go back to our nert staging area, go back, tell the battalion chief, get whatever you need. eliminate your hazards first, make sure you can work safely, remove the victim quickly but bottom line, safely. lifting procedures, we're going to show you a demonstration what you do but when you do it, make sure you treat the patient and tell them what's going on. you want to crib the object. again, cribing goes underneath the object or the load to make sure it stays off the patient. that's the idea of cribbing. lift the load the height of one piece of cribbing. you want to lift a little at a time. you'll understand when we actually do this. whenever the object is set down, it never rests on the patient. it rests on the cribbing. here is the i-beam, here is the patient right here. they're going to build it high enough so the i-beam is resting on that cribbing right there because that would take the weight, hopefully take some of the weight off of the patient. so now here is the patient, here is the load right here on the patient, there's cribbing right here, there's a rescuer standi

we have here battalion the battalion chief with the results of a preliminary investigation. >> the preliminary results from the investigation are that the fire unit, their electricity was disconnected by pg&e on december 2nd. and they were -- they had run an extension cord to one of the other units and that's how they were getting their power. the other thing is there were no smoke detectors in the fire unit. and there were no working smoke detectors in any of the other units. the building is bank-owned. >> reporter: we know that three people died. what were their relationships? two adult and one child on the second floor? >> that's correct. our understanding is the mother, child and family friend that was staying in the apartment. >> now, we had heard reports there was a 7-year-old possibly related to the 3-year-old who managed to get out. >> that's correct. the 7-year-old did get out. she was picked up -- a neighbor from the house next door was leaving for work. he saw her. put her in his house, called 911 and that's how it's turning out that all the reports came in. >> reporter: and this fi

military by some historians that whenever one german battalion fought an american battalion or one regiment fought an american regiment that the germans tended to be tactically superior. that mano a mano they were the better military. i think this is just nonsense because it's pointless. global war is a clash of systems. it's which system can produce the wherewithal to project power in the atlantic, the pacific the indian ocean, southeast asia. which system can produce the civilian leadership to create the transportation systems, the civilian leadership that's able to produce 96,000 airplanes in 1944. so when you look at it that way, you can see that, really, particularly when we've got the russians bleeding for us that the comparison of german and american forces or german and anglo american forces on a small tactical level is, i think, pointless. now, if you look at individual leaders, i start with eisenhower. i've lived with him now very closely, very intimately for 11 years. my respect for him deepens constantly. i see his flaws, i see those feet of clay. you know, you want to reach bac

chief stations, basically there's a battalion chief there, he will be like the little commander of that district as far as we're concerned and the fire department's response. going to have the ham radio communication people there, they are going to set up a little base station in that fire station and they are also going to be in communication with the staging area in that district. this is what the big picture looks like, basically it's a little clearer than that, it goes up on the wall, but it's the city laid out in these response districts. it shows you where all the emergency facilities such as hospitals and police stations and fire stations and schools are. basically, there's a map that corresponds with your neighborhood. you want to get one so you can find out where in your neighborhood to go. once you've taken care of your families, your friends, your pets, your loved ones if you want you can go help out other people in your city. there it is, a place for us to gather as nert members and there's our nert ics area. here is our structure. same kind of set up, sort of our version. c

when you put an american infantry battalion and marine battalion someplace on the ground, things changewhen you use our special forces to go after these folks and find them and take them out, things change. and so i see some signs of improvement. but i cannot tell how firm that is and how real it is and whether it'll still be there a couple years from now. it really is going to require, the only answer to this, is for us to do the best we can but then it's the afghan authorities that have to take it over, the afghan army, afghan national police, and the civil authority of the afghan government. >> larry: in the meantime men and women die. >> yes. that's why wars are terrible things and should be avoided. but right now men and women are dying. most of them are dying at the hands of the taliban. and what we're trying to do is to put them out of business or force them out of the area or persuade them that they're not going to win. and they won't win because, one, we have our troops there but beyond that we can't stay there forever. it's the afghan national police and the afghan army and ef

we understand that three people were taken in what the battalion chief called a serious to very critical condition, taken to the hospital this morning. as you can see, flames erupted at this four-unit apartment complex just before 2:00 a.m. fire crews say they saw heavy smoke and flames. apparently two women jumped out of the second floor. they suffered leg injuries. they're at a hospital. there were three people on the second floor who were rescued and taken to a hospital with what the battalion chief calls very serious to critical injuries. we understand that two adults and one 3-year-old girl all from the same family. there were four people who live on the ground floor who were able to get out. at this point no one is able to go back to live in these apartments. the red cross is on the scene. they are helping the four people who managed to get out, find temporary housing. so that's where we are at this point. no word on any possible cause. investigators say it is just too early. right now they're just trying to take care of the fire, take care of the people who need a place to live. b

i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to private john howard from third battalion the parachute regiment who died sunday on the fifth of december. he was an incredibly gifted and popular paratrooper. we shall send us. condolences to his family and friends. i met the two brave paratroopers who were wounded at the same time he was killed. i know their families will be relieved to know that they are doing well and in extremely good spirits. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and in addition to my duties in the house i shall have further such meetings later on today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to associate myself with the condolences with the prime minister does my right honorable friends that it's agreeable that we invest in the future in the unmanned aerial vehicle program that was developed in my constituency and will the prime minister accept my invitation to see the standing work force that is driving innovaon and skills at that plant? >> well, i'll be delighted to take up the opportunity to see my honorable friend's

we have the fire chief battalion here with us. once again, have a healthy and happy christmas, holiday season, and 2011. thank you very much. >> next from st. francis memorial hospital burns center, we have our medical doctor. >> thank you everyone for coming here this morning. i also want to thank assemblywoman mauck for being here this morning. i also want to thank the wonderful firefighters that keep our city safe. as we celebrate this holiday season come as a reminder from the st. francis memorial hospital burn center, we would like you to keep your family's safe and free from fire. take a moment to think about the safety warnings and please take care of your family. this time of year, we see increases in the incidence of structural fires, especially in spalding's. make sure you check your christmas trees, that they are well hydrated, and with the kids, make sure that they are well guarded from dangers, including candles. we want to wish you a very safe holiday season from here at st. francis. thank you very much. [applause] >

what the battalion chief of calls between serious to very critical injuries. there were two adults and a 3- year-old girl all believed to be members of one family. now, because of the fire and water damage, no one is allowed to go back to live in the apartments. red cross is on the scene helping the four people who got out of the first floor apartment, two adults and two children, who are going to have to find another place to live at least temporarily and so far, no word on the investigation, no word on the cause yet really too early to tell at this point. grace? >> all right, sharon chin live for us in oakland this morning. thank you, sharon. >>> another developing story from oakland this morning. a deadly police shooting, this one involves two different agencies. anne makovec is in oakland where police still trying to learn exactly what happened. what's the latest, anne? >> reporter: police from neither department involved the san leandro and oakland pd are saying much. but we were able to piece this much together. i'm standing close to the border of oaklan

sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to private john howard from 3rd battalionthe parachute regiment, who died on sunday, december 5. he was an incredibly gifted and popular paratrooper. we should send our condolences to his family, his friends, and his loved ones at this very sad time. while i was in afghanistan, i also met the two brave paratroopers who were wounded at the same time that he was tragically killed. they were in the excellent camp bastion hospital, and i know that their families will be relieved to know that they are doing well and are in extremely good spirits. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mark menzies. >> i would like to associate myself with the condolences expressed by the prime minister. does my right honorable friend agree that it is vital that we invest in the future of the unmanned aerial vehicle program that has been developed at warton in my constituency, and will he accept my invitation to come and see firsth

the 870th police battalion is ordered to afghanistan. when the army says go, it must go. >> it sucks to put it bluntly, it sucks. the kids don't understand why you're not there, and you know, they are all excited because it's christmas, but they just don't quite understand. >> reporter: sergeant gary cooper is a father of four and decorated soldier. he and the 178 other members of leaving tomorrow for texas, then off to war. >> i take what i learned there and take it here. >> the battalion will be training and mentoring afghan security forces near the pakistan border. >> our mission is to legitimize the afghanistan government by supporting their police. in order for us to leave, we need to make sure their security forces can support their country. >> these soldiers don't speak of fears they have. they signed up to do a job and are prepared to do that. >> my concern is making sure the needs of my soldiers come before mine and make sure they have everything they need, everything they could possibly want to help them accomplish their missio

the 870th police battalion is ordered to afghanistan. when the army says go, it must go. >> it sucks to put it bluntly, it sucks. the kids don't understand why you're not there, and you know, they are all excited because it's christmas, but they just don't quite understand. >> reporter: sergeant gary cooper is a father of four and decorated soldier. he and the 178 other members of leaving tomorrow for texas, then off to war. >> i take what i learned there and take it here. >> the battalion will be training and mentoring afghan security forces near the pakistan border. >> our mission is to legitimize the afghanistan government by supporting their police. in order for us to leave, we need to make sure their security forces can support their country. >> these soldiers don't speak of fears they have. they signed up to do a job and are prepared to do that. >> my concern is making sure the needs of my soldiers come before mine and make sure they have everything they need, everything they could possibly want to help them accomplish their missio

a state i called a corpsman the corpsman came and got the three bodies and took them back to the battalion surgeon corpsman came back dump the bodies on the side of the road and went over to the corpsman. what do you do and how can you bring him back you need to get him out of your you need to get him back to an area where they can see a surgeon and corpsman there's nothing we can do for him so we're going to leave you know you can leave the bodies on the side of the road and i said yeah well you want to do stuff. so i want to have compatible up so they dump them on the side of the road and. move the guys brother you come running over to him and he just said they're holding them while they roll around on the on the asphalt on a highway. they're rolling around in pain they didn't even give many morphine. the guy's brother. he kept running around and he had his hands in his in this and his face. he was crying and sobbing and he's saying why did you kill my brother . we didn't do anything to you we're not terrorists. remember i remember i just want to i wanted to close my years i didn't want

we asked the battalion chief if perhaps christmas lights or a space heater could be to blame. it is so cold here. she said that's something they will be looking into, but at this point they still don't have a cause. christie smith, today in the bay. >> frightening ordeal for those folks. thank you for the update. >>> it's 3 1/2 months since the deadly san bruno explosion and victims may start getting donated money from a city fund. two councilmembers plan to ask the full council to decide to start hanning out checks on january 11th. they are holding almost $400,000 in donations. vehicles tell the examiner they are facing expenses like up front fees for architects that donations can help cover. they would talk about how they would like to money distributed. >> a majoror thoroughfare is due for upgrades. almaden expressway will undergo an $8.1 million renovation. it will widen to four lanes to blossom hill road. crews will instale more turn lanes and traffic lights. >>> this morning cliff side apartments in pacificar closer to falling after being pounded by another storm. rain w

this rag-tag fighting battalion in the war against christmas is an ethnically diverse mix of white male from the south, combined with white male christians from the northern part of the south. as well as white male catholic christians from the southern part of the north. it's amazing that a diverse bunch of guys from different parts of the same megachurch can learn to get along. this is one army division where the don't ask don't tell policy is working just fine. no one in this battalion would ever think of revealing the dark secreted homosexuality that is deep within their tortured souls. that's how patriotic they are. >> well said. >> thank you. >> the fact that frosty the snowman has entered hostilities, this took the armchair quarterbacks by surprise here, correct? >> well, keith, frosty has opened up a whole new front on the war on christmas. you might say a cold front. the people fighting back against this war on christmas feel there's a lot of sympathy in the liberal media toward frosty the snowman, because global warming has made its existence all the more precarious. they also

thing to our kind you know and when the order came from the battalion to deliver them would hand them over to the army. after i got in touch with ak turner and they told me i had to go to iraq to stop custody prestigious to get custody of the body wants to give us new to some to leave we went to recover the bodies. once they gave us notice of delivery we went to recover the bodies. which. we left at half past three in the morning. to go to the human rights office. we go to barbacoa at about nine am. there they gave us the medical examination papers for my brother alexander them with. their legs on the limb and for no barrel the other young man who died with him. at the medical examination office they gave us the death certificate and the woman who was the medical examiner there were culture of war. so they'd give us the bodies with thought that if we did arrive in time we could have buried them in bogota the same day as. if they'd injured him because what i got is that they hit him with one or two bullets. and on the death certificate it says death do you just several gunshots. out of

no one in this battalion would ever think of revealing the dark secreted homo sellsexuality tha deepouls. >> well said. >> thank you. >> this took a lot of the season war analysts, the arm chair quarterbacks by surprise, correct? >> well, keith, frosty has opened up eye whole new front on the war on christmas. you might say a cold front. >> the people fighting back against this war on christmas feel there's a lot of sympathy in the liberal media toward frosty the snowman, because global warming has made its existence all the more precarious. they also consider the frosty the snowman song blass famous. he says, don't cry, i'll come back again one day. now you're the one being resurrected from the dead in three days? i don't think so. they feel his annual special is nothing more than a wartime propaganda for climate change. there's a feeling that there's also a war against -- don't forget traditional christmas songs like "silent night" "the first noel" and ymca by the village people. >> the ymca in the center of this extraordinary turnabout. what about the right turning its back on jes

he was assigned to the 8-90th battalion.vernor schwarzenegger ordered flagsor flown at half staff. >> blocking donations to julianna assange is growing. activists are going off paypal, visa and mastercard. political websites are on the list including sarah palin who has spoken out strongly against the wikileaks documents dump. they are hit with denial of service attacks which make them run so slow they crash. >> this is a way to kind of strike back and to say, hey, you can't push us around. >> and being targeted by effectively people who see themselves as activists and who want to make a point that they stand for the freedom of information. >> assange remains in a british prison fighting extradition to sweden to face charges for rape and sexual molestation. ironically amazon, one of the sites targeted by wikileaks reporters announced today it will sell diplomatic cables obtained by wikileaks. they will sell them at e-books. >> in london there's been another violent clash between protestors and riot police. the controversial

he was assigned to the 8-90th battalion. governor schwarzenegger ordered flagsor flown at half staff. >> blocking donations to julianna assange is growing. activists are going of paypal, visa and mastercar political websites are on the list including sarah palin who has spoken out strongly against the wikileaks documents dump. they are hi with denial of service attacks which ma them run so slow they crash. >> this is a way to kind of strike back and to say, hey, you can't push us around. >> and being targeted by effectively ople who see themselves as activists an who want to make a point that they stand for the freedom of information. >> assange remains in a british prison fighting extradition to sweden to face charges for rape and sexual molestation. ironically amazon, one of the sites targeted by wikileaks reporters announced today it will sell diplomatic cables obtained by wikileaks. they will sell themt e-books. >> in london there been another violent clash between protestors and riot police. the controversial plan will

>> i just spoke with the battalion chief for the oakland fire department and she said this fire was moving really fast. it's just up the block from where where we are standing. two women were outside. they had leg injuries from jumping for a second story unit. they got word that other people may be trapped inside in a front apartment in the front unit when they were able to get inside. two adults and a female child. all they are telling me in a very critical condition. this is a four-unit building in east oakland near international. this is the time of year people have christmas trees out or crank the heat because it has been so cold. we ask if either of these things might be a factor. at this point firefighters say it's just too soon to tell. they are still trying to piece together exactly what happened. coming up in the next half hour, one woman narrowly escaped all of this. you will hear from her in about 30 minutes. live in east oakland, today in the east bay. >> thanks for that update. we are also on top of another situation in oakland near the border. police are investigating a did t

battalion chief on john, married, two daughters, cancer. lieutenant kerry harry wanamaker, married, four children, cancer. i have two members. i won't use their last name because they are alive. they will be alive at the conclusion of 2011. lieutenant john, esophageal cancer. he will be number nine. battalion chief tom, pancreatic cancer. so cancer is a scary word. bumy biggestr will town and thas unconscionable. and contrary to their sworn out by the very people that elected them. i urge them to stay in town, to get the deal done and protect these heroes standing behind me. thank you and god bless. [applause] >> next speaker is bill ramaca. >> thank you, senator. what you think our senators, senator gillibrand, senator schumer for their steadfast support of this. that's what you think the international association of firefighters and the afl-cio. the want to bring everybody's attention to just a couple days ago. we lost this story gains age 40 who passed away due to the world trade center service. before he became a firefighter, in the ear

the director of 911 is here with us as well as one of my colleagues, battalion chief jose vella. we also have someone else who works closely with 911. i want to say that this is one of the best parts of my job, to come out and talk to the students. we hope that you will learn something about how important is to practice and be prepared. what you are going to do today is a drop, cover, and hold drill. you will then exit to a designated area. we want you to go home and tell your families about what you have learned and prepare a plan for your own home. what the plan would be, how he would meet with everyone, and so forth. talk to your families and educate them. you are students and will be like a teacher to teacher families things that you will learn and practice today. would you like to say anything to the children? >> you did a great job on the first drill. i was here for it. let's see you do that again. remember to hold on when you get under the best -- desk this time. wait for the signal. i am very impressed with all of you. i can see why you thought she was a chef because you

eric was a member of the second battalion, 502nd infantry regiment. he's a recipient of the bronze star. the purple heart and combat infantryman badge. he was only 21 years old. a look outside this is traffic on the golden gate, not a problem. going northbound or southbound on the left side of your screen. it will be back with much more news to come. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record four shows at once from any room and play them back on any tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. in world news in taiwan a man drove his car into a crowded schoolyard running over four children. always caught on camera. nobody was ki

my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted to do was the american. he does not even know italian. i never even thought about it. during the development of a career path, i fell into immigration. like a lot of young attorneys, i was interested in human rights. i was offered a job at the department of justice with the ins. i was not tried to do it. i started thinking about what i cared about. it was public service. you make a difference where you are. i believed for the 13 years that i was in ind and then dhs, that i was able to help make changes within the government structure. i was detailed to senator kennedy's office. i worked on the immigrat

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wednesday's blast off russia's sly hughes will take a crew of three a russian an american and a battalion on the twenty six mission to the international space station is peter all over reports on the rockets journey to its launch site in kazakhstan. hereward baikonur the final preparations underway ahead of the launch of the soyuz t.m.a. twenty rockets which will carry cosmonaut to meet to be called and astronauts paolo nespoli and katherine coleman up to the international space station for the rocket has received a blessing from a priest from the russian orthodox church in line with tradition here at baikonur that's not the only tradition they have here many many traditions and superstitions if you will to be carried out before the launch one of those traditions as the the astronauts and cosmonauts visit the cosmonaut museum here and by can also they get to look at what those who have gone before them days and what they brought back from space while at the museum they also sign a board with the picture of the soyuz t.m.a. rocket on it and write a little message a memory of what they were

that mounting toll shadows every mission there, including those of the 3rd battalion first marines.ry mccarthy spent the past year with the thundering third in southern afghanistan. >> reporter: it was for many the fight of their lives. 148 marines from weapons company were sent to push the taliban out of a 5 x 3 mile strip of poppy and wheat fields. in the seven months of fighting, 13 were seriously injured, three died. we followed one nine-man squad, crusher one. they saw some of the heaviest fighting-- it would change them forever. the taliban threw everything they had at these marines, never letting up. in may, sergeant jim morse had to break off an interview with us when the taliban attacked just outside his base. >> sounds like our patrol is taking contact. >> reporter: bad guys. you need to leave? >> i do. i do. >> original shots were west. >> reporter: the marines on the roof quickly squared them off. but in june, crusher one outnumbered 4-1 by the taliban almost got overrun on a patrol that turned into a four-day fire fight. >> there was a few times where i was wondering if