Host author the lee edwards, who was russell kirk and why is he such a hero to conservatives . Russell kirk one day he woke up and said i want to write a book about all the conservatives that have lived and worked and made a difference in our history. No one had done that before. They express in irritable mental gestures. That was the disdain or contempt the liberals had were conservatives. Russell kirk said, i dont think thats right. He put together this book called the conservative mind which liberals said the words impossible. When they began reading the book there was and had been a conservative tradition in america since the founding. [indiscernible]. When he got through and published the conservative mind. Liberal said, wow. Wasnt a hit right away . It was. For depleting if you will. Deep reading if you will. It made russell kirk really the most important conservative intellectual in america. In many of your book, you indicate that 1946 was a key year in the modern conservative m
Things up. Two state troopers were killed when their Helicopter Crashed in the woods as they tried to respond. I have a message to all the white supremist and nazis that came into charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple. Go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. The governor by the way is at a church this morning getting ready to speak. We are hoping to listen in to his remarks coming up on mornings on 2. Yesterdays rally is believed to be the largest rally of White Nationalists in a decade. Fields mother said she knew her son was going totally but didnt know it was a white supremist rally. A bond hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. The president reacted to all the violence in virginia by saying the country needs to come together as americans with what he called true affection for each other. He called for a stop to all the violence. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,
Already causing a big delay out of san leandro into hayward so you may want to think about using an alternative route. If you get on the freeway after 92 heading south this will not affect you right now as we move aback to the vacaville and into solano county. No major problems into fairfield or vallejo. Traffic is okay at the bay bridge toll plaza. Northbound 87 at san jose, closed for the Police Activity as well and we will give you more information coming up. It is 4 31 am. The community of charlottesville, virginia continuing to mourn the loss of a woman killed in the violent car crashed following the protest on saturday and we have more on the reaction to the attack. The Small College town is still reeling from the deadly crash trying to make sense of the weekend that claimed the lives of three. They were White Supremacists and nazis. They dont stand for us. Reporter the Virginia Governor speaking at the prayer vigil for the victim of the charlottesville violence, and 32yearold He
Bay. The streets are backing up . Yes, you can see traffic that will be very busy on 880 southbound driving toward the closure with people getting off the freeways. Northbound traffic is getting through and one thing we want to mention is this will affect 238 which makes the big turn onto the freeway, and i dont suggest that and i would suggest for you to get on the freeway somehow if you can on the winton avenue or 92 south. Again, northbound is getting through but southbound has been closed for Police Activity. We will find out more. We have a reporter on the scene and we will let you know when we get the pictures. Lets move along intake at the tracy commute, 205 and 580 traffic which is normal, which is to say there is a lot of slow traffic through the Altamont Pass. From livermore to pleasanton traffic is okay. From 880 north into 238 and downtown oakland it looks good. The bay bridge toll plaza is mostly light traffic. It is 5 02 am. We have continuing coverage on the White Suprem
Fossil fuels and Global Warming. We will speak to a number of guests including Bill Mckibben, cofounder of 350. Org. Mr. Tillerson was boasting about how the company was going out and making new finds oil in new places around the world. We have five times as much carbon in our reserves already as we can burn. The idea with should celebrate the expiration for new hydrocarbons at this point it is passed irony that some dark place that i dont really have a name for. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump is expected to name exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. The selection prompted outrage and condemnation among environmental groups. Exposes by Insideclimate News and the Los Angeles Times reveal exxon knew that fossil fuels cause Global Warming as early as the 1970s, but hid that information from the public, and instead poured millions of dollars into pr effor