And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Amy goodman has been cover ing politics for 20 years now. Her newest book is now available in paperback. She joins us tonight from stanford, california. Good to have you back on the program. Its great to be with you. Are there still in fact movements that are changing america or are we up against something we havent seen the likes of ever . And if not ever, certainly in quite a while . Both. I think there are major movements that are changing this country still. In fact, our escalating, you look just at these three. The media played a lot of the first 100 days of donald trump, as we should have. The evaluation of what he has managed to do so far. What wasnt done as much is evaluating the movements, and theyve been quite astonishing, the day after President Trump was inaugurated. Three times the crowd for his inauguration came out. A lot was made of the fact that Donald Trumps inaugural crowd was smaller than pre
Not much of a delta breeze. Thats usually a hint. Well see if it picks up. Thats a hint that the inland areas will drop. Well go 60s and 70s and bump it up a couple. 82 or 84 to concord. Near average to slightly below. South 401, what do you know . 65 San Francisco. 72 oakland. Youre a happy camper. Perfect. Thank you, steve. Youre welcome. This mornings commute is not bad. If youre driving the tracy, it looks good. Westbound 205 and 580, its not a bad drive. Congestion already where 280 and im sorry, where 580 and 280 meet looking good into pleasant ton and dublin and looking at interstate 880. Both directions is moving well. If youre driving on the east shore freeway, its a nice drive from the car keen us bridge. If youre driving to the bay bridge, its light. 4 01. Lets go back to the desk. Theres a fire burning out of control north test of yosemite. Its called the detwiler fire. Theres a map to look at. The direction of the fire, so far it has burned 25,000 acres and its 5 contained
Francisco, bowie and bodega bay are cold. They show 51 degrees. In july, they can get to 59, 60. Thats good. Low clouds favor San Francisco to the south. Not to the north. Were getting a northerly breeze. Its racing down the coast. North bay, east bay has a hint south bay is the same. Its a touch call. 50s on the temps and 40s up to the north. Mill valley is in there. Glen alan is in there. Windsor, graden. Olema at 50 degrees. No change on the delta breeze. In between the High Pressure and Desert Southwest and an abundant monsoon moisture so you can see that fog. Areas to the south stay the same. 60s and 70s, and 80s to low 90s. Close to where we should be this time of year. Sal, 5 01. You would like to focus on owe tracy. Our friends who drive in from tracy. If youre driving in on 580, youll see the traffic is going to be busy and slow. Perhaps you wait for an employee to come from that area and youre wondering how long its going to take them. Its going to take the standard amount of
Command post nearby to bring us to the latest. Good afternoon, we are on the backside of the fairgrounds and i want to show you the activity going on it is quite the operation. Agencies from Orange County Riverside County and Los Angeles County also pretty much from all over the state. The fire continues to get closer to the town of mariposa, right now it is north of the town but it exploded overnight and as you mentioned it is 7 contained. It has burned 47,000 acres. We just got an update, 5000 residents have fled their homes. Cal fire and other agencies are continuing airdrops. Overnight the crews cut fire lines and bulldozer crews were busy at work. The challenge is the terrain which is steep and hilly and there is a lot of fresh vegetation providing fuel and fire crews are dealing with humidity and went. The cal fire chief walked us through with a map and give us a visual of what they are dealing with. This black line is contained. That fire is not going to spread out of there. It
So pleased to welcome vic mens too. Program. He has worked with jay z and kanye and won plays for his politically charged lyrics. The autobiography is out this week and tackles serious issues and features appearances from pretty familiar faces. Before our conversation with him, now a clip from the video for the song rage. I want you to rage tonight before your final fly i want you to rage into the night i want you to know your ride before your final flight just as a burning bird im looking at this shot of all the water. Im thinking what is in the watter that youre drink in chicago . Collin, kanye, chance, you. The narrative that we get out of chicago is the story line that you know. That black people are killing black people and nothing is good outside of michigan avenue. Right. And, yet, every other year or so there seems to be another creator, innovative, Ground Breaking artist that comes out of that city. Whats happening in chicago . I think we have going on in chicago is a very pol