Alatoona pass. There was a fire that open overnight that was sparked by a vehicle, a big rig on the right shoulder. As of right now, this is one of our busiest areas. We are seeing some hefty do legs. This is your all lanes were previously shut down but all lanes are open and they reopen everything and canceled this just before 5 00. There is a bit of a backup you give yourself a few extra minutes. If you are traveling out of tracy from our house, towards grant line, it will take you 15 minutes to do so. To a five to 680, give yourself 40 minutes. Katie nielsen is live on scene, street side to get us more information on the fire. Reporter you can see those brake lights you were talking about and you are looking at 580 right now. You can see traffic flowing well in the eastbound directions but westbound, we just reopened those last two lanes that had been closed. You can see all of those brake lights. As you are saying it started around midnight last night and it caused all lanes both e
A multibillion dollar deal for International Assistance. Hong kong police are reportedly seeking the arrest of 6 prodemocracy activists living in exile china steps up in force one of its new National Security law they include former u. K. Consulate worker simon chang who says he was tortured by chinese authorities for information about hong kongs antigovernment protests also on the wanted list as prominent opposition figure nathan law who fled to london out of fear of persecution under the new law police havent commented but it would be the 1st time the legislations been used to target activists outside hong kong so im going to choose a u. S. Citizen and one of the activists wanted by Hong Kong Police he told aljazeera that chinas government is acting like a dictatorship that wants to stamp out all forms of opposition. I think that i was outrage and really not surprised this is such an outlandish claim that somehow they have jurisdiction an american citizen lobbying an American Governm
Im melissa chan youre watching news asia thank you for joining us we tend to think of the internet with its limitless amounts of information as access to news to education to enlightenment as users learn more about the world Going Digital means you cross borders and those connections foster more interest standing but its more complicated than that china has 800000000 Internet Users but the authoritarian state has walled off parts of its internet ok but how about a democracy such as india with its 450000000 users while the country struggling with a lot of online this information the internet as it turns out doesnt necessarily make people smarter and we have pyloric to explain more shes a digital anthropologist and author of the next 1000000000 users digital life beyond the west pile the. The framework of in terms of looking at the internet especially by the creators and the early adopters was that it was a tool for education and access to information thats been the framework that weve m
Good evening, im bradley graham, coowner of politics and prose along with my wife Lisa Muscatine and on behalf of everybody at p and p welcome 2 pm to p. M. At the wharf, thank you for coming and for bringing this evening of storm warnings and wind and rain. Evenings are getting to be all too frequent here in washington dc. Last august john chapman, air force combat controller was posthumously awarded the medal of honor or his heroic actions atop a snowcapped mountain in afghanistan in early 2002. Afew months after us forces began fighting in the country. Chapman was the first airman to receive the medal of honor is the vietnam war. He then attached to a Navy Seal Team assigned to establish a mountaintop observation post in connection with a major us to against al qaeda and Taliban Forces in the shower valley in eastern afghanistan. Approaching the site, the helicopter carrying the special Operations Unit came under heavy fire and one of the team members was thrown from the aircraft. R
Importance of juneteenth and what that means for the u. S. As we start watching the hawks. Get the. Real deal its. Like you know that i got. To. Welcome on the watch of the hawks i am a robot and im tapped. To help us better understand the importance and what it has to offer us education is the president the National Chain type Observance Foundation state blame thank you so much for joining us today steve good evening thank you very much for having us be with you its a great pleasure to have you on your special for all the good work that you guys are the true been out there doing in trying to get you know juneteenth recognized i want to start by asking you what is the historical significance of juneteenth as the day that celebrated or the bay thats remembered of africanamerican slavery ending in the United States i think many in history classes across the country you know we kind of believe that it was always the emancipation proclamation when lincoln did that actually and of slavery b