i focused on washington and ohio and western montana. what struck me when i started to poke around was eugene debs, the famous face of american socialism. the socialist party of america's candidate for president five times. once from inside jail, which is interesting. debs got steadily increasing electoral results with the kind of common aiding moment being in 1912 were nationally he got about 6% of the vote, just shy of one million votes. that is interesting and remarkable in itself. in the northwest, he got almost 10% of the vote so clearly something was happening where regionally there was more interest and emphasis. i argued in my book that really it was the boom and bust economic cycles of the northwest. involved in being the extractive industries there. verytries that could be exploitive of labor. socialists found an attentive audience because these were workers who had it there he tough. long hours, low wages and often very dangerous work conditions so all of that common aided and higher support in that region in the northwest and

we, for the states of oregon, washington, idaho and western montana we produce a 0-year forecast of needs and resource plan to meet those needs for electricity. and our statutory requirement is that we are to treat energy efficiency as one of the resources we can rely on to meet those needs. over the past three decades, 35 years, we've produced seven different power plans. we're to update those every five years so we start back in 1982 with the first plan and called for cost effective energy efficiency to be a major component of that plaing process. as directed by congress. over that past 35 years, energy efficiency has been a very significant contributor to the northwest economy and to meeting our needs. in summary, since 1980 the northwest region has saved enough electricity through standards, utility programs to be equivalent of roughly six seattles in electricity, annual electricity consumption or more than 1.25 times the actual consumption of the state of oregon. it's a significant contributor. it roughly represents our second largest resource in the region. it's met 65% of load gros

so for the states of oregon, washington, idaho and western montana, we produce a 20-year power forecast to meet your needs and a resource plan to meet the needs for electricity and we are to treat energy efficiency as one of the resources we could rely on to meet those needs. over the past three decades, 3 and a half, 35 years, we produced seven different power plans, we're to update the plans every five years so we started back in 1982 with the first plan and called for cost effective energy efficiency to be a major component of that planning process. as directed by congress. over that past 35 years, energy efficiency has been a very significant contributor to the northwest economy and to meeting our needs. in summary, since 1980, the northwest region has saved enough electricity through codes and standards and utility programs to be equivalent to roughly six seattles in annual electricity consumption or more than one and one quarter times the actual consumption of the state of oregon. so it roughly represents the second largest resource in the region. it met 55% of low growth since 19

so we for the states of oregon, washington, idaho and western montana, we produce a 20-year power forecast to meet your needs and a resource plan to meet the needs for electricity and our statutory requirement is that we're true to treat energy efficiency as one of the resources we can rely on to meet those needs. over the past three decades, 3 1/2, 35 years, we've produced seven different power plans, we're to update those plans every five years so we started back in 1982 with the first plan and called for cost effective energy efficiency to be a major component of that planning process as directed by congress. over that past 35 years, energy efficiency has been a very significant contributors to the northwest economy and to meeting our needs. in summary, since 1980, the northwest region has saved enough electricity through codes and standards, utility programs, to be equivalent to roughly six seattles in electricity -- annual electricity consumption or more than one and one quarter times of the actual consumption of the state of oregon. it roughly represents our second largest resource i

western oklahoma and kansas. they will push toward i-35 this morning. for today 19 million people at risk. a little section there of the northern plains in montana and minnesota and we go through the afternoon. new storms will pop up here in the mid-atlantic region. 19 million people at risk. wind damage expected with the strongest storms. tornado threat is low. there will be numerous cases of some small hail. all of south carolina and north carolina and areas from d.c., southward, including roanoke, richmond and norfolk. today's forecast, very warm conditions. the rule as we go throughout the weekend. pretty much coast-to-coast, not many chilly spots and many people in the 90s right through the southern half of the country. 80s to the northern half of the nation. by the time we get to sunday, chicago near to 91 degrees and hot out west, 111 in phoenix. that is your national weather. now a closer look at your day ahead. for today, that's a very warm map. almost everyone in the southeast and the portions of the deep south are going to be a to 95. some cases, 95 to near 98 degrees. the desert southwest should be right around a hundred to 110. so i

montana. bernie sanders and scored a in that western state.n new mexico, hillary clinton .as a victory there new jersey, hillary clinton also with a win over bernie sanders. in north dakota, bernie sanders wins another democratic caucus. in south dakota, the primary thee, hillary clinton with win. here is where the delegates stand right now if you go to our delegate tracker. 2497.y clinton with with 100 663. 1663. let's listen to the presumptive republican nominee from last night after his victory. say towhat he had to voters who had not supported him in the past. just a minute. first bone colored emerson and indiana. a democrat. good morning to you. -- first phone call this morning. emerson in indiana. a democrat. good morning two. -- good morning to you. caller: my concern with donald , he sounds more secure in keeping the country safe. ash the constitution, as far -- you have to be born on u.s. land. he would handle the situation as , makinghe supreme court a definite decision on what will make you a citizen. host: you are considering votin

montana. we're at a new era of wildfire. warming climate is drying out western forests and leading to more and larger wildfires. and a longer fire season. just look at california and new mexico today. however, existing policies and approaches are not adapted to this new reality. wildfire budget is a prime example. the current budgets structure is not capable of responding to today's wildfires. and it's costs spiral out of control. the wildfire budget con sumdz assumes the very programs essential to sustaining communities and forests over the long term. without a comprehensive fix to that problem, anything else we try will be futile. they could lose all the values they provide. while we approve planning for the communities, wildfire risk mapping and the urban interface and other management provisions in the discussion draft do not work and may, in fact do, more harm than good. you can't sol to have day's problems with yesterday's thinking. proposals to bypass nipa and undermine public review are outdated and ineffective. we need innovative approaches to forest re