Revolutionary war. Mark malloy is a historian with the National Park service and he is like, what can i do this revolutionary war . I said, this is the civil war. We decided we would let him talk about fort sumter because it is as close as we can get to the revolutionary war era. Asay that because mark is delightful historian, wonderful guy, wish i could get him to laugh on cue. [laughter] his most distinctive feature is his laugh. We are delighted to have him come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at fort sumter. Mark . Mark thank you so much for that introduction, chris. It is a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We would love to have done in person, but being able to do it digitally is a wonderful way to do it as well. Mentioned my main passion is the American Revolutionary war. Work for the National Park service and we take care of a lot of important civil war sites. I started my career with the National Park service
Really anywhere across the bay area. And we do have multiple advisories impeach these are heat advisories and read something were all too familiar with those red flag warnings which are taking effect yet again later on today as winds pick up into the finish of the afternoon and then stay with us through the evening tonight that paired with low humidity and the really hot temperatures will have triple digit heat likely record breaking day time highs this afternoon means fire danger will again be very high today and especially concerning in the north bay around the glass fire talking about air quality there are pockets where its better pockets where its not so good as you would expect a nap and vacaville, some of our worst areas air quality wise right now guerneville over to even areas around santa rosa are looking at better conditions. A lot of our winds yesterday push wildfire smoke to the north and east, but it did settle into the bay as you can clearly make out just looking out your
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Victoria state and announces fines as high as 14000. 00 to stop people breaking coronavirus isolation orders. And intense speculation over the whereabouts of spains former king after he announces hes leaving the country. And i would begin with our breaking news out of lebanon where a massive explosion has shaken the capital beirut 27 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 2500 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in an area of the citys port which housed highly explosive material that had been confiscated. Shock waves are felt for several kilometers and buildings within a large radius of the site have been severely damaged the red cross warns many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast isnt known lebanons president has called for urgent defense counsel talks israel has issued a statement denying any involvement and france and iran both say theyre ready to help lebanon in any way. People who were