Make your vote count. Today in the bay continues right now. And a good Tuesday Morning to you. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of that morning. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. Were going to check in with mike in just a moment. Lets talk to kari right now, the last, what, half hour of summer right now . Its almost fall and its going to be a really nice day. Were seeing some improvements except for the north bay youll still have to monitor the air quality and limit your time outside. Were going to see good air quality across the bay area as well see a nice, clear start to our morning. A look at walnut creek, our morning starts out with some upper 50s. Upper 70s by 1 00 today as you enjoy more time outdoors. A look ahead to the forecast for a hotter weekend coming up. Mik . The bay bridge is looking like its backed up. Metering lights are indeed on. That backup has been forming for just over ten minutes now as we look at the lanes over to the westbound direction. Meanwhile
Anhing. Supporting cspan as a public service. The secretaries of state for new mexico and rhode island also spoke at the election policy symposium where they stressed the importance of maintaining uptodate voter lists and transparency and disinformation. This is about one hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] we are going to get started so if everyone can make it back to their seats. Give everyone a minute here. Iow appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. Thats remarkable. We are about to embark on our second panel of the summit and if it is on a topic that for those of you that know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart probably the most important thing talking aboutut the nuts d bolts of election. Weve m made strides the past couple of decades maintaining accurate voter lists and those two aspects are important whereas when we talk about Voter Registration, so much of the time by those who would seek to make a choice
Little bit as we do have some stars out, a few clouds around but certainly bright to start out and overall were expecting a sun and clouds mix today. Temperatures to begin, not too bad. 67 in philadelphia, 67 in wilmington. 67 in reading and it looks like 65 in allentown currently. 66 in trenton. And down in cape may, 68 degrees on the promenade. And your dewpoints are still up in the mid 60s across most of the region, a couple of places in the upper 60s and thats moderate humidity so again, once you start working out today, particularly if youre under the sun, you are going to feel a little bit on the sticky side. Not as hot today but still pretty warm. By noon were up to 80 degrees and by 3 oclock, 85. Im expecting a high of 86 probably not until about 3 30 or 4 oclock this afternoon. Cooler air is coming but we may have to wait a couple of more days before it gets here, karen, and then a big change for the weekend. Thats all ahead in the exclusive accuweather 7day. Anything on the r
Country involved in world war i. And now heres Jennifer Keenes look at soldiers lives during world war i. Im very happy to introduce a couple of friends of mine this morning. First up is Jennifer Keene whos professor of history and chair of the department of history at Chapman University in southern california. And as you can tell, shes a specialist in the American Military experience in world wor i. She is an awardwinning scholar, her books include the United States and the First World War. Shes also the author of dozens of articles and book chapters and has written, edited and contributed to textbooks and reference works. Her encyclopedia of war in American Society won the prize of the society for military historys best military history reference are book. One of her many articles won the prize for the best military or diplomat bic history essay that was published in historically speaking. And she also edits a peerreviewed online encyclopedia and other digital humanities projectings.
And now heres jennifer keenes look at soldiers lives during world war i. I am very happy to introduce a couple friends of mine this morning. First up is chair of the department of history at Chapman University in southern california. As you can tell, she is a specialist in the experience of world war i. Also the author of dozens of articles and book chapters and experts and references. The best military history reference books. The Jack Miller Center price for the best diplomatic essay published in historic speaking. And she edits an online peer review and other projects. And she coedited finding Common Ground in first world stir studies. She serves as associated editor were the journal of First World War studies. We just had our conference a couple weeks ago and she is doing a fabulous job at challenging times with that. Her current book is dealing with the africanamericans in the First World War and returning experience from french and british empires in one world. Join me in welcomi