Bruce westerman discusses the western wildfires, Climate Change, and other news of the day. Good morning. It is thursday, september 17, 2020, Constitution Day in the United States. This morning on the washington journal we will begin by asking you how you would amend the constitution if it were up to you today. Give us your ideas on how you think we the people may benefit on a change from the founding documents dating back to september 17. If youre in the mountain are pacific time zone, the number to call is 202 7488001. You can send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do come include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on twitter or on facebook. To you. Rsday morning officially known as Constitution Day and citizenship day in the United States. We are talking this morning about the u. S. Constitution. Some history is your calling in 1787, delegates opened their Constitutional Convention on may 25, 1787 in philadelphia to begin discussions on how to create a consti
The virus. When you downplay something that is really a threat, thats not a good thing. Reporter and here at the white house today, President Trump announced a peace deal between israel and bahrain. This is the second arab country to normalize its relations with israel in just the past 30 days. Theyre going to have a signing ceremony here at the white house next week. Norah. Odonnell ben tracy at the white house, thank you. Todays anniversary bore a chilling similarity to the days after 9 11 with america once again shaken by a national crisis. And no place was that more evident than in new york city. Heres cbs meg oliver. Reporter today, the chime of a bell echoed in Lower Manhattan at 8 46, beginning the somber remembrances of 9 11. But the touching tributes looked very different in a global pandemic. Michael rourke andrews. Reporter instead of family members reading the names of the nearly 3,000 People Killed in the attacks, a recording took their place to ensure social distancing. O
Weeks talkers. Let me get your thoughts on what took place in los angeles. Well, the level of animosity against the prison is so high that these types of acts are almost inevitable. The rhetoric that we hear all over these days is going to lead to acts like this. Maria how many chinese nationals will start working for oracle . Im pleased this is going to be undergoing a National Security review in the United States, i will be kept9 call until i can see all the details. Maria are you expecting other countries to join these others like, for example, oman . We are expecting to see other peace agreements in the future, and this is bad news for iran. You have a president who tore up a nuclear deal that would have permitted iran to get nuclear weapons. Maria what might we learn to these other outreaches to obama officials . They would be able to hide behind things we didnt know. Maria debt is going to become an issue if it were true that we could always print out money, why wouldnt we do it
We will get a weak sea breeze today, but an excessive heat warning throughout the day today into 9 00 monday night from upper 90s to about 110. Where you see the red shading there and where the orange is, thats the heat advisory. 11 00 today through the same time period monday night heat illnesses are possible even at the coast. The spare the air alert today. North bay and inland east bay moderate air quality for your sunday. Right now were in that moderate category except for santa rosa, good air quality there. The winds are very light right now, theyll get gusty as we get into the end of the Holiday Weekend. 9 00, 7 o0s and 80s. Mid70s San Francisco. It will be nice at the coast, but you heard about some of the local closures there. By 5 00 it is oppressive heat in our inland valleys, and were looking at just a little bit of relief along the coast tonight. Well talk about how long the heat wave lasts and a red flag warning that goes into effect labor day evening coming up. All right,
Monday had tested positive for covid19. applause it was a striking display last night as nearly 2,000 audience members did not socially distance, and largely were not wearing masks. The president did not mention the coronavirus until 30 minutes into his speech. And well produce a vaccine before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner. Reporter mr. Trump condemned looters and rioters and said only he could ensure law and order. My administration will always stand with the men and women of law enforcement. Reporter the president warned in dire terms that the country would suffer under a biden presidency. Joe biden is not a savior of americas soul. High is the destroyer of americas jobs. Reporter joe biden criticized President Trump for holding a super spreader event at the white house. Here in new hampshire, about 1400 people are packed into this hangar. Masks are required as part of a state ordnance but most people are not wearing one. Norah. Odonnell all right, and the music blaring