But then one of the governors aides suggest he listen more closely to the line that follows in birmingham they love the governor. The next line anybody remember . Boo, boo, boo. Sung by a group of female africanamerican backup singers. Including, by the way, the great mary clayton who originated the role of the acid queen in the whos tommy. That has nothing to do with what were talking about tonight. I just think thats a cool fact. So ronny and the boys never got their citation from the governor. We have chosen this line as the title for our program tonight because it is like the legacy of George Wallace debated, parsed, and still relevant in the 21st century america. We are fortunate to have three respected and accomplished scholars with us tonight to explore the role of George Wallace in birmingham civil rights struggle and the legacy of wallace in our politics and culture today. Our first speaker will be dan t. Carter. He has served as professor and visiting scholar at emory univers
Of the california ballot in next years general election. George wallace made his first run in National Politics in 1964 where he enters a few key primaries and does well there. His first Major National run comes in 1968. Where he has set himself up through these public appearances that he makes during the desegregation of aids and during the standin schoolhouse. He sets himself up to be his voice and standing against all of these changes that the federal government is making. He takes what hes been making and he broadens it for a national audience. And thats a debate that really resonates with a lot of pop feeling their concerns have not been heard and feeling they are living in a know, the federal government is moving too fast with their decisions and feel like their voices arent being heard. So George Wallace, in 1968, sets himself up as a very successful candidate for president. He wins five southern states, and receives over 10 million votes. So he really speaks to a minority that
And it once got very cold at 1896. We will see the fog lifting and burning off, 50s on the temperatures, east bay temperatures also in the 50s. A breeze, and we have an onshore breeze with that low cloud deck. 30s in the mountains, 50s around here, temperatures rebounding into the 60s and 70s, but the fog will be slow burning off for some. 6 01 am, and are the roads getting busy . They are, and you can see the traffic will be busy at the toll plaza with this stopandgo traffic, a 25 minute delay getting into San Francisco. Also looking at a commute on san mateo bridge and traffic is busy as normal. Once you get past the toll plaza, decent traffic over to foster city. Looking at 101, 280 and 85 in san jose getting crowded, but not stop and go just yet. 6 01 am. We are learning more about that serious crash near ocean beach in San Francisco is one man was sent to the hospital with major injuries. We have alex savidge joining us from that area with more on what may have led to that crash.
Are so close part of the road had to be shut down. Glad youre with us. Im matt austin. This is news 6 at 6 00. Lisa im lisa bell. This is happening on i95 and state road 405 in titusville. Amanda castro is joining us live from the scene. Youve been out there all afternoon. Are crews getting a handle on the flames at this point . Reporter yeah. Were told the fire is 100 contained. That means theres a fire line around the blaze. But as you can see, we just saw within the past few minutes a big flareup, it looks like. Lots of dark smoke coming from the scene. You can see its still pretty active. Lots of Law Enforcement and fire crews still out there. We were told that troopers were hoping to open state road 407 but its still an active scene out there. At its peak this afternoon, the flames were rising high, fueled by the windy and dry conditions. Blaze while helicopters dumped water from up above. The fire grew to about 35 acres. The flames actually burning to the edge of state road 407,
Other people did. Beach goers out early they were in force in ocean city the head of the chamber of mers saying beach badge sales are up over last year. House rentals are up 25 much this weekend theyre saying not so much for renders homeowners using their properties and starting next week theyll rent them out. Looking at pure numbers theyre estimating here in ocean city about 90,000 people will be here here. You can compare that maybe to a july 4th weekend when estimates are about 150,000. Not as big but certainly a nice crowd and shop owners tell me this week does set tone for the success of the rest of the season. We need economic epp gin for ocean city and ocean conte its good vital to have a good memorial weekend it. Sets the tone. It. Gives people a little bit of confidence to go out and hire a few more people to have extended hours. Its the first time wellly all winter you have a chance to start making money. We spent a lot of money over the wintertime all the businesses making i