Season but a historic number fires have already blazed through the state. 3 more than million acres have burned in 2020. Surpassing the previous record, set in 2018. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 28 major blazes across the state. They have also t aimed at le 12 lives. But amid the destruction comes opportunity, guided by science, san jose state iversity has just inaugurated a new Wildfire Research center. Thoflargest one its kind in the nation. The scientists span a range of disciplines from meteorology, to ecology to a social science. E they are ping new tools and techniques to better study, predict, and adapt to living with wildfires. Joining me now skype is craig clemts, the directorof the wildfire Interdisciplinary Research center, and a professor of meteorology at san jose state university. Also joinin us from jose is Amanda Stossel with. Assistant professor of wildfire management at the center, hello to you both. Hello hi. Craig, lets start with yook you at the skies th
Nonfiction books and authors. Cspan2 created by americas Cable Television companies of the Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Beginning now on booktv we will spend time with the late author and columnist William F Buckley. This is part of our summer bins watch series which features one wellknown author. He found the National Review and help to the political Debate Program firing line for several years, also the author of 50 books which included his thoughts on politics, religion, culture, literature and other topics. He appeared on booktv and cspan at 45, we will share those programs with you. First up tonight, in 1993 Mister Buckley sat down to discuss the collection of his essays from his book happy days were here again. Here he is on cspans Interview Program from 1993 book notes. Cspan on the cover of your book it says reflections of a libertarian journalist. You always call yourself a libertarian . Guest as of course you know, something called the
Chicago, president as well. From the dea the special agent in charge is present and from the u. S. Marshals service the chief deputy and chief inspector. Also with me up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. Toms office and my office, we Work Together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And finally my colleague justin hurtman whos the u. S. Attorney in cleveland and Northern District of ohio is here and quarterbacking the u. S. Department of just nationwide efforts on operation legend. Were here today to discuss a critically important topic, Violent Crime in chicago. As attorney general barr has made clear the most basic responsibility of government is to protect the safety of our citizens for those of us in Law Enforcement our top priority is to keep people safe. For much of this year chicago and many other cities have experienced significant
William barr held a News Conference in chicago today the federal response to protest across the country. It is what he had to say. Good morning and thank you all for being here. In the u. S. Attorney for the district of illinois. Id like to start this morning but taking it to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagu colleagues, some of whom you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr with us today. We have acting director, regina and the special agent, kristin here as well. We also have from the fbi, deputy director, dave. We also have special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago. The dea special agent in charge, robert u. S. Marshal sargent, david and chief inspector, diego. Also are two other u. S. Attorneys. My counterpart of the Northern District of illinois, tom. Tom sat in my office and worked together frequently on combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. My colleague,
Good morning, and thank you for being here. Im the United States attorney for the Northern District of illinois. I would like to start this morning by taking a moment to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagues, some of them you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr here with us today. From the atf we have acting director Regina Lombardo and a special agent in charge in chicago is here as well. Dave. E Deputy Director we also have the special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago present as well. From the dea, special agent in charge is present. We have chief deputy u. S. Arshal and the chief inspector also up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. And my office, we Work Together frequently combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And my colleague justin, who is the u. S. Attorney in cleveland, the Norther