dayton dokken is ken burns best friend. so essentially i was performing my presentation for the writer of national parks america's best idea. and after words he said something along the lines of michelle what you just shared with thisou group we might be ae to get that into a film that definitely has a place. i began to anoint him over time thing is it still there? is it going to happen? to make a long story short which i loathe to do i love epic poems especially homer and virgil. my background is classical music and literature as my father put it, unemployment. [laughter] my father put it that way because my dad served in the infantry in korea he was a combat veteran. he served in the air force in opvietnam my brothers served in the navy and operation iraqi freedom pretty comfortable from military family that is white military history speaks to me. it is in my blood when the buffalo soldiers story found me on the third interpretive ranger serving in s yosemite and sequoa in 1899, 1903 and 190 for more than a decade before

and dayton duncan is ken burns best friend. so essentially, i was performing my presentation for the writer of the national parks america's best idea, and afterwards he said something along the lines of, you know, sheldon, what you just shared with this group, we might be able to get that into the film. i think that that definitely has a place in it. and then i began to annoy him over time by calling up and just saying, is it still there is it's still going to happen. and to make a long story short, which i'm loathe to do, because i love epic poems, i especially homer and virgil the upanishads. my background actually is classical music and literature. or as my father put it, unemployment. my father put it that way because my dad served in the infantry in korea. he was a combat veteran. he served in the air force in vietnam. and my brother served in the navy in operation iraqi freedom. so i come from a military family. so that's one of the reasons why military history speaks to me, because it's in my blood, it's in my bones. and

first connection i'm in new york and i'm in new york because i'm with ken burns i and we are in central park. my first experience in central park was in front of 20 or 30,000 people and i'm backstage with carol king counting crows and alison krause. the usual people, oh and and paul of, paul and mary. why am i here with these people and they couldn't figure it out in some point i was sitting there and some untapped in on the shoulder and i looked up and it was david rockefeller. i worked with david rockefeller at the mountain film festival and he said i heard you were i just wanted to drop by and say hi and i don't usually get messages from david rockefeller but that's what happened there was a connection to the rockefeller family and the story. they are all these connections with history like having a conversation with your left finger and expecting your right thumb not to know about it. but it binds the two together and that's what i realized when i delved into this history of stewardship in this history of protection and when i read and was rereading the olmsted report i realized thi

and dayton duncan is ken burns best friend so essentially i was performing my presentation for the right of the national parks america's best idea. and afterwards he said s somethg alongel the lines of what you shared with this group we might be able to get that into the filter i think that has a place in it. and then they begin to annoy him over time by calling him at your site is still there? if you still going to happen? to make t a long story short, which i'm loath to do because i love epic poems, i especially homer and virgil, the upanishads. my background actually is classical music and literature father put it, unemployment. [laughter] my father put it that way because my dad served in the infantry in korea after he was a combat veteran. he served in the air force in vietnam, and my brother served in the navy in operation iraqi i come from a military family so that's one of the reasons why military history speaks to me, because it's in my blood, it's in my bones and it's a fire that lights the night that no one else can see but me. and so when the buffalo soldier story found me, i

when i had a conversation with ken burns about this he said along thee lines if they spelled out whathey meant we'd be screwed. [ laughter ] >> the usage is the best way to describe that. we can reread the words and get a different connotation and denotation. it means something different today justdi like they have a differentw. meaning tomorrow. they evolve through time because all ideas evolve through time. the ideas that shape us are ideas we shaped in term. this is a powerful thing. i'm thinking this and communicating this becauseca i'm stillin astonished i'm wearing this uniform. stillin astonished i'm wearing woodfield. he's in the hall of fame. he wrote papa was a rolling stone.s he wrote for the supremes, diana ross, and marvin gay. all i knew is he own bed a jaguar.. i didn't know what he did and i thought i'd be doing that. my background is music and poetry that's the landscape andp at no, sir fear in which i was raised. the only reason i'm hear i held on the memories o of germany. it was easy to do that, why? because on sundays in the summertimee, my grandparents wee blackn

president from filmmakers such as steven spielberg and ken burns, alan dershowitz and others known as judge judy from corporate leaders such as eric schmidt and caterpillars dog college such as billy collins and stein from the uss abraham lincoln and musical individual artists. he sent us the gettysburg address written out in his own hands in a different format. he said in 94 i'm not going to be composing anything but i'm going to write it out for you the gettysburg address the way that i've helped people over the years learn how to recite it and that's what he sent to us. annie leibowitz said to us i'm not a writer. i do photographs so she sent us some photo essay is that we included in the book particularly daniel chester french was the sculptor for the lincoln memorial and she was at his studio so she took a picture of the model and that's what we have in the book. but many others spoke of their experiences and their family heritages. julian bond wrote for us and essay that reminds us that only a few generations separate us from slavery and he wrote a very eloquent essay and i will

i've helped them to make a documentary that was produced and directed by ken burns.i don't know and i don't have some of these books, haven't made any money, to be honest. but so the financial thing is always very fluid. and again i am happy and i think part of it. when you take on a biography, when you take on a lou gehrig biography, you become responsible in part for lou gehrig's legacy, especially in his case, he no family. so i feel that having benefited and shared in his story, i have a responsibility to carry that forward and to become an advocate for lou gehrig's disease. and i if i can help in any to promote legacy of martin luther king, obviously would be a huge honor do so and i have been working with some members of the king family on some projects that they're interested in. i'm with morehouse now. i'm an open book like i think every book that i write, i feel a commitment to talk to pat, to, you know, to pass it forward or whatever that expression is to be a part of that community. and it looks like our threats to the front row worked. and we have a volun

from film makers, such as steven spielberg and ken burns. jurists such as sandra day o'connor, judith shineland, otherwise known as judge judy. from corporate leaders, google's eric schmidt and caterpillar's doug, and sailors from the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and musical and visual artists, pete seeger and annie leibovitz. pete seeger sent us the gettysburg trace written in his own hand, i'm 94 i'm not compose anything, but i'm going to write out the gettysburg address the way that i've helped people over the years recite it so that's what he sent to us. and annie leibovitz sent us, she said, i'm not a writer, i do photographs, so she sent us some photo essays that we included in the book, particularly the one of daniel chester french, the sculptor for the lincoln memorial and she was at his studio. she took a picture of his model and that's what we have in the book. many of our own essayists spoke of their own personal experiences and their family heritages and julian bond, the late julian bond wrote for us an essay, remind us, only a few gen

and by the way, i point out that i brought this up with ken burns documentary, came out, tried to show some battles where things didn't go so great. those were the exception. but yes in the americans consistent we won and they won every major battle. yes. second point, you know, korea was a u.n. fight from what i remember. but for vietnam, we had some goals and in 1972, there was another tet offensive and the south vietnamese defended themselves. the south vietnamese army, with our help, they threw back another offensive, like in 68 by themselves and with our airpower and with some of our ships. is that correct? yes. the easter offensive, they do that. and that is, i think, the best examples so far. we're not losing the war. so we have the peace conference. we leave and the our government not to support them. and so they were left hanging out there, not like career. well, we stayed there and fought. we actually left. and they decide to put their money somewhere else. so i don't know if the vietnamese could hold off the north vietnamese, but know that we didn't lose it and. there's a lo

we even, , see the miniseries y ken burns from a ways back on national park it's called america's bestdea which is taken from a quote. that natural spaces that have trails and hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of pure pristine nature that has just had some boundaries put around it has been kept the same like a vase in a museum. static and never changing. set aside unchanging for generations. that literally is part of the founding legislation for the national park service which was written and passed by congress in 1916. the park service had their centennial last year. lots of hoop law. and so you can see the fundamental purpose is to conserve scenery and provide for the enjoyment as well as leave it unimpaired. there unimpaired and staying the same for generations through time. what i am going to -- michael my research is focused on for years and what we are going to focus on today is how that unchanging this is actually hiding a whole bunch of change as they occur. just as a little backdrop this will be familiar to some of you. this idea all ecosystem is a historian

and we even see, you know, the the mini series by ken burns from a ways back on national parks that was called america's best idea, which is actually taken from a quote from wall stegner that, you know, natural spaces that have trails and sort of height for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of sort of pure, pristine nature, or that's just had sort of some boundaries put around it. and it's been kept the same. like a vase in a museum just kind of static and ever never changing set aside unchanged for generations. that literally is part of the founding legislation for the national park service which was written and passed by congress in 1916. so the park service just had their centennial last year. lots of hoopla and and so you can see that their fundamental purpose is to conserve scenery and provide for the enjoyment as well as leave it unimpaired. the impression, the impression you get from this language is that parks are unimpaired and staying the same for generations through time. and so what i'm going to sort of what my research has focused on for and what we're goi

and we even see, you know, the the mini series by ken burns from a ways back on national parks that was called america's best idea, which is actually taken from a quote from wall stegner that, you know, natural spaces that have trails and sort of height for hiking and sightseeing and so on are representative of sort of pure, pristine nature, or that's just had sort of some boundaries put around it. and it's been kept the same. like a vase in a museum just kind of static and ever never changing set aside unchanged for generations. that literally is part of the founding legislation for the national park service which was written and passed by congress in 1916. so the park service just had their centennial last year. lots of hoopla and and so you can see that their fundamental purpose is to conserve scenery and provide for the enjoyment as well as leave it unimpaired. the impression, the impression you get from this language is that parks are unimpaired and staying the same for generations through time. and so what i'm going to sort of what my research has focused on for and what we're goi

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ken wayne. that fire is burning at schnitzer steel. that's a manufacturing and recycling company. >> that has a facility near jack london square for santorum joins us live near the scene of that fire. standstill smoking out there. yes, still lots of smoke out here. still burning right now. it's just a big stubborn fire is out. the oakland interim fire chief described in just a short while ago. >> crews have been out here since 5.30, this evening. they've been attacking it from all angles, getting help from across the bay getting help from alameda. and yeah, just a difficult situation have to go through. but thankfully, crews have been able to have it contained and they're expecting to work here throughout the night. they're hoping to be able to have it all under control by the end of the night. but they will be hanging out probably through the morning just to make sure that this fire is completely out. the fire chief right now says that they don't have a cause at this time, but they do not believe that it is suspicious. a fire investig

ken wayne. that fire is burning at schnitzer steel.cling company. >> that has a facility near jack london square for santorum joins us live near the scene of that fire. standstill smoking out there. yes, still lots of smoke out here. still burning right now. it's just a big stubborn fire is out. the oakland interim fire chief described in just a short while ago. >> crews have been out here since 30

burning in valley. as we've been reporting a is bring you the town of la hina. 6 people have died. our ken wayne joins us now for an update. can. >> i'm vicki and grant it. here's what we know. want to show you a map of hawaii that shows the actual fire zones when take that now, this is a honolulu on the island of oahu. the real problem is on the island of maui and the worst of it is right here in la hina. this red satellite image shows the fire zone area and this area, this trip here just south of what is called baby beach is the heart of la hina. and you can see it's all red. if you've been there. so many people from the bay area go to maui and you're almost guaranteed when you go to run into somebody from the bay area, who's there on vacation as well or has a second home. but this is old right here. places like the cheeseburger in jimmy buffet place. fleetwood has bar and restaurant right in here. and of course, there's the famous banyan tree park that is also in this area. we don't know the status of the banyan tree itself, but it certainly right in this area and there are a number doz

ken wayne. fire crews topping forward progress on the fire called. >> the cherry fire burning in vacaville. fire started near cherry glen road and pleasants valley road about 3 o'clock this afternoon. evacuation order for neighborhood west of the fire has since been lifted. now crews will be working for the next several hours mopping

. >> ken walked among the embers of his music store and home in downtown greenville burned in the dixie fire. >> just stuff. it just hurts. >> stuff, but his stuff. as he surveyed the devastation along what had once been a main street lined with century old buildings, he made a vow. >> we lost oneam. now its timeoak a one. >> reporter: two y aft the dixie fire wiped away t historic town from indian valley, he and his dream are still here. >> it was a beautiful town. i miss it terribly. >> reporter: the ruins of main street have bee cleared, replaced withty lots and the bones of historic buildings >> i miss it so much. and yet we can't recreate that. that is gone. >> so are most of the town's 1200 residents. >> so many of my good friend have been scattered to the four winds and some of them are never going toe back. >> reporter: the sounds of heavy machinery are signs of life. just off main street, residents created a pop up downtown called the spot with restaurants and bars, greenhouse is the community gatheringces specy whehe s com a b from where kevin goss's pharmacy went down he now

ken wayne. fire crews topping forward progress on the fire called. >> the cherry fire burning in vacaville. fire started near cherry glen road and pleasants valley road about 3 o'clock this afternoon. evacuation order for neighborhood west of the fire has since been lifted. now crews will be working for the next several hours mopping up hot spots in that area, so here's a live look outside right now. bay area officials extending an air quality advisory through tomorrow. >> that's due to those wildfires burning in that washington, oregon. and far northern california officials say that you may see smoky or hazy skies or even smell smoke. >> it is recommended that residents had their air conditioning units and carbon systems to recirculate to prevent outside air from moving inside. with that, we're going to head over to kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow for a look at the warm dare we say hot weather ahead. yeah. going to be hot spots where you have to deal with some elevated fire risk as well. and this is that time of year. >> the most beautiful time of year in the bay area. but also

ken wayne. >> and i'm justine waltman. that fire is burning in oakland right now at the schnitzer steel factory. it's a steel manufacturing and scrap metal. recycling company that has a facility right near jack london square kron four's dan thorn is at the scene and has the latest for us. dan. >> yeah, justin, as you can see behind me here, that fire still burning and has been for several hours. we're learning tonight that this is a large scrap metal pile that's pretty much contained to one area. so there hasn't really been too much of a threat. but as you can see, this huge pile of smoke here, this plume of smoke is definitely attention, grabbing people. we're seeing it from the freeway today. they were seeing in from the bay bridge. people also been smelling the smoke. you can see this video here. this is sort of a good look at what we've been seeing out here throughout the it's also drawn a lot of spectators, people that stopping jumping out of their cars on the a overpasses here seeing what's burning again. this is that the snitzel steel a

ken dilanian is at the justice department. here in new york, dasha burns and lisa ruben. also with us is former prosecutor, david aaron. we know the grand jury broke for lunch. they came back. now they appear to have left for the day. bring us up to speed. >> yeah. i think the critical takeaway from this is we did not see the grand jury foreperson actually leave the building. i think if you read the tea leaves there, you might be able to ascertain what's happening going forward. we don't have basically we do not have any indications that this grand juror, the foreperson, has been in any courtroom thus far. we're sort of going around checking out the courtrooms to see if there's a hearing going on. what has to happen is this has to be returned in open court. that may came down as being announced as u.s. versus d tod jt, but they can get fin ki with that rule. there's the potential they just open up one of these courtroom, sneak some people in the back, return this indictment in court then sort of end it there. so we don't know where things sort of stand now. all we know is

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a fire burning the second floor of apartment building in the area of 8th avenue. and irving. thanks for joining us for kron. 4 news at 10, i'm ken wayne. that fire started just after 8 o'clock tonight. >> kron four's amanda hari live at the were more than 100 firefighters were called out. amanda. >> yeah, all of these firefighters are working right now. still very much trying to finish up the job here, but it is all contains. so that is the good news. i just spoke with the firefighter who told me that you can see them right behind me here working right now. as you said, it is on irving and 8th avenue. it is 2 different buildings. so it is one fire that spread to 2 different buildings. the tell me that they got a bunch of calls after 8, multiple, 9-1-1, calln came under fire and they sent out one fire truck initially and quickly grew to over 100 firefighters. a 3 alarm fire. like i said, it is now contained. there are no injuries, but because it involved 2 major apartment buildings, there will be some people displaced and the red cross is coming. so there will be some people that are out of their homes, but no injuries to firefig

burn there. now california crews are on their way to help fight the flames, including one bay area firefighter, thanks for joining us at 10. i'm ken wayne. at least 53 people killed in those wildfires. and officials say. >> that number is expected to rise, making it the state's deadliest disaster in hawaii and more than 60 years. the fire ripped through the historic town of la hina, popular shopping dining district. you can see the cell phone video taken from the ground showing just how many historic buildings and sites have been level to just gone. kron four's grant lotus here in the studio with a look at the fire from above and the bay area crews are heading there. grant their folks are headed there trying to help. this is a satellite image. >> showing what la hina so many people have. then they're visited there looked like before the disaster picturesque town and then right afterwards, this fire destroying more than 1000 structures and they haven't even counted them all unrecognizable from just a few days ago, california is sending crews to help search for survivors, rescue people. the bay area's also responding to the needs of