i told them i had grown up in an old mist western mining town called galena. galena is the latin name for it led to sulfite and it was a lead mining town that was first settled in the 1820s. i had worked in the mines there after i got out of the marines. one of my bosses was a world war ii veteran, purple heart, would served in europe. i had tremendous regard for him and i came to have an affection for his son. i picked up a couple of pieces of galena led sulfite in the mind and kept them on my desk and a few years in the spring of 1969 i knew that michael, my bosses son, this young kid, had been killed on hamburger hill when a rocket propelled grenade had struck him in the chest and killed him immediately. i told these north enemy soldiers about him and i pulled out of my pocket a piece of led sulfite, of galena, that i brought over with me and i said i'll bury this here and i'll bury this on this hill at the top of this hill where my young friends never reached the top but now a piece of his hometown was here and i assured them that this led, this galena led

north seat9 ma news soldiers about him, and i pulled out of my pocket a piece of lead sulfite of galenathat i brought over there with me. and i said i'm going to bury this hill -- this here. i'm going to bauerly this on -- bury this on the top of this hill where my young friend never reached the top. but now a piece of his hometown was here, and i assured them that this lead from galena, this lead sulfite would last as long as the red clay would last. in many ways in that brief moment on that isolated, hot, humid, triple-canopied, quiet hilltop in vietnam, my research, my personal biography, my commitment to working with and supporting veterans and to remembering those who died, my scholarly focus, my personal interests, they all overlapped. i have a chapper on hamburger -- chapter on hamburger hill in this book. it's the only battle in the war that i treat in any detail, because i think it represents and symbolizes so much about the war. my interest has been to tell the stories of the human faces and the human tragedies, sharing their stories is something that is important. i've always

it is inching closer to the town of galena. crew say that the fire, which broke out yesterday, is burning in an area that has not burned in more than 60 years. county officials have declared an air quality warning due to the smoke from the which year end alamo fires on the north and south sides of the county. >>> in oakland manned drowned -- man drowned today. was latino man who disappeared 300 years upstream. several agencies responded and they found him half hour later in a pool of deeper water. was pronounced dead at the scene. and op see -- autopsy will be performed. >>> police are searching for a woman that was stabbed to death man disappeared. with the latest on the investigation and what we're learning that the victim. >>> nine hours, they were searching for crews in a fatal stabbing. this woman, who asked not to be identified, so that the victim was her friend. >> she was a good person who would help me a lot. it is really messed up that she is dead. >> with blood on her pants and physical -- visible cuts on her hands.

the galena river rising. and in indianapolis, race officials temporarily suspending the brickyard 400 after lightning was reported in the area. the storms moving east. in new york, we're under a flash flood watch. in the midwest, a painstaking wait for the waters to recede. >> kait parker is filling in for rob marciano tonight. >> reporter: the flood watches extending into d.c., baltim the clouds have kept a lot of the severe weather at bay. but overnight, from d.c. to buffalo, we could see strong storms with hail and damaging winds. heading into monday, the rain could still be sticking around. you may want to prepare for a messy monday morning commute. >> thank you. >>> next to washington, and the russia investigation kicking into a new gear. three members of president trump's inner circle set for questioning on capitol hill. but there are mixed messages from the white house about whether the president is disc s discussing pardons. here's david wright. >> reporter: the president tweeted this weekend, all agr

the galena river still rising. >> there's a storm coming, and lightning is on its way. >> reporter: and in indianapolis, race officials temporarily suspending the brickyard 400 after lightning was reported in the area. the storms moving east. in new york, we're under a flash flood watch. in the midwest, a painstaking wait for the waters to recede. tom? >> adrienne, thank you. we want to get more from kait parker, in for rob marciano. tracking it all tonight. >> reporter: the flood watches aren't just for new york city. extending into d.c., baltimore. we're still looking at a risk of severe weather. the clouds have kept a lot of the severe weather at bay. but overnight, from d.c. to buffalo, we could see strong storms that could have hail and damaging winds. so, be alert on that. heading into monday, the rain could still be sticking around. tom, you may want to prepare for a messy monday morning commute. >> kait, thanks. >>> next, as the 20th anniversary of princess diana's death approaches, her sons are sharing memories. the hugs, laughter, and her mischievous side. but also their last

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chestertown seal to millington better sense of bohemia as mills newtown more than a messy candy the villain galena turn around don't drown when encountering flooded roads most flood deaths occur in vehicles. it's friday july fourteenth corp am in washington d c i'm a military man you're watching are to america. we began with violence in the middle east today two tourists died in egypt as a result of stab wounds the victims were reportedly ukrainian tourists four others were injured and one man has been arrested the attack occurred at the red sea resort of her in gaza you know while in jerusalem assailant's and israeli soldiers have been killed at the al aqsa mosque journalist and collins spoke with us earlier from amman jordan well this morning there was a shooting at the luxor compound in occupied east jerusalem what happened was three . and from almost the time the city of any city inside israel carried out an attack on israeli occupation forces which ultimately killed two israeli soldiers and injured a third of the assailants were executed on the scene at the all locks a compound which is unpre

we have a little bit of son in galena. temperatures at this hour or mild up there.er 60s in napa. around the area, brentwood would be 75. some of our warmer locations are only the mid-80s today. gorgeous day outdoors for all the festivities going on. upper 70s to low 80s over the north bay for today. along the east bay, low 70s. mid to upper 80s for areas like brentwood today. we've 80 degrees in the south near santa fe. for the peninsula, a lot of 70s here. we talked with this of the top of the hour, but if you're just joining us, as we get to the evening hour, we expect the clouds to be back inside the bay. will be impacted tonight for the fireworks. 55 for the evening hours. mostly clear evening for the inland cities was 60s expected free there. here's a few of your extended forecast. we're going to remain within this pattern for the next few days. that as we get to the bay area weekend, we warming up slightly. low 90s are inland. >> so maybe would paid have this weather. >> it is beautiful. >>> firefighters continue to tell fires burning in western states. the l

i grew up in an old midwestern mining town called galena which is the last name of led sulfide, it was a lead mining town first settled in the 1820s. i worked at the mind after i got out of the marines and one of my bosses was a world war ii veteran who served in europe. i had tremendous regard for him and i came to have an affection for his son. i picked up a couple pieces of led sulfide, a few days later in spring of 1969, a rocket propelled grenade struck him in the chest and killed him immediately. i told the north vietnamese soldiers about him and pulled out of my pocket a piece of led sulfide that i brought with me. i said i'm going to bury this on this hill at the top of this hill where my young friend never reached the top but now a piece of his hometown was here and i assured them that this led -- this led sulfide would last as long as the red clay would last. in many ways in that brief moment on that isolated hot triple canopy quiet hilltop in vietnam my research, my personal biography, my commitment to working with and supporting veterans and remembering those who died, my s

barbara county, the witch year fire has grown to nearly 8000 acres and is inching closer to the town of galena. flames shut down highway 154. crews say that the fire is burning in an area that has not burned in more than 60 years. santa barbara county officials have declared air-quality warning due to the smoke on the north and south ends of the county. >>> president trump's latest tweets on cybersecurity and russia have raised eyebrows. we have a reaction tonight after the jampacked g20 summit this weekend. >> reporter: the president may not have any public event scheduled on sunday, but that does not mean that he is staying quiet, releasing a number of tweets first thing in the morning. edge of it was about the highly anticipated sit down with russian president blood put them. he tweeted that he strongly pressed put in twice about meddling. he vehemently denied it. >> it is what it is. president trump knows that he meddled. >> reporter: the new it on to say that now it is time to move forward and work constructively with russia. and he said that he and putin talked about forming a security u

a similar scene in illinois, the galena river rising. >> there is a storm coming and lightning is ondianapolis. race officials temporarily suspend the brickyard 400 after lightning was reported in the area. adrian bankert, abc news, new york. >> there are also severe storms expected in the south and southwest. >> we'll get the details right now from paul williams. good morning. >> good morning, kendis, diane. thunderstorms will now expand throughout the southwest. that's a bit of good news with a little bit of a twist. first of all, we're expecting the rain to reach into the four corners region, from california, to idaho, wyoming, montana. it's going to provide wildfire relief. however, it will come with the cave the moisture surge will feed feed into into a frenzy of storms. the entire south ooet, atlaneas florida. downpours will be widespread. we're looking for scattered showers begin to migrate to portions of the deep south. >>> we're learning new details this morning about a human trafficking tragedy in san antonio, texas. nine people are dead after being found inside a swelterin

. >> reporter: this shows the galena river overflowed. the town of darlington sits emp empty. all roads leading into town sits closed. >> when the river goes up, all you can do is watch it go up. there's not a lot to do to stop it. >> reporter: the ground where we were standing was dry about four hours ago. the river is expected to crest sometime tomorrow. charlie sf. >> thanks, demarco. >>> rescuers in arizona work yoefrd night to try to lead nine hikers to safety. another eight were pulled to safety yesterday by a helicopter. one was a 4-year-old boy. >>> there are new questions this morning about how the minneapolis police officer who trained. jamie yuccas is at minneapolis headquarters where this investigation has caused a big change in leadership. jamie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the minneapolis mayor said she was frustrated by the lack of leadership with police chief janee harteau and that's why she asked for her resignation. critics are more frustrated that there's not more information about justine damond's death. at the same time police officer mohamed

galena, illinois, so many swollen rivers will get more rain. severe storms, too. we watch it move from tuesday into wednesday. - not as hot, less humid tomorrow & wednesday - hotter, more humid late week - storm chances return late week - cooler weekend ahead today: mostly cloudy to partly cloudy. still hot, but a touch less humid by midday. a stray shower/t-storm. highs: 89-94 winds: w 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. cooler, less humid. lows: 65-74 winds: nw 5-10 tuesday: partly to mostly cloudy. not as hot. less humid. highs: 84-88 winds: ne 5-10 mph >>> coming up that vacation nightmare. a young woman dying at a mexican resort. her family says she was served tainted alcohol. now more are coming forward with their horror stories. >>> what prince harry and prince william are saying about diana as their mother and what william tells his children about her. there's nothing quite as magical as staying at a disney resort hotel. so imagine... complimentary rides to and from the park... even extra time with your family in the park. and now, you can save up to 20% on r

galena, illinois, so many swollen rivers will get more rain. severe storms, too. we watch it as it moves from tuesday into wednesday. >>> good monday morning. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco. milder today with afternoon sunshine. cloudy, a little drizzle at the coast tonight and another heat wave coming for our inland neighborhoods. today, temperatures mainly in the 80s inland. 70 around the bay, 60s around the coast, san francisco, and up towards richmond. tonight, mid 50s to low 60s with cloud cover. a little drizzle along the coast. my seven-day forecast, enjoy the mild temperatures tomorrow, especially inland, >>> coming up, that vacation nightmare. a young woman dying at a mexican resort. her family says she was served tainted alcohol. now, more families are coming forward with their horror stories. >>> and 23 new interview with prince william and prince harry. what prince harry and prince william are saying about diana as their mother and what william tells his children about her. as staying at a disney resort hotel. so imagine... complimentary rides