i worked for many years in los angeles at the los angeles times. i have written for the new york times. currently i write for the los angeles review of books and i am on the board of directors of the national book critics circle. i am also the author of a book lapoetry, that deals with causa. at this time i would like to introduce miriam. miriam is the former pulitzer prize winning editor. she spent 25 years working at newsday and to the los angeles times. her book, the crusades of cesar a biography is the first comprehensive biography of the charismatic leader. she has written the union of widely acclaimed into nuanced history of chavez is united farmworkers movement and nuanced history of a united farmworkers movement. she recently received an endowment for her work on the chavez biography. please welcome miriam pawel. [applause] thanks, gregg. gregg: hi miriam. gg.iam: hi, gre gregg: i want to ask you something i feel is important what brought you through the writing a
chief burchett died when this tree was knocked over. the planes and firefighters had been working to clear a line. despite a warning to clear the area, the utah team never acknowledged. the drop that ht them contained six gallons of retardant. it weighs nine pounds per gallon. it happened in two seconds. it came down on the chief and there was other debris that cam firefighters. reporter: as to why the plane came in too low, with don t know. we don t know whether the plane sunk or was led in by a spotter plane. that s dwroet be determined. new details about the redwood city man arrested for sexually abusing children. angel gutierrez work as babysitter on a child website. so far five were victims, boys under the auj of 18. his jobs could have given him access to more victim. he also worked as a driver for uber. they say they ve now suspended him. the sheriff s department is asking anyone who knew him to contact him. reporter: new scare for people living in the housing
welcome everyone. florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm as the wind speeds diminished somewhat. the storm is still pounding the southeast. as much as 15 inches of rain has fallen in some places. we are live from wilmington, north carolina which is really taking a hit from this storm. we can see the conditions you are facing right now. reporter: good afternoon to you. it is very wet right now as you can see. the rain is pouring down. the wind has died down a touch. it comes in waves where it is on again and off again and then a break. so the cape fear river is behind me. this afternoon, that overflowed and it set a new all-time record high tide. rushing water surrounds coastal homes in north carolina marking the arrival of florence. the storm barreled ashore with 90-mile an hour wind, tearing down power lines and large trees. i think this street probably has some of the worst damage. sport forecasters say that it is the rain and flooding likely to do t