving. As we start to repopulate areas as well as curiosity is regarding some of the wildfires is we really want to encourage people to stay out of the area. We have a
Than 350,000 acres. Now, some good news coming out of there, it is 27 contained. But, sadly, five deaths associated with the fire have been confirmed. That fire also destroying 930 structures. Meanwhile, the scu complex fire burning in the east and south bays is the largest fire bniin. It is the second largest in state history, and its covering 363,000 acres. And it is only 15 contained. 20,000 structures are threatened by those flames. And the czu fire is burning in the woods of san mateo and santa cruz county. Now we brought you a live update on that fire on today in the bay this morning. It has burned 78,000 acres and is now 17 contained. Seven people are still missing. 330 structures are destroyed. Now officials are holding a News Conference about the lnu fire. Lets listen in. Specifically for this its 7079674207. Now id like to invite up our Operations Sections chief chris waters for an update. Good morning, everybody. I want to start out real quick. First of all my names chris wa
A healthy confrontation with the past but an attempt to eradicate history altogether today were talking to professor tom device and scotlands leading historian to ask how the nation should confront the c. B. L. Sides of his own history and how the Mainstream Media been covering this controversial issue we asked professor Jordan Robertson costs us get to go lie over much of the plotting all of this coming up later in the show but 1st the glass going to smita with your tweet your emails and your messages. Thank you alex last week sure focused on the impact of corbett 19 on black asian and minority ethnic communities where we spoke with dr managed to lottie who lost his father to coronavirus pierre byron this month and 100 year old fundraiser charging louisa says i live in africa and the numbers getting covered 1000. 00 are exceptionally low we have less than 200. 00 deaths in kenya under less says how is it any governments fault that some people are more susceptible to corporate 19 than
To the economy. Also it could be even more contagious. The new study raising a red flag about a new strain of the virus. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Despite warnings to stay home, Police Officers are managing Cinco De Mayo crowds and traffic, and san jose is a trouble spot. Heres nbc bay areas jean elle. Reporter mexican pride on display in san jose tonight. Cruising with flags flying and music playing in east san jose. Downtown the line of cars took over several city blocks. Bu also gatherings. Cinco de mayo and the activity, you know. Its fun. Reporter in this parking lot, strangers mingled, some wearing masks, some not. Santa clara county has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the bay area. The lopez family was trying to celebrate carefully. Obviously theres some people not respecting the social distancing rules, and we still wanted to come out here and celebrate. This is why we havent left our cars. Reporter simon ortiz