. >> reporter: tammy anderson and other neighbors on gwynn court began to think about evacuation. >> you are thinking all right. what do i need to get out of my house? >> our heart started pumping. then the police came. and all the fire engines. it was crazy. >> reporter: not everybody was getting ready to run. these neighbors pulled out their garden hoses to spray down hot spots. firefighters focused their efforts on a couple of threatened hopes. they covered the side of this house with water and foam. >> we can only help you as much as you help yourself. what i mean by that, is if we ask for defensible space, do it. this fire was able to slow down because the neighborhood did their defensible space. >> reporter: though it was windy in the afternoon, it wasn't as hot in danville but it doesn't take much for a fire to take off with all the dry grass in the area. >> just be vigilant. i don't want people's guard to get down thinking we are not in the red flag area. >> reporter: firefighters brought in a bulldoze tore cut fire lines and make sure it doesn't spread. they contain the fire

gwynn the headlines and incredible tragedy that communities like el paso and dayton and others have faced, that seems apparent but it hasn't been said. it hasn't been said enough, certainly by the federal government and experts at the federal level. we have to call it out. i think we also need to put it on the same priority list. we have to put it on the same plane as foreign terrorism. which is not to say we should be ignoring or downgrading our approach and our focus on foreign directed terrorism. i expect there's a lot of unanimity on this panel on that score but we need to kind of reprioritize or recalibrate how we're thinking about domestic terrorism. with that follows resources, focus, leadership, which gets to one of the things i think we really need to do. one is pass a domestic terrorism statute. mary has written exceptionally eloquently about this. doing that i think will apply the same moral to acts of violence directed with the intent to intimidate a civilian population, the same moral for foreign directed terrorism. pass a domestic terrorism statute. we also need to restore t

her name is lucinda gwynn. lieu sin dark i don't know if you like the tv camera, she is the first latina in the history of the democratic congressional campaign committee to serve as executive director. she is at emily's list last cycle. talk about somebody who understands success, take a look at the women elected last cycle, lucinda had a hand in over one of those races. i'm excited that -- we had an issue that we addressed. you know, i think anybody who runs a large organization, and ours will end up being about a quarter billion dollar organization by the time november of 2020 rolls around, we'll have somewhere around 250-ish staff. i think when you run a large organization you hit a bump in the road. we hit a bump, we addressed it, we're moving on and we'll be stronger for it. >> i'm going to throw a question that i didn't think of until yesterday at both of you. i had a young friend running for office. he doesn't know how to do it. he doesn't -- he's trying to get his bearings. as a reporter i can't give h

not want to go into the bond market, which in today's probably -- i'm not sure the wisdom of that, gwynn the borrowing rates, but at any rate, some only want to purchase through capital facilities with the cash they have on hand so reserves are large or can grow because of that. i think what we've seen, and this year the continuous growth in reserves as a percentage of expenditures in the general fund suggest that cities are well positioned to weather a short downturn in the -- in their underlying economy. and that's how they're preparing for it. but it also gives them an opportunity because there is still some growth in revenues to address those pressing needs. we all -- i always take an opportunity to plug the need to maintain and repair our infrastructure rather than using it as a cash cow and pushing the cost off onto our grandchildren. it also requires us to continue to make annual contributions to our pension funds. i know i'm sitting here from chicago, there are lots of cities that are challenged no more than the city of chicago. but this is a time when you do have reserves of tha

plan will joinn campaign.uss the 2020 ♪ >> sunday night on q and a, historian jeff gwynn discusses hisook "the vagabonds," about henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea was that they wanted to go out and have fun. they wanted to demonstrate, get in your car and do these things, but they were not going to have to light their own campfires and eat cold beans out of cans. they had all these different amenities. they had a refrigerated car powered by edison batteries so they could have fresh dairy. chefs would prepare gourmet meals. in the morning, they would dress in freshly ironed clothing, but they were so famous and america was so grateful it did not matter. the point is, we are out in cars traveling and seeing these things. you can do it too. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's q and a. ♪ order.house will be in has been years, c-span providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, supreme court, and public policy events from d.c. and around the country, so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1970 nine, c-span is brought to you by your cable pr