Maintaining that it is not liable for the fire. And we will be talking to an attorney representing some of those families but that will be coming up later on. All right another big story that were following pg and e being blamed for causing 29 teams kincade fire in Sonoma County cal fire has released the results of its investigation into that very destructive fire. The report says investigators have determined that pg and e on power lines near geyserville and thats to blame not a surprise. The kincade fire burned for more than 13 days covering more than 77,000 acres 374 buildings were destroyed 4 people were injured. Pg and is responding to the cal fire release of the investigation results blaming the company for the kincade fire. The Statement Reads in part were aware of cal fires news release stating that pg and e facilities caused the fire at this time we do not have access to cal fires investigator for port or the evidence it has collected we look forward to reviewing both at the a
Have time at the end for a q a session please line up at the microphone to the right so with that i will handed over to the interviewer the managing editor for the Chicago Tribune. Welcome to ruth printers row lit fest. I am pleased to be sitting here with lisa napoli with a fellow journalist who is the offer of ray and joan the man who made the mcdonalds fortune and the woman who you gave the ball away. We were working on a cover line for a magazine people dont put appreciate how long it can go. Reading the New York Post that this was different and i got lucky. It is a book about the man who made mcdonalds what it is and then the head spinning philanthropy of his wife joan kroc so liz taylor who was the Chicago Tribune editoratlarge in said a Business Editor should do the interview and then said it is more like a love story. I think it is a little more complex than that. Is. It is a love story and a hate story and about mid 20th century americana and that is what kept me going it took
Author of radio shangrila but we go way back to the 80s when we worked together as a tv station in north carolina. So were reconnecting now, with be asking the questions of her which might make her slightly nervous, except i know that she knows the answers to every single question im going to ask her today. Because she researched this book for five years. Welcome, lisa. Thank you so much. Thank you being here with. Host we are happy to have you. Her first book, was holiday raid raid show shangry shangrila. They have Gross National happiness. So were happy to talk about you new book, which is ray and joan, and we many ray croc and this third and final wife, joan croc, his woad dough, and the story is so compelling in some many ways but we need to go back to the beginning a little bit here, because mas mcdonalds is huge, its everywhere, but has really modest beginning in a little town in california with a couple of brothers. So when you started research it took you to where. Guest took m
Others in the nfl. I mean, they answer my phone calls. They answer my questions. Sometimes its on the record. My phone calls, the answer my questions. Sometimes its on the record, sometimes its on background. Billy being in Major League Baseball is communicative, hes a Vice President with the league soi have a great relationship. I think because i have, and jim byzantine my business partner, we demonstrated fairness, that were going to say when we think you misstep and when we think you got wrong. When we think you got it right, were going to say that to and i hear from people that they respect that we are honest a host young talk flint be interviews you have done with players. Are the players open to talking with you . Guest i talk in book about going to in the Nfl Players Association event and a representative of the nfl pa, having a problem with me askingf gay questions of their new players. Back three or four years ago. There have been a couple who did not want to talk to me for su
Probably wouldnt. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. Welcome, everyone. I work at fox 13 and the Tampa Television market at the 5 00 and 11 00 news and today, not only do i get to talk to the great author at about her book, but lisa and i go back to the 80s when we worked together on a station in North Carolina so we are connecting now with asking the questions of her which might make her slightly nervous except i know she knows the answer to every single question that im going to ask her today because she researched this book for five years. Welcome. Thank you for being with me. The first book some of you may have prevented it was all about the kingdom which i love the fact they have a g. And h. National happiness. We are here today to talk about the new book. We need ray kroc in his third and final wife, his widow. The story is so compelling that i think we need to go back to the beginning of little bits because mcdonalds of course its huge, its ubiquitous,