at the core of this will be a battalion in lithuania, latvia, estonia, and poland. a second key challenge for the alliance will have -- will be how it adjusts its relationships with multiple the and georgia. we must be clear that we will project stability in eastern europe. we do not want to invite russian efforts to impose hegemony. nato contributes to to help deal with the violence, chaos, and terrorism of the southern frontier. toward that end, nato is systems,to contribute contribute to the training of shipstroops, contribute and maybe air capabilities to the refugee operations in the .editerranean the fourth will be operations in the middle east, afghanistan. to see be interesting what they decide regarding libya and whether there will be a nato security assistance for the new libyan government. >> on the battalion issue, that is something poland said they needed. know why countries are so invested in getting that capability? >> these countries border russia. they have had a with russia in the past and the soviet union in the past. that they too far ago were oc

we did hear earlier from an officer of the rapid action battalion that the commandos of the rab werefight was intense and now the indications we have simply from what we are able to hear from the scene, what witnesses close to the scene are hearing is that the gun fight has ended. there has been no burst of traffic from the scene, no ambulances blaring their sirens, no rush to get away. we do not know the results of the encounter. but for between 10 and 12 hours depending on how you do the math, six to eight gunmen held what are believed to be 20 foreigners captive. something has changed in a dramatic way because of intense gun fire and a government assault. we do not know the outcome. joining us now once again, leone lakhani, she has family in dhaka, she knows the family, she know -- the area, she knows the bakery. >> it's been about 12 hours or so since we heard the initial gunshot and then there was hours and hours in the middle of the night where there was just pin drop silence according to the witnesses on the ground who spoke to us and i think that was even more nerve racking a

this is according to the rapid action battalion; is that correct? >> action battalion? >> their media wing. >> yeah. so the media wing of the rapid action battalion. they're five or six people have been rescued. >> is he telling you that these individuals were rescued as a result of this operation or before the operation? >> that is what i understand, as a result of this operation, yeah. >> so he's been able to brief the journalist that were there, how would this come out. is this something being reported on local media? >> no, this is something that we've been told through our journalist on the ground. there are correspondences on the scene has told us this, yeah. >> have they been able to tell you whether or not there are any other survivors or are there any numbers on the casualties or perhaps even fatalities as we've been hearing throughout the night. >> no, i'm afraid we have no further details. the statement was made and so i'm letting you know that's coming in. as i said, those have been rescued haven't yet spoken. they've actually processed, i'm not sure. we don

the board of supervisors, the restoration of battalion 5. i want to recognize 798 for their participation. this is a really remarkable great accomplishment within this department. i again want to make sure that again we all have participation within this, but also it is a great accomplishment. i skrus -- just want to thank you for your participation on this moving forward. it doesn't get any easier, you know that and i know that. that's why with the commissioner, with all of these parameters on fire education, all the responsibility that this department is willing to take on this responsibility, but we need some resources and help to pull this off. it doesn't just fall into our own house. we'll all do the job that we can. again, i appreciate this. madam president, vice-president cleaveland, thank you very much for your sincere efforts and hard work on this budget. thank you, madam president. >> thank you, commissioner, nakajo. commissioner hardeman? >> i would be remiss if i didn't say anything. it is commendable. i really want to congratula

how are you and how well are you prepared for the rush response for the four new battalions? you want me to repeat the question? >> please. >> following from madeline's question about the format of the four battalions and how nato claimed that that does not violate the nato-russia act but russia is not accepting that position and how are you going to prepare for the russian response for the four new battalions? >> first of all, very clear, the deployment of this new forward presence does not contribute the act. there's no definition in the act of substantial forces but i don't think there's any way that you can claim that the rotation of the battalion in each of the baltic states amounts to substantial force, forces. the forces there will be rotational in each of the four nations, they are not going to exceed more than a thousand personnel and you have to set that against russia's decision back in january to form three new divisions in the west and five new strategic nuclear missile regimes that involve tens of thousands of troops which each deployments will be less than a th

the board of supervisors, the restoration of battalion 5. i want to recognize 798 for their participation. this is a really remarkable great accomplishment within this department. i again want to make sure that again we all have participation within this, but also it is a great accomplishment. i skrus -- just want to thank you for your participation on this moving forward. it doesn't get any easier, you know that and i know that. that's why with the commissioner, with all of these parameters on fire education, all the responsibility that this department is willing to take on this responsibility, but we need some resources and help to pull this off. it doesn't just fall into our own house. we'll all do the job that we can. again, i appreciate this. madam president, vice-president cleaveland, thank you very much for your sincere efforts and hard work on this budget. thank you, madam president. >> thank you, commissioner, nakajo. commissioner hardeman? >> i would be remiss if i didn't say anything. it is commendable. i really want to congratula

the rapid action battalion is a paramilitary organization. it's cross-services sort of like an intergovernmental special force. what probably happened was they set the inner perimeter. they have an outer perimeter, regular police, inner perimeter of the r.a.b. the r.a.b. probably shot somebody with a sniper weapon system, wounded him. somebody was carrying guard duty and managed to snatch him and drag him off. from the look of this, two stories as he says, an open pavilion on the right-hand side -- >> i think we have pictures of what it looks like. >> you can see it's a very nice restaurant in the diplomatic district. however, part of his assessment or the previous reporter's assessment that these were local boys, this couldn't be an international terrorist group, this is how isis and al qaeda operate. they take local people, they can buy, create their own weapons systems. we saw that in indonesia. they had coconut based weapons, bombs and hand grenades. they can create them but they can still carry out an act of international terrorism and g

. >> michael, you say that one of the toughest battalions within isis is called the uzbek battali battalion. tell us more about the uzbek battalion and their role within isis. >> these guys apparently played a very important role in guarding fallujah which is the  iraqi city that has recently fallen to the iraqi government. when we say uzbek battalion, they often in syria and iraq refer to one nationality that encompasses many, actually. so you know, there are chechens in there and dagistaniss and the post-central asian republics. they're battle hardened and they've fought going back decades and bob baer has talked about this on the air and he was in uzbekistan as a cia operative at the time and knows just how tough these guys are and some of them were linked up with al qaeda and with the caucuses region of the russian federation and they tend to be called the caucuses emirates which is split now. there is a faction loyal to that leadership and another faction that has pledged allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi and it has on its own soil, isis jihadis and there is another interesting aspec

how does it appear for the russian was not to the new battalions? t. want me to repeat the question? >> please. >> my question of the vocational format, the fourth battalions and nato claims that does not violate the nato russia at. russia is not accepting a position. how are you going to prepare for the russian was gone -- response. >> it is very clear that the deployment of this new forward presence does not contribute the founding act. there is no definition in the activesync tanjug versus, but i don't think there's any way you could claim the rotation of a battalion in the book extends the amount to substantial policies. the forces there will be rotational in each of the four host nations that are not going to exceed more than 1000 personnel. you have to set that against russia's decision back in january to form three new divisions in the last end of five new strategic nuclear missile regiments that involve tens of thousands of troops, whereas each of our deployment that they said it's going to be less than a thousand nature. it is also important t

pick up where we left off, with the assistant superintendant eptd of rap i had action battalion squads in dhaka telling us 40 hostages and saying he believes they are extremist militants. how are you digesting what you are hearing? >> i think it's horrible. those of us who have had the opportunity and the privilege to spend time in dhaka and have been there and knows this area is not just frequented by diplomats but many ngo people. bangladesh has been a place where the pioneer of the micro credit program, bill and hillary clinton close to him. he won a know pell prize. bangladesh is where people go to promote real change in the life of bangladeshis. that is part of the fabric of this. but as the preceding commentator said, there has been an increasing frequency of targeting horrible killings of bangladeshis for the most part. there have been some foreigners that have been killed. but on the whole it's been the former editor of the first lgbt magazine in bangladesh. you know, a progressive blogger who was pioneering social media in bangladesh had been hacked to death in violent killing

against the nato border, with many exercises, so the response out of nato will be to move four battalions area, one in each of the three baltic states, and one in poland, from the u.s., the u.k., germany, and perhaps canada. we will learn more after the summit. those forces will be the means of deterrence against russia. you will see that financed out of the summit. laura: but will that just annoy russia, and also threaten whatever cooperation there is over syria? admiral stavridis: you know, this is always the dialogue we have to have. i always say, the annoying thing was russia's invasion of ukraine, and the annexation of crimea. that's kind of beyond annoying. i think nato is rightfully stepping up deterrents. but your point is well taken, that above all we need to have an open dialogue with russia. we don't want to stumble backwards into a cold war. the nato secretary-general has opined, we need a higher level of dialogue with russia, so i think you will see the reassurance but deterrence, the movement of the battalions, but you also see an olive branch asking for higher-level dialogu

so battalion commander, i'm going to jump right in. is that cool? >> it is cool.e. >> here we go. (exercise drill). >> wow. >> i know, that's awesome. >> how about that? >> looking good out there, pat. >> we'll see him in a little bit. still ahead, look at what's in theatres this holiday weekend. >> i'm kevin frazier. coming up two classic tails get new live on the big screen, legend of tarzan and a family favorite the bfg. (vo) want to be happy with your at enterprise, we guarantee it. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... change your thinking about buying your next one. >> very pretty out there. getting our first look at tom hanks, sully sullenberger. >> (backgrounds noise). >> sully, sully, where are you? >> soul is he the story of the pilot who performed an emergency landing in the hudson river in 2009. the event was dubbed the miracle on the hudson. soul is he directed by clint eastwood, lands in theatres in september. two new movies arrive for the july 4th weekend. >> but will either of them cr

. >> reporter: the pilots in chuck kettle's helicopter battalion called it "chump valley," because only a chump would fly into a landing zone so exposed to enemy fire. captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. reporting tonight from the republican national convention in cleveland, ohio. >> pelley: this is our western edition. >> pelley: donald trump has arrived in cleveland where tomorrow this convention will nominate him as the republican candidate for president of the united states. in an unprecedented move, he will come to this arena tonight, the first night of the convention to speak to the delegates. earlier today not long after the gavel came down, the hammer fell on anti-trump forces trying to change the rules here. the party establishment ended the effort to prevent a first ballot nomination. it was chaotic for a time. and some delegates shouted words to the podium we can't use on tv. major garrett leads us off tonight with what may be the end of the republican stop trump movement. >> this convention will come to order. >> when order swiftl

danny, the rapid action battalion force is on the scene. they apparently are in control of the situation or at least in command. they say they want to diffuse the situation and save lives, and they had intended to, and we believe they are already in contact with the attackers on the inside. so, describe from your vantage point what you expect to happen. >> first of all, that commander needs to get controlled of the mealedda. the media will compromise his operation. they'll film it and the people inside will watch it on television and that's happened to me. know that does happen. happens very often. these type of situations, where it's in a metropolitan area and the media can be helpful to law enforcement but in this case they're not. secondly we know their demands are to kill as many people as they can and historically in the last five years, the technique is to attack and then claim you want to negotiate while you consolidate -- while they consolidate this position so it makes it harder to do the rescue. so, as soon as these people can get

that is coming from the deputy director of the rapid action battalion.nse gun fighting followed by quite a along pause, a long silence, we then started getting reports unconfirmed from eyewitnesss who were talking to police in the area saying thag there were survivors, hostages, that is being confirmed by the japanese who have been speaking to the counterparts in bangladesh and since then there, have been these two more explosions. it looks like sweeping the area, making sthur ure it is 100 % se. >>> once again, if you're just joining us, the siege in dhaka may be over but the security operation is apparently at last report continuing some of the hostages have said to have been rescued. some of the gunmen said to have been killed. we're awaiting confirmation or a final accounting that will reconcile the numbers that we have, but the horror of 13 hours in the hands of gunmen, is apparently over for at least 12 of of the hostages. our coverage continues after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. "are you okay?" "yeah, i just got cha

we spoke to him during the poland exercise. >> i think a combination of a nato battalion plus a u.s.ored brigade combat team, that's a powerful deterrent. if deterrence fails, now you're talking about a liberation campaign. >> reporter: for the poles, that word liberation doesn't feel farfetched. >> the poles are very nervous, obviously because of world war ii. >> reporter: few polish politicians have more world war ii credentials than minister and senator anna maria anders. her father was wladyslaw anders, who fought the soviets as poland's army commander. today, this community remembers how during the war, the soviets deported local residents to siberia. >> these people are worried that it will happen again. >> reporter: what convinced them it could happen again? >> crimea. crimea, you know. >> reporter: in 2014, russian soldiers in crimea sparked an annexation from ukraine. it took less than a month. >> it happened so quickly. i think we all have become a little complacent. we haven't had a war in so long in this area. >> reporter: u.s. soldiers are teaching poles military hardwar

more rapid action battalion people around. so you could tell that they were at a higher level than they have been, say, spring of last year or summer of last year. >> and when you say about the checkpoints and also seeing more security, are you saying that these security personnel -- you see them on foot more? do you see them walking down streets? or by the cafes? >> ep why, both walking a -- ye and in vehicles. >> sir, thanks, the former u.s. ambassador to bangladesh, james moriarty. i want to go to a resident who lives down the street from where this is going on. what are you seeing? what have you heard? >> hi. by heard -- woke up in the night here in dhaka. and around 9:30 we heard what we thought were just like cars backfiring. and it turned out to be fun geyer. since then, intermittently there have been various explosions, blasts, and gunfire coming from down the street where holey is. we've also seen a lot of tactical vehicles and police cars, rapid action battalion coming down our street over the last couple of hours. >

a battalion of american marines came out to separate the israelis from the palestinians and oversee therom lebanon, but it got sucked in to the lebanese civil war. >> the civil war is between christians and muslims, and to the muslims it looked like we were supporting the christians. >> a big debate broke out afterwards. should we have ever put our marines in that kind of vulnerable position when they didn't have a clear mission. they were just kind of sitting there. >> the united states in the middle east was faced with an array of small forces, little cells, underground, not knowing who they were, where they were and even what they wanted. >> there are no words to properly express our outrage, and i think the outrage of all americans. >> do you have any idea who did it? >> are we going to take reprisals, sir? >> reagan called the killing of the marines the saddest day of my presidency. the saddest day of my life. i think it was the low point of the reagan presidency. >> a question that must be asked is why 241 men were killed by terrorists, yet this country wasn't outraged. there were

. >> reporter: them would be these guys, 4 members of d- company, the 166th support battalion. they gave her water, put herror oxygen and got her to the hospital. we hope to speak with the rescuers tomorrow about training drill that turned into a life-saving mission. david and paula, back to you. >> that is a story. that is fantastic, and those guys are all business. did you notice? 3 out of 4 of them in the picture didn't want to smile. >> no, but imagine her relief seeing them. imagine that. >> lakehurst, new jersey, off be the only real warm summer day. we are taking a bit of a bite in the drought but not much of a dent. big rainfall deficits for the year. it's better than nothing, and a .25" but bigger totals towards the south cape and island. today, .06" of an inch at logan airport and less than .75" month. couple of downpours, one east of mansfield and we had a couple downpours over the the last few days, hopefully, helping out the gardens and lawns. when the sun came out, 87 in fitchburg, and boston at 77, and 71 on nantucket which was the rainfall winner. here is the st

these folks, for example, the uzbeks have an uzbek battalion within isirks n that uzbek battalion isnown for its brutality. the chechens also are known for their brutality within isirks and their willingness to really fight for isis' cause. these people are very much true believers. they are ones that are very different from the ones that took part in the paris and the brussels attacks. those were arabs from north africa. totally different mind-set. in terms of their tactical ability, certainly a very, very effective group of terrorists and that's what really concerns law enforcement officials. the efficacy of these groups and the fact they were able to bring things in that probably aided them in the istanbul attack. >> colonel, the fact this had to be directed by clearly isis in raqqah, they had to be sent there, and despite being hardened, battle field individuals they may not have been the best fighters in the world. one of them panicked and his bomb went off. one was shot very quickly. the video we see of them is them running around an empty airport looking for targets to shoot a

santa barbara fire department battalion chief and firefighter paramedic greg knuckles are among the first to arrive on scene. >> when we first went out we thought it was a vehicle accident. we didn't know we had a tractor-trailer that was on fire that went over the car and crushed the car and exploded. >> you could tell from the radio traffic and the discussions that were happening just how complex the rescue was. and you just sort of knew that it was kind of a different, unique call. >> but unique only begins to describe this accident. rescuers are stunned to find more than half of the car dangling over the side of the bridge. news cameras and a firefighter's helmet cam capture the dramatic incident as it unfolds. >> approximately 70% of the car was hanging in midair over the edge of the bridge with 30% still stuck on the bridge itself. i've never seen anything like this. >> the wreckage is only the first shock. because all three victims are not only alive but also conscious, and looking straight down at a deadly 100-foot fall. >> two trapped. two kids and an adult. we've got to get it b

. >> reporter: the pilots in chuck kettle's helicopter battalion called it "chump valley," because only a chump

so what we heard just yesterday was that four additional battalions, united states, germany, britain,sibly canada, providing the bulk of those four additional battalions going to the baltic states, latvia, lithuania, estonia, and poland. and this is on top of the sort of rapid reaction force that's been established in europe, 13,000 troops that could move within a couple of days if there was a russian incursion. that's just the tip of the iceberg, if you will. talking about here resilience of the nations to be able to deal with a cyber threat, to be able to deal with a hybrid threat, to be able to deal with the sort of chemical, biological, nuclear possibilities as well. again, that's just the russia portion of this. the discussions today would be about afghanistan, about ukraine. at the end of today president obama will meet with what's called the quint. that would be britain, germany, france, and italy to discuss with president petro poroshenko of ukraine about the situation in ukraine and the minsk agreement between ukraine and russia to try to bring about an end of the tensions in

we also understand that this was car rid by the rapid action battalion and that was now placed there ahead of the raid and of course the concern is the unexploded devices still inside of the restaurant and in the past sort of 20 to 30 minutes about 10:30 it's been quiet. we have only known of five hostages confirmed to be rescued and up until now only one person rushed away by ambulance. >> okay. stick with us. i do want to go back to bangladesh give us an dapt of what is happening? >> well, the situation is now resolved. the operation took place starting about 7:40 local time. it took about an hour, and it's now complete. >> i'm sorry to interrupt you. i need to go back and we're hearing explosions. are you with us on the phone. sn. >> yeah, i am. >> can you tell us what we're hearing? >> we just heard two large explosions coming from the direction maybe just a minute ago. >> okay. are you hearing any gunfire as well? >>. >> there's no gunfire, it's silent again. >> okay. can you see any activity and is there a flurry of activity from the police? >> there does not seem to be activit

name is peg ernie, he was he was actually british but he fought through the war and the american battalion. he was a very shrewd and thoughtful observer of what he saw. when at one point he was wounded he was sent to the american hospital and fell in love with an american nurse, it is always fun when you can reconstruct a love affair. in this case we have letters from her, by the way keep your letters, especially your love letters. for future historians. we have letters from her, memoir from him, we have an account from somebody who knew them both well. who said things did not happen at all the way he described in his memoir. so it's wonderful to put these events like this together from multiple sources. another type of character i was interested in where the american journalist to cover the war. the war was a huge story, during the almost three years that had raged there were more than 1000 front-page new york times stories about the spanish civil war. more than on any single subject. what the reelection of president roosevelt, through the rise of hitler, anything else. there were nearly

battalion chief on why fighting the fire was complicated. >> if it is on the roof, there is a good chance it is below the roof. firefighters found the fire started in a restaurant and ascended to the roof. once thefire is out, smoke has dissipated, the fire investigators will go inside to determine what happened, how it happened, what caused it. again, investigators are trying to figure those questions out, how it spread so quickly from the first floor all the way to the roof of the center. we are told right now they do not have any estimate of the damages. meantime, there was a tweet from said therner center at nearby restaurants and retailers will be closed until further notice. they are looking for the cause tonight. tysons corner, roz plater, abc 7 news. steve: looking at a warm evening across the dmv, lower 80's at reagan national, cooler to the west, manassas 75, leesburg 79, 80 degrees hagerstown. tomorrow, may see a passing shower or isolated thunderstorm, but should not amount to a whole lot. temperatures in the upper 80's, lower 90's, partly cloudy skies, and thundershowers like

or there was an artist battalion -- for example. and so friends joined up together.ne of the reasons they were enthusiastic is a lot of them were told would be a cakewalk no -- cakewalk, they were told no german would be alive in the trenches when they got there. and here is the bombardment. it was planned to go on for 5 days and it did. then there was a rain squall , and the battle was postponed by a couple of days so it went , on for another two. at the very end, they were put there and had to be stretched over a couple more days. this is one of the general's beloved calvary units. it came from india. it was one of three british regiments of the calvary that was put right behind the front lines waiting for that , breakthrough so that it could go to the gap. mostly, that was one of the units there on the first day. it was british soldiers. it was probably the most british of all the battles. there was a newfoundland regiment but at that time it of theot part self-governing colony. around evening time, the soldiers who were meant to go over the top would be coming in

200 nonunion county workers and nurses and new contracts for the firefighters association and the battalion chief association. the agreements could be approved in the next board of supervisor meeting occurring next month. >>> the housing project for the homeless aiming to impact a number of tiny houses, community leaders in yuba county celebrating the opening of the temporary housing facility with 20 small sheds, and the 8' x 14 but homes are modified with no electricity or running water, but advocates say that giving the home is a place to sleep and lock up a few possessions that they own provides stability that they cannot get in a camp. >> we can talk about the issue of homelessness all day long but we felt it was important to act.>> 40 people are living in the housing facility, and social service workers and volunteers are on site to help them get whatever help they need. >>> coming up, new information about the armored car heist in sonoma county, the suspects are in custody after being accused of shooting a guard and triggering an intense manhunt. >>> the action by president obama, the

. >> reporter: at that time battalion chief says this is unfortunately not the first water rescue they have had to respond to out here recently. he warns the cliff and coastal winds can be tricky and visitors should stick to the trail. there's a few details we do not know, including how the person fell into the water and an identity of the person and the person called for help, hopefully we'll have that information on abc7 news at 11:00. reporting live at pointos in san francisco. >> a fire on the tracks at the walnut creek bart station brought service to a halt. the fire is out but service remains slow. lisa amin gulezian is live from the station. >> reporter: a lot of progress has been made in the past hour or so. take a look. you can see crews are working right where the fire started on the third rail on platform 2, the westbound side. now, everything, however, is being single-tracked from platform one. this whole thing start after 3:00. that's when the fire was first spotted. smoke could be seen for miles. the fire ran about 50 feet and took firefighters about 30 minutes to put it

leadership role in peacekeeping operations across the african continent, including commanding a battalion of organization of african unity peacekeepers in chad, serving as a military liaison officer for the economic community of west african states, commonly referred to as ecwas, and serving as commanding officer of the 231st battalion of ecwas operations in syria leone. from 2003 to 2006, he served as nigeria's defense to pakistan to iraq, saudi arabia and afghanistan. after 31 years of distinguished military service, he retired in 2006 with the rank of brigadier general when he assumed the office as the 20th sultan of sokoto upon the death of his older brother, the then sultan. his eminence will speak to us for about 35 to 40 minutes, after which we will have a moderated question-and-answer, so please be prepared to engage. i invite everyone now to please join me in welcoming his majesty, muhammadu sa'ad abubakar iii, sultan of sokoto. your eminence, i invite you to the podium. >> thank you. can i sit down? >> absolutely. you can sit or you can go, whatever you're comfortable with. >> f

in 4 hour increments we had battalion chief, 4 engines and 2 truck companies.ed on site and released the properties back to the building ownersion at 2000 hours sunday evening. to give a orientation, this is looking south on mission street. mission street is the larger intersection here on the left and this is 29th street below. the corner building. --that is interesting the red dot doesn't work on the screen. let me walk over here. this is the building at 29th and mission and this is [inaudible] this is 29th street. this area behinds the building is extension or [inaudible] of the hardware store on 29th street and delivery access door and slopes down fl to the basement area. we have [inaudible] down 29th street westbounds on 29th street. when i first arrived on scene when we approached the scene i saw the smoke conditions over the corner apartment building, something all as chief officers look at and realize once it gets into the attic space we will have our hands full. the smoke conditions and put into my hard drive is i had a fire in the corner buildings. th

about 6:15, maybe 45 minutes ago, the director of the battalion here said that they were ready to begin a drive, which means that they want to perhaps -- but we're still not sure whether they will do that, whether the negotiations failed, and what the timeline might be. >> and so if there are potentially plans to breach that compound, do you have any sense from security forces of how many people they believe are inside and whether there are injuries inside that building or people who might be under even sort of more threat in a breach were to occur? >> sure. i'm sorry to say that we don't know for sure. we've been at some distance from the actual site. so we're not actually sure what the situation is inside the compound. we don't know how many people may be injured. we're not even sure exactly how many people are being held hostage. we understand that from an earlier eyewitness who managed to escape, he said about 20 people, many of them foreigners. in fact, he said mostly foreigners, were being held inside. but we haven't been able to confirm that. >> thank you very much, asif, thank y

later that day the infantry battalion commander requested immediate emergency extraction of the remaining 42 including four major members of major kettles unit that were stranded when a helicopter was destroyed by enemy fire. with only one helicopter remaining, major kettles volunteered to return a third time, leaving a flight of six evacuation helicopters, five of which were from the hundred 61st aviation company. during the extraction, major kettles was informed by the last helicopter that all personnel were on board and departed the landing zone accordingly.gunships accordingly landing zone also departed. once airborne, major kettles was advised that the troops had been unable to reach the helicopters due to intense enemy fire. with complete disregard for his own safety, major kettles past believed to another helicopter and return to rescue the remaining eight troops. without gunships, artillery or tactical air support, yet he concentrated all firepower on his loan aircraft which was immediately damaged by a mortar round that shattered both front windshields and was further raped by sm

. >> reporter: at that time battalion chief says this is unfortunately not the first water rescue they have had to respond to out here recently. he warns the cliff and coastal winds can be tricky and visitors should stick to the trail. there's a few details we do not know, including how the person fell into the water and an identity of the person and the person called for help, hopefully we'll have that information on abc7 news at 11:00. reporting live at pointos in san francisco. >> a fire on the tracks at the walnut creek bart station brought service to a halt. the fire is out but service remains slow. lisa amin gulezian is live from the station. >> reporter: a lot of progress has been made in the past hour or so. take a look. you can see crews are working right where the fire started on the third rail on platform 2, the westbound side. now, everything, however, is being single-tracked from platform one. this whole thing start after 3:00. that's when the fire was first spotted. smoke could be seen for miles. the fire ran about 50 feet and took firefighters about 30 minutes to put it

that was -- again, that was a quote from the rapid action battalion deputy director. then there was silence. then we started hearing reports that there may have been host aemgs who survived, there had been hostage takers who were killed. we then got more reports of explosions. two explosions that we know of, natalie. but it appears that those explosions were -- they were being debt in additi being detonated by commandos. it looked more like a clearing operation. they had 12 hours in that building to prepare for a storming. they may well have set traps. they may well have been unstable munitions there, which needed to be dealt with on the spot. so that b may have been what those two explosions were about. after that, we started hearing from the japanese officially through their contacts in dhaka that 12 host aemgs had been released. we don't know the condition of them. we do now the two sri lankans were unharmed. we don't mow the others at this stage or their nationalities. >> people were told to stay put. you about for hours and hours, we didn't know anything because

also at the scene is the director general of their elite anticrime force, called the rapid action battalionnow, moments ago he told reporters that security forces are working to save the lives the people trapped inside. several foreigners are believed to be among the hostages inside the restaurant. let me quote him. here is what he told reporters. some derailed youth, he said, had entered the restaurant and launched the attack. we've talked to some of the people who fled the restaurant after the attack. we want to resolve this peacefully. we're trying to talk to the attackers. so they are making contact. we want to listen to them about what it is they want. some of our people, he said, have been injured. our first priority, though, is to save the lives of people trapped inside. now, the secondary question to all of this is, who is inside? they are mostly foreigners. however, our state department, john kirby, spokesman says we're aware of reports of hostages, but, he says, the embassy there has accounted for 100% of american citizens that are under the authority of the diplomatic chief of mi

and the whole battalion to protect its presence in estonia. i heard from the spring of next year. >> i think you explain the case very well and good work. this year, your actions will be perceived on the other side of the board from our actions but i think our community to the court explained very thoroughly some of the discussions that need to be had with russia going forward so can you tell us a little bit about the discussions you have planned for warsaw with for example the russian ambassador to london and communications you had with your numbers in warsaw. explain fully what the intentions are from the warsaw summit and how we can avoid any misunderstandings. >> the forces that you placed there are not just on the four stars, the baltic states is important true, in terms of regulardiscussions with the russian ambassador in london, nor do i have regular meetings with my opposite number in russia . there is dialogue at the senior levels of the government obviously between the prime minister and the russian president and between our foreign

while serving as flight commander 176th aviation company, air mobile light, 14th combat aviation battalionamerican division, republic of vietnam. on 15 may 1967. major kettles, upon learning that an airborne infantry unit suffered casualties, immediately volunteered to lead a flight of six helicopters to carry reinforcements to the embattled force and to evacuate wounded personnel. enemy small arms, automatic weapons and mortar fire infli inflicting heavy damage to the helicopters. however, he refused to depart until all were loaded to capacity. he then returned to the battlefield with full knowledge of the intense enemy fire awa awaiting his arrival to bring more reinforcements. landing in the midst of enemy fire that severely damaged his aircraft. upon departing, major kettles was advised by another helicopter crew he had fuel streaming out of his aircraft. despite the risk posed by the leaking fuel, he nursed the damaged aircraft back to base. later that day, the infantry battalion commander requested immediate emergency extraction of the remaining 40 troops, including four members of k

we see countries of four nations will lead the effort to a station of rotating battalions in the easternt of the n.a.t.o. countries. so, again, the united states but other countries, too, are part of the respono show that the alliance as a whole is committed to the territories of those countries most under pressure. >> you spoke also about the british decision to leave the european union. what's that done to n.a.t.o. >> we know there were important institutions in the relationship, the treaty has been tundz pin toughing the relationship. but the european union has an important role in other types oversecurity including border issues and others and the relationship between those countries are also part of transatlantic security. the united kingdom is the lynch pin, both members of n.a.t.o. and the european union. they have an important role to play, but they have a sovereign choice about what they were going to do. the vote for brexit means there is a greater interest in the united kingdom in demonstrating their support for the transatlantic alliance and showing they want to continue to p

president barack obama announced a battalion of u.s. roughly 1,000 personnel will be sent to poland on a rotational basis. leaders also discussed the recent brexit plan for the alliance. for more on the summit and the moves we've been seeing on nato and poland, our nic robertson joins us. hi, nic. >> reporter: hi there, natalie. the brexit issue was a very important one to president obama because the economic impact can be feld across the globe. president obama when he got here, his first meeting friday was with the presidents of the european council and the european commission. the reason, he wanted to understand the way they will do their negotiation with britain. he also met with british foreign minister david cameron on the margins of other meetings here. he wanted to get assurances that this will be done transparently, expeditiously, without rancor. that's what he wanted to hear. but, of course, a large part of the discussions here about what to do about the aggression, the forces building up. all the way from leningrad in the nort

battalion chief didn't have any information with regards to that.eak with somebody who is a resident who has lived in this area very familiar with the community center and he saw the smoke coming out of the building around 3:50 and it was under his impression that it started in the kitchen area. again, nothing confirmed as far as the source or the cause of this fire. that resident however says it is sad to see this figure piece of the neighborhood go up in flames like this. >> this center is important to everybody. i come here every year for the easter egg hunt. used to in high school. and i think this is an important part of our community. and to see this is kind of surprising to me, if not just shock. >> this fire has grown as you can telling us earlier, sam and laura, within the past 30 minutes to a fourth alarm. that means that the fire department had to call for -- command had to call for backup three times. get extra units out here. three agencies at least out here. millbrae, south county, and central county which covers the millbrae and sam b

gathered in warsaw for a landmark summit, nato heads of state said they would deploy 4 new battalionslong russia's border. >> we have seen a russia which has been willing to use military force against sovereign nations in europe, with aggressive actions against ukraine, the illegal annexation of crimea, and d that's the main reason why we are now increasing our military presence. reporter: a defensive measure that nato says is meant to deter russian aggression, but one to which the kremlin vigorously opposed. a spokesperson for vladimir putin said russia was always open to dialogue with nato, but that reinforcing military presence along its border was an active hostility. alongato soldiers march our border and nato jets fly by, it's not us who are moving closer to the nato borders. reporter: last month nato deployed over 30,000 troops to carry out rehearsals along the polish-russian border. it was the biggest military exercise on the alliance's eastern flank since the cold war. in other world news, a spokesperson for the nigerian army says six people were killed in the early hours of

he was improperly placed in charge of recruits and a battalion commander was relieved of his duties. >> his commanding officer is relieved. so they are rocked within a single unit. but the question is did it spread to other parts of this training depot. >> they say they take every alligation of misconduct serious and will review each one carefully. >> they tell us that the safety of the recruits and the integrity of the recruit program is some of their top priorities. the 15 drill sergeants are kept away from recruits during this investigation. >>> law enforcement officers in a florida town stumbled upon what they call a ticking time bomb, a warehouse full of fireworks which happen to be illegal in that state. they had to evacuate nearby businesses as a precaution, they found stacks and stacks of fireworks, some going for as much as $500 a pop and many were professional grade, like those used in the big fireworks displays we see during celebrations. and setting off fireworks can be a blast but not following safety rules can lead to a lot of trouble. if they are mishandled they can qu

. >> reporter: battalion chief bailey says he never remembers an evacuation this large at this mall. on a busy summer friday, hundreds of diners, shoppers and moviegoers had to be moved outside and away from the building. >> were you frightened? were you scared? >> yes! of course, it was the smell of smoke. so, i don't know. >> reporter: some sections of the mall remained open tonight. his investigators had yet to get a good sense on the damage on this side of the mall. no word tonight on whether the entirel malwill be opened tomorrow or not. >> thank you. >>> also breaking tonight, chaos in turkey after a coup attempt. it's unclear who has control of a key u.s. ally in a volatile region of the world. turkey is a key partner in the fight against isis. but tonight, it's not entirely clear what's going on there. >> it appears that the military's apparent takeover has been failed. but the condition is far from stable. details coming in really every minute. we're joined with the latest what we know. >> reporter: you nailed it. very fluid situation. a lot has happened over the course of s

he said us advisors will company iraqi battalions, if needed, and those troops move toward the northern city of mose you will, one job the us forces could help with is billing bridges, on rivers, toward that objective. >>> well, this united airlines plane was forced to abort take off after blowing a tire at george bush international airport in houston this morning, passengers headed for denver exited the plane and boarded bus to get off the tarmac. still unclear what caused the tire to blow. well, inmates break out of jail, but they weren't trying escape. >> coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", they busted out of their holding cell to save one of the guards. it was all caught on tape. >> plus the game everyone is playing, but there could be a dangerous side to poke mon go. what police are warning players to avoid when "eyewitness news" at noon returns. stay with us. when you're the parent of a disabled child, you realize that the world can be a harsh place. but you also realize it can be a really loving, wonderful place. when i saw donald trump mock somebody who was disabled, i was app

the battalion chief. >> very, very steep and that is what is driving the fire, slope driven. >> reporterrs are aided by about 20 high-definition online cameras that run day and night. the cause of the trailhead fire is still under investigation. >> fire danger is high this fourth of july. >> reporter: but officials worry about a rash of new fires both on forest land and in cities sparked by fireworks. los angeles city fire chief. >> on the fourth of july, far more fires are reported than on any other day of the year. >> reporter: it's estimated fireworks cause more than 18,000 fires in the u.s. each year. they are being blamed for a 2,500 acre fire in boise, idaho, this week. here in california, five years of record drought have made the state a tinder box and ripe for fire explosion conditions. the u.s. forest service has reported the drought has killed off 66 million trees, increasing the risk for wildfires. l.a. county fire chief. >> this could be the most volatile of our season over a hundred years. so we encourage people whether it's fireworks or fires to be extremely careful. >> re