Americans along the gulf coast to expect extreme, life threatening and historic flooding in the next 24 hours. As Hurricane Sally turns just sowings of alabama, forecasters say the storm could dump several feet of rain when it roars ashore near mobile bay tomorrow morning trapping people under sixfoot storm surge. As we come on the air, the outer bands of sally are lashing the coast and could spin off tornadoes later tonight. Sally is proving to be a challenge to predict, changing her speed and intensity several times over the past 24 hours, and tonight, forecasters are warning she could have more theres a lot of new reporting and the latest forecast to get to tonight. Weve got our team of correspondents standing by. Cbs David Begnaud is going to lead off our coverage in Pensacola Beach, florida. Good evening, david. Reporter good evening, norah. Storm surge from the gulf of mexico is pushing the coast into Pensacola Beach where the flooding has already begun. The storm is 500 miles wi
New york times book review. We recorded the program in september of 2018. Good afternoon. Welcome, everybody. Im david moskowitz, head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eighth year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and prouder to watch the book festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. Wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some bestseller list today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals purpose here is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which matches our goal of helping our community succeed, learning to love books and learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of Ulysses Grant f were lucky, certain is other popular fou
General george meade and union forces from july to december 1863 as they followed confederates through virginia. This event was part of historical parks small battles, big result s symposium. Im very pleased to introduce our last speaker of the afternoon, Jeffrey William hunt, director of the military forces museum at camp maybury in austin, texas, and adjunct professor where he has taught since 1988. God bless you. Author of the last battle of the civil war and contributor to essential civil war curriculum and the gail library of daily life. American civil war. His last work is a trilogy from the final stage of the Gettysburg Campaign to the end of 1863 and includes meade and lee at mayan run due for publication next year. So lets give a welcome for jeffrey hunt. [ applause ] thank you. Its a real pleasure to be here. I appreciate jerrys invitation. Its always fun to stand in a group of people who have the same passion that you do. You dont get looked at as strangely as you do when yo
Behind new york. And transportation Officials Say the city is seeing more cars than ever due to uber and lyft. So chances of conflict are much higher between bicyclists, pedestrians, and cars, all competing on these narrow streets. Keep in mind, most of the daytime population is concentrated in the downtown area. Thats also where many of the fatalities occur. In 2014, the city launched vision zero to reduce fatalities. Since then, city workers added more protective bike lanes. Constructed street calms measures and updated Traffic Signals to give pedestrians more time and a head start in the crosswalk. But critics say without drastic measures they wont be able to cut pedestrian fatalities down to zero any time soon. Walk sf is a nonprofit that advocates for pedestrian safety. What more can the city do . We need drivers to Pay Attention to the rules of the road and follow them and we need the sfpds help in enforcing those rules. We also need to change speed limits in San Francisco, 20 is
Coast. Seasonal daytime highs mid70s concord. Mid 60s for oakland as well as for San Francisco. Lets check the roadways with Gianna Franco and Traffic Alert. Across the freeway, ware tracking the trouble spots. There is a Traffic Alert westbound 80 as you work your way to tennessee in vallejo. A moat note accident. Two are taken away. A pretty decent back up. Down to 8 miles per hour. A very slow ride through there. Back to 37 at this point and building. Well try to get alternates. 29 might be a good bet, surface streets better as you go through there. Bay bridge meet tering lights on. A broken down vehicle not far from where the meet tering lights are. They pushed that to the shoulder. Not causing anymore delays than usual as you rk the bay bridge. Delays anyway into the maze. Eastbound, getting report the of an accident over in the center divide. Kenny. The race for San Franciscos new District Attorney is too close to call. Both are still being counted in a razor thin election this m