Susan steve inskeep, your book is entitled imperfect union how john and Jesse Fremont helped cause the civil war. Why did you believe the story of a 19thcentury power couple would have resonance today . Steve it is a story leading up to the civil war when the nation was very clearly divided into two political camps. We live in a politically divided time, although i dont want to imply we are headed for civil war. I dont know what we are headed toward, but there is resonance in the way we have red and blue states today. There were northern and Southern States than that were fundamentally divided over this giant issue of slavery. There are other things. The 1840s and 1850s was a time of enormous technological change. Cities east of the mississippi were connected and there was National Conversation which becomes part of the story i tell. It turns out these communication devices that were designed to bring people closest together drove them farther apart. They were horrified by what people
To help the people on the cypress freeway, and it was also a reminder that the big one is yet to come. Right here where we are standing, 42 people perished in the cypress collapse. Reporter oakland mayor libby schaaf led ceremonies today honoring First Responders and citizens who went to help when violent shaking from the loma prieta deck brought the upper deck crashing down on to cars on the lower deck. And im watching telephone poles moving, and im watching streetlights bouncing up and down. Retired deputy fire chief mark hoffman was a outside fire station 1 when the quake struck. He and his crew sped to the collapsed freeway and immediately began the search for victims. I felt my best role was to bird dog and go from collapsed section to collapsed section, to try to get an assessment on how many bodies need to be rescued. Meantime, neighbors in the cypress mandela neighborhood also went to work. We moved quickly in the community to see what was going on and how we could help others.
Give you a live look along 80uin soda springs. Thats just north of tahoe. Here right now. The interstate is closed from colfax to the nevada state line in both directions. The section of 80 has actually been for most of the weekend. Ktvu latest it the latest route in the tahoe region to temporarily close sunday morning amid a days long blizzard in the sierra. , caltrao get in there pretty quick. Um, there was no reported injuries, but a couple cars were caught under the slide. Um, and so they cleared those and were able to open it up. I think within 30 minutes. Its why everyone from the chp to caltrans and area officials continue to put out the same message. Right now, weve been encouraging not to travel. Its been highly discouraged. And north on interstate 80, caltrans crews continuing to push ahead with their dig out of the highway along the donner pass closed since friday. Were crossing our fingers and hoping for the best. The storm also leaving many local roads impassable and walki
This is mornings on two. Well, good to you. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on two. Im dave clarknt good morning im pam cook. Its mondayc morning march 4th definitely drizzly again for me this morning maybe a little bit. All right. And it feels cold to me. Lets check in with Steve Paulson for our forecast. It is cold and theres still some rain lingering. Were not done yet. Were almost rosa is 37, livermore 41. But again, look at that. Just moving through. So ill keep some rain in the forecast right here. Wont be much, but theres enough to maybe rain on your parade. Hopefully not too much temperatures quite cool though. Well below average here. 50 on the thames. All right. Sal is here. Good good . Uh. Were good. You know, actually, right now we do have a nice looking commute. If you are driving, lets go right to the bay bridge. It looks very nice, but steve mentioned it, and im going to mention it again. The roads are wet, even though it may not be raining hard. Definitely
Abc 7ewschannel 8 news, this is a news update. Rks that amtrak train and amtrak train derailed on i5 off the bridge. 75 people were on the train as a trailed and the video and pictures we are getting are jawdropping. The amtrak train derailed near tacoma, little time. At least one of the cars train cars is dangling from the overpass on i5. We see the cars backed up as a result. We understand that i5 is completely shut down. At this point, it is unclear how many people are hurt, but we do understand according to Pierce County authorities out of there are injuries on the train. First responders are responding to the incident as a mass casualty event. We are looking at live pictures from seattle, washington. Train, oneing at the or two cars are on the interstate right now as we speak. Its a bigtime breaking news event and we will keep you posted with the latest details as we get them into the newsroom. Im q mccray. I know we are done. We dont know what time, nobody knows anything. Finally