Good morning, ladies and j gentlemen. Im john allenen, president of brookings. On behalf of the institution and our partners, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast, and, of course, we always welcome the media. This morning, youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society. To bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation. Leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trust in institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has, in fact, declined, and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problems we face as a count
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has in fact declined and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problem
Civilian National Service programs. This was hosted by the Brookings Institution. It is one hour and 10 minutes. John good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation, leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each othe
To an end. As familiar faces make room for tomorrows stars. And in this new world of sabermetrics, and launch angles, an instinctive manager like boats, probably just felt it was time. Do you think he is part of a dying breed . I think he is, unfortunately. But yeah, we got to experience him, so that is enough for us. We love him. We love him a lot. So yes, it does hurt. But it needs to happen. Reporter reported time, there was a special tribute, at the stroke of high noon. Fog cords blared from the boats in mccovey cove, and the cell phones of people in the stands. Ironically, it is a sound used to warn mariners to be cautious, when it is hard to see what is ahead. It is the way giants fans felt before bruce fauci was hired, and it is how they feel today. We are in the same boat right now. Who is going to get happen, what is is going to be like . There is a lot of uncertainty. Reporter so is this really the end of bruce fauci, or is he just taking a break . A lot of insiders feel he s
You can see all of Solano County and the Higher Elevations of marin, sonoma, napa, lake and mendocino counties. 11 00 thi m7 00his he winds gustg t t24 bouncing around. Its warm this morning. Upper 50s to upper 60s. Warmer than average at 80 to 90 at noon. A new crash in dublin, westbound 580 at 680 is slowing things down. Its blocking a lane as well. Traffic is heavy on westbound 580 making your way towards dublin, towards the dublin interchange. Well keep an eye on this for you. Westbound 580 always slows out of tracy with an earlier crash near 205. Thats been cleared. You can see very slow, 11 Miles Per Hour on westbound 205, slow into the altamont pass. The drive time as we keep track of that, tracy to dublin is 46 minutes right now. Westbound 4 antioch to concord, still green at 15 minutes. Thank you. Breaking news, a wildfire is burning in vallejo on maher island. Heres what we know. This fire broke out about two hours ago. Thats when firefighters got reports of smoke in that are