And high winds at the way they say a record amount of land has burned this year and they warned that the fire season is far from over. Once again california is burning wildfires have plagued the state all summer and theres no sign of a lot of up with almost 15000 firefighters have been dispatched to tackle some 2 dozen large fires. Shifting winds forced the exhausted firefighters to constantly adjust their efforts started it was pushing to the east and then to the north and then big westerly wind shifts and then today was moved to the south over north winds the winds been pretty dramatically inconsistent. Temperatures in california are at an all time high and the parched countryside is highly flammable. The fire crews know that the battle is far from won. Our number one priority for this fire is the protection of property situation that we have right now a. New life threatening situation with the Weather Forecast that we have for the next 3 days and you have a red flag warning today an
Ive been a strategy welcome to news asia glad you could join us now this blue lake that you will see behind me in the him is the scene of an unfolding military standoff between india and china troops from both countries stationed along the banks of the penguin make have now accused each other of fighting shots if true it would be the 1st time in more than 4 decades that shots have been fired on the disputed border its a border that stretches for some 3500 kilometers and is under marketed since may troops from both countries have been amassing at various points after both sides accuse the other of violating each others claimed to tree ill be getting the view from india in china in a bit but 1st a quick primer on whats been happening since me. A remote Mountain Region for which soldiers have died and superpowers faced off. Tuesdays incident along indias led dark border with china risks a fresh standoff in one of the worlds most explosive border conflicts the red line marks the boundary a
Im delighted to be home. Host all told, how many years of your reporting career or percentage have you spent overseas . Pamela i guess,close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Then, off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills, you might say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, to unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed to someone working domestically . Pamela i mean, there is a numb
First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Then, off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills, you might say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, to unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. Host what special skills does it take to be a Foreign Affairs journalist, as opposed to someone working domestically . Pamela i mean, there is a number of things i would not necessarily call them skills, but there is a number of ways you have to be. You have to be ready to change things quickly, to
Live coverage begins at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Pamela constable, who i feel like i should start off by saying welcome home. Pamela thank you. Im delighted to be home. Host all told, how many years of your reporting career or percentage have you spent overseas . Pamela i guess,close to half. First with the boston globe, i worked for a number of years in latin america. That was close to a decade. Then, off and on with the washington post, it comes out to be close to a decade. Host when you decided on journalism, how did you gravitate toward a foreign reporting . Pamela well, my earliest interest in journalism was more about domestic issues. Poverty, drug addiction, social ills, you might say. I did a lot of work on that in the early years. Then i guess, i dont know, i traveled overseas as a tourist, to unusual places, and i began to think some of these same issues were definitely there and more and the struggles and problems were deeper and broader. And i just wanted to try that. H