David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about some of the past. His book about arnold rothstein, has book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted silent cows almanac, the wit and wisdom of calvin coolidge, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman lively itabout how is, illuminating portraits of candidate, and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes to election day is one he has definitively become the best at leading. His work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a of the president s series. After three homeruns, i think pietrusza is the undisputed champion of chronicling americans president ial campaigns. He holds a masters degree in history the university at albany and has served on city council in amsterdam new york and is the , rec
Coming up on American History tv, a discussion with the author of the book 1948, Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the clifton park half moon public library. We are very pleased to have david patrusia to talk about his latest book 1948. Harry trumans improbable victory and the year that france formed america kwoo. Hes been here in the past about his book about Arnold Rothstein and the book of 1920, the year of six president s and 1960, lbj versus jfk versus nixon, the silent cowls almanac and the homespun wit and wisdom of vermont, Calvin Coolidge and ted williams, my life in pictures. He produced a wmht documentary, local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviews for his harry truman book talk about how lively it is and illuminating portraits and the evenhanded appraisal for truman is especially compelling. What it takes to get us to election day is one thats definitively become the best at leading
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. A heat wave in california has triggered the first rolling blackout in california for over 20 years with more possible in the coming days. The bay area beach town is begging people not to visit but unclear how that could be enforced. Who will be vaccinated first when the shots become available, and what california and other states are asked to do ahead of time. It is 6 00 on this saturday, august 15. Good morning. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely. Lets get to our meteorologist. Yesterday was bad but thats only the start. Here is the view over the bridge with no marine layer this morning but i dont think anyone is surprised to see that. Although we did cool down in the upper 60s in the city after being in the mid90s yesterday. We shattered the record of San Francisco from the gold rush. We will do it all over again today. We have intense heat again today and it could get technically cooler tomorrow but dont think sunday will fe
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Today is saturday. I know it is saturday because i dont wear a tie on saturday. The total number of hospitalizations are down, again. Interesting to look at the curve, how fast we went up and how relatively slow the decline has been. That shows you the problem of having a spike, a spike happens quickly but resolves slowly. Hospitalizations, intubation is down. Number of new cases per day is also down, 400, which sounds like a large number but this is of 19tatewide population million. 15,000 hospital beds. Lost, 157. Of lives that number has been stubborn. 161, these were all basically in the margin of error, if you will. This system is not that precise. I believe when they actually go back weeks from now and calculate total number of deaths , at deaths, etc. , you will see a variation in this number. We are right about where we were when we started. We want to make sure we do not hell we have gone through. When we talk about reopening, that is a discussion. Half the state now, in terms