Its science. Our response should be the same, grounded in science. Acting together, all of us. Like with our federal response to covid19, the lack of a National Strategy on climate and Climate Change overall leads us without solutions. It has as a matter of fact been made worse by the changes the administration has made. Im speaking from delaware, the lowest lying state in the nation relative to sea level. Just last week delaware state attorney generals sued 31, 31 big fossil fuel companies, which knowingly wrecked tabak and damaged the climate, our climate. Damage that is plain for everyone to see but the president. As he flies to california today, we know he has no interest in meeting this moment. We know he wont listen to the experts or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. Host joe biden, from delaware yesterday. This is a photo of the president from yesterday during his meeting with governor gavin newsom along with other officials to talk about the wildfires out west. B
People will choose shopping online, if they do any shopping at all. Obviously target is ready. Bracing itself for what could be big crowds. They see something a lot of economists, for example, do not. Were keeping a close eye on that. Push, pull, obviously on the jobs front. You heard about claims, still below 900,000. They did hit week over week. One of the things barometer of continuing claims, they fell by 167,000 to bring us to about 12. 6 million. Surprisingly good news on new home sales, jumped 4. , to 14 year high. Those are things are sort of whipsawing markets. Were following the law and order issue very, very closely. Again, keeping an eye on louisville and talks of further protests across the country over that Breonna Taylor case and a grand jury not personally faulting any of the officers for her direct killing although one for sloppy behavior. Well get into that. Because it led to protests in the likes of atlanta, new york city, a host of other places. And more on Governor
Latest out of the walbridge fire burning in Sonoma County right now it flared up overnight and what youre seeing on your screen is time lapse video. What we saw burning before the sun came up new evacuation orders in effect right now for several neighborhoods in Sonoma County. And we actually have a live camera from Mount Jackson check this out, its pointed west right at the fire. You can see all the smoke earlier we saw flames to firefighters are still out there. They say that they have stopped the forward progress of the fire but of course its not contain. And more breaking news to have military military helicopters attempting to rescue more than 60 people right now who are trapped in the creek fire in Fresno County. This will be their 3rd attempt to get to these hikers the rescues had to be called off last night because of heavy smoke. Thats pretty scary. We actually have a picture. The hikers are smiling theyre okay right now. They are sheltering at the vermilion valley camping res
Also, counterterrorism analyst washington Thomas Anderson talks about the evolving threats facing the u. S. Since the september 11 terrorist attacks. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal for september 11. Todays show will focus on the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. You can see planned events at the pentagon which you are watching at ground zero in new york. On cspan, cspan2 and cspan3. You can check the website for specific channel and time information. Follow along on the radio app. We will take your calls on this remembrance day. Here is how you can call us. The eastern00 for and central time zones. 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific times. If you want to text us, do so at 202 7488003. Post on our cspan feed. On this day, several papers across the United States devoted. Heir editorial page here is the tribute out of johnstown, pennsylvania. On the 19th anniversary, our nation is distracted by politics. We are obligated to pause on this september
Cspan radio app. Here to join us to talk about the state of National Security sanderson. Homas , and im happy to beyond provide some insight and answer some questions. Host can you tell the audience about your background in this field . Guest i started out back in 1998 back in graduate school. This was the summer we were attacked in east africa by al qaeda. Defensework with a contractor called saic. I was assigned to programs looking at the threat of weapons of mass destruction, following the east africa bombings. We were concerned that al qaeda was seeking to up their game by using weapons of mass destruction. My team and i looked at the various groups that have tried to obtain weapons of mass destruction, from chlorine gas to using other materials. We looked at that, i did that for four years and i went off to china to do a fellowship. That happened to be right after 9 11, bow two weeks after 9 11. When i came back i joined the center for strategic and international studies. The dire