Impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for Vice President was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [laughter] [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor i think we learned from watching the republicans four theirago as they selected Vice President ial nominee that it pays to take a little more time. [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with martha mitchell. [applause] so i congratulate you on your patience and i pay my respects to those two superb presiding officers of this convention, larry obrien and Yvonne Braithwaite burke. [applause] so tonight i accept your nomination with a full and grateful heart. [applause] this afternoon i crossed the wide missouri to recommend a running mate of wide vision and deep compassion, senator tom eagleton. [applause] im proud to have him at my side, and im proud to have been introduced a moment ago by one of the most eloquent and courageous voice
Is burning in a large area of the north bay. Leveling homes and impacting thousands of People Living in Sonoma Napa Solano lake and yolo counties and the woodward fire that is burning in the Point Reyes National seashore area of marine county. And so far those devastating north bay fires have scorched a combined 215,000 acres and 4 people have died 3 in napa county one in Solano County. 480 structures have been destroyed. These numbers were just updated and they have really jumped 125 other structures have been damaged tonight more than 30,000 structures are still threatened. And right now the entire complex in the north bay is 0 contained. And tonight, were learning all Evacuation Orders have been lifted in vacaville with the exception of south of fort hill drivein west of alamo drive from monte vista avenue to interstate 80 was michelle kingston is in vacaville with what conditions are like. Well theres not much activity here outside the eu lead his community center. This is the only
Tonight. We are learning they have been deadly investigators say at least 4 people have died. In fires. Thank you for joining us at 10 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis investigators say of the ford s 3 were in napa county one in Solano County they didnt provide. Any other details on whether those who died were residents or firefighters will show you a map now of where the biggest fires are burning tonight. But theyre calling the scu lightning complex fire. Its the biggest. Scorching more than a 137,000 acres in contra costa Alameda Santa clara. Stanislaw san san joaquin counties toward the bottom of your screen the seas eu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains and san mateo and santa cruz counties where people are unaccounted for homes have been destroyed fire forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. And finally the lnu lightning complex that is burning in a huge area of the north bay. Leveling homes impacting thousands of People Living in s
Saying that we have smoke. Its an interesting start to a brandnew day. Rosemary, we have been talking about this all morning. It is not going away. Good morning dave and gasia. The air quality over the peninsula looks moderate at the moment. Unhealthy in the inner east bay and south bay and also the eastern edge where fires are burning. As we get into the afternoon, we are not expecting any improvement. There is a look at the estuary. You can see cloud cover there indicating whether changes that are already underway. Here is a look at what we are expecting for the afternoon. Poor air quality with an onshore breeze coming in and will improve things in some areas. That will cool us down and bring up our relative humidity. It will also increase our wind, which could be a challenge for firefighters. When i come back, i will have what you can expect. How are those highways doing this morning . It is crowded at the bay bridge toll plaza. Right now i can see it, and you can see it too. If you
Youre not hanging out with all that wrapping paper, maybe youre dashing to the stores to return the lovely things you got. Boxing day, right, in canada and in the uk, the day after christmas . Make so many emails about final clearance, 70 off so if youre shopping are having fun with your family, a lot of us take this time to think about what we are going to do, start of the new year. A lot of people think the new year is truly the best day to start something new. However, experts say just wait a while. Researchers at Washington University in st. Louis say spring is truly a time of new beginnings and it can be easier for us to change our behaviors than. One psychologist calls it the spring renewal. He says cold weather and shorter days of the winter make it tough to stick to those vows to be fitter in new york and it gets rain and dark at 5 30. I like the idea of waiting until spring. Something that different cultures and religious have look to in the past, like passover in the spring,