ken burns, famous for all of his documentaries made a stop q his latest film to some of the inmates. it's a look back at the history of country music. and that person's pivotal role in that story. ktvu's rob roth spoke to ken burns and spoke to several inmates about what the visit meant to all of them. >> reporter: here, behind these grim walls of san quentin prison, inmates met with special visitors wednesday. >> this is a central that bill. >> acclaimed documentary filmmaker, ken burns. >> it's a story we're telling. >> among the inmates,. >> rich -- rich richardson. whoa is serving 47 years. airing on pbs in september. >> i want him to be part of a big broad family. >> part of it is how johnny cash's 1999 performance inspired one of its inmates, merle haggard, who after his release, went on to become an icon of country music. burns screened about 100 inmates . many were clearly moved. >> i want to you know how much i appreciate what you're doing. i really do. it touches my heart. and i am honored by it. >> for many of the inmates here. the story of merle haggard has a deeper meani

>>humanitarian ken burns visited san quentin prison today to screen an episode of his upcoming country music documentary saying clinton has a number of incarcerated people who study and practice journalism. burns visiting here with worse new york thomas one of the producers and host of the award-winning pod cast which is called ear hustle the episode of burns documentary that was shown today focuses on merle haggard's incarceration at san quentin. >>as well as johnny castle famous performance there. >>san quentin is a place our place that incarcerating merle haggard he's one of the very very best it is here that johnny cash comes recounts. and. many many years and many stories in our continues. >>haggard was in the audience for johnny cash's 1969 performance at san quentin and credited that concert for turning his life around. burns documentary will make its television debut next month. >>and there's no such thing as an honest for us on unity unless you're going to one specific place details on the deal that the sfmta worked out with a local sports team facebook officially slapped with

. >>> time is about 100 san eak preview of the latest ken burns documentary. film on the history of country music, includes a segment on country singer, johnny cash. and a 1959 concert at san quentin. that performance inspired merle haggard, who was serving time at san quentin for robbery. ken burns said he wanted to share that film with the inmates, and hoped it would help them still feel connected to the world outside of prison. >> i want him to feel part of a big, broad human family. and maybe being here doesn't permit that to happen. >> for him to come in here and milk us for knowledge. that's great. it's wonderful. >> ken burns is well known for his detailed and metilo the civ war, the vietnam war, and the history of baseball. this try music, will air on pbs in september. >>> a big mess this morning in san francisco, near candlestick point. look at this. the conditions of four people in a car that crashed into a fire hydrant. >>> and the efforts to save notre dame. after that devastating fire, not finished yet. how the hot weather today in paris could cau

this legendary documentary filmmaker ken burns. >> it is a story that hasn't been told. >> reporter:e inmates is richard richeson who is serving 47 years for a home invasion robbery. >> for him to come in here, that is great and wonderful. >> reporter: the stop is part of a national tour promoting his 16 hour documentary on the history of country music airing on cbs in september. said i want them to be part of the big broad human family. >> reporter: part of it recounts the performance by johnny cash and how it is fired when the inmates will haggard after his release became an icon of country music. many of the inmates were clearly moved. >> i want you to know how much i appreciate what you are doing. >> reporter: for many of the inmates the story of admiral haggard has a deeper meaning. and many they say they can carry while they are here and perhaps carry if they every get out. >> he change his life around and that is something we are all trying to do. >> reporter: hobby air is serving nine years for manslaughter. >> he gives you hope. >> reporter: ken burns is known for his resear

. >>> documentary filmmaker, ken burns went to san quintin to share some of his films with inmates. ok back. >> ktvu's rob roth talks with burns and several inmates about what the visit meant to them. >>> here, behind these grim calls of san quintin state prison, inmates met with a special visitor wednesday. >> out of the 35 or so i made. racism is a central part of that. >> acclaimed film documentary maker, ken burns. >> it's a story we are telling. >> among the inmates, richard richardson, who is serving 47 years for a home invasion robbery in modesto. >> for him to come in here and milk us for how much knowledge we got, it's wonderful. promoting the 16-hour documentary of country music, airing on pbs in september. >> i want him to feel part of a big, broad family. and maybe being in here doesn't permit that from happening. >> part of it is how the 1954 performance by johnny cash inspired merle haggard, who after his release went on to become an icon for country music. of 100 inmates. many were moved. >> i want you to know how much i appreciate what you're doing. i really do. >> i

. >>> filmmaker ken burns was at san quentin to show his latest film to some of the inmates there.istory of country music and the prison's key role in that story. rob roth. >> reporter: here behind these grim walls of san quentin state prison, inmates met with a special visitor. >> out of the 35 or so films made, racism is a central part of the film. >> reporter: documentary filmmaker ken burns. >> it's a story not really told. we're telling. >> reporter: one of the inmates, richard serving 37 years for a home robbery. >> to milk him for how much knowledge he got, it's great. it's wonderful. >> reporter: he stopped at san quentin as part of a national tour promoting his upcoming 16-hour documentary on the history of country music, airing on pbs in september. >> i want him to feel part of a big broad human family and maybe being in here doesn't permit that to happen. >> reporter: part of it recounts how country singer johnny cash's 1959 performance at the prison inspired one of its inmates, merle haggard, who after his release went on to become an icon of country mublgz. burns strea

. >>> 100 inmates at san quentin get iew of the ken burns documentary and a film on the history of countryger johnny cash segment on the 1959 concert at san quentin that inspired merle haggard, in san quentin at the time for robbery. he wanted to share the movie with the inmates in hopes of helping them to feel connected to the world outside of the prison walls. >> i want them to feel like they are part of the big, broad human family and being in here may not permit that to happen. >> it is great, wonderful. >> ken burns is well known for the detailed and well researched films on the civil war, vietnam war and history of baseball. the 16 hour p.m. on the history of country music will air on cbs september. >>> it is 6:59 am. >>> for three days in a row the great white sharks are cited at the popular beach in san diego with shark warning signs are posted on delmar beach. they saw 5 foot and 7 foot long sharks jumping out of the water and experts say they are juvenile great white sharks. >> this is known habitat. we are seeing more activity down here this year. we have the right conditions wi

. >>> famed documentary filmmaker ken burns was at san quentin today to previous is his latest work about of country music and the present's pivotal role in the story. >> tran wants rob roth spoke with him and inmates about what it meant to them. >> reporter: inmates but met with a special visitor wednesday . >> this is a great and essential part of the film. >> reporter: famed documentary filmmaker, ken burns. >> we are telling this story. >> reporter: richard richardson is serving 47 years for a home invasion robbery in modesto. >> for him to come in here and us to milk and for how much knowledge he has, it is wonderful. >> reporter: burns as part of a national tour promoting his 16 hour documentary on the history of country music aaron in september carrying in september . >> i want them to feel part of a broad family and maybe being in here that doesn't permit that to happen. >> reporter: johnny cash's 1959 performance at the prison inspired merle haggard who after his release went on to become an icon of country music. burns streamed excerpts of the san quentin version of the document

. >>> documentary filmmaker, ken burns paid a visit to san quentin today.est work about the history of country music and the prisons key role inmates about what today's visit meant to them. >> >> reporter: here behind the grim walls of sand quinton state prison, inmates met esday >> -- it is a central part of that. >> reporter: documentary filmmaker, ken burns . >> it is a story that hasn't been told. we are telling. >> reporter: one of the inmates, richard nixon -- richardson is serving for a home invasion. >> reporter: burns a stop in san quentin is a part of a documentary on the history of country music, airing on pbs in september . >> i want them to feel part of a big, broad, human family and maybe being in here permits that to happen. >> reporter: he documents john merle haggard who after his release became an icon of country music that burns streamed excerpts of the san quentin portion. many were clearly moved . >> -- you touched my heart. >> -- my emotion, i am honored. >> reporter: for many of the inmates here, the story of merle haggard has a deepe

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we get a sneak preview of the latest ken burns documentary and a film on the history of country music including johnny cash in the 1959 concert at san quentin that inspired merle haggard there at san quentin serving time in convicted of robbery. ken burns said he wanted to share the film with the inmates and hopefully help them feel connected to the world outside of prison. >> i want them to feel part of the big broad human family and maybe being in here does not prevent that to happen. >> it's great and wonderful. >> ken burns is well known for the detailed and well researched films on the civil war, vietnam war and history of baseball. the 16 hour p.m. on the history of country music will air on pbs in september. >>> join us tomorrow morning when we take another trip heading to the south bay. come with us to sunnyvale, population 140,000. over a century ago known for the fruit orchards but through the event duration of all being. many say it is the heart of silicon valley. we will introduce you to the people making a big difference in the sunnyvale and we have offerings and perhaps

>>a filmmaker ken burns visit san quentin prison to squeeze screen. an episode of his upcoming country music documentary. so burns visited the prison with rush on new york thomas, one of the producers and host of the award-winning podcast called air hustle so the episode of burns's documentary that premiered yesterday it focuses on merle haggard's incarceration at san quentin, as well as johnny cash's performance there. >>san quentin is a place in our story continues place that incarcerating merle haggard he's one of the very very best and it is here that johnny cash comes for concerts. they we have many many years and many stories in our continues >>well hackers was in the audience for cash is 1969 performance at san quentin and life around burns's documentary will make its television debut next month. well someone in san jose is a million dollars richer is that you check your wallet, check your first one lucky mega millions ticket was sold in san jose. and it matched 5 out of 6 winning numbers in tuesday night drawing the winning ticket is worth jus

>>the filmmaker ken burns visited san quentin prison to screen an episode of his upcoming country musicry. burns visited the prison with. reese on new york thomas one of the producers and host of the award-winning podcast called ear hustle the episode of burns's documentary that premiered yesterday focuses on ohnny cash's performance there. >>san quentin is a place in our place that is how's incarcerating merle haggard he's one of the very very best and it is here that johnny cash comes recounts. they and. many many chapters, many stories in our continues >>haggard was in the audience actually for cash is 1969 performance there san quentin and credit at the concert for turning his life around burns's documentary will make its television debut. next month. >>9.41 coming up on the kron 00:04am morning buzz daredevils and the diva too dangerous stunts one over the ocean the other over the tour de france right now, earn 60,000 bonus miles after qualifying purchases when you apply and are approved for the hawaiian airlines world elite mastercard. plus, you earn miles on everyday purchases. g

if you want to know a little bit more, refresh your memory about the women, go to ken burns, i believet was roosevelt's episode. it was his last. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my office is in the civic centre c.b.d. and i have been on the board there since the inception. we utilize the services of the c.b.d. and probably call two or three times a day. we strongly support the renewal and the expansion. thank you for your time. >> next speaker. >> i just have a word with matt and i asked if one of these kinds of programs in the tenderloin. he says that there already is one. if there is, you are doing a terrible job and i want to put strong urgency on it. as far as these upper income bracket people expanding, they need to expand to the tenderloin where strong drug abuse, discharging of both animal waste and human waste is all over the place. that's why you have the poop squad to detail. they get paid $194,000 a year plus benefits and you still can't keep the area clean. it is disgusting, but yet all of these organizations and these testimonies from people tha

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we mentioned the ken burns document. 18 hours. i think the part that really caused to address today was about a minute and a half. whatever the american public is going to end up knowing about the downside of all this. >> time for one more question. >> more specifically, he benefited from this. >> the officers whose job it is to provide the sort of things to american personnel. there is professionally incentivized to grow it. that came from the base commander. concerned about what we can do to improve conditions. it is a lesser phenomenon. to really improving our value. there is this sort of national tendency that began in the mid- 60s. isolator. contested corners of the world. in terms of benefited, a lot of guys from vietnam got a lot of cool stuff. my mother's prose. there is that aspect of it. there were businesses that were always late provided this. the relationship between private corporations. the big corporations that have this. huge contracts to provide their own food for the trip. that is what we heard about some this m

if you take the killer angels and ken burns, and ron maxwell's translation to sinema out, joshua chamberlain isn't what he is now. that's a perfect example of how popular culture and memory and history are combined and work off of one another, and sometimes work against one another. i'd like to talk about david ireland and juxtapose them against joshua lawrence tamerlan in the 20th main. by any standard, the one 37th new york did at least as well, and i think better at spacing an entire brigade of federalists, who climbed up and down round top in the afternoon. but david ireland didn't live forever, didn't survive the war, didn't write his memoirs, didn't become governor of maine, all the things he didn't do. i admire joshua chamberlain. he's an academic who function in the real world. just think about that. [laughter] gary: think about that for just a minute. [applause] gary: so you have to admire that about him. but still, he has become an outsized figure. i wrote a book about him a number of years ago about the civil war in sinema and popular art. and i had two graduate students, who are

in national parks, ken burns and others say our best idea is america's national parks. there are 417 of them. they have a bad deferred maintenance backlog. senator portman, senator warner, senator king and i, others of us, we are working with president trump who supports our legislation to try to cut half of the deferred announce in the national park backlogs out in the next five years. we're going to use money from energy on federal lands to do that. americans are often shocked to find when they go to federal parks that the bathrooms don't work, the roofs leak, the campgrounds are closed because there is not enough money for maintenance. this budget helps make sure that our national parks are something that americans can continue to enjoy. all 418 of those parks. and we do that under the blue line that goes up at the rate of inflation, not at the budget-busting entitlement line. now, i've said this over and over, and it needs to be said over and over. this is mandatory spending. this is discretionary spending. this will be $1.6 trillion at the end of ten more years. th

where donald trump wants to take us and if that sounds extreme, people should just go back and watch ken burnstary on vietnam or other documentaries on that time. it's happened before, it can happen again. >> joe, it's terrible to think that a president would deliberately push us toward greater confrontation, divisiveness, anger and rage but that's what we see every day. every day tweets seem to be about that. as you say, we have seen what can happen in a country that's divided. i did grow up in the '60s. i watched my city of washington in flames as the rage just exploded after the assassination of martin luther king. those were terrible times for our country. it took a long time to heal from that and it's just so painful to see a president seeming to push us more and more toward confrontation. i think what you keep saying, joe and mika both, it's up to republicans to slow this down. to speak out and say this is -- this is our country. this is dry tinder, you know, put away the matches. >> if they don't like what happened at the north carolina rally a few weeks ago, they don't want to see what

ken bastida. >> i am veronica de la cruz. the fire now burning in the foothills east of san jose between sarah and filter road in the diablo range. this was taken from chopper 5 a few minutes ago. cal fire ordering four caretakers to battle the blaze. it has already burned 50 acres just within the past hour or so. as of right now, the fire is a zero containment. the fast-moving blaze already burning up 250 acres and one structure has been destroyed. black smoke can be seen throughout the santa clara valley. there have been no injuries and no evacuations to tell you about. >>> is the temperature rises, the relative humidity drops. we did see that today with values down below 25 or 30%. hotspots around 100 degrees. clayton, 104. concord, 102. this heat has been away from the water. if you find yourself near san pablo bay, san francisco bay, the coastline, it is markedly cooler. 40 degrees cooler. in the financial district, it is 72 in san francisco right now. notice the lack of fog. san jose has a northwest breeze of 13 miles per hour. i will call

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine for pam moore, this fire is burning in napa county crews have been.ing to keep the flames from spreading kron four's j r stone is tracking the fire he joins us live from the newsroom. jr crews making any progress. >>well catherine this fire is now at 55 acres in that certainly may not sound like good news, but keep one thing in mind when we came to at 5. it was 55 acres as well so that means it has not increased in size in the last hour or not to the point where officials have felt it necessary to update us on that. officials tell us that this is being called the canyon fire. it is located at highway one 28 and rag county road is 16 miles east of saint alina in napa county as i talk about this i want to go to the video that has come into our newsroom within the last 2 hours at this point it doesn't appear as though

>>> i am ken bastida at the live news desk. we have another prior burning here in the bay area. this time let us check this one out near marsh creek road. the backside of mount diablo is a 3-5 acre grass fire that was a burning there. we are getting some still photos and from contra costa fire. he responded first. they called and help from cal fire to try to get this thing before it had a chance to run a hill. a fire was burning near the mill creek detention center. there is a road there. and the fire was burning up a slope. fire crews were able to contain it it's about 90% contained right now. there are some home scattered to the area and some ranches but nobody has to evacuate at this point. people are still being asked to avoid the area. at the live news desk i am ken bastida. >>> 49er fans eager to see cornerback jimmy grappler play again will have to wait a few weeks. the team says he has fully recovered from a knee injury, but he will not play any first preseason game on august 10th. vern glenn was more on these developments. >> they open for business today. the first prac

i'm ken wayne and i'm catherine for pam moore, this fire is burning in napa county crews have been. >>scrambling to keep the flames from spreading kron four's j r stone is tracking the fire he joins us live from the newsroom. jr crews making any progress. >>well catherine this fire is now at 55 acres in that certainly may not sound like good news, but keep one thing in mind when we came to at 5. it was 55 acres as well so that means it has not increased in size in the last hour or not to the point where officials have felt it necessary to update us on that. officials tell us that this is being called the canyon fire. it is located at highway one 28 and rag county road is 16 miles east of saint alina in napa county as i talk about this i want to go to the video that has come into our newsroom within the last 2 hours at this point it doesn't appear as though there have been any injuries, it doesn't appear as though any structures have burned either flames can be seen in some of the areas and smoke in other areas as to those evacuatio people living in between the 6507,000 block of rag

>>the canyon fire is burning in the north bay, the fast-moving brush fire sending plumes of smoke into the air and has forced evacuations. good evening, i'm kenine for pam moore. this is happening in napa county where crews have been scrambling to keep the flames from spreading and we want to get right to kron four's seconds she is in that pond. >>taylor house the same looking now.

ken bastida. >>> a short time ago crews doused a small grass fire in dublin. chopper 5 flew over the scene. it burned about seven acres of the undeveloped property, the cause is still under investigation. >>> it was another hot day in lent today, not as hot, the 91 degrees in concord. just 18 miles away, and of course over the east bay hills. it was 30 degrees cooler. richmond right on the water, only in a high today of 61 degrees. so a 30 degree temperature spread over just 18 miles. everybody warms up tomorrow. the one number that stands out to me is oakland, which will jump to about 70 degrees today up to a high of 80 degrees tomorrow, which is 10 degrees above average concord it will be five degrees hotter with a high of 96. how long the inlet heat sticks around coming up in a few minutes. >>> a rare tornado roars through cape cod, gripping the roof of a hotel. the widespread damage at a popular vacation time. >> reporter: sfo's long-awaited terminal one makeover is officially open for business. the first impressions from passengers. >> rat infesting california cities. getting rid of them not so

ken pam back to you. thank you grant. >>coming up the camp fire in butte county burned the town of paradise to the ground. now the sheriff's office is trying to protect residents who return. and change is coming to the san mateo sheriff's department all because of a man who was tased and who dies another shooting on a bay area freeway we talked to his residents about what >>in the east bay police are searching for the gunman in yet another freeway shooting this recent shooting happened yesterday in east oakland. >>it is the latest incident in a long-running problem on bay area freeways and that's a major concern for some drivers who spoke with kron four's haaziq madyun. >>it's a shocking and scary, you know at this point you would think you know the violence are going now it's just it's scary to drive and freeway. >>bay area drivers are voicing their concerns following monday's freeway shooting here on northbound interstate 80 freeway in oakland. it happened around 06:30pm near the 98th avenue exit that is where according to investigators with the california highway patrol, a gun that driving a dark color

>>the canyon fire is burning in the north bay, the fast-moving brush fire sending plumes of smoke into the air and has forced evacuations. good evening, i'm ken wayne. and i'm catherine for pam moore. this is happening in napa county where crews have been scrambling to keep the flames from spreading and we want to get right to kron four's seconds she is in that pond. >>taylor house the same looking now. >>much better than earlier now a couple of close calls for some families here. cal fire says that 9 homes were evacuated, but thankfully all of them were saved and nobody was hurt as you can see behind me here though road closures are still in effect at state road one 28 near monticello road and firefighters are still fighting this fire cal fire says the steep terrain and thick brush of this area may to these firefighting efforts more difficult. the call came in around 1 o'clock in the fire continuedo spread right now the fire sits at 55 acres but firefighters have a pretty good grasp on it it's at 60% containment as of the latest update less than an hour ago and cal fire says that they had 15 engines 6 different cruise along with air tankers,

burned suv is another reason investigators believe the suspects. we're still in the area they think they don't have the vehicle, they believe there on foot we'll keep you posted. pam and ken you and thank you. >>in southern california, a daylong manhunt is over in a crime spree that left 4 people dead and 2 others injured. los angeles police arrested this man his name is jerry dean saragosa this arrest came today. officers say that he shot and killed his father and his brother earlier in the day. he also shot his mother in the arm about 45 minutes later police say goes a went to a gas station and shot and killed a woman that victim may have been his ex-girlfriend another gas station employee was also shot and rushed to the hospital with critical injuries. a 4th victim was found shot and killed on a bus. a passenger described what he saw. >>once we got to the when the station that's when you heard a and a bus driver opened the door was he opened the door, everybody started running i was like what's going on. and all you see is just the splatter of blood dripping all over the ground. >>the shooting on the bus happened not long before saragosa was arrested, no word yet on wh