Supported by the u. S. Government and resulted in the capture or death of more than 1000 men. This was recorded in florida in 2011. It is about one hour. This evening, books and books is pleased to welcome mr. Jim ratzenberger and his new book brilliant disaster jfk, castro, and americas doomed invasion of cubas bay of pigs. He has written for the New York Times, vanity fair, smithsonian, and the wilson quarterly, among others. His most recent book was american 1908, and he is also the author of high steel. He examines the u. S. Backed military invasion of cuba in 1961 in this book, one of the most ill fated blunders in american history. He draws on long hidden cia documents, and delivers, as never before, the truth and consequences of those five pivotal days in april of 1961. Here to tell us more, give a warm welcome to mr. Jim ratzenberger. [applause] jim perfect. Thank you. Thank you for that introduction. Thank you to books and books for having me. This is a wonderful bookstore. I
Increases we saw in july. Encouraging signs, but not the kind of stability and long term decline that we ultimately need to get to where everybody wants to go. Reporter for no dr. Erica pan is the states acting health officer, and sandra shury has been appointed acting california departments of Public Health director. Live in San Francisco, christien capitola, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you, christien. State officials reported more than 7700 no coronavirus cases statewide yesterday. That brings the total number of cases to over 561,000. There were also 66 more deaths. Over 10,000 deaths have now been reported in california since march. There is positive news, though, hospitalization are down 19 over 14 days, and icu admissions are down 13 over that same period. Here in the bay area, state Officials Say there were 883 new coronavirus cases reported yesterday, for a total of more than 60,000. Two more deaths were also reported yesterday, nearly 900 people have now died in the bay area from t
Day today as were looking at the wind gust in excess of 40 to 45 miles an hour in some places but we are looking at this system to the north to provide that wind today. Its also disrupting the low cloud deck so not much of that which could be a good thing. Brighter start to the day. 57 in concord. 52 in napa. Cooler in santa rosa. You have quarter mile visibility. You can see two to five degrees cooler this morning and the surface winds now howling out towards concord and the delta over 30 miles an hour. 10 00, sunny. Wind in the 60s to low 70s but through the afternoon, numbers will come down significantly from the upper 70s to low 80s for our warmest inland valleys and with that, well have winds 20 to 30 closer to the coast and 50 miles an hour. The first red flag warning in effect tonight for the north bay mountains. Well detail that for you in a few minutes. Businesses will have to wait a little longer to reopen. They wereut the spike in coronavirus cases forced the mayor to put pl
Collins this hearing will come to order. Good morning. Next week americans will honor our nations veterans who have paid the price for our freedom in times of conflict and served as our shield in times of peace. Today, nearly 20 million americans have earned the title of veteran. Im proud to say that maine is home to more than 114,000 veterans. The second highest percentage in our entire country. We owe them such a great debt. The gratitude we express in words on veterans day can repay this debt only in small measure. A truly grateful nation must match its words with actions. As we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their life savings and defraud them of the benefits they have earned in service to our country. Often, veterans fall victim to the same scams that this committee has highlighted in recent years such as the irs imposter scam, the grandpa
Good morning. Next week, americans will honor our nations veterans who have paid the price for our freedom in times of conflict and served as our shield in times of peace. Today, nearly 20 million americans have earned the title of veteran. Im proud to say that maine is home to more than 114,000 veterans. The second highest percentage in our entire country. We owe them such a great debt. The gratitude we express in words on veterans day can repay this debt only in small measure. A truly grateful nation must match its words with actions. As we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their life savings and defraud them of the benefits they have earned in service to our country. Often, veterans fall victim to the same scams that this committee has highlighted in recent years such as the irs imposter scam, the grandparent scam, the romance scam, the jamaica