From Northern Syria, after he without the protection of american troops, u. S. Officials say the kurdish fighters in the area are now cutting a deal with the russian backed Syrian Government forces to help push back their incursion and prevent a mass slaughter. On fox news sunday, defense secretary mark esper defended President Trumps decision. And to take on the turkeys army, moving south. It puts news a terrible position. The president has received a lot of criticism for abandoning the kurdish fighters who have been the u. S. staunches allies in the region in the fight against isis. But this morning he defended the move in a series of tweets including this one. The kurds in turkey have been fighting for many years. Turkey considers pkk the worst of all. Others may want to come in and fight for one side or the other, let them. We are monitoring the situation closely, and endless wars. On nbcs meet the press, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Said there is nothing mor
Temperatures right now are in the north bay with the fog. They are not terribly cold. Youre doing okay in santa rosa. Forty fort in novato and heading over to the eastway, 51 and oakland. 41 and walnut creek. 43 in dublin. And heading further south, 46 in sunnyvale. Today will be another mile today after we kick the fog. Mostly sunny skies. 68 the coast. 73 in the bay and 82 inland. Very similar to yesterday. Lets head over to sell and see how we are doing at the road. We are off to a good start if you are driving on the commute on 580 through the altamont pass. We are starting with the super commute and unity traffic moving along okay. 205 has a little slowing approaching 580 and then you go to livermore and dublin it looks good, with no major problems traffic and oakland is fine. Eastbound 580 harvard there is Police Activity because of an earlier fatal accident. It is a hit and run eastbound 580 heading away from the Richmond Bridge and towards berkeley on 580. Right now aed traffic
Right now visibility is not great. Look in santa rosa quarter of a mile less than that in petaluma and novato. Napa has been issues going to the morning. Not as bad with something to look out for. The rest of the b is looking good visibility wise, but we will have the fog until we get past sunrise and is here to dissipate. Temperatures 43 in santa rosa. We go to the east bay were we have about 45 degrees in lafayette. Nancy in oakland about 51 and if you are the been waking up, 42 degrees. It is a little chilly. 50th san jose. Saratoga at about forty fort and morgan hill is in the 30. We will see the improve as we get into the afternoon. We have the center coming back in and it will still he miles. 68 at the coast. If you are up in the north bay or concord, youll probably see the though 80s. We have a bit of a mount week coming and a shot of a rain for the north bay. That is in the extended forecast. Actually i will send it to sal. Is okay. I do not have a lot to say, was is good. I th
During president ial elections. There are big policy ideas talked about in these campaigns. To help us make sense, we have a Wonderful Group of panelists. E duncan served as educator education secretary and was the ninth secretary. He is now a managing partner at and aerson corrective senior fellow at brookings. John king served as secretary of education through 2016 into 2017. Dr. King is currently the president and ceo of the education fund. Klein, herison current b is workforce issues. For many years she has covered politics and policy in washington and beyond. I will welcome the three of you to our stage and hand it over to allison. [applause] allison thank you for joining us. We are going to dive right into questions. I know you have been following the campaigns. I know you have both been supportive of charters in secretary king, you are an attorney and civil before, during, and after your time at the department of education. Choice has hurt constituents . It is not about the curr
Against one another, and to try to weaken us from within. Announcer 1 watch afterwords, sunday night at 9 00 eastern on book tv on cspan2. Former education secretarys discussed education policy and the 2020 election at an event hosted by the brookings institution. This is an hour. Good morning. Thank you all for joining , thank you for joining us, whether in person, on our webcast, or on cspan. I am john, a fellow here at the center for education policy. We are here today to talk about education policy and the 2020 election. Education doesnt always grab headlines during president ial campaigns. That is certainly the case this time around. That being said, there are truly consequential issues and big policy ideas being talked about as part of these campaigns. To help us make sense of what is going on, we have a Wonderful Group of panelists. Arne duncan served as education secretary from 2009 through 2015. I believe he was the ninth secretary. He is now a managing partner at the emerson