it is literally called the ken burns effect. the technique made famous in such documentary's as the civil war, baseball, jazz and the national parks. the creator as a filmmaker known for leveraging american history into a compelling television programming as no one else can spend. the baltimore sun wrote that he is not only the greatest documentarian of the day but the most influential film maker period. that includes the likes of george lucas and steven spielberg. our guest joins us in part to launch his latest series which began airing last night on pbs. i hope you had an opportunity to see it. like all work highlighting pivotal years in american history like all of his work, this three part series examines the rise and fall of the eighteenth amendment to the u.s. constitution. the season title "prohibition". our guest has a history, called history at table around which americans can all have a civil conversation. with the release of his "prohibition" series this veteran film maker is taking the opportunity to call for a new d

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some of you may have seen the ken burns documentary which has aired at dartmouth. the 1920 pastas was a great period for the sector. it was not a great period for agriculture during this period. it was very hard hit. of course, if you have 20% of the labor force being hit by prices that did not come back, what do you expect them to do? ask the federal government for existence -- said -- assistance, which is exactly what they did. congress passed price supports. this was tried to target prices back to the pre-war level. now, what do you think silent cal fought about this? well, and he was giving the silent treatment because he did not think this was warranted. but it was a bipartisan effort. it was not just midwestern republicans, this southerns that wanted this, too. calvin coolidge twice vetoed this legislation. what is ironic is that in vetoing this, they actually laid the groundwork for the tariff of 1930, because the farmers, they thought they probably would not get anywhere with president hoover. so instead of asking for price supports, they would ask for high

this afternoon we hear from filmmaker ken burns on his documentary on probation.t 7:00, we conclude our q&a series focusing on the military with our interview of ward carroll, editor of military.com. 's website provides news and support to current and former service members and their families. >> which is more important, wealth or honor? >> honor. >> it is not as was said by the victors four years ago, the economy, stupid. it's the kind of nation we are. it's whether we still possess the wit and determination to do with many questions, including economic questions, but certainly not limited to them. all things do not flow from wealth or poverty. i know this firsthand, and so do you. all things flow from doing what is right. >> look at what's happened. we have the lowest rates of unemployment, inflation and no mortgage in 28 years. look at what happened. 10 million new jobs, over half of them highway jobs, 10 million workers getting the raise they deserve with the minimum wage law. >> c-span is aired every minute of every major party convention since 1984, and now

and tomorrow film maker ken burns on the documentary on prohibition. and each day at 7:00 we show you interviews from our q & a series with a focus on the u.s. military. tonight historian anthony be, vo discusses his work. he talks about the conflict before hitler's innovation of poland to the aftermath of the war. it's global impact on the major powers of the day. >>> retired supreme court justice sandra day 0'connor teffed before the senate judiciary on the importance of teaching civics in school. she has been an advocate for the issue since retiring from court in 2006 and chairman of the board for iicivics an online project. it's an hour and 25 minutes. [inaudible conversations]. >> before we get started, i should want to -- of course, it's a delight that justice 0'connor is here. senator grassley is on the way. he was doing a conference call with students at an education thing. i'm wondering, all of you who are students in the room, would you please stand up so the justice can see. [laughter] [applause] not bad, huh? [applause] in the past, we've h

wrapping up on friday with filmmaker ken burns on his documentary prohibition. this week on c-span2. >> earlier this month, the influence of american technology around the world. they are part of this year's aspen institute summer gala that looked at the increasing use of mobile video, social media censorship and other countries, and the use of twitter during the olympics. this is just over one hour. >> thank you all, and welcome. let me ask you to take your seat, if you may. i want to thank jerry murdock who put this together and gina murdoch. the chairs of our bench tonight. on behalf of our chairman, we welcome you to our summer gala event. we have to conversations here. i am going to moderate the session, but on the theory that you have seen enough of me, zoe baird and pad warrior. >> thank you. some of you know mean as zoe baird budlinger. i am really pleased to be introducing you today. gina murdoch is a real scientist and one of the way and one of the stories that i can tell you to confirm that is took place almost 20 years ago now when pamsd padma warrio

other guests include the parker, jim cantore, and filmmaker ken burns. right after that, an encore presentation of "q & a." we look at the documentary that it shows men exposed to contaminated water. all this week at 7:00 a.m. eastern and on c-span2. >> joe biden campaigning today in virginia says voters have a stark choice. see his comment tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies since 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television providers. next, a look at a proposal that would privatize the u.s. postal service. from washington journal, and this is 35 minutes. we want to focus on the future of the u.s. postal service. joining us is a professor at cornell university. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for inviting me. host: there are a lot of details we want to focus on with the fiscal crisis facing the postal service, but your recommendations include making the postal service subject to private, corporate law, giving postal management commercial freedom, and congress could mov

wrapping up friday with filmmaker ken burns on his documentary probation. join us all week at 6:00 eastern. >> twitter ceo dick costolo in google executive chairman eric schmidt talked earlier this month about the influence and future of american technology around the world. they were a part of this year's ashton institute summer gallup that looked at the increasing use of global video, social media, and the use of twitter during the olympics. this is just over an hour. >> thank you all. welcome. let me ask you to take your seats, if you may. i wanted thank jerry murdoch to put this together. gina murdock, our chairs. [applause] and on behalf of our chairman and myself, welcome to our summer gallup advance. we are going to have to conversations here. i am going to moderate the second, but on the theory that you have seen enough of me, zoe baird budinger, who many of you know, will moderate. an old friend, and one of the pioneers of the digital age. let me turn it right over to zoe baird and padma warrior. >> well, thank you. some of you know me as zoe baird

ken burns shows us a new way of looking at the past. >> the air itself could kill you. >> and "frontlinelook at the candidates. >> this election is a make-or-break moment. >> there's only one place that can take you any place. >> this is going to be wonderful. >> pbs. the pbs "newshour" special coverage of the 2012 republican national convention. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifill. coming up, two of tonight's marquee speakers, ann romney and new jersey cover chris christie. first we have grinch gingrich, david brooks and mark shields with us. first, artur brooks on the floor, what did you think of that? >> first, i thought artur was quite good. we've had three jokes tonight, i think he told all through. i don't get the whole ted cruz thing. i thought the hands thing, i was from his iowa victory speech, but it is a very good device. >> i just think that really artur davis gave the best critique of how obama failed on his own terms. it was a very sympathetic thing, look, i believed in all this. i wanted it to work. and then explains sort of step by step what the gap is between pro

. >> it's ken burns lighting.en they come know, given my aging face, softening the land. >> you're beautiful. >> 1980, they had not picked a vice presidential candidate yet. they get to the convention, and they start these heavy negotiations, someone that andrea knows well, alan greenspan had been an economic adviser to president ford, henry kissinger played a large role in these negotiations and president ford eager to be the vice presidential candidate with a new portfolio of responsibilities including a lot of national security and foreign policy. the delegate were left in suspense on the floor of the cu vengs. we are -- convention. we were waiting for the announcement. >> cbs got in front of it, sounded like it was going to be reagan/ford and you had somebody coming up to you saying don't believe it. >> jim thompson, governor of illinois had buttons made up, reagan/ford wearing them inside his jacket, i went to do an interview with him at 11:00 at night and bob dole came down and said to me, what did he just t

ken burns shows us a new way of looking at the past. >> the air itself could kel you. frontline delivers balance and depth with its look tep -- at the candidates. >> this say make or break moment. >> there's only one place that can take you any place: pbs. >> woodruff: welcome about a to the pbs news hour's special coverage of 2012 republican national convention. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifill. it was interesting listen to jeb bush, the former florida governor who started his remarks about education, defending his brother george w. it was the first ovation i've seen for him at this convention. i thought they got a nice response frankly to the video we saw of george w. bush and his father. but jeb bush raising the issue of education about specifically as any issue addressed in this entire convention. and it's interesting because george w. bush, more than most presidents, certainly more than most republican presidents, made that a centerpiece of his president six how long have we heard the figures the united states is 17th in science and 25th in math. it's t

some of you may have seen ken burns recent documentary aired here at dartmouth on the dustbowl. as a wonderful documentary that i do quibble with implication left in 20 minutes his films to the 1920s as agree. relative to 1930s. it was not agree. for agriculture. farm tek was very hardheaded. the labor force being hit with hard times i'm summer farm prices edge in combat, what to expect them them to do? asked the federal government for assistance can exactly what they did. twice in congress during 1920s, congress passed and from supporters for american farmers to target prices back to the prewar level. what do you think "silent cal" thought about this? he would give them the silent treatment because he didn't think government interference was warranted. but of course this is a nonpartisan or bipartisan effort. it was a midwestern republicans, southern democrats represented that wanted us to come of the calvin coolidge twice vetoed the legislation. what is interesting or ironic is that in vetoing the groundwork because the farmers said we had rejected twice, won't get anywhere wi

ken burns shows us a new way of looking at the past. >> the air itself could kill you. >> and "frontlinelook at the candidates. >> this election is a make-or-break moment. >> there's only one place that can take you any place. >> this is going to be wonderful. >> pbs.

ceo doug parker and meteorologist jim talks about the 25 years covering the weather and film maker ken burns on friday on the documentary on probix. that's all this week starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> each day at 7 p.m. it's past q & a interviews focused on the u.s. military tonight rachael libert talk about their documentary that explores water containment in north carolina. >> now the soviet may be gone. there are still wolves in the woods woods. we saw that saddam hussein invade the kuwait, the mideast might have become a nuclear powder keg, our energy supplies held hostage, so we did what was right and what was necessary we destroyed -- freed people and locked aty rant in the prison of his own country. [applause] tonight 10 billion of our fellow americans are out of work. they work harder for lower pay. the incumbent president says unemployment always guys up a little before the recovery begins. unemployment only has to go up by 1 more person before a real recovery can begin. [applause] >> c-span there every minute of every major party convention. this year watch the democratic and r

tomorrow, filmmaker ken burns on his documentary on prohibition. each day at 7:00 we show you interviews from our q and a series with the focus on the u.s. military. tonight historian, antony beevor talks about his work, the second world war he talks about hitler's invasion of poland to the aftermath of the war to its global impact on major powers of the day. over on c-span today, at 1:00 eastern watch live coverage of remarks from sister mary hughes, pass president of the leadership conference of women religious which represents more than 80% of u.s. nuns. sister hughes is expected to address recent criticism from the vatican that the group has undermined catholic teachings on all male priesthood, birth control and homosexuality. >> while we're waiting for press secretary jay carney to arrive for the briefing, we'll show you some of your calls and reaction to a new poll out about registered voters who say they're unlikely to vote in the upcoming election. >> from yesterday, the no votes. that is how many americans could vote in november but likely

some of you may have seen ken burns recent documentary aired here at dartmouth on the dustbowl. as a wonderful documentary that i do quibble with implication left in 20 minutes his films to the 1920s as agree. relative to 1930s. it was not agree. for agriculture. farm tek was very hardheaded. the labor force being hit with hard times i'm summer farm prices edge in combat, what to expect them them to do? asked the federal government for assistance can exactly what they did. twice in congress during 1920s, congress passed and from supporters for american farmers to target prices back to the prewar level. what do you think "silent cal" thought about this? he would give them the silent treatment because he didn't think government interference was warranted. but of course this is a nonpartisan or bipartisan effort. it was a midwestern republicans, southern democrats represented that wanted us to come of the calvin coolidge twice vetoed the legislation. what is interesting or ironic is that in vetoing the groundwork because the farmers said we had rejected twice, won't get anywhere wi

thursday, jim can tory and on friday ken burns. and then an encore presentation of a "q&a." rachel libert looking at toxic drinking water in north carolina joined by marine master sgt ensminger all this week on c- span2. next up, remarks from the first geologist to hold the job at the nuclear regulatory commission. this is about one hour. >> ok. we will get started this morning. i am the editor of ihs news daily. thanks for coming out to this in our series of press breakfasts with energy policy makers. we are pleased to welcome alison mcfarlane, the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission, to her first extended meeting with the press since taking office. she served on the blue ribbon commission for america's nuclear future created by the obama administration to look for alternatives to the yucca mountain waste depository. in 2006, she published a book about yucca mountain about technical issues about the site, suitability for disposing nuclear waste and previous to that she was an associate professor of environmental science at george mason university and held a post a

thursday, weather channel meteorologist jim can tory, and on friday filmmaker ken burns and his documentary about probation. today at seven eastern the commanding officer of the u.s.s. cole when it was attacked 12 years ago by terrorists. a book about the bombing and is our guest. then tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span2, a discussion on the economic lessons from the presidency of calvin coolidge, former vermont governor howard dean was among those participating, and he talked about what he thinks it will take to balance the federal budget. >> i actually think that we ought to go with the fiscal cliff. horrifies almost everyone in washington, but i'll tell you why. there is no chance he will go back to the clinton tax rates unless we do that, and we need to. secondly, there is no chance to look at the defense budget unless we do that, and we need to cut the defense budget. and, yet, there are some things that will be very painful for those of us. and it will tip us into the recession according to the congressional budget officers. the non-partisan people in the country as far as i can t

you will see remarks by ken burns who talks about his film on prohibition. that is at 6:00 eastern on c- span2. an hour later, more from our "q&a" series at 7:00. >> if you want to come to america at illegally, and not waste your time coming across a dangerous border. just get on an airplane. the total number of undocumented has been going down for a long time. have we solved the problem? we had our problem solved by having our economy crater. if they are here and did not find a job they go back home, because america is not the place theit around and thinkin state is going to support you. it cannot be easy to leave australia, come to the other side of the world, give up your friends and family and everything you know and start out from scratch. that is what people are willing to do. immigrants are going to be more aggressive, or risk takers. that is why they come here. joined byloomberg is a joi rupert murdoch. >> 75 years since emil it earhart -- amelia earhart's attempt, findings. >> i draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyra

and friday film maker ken burn on his documentary on probix. each day at 7:00 it's interviews with the u.s. military. recounting the event surrounding the october 2000 attack and refueling top in yemen. a look at the presidential candidates today. republican nominee romney is holding several fundraisers in north carolina. alabama and has no jom camera events scheduled. president obama is wrapping up the last day of his three-day bus tour through the state of iowa by campaigning with the first lady mop. coming. this afternoon we'll have live coverage over on c-span as they speak to supporters in daven port. next week at wall street perspective on the new republican ticket. how republicans should approach the pending fiscal cliff. from today's washington journal this is 40 minutes. >> host: we turn to wall street's perspective on campaign 2012 with economic expert and host of cnbc kudlow report larry kudlow. glad to have you on the washington journal this morning. i want to start by getting your thought on paul ryan joining the republican ticket

airways and later in the week, meteorologist and filmmaker ken burns. at 7:00 eastern on c-span2 a look at the documentary that chronicles efforts of marion's exposed to toxic drinking water. >> the soviet bear is gone but there are rules in the woods and we saw that. saddam hussein invaded kuwait. the middle east might have become a nuclear powder keg and energy surprise held hostage. we did what was right and what was necessary. we destroyed a threat. we lost a tyrant in the prison of his own country. ten million of our fellow americans. tens of millions more worked harder for lower pay. the incumbent president says unemployment always goes up little before a recovery begins but unemployment only has to go up by one more person -- before recovery can begin. >> c-span aired every minute of every major party conventions since 1984 and watch the republican and democratic national convention live on c-span2. >> the description from the atlantic council in washington. we will hear from an economic adviser to the indian government. moderating the discussion

some of you may have seen ken burns recent documentary aired here at dartmouth on the dustbowl. as a wonderful documentary that i do quibble with implication left in 20 minutes his films to the 1920s as agree. relative to 1930s. it was not agree. for agriculture. farm tek was very hardheaded. the labor force being hit with hard times i'm summer farm prices edge in combat, what to expect them them to do? asked the federal government for assistance can exactly what they did. twice in congress during 1920s, congress passed and from supporters for american farmers to target prices back to the prewar level. what do you think "silent cal" thought about this? he would give them the silent treatment because he didn't think government interference was warranted. but of course this is a nonpartisan or bipartisan effort. it was a midwestern republicans, southern democrats represented that wanted us to come of the calvin coolidge twice vetoed the legislation. what is interesting or ironic is that in vetoing the groundwork because the farmers said we had rejected twice, won't get anywhere wi

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this evening on c-span2, a documentary by ken burns. and we will focus today on the military on q&a at 7:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span2. >> if you want to come to america illegally, do not waste your time going across the border into the desert. it is dangerous. just get in an airplane. fly here and get your of the set. the total number of undocumented in this country has been going down for a long time. we solve the problem by having our economy crater. people do not come here to put their feet up and collect where fare -- welfare. they come here to work. if they cannot find a job, the go back home, because america is not a good place to sit around and think the place is going to support you. somebody has to create the business that they will work for. all the numbers show that immigrants, and i think -- rupert is an immigrant. it cannot be easy to leave australia, come to the other side of the world, literally, give up your friends and family and everything, everything you know, and start out from scratch. that is what people are w

ken, thank you. >>> new at 11:00, a fire burns through a three story home injuring one person who was living there. take a look. this is along the 13,900-block of farhem lane. it got so fierce, the firefighters were ordered out of the house and fight the fire from outside. >>> a pizza crook that attacked a delivery man is in custody tonight. the 17-year-old would call in addresses to a certain address and then hide in the bushes to ambush the delivery guy. investigators tell us they saw the whole thing go down and they chased him down and slapped cuffs on the man. >>> the cops had released a man that was held for accusing to shoot up his office. he's being transferred from a psychiatric facility to his parents. they ordered prescott to keep on taking his medication and continue counseling. he's charged with misusing a telephone. >>> missouri senate candidate todd akin ignored a -- to get out of the race. gary nurenberg is here with that. gary. >> reporter: anita, the leaders of the republican party want akin and the rape remarks to go away. the chairman of the party saying he doesn't want akin at n

[no audio] it is burning in a remote area and it is not an immediate threat. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> let's talk about the conditions now that firefighters are facing as they battle the wildfires. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here. you have been tacking the conditions. how does it look for them? >> it is real hot up there. we got live news chopper 2, we are looking at the wye fire right now. you can see the smoke here. what you notice, where is the wind? not that windy. smoke plume going straight up. southwest wind right now. as we pull back you see dry hillsides and rugged tutrain -- terrain. temperatures 105 degrees. humidity 8%. winds light, 4 miles per hour. we are getting 25-30% containment figures from caltrans. i suspect the containment is based on the fact there is not a lot of wind. there is wind that fire. you will see wind at the fire, that is locally endorsed wind from the -- induced wind from the heat. it can really gust but prevailing winds not hurting firefighters. the temperatures is hurting, it is dry and hot. when i come b

burning there, while it has grown to size, remains relatively small. we will continue to talk to chevron to get more information about what appears to be a fair up here at the refinery. ken pritchett, channel 2 news. >>> they are not mad, but they are considering legal action. ktvu's tara moriarty explains what they are doing. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: there are lines out the door of the attorney's offices. we are at mcdonald avenue. they showed up at last night's community meeting. they are looking to sous chef ron and they want chevron to know that they are angry. >> you people have to understand you are putting the poison out here killing us. it is not just happening here, is it happening in your neighborhood? no, it is not. >> reporter: they perceive it is the company's failure to notify them and the secretaries there have handed out 2,000 forms for people wanting to sous chef ron. more than 900 people showed up, have showed up at area hospitals complaints of shortness of breath, itchy, watery eyes and other symptoms. this one lives less than 1,000 feet away from the refinery and she has asthma. >> it comes over our house and stuff. we are effected by it. my

ken bastida in for alan martin. for the first time in 48 hours there are no fires burning at the chevron refinery in richmond.extinguished a second flare-up this afternoon. joe vasquez has more on why the refinery called for backed up earlier today. >> they called the richmond fire department just to make sure that if there was something else going on inside of the plant here that it would be able to put it out. the second fire they're calling a secondary fire but is related to the first one from monday. >> this fire leak down on top of the original fire and then ignited back up causing a secondary fire. >> the secondary fire started around 10:45 a.m. and was put out very quickly within three minutes according to chevron, and no one got hurt. >> as we went in to extinguish the secondary fire, the opportunity arose where we could actually get close enough to extinguish the for primary fire. at this time all fires have been extinguished in the for crude unit. >> we're still trying to figure out the cause of both fires. monday's incident started with a small leak around 4:15 p.m., then the leak grew worse and wo

ken wayne. heather holmes is off tonight. we begin tonight with developing news in lake county where two major wildfires are still burning out of control at this hour. this is video taken by eye chopper 2. at least one structure has been confirmed destroyed, there may be others and evacuations have been ordered for residents including in the community of spring valley which is not far from indian reservoir. you can see the flames are very intention. strike crews have been called in from all over the bay area to assist in this fire which is still out of control. the fires are burning east of clear lake, the y fire is burning near the community of clear lakes oaks. that's near the community of 53. the walker fire is burning farther east south of indian valley reservoir. we have team coverage tonight. ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo is in the weather center but we begin with matt keller who is live in san helena with the very latest. >> reporter: that's right, the fire department has sent a truck in to san helena. here's video just into our newsroom the biggest fire is the y fire it started near highways 20 and 53 it's 5,000 a

burned. fire threatens more than 100 homes right now. i want to bring in kencia and he's on the phone and we just heard from a victim who lost everything and what kind of things are the red cross doing for the poor people in oklahoma? >> we are providing services to them, pretty much whatever they need whether it be health services, mental health services. we have shelters. we have three big fires here in oklahoma that we are dealing with and we've got shelters open for all of those people that will be open again for tonight. so we're going door to door, if you will, to try to find the family that helped them in any way we can. >> often in the scenarios when you do have the shelters open, the people do try to find friends and family if they can. how many people have been in shelters and how many more do you expect? >> some of the shelters didn't have anyone show up and others had a handful. we had one who was open in cleveland county and that was for the noble fire. that one had up to 50 people in it as one time and we got one for the luther fire which is in o

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ktvu's bill -- ktvu's chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking the weather conditions. >> temperatures over 100 degrees. these are live pictures on the walker fire. you can see burning on the ridge line here and you see active flames in this area. a lot of smoke. you heard the firefighter mention, not a lot of wind. if it was windy i don't think they would be talking 25% containment. temperatures hot. 105 degrees. so here is the fire zone. wye fire here. in this area and the walker fire over here. we are looking at 105 degrees. and humidity 9%. winds back down tonight and that will help firefighters. right now we have christien kafton in lake county. >> reporter: bill, you have been talking about the heat and i can tell you it is oppressive out here, the heat from the fire and the heat from the atmosphere. let's show you what homeowners are worried about. this is all that is left of this home. this home burned down, there is still flame over here. all that is left is stone work. to the right you can see the arch way. they are monitoring the firefighters progress hoping they can stop the fire before more homes wind up like this one. >> reporter: while point of battle

burning home has nonetheless died. that fire broke out about 4:30 this afternoon in the 6300-block of carington court. that's where we find ken. >> reporter: what a heart-breaking story this one is. the 5-year-old girl is one of three people that had to be rescued from this house that was on fire. you can see investigators still inside there right now combing through what's left, looking for clues. trying to figure out what caused this in the first place. the other two that were inside were her 24-year-old father and her 15-year-old teen uncle. both of them tonight are said to be in critical condition. >> for something like this to happen is eating me up. >> reporter: this man grew up in the house that now sits chared and in ruins. his cousins are the victims. >> i just feel real bad. i really do. >> reporter: sadly late wednesday evening pre george's county officials confirmed the 5-year-old girl who was pulled out of the house died. her father and teenage uncle were still listed in critical condition. firefighters were met with heavy smoke and large flames shooting out of the two story duplex when they got here. >> i am so

ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. we begin tonight with a live look at the fire still burning at the chevron refinery in richmond. the massive blaze started at 6:15 this evening. officials with chevron briefed us within the hour and tell us it's still too soon to determine a cause. they say right now their priorities is trying to control the fire and protect the safety of individuals. contra costa health officials issued a shelter in place order for richmond, north richmond and san pablo. we have live team coverage tonight on the fire and impact on those communities. we have crews in the neighborhoods at the hospital and at the refinery. we start with ktvu's amber lee. she just attended a briefing with chevron, amber. >> reporter: julie we're at the refinery where this fire started about an hour ago the general manager came out and spoke to us. he said right now a crew is working to put the fire out as quickly as possible but don't know when that will be. we're told the main processing plant but he said a short while before that, crews found a leak and evacuated. >> working wi

ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. we begin tonight with a live look at the fire still burning at the chevron refinery in richmond. the massive blaze started at 6:15 this evening. officials with chevron briefed us within the hour and tell us it's still too soon to determine a cause. they say right now their priorities is trying to control the fire and protect the safety of individuals. contra costa health officials issued a shelter in place order for richmond, north richmond and san pablo. we have live team coverage tonight on the fire and impact on those communities. we have crews in the neighborhoods at the hospital and at the refinery. we start with ktvu's amber lee. she just attended a briefing with chevron, amber. >> reporter: julie we're at the refinery where this fire started about an hour ago the general manager came out and spoke to us. he said right now a crew is working to put the fire out as quickly as possible but don't know when that will be. we're told the main processing plant but he said a short while before that, crews found a leak and evacuated. >> working wi

burns to his neck and other injuries. >>> we are guessing a clothier look at the man police say -- we are getting a closer look at man police say kidnapped cal rip ken junior's mother. this is who police say they drove mrs. ripken around and they won't tell us what store the man is seen walking into. we know it's in ann aid rundle county. last week a -- anne arundel countych the sim age generated 50 tip calls. if you have information to help police -- sim county. the same image generated 50 tip calls. >>> a gymnast was 18 and now phelps has 19 and 15 gold medals and got the record tying medal in the 200 meter butterfly. for that he he won silver and record breaker with the 800 meter relay e swam the anchor leg and guys blew the competition out of the water winning gold. hometown fans could never have been prouder. >> it was really amazing and saw some. i -- awesome i wanted to watch it over and over again. >> my dad started to scream michael phelps seat world record. and we are like what? michael phelps what did he do. and we were hesitant and then he repeated it and we are like wow. and he thought it was really amazing. >> no better analysis than t

both are burning near the junction of highway 20 and 53 on the southeast received the lake. we have team coverage. bill martin tracking the hot temperatures, we begin with ken wayne who is live near the frontlines. ken? >> reporter: very good news indeed. vacantes found out they can return home. the community most affected is spring valley and it's right down highway 20. this is the intersection of highway 20 and 53. they can get home but need a chp escort to get past this point. a long line of cars returned bringing very exhausted residents. >> terrible. very bad. again, same time glad nobody was hurt. >> reporter: for the last 24 hours vacantes wondered about their homes while fires burned at the edge of their communities. >> no sign. >> rocks? >> yeah. didn't have no cots. can't do it when -- short notice. it was fun though. it was like a camping trip. >> we feel we buttoned up the fire in the area of the homes. on the eastern section we are seeing most of the fire. >> reporter: the two fires have burned 67,000 acres and destroyed three structures. tonight it's still just 25% contained. >> things are so dry, the grass and brush burning. >> reporter: this

both are burning near the junction of highway 20 and 53 on the southeast received the lake. we have team coverage. bill martin tracking the hot temperatures, we begin with ken wayne who is live near the frontlines. ken? >> reporter: very good news indeed. vacantes found out they can return home. the community most affected is spring valley and it's right down highway 20. this is the intersection of highway 20 and 53. they can get home but need a chp escort to get past this point. a long line of cars returned bringing very exhausted residents. >> terrible. very bad. again, same time glad nobody was hurt. >> reporter: for the last 24 hours vacantes wondered about their homes while fires burned at the edge of their communities. >> no sign. >> rocks? >> yeah. didn't have no cots. can't do it when -- short notice. it was fun though. it was like a camping trip. >> we feel we buttoned up the fire in the area of the homes. on the eastern section we are seeing most of the fire. >> reporter: the two fires have burned 67,000 acres and destroyed three structures. tonight it's still just 25% contained. >> things are so dry, the grass and brush burning. >> reporter: this

plan is if mitt romney crashes and burns, he will be in a perfect position to set him up in 2016 and that's how he will salvage his family name. >> stephanie: hi, kene plant. that's something that you inferred. >> stephanie: he said obama campaigned and said, you know, that this plant will stay open and the plant closed. obviously the implication -- >> caller: but that's not a lie. >> stephanie: how could president obama -- he wasn't president when the plant closed? >> are you saying he was just being disenagainous >> caller: he said president obama said if the government got involved that plant would be open for 100 years. well it is not open. >> stephanie: it closed under george bush. >> caller: it doesn't matter when it closed -- >> stephanie: i'm sorry, i can't. that's a pesky little detail. >> he should have gotten in the kenya hip hop time machine. >> kenyan hip hop time machine, oh god! >> stephanie: all of skeeter's talking points collide. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> the place where dreams come true. >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ but only current puts you at the collision of tv and social media, providi

burned moments after liftoff. no one was hurt. a team is investigating what went wrong. that's too bad. >>> still ahead in our next half hour, former redskin kenarvey, a good friend to the show, joins us live for a look back at last night's season debut. >> plus, american's golden girls help push america to the top of the podium. we'll check out the latest medal count from london. >> here's a live look outside. got some rain out there. we're going to get the latest on weather from tucker and the latest on traffic from lauren demarco. stay with us. 7:25. we'll be right back. ♪  >>> take a look, team u.s.a. is your olympic leader, far and away. stand tall, america. america has extended its total lead to 10 over china, after a gold rush yesterday, we also lead in first place medals by two. russia is a distant third. >>> u.s. women's soccer team helped push america out in front, winning the gold yesterday, after beating japan 2-1 in front of the largest crowd ever to see a woman's soccer game at the olympics. it's their third straight olympic gold. >> they avenge their loss in the world cup, right? >>> men's 200-met