Clear and crisp start to the morning all over again. This view of senator tower is not looking too bright, but i think its just the shading of the shot because it is actually quite sunny out there right now we do have some haze overhead and thats a cold for it of the High Pressure ridge thats in place thats kind of keeping a lot of those pollutants we put up as we drive around right here in the bay area seal notice that haze today but abundant sunshine with that 30s 40s and even a few 50s on the map this morning berkeley right at 50 degrees oakland europe, 42 well 30s for livermore dublin conquered as well as all across the north bay fairfield our coldest of spots at 31 and petaluma nevado and santa rosa beach, a 34 to kick off this morning. So of course get that jacket ready to go as youre venturing outside you want to stay cozy out there this friday morning. Then this afternoon, yeah we got the sunshine and of course the 60s back to you. It is friday, so were hoping for friday light
Arthur and chair of africanamerican studies at princeton university. Representative rick larsen from washington joint booktv to discuss the book he is reading. Host congressman rick larsen, what is on your reading list . Guest it has been long, but it is coming into the middle of summer now so i am working on the third iq novel by joe e day los angeles mystery writer. It is the third book in the series. A detective, detective donald, private investigator and a lot of action and great relationships in the book, so i am working on that and working on frederick douglass, biography, published recently, former long book, i am popping in and out of that. Taking that in chunks. The policy wonk in me, in washington dc, the editor of china 2049 and brought together some reform minded chinese scholars to look what the chinese economy might look like or what its challenges are between now and 2049, it has implications for us china policy. Interesting workrelated book. I dont read a lot of books f
Congressman rick larsen of washington, what is on your reading list . Guest are reading list is or has been long but it is coming into the middle of the summer now so im working on wrapped, the third iq novel by joe ej, los angeles mystery writer and iq is his character and wrapped is the third book in the series and kind of a detective, detective novel and is a private investigator and a lot of action and a lot of great relationships in that book so i am working on that. Im also working on frederick douglass, biography published recently and im working on that. Its a fairly long book so im popping in and out of that, in and out of that book quite a bit. Im taking that in chunks. The policy and me, david a dollar at one of the think tanks in washington dc is a lead editor of a book called china 2049 where hes brought together some reform minded chinese scholars to look at what the chinese economy might look like and what its challenges are between now and 2049. Obviously, it has indica
Whatever you call it, critics are calling it a betrayal. I think that taxpayers will be upset with this idea. Reporter San Jose City councilman john mccain is says what the bta is proposing is a bait and switch, a betrayal of the spirit, if not the letter. We told taxpayers would improve the roads and driving conditions. This will just be a broken promise in the future. Reporter in 2016, voters in supported this measure, projecting to generate more than 3. 6 billion over 30 years. The money was earmarked for transportation projects, with 25 a hard cap on b. A. R. T. Construction. What is the best use of the sales tax . Is there timing to do that, based on project delivery . The very beginning of that exercise. Reporter last week, vta floated the controversial idea, what if the shared the tax revenue generated over the next decade at 75 to build b. A. R. T. , the likely spins of other transportation projects . We have got to say that this it was one thing i think we should follow throug
Emerging revolutionary war, mark maloy is a historian with the National Parks service, and hes like what can i do thats revolutionary war and its like, mark, no, this is the civil war. Hes like, whoa so we decided we would let him come talk about fort sumter, its as close as we can get in the war to the revolutionary war era. I say all that because mark is a delightful historian, wonderful guy, i wish i could get him to laugh on cue, his most distinctive feature is his laugh. We like to get him pumped up and going. Were delighted to have him come here today to speak the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Thank you very much for that introduction, chris. And its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. Wed love to have done it in person but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it as well. So but yeah, as chris mentioned, you know, my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. But, you know, i work for