Fish swimming along the water and they passed this older fish. The older fish nods at them them says good morning boys. Hows the water . Two fish swim on a ways after a while one of the young fish turns the other younger fish it says. What the hell is water . And i think in the west this engineered construct this society. That is so beyond any other society thats been created on the earth. This place with our public power and much of the west our industrial footprints are entrepreneurial businesses are way of looking toward the pacific and there are several looking toward the past in some ways is our water. We take it for granted we take for granted that were here and were like this. But thats why im going to talk about is how we got to this point in world war ii gives us this now. If you look at the history of the west i guess a lot of history is like this but think of the history of the west for the last say 120 years as largely accidental now as i said history in general is accident
Were leaving on a ferry to go to norfolk to visit my sister. We get on the very everybodys talking about this im inside. And nobody knew about it. And for the first time i said, well i knew about it. And she said you did not the paper said nobody knew about it. And i thought i wonder how she thinks he got made. I didnt argue with it. Watch the full Program Sunday at 2 pm eastern 11 am pacific here on American History tv. Each week American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that provide context for todays Public Affairs issues youre on the march to health at hersheys store get your free polio shot today at hersheys store. Example injection means polio protection lets make columbus the best vaccinated city in america. Children bring your parents and parents bring your children. Precious stone ten days after the program was first announced television and newsman gathered to record the grand opening of the polio station on the main street of the city. The mayor was there.
those forced to evacuate. many came to the san geronimo community center. about 8:15, we grew to 150 people here. reporter: dave court is the executive director of the community shelter, providing for those in the community. it was pretty much a towering inferno from the parking lot. reporter: that parking lot is shared with lagunitas schools where the superintendent cancel classes because many students and staff were evacuated. marin county fire reported that around 12:30 in the afternoon, helicopters dropping water played a major hand in increasing containment to 35% from few hours. late tuesday afternoon, all evacuation orders were lifted, the marin county fire reports many homes are still without power since pg&e cut electricity during the fire. residents here also expressed concern about the increased winds. you might be able to catch on camera, the winds are picking up now. and, sometimes this time of year, the winds pick up in the afternoon. reporter: you m
concord, 47 pleasantton at 48. west, southwest breeze coming through the straight there. so it is an onshore breeze fog in place and a dip in the jet stream. that will go 60s and 70s. sal tells us it is 7:01. how is the traffic? 39 minute drive to the mack mack bridge. it doesn t seem to bad as you see there. this is a look at the scott sams. in the silocon valley it is not too bad getting down there. 880 is a little slower getting into as you know i don t know city than from union city scott sams. sam sam te o bridge. someone shot several round from a car and took off what is the latest on the investigation. reporter: the police said that there was a minor accident on the freeway the one driver would not pull over so the other driver chased him and shot aim at him. it was a white ford taurus. and the other vehicle was involved was a black camaro and it was towed from the scene. it was was hit by gun fire. luckily, the driver was not hurt. and the two cars were trav
for years, he knew he read the archives and conducted interviews in the course of his research, including here at the national archives. world war ii created tens of thousands of cubic feet that are now held in the national archives. we are brought face-to-face with many facets of the war and its aftermath. every day, in our research rooms, online researchers examine personal records and german records to uncover the stories of the war and the people who fought, died, and survived. during this 75th anniversary, the national archives staff is ready to assist those who come to us searching for the evidence of what happened in the past. today, james holland is here. he is a historian and writer. he has also written numerous works of historical fiction. he has written and presented bbc documentaries. a fellow of the royal historical society, he advised the british government on history curriculum and has his own collection at a museum. please welcome james holland. [applause]