grant. if you have not read the book yet, i can commend it to you. it is 827 pages. i was telling him before hand, i read through all 827 pages, and you do not hear about very often. that very often. given the recent conversations about the legacy of the civil war, i can't think of a better person to hear from this afternoon at the national book festival. so, as i said in your biography, you spent years working on abraham lincoln was most recently, you spent seven years working on grant. so, can you tell us why the switch from lincoln to grant? >> i give my editor of the credit. the credit. we were approaching the 150th commemoration of the civil war. he said you've written on lincoln, don't you think that grant is due for an upgrade. [laughter] >> there you go. we are going to talk about grants today. who would have thought in his early life, for example, how and why did he come to west played? >> i wanted to emphasize the earlier life as important, but publishers are pushing to publish the

(grant)(grant) (grant)(grant) you.vicki...back to ((2shot))((vicki)) ((brittney tele vo)) (grant) you.vickigrant and weekend.nation.... this across the theaters opens in stronger vo))((brittney tele be ok. be ok, you will if i am going to says in the film and like jeff says in the film if i am going to be ok, you will be ok. ((brittney tele vo))stronger opens in theaters across the nation.... this weekend.grant and vicki...back to you. (grant) that wraps up kron 4 news at 9.(vicki) but kron4 news in prime time continues.pam moore and steve aveson are here with a look at what we're working on for kron 4 news at 10. ((pam))thanks grant and vicki... next at ten... will they? or won't they? mixed signals tonight on whether u-c berkeley's 'free speech week' will go on as planned. when we could find out if the event is still on... and the hefty price tag the university is paying to keep people safe.a live report is straight ahead.and new at ten take a look at this....an officer takes off...and tackles a woman, and it's all caught on camera.why that officer is being hailed a hero tonight.((pam)) p

(grant) move over m-j. adidas has moved up...and is now the second most popular sneaker company in the u-s. adidas passed nike's michael jordan brand, which research firm n-p-d tracks separately from the rest of nike. nike is still ahead of adidas overall... but the fading popularity of air jordans, a brand that launched in the 1980's, is a telling sign. the 1980's, is a telling sign. (vicki) it's not an irish coffee....but it's apparently the next best thing starbucks has debuted its new whiskey-flavored coffee. relax...there's no alcohol in the coffee. it's made by placing unroasted indonesian coffee beans in empty barrels that once had aged whiskey inside. company officials say this allows the beans to soak the flavor. this coffee is available in select starbucks reserve bars across the country. (vicki) coming up on kron4 news at nine... it is a bizarre story you'll only see here on kron4... a mannequin stolen from an east bay boutique with a note left behind.... tonight... that mannequin has been return

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(grant) plus... find out how much it's going to cost to clean-up and rebuild texas after hurricane harvey's devastation.(vicki) and after the break... how the state of florida is preparing for massive hurricane irma... strengthening in the atlantic ocean.... this is the new comfort food. grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. (grant) the u-s military has ordered the evacuation of over five-thousand personnel from a naval air station in florida in preparation for hurricane irma. irma is now a category five storm and is one of the strongest ever recorded in the atlantic. the national hurricane center says it's currently threatening to slam into caribbean islands including puerto rico and the virgin islands with "potentially catastrophic" force tomorrow... the military is bracing for it to hit the u-s mainland and the current forecast

(grant) plus... massive wildfire burning in butte county... we'll have the latest on containment efforts and hear from people who were forced to evacuate...(vicki) and after the break... it's a program that has provided protection for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. and it may soon come to an end.... hear why president trump is facing pressure to end the daca policy.... who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for on

(grant) and i'm grant lodes... (grant) powerful wind and rain pounds puerto rico -- as hurricane irma strikes. the deadly storm pummeling st. maarten and other islands in the caribbean and it's now churning towards the southeastern united states. in south florida -- people are doing anything they can to protect them from the storm... putting up shutters and plywood... and getting sandbags filled. florida's governor is warning everybody in the state to be ready, have a plan and says this is not a storm you can sit and wait through... mandatory evacuations have been issued across florida telling people in the storm's path to get out... forecasters predict rainfall of up to 20 inches ... in some places the storm surge could reach as high as 20 feet... (vicki) as floridians nervously watch the approach of hurricane irma, rescue crews and first responders from across the country are preparing to move into the state to help. that includes a team from here in the bay area. california task force 4 based in oakland will be

(grant) new at nine... the controversial billboard calling for the impeachment of president trump has been removed. outfront media-- the company that owns the electronic billboard on the bay bridge-- made the decision. the spot was paid for by california-based courage campaign. outfront media has notified the organization that it has removed the billboard due to multiple complaints. the spot was set to run through sunday. no word on if the courage campaign will get their money back. (vicki) coming up... a disturbing find at a peaceful park in turlock... some ducks' found with their beaks zip- tied to their necks... we hear from the people who came to their rescue...(grant) plus... puerto rican leaders are begging for help... why they say president trump and white house officials are not responding fast enough with aid... we'll explain... (vicki) and after the break... president donald trump has a new warning to the north korean leader... he calls "little rocket man".. his message next... (vicki) president d

(grant) back here in (grant) (grant) back here in the bay area...f four-legged irma victims are on their way to new homes, and it's all thanks to the miami heat, and the warriors. those n-b-a teams, along with fed-ex, teamed up to assist with the rescue of more than 100 dogs and cats.... and they landed in oakland late today. kron4's hermela aregawi is live there tonight... she shows us how the dubs are helping the dogs. (hermela aregawi)this particular trip was sparked by the two nba teams.they wanted to help.they learned that a lot of the shelters in florida were overcrowded because of hurricane irma.so they collaborated with fedex to dozens of dogs and cats to the bay area. a step closer to a home.more than 150 animals.. mostly dogs.. arrived from florida today.many from parts of the state hardest hit by irma. captain cindy berwynfed ex does fly a lot of animals and this is the first time we've ever done anything like this and its just such a good feeling to be able to help out so many animals, 160 animals. several warriors players welcomed the r

(grant) and they are doing it with grants.... chain's charitable foundation has teamed up with the american cancer society... to provide grants to 126 colleges and universities to help them become tobacco-free. the foundation is donating a total of 1-point-2 million dollars or about 10-thousand dollars a school. the money will go toward things like no smoking signs and programs to help students, staff and faculty quit smoking. it's all part of cvs's 5 year, 50-million dollar commitment launched back in 2016 to create a tobacco-free generation. walgreens by the way, still sells tobacco. (vicki) walmart doesn't plan to hire extra workers for the holiday shopping season. they will instead... give existing employees more hours. target, by contrast, plans to hire 100-thousand temporary holiday workers. walmart's move comes as a tightening labor market makes it hard to fill open positions. the company's decision could also be part of the company's effort to make jobs there more attractive and cut down on turnover. they say they used th

(grant) (grant) new tonight at nine. exactly three weeks ago two sacramento police officers were shot in the line of duty. it happened during a shootout.... with a man accused of a double murder. we first showed you this video yesterday at kron four news at ten. tonight we have new dramatic video of this shooting from different angles....and we are hearing from one of the officers who was shot in the leg. eric rucker reports on his recovery. reports on his eric rucker reports on his recovery. nats: shots sot"initially i was just happy to be alive you always know in the back of your head that this could be a possibility"as you can tell by his crutches and limp, sacramento police officer victor wolfe has a long road to recovery after being shot in the leg in the line of duty. sot"it went through the door and into my leg so i was turned sideways in the "v"of the doorwolfe and fellow officer tim martin were both struck in a shootout with a man suspected of double murder. sotsuper: ofc. victor wolfe, sacramento pd "us knowing

(grant) as alwrence (grant) (grant) as lawrence showed us, most of the rain and lightening today moved in from the south. san jose and the south bay getting hit first. kron 4's charles clifford has been storm chasing for us all afternoon. chuck, looks like mother nature put on a pretty good show today? monday afternoon in the south bay, more than a dozen storm cells swept in from south. gray clouds covered the sky from fremont to saragtoga and all along the pennisulla.the storms brought quick, light rain, but nothing that lasted for longer than a few moments or maybe a minute or two.the storms also brought lightening. steaks could be seen over milpitas, over san jose, over mountain view, all across the south bay.soti'm going to soak this in.at alviso marina county park along san francisco bay, the curious came to check out the light show.sotlightening, rain, hail if you can get it. soti like the rain.after weeks of hot weather the cool, wet storms were a welcome relief. sotim done with hot weather.as evening set, more storm cells could be seen moving in. lightening flashing in the nigh

(grant) now to our (grant) now to our four zone forecast...s we take this live look outside at the embarcadero... joining us now is chief meteorologist brittney shipp... continued warm to hot across the region again this afternoon. minor cooling trend starts thursday, mainly near the coast with further cooling all areas friday into saturday as the ridge weakens and onshore flow increases. breezy coast and cooler later sunday into early next week. (grant) week. into early next week. (grant) still ahead... a shark bites a florida man... latches onto his skin and wouldn't let go... how the man managed to get the shark off...(vicki)(topvo and first it wendy's.. then chipolte... now another fast food chain that was hit by a security breach... who it is next... new tonight at ten... frightening moments during this police stop in northern california.graphic police body cam captures the moment a suspect opens fire on officers....hitting at least one of them.now we are learning new details about what happened.that story tonight on kron 4 news at ten. a

grant and vicki? (grant) coming up - there's a curfew issue at levi's stadium. the big name who just cancelled a big concert there because of this issue... and what the city has to say about it. (vicki) then - "systematically tortured" and "intentionally injured". those are the words from the parents of otto warmbier... speaking publicly for the first time about their son's condition after he was released from a north korea prison. and next - we are staying on top of the breaking news in the oakland hills and came dangerously close to dozens of homes. a update right after the break. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free. it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. even well fitting dentures let in food particles just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. super poligrip free made even the kiwi an enjoyable e

(grant) thanks for joining us, i'm grant lodes...(vicki) and i'm vicki liviakis... here is what we know at this hour... the massive quake hit just before one in the morning local time... and was felt as far as mexico city and guatemala city... the death toll has risen to 61... 45 people were killed in oaxaca state, 12 others were killed in chiapas and four in tabasco. a major oaxacan city was hit the hardest, with 36 of the fatalities occurring there and numerous buildings collapsing, including a hospital and part of the city hall. mexico's president toured the city to see just how how bad the damage is.... he declared three days of national mourning, vowing that the government would help rebuild and called for solidarity. (grant) back here in the bay area.. there is a big mexican community and many locals are worried about their families living south of the border. kron 4's ella sogomonian is live in san francisco's mission...where many people are fearing the worst. the death toll is rising and there have been more than 300 aftershocks worrying people here about ho

(grant) plus...sial billboard turning heads as drivers make their way on the bay bridge... it says to "impeach trump"... we'll hear how people in the bay area are responding to it...(vicki) and the bay area rallying around an east bay hot dog vendor - who had his money taken away by police... how much the community raised for him next... ♪ because everyone likes easy. sure do. because everyone is on the go. because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. reaching up. ssssh! because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, nest thermostat e. e igrown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. <"nats">(grant) it was a story that went viral... a local street vendor had a u-c berkeley police officer confis

(grant) in palo alto...neighbors are shocked to find out about a violent attack in their quiet neighborhood... and tonight the search is on for two men who beat and robbed a woman. it happened around 11:00 wednesday night near bryant street and el dorado avenue. kron-4's charles clifford talked to people who live in the area--- (grant) new at 9. a gym teacher is behind bars tonight police say he choked students with a jump rope at a fresno elementary school 64-year-old peter sam-hammer was arrested on four felony counts of child abuse. yesterday authorities received a report that students had suffered injuries during p.e. class at herndon barstow elementary. oficers say samhammer placed a rope around kids' necks and tightened it brifely.. before letting go. once at the scene officers spotted two children...ages nine and eleven...with red marks on their neck and shoulder areas. (grant) now to the north bay...and these are tense times for students, parents, teacehers and others at redwood high school in larksp

(grant) (grant) it was a big day for apple fans... the company introduced a whole new line up of products... (vicki) and the most anticipated is the thousand dollar high end i=phone ten apple...(grant) but the silicon valley company also showed off new cheaper i=phones, a new apple watch, a new apple tv, and an entirely new type of gadget.. kron 4's tech reporter gabe slate gives us a closer look (brittney weather tease)(gary sports tease) these are 100% beef burgers that are 100% from denny's. they are 100% made-to-order, which is 100% awesome. 100% beef burgers with fries from denny's. order now at dennys.com. [fbi agent] you're a brave man, your testimony will save lives. mr. stevens? this is your new name. this is your new house. and a perfectly inconspicuous suv. you must become invisible. [hero] i'll take my chances. the media business is a little different these days. in a 500 channel universe...their is no time to pay your dues.if you are young and aggressive...lo ok good and the price is right places like espn will many times

(grant) and i'm grant lodes...nt) powerful wind and rain pounds puerto rico -- as hurricane irma strikes. the deadly storm pummeling st. maarten and other islands in the caribbean and it's now churning towards the southeastern united states. in south florida -- people are doing anything they can to protect them from the storm... putting up shutters and plywood... and getting sandbags filled. florida's governor is warning everybody in the state to be ready, have a plan and says this is not a storm you can sit and wait through... mandatory evacuations have been issued across florida telling people in the storm's path to get out... forecasters predict rainfall of up to 20 inches ... in some places the storm surge could reach as high as

(grant) now to our (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero...(vicki) joining us now is chief meteorologist brittney shipp... thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal. (vicki) still ahead... find out when the new michael jackson scream album will be released...(grant) and find out why hundreds of gap and banana republic stores are closing it's doors... (vicki) and - kron four is expanding it's sports coverage. our two new football shows kick off this weekend. "the sword and shield zone" hosted by kron four's mark carpenter begins saturday night at 9 p-m. then at 9:30 - "the red and gold zone" hosted by kron four's henry "woff-dog wofford" will begin. and "sports night live" is expanding ... and will air every sunday from 9 to 10 p-m

(grant) still ahead...e'll tell you about the new plan f-d-a is working on to help curb peanut allergies... (vicki) and after the break... first it was anchor steam.. now it is blue bottle.... details on the the international company that bought out the bay area coffee company... ♪ because everyone likes easy. sure do. because everyone is on the go. because we all like to save energy, but sometimes we slip up. reaching up. ssssh! because sometimes we want it cool at night, then toasty in the mornings. introducing the easy to use, energy saving, adjustable from everywhere, easy on the wallet and the eyes, nest thermostat e. e is for everyone. 4 your money tonight.... another bay area company is being gobbled up... and this sale has customers buzzing. (vicki) oakland's blue bottle coffee is being bought by nestle. blue bottle coffee will continue to operate as a stand-alone entity and will still operate out of its oakland headquarters. huge companies like nestle have been hot for premium coffee: peet's coffee

grant lodes is here with some of the excerpts. grant. ( grant ) one thing that sticks out...resident obama never mentions president trump by name or refers to the trump presidency. but... he has a strong rebutal.. frequently mentioning "the white house". in part reads: "to target these young people is wrong - because they have done nothing wrong. it is self-defeating - because they want to start new businesses, staff our labs, serve in our military, and otherwise contribute to the country we love. and it is cruel." "whatever concerns or complaints americans may have about immigration in general, we shouldn't threaten the future of this group of young people who are here through no fault of their own, who pose no threat, who are not taking away anything from the rest of us... "kicking them out won't lower the unemployment rate, or lighten anyone's taxes, or raise anybody's wages." "ultimately, this is about basic decency. this is about whether we are a people who kick hopeful young strivers out of america, or whether we treat them the way we'd want our own kids to be treated.

(grant) and i'm grant lodes... police found the skimmers at the valero gas station earlier today on somerville road near highway four... kron4's hermela aregawi is live at the antioch police department with details on just áááhow many skimmers were found and what people in the area are saying tonight...herme la? (hermela aregawi)police say they found six credit card skimmers at this one gas station.it's unclear at the moment how long they had been there. but they discovered them this morning around 11 and have launched an investigation into this issue.in the meantime, they're urging anyone who has ever used a card to purchase gas at the location to check their bank accounts and credit card statements to make sure that all the purchases are yours.and if you do find any that are not, you're asked to call antioch police and report it.that will help them in their investigation.to be clear this is the valero location on somersville road at delta fair blvd.we spoke to people that use the gas station carlos lopez/concerne

candidates for planning grants. they want to get started on their feasibility study as soon as possible. and so we would be able to do a lot more of those if we were able to do it on a rolling basis. i do think you would probably have to consider some sort of change. >> what's a fair turn-around time for an expedited approval process? >> i think it would have to be two to three months. >> okay. >> okay, good. >> mr. chairman, thank you. panel, thank you very much. appreciate your input. >> all right, thank you. >> i'll get through here pretty quick. but mr. olnick, mark, you tweaked my interest on jobs. jobs, jobs, jobs for rural areas. opportunities for our young people. everybody knows here on the committee and all of you know that's a serious problem. in southeast kansas, i was able during the recent break >>> an applicant that is accepted and works on the job can get over $20 an hour. plants range incise 100 to 500. they actually go out and try to recruit workers. helmer talked about this a little bit with regar

for may...motivation comes from his baby girl, adelyne and family (grant) may is (grant) (grant) may is currently receiving outpatient treatment - and urges anyone struggling with opioid addition to get help. (vicki) uber's new c-e-o is apologizing to the people of london. it comes just days after city officials announced they won't renew the ride-hailing company's license. transportation officials say uber is not "fit and proper" to operate in london. officials say they don't like how the company reports serious crimes. there was also an issue with a piece of software uber uses - which prevents officials from monitoring the app. uber denies using the software for the purpose cited by officials. the company plans to challenge the move in court, and is petitioning the mayor. (grant) good news for target workers earning minimum wage. they are getting a raise. the retail giant says it will increase the minimum hourly wage to 11-dollars an hour starting next month. the increase affects target workers nationwide, including the more than 100-thousand temporary workers being hired for the h

vicki and grant? (vicki) coming up, niners fans are complaining about a lot more than just their team. tonight - we hear from fans -- who say, the new stadium -- is not that great. (grant) 49ers are once again a little hot under the collar...many of them are complaining about how oppressive levi's stadium was during sunday's game...(vicki) and how the stadium itself doesn't provide much relief for the faithful. as proof fans might not be happy - there seemed to be a lot of empty seats.(grant) kron four's spencer blake tells us how the team is responding. during sunday's 49er loss to the panthers, there were plenty of empty seats.like, álotsá of empty seats.of course, that ácould be because niners are

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reauthorization of rural cooperative development grant. the of the grant and maintaining a business focus for the program, having applicants put together a strong applications that include financial projections and estimates of customer base, those are two key pieces of for what would be necessary in the next farm bill. certainly look at all these partners together to see how the programs work together to provide resources for rural development and how they can be done, more cooperatively would be something we would encourage. thank you. >> center, i am not intimately familiar with all aspects of the farm bill but but i do know abt the role developments, water and wastewater loan and grant program and there are many more applications and funding needs than fun is presently available. that is a critical component to making water and wastewater services available in underserved and low income particularly rural communities. >> senator, i think for us it is deathly continue to meet the growth of our communities and providing funds to meet ele

grant and vicki? (grant) hurricane irma is already pounding parts of the caribbean. and this thing could eventually make landfall just about anywhere along the coast of florida and or the carolinas... (vicki) let's bring in meteorologist lawrence karnow - with more on this storm's path. lawrence? lawrence karnow: hurricane irma has started its round of devastation passing over the leeward islands and near puerto rico now. it is still a catefory 5 and one of the strongest atlantic hurricanes in recent memory. the latest track has it possibly making landfall in southern florida this weekend. we could see some showers here late tonight with even an isolated thunderstorm possible. this is all part of the low that will spin closer to the coast tonight and tomorrow. we shouldn't see a lot of rain but maybe as much as a tenth of an inch in the wettest spots near the coast. a few showers could linger into tomorrow morning beforfe clearing and cooler in the afternoon. be carefull if you're heading for the sierra since thunderstorms will be popping up over the next few days. h

grant. remember grant from mexico, what he looks like. and grand, of course, had a reputation for being a drunk, and at least smart enough to discounted. he knew it. whatever he had done in the past, he was not a drunk now, he was performing impressively. lee had always had an army of incredibly high morale, but that started to disintegrate. the day after five forks, the morning after, lee has gotten two hours of sleep in and after that two hours of sleep, he is coming downstairs. a former governor, henry wise, who is now a brigadier commander, is going to barge in. that is the other thing i am going to read you. these words that general wise says you have to smooth out some victoriana. bear with me, it is a little long but it will give you a feeling of what the men in northern virginia are feeling two days before the surrender. downstairs,e leaving the beauty and the sweetness of the featherbed provided by mr. jackson, donald marshall guided him -- call no ledn l -- colonel marshall him. he doused his face, truly waking him. the warmth o

(grant) also happening also (grant) also happening now... palo alto police are looking for two robbery suspects - who attacked a woman outside of her home. it happened wednesday night around 11... on bryant street near el dorado avenue. police say the woman was unloading her car when two men approached her.... and without saying anything to her - they began to punch her in the stomach, pushed her to the ground... snatched her purse and then took off. officers say the men rode off on bikes and have not yet been located. the woman is expected to be ok. (catherine) governor brown today signed a package of housing bills....saying they're a step forwardin doing something about the statewide housing crisis... the bills include ways to raise more money for housing....and to speed up stalled construction projects. supporters say it's the biggest housing policy move in years... the governor says the money provided by the bundle of bills is expected to create about 90-thousand affordable units in the next seven to 10 years. it hasn't been easy....but

vicki and grant?(vicki) as if puerto rico hasn't had enough to deal with...people living near a puerto rican dam are being evacuated after the dam failed earlier today... hurricane maria has gradually weakened...but the category three storm still drenched the islands of turks and caicos and the bahamas earlier today. here is new drone video showing the widespread damage to parts of puerto rico... the storm knocked out power to more than three-million people. authorities say it could take up to six months before everyone gets electricity back. the governor of puerto rico says at least 13 people died from the storm and that dozens are missing. he says their current focus is making sure people are safe and accounted for.

grant. grant is not a hater. he is not a mean guy. we have this picture that still persists in some quarters of grant the butcher. he cannot stand the sight of blood. his states have to be charred black. he can be cold-blooded because you look at all the casualties until grant comes, and what did they achieve? grant takes command, and he suffers significant casualties, although whatever grant and lee fight as the proportion of forces engaged, lee's casualties are heavier. magicald lincoln have a report. lincoln has finally found his general. grant is not a talker. he is a listener. everythingrbed lincoln has to say. lincoln loves to get out of washington with the troops. he has really internalized lincoln's instructions. later sherman gets into trouble because when joe johnston surrenders, sherman's terms are even grander in some respects, and they have to call them back and redo it. ulysses s. grant, i have been reading about it, and largely admiring him all my life, and he is really one of the people that remains an enigma at some l

(steve) grant... all the things democrats and republicans would work together on would you guess... pot? to be blunt... we're talking about medical marijuana. a republican senator has introduced a bill that would make it easier to study and perscribe. tonight we will get into the "weeds" of the bill and tell you the surprising name behind it. we will have that story and more on kron 4 news at six. grant back to you. (catherine) an update on a tropical storm in the atlantic ocean... 'jose' has now been upgraded to a hurricane - again. hurricane jose is expected to head to the u.s. northeast -- bringing heavy rain and wind. the national hurricane center says it will make landfall along the eastern coastline. among the states bracing for possible trouble - new jersey, new england, massachusetts, connecticut and rhode island. winds have reached more than 70 m-p-h.... jose could make landfall early next week. (grant) the road to recovery following hurricane irma is going to be long and hard for florida res

second, how have these grant management inefficiencies and weaknesses impacted grant recipients, grant money or made it more difficult for recipients to use grant funding for intended purposes? >> sure. thank you for those questions. so we've done a body of work on grants management, and that particular report where we looked at also, we're looking to see for recipients, for example, where they were doing duplicative reporting. currently under the grants management at epa recipients -- grant recipients have to provide performance reports, and then they also have to provide more information and data when epa asks for it. we identified a number of places where there was duplicative reporting by recipients. we recommended epa identify those places and try to do away with duplication so recipients aren't having to spend additional time and resources in doing reporting. that's one area where we called attention to it. really, for epa to streamline. epa does have a streamline initiative in place in its grants management. we're calling attention to the places where they can do away with dupli

and my friends at c.b.o., this is a block grant. we're going to spend $1.2 trillion in the next decade. not more, not less. i didn't do that well at math, but i can figure out how much we're going to spend. i don't mean to be super supercritical, but we haven't had scores on the portman language, on the cruz language eight weeks. let me tell you, my republican friends, if you're upset about us not successfully repealing or replacing obamacare after seven years, count me in. we tried, and we were one vote short. we have got 17 days left. what would the democrats do? they would be fighting, there would have been no august break, we would be right here on this floor, we would be arguing about their view of health care. i'm encouraged that our leadership is going to push the c.b.o. and get behind this bill. i'm encouraged that the president came out for the bill. the vice president, above all others in the administration, has been on the phone calling governors. we have got over 15 governors now on the republican side saying give me the

have these grant management inefficiencies and weaknesses impacted grant recipients? have these, inefficiencies contributed to the wasting of grant money or made it more difficult for recipients to use grant funding for its intended purposes? >> we have done a body of work on grants management. that particular report where we recipients, where they were doing duplicative reporting. currently under the grants management at epa, grant recipients have to provide information and data. placestified a number of where there is duplicative reporting by the recipients. that epaecommended identified all of those places and do away with the duplications. not having toare spend a additional time and additionalo do that reporting. that is one area where we called attention to it. and also for epa to streamline. they do have a streamlined initiative in place. we are calling attention to those places where they can do away with duplication so the recipients can carry on with the grants and not have to do a lot of reporting. >> mr. larson. the oig made similar findings with respect t

(grant) mt.munhum, one of the highest peaks in the bay area, is now part of the sierra azul open space preserve and it is just 45 minutes from downtown san jose. kron four's rob fladeboe got a sneak preview of the mountain and he joins us now with a live report. rob? (rob live) we're talking about what from here in the almaden valley looks like a square box up there on top of the mountain. (rob goes behind camera to zoom in) it's visible to more than a million people across the valley. it's actually a long since abandoned cold war era radar station. but it is so much more than that and beginning next week you can go up there and see for yourself. lets take a look. this is that radar station up close. it's a 5-story concrete box where the air force once watched for russian war planes over the pacific. you can't go inside but 'the box," as it's known, is only part of the appeal of this place says mid peninsula open space g-m steve abbors.steve abhors/midpeninsula regional open space".....it was an

(grant) in the south bay...ed by undercover san jose police friday night has been identified as jacob dominguez. police say dominguez was a member of the norteno street gang with a long rap sheet of violent crimes. according to san jose police... dominguez even expressed wanting to "shoot it out" with police. authorities say when officers approached him friday night... he challenged the officers to shoot him. dominguez then put his hands down and made a reaching motion towards his car's floorboards. that's when one officer shot dominguez. friends and family are speaking out... saying dominguez is not the bad man people are making him out to be. (pete mendoza/friend of victim): "he's a family man he was that his wife he was about his kids always staying out of trouble he's been out of trouble for so long i don't see why you know they did that to him."(david berduzco/friend of victim): "they try to justify the murder they're saying he's a criminal and that doesn't justify murder we've all been locked up with all b

let me ask you about lou grant, because you won an emmy as lou grant on "mary tyler moore." won an emmy as lou grant on "lou grant," in fact, the only person to win an emmy for the same character in two different series. >> that is true. >> that's a big deal, man. that's a big deal. >> yeah. >> all right. what would lou grant be saying about the state of media today and about donald trump's ongoing attacks on the media? what would lou grant have to say about all of this? >> well, he'd look at all the scandal that erupted out of fox. it's amazing that it was all bared at so many levels, and he would be shocked and offended and ticked off that journalism had been so raked over the coals by these activities, and he would say that's not journalism, that's scapegrittedness, that's warmongering, that's lewdness, lewdness! then he'd look at the papers, papers, which when i started were in trouble. i was in high school, and i was an editor in high school. and one day i'm at my desk and my beloved professor walked by, and he said, are you thinking of journalism as a career? i said, y

(grant) (pam) thanks grant and vicki.. we will have one last push..ill check back in with our co-workers . and we encourage you to keep those calls coming in. (pam) kron-4 is partnering with the salvation army tonight to raise money for disaster relief in the wake of hurricane harvey. (steve) all day long we've been holding a telethon fundraiser to help the victims of the disaster. we check in with grant lodes and vicki liviakis.. in our newsroom with the kron 4 cares telethon... they have details on how you can help guys? (grant)here is how to help:you can donate to the salvation army by going to its website or call kron4 at (415) 561- 8063 during telethon hours. grab your phone and call kron4 call (415) 561-8063telethon hours last until to 10 p.m tonight.salvation army disaster teams from across the country have mobilized and will remain in communities impacted by this terrible storm, supporting long-term disaster recovery efforts and providing ongoing assistance to those in need.your support helps the salvation army stay on the front lines of hurri

(steve) grant.... the death toll has grant.... death toll has been rising steadily through the day and now stands at over 119.... and that number is expected to climb. the strong earthquake reduced dozens of buildings to rubble. across mexico city right now desperate rescue missions ongoing into the night to find survivors trapped in that rubble. tonight at six we will have the latest on those rescue operations... what people in the bay area are doing to help and the message of support president trump sent to the people of mexico. we will stay on top of this breaking news and bring you the latest information on kron 4 news at six. grant back to you. (vicki) we've been honoring some of the bay area's outstanding teachers.. today - it's sam rivera of leland high school..(grant) he's a south bay science teacher who knows that all learning doesn't have to happen between four walls. catherine heenan is here with our 'teacher of the week.' (catherine) sam says he likes to use the entire campus and surrounding community as a space for le

second, how have these grant management inefficiencies and weaknesses impacted grant recipients. i think that's a very important question. finally, have these contributed to the wasting of grant money or made it more difficult for recipients to use grant funding for its intended purposes. >> thank you for those questions. we've done a body of work on grants management and that particular report, where we looked at, we were looking to see where they were doing duplicative reporting. currently under the grant management of epa, grant recipients have to provide performance reports and more information and data when epa asks for it. we identified a number of areas where there was duplicative reporting by the recipients and we try to do away with the duplication so recipients are having to spend additional time and resources enduring reporting. that is one area we called attention to it. for epa to streamline, epa does have a streamlined initiative in place with grant management. we were calling attention to those places where they can do away with duplication so the recipients can ca

grt it could be weeks for the block grant. so after two weeks to think that flickering candle may need some new light this is the last thing that we need. what the leaders and i talk to each other. to pursue that path like senators alexander. i ask every american who hears these words call your senators and congressmen to let them know that this bill i is worse than the previous bill to tell them there is the better way. is a will of activism that it must be garnered now and democrats in the senate we have no choice with the constituencies are the conscience compels us and we will oppose cassidy gramm an every capacity possible and

grant? (grant) orange growers in florida are worried that hurricane irma could push them into bankruptcy. the florida citrus industry is already in trouble... a disease known as "citrus greening" has caused a 50- percent decline in the last five years. insects spread the disease, leaving fruit green, bitter and unusable. but experts say a direct hit from hurricane irma could cause a disastrous blow to the industry. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. thanks in large part to cloudy conditions and lower 850 mb levels, temperatures have been much cooler today compared to yesterday. in fact, locations that were around 115 just a few days ago are struggling to get out of the lower 70s. in some spots today will turn out to be 15 degrees cooler than normal. (grant) prince george arrived for his first day of school with his father prince william today - however, one member of the family was noticeably missing. (vicki) george, who is four years old, is

first off, a big chunk of the bill is the medicaid block grant, per cap a -- the first block grant. the has been out there for a long time. it has been voted on. nothing new. mr. santorum: the second is a fairly simple concept. not very complicated. taking all of the obamacare spending and getting rid of it, get rid of the tax credits, the reduction payments, and medicaid expansion dollars. it ends at the end of 2019 under this bill. then we do a block grant. it is not complicated. you say we need hearings, but the reality is it is a simple concept that has been a long -- has been around for a long time. me thinks i do protect too much with the knowledge in this bill. in the party come out strongly in what would reduce -- [indiscernible] >> it has not changed. in fact, i am doing exactly what i said i would do and that is look at the governor of our state, you are correct that we are a medicaid expansion state. we actually get a 30% increase in health care spending in the state of nevada with this piece of legislation. so if our governor and legislature like the program that we curr

grant. ( grant ) the department of water resources put a drone up yesterday...ly see a difference. we saw them demolish the old spillway and start working on a new one. and the new one is really taking shape now. they have been pouring tons of concrete to replace the old spillway that crumbled back in february. pretty extensive project. workers still need to connect the whole thing together... and you can see in this video they are preparing to enter what looks like the final stretch. and as steve and pam said... the clock is ticking...they need to get the work wrapped by the beginning of november. this is an expensive rebuild... costing in the neighborhood of 300-million dollars. and we know the and we dollars.of 300-million neighborhood costing in the neighborhood of 300-million dollars. and we know the history... the old spillway crumbled in february...and the emergency spillway was compromised... leading to the evacuation of close 200-thousand people. investigations have since determined the original construction and design of the spillway was flawed... and

(grant) here's what we know right now. at least 24- people where killed this week when irma pummeled islands in the caribbean. and now the storm is now making its way towards the u-s. irma is expected to hit this weekend - sometime between 5 and 7 sunday morning.... with sustained wind speeds up to 155 miles per hour. and we just learned - 5 and a half million people have been asked to evacuate florida - ahead of the storm. let's go out live now to omar jimenez... who is in miami with the latest details on the last-minute evacuations. for residents in south florida... time is running out. philip levine, miami beach mayor: i recommend, i urge, i demand that people leave miami beachhurricane irma is inching hurricane irma miami beachhurricane irma is inching closer to the bringing with it devastating storm surges...space shows the sheer size which is larger than florida. the mayor of says there's not much his philip levine, miami beach ability to handle or stop water from a hurricane, let alone a massive historical hurricane