And now the contenders. Our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but who nevertheless changed political history. Tonight we feature former House Speaker henry clay of kentucky, known as the great compromiser. The program was recorded at clays ashland estate in lexington, kentucky, its about 90 minutes. This is an encore presentation of cspans original 14week series which first aired in 2011. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us in our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house and as a u. S. Senator and he was a contender, making five president ial bids, including the election of 1824, 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844 when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland, henry clays home in lexington, kentucky and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white
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During business hours. A number of student athletes have tested positive for covid19 here at uc berkeley. Two of the Largest Bay Area School Districts have announced plans on how students and staff will return in the fall. Promoting parties drawing the pandemic. How social media posts by one south bay club are leading to concern, anger and pushback. Heat and hazy skies in the forecast. Ill have a closer look coming up. News 11 00 starts right urthi. Tonight, two of the largest School Districts in the bay area agree. It will be Distance Learning this fall. San jose unified and San Ramon Valley unified announced their decisions ahead of official state guidance tomorrow. The pandemic has forced School Leaders to make some very difficult decision, and their plans for the school year are a big focus of our efforts to build a better bay area. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez is in the newsroom with the details tonight. Lauren . Dan, san ramon and san jose made decisions late tonight to not
Lets check in with our industry forecast. That kind of disturbed me, dont let science get in the way of open something that is what we have to rely on, isnt it . The 12 hour planner, upper 50s to near 60 as we head through 7 00. Clouds will peel back to the coast revealing sunshine and 71 to 79 for our bay and inland the same as the last couple days and gorgeous evening on tap. And well take a look at the warmer weekend coming up. Uc berkeley confirms eight student athletes have now tested positive for covid19. Health one of the areas that abc 7 news is focused on in our effort to build a better bay area. And Julian Glover is live with what we know. Obviously a big concern. Reporter yeah, a big concern for the student athletes out there. It is pretty hard to imagine that sports could go off happen, rather, in the fall when were getting news like this. Eight uc Berkeley Student athletes testing positive for the coronavirus. We dont know which sports they are involved with just yet, but