in a scathing legal page notice dss details a lack of staff training. there were four staff members on duty overnight at villa capri for 62 elderly and disabled residents. the executive director deborah smith failed to ensure staff members were familiar with the emergency procedures. the four had never participated in a fire drill. dss says they left more than 20 elderly residents at villa capri the night of the fire. family member kathy allen helped rescue them. >> all i could think about was helping those people to safety. >> more than 20 residents would have perished. there were two care staff members and two maintenance staff members according to dss on duty overnight for 228 residents at the varenna building. andre blakely asked if they had an evacuation plan. >> i wasn't paying attention to what was burning, how it was burning, i was just focusing on how to get the hell out of there. >> dss says blakely and two other employees were evacuating residents from their rooms when condie told them to stop. he then left more than 70 residents with three s

dss says it had family members not stepped in to help rescue residents, more than 20 residents woulded in the flames. >>> new body cam footage from the night the north bay wildfires broke out last october has been released. >> we got to get out of here. >> yeah. >> i know. >> you can see how officers made life-saving decisions. the stories right back featured on "nightline". that starts at 12:35 a.m. zbliefr >>> in east bay it comes after education secretary betsy devos again suggested arming teachers. here's abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley with why the issue is hitting home for many right now. >> last week a 14-year-old freshman fired a gun inside balance boa high school in san francisco. last month 16-year-old was shot and killed near a high school in fairfield. the school was put on lockdown. >> it affects every american in every community and every town in every household. >> reporter: here in oakland a panel of students, educators, and gun violence prevention groups brainstormed what to do about it. >> we have become desensitized to gun violence. it normalizes shootings in o

that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to ly cuecord president trump and dss using the 25th amendment to remove h. rosenstein says "the times" got it wrong and tonight sources tell nbc news, rosenstein was being sarcastic. how will the president respond to the man overseeing the mueller investigation. >>> also tonight, president trump attacks brett kavanaugh's accuser doubting her claims asking why she didn't report years ago. woman hen across the country reporting the why i didn't report stories taking off on social media. >>> a potential toxic disast after the hurricane. a major dam breach at a power plant. fears tonight that coal ash is flooding into the cape fear river. >>> a new tool to crack a cold case, boom in true crime pod casts by creating their own. ut>> i'll tell you a the life he led, the lies he told, and how he abandoned hi children. >> hoping someone listening to help catch a killer. >>> freezing your credit for free. new help tonight to protect yourself and ou family from people trying to rip you off. announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" wit

now family members of loved ones who were in those facilities say dss sent them a complaint investigation report. abc 7 news obtained a copy of that report. now it says staff at villa capri did not sweep the building the night of the fire to locate anyone not accounted for during a head count. a staff member who was not there that night also says the facility never conducted a disaster drill where residents and staff evacuated the building in the two years that staffers -- that staffer worked at the facility. oakmont senior living has 15 days to appeal and request a hearing before an administrative law judge. >>> happening tonight, former fbi director and author james comey is going to be speaking in walnut creek. he'll be at the lescher center for the arts. it's supposed to start at 7:30 p.m. comey is expected to talk about his controversial decision about then presidential candidate hillary clinton's e-mails and russian election meddling. president trump fired comey last year. >>> stay with us. more to come. remembering 9/11. see how the bay area stepped up with a unique event to honor

that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to ly cuecord president trump and dss 25th amendment to remove h. rosenstein says "the times" got it wrong and tonight sources tell nbc news, rosenstein was being sarcastic. how will the president respond to the man overseeing the mueller investigation. >>> also tonight, president trump attacks brett kavanaugh's accuser doubting her claims asking why she didn't report years ago. woman hen across the country reporting the why i didn't report stories taking off on social media. >>> a potential toxic disast after the hurricane.

in a scathing legal page notice dss details a lack of staff training.pri for 62 elderly and disabled residents. the executive director deborah smith failed to