give nine battalions ashley battalion four and seven cover that area. but were battalion to, four, and seven and eight that is basically enveloped the area where battalion five used to be. in this slide uc battalion five. on the map there. it goes in the middle of battalion seven, four, 26 and eight. it'll be in division two. this is a closer look, i battalion five. its boundaries. runs along the includes the panhandle runs along-golden gate park runs up to california in the north. and then and comes in some other part of the castro there as well. just to give the public and yourself i know that you know most of this good some of the operational roles of the battalion chief and incidents. the time she's make sure the right moves are being made by first responders that major incidents. the foundation is weighing correctly most incidents run smoothly. battalion chiefs perform the role incident commanders at many incidents were division chief is not required. battalion chief surcharge of fire attacks exposure building safety and other functions as a networ

give nine battalions ashley battalion four and seven cover that area. but were battalion to, four, and seven and eight that is basically enveloped the area where battalion five used to be. in this slide uc battalion five. on the map there. it goes in the middle of battalion seven, four, 26 and eight. it'll be in division two. this is a closer look, i battalion five. its boundaries. runs along the includes the panhandle runs along-golden gate park runs up to california in the north. and then and comes in some other part of the castro there as well. just to give the public and yourself i know that you know most of this good some of the operational roles of the battalion chief and incidents. the time she's make sure the right moves are being made by first responders that major incidents. the foundation is weighing correctly most incidents run smoothly. battalion chiefs perform the role incident commanders at many incidents were division chief is not required. battalion chief surcharge of fire attacks exposure building safety and other functions as a networ

the battalion chief and father of three killed in the blast, 20 injured. and tonight, word coming in now of an arrest. >>> the fires and the floods. the emergency evacuations, flaming at least 300 feet high. system now takes aim at the northeast. >>> the outrage in charlotte. and the little girl and her tearful plea tonight. >>> and the death of a major league star. the celebrated pitcher. and now, the final text messages sent just before the accident. >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with the epic battle on stage, and this evening, the aftershocks. donald trump and hillary clinton, breaking the record set by ronald reagan this was the most-watched presidential debate ever. americans witnessing a test of endurance. not long after, mrs. clinton tweeting this photo backstage with the former president and her daughter, chelsea. secretary clinton clearly happy with how it went. and tonight, donald trump, who, in a rare move for a presidential candidate, worked the spin room himself, he's now asking if something was wrong with his mic. one of his top advi

>> i'm with the chief of battalion one. >> oh, you're battalion one? you have i.d.?era and get out of here, all right? go. >> so i go back up, walk north, not really knowing where i'm going. >> police department? >> no, i'm making a documentary on the fire department. >> come on, this ain't disneyland. let's go. >> after awhile, i said, there's nothing i can do here. i need to go back to the fire house. maybe they'll have some news. maybe he's already back there. at that point, i just -- i think he's dead. and it becomes too overwhelming. ♪ ♪ >> it's not easy being a survivor. >> little by little, the guys started to come back, one by one. >> i can't explain why i'm here, and there's so many dead. very emotional. a lot of guys are crying. so many thoughts and emotions. >> we lucked out. we were in one. they told us to get out. >> two fell first? >> yeah, two fell first. >> one didn't fall first? >> that's why they were getting us out. >> we got to call our loved ones and tell them we were okay. >> it was sick. we just got out. i got two blocks and i'm like, i'm still

the battalion chief and father of three killed in the blast, 20 injured. and tonight, word coming in now of an arrest. >>> the fires and the flencyds fling at lst fleeing their homes as a new system now takes aim at the northeast. >>> the outrage in charlotte. and the herarfuatonight. >>> and the death of a major leag pitcher. and now, the messagessent >>> good >>> genin an we begin tonight with the epic battle on stage, and this evening, the aftershocks. donald trump and hillary clinton, by ronald and j carter back in1980. the ateneda. americans witnessing a test of endurance. not long after, mrs. clinton tweeting this photo backstage with the former president and her daughter, chelsea. secretary clinton clearly happy with how it went. and tonight, donald trump, who, presidential candidate, the spin room himself, he's now asking if something was wrong with his mic. one of his top advisers upcoming debates, and trump himself now weighing in. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: today in north carolina, a victory lap for hillary clinton, and some relief. t

. >> all right, the battalion chief said that there were some structures threatened. but what we are seeing from the other vigils that some structures may have been lost? >> reporter: you know, we are still in the beginning phases of the fire fight that there may be some structures burned by the fire as we're doing our best to prevent the destruction of the new fire. >> this is an area that is very rural and very difficult to get to. how many homes are in this area and potentially threatened? >> probably about 200 homes scoured throughout the area. you're correct, it's a very difficult area to get through. there's a lot of thick vegetation. cal fire and the surrounding fire departments have come together, they are doing their best to knock that fire down. >> can you tell us anything about evacuations? >> we have a limited amount of evacuation orders right now. and down into u.s. county park and just the last couple of minutes that we're looking at having to request the road to be evacuated. >> about how many people is that? do you have any idea? >> about 200 to 300 ho

trump would know the difference between a brigade and a battalion if someone asked him and the reason why those numbers are so important and why they haven't been executed at those numbers over the last several years as the military has been forced to downside because of congressional sequestration. >> general, i hear you loud and clear. i'm sure a lot of folks in the military would agree. but just the fact that he spoke in that sort of military vernacular in the weeds, have you heard hillary clinton do that? >> i have not. and i'm not sure it is necessary in the weeds. again, we all know that there is a necessity for a certain size of the force. i don't think the president is going to get involved with the number of blgrigades or battalions -- >> but general, people knock donald trump for not being specific and he was specific today. >> he was and he was also reading o of a teleprompter. i would love to have a one-on-one conversation with him to actually ask him if he understood half the things he was talking about. >> congressman, i'd love to have you jump in and respond. >> that's

we're on the front line with cal fire where we spoke to a battalion chief. the fire has grown from 1100 acr acres. he says two houses have been destroyed and over 300 structures threatened. right now their resources are focused on keeping those house, those structures safe. you're looking at loma prieta. this is headed to the right side of your screen. you can see the plume of smoke as it heads down towards loma chiquita area. that's where some of the mandatory evacuations are which kris sanchez will have more on later. they have 350 firefighters out here. they're hoping to get more reenforcements by later today. looking for 500. at 8:00 when the sun gets up more, about an hour and a half, they are going to try to resume aerial attacks. yesterday they had the dc 10. try to get the chopper out here to get some containment on the fire. it's a frustrating fire. we talked to the battalion chief and he said the fire behavior grows so fast and so quickly, it's the new norm. >> is there anything unusual about this nair compared to other fires you've fought? >> no.

in 1864, i think the sharpshooter battalions -- not just in northern virginia, they are in the western armies to. they are becoming more and more effective on the battlefield. >> what was the effect of artillery on these formations d?at you outlined caller firing on alery scott's outlined with all the hasments in a single line half as many targets in terms of penetration. close to civil war artillery within the last couple hundred yards, artillery's effect was largely one of morale and disruption, unless you have something like a mile of open ground to costs -- crossed and you are attempting parade formation. under ideal conditions, artillery dominates the battlefield. most of it is not an ideal conditions. most of what i've shown you is heavily wooded terrain. artillery at close quarters can be deadly. i'm sure we all understand and are familiar with the effect of canisters and double canister. but most of what artillery fires is show --shell. and you need to get the range ready precise. it can be difficult. >> i've been fascinated by the location issue. also the battles were general

and throughout our battalion i think we took somewhere around 30 to 40. it was a lot of guys that got killed. >> reporter: how did that impact you? >> i mean, there's really no way to describe it until, you know, your brothers. >> reporter: do you think you or any of your comrades suffer from ptsd? >> yeah, i imagine we do. when you go through a traumatic event for a long period of time i don't see how it couldn't affect you, you know. >> reporter: boucher says he's learned to cope in his own way. since his tour he's left the service to become a firefighter, a job where he can help people and still feel that rush of adrenaline. taking fire for him is a chance to honor his faln >> i feel lucky to be able to have my brothers' stories told and memorialized forever. ? jingle bells ? >> reporter: it is the importance of sharing stories, one of the reasons why "taking fire" has partnered with the headstrong project, a non-profit providing top-quality free mental health care to veterans. >> one of the things i love about "taking fire" is they're telling the pers

he wants more marine battalions. he wants a bigger army. none of that is possible under the sequester. and he has not explained how he'd pay for any of it or what he'd take from domestic spending. >> that speech today, what he was outlining, defense lobbyists in washington were probably drooling when they heard that. >> but also, chuck, it was very standard republican fare. and why someone like bob corker probably really enjoyed it. but i think tonight is going to be fascinate chicago matt lauer will ask them a whole host of questions on what trump said in the past and how to reconcile that. some specific questions when it comes to policy. one other thing that struck me about what bob corker ended up saying was i got my job to do. the senate foreign relations committee. every democrat over the next two months will see their job to help elect hillary clinton. bob corker says i have to do my job on capitol hill. >> chris murphy is all in with clinton and didn't sound like that. >> didn't sound like that. a lot had to do with the fact donald t

. ♪ >> tara you were in the bronx at the site of the home explosion that has taken the life of a battalionire chief. fire chief. what have you got? >> it's a sad day. new york city is mourning the loss of one of our greatest. michael fahey at the 19th battalion was killed in an explosion while the fdny responded to calls of the gas leak on tuesday morning. the veteran was struck by part of the ref that lou off the private home here at 300 west 20034 street along with the loss of the father of three the city is praying for the nine other firefighters and six police officers injured here today. they were in the kingsbridge section of the bronx with a report of gas at 6:20:20 a.m.. when firefighters entered the house they found a reported homemade drug lab. the finest in the bravest evacuated the building awaiting the arrival of the structure exploded. he was fatally -- mayor de blasio talked about what a loss this was to our city. >> our hearts go out to the fahey family, family so devoted to the city. michael's father of fire chief before him, a family that has given so much and today made

we conquered the battalion objective. i was recommended for the silver star for that. i got two bronze stars. that is all i have information about. i do know reading the history of my division, the 27th, there were several people on medal of honor. the silver stars are recommended .or two of my squad leaders anhould have recommended opportune many for more than a bronze star. we had to give it again. i was leading a platoon. i had to scouts in front. we ran into a japanese strong position. somewhere the platoon medic heard about it and came rushing up. he reached in his bag and got a bandage. as he was doing that he got killed. i only recommended him for the .ronze star he gave his life to try to save another man. way iere along the believe whoever read the , i believe they should have upgraded to at least a silver star. today i know that things were different in world war ii. >> is harry truman was here today, what would you say to him? >> i would like to answer that. >> he is on a roll. >> harry truman made one of the most important decisions in the history of our co

before that plaster happened while crews were evacuating the area after a report of a catholicng battalion chief michael fahey was open to direct traffic thatfl some parts of the roof landed on him and killed him yesterdayo solemn profession escorted his remains the new york's bravest attention of as are still digging to that level they have not determined if the marijuana operation actually had anything to do with this blast the policeny say the home and been under surveillance for weeks as part of a suspected drug operation they can be sure anyone had anything to don with this will be facing a lot of questions and potentially serious charges as they should heartbreaking story a scary abduction caught on tape ended with an arrest overnight check out the surveillance showsid a man walking to a convenience store in los angeleswa dragged that female employee out he threatened her with a camera and forced her into his car look at that not a a 28 -year-old clerk was later found to say that a cemetery after escaping from the car she said the man had been stalking her for weeks policesa were in

for a battle in which the entire battalion was pinned down and the battalion commander asked me to go around the flank and see if i could find the enemy's flank and destroy them. our platoon conquered the battalion objective. we did it with one rifle platoon. i was recommended for the silver star for that. it was downgraded to a bronze star. i got two bronze stars. that is all i have information about. reading the history of my division, the 27th, there were several people who got the medal of honor. the silver stars are recommended for two of my squad leaders. i don't know whether they received them or not because they were both wounded and evacuated. that i should have medic ford my platoon more than a bronze star. retake thehting to ridge. we took it once, give it up, and we had to take it again. i was leading a platoon. i had two scouts in front. i had a bar man. we ran into a japanese strong position. one man was killed immediately. the bar man was wounded. somewhere the platoon medic heard about it and came rushing up. he reached in his bag and got a bandage. as he was doing tha

with pakistan, a remote taliban-held region nicknamed the valley of dealt by the bullet battered battalions stationed there. 42 american servicemen lost their lives in that valley. hundreds more wounded. >> where's it coming from? >> i don't know. dude, behind me. >> reporter: in the show, it looks like you guys are sitting ducks, incoming fire all the time. was it actually that bad? >> yeah. we were at the bottom of a valley. the taliban could just creep right over the peak of a mo and rpgs on us and disappear into the mountains like it was nothing. >> reporter: were people getting hit by shrapnel while eating lunch, taking showers? >> yeah, all the time. >> reporter: six years later, kyle boucher is one of the stars of "taking fire" along with his close friend and fellow soldier, j.j. mccool. j.j. was the first to rig his helmet with cameras. for the series the department of defense had the final signoff on what made the cut. >> this was filmed by us. we didn't have reporters out there, journalists. >> reporter: their pov footage tells the raw story of a year on the front lines. the panic

battalion? >> yeah. >> all those -- -- when he changed from everyone foe selection and then getting --d filling up the 82nd and 101st, the armies with have an excess of infantrymen with zero skills. >> are you staying? >> i'm trying to go to selection. >> good for it, man. go for it. >> schnell.

artillery battalion have not fired of battalion level fires consistently in a decade and a half. so i have -- we have to rebuild that. that's going to take considerable time effort on our part. we've made a lot of progress in the last year. >> and you can't do it with sequestration. >> absolutely not. sequestration will take the rug out from underneath us. absolutely. >> you know, i'd just like to say before i turn to senator reed that your confirmation hearings, i asked you to come before this committee and give us your frank and honest view. i appreciate the testimony here today. and i think it will be very helpful in our efforts to eliminate the effect of sequestration and give you the wherewithal that you need to make sure that we meet the challenges which are, as i said in the beginning far more significant than they were on the day ta sequestration began. we've got a lot of issues, but i appreciate the fact that you have outlined for this committee and i hope for the american people the necessity of us addressing these challenges. i thank the witnesses. senator reed. >> tha

marines 44 combat battalions he wants to raise it to 36. in addition, i think he wants to increase special operating forces elite fighting forces. all that is good. my only quibble with this idea is he hasn't talked about modernizing these forces. i mean, if we continue as we are now, my grandson will be commanding a battalion of reagan era tanks. not just enough to increase numbers. we have continue to crease the quality of the force, i guarantee you the russians and the chinese are rapidly at work doing that very same thing. >> now, all this is going to cost a lot of money to do this. >> yes. >> and the additional things that you think are need he had. dot things that he has described strike you, policies likely to finance that? >> boy, that's a good question. what he suggests cooking is cutting the federal bureaucracy to include the military priewk crazy. the question is this 40, 50 billion additional dollars, can you get that? you can squeeze the orange that much to get that much juice out of it? i'm not sure about that. but i am sure t

the 44-year-old battalion chief michael faye was killed in the explosion. he was investigating the smell of gas at the home when it exploded and part of the roof >>> a shocking discovery in a pennsylvania gas station. a baby just born was found in the trash can by paramedics. >> it boggles my mind how somebody can do that to an infant. >> a mom told them to stop at the gas station because she felt sick. paramedics with are called after someone found that newborn in a trash can still attorney will decide if she will face charges. >>> a 2-year-old girl was recovered after being run over by a car. >> the driver of the car, the toddler's older sister is just 7 years old. >> caller states her 7-year-old daughter, i believe, ran over her 2-year-old daughter with a vehicle. >> police in new hampshire say the mother gave her 7-year-old car keys so the girl could start it up. the car somehow put the car into reverse, causing back over her 2-year-old sister. >> that frantic mother ran from inside of her house when she heard her older daughter screaming for help. chil

eighteen days after the chopper was shot down, resold and his battalion sent to try to reach the crash site and recover the remains of the 11 men on board. they marched all night and never close to t came under fire for the north vietnamese army foremen for men were killed, seven wounded ray was one of those hurt, injured by grenade shrapnel. i was upset the that for my friends are killed that we're doing the right thing when we did it. he never reach the crash site those who did say there was little left foot black earth over the years i've been trying to touch base with the families who are on the helicopter, and i families he was able to track down was michael's. i started looking at the names of who would been involved in the accident. they're sort of a relief, sort of a hesitancy to me that contact, with someone who was on the helicopter. for betsy, that phone call from a stranger, finally answered so many questions because he called, he told me how much and how hard they worked just to get to a fill so that they look er this makes sense for the last several years they stayed in t

would happen if you themmend someone unity of the battalion and regiment and division. often times they would change it. i was recommended for the silver star for a battle in which the entire battalion was pinned down and the commander asked me to go around the flank and see if i could find the enemy's flank and destroy them. -- we conquered the battalion objective with one rifle platoon. i was recommended for the silver star was that it was downgraded to a bronze star. i have two bronze stars. that's all i have information about. i don't know what happened. division some men at in reading the history of my division, the 27th, there were several people who got the medal of honor. and there were a lot of distinguished service crosses and silver stars. stars i recommended for two of my squad leaders. i don't know if they received them are not because they were both wounded and evacuated. i don't know what happened to their recommendations. i do know that i should have dicommended my platoon mec -- medic for more than a bronze star. we were fighting to retake the ridge. we

he commanded the battalion, his battalion was part -- was actually the main effort that captured saddam hussein. back in december of 2003 in iraq. this is an incredible person. he's a warrior, he's a scholar, he's a statesman, he was decorated with the combat infantryman's badge. service men and women were awarded the value rouse unit award and he personally was decorated for valor. so a small business owner, rightful manufacturing business, he was a representative in oklahoma before he came here. >> i thank my colleague and fellow warrior from new york. my brother warriors who are joining me in this effort today. to have the sister warrior. the right to keep and bear arms is as fundamental to our freedom as any other inalienable right we enjoy. s americans. as such, serious-minded individuals must have serious to alter these fundamental rights. in a time where americans face uncertain threats from terrorists at home and abroad, most americans clearly understand why we must preserve the right to defend ourselves, our families and our property. for those who would refuse their right to d

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tactics is in scott all battalions and all units on line. scarvesormations are in -- scott's tactics. if you look at formations on other battles deal and other assault does have some depth to his formation. two brigades up, to brigades that or multiple lines of troops. that is what he is doing here. as i said, there is some evidence that he was not aware of the fact that the depth of his formation wound up with those five lines at chickamauga. he was intending of having to brigades up and to back. divisions were to be formed to brigades up and one back. if there were more than three brigades in a division, they with half themed brigade in the frontline and half second line. at threeivisions brigades except one division, which had to brigades. that knowingsay that all of them were three brigade formations -- he did want the depth so you have the versatility and lacks ability to react to the situation. if you look at some of his other assaults on battlefield, if you look at another assault that he was supposed to be responsible for, there was

the battalion chief and father of three killed in the blast, 20 injured. and tonight, word coming in now of an arrest. >>> the fires and the floods. the emergency evacuations, flaming at least 300 feet high. and the floods, thousands fleeing their homes as a new

also expand every branch of the armed services calling for an arm of troops, a marine corps of 36 battalions ships and force and air force with 1200 fighter planes. >>> no extreme fire danger today. but parts of the bay area is concerned about the fire starting. coming up, we talk to a firefighter about how they're preparing for the worse. >> today was the hottest day we've seen in a while. let you know how long the heat continues and when the big switch will come. >>> it's warm out there today. warmest day of the week. san francisco yesterday reached 70 degrees for the first time in four it days. it's been -- 42 days. it's been warm inland. today, the warmest day we seen for a while. temperatures are going to continue to stay on the warm side this evening, but begin to cool down. we'll talk about that in a minute. we sent out mark up on the roof today. you know, this is the time of year, mark, everyone else knows this, too. fire danger is huge. we've seen fires in north california, southern california. mark, you went out to talk to firefighter in the east bay hills to get a take on this hot

i don't know, there's a dental battalion and it fascinated me. the marine corps . but they were deploying anytime soon, they were doing some humanitarian work. i wanted to cover medevac and to be healing emergency trauma care in a vibrating helicopter with people firing rpg's and that's an intense night very. >> host: very challenging. it would've been logistically challenging and but i would have liked to include that i'm going to ask you one more question before we get to the q&a part. when you see these films, you rarely see any of them carrying rolls of toilet paper. because i have about 2,000 of these. [laughter]. and i, i can't get rid of them all. >> okay. you have reengineer. >> i should bring them -- >> q&a. >> if you buy a book, you can certainly make, i have them at the table. >> q&a, statement moo from own reading of the book to be directed at mary which is, i had to jot this down to remember to say it correctly. the a lot of people talk about the gift you do and being funny in these situations. people don't talk about how hard it toys be a great writer

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president here told me he's glad his schools have an :22jim piatt, school president dan lipski, battalion chiefjp "everybody handled it extremely well. we appreciate the rponse of the polie and fire dept. we energies has been outm, everyone seemed to follow protocol and do their thing."dl "when we talk about structural damage were talking about the actual framing of the building what holds the building together and the fi damage to the spces between the second floor classroom and the attic." ((tag))the fire chief estimates the amount of damage could be around 5 thousands dollars. happening right now, family and friends of a nun murdered in mississippi are saying their final goodbyes here in milwaukee. milwaukee area native sister margret held were stabbed to death last thursday. this is a live look inside st. joseph chapel on milwaukee's south side where the funeral mass is winding down. archbishop jerome listecki is presiding over the service. held belonged to the school sisters of st. francis. during the service, several people got up to recall their friendship with the nuns, and ask fo