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york city transit said the flooding was due to overwhelmed drains. and more rain hit the area overnight thanks to tropical storm elsa wreaking havoc in new york city. and out west, states are preparing for another scorching weekend. forecasters predict temperatures will be up to 25 degrees higher than average. this comes as california governor gavin newsom asks residents to cut water usage by 15%. the state is grappling with a record breaking set of temperatures and a drought. joe, 100% of california, the state of california, is dealing with high temperatures. just unbelievable. it is unbelievable. it also follows up just historic record highs in oregon, in washington state, in the pacific northwest. why don t we go right now to meteorologist bill karins for more on the forecast. bill, i think you said those temperatures a few weeks back weren t temperatures you saw every ten years, or even every hundred years, they may be every thousand years. and now it s happening ....
bill maudlin served in the 45th infantry division during world war ii and gained fame and the pulitzer prize up next model and biographer todd depastino talks about the editorial cartoonist life and work including his post-war career during which he received a second pulitzer prize. now, let s kick off the 13th international conference on world war ii presented by pritzker military foundation on behalf of the pritzker military museum and library. the very first session of the day is one of the most famous world war ii chroniclers. this session will feature todd depastino whose latest book drawing fire the editorial cartoons of bill. mauldin was published by pritzker military museum and library this past year. todd will be interviewed by the museum s own samuel s murray stone senior historian and the executive director to our institute for the study of warren democracy dr. rob satino. rob is the author of 10 books has been involved with basically every content aspect of ....
cspan2, television for serious readers. good evening i m john kenyon i m the executive director of the city of literature organization prayed welcome tonight slip talks events featuring me the author joseph campbell. botox is a series presented by the iowa city public library featuring authors of books featuring political role of social engagement. in his new book, pulling failure in the u.s. presidential election, campbell looks at the long history of polling and its failures. you may recall dooey defeats truman or the shock of 2016 election results, campbell goes deeper. looking at how polling methods in the way polls are covered in the media have affected our national politics for decades. campbell spent 20 years in journalism become a professor in communication studies program in america university in washington d.c. he s also a writer historian, media critic and blogger. he s authored seven books including getting it wrong, debunking the greatest myths in american ....
affected our national politics for decades. campbell spent 20 or centralism before becoming a professor in the communications studies program at american university in washington, d.c. he is also a writer, historian, be the clinic and blogger. he has solo authored seven books including getting it wrong, defunct in the greatest myths in american journalism, and 1995, the year the future began. tonight campbell will talk about is brenda book from university of california press, lost in a gallup. following his opening remarks i will moderate a q&a session. those watching us live on crowd cast can submit a question by clicking ask the question at the bottom of the screen at any time during appropriate. now i would like to welcome w. joseph campbell to let talks. john, thank you. great to be a period great to be back in i was a, if virtually. i spent productive period of time but two and half years ago in i was city going through the gallup organization papers university ....
110 degrees. we are standing across from bayview park and bayview s the july 4,osting 1919 world championship heavyweight fight between jack dempsey and jess willard. it was difficult to find a place to hold this fight. in 1919, boxing had an awkward reputation for a death in the ring recently, gambling, and organized crime that was involved. but toledo made an offer and it was decided to host the fight here. both fighters came to town months before and trained. seat woodenn 80,000 stadium made of michigan pine and right next to it is a replica of a stadium with the same design that was built for the july 4, 2019 centennial celebration of the fight. the day of the fight was extremely hot and the pine began to bleach. the newspaper boys were making a fortune for people to sit on. a lot of straw hats, you see people of towels over the back of their next, really warm. dempsey who was by far the underdog just basically pummels willard in one of the most violent three roun ....