Governor brown everybody ready . Good afternoon. Im here to give another update and egons fire situation, im joined on the phone by the forestry, rtment of ire chief degrass, oregons fire state fire marshal. Of emergency anagement director andrew fell ps and Environmental Public Health section manager. Im joined in person by chris struckler, director of the Oregon Department of transportation. I just want to start by saying storm teams tell me a event coming in today will bring moisture. Both along the coast and along both the west and east slopes of cascades. This is a good sign. With are always challenges a storm like this, such as winds and lightning strikes. Firefighting teams tell me that we are very grateful for the rain. My teams also tell me that were making significant progress on fires ing some of these and fire chief doug grass will peak more to that in just a moment. Since my last briefing, ive seen up and close what these done to our communities, to our land, to our oregon
It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me introduce our speaker, david kissinger. Youre not spelled kissinger as i was told, chris, in your show. Okay. You see, just never, never, never try to explain it. It gets bad. Thats what happens when you become management. Right . You inevitably get it wrong. So, chris center David Chrisinger is executive director of the Public Policy writing workshop at the
Narrator pediatric surgeon. Volunteer. Topiary artist. A Raymond James Financial Advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. Life well planned. Narrator funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. And by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. Announcer and now, bbc news. Im carl nesbitt n washington and this is bbc world news america. Fastmoving fires are threatening communities around the globe. We look at the regions under threat from canada to the Canary Islands. U. S. Authorities investigate threats against georgia grand jury members after their personal information is shared online. West African Leaders say they are willing to use all means available including military action to restore the elected government in niger. Welcome to bbc world news america. At this hour, crews in various parts of the world are dealing with fastmoving wildfires, threatening entire communities. Firefighters in spain are racing to contain
Im bill harris, the director here at the fdr president ial library. And were so happy to see many Friendly Faces and familiar faces. And if we have new ones out there to please, welcome to the library and welcome to one of my favorite events of the year, which is the reading festival. Its our 19th annual. Its hard to believe its been going on for 19 years. It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me i
Im bill harris, the director here at the fdr president ial library. And were so happy to see many Friendly Faces and familiar faces. And if we have new ones out there to please, welcome to the library and welcome to one of my favorite events of the year, which is the reading festival. Its our 19th annual. Its hard to believe its been going on for 19 years. It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me i