washington county was the departure point for all of the dubois's of all the counties and all of southwestern virginia that we're getting ready to board the ships to go across the big pond, so to speak and fight in world war i. and you can see in this image the only one really that tom does not have his crutches or a cane. anytime he was photographed, and like i mentioned earlier, he was photographed quite a bit because he eventually became a very prominent citizen, he always removed his artificial left foot. i think that was sort of his badge of honor, and to ensure that his two sons are propping their dad up so that he doesn't topple over. but i think it's an amazing photograph and i close with this because i think it goes very well with tom's obituary. we remember the 100th anniversary of tom's death on september the 24th of this year. that means that historians don't do math, so i had to sit down and ask my wife maker do the math. that means 1919, right? i'm kidding, i can at least do that much matt. 100 years ago. and many years before he passed, no one asked tom to do the, certainly no

nbc's dasha burns was in washington county, tennessee.ha. >> i'm dasha burns in washington county, tennessee where schools have re-opened with no mask mandate, no social distancing requirements and no strict protocols for quarantining children who have been exposed at school. i was speaking to the ceo of the children's hospital who says she and her fellow health workers are doing all they can to convince leadership at the district level and the county level to take more action, but they're searching for ways to make the point, to make their voices heard and convince folks to take more steps to protect these kids. back to you. >> doctors patel and hotez are back with us. dr. hotez, what do you think there? there's the question from dasha. >> well, you know, we don't have that many tools to fight covid-19. our two best ones are vaccines and masks, and if you're not letting us use vaccines and masks it doesn't give us a lot to work with, and unfortunately, you've got elected leaders across the southern states who have basically said, you kno

i asked a superintendent in washington county about this. he said they are still not requiring masks. he says they're re-evaluatingy every day, but emphasize this will be a local decision and emphasize the importance of personal choice here, andrea? >> dasha burn, thank you so much. the situation in tennessee and then to texas, one of the other national hot spots and students in austin, texas, heading back to school with masks on as they're disregarding the mask ban in an effort to prevent covid transmission in the classroom. joining me now, austin mayor steve adler. good to see you again. a dallas district judge has granted its county a temporary authority to defy the governor's order and allow mask mandate on campuses and what could this mean for students with covid cases and hospitalizations? >> i think it means that we aren't going to completely follow the data and the doctors which is really good news. the cdc, the american academy of pediatrics all indicate that the way to keep our children safe is for people to be masking in schools a

thank you very much for being with us today. >>> and turning to dasha in washington county, tennesseeschool open a week without mask mandates. you're in appalachian, a part of tennessee a state that fired its health commissioner lot too long ago. what do you see as the challenges there? >> reporter: andrea, i've spent a lot of time in the appalachian highlands over the last year, spending a lot of time with health workers here who not only have been dealing with the crisis of covid-19, but also a crisis of misinformation and plit politicization around the vaccine, and now say it's the kids that they're most worried about. one of the larger hospital systems in this region yesterday reported that 29% of positive covid cases in their system were among those under the age of 18, and, andrea, washington county schools reopened here just over a week ago and have already reported 50 positive cases among students and staff, and 194 are in quarantine, and despite these numbers, there is no mask requirement here. there are no social distancing requirements and no strict protocols around quarant

so the initiative is now more in the region then in europe and washington county are the headline news and the state of emergency of wildfires has been expanded to cover 2 vast regions in east in russia. fix smoke has covered, you know, 2 to 4 weeks into spread now to the neighboring, a could screech and the fire as a threatening, it doesn't villages there now with several having to be evacuated this week is anton brozowski reports. ah ah ah what are the red ones? those are fires. a fire covered this area. what's highlighted green was also a fire. what's red is what is actively burned and now how much land does the fire cover? about 150 square kilometers. 150000 heck tears. there was a huge bar here, but we have already put it out. it was here where we drove the fire 100 kilometers from yet because we're going in it's just, we're running and driving, trying to find the fires. but they shift fast and the wind an open escape. sometimes they move one kilometer in each direction. you have everything where you ask, where is and fire and you're told everywhere. that's how you cutie burns. it

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in washington county schools have reopened just over a week ago. they have seen 50 positive cases among students and staffs and around 194 in quarantine. despite the numbers there are no mask requirements, no social distancing requirements, and no strict protocols around quarantining those around schools. some parents say this is making them scared to send their kids to school. it's especially scary for parents with children who are immunocompromised. i spoke to one woman who has a kindergartener who is at risk. >> i send him to school, and i hope he wears it. once he goes through the doors i have no control over that. we spent a lot of time in the hospital when he was younger and those were very difficult days. and i definitely don't want to relive that nor would i want anyone to experience that. >> and craig, at the same time you have parents anxious and feeling helpless right now this is a region where this virus has been politicized. there is a lot of information. there are parents who would be very upset if a mask mandate were to be put in pla

tremendous tree damage up here in the northeast for a time washington county, rhode island, 73% of allwn trees. i saw twitter comments saying they're coming down like toothd picks. flash flood watches in effect for the northeast. we'll probably see another one to two inches of rainfall before it spreads out here. these little bands, can't tell you where they're exactly going to be. anywhere where there's a band you can get street flooding. >> i know where one of them is, my house. my house. it has been for the last day and is staying there. chad, thank you very much for watching this very closely. >>> coming up, we'll speak to a film maker who documented the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in china. what she saw inside hospitals in wuhan. >>> plus, a deadly fire fight at the kabul airport overnight involving american marines. we are live on the ground. it's the biggest sale of the year, on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it's the most comfortable, dually-adjustable, foot-warming, temperature-balancing, proven quality night sleep we've ever made. save 50% on the new sleep num

stephanie, in washington county, the school system here only a week into reopening, they already haveents and staff testing positive, and 194 in quarantine. but, stephanie, despite that, there is no mask mandate in this district or the vast majority of districts in this area. there is no social distancing requirement. and while they're notifying parents if their child was exposed to covid-19, they are not requiring that parent quarantine that child. this is an area where this virus has become deeply political, a lot of parents very upset over a mask mandate. but i'm also hearing from a lot of parents who are scared for their children, especially scary for parents like n ana mckinney, the history of two, a first grader and a kindergartner. her kindergartner is immunocompromised. >> it's very scary, it's concerning. i have seen my child fight for his life, not covid related, and it is a gut-wrenching pain that i wouldn't wish anybody to experience. so going in without masks is very scary because i wouldn't want anybody to be in the hospital and have to be in that situation. >> reporter:

and here in washington county, schools have only been open for just over a week they're already reporting 50 positive cases among students and staff and 194 in quarantine. despite those numbers, shep, there is not a mask requirement here there's no social distancing requirement. and there are no strict protocols around quarantining. i asked the superintendent here why they decided to diverge from cdc guidelines. >> well, i mean -- one is a concern to me and to all of our educators. but you know, we're trying, again, to maintain an idea that our parents know their children best and know what's best for the children we're trying to support that as much as we can and as long as we can. but at some point, if that trend continues upward, the conversation certainly will have to change. >> reporter: meanwhile, shep, a group of local physicians sent a signed letter to superintendents in the region pleading with them to reconsider a mask mandate >> dasha, thanks let's bring in dr. peter hetez, vaccine development, texas children's hospital. the kaiser family foundation did a survey american parent

yesterday 29% of their positive covid tests were among those under the age of 18, and here in washington countyols have only been open just over a week, they have already seen 50 positive cases among students and staff and 194 in quarantine, and despite these numbers, garrett. there is not a mask requirement here, no social distancing requirements, and no strict protocols for quarantining of a student is exposed at school. in fact, as we've been reporting today. i just heard on twitter from a mom local to this district who says she's been watching our coverage and says she's just got a letter today from the district saying that her child was a possible close contact. the last day that have contact was seven days ago. she's just hearing about it now. you can imagine the frustration she herself is a cancer patient so she is at high risk and you can imagine how scared some parents might be to send their kids to school in this environment, particularly if you've got a child who is immunocomp priced like this mother that we spoke to here. take a listen to what she had to say. >> what's running throu

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counties in nevada. that's everybody but clark and washington. 15 rural counties in nevada sent donald trump to clark andhoe with a 75,000 vote lead. that's a big number for nevada. that's a huge number for the 15 other counts. so he ended up giving 10,000 back in washoe and there is clark county with a 65,000 vote lead. so guess what? election officials in those 15 counties, thank you very much. thank you for the 60,000 vote victory. thank you election officials for how you ran your stuff there. in my district, donald trump won 40,000. guess what? some people go, how did you vote on that stuff? when my part of the country basically gave the guy an overwhelming win, you've got to kind of work on lying cheating and stealing in my part of nevada. the republicans did very well. don't think that we took that for granted. thank you rural nevada. and by the way, washoe county folks, thanks for paying that price for gas. if everything is going to be electric shortly, i'm burning every gallon i can get a hold of for the old guys. -- washoe county, i want to thank you people because in this day and age of cliches

a new fire has popped up near a fast-growing fire the washington fire is burning in tuolumne county, here's a time lapse of the smoke. it is torched 50 acres and is at 0% containment. nearby crews have upped containment to 10% on the 700 acre fire in calaveras county. the flames are racing uphill in the steep terrain. >>> people in san jose are dealing with the ghastly that force them out of their home. they hope to get back home sometime this evening. evacuations were ordered along ray street and park avenue. pg&e said the third party contractor struck a gas line when they should have been using a hand tool. the eight inch steel pipe line was a ruptured. evacuees at the red cross shelter are waiting for the all clear. >> last night at 730 p.m. they said we would be back home by midnight. i don't even know what time it is now. >> it's just a waiting game. >>> we are learning more about an ox officer involved shooting in oakland. this happened yesterday on enterprise way. police have released the name of the man that was entered as officers are reviewing body worn camera to find out w

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county. but today a portion of those orders were reduced to evacuation warnings. the dixie fire has been burning for about six weeks in gold country crews are also gaining ground on the washingtonire and swallow me county containment has increased to 50% about 100 acres of burn, destroying more than a dozen homes in jamestown mandatory evacuation orders lifted today at noon for all areas except golden dove lane and silver pine road. the fire is still threatening the historic town of sonora. we've curated all the wildfire information in one place on our website it can be found at ktvu dot com just click on the wildfires tab, we'll all private properties whose owners enrolled in a program to remove debris caused by the 2020 wildfires in monterey and santa cruz counties have been cleared, officials say california's consolidated the brief removal program oversaw the cleaning of 676 private properties in santa cruz county and 69 in monterey county among the charred debris where items like burned me. metal and concrete ash and contaminated soil also removed about 600 employees of the east bay regional park district are back at the bargaining table with management after postponing the

counties. a new "washington post" analysis revealing two-thirds of americans in even highly vaccinated counties

like lamar county, some school districts and even major cities including chicago, washington, d.c., parts of san antonio, are swearing off virtual learning with few, if any, exceptions. hillsborough county, florida, thousands of students are quarantining that district ditched the pandemic-era virtual platform, leaving students at home with little option to learn how sustainable is the mindset of some districts and cities that they are not going to use remote learning at any cost? >> i think it is not sustainable at all i think what we learned about the pandemic is it is really unpredictable. >> reporter: new york city, the biggest school district in the country, has also said no to online learning this year. >> we found that our kids were safest in school our kids are coming back. >> reporter: some parents left skeptical. >> my prediction is kids won't be in school all year long. >> i am a little bit concerned about not having an online or remote option, only because we had several quarantines last year where our children were home >> reporter: as the pandemic rages on, so does debate ove

counties. a new "washington post" analysis revealing two-thirds of americans in even highly vaccinated counties now live in virus hot spots. the fda is working with pfizer and moderna to allow that third vaccine dose for people with vulnerable immune systems. agencies expected to green light that after a cdc meeting tomorrow. "newsweek" reporting the cdc estimates more than a million people who already have already received a pfizer or moderna vaccine, they have opted to get a third, but this is unauthorized, of course. dr. fauci said tonight it's still not necessary for most of us. >> we don't feel that right now those people, namely the general normal population of people who are not immune-compromised, that they don't need a boost right now. but we are preparing for the eventuality of having to do that. >> meanwhile, the nation's largest teachers union, the nea now behind a vaccine mandate for educators. federal department of health and human services says all of its health care employees have to be vaccinated. san francisco's mayor today announced some of the nation's toughest restrictions,

county. leaders in venetia say they need to stop the spread of the delta variant. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. it's a potential fight brewing between solano county and one of its biggest cities. nbc bay area's cierra johnson joins us live from venetia to share reaction from the upcoming meeting and more about the mandate city leaders are set to consider. >> reporter: as many bay area counties reacted to the cdc's suggestion to reinstate that indoor mask mandate, one county, solano county, decided not to enforce that indoor mask mandate. and now venetia, a city within solano county, says they are going to attempt to move forward with that decision. now, nbc bay area spoke with the mayor here who says city council will decide the mandate at today's meeting. now, in july just days before that joint mandate was issued for several other counties, we had a chance to speak with the solano county health officer. only this north bay county was not included. so, at the time, that health officer called the cdc's recommendation, quote, mixed guided, explaining, quote, the transmission is occurring in peo

county. the washington fire is prompting evacuation warnings for areas including the city of sonora. power is out in the area and a section of highway one await is closed. flames of so far destroyed at least a half dozen at all overnight. it's still at- 81 acres containment doubled though from five to now, 10% a team of firefighters from san mateo county is now being moved to the kaldor fire after spending time battling the massive dixie fire. significant progress was made against the dixie fire. it just grew about two square miles overnight and has now burned nearly 1100 square miles. containment rose just a bit from 45 to 46% cal fire says it's seeing calmer winds but temperatures could reach triple digits this weekend and there's an air quality advisory for the bay area today it's from all the smoke that's burning in wildfires across northern california you might have to trust me here if you can't see it. but san francisco is the scene of this live picture here. you can see. it is awfully grey and hazy outside air equality will also be affected the advisory remains through tomorro

california is currently prompting mandatory evacuations in the gold rush town of sonora in tuolumne county the washingtonbroke out around 1 20 this afternoon cal fire says that incident involves two fires that started near each other in the area of highway one await. so far flames have consumed about 50 acres there. was also a power outage in that area due to a downed wire right now it's unclear if the outage was related to the fire pg and e says power has since been restored all right now to the huge cal door fire. it's now burning 11 miles from the lake tahoe area. so far it's burned 136,000 acres and it's still only 12% contained as one official says the fire has just simply outpaced us. reporter mike castle shows us how the spire is turned into the nation's top priority for firefighting resources we are standing at fresh pond along highway 50 here in el dorado county that's just to the east of pollock pines. you can see just how smoky it is behind me. good news bad news situation because of this smoke. the fire this morning laying down very small flame links basically just creeping along the hillside

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shaved my desires to write this book with my experience of high school teacher consoling county right outside washington dc. though i was needless teacher, history informed about the way i approach the text that we read, and how it made sense of the realities. and it was as a teacher that i fully accounted for the waste the history of this country shape the landscape of my students community and slavery and jim crow and the mass criminalization and beyond. come to realize that those conversations of my students now decade ago, about how we might begin to understand our lives in relation to the world around us. some of the earliest parts of this book. and try to write this sort of book that i would've wanted and i hope i make them proud. >> we are so proud of you and everybody go out and get this book and i believe that every american should have this book. so beautiful and you do us proud client. thank you so much harvard bookstore and everybody please support the bookstores, they are our lifeblood the maker neighborhood and they are good neighbors. their teachers and our friends. thank you client. >> t

so we're out here a more on this now from shadow counties following the story from washington. we knew this is going to happen for a month or a month ago. the supreme court said that the cdc had overstepped its authority when it instituted this this. this moratorium on evictions on we should be clear. it's a moratorium on evictions that wasn't rental forgiveness. so what that means is now millions of people have months and months and months of back rent to pay with interest. and so many of them, it was hard enough on that one paycheck to actually make one months read lead, learn 67 months rent. it was any on thursday. so the white house said what we call wait to see what congress has come up with as they solve this problem to which the congressional leadership said what we thought you were doing this. we went on doing this, we thought you were doing this and then we went through this terrible charade on friday night with a debit. crowds went through the motions of trying to pass something very quickly, but they didn't have the votes. and again, we should be very care, it's all

washington state. maybe because of wildfire. smoke. that's according to a new study by researchers at harvard. the study looked at wildfire. smoke particulate in more than 90 counties in the western united states, including some in california, washington, oregon. like i just mentioned. they found that bad wildfire smoke days showed strong associations with covid cases and deaths from march to december 2020 one ucsf professor explains that wildfire smoke causes irritation an inflammation of the long which sets the stage for a bad response to covid. >> there is some evidence that. the virus can travel on the fine particles. but mostly. it's the risk of getting actions. one that wildfire smoke increases. >> in the meantime, experts say the best mask to all of our small days are the n 95 mask and the it kn 95 masks from china that recommends to find the best version on the cdc's website. and coming up, much more on the wildfires burning out of control across the state. we're going to get an update on caliber fire as it continues to burn its way towards lake tahoe. and after the break, a tragedy in the east bay a 12 year-old dies. >> after the car that they were in was

the "washington post" reporting now the maricopa county supervisors who have resisted the cyber ninjas, so-called audit out there, last week they were sent an orange guantanamo orange jumpsuit and a voice message that they were threatening to murder them and every member of their family. it's so absurd it is collapsing in on itself, which might be dangerous in terms of the consequences for individuals who may have been living that fantasy, but it is collapsing. the arguments are collapsing. and in a good faith world, when the evidence underlying the so-called argument is revealed to be fake, the argument would then be lost. they're revealed now as false. the false idea of fraud in the election, the false idea at the heart of this con in a fact-based world would also collapse. but that is not happening. i mean even while the circus filter on this stuff becomes the laughing stock, it's something they plan to ride into power all over the country including washington. last night a texas state senator stood for 15 hours in the texas state senate to try to stop the republicans from passing t

county. people catching a break as the washington fire is still burning near sonora and jamestown. wilson walker spoke with some evacuees as they came home following a scramble to get out of town. we do know homes were lost in the fire that he shares a permit is not ready to say how many. from the evacuees they now have a familiar story of a fire that emerge quickly and left very little time to get out. >> in less than five minutes by the time the sheriff came up g >> lori welsh can see home is still standing. she, her birds and neighbors are all still waiting for the evacuation orders to be dropped. >> we watch the flames yesterday. and the amazing job the firefighters did dropping on top of the hill. >> reporter: on the hill and other premier site. all of this is another heather way. from the town of sonora. >> he saw people coming outside. without a high the hill where my parents. >> reporter: today the town was choked with cars returning to the area. they are still talking about the tragedy that unfolded during the fire. >> we do not have a bypass. when you add the evacuation t

counties. >> thousands of covid cases and deaths in california, oregon and washington state baby because of wildfirestudy looked at wildfire. smoke particular in more than 90 counties in the western united states, including in california, washington and oregon and they found that bad wildfire smoke days showed strong associations with covid cases and deaths for this from march through december of 2020 one ucsf a professor explains that wildfire smoke causes irritation and inflammation of the lungs. and that sets the stage for a bad response. if you get covid. >> there is some evidence that. the virus can travel on the fine particles. but mostly. it's the risk of getting actions. once your that wildfire smoke increases. >> he's so there's of many different sort of angles to why this smoke exacerbates the problem that worry even helps helps very yeah. now the meantime, experts say the best thing to do. you wear a mask. the mask that you wear wildfire smoke days. the sea and 90 fives. and then the kn 95 masks from china. there's those they recommend the those they say those are the best so go to the cd

heat advisory in lake and mendocino county through oregon and washington state, they have excessive heateffect. this low pressure system off the coast, all of this is pushing up that monsoonal moisture to our south and into the bay area. higher humidity and mid to high level clouds as well owthis is o r an pres all lels of the atmosphere, not just the surface but mid to upper levels. you can see that red. that shows the haze in our skies and that smoke in the upper levels of the atmosphere. now i want to show smoke concentration forecast at the surface. you see pale light blue. that indicates at least that better air quality at the surface at ground level. that's why we are forecasting moderate air quality at the surface and still the haze in the upper levels of the atmosphere and watching potential for more smoke for the north bay. as we go through our day, sunrise at 6:22 and sun set at 8:05, daytime highs above average. upper 70s for san mateo, 83 for red wood city and the south bay, santa clara, san jose, 95 in morgan hill, 93 concord, pleasant hill, 97 brentwood. tri valley upper 80

now, let's go to my county, his law for us in washington, d. c. mike, it sounds like a massive deployment of troops. what does it tell us? well, it's a me, is a massive ramp up deployment. early in the week, we were told that an additional $3000.00 troops would be going to couple to help god the port joining $1000.00 troops who have remained in station in recent month. but now in the course of the day that depends department confirms that a 1000 troops from 82nd and will be going to couple and not the 2000. and we'll be going to join a 1000 marines already station in kuwait. as a quick reaction force, add to this another 1000 us personnel who on their way to contact to help process these is for afghans who work full us forces. so this is a massive deployment to looking at some $8.00 to $9000.00 troops being deployed in recent days. and the question is, why is this being done on such a knee jerk reaction, the bite and administration clearly, according to most observers and estimating exactly how rapid the taliban advance could be. and mike, how is

to write this book was my experience as a high school teacher in prince george's county, maryland, right outside washingtonc. though i was an english teacher, history inform both the way i approached the text we read and how i made since of the social reality of my students lives. it was as a teacher i first began to fully account the way history in this country shape the landscape of my students community, slavery to jim crow apartheid, the masculinization and beyond. i come to realize that those conversations with my students now a decade ago about how we might begin to understand our allies lives in relation to the world around us were some of the earliest parts of this book. i tried to write the sort of book i would've wanted to teach them. i hope i made them proud. >> we are so proud of you, clint. and everybody, go out and get this book. i believe every american should have this book. it is so beautiful and you do us proud, clint. thank you so much, harvard book store. everybody please support your independent bookstores. they are our lifeblood. they make our neighborhood and they are good neighbors.

the washington post reporting now that maricopa county supervisors who have resisted the nonsense auditere, last week they were sent an orange guantÁnamo style jumpsuit in their offices along with a voice mail where the color threatened to kill each member of the board of supervisors and their families. the anti democracy, anti election nonsense at this point from trump world, from trump republican world, it's so absurd that it is collapsing in on itself. which may be dangerous in terms of the individual consequences for people living that fantasy. but it is collapsing. the arguments are collapsing. and in a good faith world, when the evidence underlying their so-called argument was revealed to be fake, the argument would then be lost. the farfetched claims that supported that argument are revealed now as false. the false idea of the fraud in the election, in a fact based world, they would also collapse. but that is not happening. even while the circus filter on this stuff becomes a laughing stock. that core idea, that there was fraud in the election, is still something the republican p

louis city and county and washington, d.c. new york city is choosing not to mandate masks for everyone despite substantial covid-19 cases. >> we want to focus on vaccination, vaccination, vaccination. we want to make very clear the separation between all the good things, all the opportunity, all the positives that will be available to people who are vaccinated versus increasingly more limited world for folks who are unvaccinated. >> nine states have issued executives order prohibiting local governments from issuing mask mandates, texas, florida, arizona, tennessee. now the cdc strongly recommends masks indoors for everyone in all counties where the delta variant spread is substantial or high. look, that includes 80% of the nation's counties. states that have high delta variant transmission. so essentially the cdc is recommending strongly that every state except for michigan, maine, vermont and new hampshire wear masks regardless of vaccination status. >> dana: president biden will give an update on the u.s. covid response this

put the blame where it is, in washington not our commission and county or governor. e where it belongs, that's in washington >> bill: i know the catholic charities have taken heat and perhaps rightly so. the orders come from washington, d.c. and they have now for eight months. that's when your situation changed, correct? >> you know, with the stroke of a pen this can be taken care of. 9 months ago it was different and under control. i wish things could go back to the way they were. >> bill: here is the white house this week on releasing migrants from your town in mcallen and what's happening there. >> they signed a disaster declaration and approved setting up a temporary emergency shelter to provide a space to create an isolated space to mitigate this issue. we're continuing to enforce title 42. migrants who can't be expelled under title 42 with ppe they are required to wear the ppe. if any exhibit signs of illness and cpb custody they are referred to local health systems for treatment. >> bill: that's the official position of the white house. is that your experience?

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counties. >> time now 6.47, and thousands of covid cases and deaths in california, oregon and washington state the wildfire smoke that we're seeing. and this is according to a new study by researchers at harvard. the study looked at wildfire. smoke particulates in the air in more than 90 counties in the western u.s. including in california, washington and oregon and they found that bad wildfire smoke days showed strong associations with covid cases and deaths from march to december of 2020 one ucsf professor explains how the wildfire smoke causes irritation and inflammation of the lungs and that sets the stage for a bad response to covid. >> there is some evidence that. the virus can travel on the fine particles. but mostly. it's the risk of getting actions. one or go to wildfire. smoke increases. >> so it's kind of like somebody who has, you know, copd or asthma or whatever. you know, this smoke is bad for you. it makes you weekend attacks your lungs, then you get covid which attacks your lungs. so what they're saying is. to use the kn 95 mask, not the n 95 with the little vent hole. but the

washington. d. c. island. i'm sure you probably remember 20 years ago, november the 13th. i think it was the day that us bank forces took cobble from the county bond. today. the mirror image is happening. how is that going down in washington d. c. it's a very subdued city because of course people were so desperate to avoid comparisons with vietnam. but they're, they're an obvious because the last vietnam with no i right victor. this time it could be considered even watch because 20 years ago they moved into gannon to remove the taliban from power. there were negotiations on the way that the americans really supported. those were carried out into high and they were hoping that somehow there would be some sort of coalition national unity government that would be agreed. and then there was an agreement that the united states would fill out initially by may 31st. and here we are, 20 years on and the taliban is back in power. and there's no sign that they're interested at this stage and getting back into those negotiation in do because they are in the government, they have all the country. and so here in the united states, it's interesting that ov

have covered politics for 20 some years, 22 years, and at different levels, county commissions, state legislatures, in washington. i've never seen any political movement where the supporters take it personally. i mean, they viewed attacks on trump, criticism at trump on them. it didn't dissuade them or anything like that. just reinforced their support for trump in the end. >> okay. i just thought those portraits, he reminded me of a number of people i know and members of my family and how they also have related to trump so i thought it was wonderful. i also felt that so many of them at the front row joes, i'm going to change the subject in a second, i thought the most important thing was that as you painted so many of them were not really deeply enmeshed with life, with local organizations and local groups and churches and family. they weren't fully integrated in a way into life. they had a lot of time on their hands. they had the money to spend, go off on china for a day. but also somehow when trump-kim on the stage and 2015 they found a home. they found a central organizing principle. >> yeah. >> and and i jus