Have a good night. Booktv continues now on cspan2, Television First serious readers. Hello. Im ann druyan and im speaking to you from my home in ithaca, new york, and i am the author of cosmos possible worlds. Deeply, truly honored to be participating in an event for the library of congress. In the very first cosmos exactly 40 years ago, carl sagan and Steven Sotloff and i celebrated the Great Library of alexandria. And the library of congress mean so very much to me. Because of the democratic idea of world knowledge belonging to all of us. And so it is my great honor to be here. Im here to talk about possible worlds which is a book ive written but also a Television Series that i have the pleasure of producing, writing and directing with my collaborator. So why possible worlds . Why a third cosmos after 40 years . The first cosmos was an effort to get the broadest possible public a Global Public coordinates in space and in time. It was carl sagans dream, one that i completely share, th
Conditions heading our way law yeah, this historically one of the worst times a year we get those offshore winds. And the dangerous fire conditions of course for many folks looks beautiful down below like today, lots of sunshine and warm weather but watch what happens here, weve got a cold front that is moving over the top of this ridge once that moves on by High Pressure starts to build on the backside of that. And then here come those winds those dry northerly offshore winds developing and very gusty in spots, especially over the mountain tops but even in some of the urban areas youre going to feel the gusts down below so fire danger going to be running high as we head into the next few days right now we havent seen much in that offshore wind developing yet but not expected still sea breeze in the San Francisco on the west at 5, 6, in the pacific out of the west 9 in sfo, a west oakland of 5, but look at the north bay see sonoma now get a normally composed the wind at 17 Miles Per Ho
Naked ballots. Its thursday, october 8th early today starts right now good thursday morning. Im phillip mena. And im lindsey reiser. Good to be with you. The Vice President ial debate, bringing another round of contentious clashes. But also, civility to the stage. Incumbent mike pence and democratic challenger Kamala Harris sparred on everything from taxes to trade. Though, coronavirus took center stage, just days after President Trumps diagnosis. American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any president ial administration, in the history of our country and here are the facts 210,000 dead people in our country, in just the last several months. From the very first day, President Donald Trump has put the health of america first. When you look at the biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and i and our task force have been doing, every step of the way. The challengers, also, beilod horns over the future of the supreme court. Are you and joe biden go
Only debate, clashing over the barrett, the Vice President this is the completely reimagined, coronavirus. Senator harris accusing the dodging a question about Trump Administration of a abortion rights. Coverup. Street smart, 2020 ford escape. They knew what was happening, if roe v. Wade is overturned, and they didnt tell you. The Vice President defending his boss and their response. Hey we were able to see the what to you want indiana to do . Delivery of billions of supplies overturn all abortions . So our doctors and nurses had with regard to the supreme the resources and support they court of the united states, let look at that embarrassing you. Needed. With just 26 days to go, did me say that the president and that wall is your everest. They get the job done for their but not any more. Today lets paint. Myself could not be more campaigns . Plus, how this fly briefly stole enthusiastic to see amy comey behr. Exclusively at the home depot. The spotlight. Barrett become justice amy co
women the recognition they deserve announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening in a year defined by some of the most extreme heat we ve ever seen, along with one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the u.s. mainland, tonight making headlines for unseasonable cold and early snow in the east, autumn interrupted by a sudden and dramatic detour into winter a climate change whiplash leaving 86 million people currently under freeze alerts from the northern tip of texas across the south and up into the northeast. more than 40 record lows possible this evening across 18 states several cities in the south could see their earliest freezes on record al roker will lay it out for us in a moment but first let s go to maggie vespa, feeling the big chill in michigan. reporter: less than a month into fall, a frigid blast blanketing swaths of the midwest in white. did you have to dig out the winter coat? we did. we went for a walk tonight and got them on repo