bruce wilson is the sullivan county fire chief. what's it like to actually be there? those people lost their homes and businesses and everything else. things they've worked hard for. neighborhoods were left in smoking cinders..at this red cross shelter more than 1000 showed up, anxiously waiting to see what's left. greg lanham and his family escaped with their pets - and the clothes on their backs. possessions are possessions - as long as i've got my family, that's all that matters. unfortunately dozens of families who will be returning to see homes like this one right here behind me completely destroyed. firefighters may get some help tonight for fighting the flames. thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected. dm cbs news, pigeon forge, tennessee right now, gatlinburg officials say they are still conducting search-and-rescue operations. what you're looking at right now .. this incredible video .. is believed to be the result of a pipeline explosion near kansas city flames and heavy smoke could be seen for miles. it did not impacts flights in and out of the airport. th

. >> reporter: bruce wilson is the sullivou what is it like to actually be there? >> it's horrible. i mean, it's devastating to-- you know, all the people lost their homes and business and everything else. i mean, things they worked hard for. >> reporter: this is what's left, more than 100 business and homes were destroyed. just take a look at this. it was once an apartment building. neighborhoods were left in smoking synders. at this red cross shelter, more than 1,000 showed up, anxiously waiting to see what's left. clothes on their backs. >> you know, possessions are possessions. as long as i've got my family, that's all that matters, really. >> reporter: norah, unfortunately, dozens of families won't be returning to places like this behind me. this home that was completely destroyed. but firefighters may get some help tonight as heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected. >> o'donnell: let's hope for that rain. can mother, thank you so much. now to the tragedy in america. a soccer team that had won the hearts of brazil was on its way last night to play for its first championship,

. >> reporter: bruce wilson is the sullivan county fire chief. what is it like to be there? >> horrible. i mean it is just, devastating to, you know, all of the people things they worked hard for. >> reporter: this is what's left. more than 100 businesses and homes destroyed. take a look at this. it was once an apartment building. neighborhoods were left in smoking cinders. at this red cross shelter more than 1,000 showed up anxiously waiting to see what's left. greg lanham and family escaped with their pets and clothes on their backs. >> possessions are possessions. >> reporter: norah, unfortunately, dozens of families will be returning to places like this behind me. this home that was completely destroyed. but firefighters may get some help tonight as heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected. >> let's hope for the rain. demarco morgan. thank you so much. >> now to the tragedy in south america, a soccer team that had won the hearts of brazil was on its way last night to play for its first championship. but the charteree 71 were killed. here is anna werner. >> reporter: vi

wilson. there's ellen and tom. you can also see bruce springsteen, bill gates, diana ross and vin scully in there. nicely done guys! plenty more straight ahead on fox5 news this morning... the roads will be packed today.. with everyone travelling for the holidays and don't even start on the airport congestion! mike doria will join us live.. morning starts right now go---the las vegas golden knights! and there it is... our new hockey team will be the "vegas golden knights." good morning i'm dave hall. and i'm maria silva. after 5 months of waiting.. we have a name and a logo. just about everyone in vegas can agree its great to have a professional sports team... but reactions to the name are mixed it's sharp it's clean looking." "i think it's pretty cool." "i think it's a great name." butt to "it's not really a wow thing but gold is las vegas." "i was kind of hoping it would be the desert knights." the celebration started out with a stumble.. bill foley and his staff had trouble right out of the gates.. the introductory video wouldn't play

bruce spngsteen and philanropists bill and melin gates. watcon c-span and c-sp.org or lten on the free c-span radio app. >> earlier today the wilson center hosted a discussion examining public opinion on polling in russia and an independent russian polling agency's 2016 survey gave vladimir putin an 84% approval rating. the event also analyzed public opinion data concerning russia's views of the u.s. as well as the economic and political situation in the country. this is about an hour, ten minutes. >> well, good morning, everyone, and welcome to the kennan institute. my name is will pom rants, and -- will come rants, and i'd like to welcome you to today's presentation on the 86% opinion polling in russia. i want to begin by thank the -sponsors more today's event, the institute for european, russian and eurasian studies. we are very pleased they were able to co-sponsor, and i'd also like to welcome c-span, and we look forward to watching the program going forward. this is a part of the kennan institute's distinguished speaker series, and today we're going to be talking about the question of poll toking in russia -- polling in russia. despite the