we sat down earlier with ken burns and talked about the new version of the film and how the civil war is still affecting american's conversation on race. >> i wept in as we were beginning the process and literally burst into tears, archive that i've known sort of in my bloodstream all of a sudden i had new details. i hadn't noticed that musket. i hadn't noticed the way the hand was resting on a pistol. also reminded me of the centrality of this event. it's okay to tie pretty bows, okay go to make up get camera ready what we have done for new age. it's another thing to understand and come to terms with the centrality of this event. it's accu pieing all the films that i'm working on now and yet it stays there. when the constitutional convention happened, man named john chapman that said slavery was like a sleeping serpent, it lay coiled upped the table during the deliberation, thereafter slavery was on everyone's mind if not always on his tongue. so we pundit in 1776 and four score and five years later we went to war, the most important event in our history. >> dickerson: are you surpri

ken burns is us with. documentary filmmaker.omebody that -- he is the archie bunker billionaire. he's from queens. that is something that is -- it doesn't all line up. he is a billionaire. he lived in a manhattan. but when he talks, i say he sounded like my dad and millions of other middle class dads shouting at walter cronkite during vietnam, just win the war already. >> this is right. this is the classic third party candidate. someone who goes in without the support of a party, without the anxiety of a party, without all of the traditional buttresses that sort of want you to go in to groom, stay on message. he's allowed to say everything. it's a lot of fun. it reminds you of huey long in '36, george wallace in '68. at the same time, he said nice things about the civil war series to me many, many times is there is a kind of beauty a, complexity and elegance to the political process and to american history. and that's what you want to wait for. what we like about the civil war is the way lincoln was able to negotiate complex sid

on the cover, ken burns called it suspenseful. it really is because he is watching these four people try to create this thing that the world is telling them not to create. at the same time, they are running scams, kind of. it is very disconcerting to thing of these poor women in puerto rico or women in mental hospitals and patients of john rock. >> yeah, it is concerning. they would make the argument we may not know the side effects but we know the side effects of pregnancy and a lot of women die from such and women are forced into poverty and children are dieing because families can't see them. so that is how they justified it. we can argue the ethics of that all day long. but in the 1950's they were within the bounds of the normal -- >> there is one thing in the book that struck me like an undercover drug deal where john rock is collecting urine samples from this patients and having somebody drive the urine samples to having them drive to meet someone somewhere. that is very undercover. >> it is remarkable to think about how cra

we will talk to documentary film maker ken burns about the reissue of his documentary the in the civil war and a number of other things. then we will wrap that up in a conversation with our political panel, nicole, so it is a big show. >> you certainly cover your bases, john, thanks for the the preview. >>> 8:37. much more to come on "eyewitness news" this morning, coming up next we will look ahead at today's forecast and liberty i news is one out there. stay with us. >>> joined hundreds of mom who posted their polite on line. they said her son wound up with a rash after using the popular product. huggies spokesperson says it the is not the glass but melted fiber from the wipes. regardless this mom says she does not want it for her children. >> it is supposed to be soft fibers, you know, there should be no, anything hard in there. >> huggies posted a statement on facebook saying it has a long history of safe use and strict quality controls in place. the the company says that it does not plan on recalling that product, because it is not dangerous. >>> well, good news for new jersey driv

your fellow fellow new hampshire resident and a very close friend of mine, ken burns has done a documentary and it's about the beginning of cancer during the week ages and one of the oncologist and there said cancer doesn't care if your mother, father, or if you have children it only cares about waging a war in your body. host: never in your book do you seem to shake your fist at the sky and say why me. guest: we know you're not jewish guest: i'm a journalist on the outside looking in an why am i not saying why me? i thought i've had such a good life and this is an accident really of the composition of my body. then then i get a wonderful note from my friends who is with abc, and he he wrote to me sam donelson and he said and when sam writes it's like you can hear him talking. he said thomas, i know what know what you're thinking, why me? the better question at our age is why not me? and that's what we have to remember and it was a wonderfully generous generous note that put everything into perspective. he had survived a very severe case of melanoma and had gone through and all that. host:

he writes as part of that piece, documentary historian ken burns calls our parks america's best idea.ased on access to parks and europe european version of rich exclusivity. we know our parks face challenges, outdated -- air pollution, wildlife management and a backlog of road repairs. in addition, park visitation skews older, lacking in diversity. research shows millennial es seem aware of top pashgs like yellowstone but that seems distance. it's time to find your park, which is what don beyer writes in ""the huffington post."" which parks have you found this summer? judy is up next. good morning. you're on "the washington journal." >> caller: good morning. >> go ahead, judy. >> caller: i have volunteered -- i have been to like 30 parks and i have volunteered in two parks. i wish they would have been more supportive of the parks. they're in real trouble. when you go and you visit the parks, they look like paradise. they do. but underneath all of that, you have the decrease in the budget, decrease in the number of rangers at each park. and if it wasn't for volunteers, the parks would

ken burns calls our national parks america's best idea.gh praises based on public access to our parks versus the european tradition of rich only exclusivity. as we approach the centennial, we know that our parks face challenges come outdated infrastructure companies and species, climate change, drought, air pollution, like management and backlog of repairs. millennials are aware of top parks like yellowstone but those places seem distant. it's time to find your park. we are getting your thoughts come which parks have you found this summer? judy is up next in washington. caller: good morning. i have volunteered in two parts. i wish jarvis would have been more supportive. they are in real trouble. when you visit the parks, they look like paradise. they do. underneath all that, you have the decreasing budget, the decrease in the number of rangers at each park. if it wasn't for volunteers, the parks would not be able to keep going. the rangers are not paid a lot. the seasonal rangers are really treated very badly. , when theyred in move the se

burns through continueds of acres in a matter of hours. the four on 2 starts now. >> welcome to the four on 2. glad you're with us. i'm keba article old. >> and i'm mike mibach. ken wayne is off. >> ktvu's noel walker is live in lake count county where a wildfire is burning out of control. >> reporter: yes, ken and keba. you can get a sense of what's happening all day long. that fire in the distance, the jerusalem fire has been gaining ground throughout the day with the thick black smoke going up. that is thick brush, chaparral burning and lots of oil, and you can see the flames shooting over the ridge line. this fire started around 3:30 on sunday afternoon. it has been thus far officially 5,000 acres, but that was early this morning when the number came in and has likely grown. 50 homes are threatened by this fire in the immediate area of the fire. hidden valley has another 1200 homes and 5000 residents that have been told they need to be ready to go if anything in the fire situation changes. but certainly, an active fire happening right now. a lot of the firefighters fighting the rocky fire just wrapping up there as that fire was nearing containment when this f

burn area. good evening, i'm ken wayne. frank somer felled is off tonight. >> i'm julie haener. the new fire is called the jerusalem fire, because it started off of jerusalem grade road mere middleton. cal fire told us it is burning only one mile from the rocky fire that consumed 70,000 acres in the past week and a half. we get the developing news now from ktvu's jana katsuyama. >> reporter: we're right here at jerusalem grade road where they blocked it off. that's because there's a staging area down the road. you could see some of the flames and the smoke. this is a rocky incident, and directly to the south is the jerusalem fire. zero percent contained at this point. i just talked to a cal fire spokesman who says it's moving now northeast. that is the reason for some of these new road closures, and also some of these evacuation advisories to get people out of the potential path of the fire. from sunday afternoon, the jerusalem fire has grown to 6,000 acres and counting. as the sun went down, flames and billowing smoke went up. >> unprecedented. i haven't seen fuel moistures this

burning very close to the area where the rocky fire broke out late last month. we head now to ktvu's walker who has been in the fire zone, what can you tell us? >> ken, this is another really big fire, it's been burning in a couple of different directions. take a look behind me, it's been burning to the north, as you said n the direction toward the rocky fire. in the last hour, i can see it has burned farther past the ridge line. to the right side of the screen, it is burping to the southeast, that gives you some indication of how shifting the winds are and how shifting the conditions are within the fire area. the firefighters are on the ground, attacking this in rugged terrain can and thick brush, while the a air attacks continue overhead. wildfires usually sleep at night not this one. overnight, the jerusalem fired doubled in size to 12,000 acres and growing. sending up smoke signals for miles. and signalling potential danger for those fighting the flames below. >> these types of plumes, can also collapse and change the dynamics on the ground. something that is extremely dangerous for firefighters. >>reporter: pictures tell the story of how quickl

ken. >>> a three-alarm fire in new jersey has burned through two homes in plainfield. this is new video. the flames broke out on east second street and spread to the house next door. no injuries have been reported. only one of the homes appears to have been occupied. >>> a young girl was hit and killed by an s.u.v. in brooklyn and moments after that deadly crash, the driver of that s.u.v. was attacked. it happened on east 22nd street in flatbush. eyewitness news reporter toni yates is live at the scene with more. toni? >> reporter: yes, indeed, shirleen, a sad, sad accident for the family and the neighborhood that loved this little girl who was an of a individual sports fan -- avid sports fan. she is being remembered with two candlelight vigils on east 22nd street where she played with her friends and where her life ended tragically. jadann williams was just 8 years old. investigators say after 5:00 in the afternoon, williams was playing behind a double parked delivery truck just as she went out into the street an s.u.v. was driving around that truck and struck the lit

burns east of middletown and is growing rapidly. glad you're with us tonight. i'm keba arnold. healther health-- heather holmes has the night off. >> and i'm ken wayne. a large fire broke out in lake county just a few miles south of where the rocky fire has burned almost 70,000 acres. the new fire is burning near jerusalem valley road about 700 miles north of middletown and it's called the jerusale fire. in a matter of hours this fire erupted from 100 acres to more than 3,000 acres. a viewer sent mark tamayo video of the plume of smoke we're going to show you in a little bit. >> it's being hit at this time by multiple helicopters. it's turning out to be another ugly fire. >> reporter: there are mandatory evacuations in place in jerusalem valley, east of spruce grove road. jerusalem county road is shut down to all traffic at spruce road right now. calfire was making drops on this fire. check out this giant plume of smoke. joining me on the phone joe fletcher. we just lost the connection. we're going to try to get to the fire captain in just a little bit to get to the latest on the fire. we understand there's zero containment on this fire. if there's an

burning east of livermore on both sides of tesla road. >> andria borba was on the fire lines tonight. andria? >> reporter: well veronica, ken, the weather out here, the temperatures, it is cooler out here, but the wind is still an issue. at one point 90 minutes ago, the photo journalist and i tried to get out of our truck and we struggled to open the truck doors out here at tesla road. that is what firefighters are facing trying to stop this fire from growing. ripping up valleys leaving post apocalyptic scenes in its wake, the tesla fire in alameda county chewed through 2500 acres in no time flat. dry grass and trees contributed but the wind was the real culprit. >> we have strong winds coming through the night. >> reporter: there were stands of oak trees transstormed into smoldering kindling and firefighters were struggleing to keep up. >> they are aggressive, and at times they have to pull back and besupported by air operations and dozer operations as well. >> reporter: that is when air tankers shrouded in smoke took over dropping retardant. the fire jumped the alameda county line into san joaquin. the firefighters are th

burning out of control in several states. >> a thunderstorm moving through the area as the heat wave extends into yet another day. good morning, i'm ken rosato. >> i'm mcnorth korea in for lori stokes. thanks for being with us. it's tuesday, august 18th. you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> well, you can see on the live picture from the roof looking to flushing bay across the park, a few showers in the area. there is the rain shaft we were talking about from that cell to flushing. temperatures in the low 70s. we are starting at 80 but the thunderstorm dropped the temperature in the park to 73. the flood advisory in effect now for bergen and passaic county has been dropped. that is because this cell keeps working its way up to rockland county. you see it's in the bronx. a piece of it is in the bronx to mount vernon. then up to yonkers and passaic and heading to rockland and westchester. that gets out of the way. the heat and humidity is on. low 90s. humidity will make it feel like 95 to 100. day 4 of the feet wave ends today. we will talk abou

burning in california. most of them in northern california. cal fire says it has about 500 engines deployed on those fires. that represents about half of its fleet. >> all right, kenritchett tonight in lake county, thank you. bill martin is tracking a return of the triple digit temperatures. tomorrow's forecast coming up in 11 minutes. you can find all the ktvu meteorologists on twitter and facebook. >>> arson investigators in san leandro say a fire that destroyed a supermarket earlier this week was deliberately set. the fire started at 2:30 monday morning at the marina supermarket. the family owned market was destroyed, and four other nearby businesses were damaged. investigators say among other crews, the fire burned quickly, and was very hot, pointing to arson. >> over the last two days, reviewing security video, evidence recovered from the scene, and talking to witnesses have deemed this to be an arson. >> reporter: so far, police have not made any arrest, they are asking anyone who may have information to call san leandro police. >>> the california energy commission issued a mandate today requiring shower heads sold in california be more water efficient. the

burning near lower lake 100 miles north of san francisco. thousands of people have been warned to evacuate. we'll have a full report after the news summary. >> ifill: the attorney general of texas, kenn, has been formally charged with securities fraud. the tea party conservative allegedly encouraged people to invest in a tech start-up-- without telling them he was being compensated by the company. prosecutors say it happened before paxton took office in january. >> woodruff: a colorado jury refused today to rule out the death penalty for james holmes, who shot a dozen people to death at a movie theater in 2012. the same jury that convicted him is now considering a sentence. today's finding sets up final testimony, starting tomorrow. >> ifill: in syria, at least 17 people were killed today when government planes bombed a busy marketplace, and one of the planes crashed. it happened in a northwestern town held by rebels. but it wasn't clear if the plane was shot down. at least seven buildings in the market were left in ruins. in addition to those confirmed dead, local reports said many people were missing. >> ( translated ): by god, this market was full of people and the people came to

burning building in brooklyn overnight. eyewitness news reporter dray clark live in marine park with what we know right now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning ken, that 2-year-old was rushed to beth israel hospital in very critical condition. eyewitnesses tell us that emts did try to resuscitate the little 2-year-old in front of happened. let's take a look at the house here. you can see where the fire happened here in the 3700 block of avenue p. the fire broke out around 1:15 and was placed under control at around 1:45. eyewitnesses tell us there were two men who ran inside the home to try and help the family. one man was walking the dog and saw the smoke. another neighbor who lives across the street also ran over to help. both men rushed into the home with the intent on saving that 2-year-old, but the smoke was so intense that it pushed them back outside of the house. the fire department arrived here very quickly according to those witnesses and ultimately it was a a firefighter who rushed inside that burning home and found the 2-year-old and removed the 2-year-old from inside the house. eyewitnesses tell us that for quite some time there emts

ken over to you. >>> 5:32. we have breaking news in new jersey, two children and an adult are in critical condition after they were pulled from a burning building. you can see behind me here flames spreading to several homes in newark early this morning. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson live at the scene. >> you can see here behind me still a very active scene this morning. this fire broke out shortly about 4 a.m. this morning. three people apparently critically injured in all of this. the fire began at 581 bergen street in newark. plenty of firefighters still on the scene. the good news is the fire does appear to be out and well under control. you can see the damage on the third floor here of the house, you're probably looking at video from earlier now where you see those flames tearing through this one home. we understand the fire spread quickly going from this house at 581 and spreading to two other homes. middle of the night folks were asleep but neighbors went around banging on doors to get people out. just in the one house alone there were about 13 people living on the three floors of this house including seven members of one