i would like to to you about how the attack happened from the fire service's point of view.ly, we were warned about a traffic accident. but even when the first forces came to the scene, it became clear that it was a mass incident. there were many victims. many people were injured, with different types of injuries. in the end, we were there with 153 forces, with an additional 80 people. so 230 people were involved at the scene of the attack. there were additional people working in the background. we had people working on redirecting resources behind the scenes. that worked quite well. this concept has been developed for a long time, not since the terror attacks. but this was a test. in view of the threat of terrorist attacks, we have developed this further and also adapted the way that the five vehicles are staffed and equipped. all in all, that worked well. but we still had to deal with nine people dead at the scene, for whom we could do nothing. 18 of those injured were very seriously injured, and three of them have died. 17 were lightly injured. some of them made their own

the fire service say they were cold around 11:45am. treated for smoke inhalation. but a woman and child we re inhalation. but a woman and child were trapped inside, and we understand they died at the scene. the family who lived here were polish, and a short time ago, members of the polish amenity came here and placed flowers and lit candles —— polish community. it is still not clear what caused the fire. investigators have been inside this morning, and investigations are very early at the moment. a very short time ago, a police spokesman said that the police and fire service are going to be making no further statements today because the investigation is at such an early stage, and perhaps it is proving so difficult to establish what caused the blaze. james cleverly, the local mp, he said he had been briefed by police, and he said it is such sad and shocking news when members of young family lose their lives in any circumstances, and in these circumstances, and in these circumstances, just before christmas, it is absolutely tragic. the

memorial honoring sydney hall and other firefighters whose service to the community ended in tragedy. >> sid hoff. >> he died find fighting a house fireind his wife and two sons. >> a lot of survivors have said that our loves ones are there and we can feel that when we were at the memorial service. we would feel that he was there. >> his widow, bonnie, couldn't afford to travel to the memorial so we brought it to her via skype. >> i'm just so surprised and shocked and happy. thank you very, very, very much. >> their son, matt, has followed in his father's boots. he's a volunteer firefighter and emt. their son chris inherited his passion for music and works with the salvation army program. >> they have both taken a part of sid into >> it's a special place. >> as a child my house caught on fire in prince george's county and burned to the ground and i had a love for the fire service. >> they connect to a chapel and firefighters raising the american flag after 9/11. it is lined with inscribed bricks. >> every brick tells a story. sometimes they are birth did day please -- birthday presents, sometimes it's a present to someone who lost som

i don't -- in my career, 30 years in the fire service, i haven't experienced an event to this magnitude. i know in the oakland hills fire that we had, a lot of fatalities in that fire, but to have an initial count of nine fatalities in a single structure fire is traumatic, and it is going to take a while for, i think just the city, this community and the families to heal from this. >> what about families or people who have loved ones, a, is there an evacuation center, a red cross center where people are going? b, what do people need to know if they just have a phone? >> we're asking individuals to call the alameda coroner's office and to get in contact with the coroner's office if they know someone who is missing, they can pass that name and information on to them. and any identifying marks or -- they can work with the coroner's office. >> is there anything else you would like to add? >> no. again, i am just sending thoughts and prayers out to the families and friends of the victims, and of this community for the city of oakland. this was a hard hit for us today. >> is it too early to a

he had no weapon at all. >> the officer that fired the service weapon has been placed on administrative pending outcome of investigation. in northwest d.c., marina morocco "fox5 local news". >> "fox5" in prince george country out of tragedy came something positive. they hosted mother and children for christmas. >> i saw she was a mom, single mom. i've bn and i know the struggles. so i just did what i thought needed to be done for her and the kids. >> gram was able to arrange for santa claus to come hi came on a fire truck and help doyz for young kids. >> all right let's turn to weather right now and live look at the washington monument for him pretty nice weather if you decided to go outside on christmas today. it was not cold travel rush picks up again tomorrow. meteorologist mike thomas standing by with a look at how things are going for people who heacad bk home. >> it's around locally if you travel d.c. areas south you will be okay and flights should be fine getting out of d.c. or bwor dulles tomorrow. if you travel north of here or to the far pacific northwest you might encounter p

mass tech messages telling people to evacuate was never sent because the fire disable communication services. >> after month of protesting against the dakota acid pipeline, the tribe and their support versa reason to celebrate. the army corpse every engineers announced yesterday it will not allow the pipeline to cross through the reservation land. the court says alternative routes need to be explored before the pipeline mostly complete, except for this in north dakota next to the missouri river. representatives say they welcome the decision. >> we now know what caused the street of center city to fill with this white foam yesterday afternoon or saturday afternoon, i should say, breaker at the peco stations releasing large and the of fire fighting foam from the station. about 2700 peco customers lost power. all of that power has since

. >> for 50 years this country after the great fires of 1910 was r which traumatized the u.s. forest service tried to take fire out of the landscape. the problem is we took good fires as well as bad fires out. the last 50 years, half the history of our engagement we tried to put good fire back in. it's tricky, too, because once you've taken fire out, restoring it is like trying to put an endangered species back in. >> we also spoke with civil war and presidential historian brook simpson. >> i make the past come to life, all right? it's like the musical "hamilton", who lives or dies and who tells the story? >> i'm the one who tells the story and make it as on as i can, as balanced as i can, i get to do something fundamentally creative and say this is what i think happened. >> we begin our look with author david berman and his book arizona's seven-term governor george hunt. >> if you're going to write a history for arizona and you want to tell it, you can't ignore george hunt because he was so much involved in everything that went on from 1890 to the 1930's and the new deal. a lot of reforms a

the fire services locally are telling people to evacuate as a precaution.reports yet of damage or casualties. the two narmine warning centre said hazardous waves were possible on coasts as far from the epicentre. that warning centre has just issued a fresh update saying that waves reaching above the tide level possible along the stretch of coast most affected. a magnitude of 7.7. tsunami waves meeting one to three metres above tide level possible along that stretch of the chilean coast. a russian military plane with more than 90 people on board has crashed into the black sea. the plane was carrying 64 members of the renowned red army choir and was heading from sochi to latakia in syria. russian president vladimir putin has declared a day of mourning tomorrow. from moscow, steve rosenberg sent this report. this is one of the final images of the tupolev—isii jet. it was taken by a journalist before he boarded the plane. the flight would end in tragedy. the aircraft crashed into the black sea. the russians scrambled helicopters and ships but the search became

fire services have urged people to take extra care ovei’ have urged people to take extra care over theast christmas message from the white house. sitting alongside his wife michelle he said it had been an honour and christmas, everybody. 0ne and christmas, everybody. one of the best things about the festive season is getting help from your friends. and i realised from the first christmas address that barack needed all the help he could get. this is out all the help he could get. this is our first christmas in the white house. you have got to stop it. you have got to get it together, you have got to get it together, you have got to pull it together. celebrating the holidays in the white house over these past eight years has been a true privilege. we have been able to welcome over half a million guests, our outstanding pastry chefs have baked 200,000 holiday cookies, and barack has treated the american people to countless bad jokes. although some of them got a frosty reception! this year's white house holiday theme is the gift of the holidays. and we reflect some of the greatest gifts of

essex fire service said the candle was in the lounge on the ground floor, and urged people to take extra british—born astronaut, piers sellers, has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. originally from east sussex, he then became an american citizen, which allowed him to join nasa's space programme. he took part in three missions between 2002 and 2010, spending a total of 35 days orbiting earth. the star wars actress carrie fisher is in intensive care in hospital in los angeles, after suffering what's believed to have been a heart attack on a flight from london. she fell ill, minutes before the plane landed. her condition isn't clear. angus crawford reports. come on, we've got to get out of here! it is the role that made carrie fisher a star. beautiful, resourceful, tough. princess leia. she played the part in the first star wars films and again in the force awakens, released last year. here she is just a fortnight ago on the graham norton show, promoting her new book based on her teenage diaries. we brought all these things up, writing it down, thinking it's funny. that didn't hap

essex fire service said the candle was in the living room on the ground floor, and urged people to takehe star wars actress, carrie fisher, is in intensive care in hospital in los angeles after suffering what's believed to have been a heart attack on a flight from london. she fell ill minutes before the plane landed. her condition isn't clear. angus crawford reports. come on, we've got to get out of here! it's the role that made carrie fisher a star. beautiful, resourceful, tough princess leia. she played the part in the first star wars films and again in the force awakens, released last year. it is princess leia herself, carrie fisher! here she is just two weeks ago on the graham norton show, promoting her new book based on her teenage diaries. we brought all these things up, writing it down, thinking it's funny. we now know she boarded a plane from heathrow to los angeles yesterday. 15 minutes before landing, she was taken ill with a suspected heart attack. off—duty medical staff and cabin crew came to her help. paramedics transferred her by ambulance to the intensive care unit here.

experience, this is the worst tragedy she's seen and been involved with as a professional, 30 years of fire servicee all here in 1991 or many of us were, and we saw that, i believe, off the top of my head, 25 people died in the oakland hills fire of 1991. so far nine bodies have been recovered here but up to 25 more could be recovered. so in the scope and the magnitude of what's happening here in oakland, it's a big one, perhaps the worst in its history. we'll send it back to you and see you later tonight, guys. >> thank you, raj. you can count on us to continue to monitor the situation not only from the recover effort, the investigation, as well as what's happening with those anguished families, this oakland deadly fire in that warehouse known as the ghost ship. a tragedy tonight for oakland and all of the bay area. >> we have crews on scene and they'll continue there throughout the night. we'll bring you the latest tonight at 11:00. we hope to see you then. >> bye-bye. ♪ ♪ >> she redefined fame in the 21st century. out of the spotlight as of late. my in the view with paris hilton. welcome to acce

fire. services for chris fitzmaurice. friends say he died doing what he received and tonight they are opening up today. joe bartell has more. >> reporter: chris fitzmaurice loved adventure. the only thing he loved more, his wife and four daughters. >> the irony r runs into burning buildings for a living to be taken on their day off. >> reporter: he says the atv crash that claimed his life is hard for his friends and family around the holiday. >> the day after thanksgiving he was in the middle of nowhere. that is just the kind of person he was. >> reporter: he says chris was at home in the outdoors. squeezing everything he could out of life and his loss is >> it brings me comfort in knowing he passed while he was doing something he loved. >> reporter: now his firefighter brothers and sisters are supporting his family who now have to face life without the man many considered larger than life. joe bartell, abc 15. >>> deputies make an arrest in a crash that killed a bicyclist. he was on heroin when he drove into the man. he

it was the last time it went down and the officer fired the service weapon, resulting in his able to walk away. their daddy is out there. regardless of whatever. he didn't arm nobody. i have two kids by him that will never know him. my mayby asked for my hope. >> that killed my son. he never picked up the weapon. it's disgusting that this man gets to walk the earth, and my son is there. adrienne: the chief says the officer will return to fall duty, we reached out to the attorney-general's office to explain the decision. they have not commented. family said they have agreed to do an independent assessment >>> trouble makers broke into his car and set it on fire. we told you about crime targetting anthony pettis. lindsay davernport spoke to him today. >> reporter: he's been a professional fighter for a decade. now anthony pettis is getting ready for one the >> i'm a champion or nothing. >> in october. someone set his car on fire in the middle of the night. >> he lost three cars and a boat. >> whoever did it, it's a weird kind of thing. >> then, just last month, caught on camera, two en

of others where you activated the smoke detector in your cell, requiring the prison staff and fire serviceo attend. do you understand that charge? and how do you plead? >> guilty. >> so you've pled guilty. i'm going to found you guilty on that. all right, i think we're finished with the reports for this morning. >> jimmy's otherwise good behavior record over the past year helps him catch a break. he receives seven days loss of recreation time. his prison job wages and access to his cash account to buy supplies and snacks from the canteen. >> are you okay with it? >> for five reports, yes, i'm okay. >> jimmy is escorted back to his cell in d-hall, the prison's protective custody wing. >> jimmy's done a lot of time in the jail. he's not a young chap anymore. jimmy has enemies in different establishments. that's why he's kept separate. >> i was getting medication off a doctor and there was a prisoner trying to take them off me and he sent another prisoner to my cell. i told the guy to [ bleep ] off. do me or i'll do you. i said you're 30 years younger than me. i will [ bleep ] murder you. so

he had no weapon at all. >> the officer that fired the service weapon has been placed on administrative pending outcome of an investigation. in northwest d.c., marina morocco, "fox5 local news". >>> we turn now to prince george county out of tragedy comes something positive a paramedic that saved lives of two young children were stabbed by their mother's boyfriend. >> i saw she was mom with a single mom. i'm a spingle mom also. i know the struggles. so i just did what i thought needed to be done for her and her kids. >> she was able to arrange for santa to come. he showed up on a fire truck and brought toys for the kids an a moment that brought joy tore children who much. of course a merry christmas to them. >> a maryland boy spreading holiday cheer with their home missing messing bags. this is second year that 9-year-old josh springton has taken on the project. alexandra limon with the story. >> this one look says jackpot or not. >> like any 9-year-old on christmas morning josh springston is all about the presents. >> i made one bag so far. >> but the gifts he is focused on are not the

. >> for 50 years, this country after the great fires of 1910 which in the forest service tried to take fire out of the landscape and the problem was we took good fires with bad fires and in the last 15 years, it was a rather a long time. we tried to put the fire that and that has been very difficult but then that's the dominant theme and it's not one that's easy to communicate because what we see is news media are the bad fires. that's the conflict. that's what's sort of stimulates character in choices and the sort of deep, patient cultivation of good fires has been much trickier to do.we don't have a strong narrative. we have a good health narrative for fires as a battered, taking out hundreds of people, destroying communities in the 19th century, well into the 20th century and we have great stories of firefights. the crew digging in, battling or hiding out or trying to find some refuge. and often, the people that write about it, the default to a kind of war story. you follow the cartoon through the campaign from beginning to end and you learn the personality. that could be adapted to

but as soon as you can get the fire extinguisher on a fire in the fire service, putting the wet stuff on the red stuff, the sooner you can do that, the sooner you can put the fire out. once it begins to extend, it burns in what is combustible loading. and this, i understand, the building had a lot of combustible loading. where people brought in combustibles and had artist displays and so forth. and it will move very rapidly. the code also requires that you have interior finished materials that mitigates fire spread. and you have probably heard about the fire in east warwick,rwarwick, rhode island, make it west warwick, rhode island, where we had materials that burned very rapidly. polyurethane is one of those. >> stay with us, we want to get more information. turning to politics in just a little while and keeping our eye on oakland, donald trump is expanding his list of potential secretary of state picks. we'll tell you who he is now considering and perhaps why. stay with us. every day starts better with a healthy smile. start yours with philips sonicare, the no.1 choice of dentists.

in my career of 30 year in the fire service, i haven't experienced an event to this magnitude. in the oakland hills fire that we had a lot of fatalities in that fire, but for -- to have an initial count of nine fatalities in a single structure fire is traumatic. >> that was the oakland fire chief talking about the impact the fire is having on firefighters and victims. >> abc7 news reporter lisa talked to people today who have been greatly impacted by the fire. they're awaiting desperately for any word of what happened to their loved ones, and lisa is joining us live at the assistance center set up in oakland. >> reporter: larry, there's still about 50 people still. they say it just feels right to be here right now, but waiting is miserable. there's a running list with the names of those still missing. the mayor tonight -- relatives continue to remain anxious through all of this. >> i just don't understand what i'm doing here. i want to go over there. i want to find my brother. i want to find his girlfriend. >> she's not answering her phone. he's not answering his phone, and no

>> coming from the fire service, we don't get involved with the political aspects of evictions, that's something for the mayor and the city attorney's office to deal with. the fire departments have to deal with life safety issues. and bring it to the attention of city government whether it would be the city attorneys or the mayor. >> final question, in hindsight, we look at these, there is a possibility of criminal charges and the civil and that's money. is the city or counties, are they culpable. >> there are laws that say you should be doing this. >> we are required to enforce fire code, building codes that relate to fire and life safety and that's what we do. unfortunately, ultimately, if something happens and we fail in that regard, state law in california allows fire chiefs in charge and responsible for that to not be held responsible. as long as they gave it a good faith effort. we need to demand more fire chiefs in the fire department and need to write a law that does hold them accountable in the future. >>> thank you for joining us this morning. as the investigation to the ware

a suspended milwaukee police officer sentenced to 12 months of probation today -- after firing his service weapon while drunk. michael anderson was arrested in september... prosecutors say he fired the weapon twice in his backyard. his blood alcohol level was recorded at more than twice the legal limit for driving a vehicle. a big doa 128th air refueling wing to our "coats for kids" campaign. the salvation army -- on hand this afternoon to collect nearly 250 coats. this is the 128th's eighth year taking part in the "coats for kids" campaign. the coats collected today will be cleaned and distributed to families in need right here in southeast wisconsin. weather arctic air settling into southern wisconsin is causing bitterly cold temperatures. temperatures will dip into the single digits below zero. these temps combined with brisk west winds will bring dangerously cold wind chill values of -15 to -25 to the area tonight int morning. a wind chill advisory is in effect for that time. then we turn our attention to friday and saturday where we are forecasting 6 to 9 inches of snow. this will imp

you have to be that to be an african-american female firefighter and a predominantly caution fire service. >> prosecutors have already charged beatrice ruiz with the arson deaths of fickes and leach. today the fire captain says he will be in communication with prosecutors about hope's pas passing. >>> so sad. >>> president-elect donald trump takes a break from the trauma tour and proves he's still full of surprises. he shocked thousands of supporters during a campaign stop style victory rally in ohio thursday night where he dropped the nation name of his latest cabinet choice and he's back at it today. fox's lauren blanchard has the details from washington. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump making a surprise announcement during his thank you tour yesterday. telling thousands of his supporters he has picked retired marine corporal general james mattis as nominee for secretary of defense. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis. >> general mattis will need a congressional waiver to serve. since he's only been retired from active military duty for three of the required seven years.

. >> the officer gave a verbal commands to drop the knife, ultimately firing his service weapon, stopping the threat. shooting officer began to provide medical assistance to the student. >> the student's critically injured and the school put on a code gridlock down. it started as a fight between two students. >> there were two juveniles fighting, one had a knife, the other one took off had no weapon. >> according to a classmate, the 14-year-old talked about doing this before. >> he told everybody he would shoot everybody. he finally did >> investigators interviewing witnesses and asking anyone who shot videos like these to come forward. >> the officer involved is on paid leave and the school is open to -- today forced -- for students with counselors and staff available. jummy: a frantic chase near an airport runway, what happened moments earlier that almost giving out for a shot at a better life, what happened this morning that a dozen spending the night in the gold to get involved. -- cold to get involved. the quick action that stopped the car fire at a gas station which could have turne

commitment. >> do you think that the city made a mistake years ago when it civilianized the fire inspection service, that the firefighters should be doing the inspections, not civilians? the firefighters are the ones facing fighting fires in these structures. >> that is an analysis i have not completed yet, so i have not reached a conclusin. >> since the fire chief isn't here, do you agree that the fire prevention bureau is short staffed, and if so, why wasn't something done about it before and what do you think the answer is? and thorough investigation as well as analysis of our systems and our resources. but i don't need to complete that to tell you i'm confident that we can improve our current systems. >> were you aware that they have six people skand in the rank an file of things, they should have 20, that sort of thing? [ no response ] >> what do you think oakland should do to prevent this kind of fire again? >> we're committed to doing a thorough analysis of all of our systems, and i am confident that we can improve our ability to prevent fires of this type. i've announced today three steps t

take time for the leaders to do that, and it's just the absolute worst part of any leader in the fire service military anytime you have a massive tragedy like this dealing with the families is the worst. >> commissioner, talk to us now about the process of collecting information. they will be interviewing eyewitnesses, people who perhaps lived or worked at that loft studio there and the building owner. i'm sure there are going to be lots of questions for that person as well. >> well, that guy is probably on his way to a foreign country by now. i mean, he's going to be criminally charged with something. that's a disgrace what happened in that building. whether or not the municipality dropped the ball and didn't close it fast enough, the investigation will show all of that, but anybody who had that much material in that kind of a makeshift building without any kind of sprinklers, without upgrades and safety. i noticed yesterday i thought people were probably able to jump out the windows and i noticed the fire, there's metal screen windows on those windows so that was great when it was a factory

fire service tried to take fire out of the landscape and the problem was we took good fires as well as bad fires out. and the last 50 years which is a real long time, we've trite to put good fire back in. that's been difficult. >> and hear about the person writing history. >> i'm going to tell that story. i'm going to do as best i can, as honestly as i can, as blacked as i can, but i get to do something fundamentally creative and say, this is what i think happened. >> then on american heritage, learn what they did from ron spinld ler. >> when you look at carl haden's career, he was really responsible for co-sponsoring and writing a huge of of legislation that ben fitzed the s citizens. barry goldwater was really a person who is an icon for the western united states. he was a person who represented the united states. >> and smith shows us the contributions made to the city's early history by charles haden who was credited with founding tempe. >> he was originally born in connecticut, he comes out west during the course of his life, travels oifrp the santa faye trail. >> the c-span citie

a joint police and fire service investigation was under way.m of blindness. surgeons at manchester and moorfields eye hospitals have already had success with the argus ii which receives wireless signals from a pair of glasses and sends them through the optic nerve to the brain. the pioneering technology can help restore sight to some who have been blind for years. keith hayman lost his vision in the 1980s, but he says the implant has made an amazing difference. it is amazing what difference that little bit of life can make to your life. instead of walking about in total darkness everywhere and sitting in total darkness, you've got all these shapes to work out what they are. windows, people, cars, everything. with the contrasting colour you can scan and tried to make out what the shape is. you have always got something to look at. instead of being in a pub and sat next to somebody who walks away and forgets to tell you they are going and i have been sat talking to empty chairs any more. it doesn't happen because you can see where people are. the

. >> for 50 years this country, after the great fires of 1910, which traumatized the u.s. forest service, tried to take fire out of the landscape. the problem is we took good fires out as well as bad fires out. half the time we've tried to put good fire back in. and that is very difficult. but that's been the theme. it's not one that's generally communicated. because what we see in the news media are the bad fires. that's what's gripping. that's the conflict. that's what sort of stimulates character. and choices. e sort of deep, patient, cultivation of good fires has been much, much trickier to do. we don't have a strong narrative. we have good, powerful narratives for fires of disaster, taking out hundreds of people, destroying communities in the 19th century, well into the 20th century. and we have great stories of fire fights. sort of the crew digging in, battling or hiding out or trying to find some refuge. often when people film fire or write about it, they default to a kind of war story. it's a platoon. you follow the platoon through the campaign, from beginning to end. you learn t

fire. the animal services were also held for the 17-year-old who is the youngest victim of the fire. he was a high school student and the son of in alameda county sheriff's deputy. >>> a fundraiser to remember those fire victims was held intent -- san francisco. guests donated at least $20 to get in. there was also a silent auction proceeds go to the fire relief fund. one staff member says that last night's event was personal for him because one of those victims worked as a sound engineer at the mezzanine. >> we appreciate all the support going out there we have lost a lot of people it's a very tightknit community. we do care about each other and i'm hoping that they'd be doing exactly what i'm doing. >> organizers say that the musician and famous dj reached out to them after hearing about that fire. >> we do have a special on ktvu.com dedicated to the oakland warehouse fire. check it out. you can also find out ways to help victims and their families. >>> investigating several deadly accidents from last thursday until yesterday at least five people have died in accidents including a

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. >> the officer gave verbal commands for the student to drop the knife ultimately firing his serviceeapon stopping the threat. >> there were two juveniles fighting. one had a knife. he was the one that's down of. the other one that took off has no weapons. >> reporter: several hours after the incident, students were reunited with their families. >> my teacher told us all to go huddle in the corner furthest away from the windows and the door. >> reporter: students were back on campus today two hours late but only because of a snowstorm and counselors are available for them. the officer is on paid administrative leave cooperating with the investigation. allen martin, kpix 5. ♪[ music ]♪ >>> scattered showers continue during the evening commute. i'm watching vallejo, interstate 80 right now, down to martinez getting some showers even a few heavy showers where 780 and 80 come together. we'll talk about how long the rain sticks around and when we'll see sunshine again coming up. >> coming up all new at 6:00 tonight a dramatic story of a whale in danger and how three bay area fishermen ris

the fire caused a stoppage of service on the market frankford line but service is restored. overexpect some residual delays. >>> another brand new story here. deadly gunfire erupts in a laundromat parking lot. police say someone fired 17 shots at broad and wingohocking streets in philadelphia's logan section just after midnight. a 22-year-old man was killed. officers believe an innocent bystander was wounded. >> 39-year-old male who was walking home who lives in the immediate area who was walking across the parking lot returning home we believe he was struck in the left ankle by stray gunfire. >> it is unclear who wanted the 22-year-old man dead or why. >> also new this morning, fast moving flames damaged a house dating back to the 1800s. the action cam was on the units block of nyack avenue in lansdowne delaware county. the fire started on the second floor around 11 o'clock last night and quickly spread up to the roof. no injuries have been reported. >> ♪ >> 5:37 now and developing an anonymous threat has led to extra security across the entire metro los angeles transit syst

believe it or not, the fire serviceabl service believes these were human caused fires.n response dolly parton pledged to pay $1,000 a month to families who lost their homes to wildfires in her native sevier county tennessee until they get back on their feet. she said i always believe that charity begins at home and dollywood will help provide a hand to those families. >> is dollywood in danger? >> i don't believe it is. >> we wish them well. it's a good cause. >> we've got some really good economic news today. first of all, obviously the stock market made a new record high again today, but speaking of confidence s, this is how willing you are to spend money, this is how you feel about the economy going forward, we were at minus 11 before the election. it came out today at plus six and that's the highest it's been in eight years. clearly people are feeling better. 50% of people who manage money think the economy is going to be stronger, but this is a really important one. home prices, you remember the massive housing dip and everyone is like it went from $184,000 nationa

organization with such great >>> and before being named chief, she was in charge of mesa's fire emergency medical services division. >>> still ahead, adot taking action to keep people from jumping to their deaths from a bridge in sedona after a string of suicides. we will have details. >>> plus more information about a free performance by a 1990s rapper tomorrow night in downtown phoenix. >>> well, morning lows have been chilly and the afternoon highs seasonal. we will get back to that if just for a day coming up. adding protective fencing to a sedona-area bridge... where >>> audit adding more defensive fencing where people have jumped to their deaths this much comes after four people committed suicide last year at the bridge along state route 89a that is twice as any other suicides that ten foot chain link fence is added to the railing over the next few weeks and overnight traffic restrictions sun through friday from december 23rd while they work on that project. >>> some 500 aerospace and defense jobs are available in arizona over the next five years as a company that designs and builds rockets is plant

chief spokesperson from montgomery fire and rescue service joins us live from the keep. pete, let me can you about the folks who lived in that home, everyone got out safely. >> yes, everybody got out. this fire came in about 10:45. we believe it started in the garage, but when firefighters arrived on the scene it was pretty heavy fire conditions throughout. all the occupants in the house did get out safely. no firefighter injuries. we have about 75 firefighters here. it's quite an effort to knock down the bulk of this fire. we're still working on some who the spots, but right now everything seems to be under control. antibody near bay, homes affected, neighbors, are they okay? >> we had to protect some of the exposures. there was pretty heavy fire and blame upon arrival, but we did protect the exposures. the good news everybody got out, but we have quite a about it of equipment here. what the on parkway is blocked off by the fire apparatus. we still have a lot of work to do. we'll be here for a while putting out all the who the spots. it looks like the fire originated in

fire trucks. they donated their services to engine fire which will carry firefighter's hope's casket.is their ways to thank you to all the first responders. >>> a pennsauken police vehicle responding to a crash was involved in another one while on the way to the scene. the first collision happened when the driver of the minivan lost control and hit a pole on route 130. the second happened when a responding officer and lexus collided a short time later. there were no injuries. >>> new this morning, a man has been stabbed after an altercation while waiting on a septa platform in center city. it happened on the market frankford line at 15th and market just after 1:30 a.m. authorities say two men got into an argument when one of them pulled a knife. the victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital. septa police took the suspect into custody. >>> a man wanted for murder in delaware county has been tracked down in the state of department of georgia. officials captured rodney shelton in suburban atlanta, he killed thomas child who was working as a truck driver in yeadon.

. >> for 50 years this country after the great fires of 1910 was r which traumatized the u.s. forest service tried to take fire out of the landscape. the problem is we took good fires as well as bad fires out. the last 50 years, half the history of our engagement we tried to put good fire back in. it's tricky, too, because once you've taken fire out, restoring it is like trying to put an endangered species back in. >> we also spoke with civil war and presidential historian brook simpson. >> i make the past come to life, all right? it's like the musical "hamilton", who lives or dies and who tells the story? >> i'm the one who tells the story and make it as on as i

services attended with 17 people on board in total. very intensive for the paramedics and ambulance crews that attended. assisted by fireice services as well. 0bviously, probably a chaotic scene to start with. dense fog not helping. the oxford bus company said the driver was very experienced and had been doing overnight shifts for a number of years. now the coach has been taken away, the investigation turns to how it happened. was the thick fog to blame? and why did the coach come off a junction earlier than it should have done? for drivers in parts of southern and eastern england and wales, conditions on the roads today have been challenging. heavy fog has meant visibility has been poor in some places, less than 100 metres. and the fog is expected to linger throughout this evening. it's been causing problems, too, at airports. at heathrow, there's been cancellations and delays throughout the day. the same at city airport in london and gatwick, with thousands of passengers' plans before new year's eve disrupted. the advice, to check with the airline before travelling to the airport. helena lee, bbc news. a postmortem ex

the wilmington fire department formalized funeral services for ardythe hope. she died in the hospital from severe burns from fighting a fire in september. 10:00 a.m. to noon at the chase center on river front with a firefighter funeral commencing at 1:00. hope is one of three firefighters killed in the blaze. she suffered her injuries trying to rescue two colleagues. the woman accused of setting the fire will be charged with first-degree murder. unintended or not, president elect donald trump may have thrown china, u.s. relations into issue tonight. they talked about the strengthening of national defenses. the u.s. cut off diplomatic relations with taiwan after president nixon's visit to china in 1972 and has followed the policy. no president has spoken with a taiwanese president in a generation. said one official tonight, china will go next. >> the recount of the presidential recount in 75 philadelphia precincts. donald trump's lead in pennsylvania has gone from 71,000 to 49,000. if trump's lead now .8% goes to .5%, it will trigger an automatic statewide recou

point of delivery but the attitude is not the only service that is assessing cost, what about our fire service, our faith service, we cannot fund these facts that are dominating our public services . what i have created is very important from the nhs, we must fund our public services we expect them to work. prior to this we have assessed the public services and we don't put any money into them. oh yes, to my like these in england, i do expect funding for the nhs but today's , think twice about our public services as well. thank you. >> thank you very much indeed from that, we've had participants from all parts of the country and that is extremely welcome. to conclude the debate ... >> the east of england.yes, we have had an england contributor to start the debate. somebody from the backbench , both that point, we had a contributor from the front bench from the east of england, we haven't had a contributor from the east of england, if there is a backbench contributor i should be delighted to hear him or her. thank you, that's a very fair. this is what we call an orderly echo. we will take this

anderson fired his service weapon in his backyard near south griffin and euclid in late september. the judge also ruled anderson must maintain absolute sobriety and complete other counseling deemed necessary. "i just want to express my regret and remorse in this. the embarrassment i caused myself, my family remains suspended from the department while an internal investigation continues. an indiana town is without any police officers after every single one walked off the job. the officers are blaming the bunker hill town council in their resignation letter. they accuse council members of asking them to do illegal and unethical things. they cite being asked to run background checks on other town councilors to find criminal histories... and claim they were threatened when they said no. the town after his cancer diagnosis. "they came at me and said it is costing the town way too much money because of my insurance and they said we are taking you down to part time." the town council president says he will release a statement in the near future. right now, the miami county sheriff's depar

. >> it's important to note that middleburg still has fire protection service. e mayor tells me the transition between the county and the volunteer fire department has gone seamlessly. with the latest from middleburg, john henry, wusa9. >> the mayor said the fire department's bylaws forced it to donate its money to local nonprofits. a committee chose those groups because they were certain they'd be able to help many people in the middleburg. >>> lots of viewers sending us pictures of double rainbows this sunrise. a rare sighting during the winter months but it's not feeling like winter. maybe that makes sense. you know. >> it is not feeling like winter. we didn't have so many showers out there, just a little bit of drizzle. that was enough to get the rainbows. >> we enjoyed a really nice day. when it's nice like this afternoon issue, you can't help but take it. hopefully you enjoyed it. things are changing in a hurry. when you get into upper 60s in late december, it is not going to last for too long. we're going to see a quiet tomorrow. it's a 20-degree drop. tom

the program is designed to teach interested people about how fire and emergency services in their community is handled. the academy starts in february and lasts through may.. when those taking part are honored during a graduation ceremony... so applications can be submitted online.. but the deadline is january 20-th. only 20 people are accepted./// ((denise valdez)) >>> the numbers are finally in... and it looks as though unlv was the real winner in the final presidential debate this past october. more than 70-million people tuned in to watch the event.. which took place at the thomas and mack. those viewers brought in a lot of free publicity... 114-million dollars worth to be exact.. according to the boost in student recruitment thanks to the nationwide exposure./// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> the cowboys and bulls are back in town. tonight was night one of the 2016 national finals rodeo... and it didn't disappoint. sports director chris maathuis is here with a recap of the action at the thomas and mack. ((chris maathuis)) >> this is just the start of what promises to be 10 days of wild rides

fire in oakland, california. ? bagpipes kicking off a centennial celebration. 100 years of continuous service for d.c. fire engine company 28. >> we were known as the wa back then. ryan: community members filling the firehouse and cleveland park on connecticut avenue. >> it is a beautiful house. hopefully it will last another 100 years. ryans: kids climbing aboard firetrucks and snapping photos but the fire chief taking a moment during the celebration to reflect on the horrifying recovery effort after that massive inferno in oakland, california. >> i think it is important to mention the events that happened in oakland and in cambridge over ryan: the death toll climbing after flames gutted a converted warehouse during a dance party friday. captain daniel dugan speaking on how to prevent something like this in d.c. >> it is all about inspections. you have got to get out and walk your buildings to find stuff like that. ryan: the chief says inspectors routinely check the clubs in the city and other buildings making sure they have the right permits and a hope never happens. >> everybody wants to have a good

. >> the officer gave verbal commands to drop the knife, ultimately firing his service weapon, stopping the threat. once the threat was stopped, the shooting officer immediately began to provide medic aid to the student. >> reporter: the attorney for the boy's family said their priority is to focus on the teen's condition. the question to the shooting saying in a statement, there are many questions to be answered as to what happened and what could have been done to avoid the use of lethal force. we believe options were available that were not pursued. worried parents waited and authorities in the process of interviewing students in the attack to find out what sparked the incident. preliminary information points to an altercation with a teen and another student. his son dj is friends with the boy who was shot. and also concerned. >> got a really good kid, a good heart. anybody's kid that gets shot, it would hurt because, you know, this doesn't have to be their friend. anything senseless at school just doesn't make sense. >> reporter: that friend of the student who was shot said he was re

chair declares the house in recess subject to the call o >> after the great fires of 1910, which traumatized the u.s. forest service. tried to take fire out of the landscape and the problem was that we took good fires as well as bad fires out. the last 50 years, which is a long time, half the history of our engagement, we tried to put good fire back in. that is -- has been very difficult. >> hear from brook simpson about the challenges of writing history. >> i'm the person that tells that story. and i'm going to try to do it as best i can, as honestly as i can, as balanced as i can. but i get to do something fundamentally creative and say this is what i think happened. >> then on american history tv on c-span3, hear about the lives of u.s. senators, barry goldwater, and carl haden through their collections of personal and political papers. from rob spindler. >> when you look at carl haden's career, he was really responsible for co-sponsoring and writing a huge amount of legislation that benefited the citizens of arizona and the citizens of the united states. his legacy was very much a legislative legacy. barry gold