amy williams, gatlinburg resident: "these people are miracle workers."y are among the hundreds of men and women who charged up the smokey mountains, determined to save who and what they could. polo sandoval, cnn, gatlinburg tennessee. a mixed message today on a deadly police shooting in the central valley. the fresno police chief reveals his findings. >> britteny: it will be windy in might tahoe all throughout the bay area with most of the day tomorrow. and over rainfall totals. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. >> steve: spoke about the june shootings thing that they've bought a part of policy when they shot and killed a noble four times. the fourth and final shot might have been properly avoided guinea e >> steve: elitist to improve the best track of the practices made on the use of deadly force was in fa

. >> reporter: amy williams assumed that she would never see her gatlinburg family retreat again. >>re mountain was on fire. >> reporter: she and her husband, doug, were nearly 100 miles north in bristol, tennessee, when they saw a photo of their property on social media. it was taken during the deadly wildfire outbreak in their state. >> all of the images we saw, it really looked bad. i mean, it looked like there's no way for this house to survive. >> reporter: not knowing the fate of their gatlinburg home, the williams family shared their story with a local tv station. and a fire captain from tennessee happened to catch that story. >> the homeowner was stating she didn't know whether it was still standing. >> reporter: jerry redmond and his volunteer crew knew they had the tans amy and doug williams were hoping to hear. their retreat on holly ridge road was still standing. he had even unknowningly caught proof in this picture. that's the williams home standing tall on the scorched hillside. redmond went beyond the call by making a call to williams. >> she would have gone a couple m

. >> amy williams assumed she will never see her family retreat again. >> this entire mountain was on fire. everything. >> she and her husband doug were nearly 100 miles north in bristol, tennessee when they saw a photo of their property on social media. it was taken during the deadly wildfire outbreak in their state. >> all the images we saw, it really looked bad. i mean, it looked like there's no way for this house to survive. >> not knowing the fate of their home the williams couple shared their story with a local tv station while a fire captain from tennessee happened to catch that story. >> the homeowner was stating she didn't know whether it was still standing. >> jerry redmond and his volunteer crew knew they had the answer they were hoping to hear. their retreat on holly ridge road was still standing. he caught proof in this picture. that's the williams' home standing tall on the scorched hillside. red man made a call to williams. >> she would have had to have go a couple more days of e excruciating thoughts of is her family home still going to be there and we were able to ans

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amy: dr. reverend william barber, thank you for being with us president of the north , carolina naacp, and moral mondays leader. his recent article for think progress is titled, "we are witnessing the birth pangs of a third reconstrucuction." we will link to it at democracynow.org. when we come back, andrew bacevich joins us to tatalk abot the generals in the cabinet. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to look at donald trumpmp and his generals. mr. . trump: i know more about isis then the e generals do, believe me. juan: that was donald trump on the campaign trail. it was just one of several times where he publicly criticized the actions of u u.s. generals. but now that he has become president-elect, trump has taken a different by nominating generals to several key posts. trump has nominated retired general james "mad dog" mattis as defense secretary, retired marine general john kelly as homeland security secretary and , retired army lieutenant general michael flynn to serve as hi

amy cho has our story. >> reporter: for all the little boys and girls at children's medical, santa claus is coming. >> are you feeling better today? to town. >> hi, william. merry christmas you to. he is video chatting each of the patients. his virtualr physical presents spread christmas cheer as only santa claus can. >> it's cool. >> being santa is the most wonderful job in the world. i get to travel all over the place and visit nice boys and girls. i don't wish this on anyone. that has to spend the holidays in the hospital. >> reporter: he knows the feeling all too well. before he was rolling down this hallway on a screen -- >> merry christmas to you all. >> reporter: last christmas a heart tack on the job left him rolling down a hospital hall on a stretcher. >> take me out the back door so the children don't see me. >> the heart attack was in the dangerous part as widow maker. bailey's doctor was able to work some christmas magic. >> blessed to take care of frn we get to take care of. it is a little special though to take care of santa. >> so i guess my personal experience being there at christmas time, i don't want anyone else to have to go through t

amy: clearly another issue we have to cover but we have to wrap up now. michael vendiola, thanks for joining us. clark williamsry, we will link to your report "the rickety finances behind the dakota access pipeline." two that we're celebrating our anniversary -- tonight we're celebrating our anniversary. tune in at 7:00. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] - today on america's test kitchen, julia makes japanese-style stir fried noodles with beef, adam reviews knife sharpeners, and bridget cooks the best fried brown rice with pork and shrimp. right here on america's test kitchen. america's test kitchen is brought to you by dcs. dcs: manufacturers of professionally styled indoor and outdoor kitchen equipment. at dcs, our mission is design that delivers,

amy: clearly another issue we have to cover but we have to wrap up now. michael vendiola, thanks for joining us. clark williamsry, we will link to your report "the rickety finances behind the dakota access pipeline." two that we're celebrating our anniversary -- tonight we're celebrating our anniversary. tune in at 7:00. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

william. fans shocked fa fans -- princess leia. we'll take a hook at her legacy and what she told amy robach about living as princess leia and trending photos with little girls posting as princess leia, may the force with be her and saying may the force be with you. >> so great and that interview she did with -- >> was amazing. >> incredible. >> it went viral and we'll show it to you coming up on the show in just a few minutes. >>> as millions dig storm is on the way. blame rob marciano. this one is expected to dump more than a foot of snow on parts of the northeast. >>> donald trump launching another twitter attack. this time the president-elect saying his predecessor campai campaigned for hillary clinton in swing states that she lost. >>> and tennis superstar serena williams opening up about her place in sports history. why she says if she were a man she would have considered one of the greatest athletes in history years ago. that's coming up in a few minutes. >>> great to have sara haines as always. >> thank you, dan harris. >> good morning. >>> we'll begin with the mystery surrounding the death of george michael. new details abou

william barber at the state legislative building friday. >> this is thehe constitution, l political power derives from the people. period. it does not derive from anybody else, but it derives from the people. amy: one of the two bills approved friday, which was quickly signed by outgoing republican governor pat mccrory, strips future governors of their power to appoint a majority to the state board of elections. it also changes the state court system, making it more difficult for the losers of some superior court cases to appeal directly to the democratic-controlled supreme court. a second bill, which had not been signed by the governor as of friday afternoon, strips the incoming governor of his ability to name members of the boards of state universities, and it reduces the number of state employees the governor can appoint from 1500 to 425. we'll have more on north carolina with ari berman later in the broadcast. ththe uniteded nations security council is set to vote today on whether to immediately deploy u.n. monitors to aleppo, amid a chaotic evacuation of the eastern part of the city, which was seized by russian-backed syrian government forces last week. the fall of eastern aleppo, which h

amy: clearly another issue we have to cover but we have to wrap up now. michael vendiola, thanks for joining us. clark williamsry, we will link to your report "the rickety finances behind the dakota access pipeline." two that we're celebrating our anniversary -- tonight we're celebrating our anniversary. tune in at 7:00. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] - today, we know that, on a carbon-based econy, we ship over $700 billion worth of our economy overseas to fuel the system. just think if we could take $700 billion every year and park it here in the states. that would have a dramatic effect on the economy. - if everye on earth consumed as much as the average european, we'd need about three planets woh of resources to support us. if we all lived like americans, we'd need about five planets. so what we try and do here is create a one-planet lifestyle. - one planet is an easy proposition to under

amy klobuchar, elise stefanik and senior white house adviser valerie jarrett, among others. >> [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome politico's executive director of events alexis williams. [applause] >> wow. good morning, everyone. i'm alexis williams, executive director of events at politico and thank you all so much for being here. on behalf of our ceo and publisher, is such a pleasure to look out into the scout and see morning. we are at, everyone knows this, but our fourth annual women's role summit. i can say that it is a truly proud, amazing, humbling moment to stand or in front of you all four years and making of this amazing program. so thank you for that. as you can imagine it takes a total army triple sonic like this off. by this, not just today's event which is a herculean feat but also the women's role she was very much a couple quick thank you so to the amazing individuals that are put this all together. on the politico side, catherine rexdale, luisa savage who has collaborated to make matches the execution of this if it beautiful but also the content. and edwards, hillary, kate murphy, haley leonard, thank you so much. lindsay monahan who is up on the con