Just a few moments. And, of course, air quality still a huge concern. Here is a live look at the air quality tracker on our website abc7news. Com. You can see the air is unhealthy and in the south and east bays. Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, august 25th. A lot to get to. But, first, we want to check in with you, mike, to see what our forecast has in store today. We know that will have a big impact on how theyre able to fight these fires. Exactly. We have a mixture of fog and smoke this morning. And the fog the closer you are to the coast, that is where the marine layer is the deepest around 1,100 to 1,200 feet and visibility down to less than a quarter of a mile on the peninsula coast and with the winds blowing ashore lightly some of that fog is making it all the way into napa. Now, i want to wrap it up right here and send it back to you guys because we have a press conference on the fires. Okay. The czu lightning complex fire burning were hoping to get some updated numbers.
My question is why you are surprised that america is now failing with moral issues and and government and privacy all over the world has been promoting selfishness, self interest, sex , corruption and a lot of other materialistic requirements and subsequently they have affected this country whether one way or another, it has come to this country and has been the result of the same policies, why are you surprised . First, im not entirely surprised. I think most people of goodwill on both sides of the proverbial aisle are not surprised but i think the best way to answer you is in this way, because itsprings from our book. Our Founding Fathers and mothers, and we know this from diaries, letters, observations, were very interested in that proverbial moment in western civilization where it ceased to be the Roman Republic where things were relatively free and became the roman empire. That people ceased being citizens and they became subjects, right . Not under the direction of the relative f
[inaudible conversation] are you ready for whatever happens. Absolutely. All right. Welcome everybody. Not just those of you in the room but people who are watching this live on cspan, we are glad to have you here. I know by now we been in this generation long enough i dont need to tell you to turn off your cell phones or turn off the sound, but do, if you dont mind. I want to welcome all of you here, but also i want to call special attention to two groups of students here at the aspen institute. We have students here and from the charter school. Welcome. When we get to the q a asked questions and we hope you will. Let me start with a little story to get us started in this experiment that we live in that is so constantly contentious and uncivil. I run a program that we started at the institute 12 years ago. Its called the Hotel Scholarship in public leadership. What we do, i will be very brief, we go out every year and we find that 24 top Young Political leaders in the countr country.
Right . We always set records. We have to set records, we have no choice. It has been a little over a year since i have spoken on your beautiful campus. So much has changed. Right here, the class of 2017, dressed in cap and gown, graduating to a totally brilliant future. Here i am, standing before you as president of the United States. So, i am guessing there are some people here today who thought either one of those things, either one would really require major help from god. Did we agree . We got it. [applause] but here we are, celebrating together, on this joyous occasion. There is no place in the world i would rather be to give my first commencement address as president than here with my wonderful friends at liberty university. [applause] President Trump i accepted the invitation a long time ago. I said to jerry that i would be there. When i say something, i mean it. [applause] President Trump i want to thank president Jerry Falwell and his incredible wife, becky. Stand up, becky.
Right . We always set records. We have to set records, we have no choice. It has been a little over a year since i have spoken on your beautiful campus. So much has changed. Right here, the class of 2017, dressed in cap and gown, graduating to a totally brilliant future. Here i am, standing before you as president of the United States. So, i am guessing there are some people here today who thought either one of those things, either one would really require major help from god. Did we agree . We got it. [applause] but here we are, celebrating together, on this joyous occasion. There is no place in the world i would rather be to give my first commencement address as president than here with my wonderful friends at liberty university. [applause] President Trump i accepted the invitation a long time ago. I said to jerry that i would be there. When i say something, i mean it. [applause] President Trump i want to thank president Jerry Falwell and his incredible wife, becky. Stand up, becky.