roof deck fire.fire alarm went off. >> one other thing the resident was saying he's a really sound sleeper. he feels lucky someone came by to let him know what was going on. jessica was talking you through closures. this entire stretch of market street blocked offer by firefighters. still have equipment here thchlt is the way that you take to get to 95. you're going to have to find a different way this morning as fire crews remain here on the scene. another thing to take note of. neighborhoods helping neighbors this morning. woman we interview owns a business. she actually left the door open for anyone displaced for fire to get inside and get warm and figure out what the next move is this morning. reporting live. >> good information and more breaking news now. >> sky force ten over a house fire in bensalem. we are working to find out about any injuries. you see the flames there. a lot of smoke. firefighters on the ground. ladders up. update you on air and nbc 10 app as we get new details. >>> now to

ers bat telling fire. we can see different vantage point that we are covering from many different angles. we will be back with the live report from our reporters who are out there at the scene. we will be right back. sure, you could sit around all night iting for a pizza to be livered. t wouldn't making it yourselfall a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. protein. protein proteiny protein. proteiny protein? protein proteiny protein. at least 14 grams of protein. 100 calories. new greek 100 protein. from yoplait. kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >>> welcome back, time is 5:30 we have been following break ing news near second and market. we are talking about a six story building looking live, very active scene at this hour six story building on fire, fire fighters trying to get an upper hand near second and market street the in olde city >>> so we have seen fire fighters make great work of that one we will have more on that because that

of the fire department is to protect the property of the people of san francisco from fires, naturalisasters and materials incidents to save lives by providing emergency medical services to prevent fires the prevention and education to provide a working springtime that values self and wellness and free of harassment and discrimination to this end the fire commission will one, set policy and support the administration to accomplish the mission of the department >> two, support the administrations effort to enhance and support the collaborative work of the department manipulating and public stakeholders in the delivery of fire suppression and emergency medical services with the focus upon the common public good, 3, encourage and support the administration to develop and implement systems to improve fiscal responsibility to enhance the budgeting process from maintaining and protecting essential public services including fire protection fire prevention and medical services, 4, encourage and support the administration to develop and effective physical fitness and wellness to promote the h

our fire marshals are here.ormal partners from l and i, office of emergency management , we will investigate, do a cause and origin and we do have folks from the fire code unit with l and i here looking at fire alarm system and other building features. >> reporter: we're just down the street from the the guy who had your job first ben franklin and these streets, these buildings are hundreds of years old how tough sit to get these big rigs down these little streets. >> it the is really tough. that is a challenge. provided weather tonight is cooperating, not the too cold or this morning rather but that is always a challenge for us. we need people to think about that and make sure streets are cleared. if it says no parking, don't park there because a lot of times that is for us, don't park in front of the fire hydrant, that can be a challenge with access. even when we get in the building these buildings have been modified over the years since ben franklin and they are connect and these buildings features it is hard

fire.side live we have another issue coming into us. this is lower providence montgomery county egypt road at trooper road. look at all the emergency workers. an accident that's blocking the intersection. police are on the scene so watch for this new accident in lower providence right now on egypt road and trooper road. one more live look, we'll go outside on i-95. no major problems just yet. light traffic volume on easy ride. watch for a few slick spots from yesterday's snow and a few of the snow showers that have been out this morning as well matt. >> thank you, karen. >>> you mentioned two fires. let's start with the first one. chopper6 is live over this in bensalem bucks county. this fire just broke out about 30 minutes ago in the 2200 block of byberry road again bensalem. heavy smoke is coming from the structure. we're told they think it was coming from the basement which explains why it just doesn't seem like they can vent this fire right now. we're also told they had to rescue one oc

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said this man just fired and fired and fired. opened his weapon up. when he ran out of bullets, he just reloaded and began firing again. john schlicher looked like he was firing at everyone in the head. eventually he walked away. they got him to sit down and brought him into custody. then they were fully sure, sent out news media alerts, told people we got this. man in custody. treating the wounded. gathering the evidence. situation contained. mayor of broward county florida said we'll have the airport going back in a matter of hours. all the people were being escorted out. planes were coming in. they were letting planes land and all of a sudden, two simultaneous reports of another shooting. neither of which has been confirmed. that's the panic that remains. throughout it all, there john schlicher sat with his family on the phone with us as a sheriff said above him and said do not move. listen to this. >> so you were at the baggage claim? >> yeah. as i got my first bag off, i heard the first shot. as i did, the person right next to me fell to the grou

we're told that the fire quickly went to a second alarm and that fire crews began evacuating the building but so far no reported injuries but you can expect some delays in this area. >> we are waiting to learn if wintry weather played a role in this deadly crash in burlington county, new jersey. one person was killed when a jeep and an suv collided in medford last night. it happened along tuckerton road at robin hill drive during an evening snow shower. you see snow on the roadway there. medics say the other people injured in the crash did not require an ambulance. >>> police in another part of burlington county have a suspicious death on their hands. the body of a 74-year-old man was found inside a home on the unit block of hancock lane in willingboro yesterday afternoon. authorities remain tight lipped only saying they are not ruling out the possibility that the death somehow stemmed from some type of domestic dispute. now "action news" has reached out to family members and they say police have not offered any more information. >>> family and friends came together last night to honor tw

president has now fired her tonight. immigration and customs enforcement agency and chuck schumer has reacted first of all with a tweet saying, "firing of sally yates underscores how important it is to have an attorney general who will stand up to the white house when they violate the law." in a longer written statement, senator schumer said, "many people have doubts about whether jeff sessions can be that person and the full senate and the american people should at the very least know exactly how independent he plans to be before voting on him." went on to say "the attorney general should be loyal and pledge fidelity to the law, not the white house. the fact that this administration doesn't understand that is chilling." back with jonathan alter, the committee, judiciary committee is scheduled to vote basically first thing tomorrow morning on jeff sessions. that's the committee. it's hard to imagine any republicans' mind being changed about what happens tonight in front of the sessions nomination is concerned. but the de

the fire in an apartment building in oakland. three alarm fire on harrison. we have a map of it for you in the area here. this is just northeast of interstate 580 in a residential neighborhood. this -- area has homes and apartment buildings next to each other. it's a one way street. harrison heading down toward the freeway at that point. again this is kind of a busy area in oakland here. and there is a three alarm fire. it does sound from radio communications as if they do have a little more progress made in fighting this fire. again, several fire companies here in oakland in a neighborhood just northeast of 580. harrison street, 3800 block. looks like the smoke and flame we had here on this picture early is no longer visible. they are doing a search of the building. i want to go to a different part. we had a problem on the pass with a car that went off the cliff. it's not as bad as it sounds. there is a car down a bank. the back up just got started earlier. i want to mention that the drive will be affected this morning by some black ice reported and in solan

the fire started with a waffle iron. fire official say it started with electrical problems. they continue to say that smoke frtd fire rose to the second and the third floors of the inn and fire crews actually ended up crediting the inn staff for safely evacuating guests to quickly avoid harm to customers. >> it's not too bad. the staff acted appropriately. they notified the fire department right away, went ahead and put the fire out with a dry chemical extinguisher and the building sprinkler. so, they did a good job. >> fire fighters gave guests the okay for returning to their rooms after waiting outside in the cold for almost an hour. >> a fire breaks out in a home in atherton causing tens of thousands of dollars in daniel. happened at 2:130, 160 selby lane. fire fighters say the fire was on the backside of the home and everyone who was inside was able to get out. fire fighters were able to get that fire under control within about 15 minutes, but it still caused significant damage. fire fighters estimate about 40 to $50,000 worth. investigators say it does not -- appear to

a chronic fire. same location, same area. >> firefighters say before they arrived at this fire, they responded to another similar fire just a half mile away. they're asking if you see anything suspicious in the area of highway 101 or 91, call the fire department. >> absolutely, good advice there. >> we're just a few hours away from 2017. san francisco right now planning to celebrate with a spectacular fire works show. that means concerns about safety. starting off with christie smith in san francisco tonight. a lot of people gearing up to say see you later, 2016. >> the big crowds will not be here for awhile, but we ran into some people that said they plan to have a fabulous dinner, and their stake out their spot. some tell us they're staying in hotels, others that they made dinner reservations weeks ago and it is a tradition to do it in san francisco watching the spectacular fire works. last year there was believed to be 1,000 people out here. we just spoke with two people from out of town ready for

the oakland fire is a three-alarm fire north of lake mary. >> we are getting pictures over twitter right now that shows the apartment fire is quite glowing right now. we have a crew to bring you live pictures as soon as they arrive. >> updates very soon. the japanese government fighting back defending toyota after president-elect trump singled out the automaker, where else, on twitter. >> before the bell on this friday morning, let's check in with landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >>> good friday morning to you. wall street is awaiting the big economic news of the week. today the monthly jobs report shows solid hiring and increasing wages putting the economy on a path to stronger growth, paving the way for more interest hikes this year. markets closing mixed with the nasdaq hitting a record high. the dow slipping 42 points to 19,899. nasdaq up 10. the japanese government is defending toyota as an important corporate citizen of the united states after president-elect trump singled out the automaker on twitter. he threatened to slap a high tax on cars in the u.s.

unlike the firing of yates, the firing came with no explanation, he was replaced by thomas homan who worked for ice since 2013. >>> democratic snaenators led a protest of the immigration ban last night. protest came after senate republicans blocked the democrats efforts to overturn the executive order. meanwhile the state department says it will grant an exception for about 900 refugee who is were traveling when the immigration ban came down. does not apply to refugees from the seven nations who are barred from traveling to u.s. >>> meanwhile allentown family has ended up in the middle of the immigration fight. >> today they plan to take a new step toward fighting back. family members were sent back to middle east after landing in the philly international. joins us live in digital operation center with what they plan to do today. >> lawyers from a handful of groups including the aclu will file a lawsuit in federal court this morning. the family has been fighting the government's refusal to allow six relatives in the u.s. hours after they landed on saturday. relatives they were sent o

>>> old city fire. new details on the investigation into this early morning fire t a an apartment building in one of philadelphia's most historic areas. >>> international outcry. the growing number of nations taking a stand against president trump's immigration travel ban. >>> and surprise! it's twins. the new arrivals that are giving the local zoo something to roar about. >>> right now at 11:00, a huge firefight in old city this morning, as firefighters work to save lives and put out intense flames in this six-story building that caught on fire. good morning. i'm vai sikahema. >> and i'm tracy davidson. the red cross is helping the victims after the flames forced them out into the cold early this morning. nbc 10's pamela osborn talked to some of the residents that escaped with their lives. they have quite a story to tell. she joins us live from old city. pamela? >> reporter: they certainly do, tracy. investigators are still trying to determine a cause for that fire. but take a look, you can see where i

durante. >> to another fire. neighbors knocking from door to door to get people out of this burning apartment building in old city today. cydney long found out what had renters so concerned for their safety and why they had questions for the city. her story still ahead. but now first alert weather where rain and snow showers are just out in time for work and school. some parts of the area still seeing snow today. light flakes falling as people made their way down germantown avenue in chestnut hill. >> where we saw snow earlier today on those slopes they love as much powder as possible. you're looking at camelback mountain there. glenn "hurricane" schwartz with your most accurate weather forecast. >> weather shouldn't create any problems on the roads this afternoon. big difference from this time yesterday. >> oh yeah, remember that? 24 hours to go it was snowing like crazy. now we have sunshine coming out, hardly any wind. you can see the turbines at lincoln financial not moving at all. we did have some rain showe

and fire fighting.ast year, in a bad year, we fire-related expenses. lisa: what is that in dollars and cents? robert: it was close to $3 billion last year, out of an agency budget that's about $5 billion, so you can see that the agency is being more and more less a forest service and more a fire service. lisa: the los padres national forest is ground zero for one of the summer's worst fires, now surpassing 120,000 acres. >> so, this is a drip torch. we intentionally put fire on the ground, so that way we can create a buffer from the main fire and something that we're trying to protect. lisa: thousands of firefighters are using fire to fight fire, not to mention the helicopters, bulldozers, and fleets of water trucks -- at a cost of $210 million and counting. with extreme fires consuming so much of the rest service's budget, programs designed to prevent fires are in jeopardy. in fact, in 2015, the forest service had to take $700 million from prevention programs and put it into firefighting. these flammab

fire crews responded to a number of of the fires in the past few weeks. most along story road. vic lee is live in san jose tonight and we understand he's been seen in the area. >> reporter: that's true. that palm tree behind me was cut down last month reportedly by a homeless man who is also believed to have cut down other trees here at emma prush park and set some on fire. folks don't know if he's responsible for this rash of fires. whoever the arsonist is, he's targetsing one particular tree. what's been set ablaze? palm trees. is that common? >> not that i remember. but i've only been with the department 18 trees. i can't speak to what happened before that. >> reporter: over the weekend, several suspicious fires in the early morning hours along highway 101 near story road. in one fire, flames spread to a nearby cal trans storage container. the latest one this morning. along the freeway corridor not far from here. apparently, these most recent fires weren't the only ones according to a battalion chief on the scene over the weekend. >> this has been a -- becoming a chronic fir

fire. >> it's becoming a chronic fire in this same location. we've had over a couple dozen of these calls over the past few weeks in the same location, same area, freeway. >> reporter: now, in one of the two fires reported on saturday morning that one in the palm trees, that one spread to a storage shed. investigators want to try to put a stop to the arsonists before anybody gets hurt. if you know anything, if you've seen anything in the area of these fires you should call san jose police. you can sal the california highway patrol or the san jose fire department. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >>> it's official. the 49ers fired head coach chill kelly and general manager trent baalke. and turn the page, 49ers ceo has scheduled a news conference for 10:00 a.m. to formally announce this change of dleirection. the source tells us the team will hire a new general manager first before beginning the search for a coach. that makes sense. fans we spoke to yesterday say that change is badly needed. >> it's time for a change. we need somet

now fire commission regular meeting of wednesday, december 14, 2016, and the time is 9:00 a.m. item one roll call commissioner julie christensen's commissioner vice president cleaveland commissioner stephen nakajo commissioner michael hardeman chief joanne hayes-white item 2 general public comment at this time, members of the public may address the commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction with respect to agenda items, speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individuals. commissioners are not to enter into a debate or discussion with the speakers, the lack of a response does not constitute an agreement of support for statements during public comment. thank you, madam secretary. >> is there any members of the audience that wants to address the commission at this point seeing none, public comment is closed. item 3 approval of the minutes discussion and possible action to approve the regular meeting of on october 6, 2016, is there any member of the public that wants to comment on the minutes a

residents suspect that this fire may have the same cause. you hear residents telling us they didn't hear the smoke alarms and the fire commissioner told us when he arrived on scene he could hear them loud and clear and one resident suffered minor injuries. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> the developer that wants to reopen the former revel casino in atlantic city has lost his bid to avoid having a new jersey casino license, glen straub argued he was exempt because he planned to have another company run the ten casino operation. and he plans to open the property without the casino as a hotel on april 20th but the officials said the opening of the casino is not even remotely imminent. >>> and 25 philadelphia district and charter schools were honored for receiving the highest marks on the latest school progress report and mayor jim kenny and superintendant william hite were on hand for the ceremony. the progress report measures overall improvement not just test performance and 73% of schools increased their claim at score. that is a

said this man just fired and fired and fired. opened his weapon up. when he ran out of bullets, he just reloaded and began firing again. john schlicher looked like he was firing at everyone in the head. eventually he walked away. they got him to sit down and brought him into custody. then they were fully sure, sent out news media alerts, told people we got this. man in custody. treating the wounded. gathering the evidence. situation contained. mayor of broward county florida said we'll have the airport going back in a matter of hours. all the people were being escorted out. planes were coming in. they were letting planes land and all of a sudden, two simultaneous reports of another shooting. neither of which has been confirmed. that's the panic that remains. throughout it all, there john schlicher sat with his family on the phone with us as a sheriff said above him and said do not move. listen to this. >> so you were at the baggage claim? >> yeah. as i got my first bag off, i heard the first shot. as i did, the person right next to me fell to the grou

the latest fire burned this morning. highway patrol officers say they have seen an unusually high number of fires along san jose freeways, many near homeless camps. they're looking into whether any of the fires may be caused by people stealing copper wire. >>> laura anthony tweeted about a lawsuit that claims a popular east bay elementary schoolteacher used duct tape to silence a fifth gradener class. coming up at 5:00, hear what the boy's family has to say. >>> spencer christian and the abc 7 news weather team are tracking the first in a series of storms with live doppler 7. spencer tweeted to look out for ponding on roadways during the evening commute. >>> heavy rain is coming down on 101 near petaluma this afternoon. it was hard for the windshield wipers to keep up. rain and wind are a big issue throughout the bay area. our storm watch continues with melanie woodrow live at the pacifica pier holding on to your hood there, melanie. >> reporter: quite literally, yes, that's what's happening. we are really getting pelted

that's when he saw the fire. no word from fire officials about the cause. >> well, philadelphia police are increasing security around local mosks, after sunday's deadly shooting in quebec. the canadian prime minister says the shooting was an act of terror, against muslim people everywhere. accuse the shooter and university student alexandra was known for expressing far right national list views on social media. the 27 year old faces six counts of first degree murder for the attack which left more than dozen others injured. >> well, shocking video as pastor in north jersey punch and knocked to the grounds in front of his congregation. take a look, bishop man ooh you will cruz celebrating mass saturday inside newark sacred heart cathedral. in the middle of mass man stepped out after pew, walk to the front, and you will see in this video, pulled a swing at the bishop, pun hinge chim in the face, knocking him to the ground. about 100 parishioners witnessed the whole thing. >> he is former alter boy, a lot of people t

at the same time, was firing the handgun in the house. tom: it becomes a two alarm fire. eventually the suspect comes to the door. >> he came out. tom: that is when he is shot, allegedly holding a knife. the hostage is eventually freed. he was not shot but treated on the scene for smoke inhalation. back live, the police are still investigating right where the suspect was shot and also near where he came out and fell to the ground after he was shot. the quite sometime tonight investigating. as for the two brothers were shot initially, they drove themselves to the hospital and their injuries are not considered to be life-threatening. live in herndon, fairfax county, tom roussey, abc 7 news. throughe made it monday. now we have showers, not amounting to a whole lot as we move through the overnight. oxon hill, old town alexandria, that is where the wet weather will stick around another hour or two. once this moves out, another round of showers move in tomorrow. morning temperatures generally 40 to 45 degrees, scattered showers, patchy fog. leave extra time heading out the doo

an apartment fire was declared a three-alarm fire. pictures when we return. >>> coming up next, making it official. congress is going to make trump the 45th president. >> new billionaire in silicon valley. jobs friday. (coughs) cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. >>> welcome back. this morning we continue to follow breaking news out of oakland and a three alarm fire on harrison street is now under control. >> these are pictures that just came in. pete suratos has just gathered new information for us. pete, what is the very latest? >> well, good morning to you, laura and sam. we're on harrison. we want to show you this three-story structure where the fire took place an hour ago. fire officials say it is fully contained. i have new information to share with you. two residents were inside this building that had minor injuries.

it just and, that is what set this fire, and, no panic and a fire, started when everybody in the building is asleep, practically, it is the most dangerous potential and everybody got out okay, because the top floor tenants saw the crackling in their sky line. they got out of there. then they went down. they didn't just race down and get and save their own butts. they hit every door on the the way down, and joan park, a resident on the fifth floor whose cat scratched the heck out of her because that cat didn't want to be saved she kicked everybody door when her knuckle started bleeding from knocking. we were watching tenant after tenant thank her for waking them up. tenants said they pulled alarm in the hallway and it did not go off. fire commissioner adam tiehl says the alarms are ringing now. we will check the alarm cyst to tell to see what happens but here you go, fire department and the police department, two super bowl champions here, super bowl week, making this fire in big deal, in terms of the injuries and even worse, potentially. so great job by those guys and we will see if bensa

borke said i will fire cox. cox was fired and the fbi was called in and that was called the saturday night massacre. it was on this network by the anchor at this time, this may be the greatest constitutional crisis in history. what we're seeing now in 2017 doesn't loom as large as that but i think it raises a couple of questions, which are, number one, how independent is the department of justice going to be under the trump administration? this raises real questions. number two, you mentioned that jeff sessions is about to be confirmed. the whole nature of that confirmation, i think, is likely to be transformed and, number three, donald trump stock and trade when he ran for president was i'm going to be this great manager. i'm going to run the country and the government in a way that you have never seen before. we are ten days into this administration and given those ten days, i don't think it's entirely a great advertisement for great management. >> michael, in terms of the political norms and the way that hist

the president fired them. it were both fired in resign.hey acted in accordance with their conscience. i would like to point out sessions and to all other appointees that the man who carried out the order was never confirmed to the supreme court largely because of his actions during watergate and in firing cox. so there are consequences for carrying out what are illegal orders. juan: liz holtzman, the impact of the watergate hearings -- i mean, this is before cable and before the internet. the hearings were broroadcast on the networks nationwidide. the e impact of those hearings n the public consciousness? >> the hearings took plalace afr the saturday night massacre and the firings, resignations of the top justice department officials. the hearings galvanized the country. they were bipartisan. the house judiciary committee voted on a bipartisan basis for three articles of impeachmement. the country, overwhelmingly supported and send, realtor a ad by a landslide margin -- reelection by the landslide marginin, one of the biggest in the histor

i can tell you the fire marshal is doing their investigation into what caused this fire.hey tell me it is too soon to tell me how much was lost. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> we are expecting the sun to come out later today. a live look at cape may. what will it be like in your neighborhood? let's find out from krystal klei. >> yeah. this is why it is so important. depending where you have right now you're seeing sun or a blab ket of clouds. take a look. in new jersey we are seeing breaks of sun. i don't know if you can tell, clouds starting to build back and still a thick layer here. what we are going to see is some clouds through the early part of the afternoon. more sunshine across the board. we are at 47 in philadelphia right now. some of us in the low 50s here. the suburbs almost there. it is a very mild day for us especially the beginning of january. not going to see these much longer though. way cooler temperatures in store tonight and on into thursday. this shows off really well what i was explaining. notice this next layer of clouds is going to move on in.

i flew there was a fire. i didn't know it was -- that's interesting. >> reporter: you heard it in there. reference to electrical blanket. that was a report we got from the fire department said it may have been caused by an electric blanket. the updated information from the fire department is that it appears as if the cause of the fire like way was someone who draped a blanket over a furnace. obviously a very cold night. folks trying to stay warm. it appears that may have been what led to this fire. a total of 14 people forced out this building. now we will have to find another place to stay for the time being. the good news. nobody is seriously hurt. >> that is at least some good news there. thank you. >>> two back country skiers barely escaped injury after being caught in an avalanche. it caused a partial closure of mount rose highway between reno and lake tahoe just west of the mount rose ski resort. the skiers, a man and woman and two dogs were rescued. officials say that after the hillside collapsed one o

law, was fired by the president. she was fired because she would not enact, pursue the executive order on the belief that it was illegal. perhaps unconstitutional. it was a profile in courage. it was a brave act. and a right act. >> saying that the justice department as long as she was in charge would not defend the president's executive order banning refugees and immigration people from several muslim majority nations. tonight the democrats in the senate held that senate floor for hours basically in resistance to the muslim ban promising to bring legislation that would overturn it. while that was happening, while the senate democrats were there, while chuck sheemer was there we also got some interesting news, some news we don't know the implications of it yet. but don't know the significance but we have confirmed word that in addition to firing the acting attorney general the president has also replaced the person who was the acting director of i.c.e. immigration customsen enforce men. his name is daniel ragsdale. h

her lawyer pointed the finger at the fire station. it's the firings not metro. the chairman of metro's boardros and metro's general manager spoke out. what i would tell the riders is that they can trust metro. that if any emergency occurs on any of our cars or in our system that we will respond with the greatest lack try we can.. i couldn't agree with you you that that comment is not one that i wish was in the or in the legal documents. if something like this happens again, what's your role in. >> our role is to be -- we're not -- a fire department.artm > their response tonight has us asking is that an acceptable answer from the head of metro, from the head of the board? of on the bat we would like to mention that fox5 extended invitations to paul wiedefeld and jack evans to join us for a discussion in studio tonight.nih they both declined our invitation. it does seem like they are at at odds there. jack evans saying you should bed able to rely on metro in case of an emergency and wiedefeld sticking to the position that that's not our job. it's the job of firefi

forests need fire — fire is as natural to a forest as sunshine and rain. fire manager or a policy maker, the far more difficult decision is to allow a fire to burn, to manage a fire for its resource benefit. but sometimes you think that needs to happen? oh, absolutely. the lead agency for wildfires, the us forest service, is caught in a trap — it can't find enough money for its programmes to thin out woodland and prevent fire, because more than half its budget is being spent on firefighting. its boss says that has got to change. it's essential that we find a different way to be able to fund fire suppression in this country, and simply to be able to recognise that 1—2% of these fires that start every year need to be considered a natural disaster, not unlike floods are, like hurricanes are, like windstorms are. for a time, some people thought they had tamed the wild west — nature is proving them wrong. james cook, bbc news, in the colorado rockies. the repair bill to fix the country's potholes could soon reach £1a billion. that's according to councils in eng

fire in this same location. we've had over a couple dozen of these calls over the past few weeks in the same location, same area as the freeway. >> reporter: now, in that latest fire which was around 1:00 in the morning on saturday, the fire in the palm trees did spread to a storage shed so they want to put a stop to this arsonist before anyone gets hurt. if you saw anything in the area on saturday morning right after midnight between midnight and 1:00, you can call the california highway patrol, you can also call the san jose fire department. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >>> to a story still developing at this hour. over night isis claimed responsibility for the istanbul nightclub shooting. right now the search for the gunman continues. this is new video showing glimpses of the gunman moving desighs vly shooting at people. he killed dozens. dropped his weapon and then actually escaped among the fleeing survivors. an american from delaware was shot in the leg but managed to make it out alive. >

you can see police and fire fighters are still at the home right now. it's a lot to wrap your head around and again the suspect was dead and shot and killed by police. investigators say the two shooting victims did survive and they're at the hospital being treated and hostage was not seriously injured when we are trivds was a scene. police are trying to negotiations with the suspect and get out of house we want to show you video of what you saw and

>> we're just getting information from fire officials in montgomery county about a restaurant fire. should say near piney branch road. we understand this is a dominican restaurant. we're hearing from officials that this is a building fire. going to try to get you pictures for umthe scene. we'll get back to you when we can. >>> it is 5:26. another mild january outside your door. these clear skies won't stay through your inauguration day. >>> plus a convicted criminal travels to d.c. for a presiia >>> and a billionaire reality star enteri ang >>> news 4 today starts right now. >> right now on news 4 today feeling the inauguration impact. on the donald trump takes office tomorrow but road closures are in effect today. >>> the different kind of rally that filled d.c. streets overnight. >>> and breaking news out italy. an avalanche turns deadly in an area just hit by an earthquake. >> almost 30 people missing in italy. this is brand new video where there was an avalanche that buried a hotel in snow. this after multiple earthquakes wereported on yesterday. crews are desperately trying to

so what's left is fire. and it's important to understand how fire is perceived at the time.ves in the west and they were passing through these timbered areas causing forest fires. egan: when they come through, sparks go off. and the railroads aren't putting out these fires. they go to the forest service and say, "well it's your land, we're only coming through. you've got to put these things out." pyne: you don't have roads, you don't have trails. it may take you a couple days to even find a fire. i mean the thought that these rangers could even begin to cope with this, it just staggers the imagination. what were they thinking of? egan: fire fighting was a very, very primitive science. they were learning as they went along. michael kodas: the only way to fight fires in 1910 was with hand tools. you basically were in there with an axe or a hoe or a rake or, you know, whatever you could get your hands on. pyne: you were building what we would call a fire line now. you're cutting a path, clearing it of all debris. some parts, say three or four feet would be completely down to mi

the small street this was a difficult fire to fight. >> this fire brought 25 fire apparatus and partner vehicles and more than 60 people to the scene, that is one of the reasons why because these buildings are often connected. and rarely are we fighting fire in just one building. >> david lived in this building in 2006 when a similar fire did incredible damage. >> there was a fire on the roof that burned down into the units on the fifth floor and i got all the water. >> that fire back in 2006 was caused by care also smoking on the rooftop deck. some residents suspect this could be the same cause, reads tell us they did not hear any alarms and they could not get them to trigger as they made their way out. however the fire commissioner told us that he did hear them loud and clear when he arrived here on the scene. there will be an investigation into the cause and one reads suffered very minor injuries. sara bloomquist, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, is asking lawmakers for another $10 million to help save people from drugover doses, the governo

unlike the firing of yates, the firing came with no explanation. both had stayed over from the obama administration. later this morning, lawyers plan to file a federal lawsuit to bring back six syrians turned away at philly international this weekend. more details coming up at 5:30. live in digital operation center. >>> 5:04. in light of last night's development, all eyes on senate confirmation vote for attorney general nominee jeff sessions. split on the alabama senators previous testimony. expect him to be confirmed. up for three vote today. others are betsy devos and former texas governor rick perry for energy secretary. >> happening today in philadelphia, aclu and other groups plan to file a federal lawsuit regarding president trump's travel ban. protest over the president's order broke out over the weekend. lawsuit supports three families denied entry and deported to home countries. other detainees were allowed into the u.s. lawyers for the detainees will be speaking and elling us more information this morning. >>> former president obama break

fired.e refused, and a moment of constitutional drama, to obey a presidential order to fire the special watergate prosecutor. and half an hour after the special watergate prosecutor had been fired, agents of the fbi, acting at the direction of the white house, sealed off the offices of the special prosecutor, the offices of the attorney general, and the offices of the deputy attorney general. all of this adds up to a totally unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis in which the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. amy: that was john chancellor announcing the saturday night massacre. you were the youngest congressmember at the time and the youngest one on the house judiciary committee, elizabeth holtzman. >> i was the youngest woman elected to congress until a couple of years ago. i don't about the end is never that committee. i never checked that. amy: talk about that night. talk about what happened and the significance, and th

did not hear a fire alarm. osident said he pulled the alarm in one billing and it did not go off. and that will be part of the investigation including cause and origin. paw relieve was here checking on pets and last check all pets were with family members. >> annie, thank you. >>> we have breaking news from northeast philadelphia at this hour. authorities are responding to a crash involving a pedestrian near the intersection of cotman avenue. reporting a person struck by a car. "action news" learned that a man in his 30s was rushed to the hospital and police say the striking car did remain at the scene and we are working to fine more information about this accident. you can check for updates on air and online at 6abc.com. >>> turning now to accuweather, more snow is coming to parts of the region today. sky 6 hd looking live from the ben franklin bridge and sun and clouds on this final day of january and a mix is moving in to the north in the lehigh valley. david murphy has the latest from stormtracker 6 live do

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