President s it established and the legacies that left. There is a strong case to be made that november 11, the day that a battered square rigor called the mayflower made safe harbor in a place near what is today in massachusetts. That day should be one of the greatest moments in our national theory, comparable to fourth of july, independence day, and september 17, constitution day. But let me qualify that statement a little bit. As ourk of the pilgrims forebears and we are right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new puritans that were selling new england at the time did not imagine they were settling establishing the United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The early settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations they wanted, what the spaniards wanted from the
We think of the pilgrims as our forbearers and we have a right to do so but it is important to remember they and the other new englanders settling at the time did not imagine they were settling United States of america. Nothing could have been further from their minds. They were doing something entirely different. They were about the business of establishing a place where they could enjoy a pure and uncorrupted church. The settlers of virginia were motivated by material considerations, gold, wealth, material wealth. The settlers of new england were driven by religious zeal. Most of them were puritans, men and women of a company spent who believed the church of england had not gone far enough to purge itself of its corrupt aspects and would despair of a cleansing renewal ever coming in their lifetimes, and hence their decision to emigrate to the new beginning. In particular were not only calvinists but separatists, meaning they had separated themselves from the aurch of england as they
President is installed until after the president ial election. President trump is pushing ahead speedily to name her replacement. That nominee could be announced as early as tomorrow. We will keep you updated on that. In the meantime back in the studios in San Francisco, lets join john in the weather center. We will have toasty temperatures this weekend to deal with. Yeah. Big changes this weekend. We are starting the weekend with cool conditions, plenty of sunshine. Great day to step outside. Finishing it on a different note. Berkeley, night bright skies. Beautiful. A lot clearer than yesterday. Good air quality for the vast majority of us. Pocket in nearby san jose. Moderate pockets remain through the weekend. Gradually worsening on sunday. Temperatures in the 60s for most of us at this point. Concord right there with you. Later this weekend temperatures really start to rise and winds start to be problematic too. Red flag warnings take effect at saturday at 9 00 p. M. And last throug
Right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our roof cam right now out to the bay bridge. Good morning everyone, its thursday, september 10th. Im michelle griego. And im len kiese. Good morning. The question of this morning, will the skies be orange again . Too soon to tell of course, still dark out but lets check in with mary lee and well have to wait to see what the sun reveals this morning, mary. Thats right len and michelle. We are still dealing with the smoke although things are not quite the same as yesterday. And the winds aloft a little bit of a wind direction. So not exactly the same as yesterday. But still were looking at those smoky skies and unhealthy air quality and you can see current air quality conditions all of the red dots and that does indicate unhealthy air this morning. As we start off our day. Were now going a record 24 days in a row with a spare the air alert for the bay area. This is our Mount Hamilton camerausuase something but
Unhealthy air this rnsoutbay, s unhealthy air for sensitive groups. Unhealthy air for the east bay and fremont and up through concord and walnut creek. Unhealthy air in oakland for you and you can see in San Francisco, those purple dots and that indicates unhealthy to very unhealthy air this morning. Up through lark spur and san rafael and unhealthy air for santa rosa and petaluma up through windsor. So our 24th day in a row with a spare the air alert in effect due to our smoky skies. And a new record for the bay area and im tracking the smoke. This is our smoke model that shows the purple and red colors indicating that intense smoke for our region. Well talk more about what you can expect through the rest of the week into next week and if there are any improving conditions details on that coming up. Michelle . All right, mary, thank you. And images of that unprecedented orange sky across the bay made National Headlines yesterday. Plenty of people say the smoke choked skies is giving t