>>reporter: lincoln town car failing to yield merging on the freeway in gulfport, mississippi last week losing control in 70 miles per hour traffic colliding with an 18-wheeler trapping the passenger inside a raging fire in what looked hopeless. >> holy cow. that guy is dead. >>reporter: trucker david frederick son captured the crash on the dash cam and immediately sprang into action. >> what are you going to did. the. >> fire extinguisher. do you know how to use it. >>reporter: the answer? yes. aiming fears at the trunk frederickson was able to calm the flames. >> i started to notice that there was a lady in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i reached over and pulled the door open and that's when i seen the little about 1-year-old girl in the back seat and it was really smokey so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >>reporter: he first carries the baby to safety. then other good samaritan join the rescue. watch the man in the white shirt. taking the 51-year-old woman away. that fire so devastating it left nothing but charred

frederickson jumped from his truck and raced to the burning car after it collided with an 18-wheeler in gulfportnd put out some of the flames with his fire extinguisher before rescuing the two strangers trapped inside. >> i started to notice that there was a lady in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i reached over and, you know, pulled the door open and that's when i seen the little about 1-year-old girl in the backseat and it was really smoky so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >> frederickson pulled them out a full two minutes before first responders arrived. amazingly they only suffered minor injuries. >>> big news in the world of tennis. rafael nadal won't be defending his u.s. title on monday. nadal says an injured wrist forced his withdrawal. he hurt that wrist while practicing. nadal is just the fourth player since the late '60s to not defend his title. >> big disappointment for tennis fans in new york city. although a lot of excitement building for the u.s. open. more sports news. monday night football in the nation's capit

>>reporter: lincoln town car failing to yield merging on the freeway in gulfport, mississippi last week losing control in 70 miles per hour traffic colliding with an 18-wheeler trapping the passenger inside a raging fire in what looked hopeless. >> holy cow. that guy is dead. >>reporter: trucker david frederick son captured the crash on the dash cam and immediately sprang into action. >> what are you going to did. the. >> fire extinguisher. do you know how to use it. >>reporter: the answer? yes. aiming fears at the trunk frederickson was able to calm the flames. >> i started to notice that there was a lady in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i reached over and pulled the door open and that's when i seen the little about 1-year-old girl in the back seat and it was really smokey so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >>reporter: he first carries the baby to safety. then other good samaritan join the rescue. watch the man in the white shirt. taking the 51-year-old woman away. that fire so devastating it left nothing but charred

. >> reporter: a lincoln towncar failing to yield while merging onto the i- 10 freeway in gulfport, mississippi, losing control in 70 mile-per- hour traffic, colliding with an 18-wheeler, trapping the passengers inside a raging fire in what looked hopeless. >> holy cow! that guy's dead, dude! >> reporter: trucker david fredericksen captures the crash on his dashcam and immediately sprang into action. >> what are you going to do? i've got a fire extinguisher. >> do you know how to use it? >> reporter: the answer, yes. aiming first at the trunk, fredericksen was able to calm the flames and open the front i i noticed the lady was in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i seen a 1-year-old girl in the backseat. it was smokey. i grabbed her and handed her to my codriver. >> he first carries baby to safety, then other good samaritans join the rescue. watch the man in the white shirt taking the woman away. that fire so devastating it left nothing but charred metal behind. scott swanson, the driver of the 18-wheeler, devastated by the crash. >> it just hits you. it hits you. you're lucky to

>>reporter: lincoln town car failing to yield merging on the freeway in gulfport, mississippi last week losing control in 70 miles per hour traffic colliding with an 18-wheeler trapping the passenger inside a raging fire in what looked hopeless. >> holy cow. that guy is dead. >>reporter: trucker david frederick son captured the crash on the dash cam and immediately sprang into action. >> what are you going to did. the. >> fire extinguisher. do you know how to use it. >>reporter: the answer? yes. aiming fears at the trunk frederickson was able to calm the flames. >> i started to notice that there was a lady in the front seat and she was kicking the door and i reached over and pulled the door open and that's when i seen the little about 1-year-old girl in the back seat and it was really smokey so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >>reporter: he first carries the baby to safety. then other good samaritan join the rescue. watch the man in the white shirt. taking the 51-year-old woman away. that fire so devastating it left nothing but charred

we now will go to john from gulfport, mississippi. good morning. >> good morning. thank you very much for c-span. and i'd like to say to the lady there, how she can sit there and talk and be so -- and not shed tears. is just beyond me how so many people can be so ill to our kids. i'm 83 years old. retired from the military. and i've seen a lot in a lot of places and surely, surely we can do better down there to support texas. thank you very much. guest: i shed tears every night. i have never seen in my 35 years in this field, i have never seen a situation like this. and it is heart breaking what the children are going through, what these families are going through, what they have been through, and what they face is appalling. and that's why i feel strongly that we as a nation are obligated to provide shelter for those who are in trouble, for those who are fleeing violence and crime. host: we showed our viewers earlier in our program some of the members on the floor during the debate yesterday and last night. one more i want to show you tom cole, republican from okl

hang on. >> reporter: a lincoln towncar failing to yield while merging onto the freeway in gulfport,ontrol in 70-mile-an-hour traffic, colliding with an 18-wheeler, trapping the passengers inside a raging fire in what looked hopeless. >> holy cow. that guy's dead, dude. >> reporter: trucker david frederickson captured the crash on his dash cam and immediately sprang into action. >> what are you going to do? >> i've got a fire extinguisher. >> you know how to use it? >> reporter: the answer, yes. aiming first at the trunk, frederick son was able to calm the flames. >> and i started to notice there was a lady in the front seat. and she was kicking the door. and i reached over and, you know, pulled the door open. that's when i seen the little, about, a 1-year-old girl in the backseat. and it was really smokey. so i went ahead and opened up the door and grabbed her and handed her to my co-driver. >> reporter: frederickson first carries the baby to safety. then other good samaritans join the rescue. watch the man in the white shirt. taking the 51-year-old woman away. that fire so devastat

. >> reporter: watch as a fireball erupts on the i-10 freeway in gulfport, mississippi.ln town car faying to yield while merging in 70-mile-per-hour traffic collides with an 18-wheeler crashing right into the gas tank. trapped inside the raging fire, a 51-year-old woman and a 1-year-old baby reportedly her grandchild. witnesses feared the worst. >> holy cow. that guy's dead. dude. >> reporter: this morning truck driver david frederickson is being hailed as a hero for immediately springing into action. >> what are you going to do? >> i got a fire extinguisher. >> do you know how to answer it? >> reporter: the answer yes walking with steadfast determination toward the billowing smoke frederickson then aims the extinguisher at the sedan's trunk calming the flames. >> as we were doing that we noticed that there was a lady in the front seat kicking the door trying to get out and when we opened the door, i noticed a 1-year-old little girl in the backseat and she was pretty happy when i grabbed her out of there. >> reporter: frederickson carries the child to safety first. then

we now will go to john from gulfport, mississippi. good morning. >> good morning.hank you very much for c-span. and i'd like to say to the lady there, how she can sit there and talk and be so -- and not shed tears. is just beyond me how so many people can be so ill to our kids. i'm 83 years old. retired from the military. and i've seen a lot in a lot of places and surely, surely we can do better down there to support texas. thank you very much. guest: i shed tears every night. i have never seen in my 35 years in this field, i have never seen a situation like this. and it is heart breaking what the children are going through, what these families are going through, what they have been through, and what they face is appalling. and that's why i feel strongly that we as a nation are obligated to provide shelter for those who are in trouble, for those who are fleeing violence and crime. host: we showed our viewers earlier in our program some of the members on the floor during the debate yesterday and last night. one more i want to show you tom cole, republican from oklah

. >> gulfport, mississippi. >> and a cooler coast. look at portland today, 78.t. >>> expect temperatures a little warmer thanks to a drier marine layer. accuweather seven-day forecast, a little warmer thursday and friday and again sunday, monday, tuesday. >> all that weather brought to you by panera bread and a nice wipe-down. george? >> cam's earning his dessert and we're going to crown the winner right now, our "gma mix and mash-up." our buzzfeed foodies went head to hid, the s'moresicle, bannoli and blueberry pietacos. let's get a little drum roll. [ drum roll ] >> and the winner is -- blueberry pietacos. emily, you did it again. why don't you put it up there? >> yeah. >> three in a row for emily. you have the wafflebrown sandwich on monday, the pimento-cheese burger corndogs on tuesday, blueberry pietacos. you're celebrating. that doesn't mean you've won overall yet. believe that or not. >> she does have -- >> she's the only one -- >> we got no shot. >> yeah, but which dish? which dish? >> that's what we'll find out. we'll find out which dish won overall. wa

host: samuel, gulfport, mississippi, 40 years old. quickly about yourself, samuel.go ahead and make your comment. caller: first of all, i am a truck driver now. i go all over theplace. i live in different xhub communities. i was raised here at 7 years old, moved out west to california. no place other than oakland, california. aim white male. but i am human is where it's at. i think everything should pull that card and, you know, humans, human beings, right, wrong, whatever, we've got to do what we have to do to put this police issue, this ferguson issue. okay? it was my opinion on this, the cameras on the cops. they ondon't only need to be on the cops on the streets. they need to be on the cops in the prisons and the jails and everything else because that is what is my opinion, again, is running the gangs and, you know, the black community is more -- here, i think they are bleeding grounds, the project housings, i think is breeding grounds for lost kids with no direction in life. not only white, black, hispanic, everywhere and everywhere in the united states, people

host: samuel, gulfport, mississippi, 40 years old. quickly about yourself, samuel.go ahead and make your comment. caller: first of all, i am a truck driver now. i go all over theplace. i live in different xhub communities. i was raised here at 7 years old, moved out west to california. no place other than oakland, california. aim white male. but i am human is where it's at. i think everything should pull that card and, you know, humans, human beings, right, wrong, whatever, we've got to do what we have to do to put this police issue, this ferguson issue. okay? it was my opinion on this, the cameras on the cops. they ondon't only need to be on the cops on the streets. they need to be on the cops in the prisons and the jails and everything else because that is what is my opinion, again, is running the gangs and, you know, the black community is more -- here, i think they are bleeding grounds, the project housings, i think is breeding grounds for lost kids with no direction in life. not only white, black, hispanic, everywhere and everywhere in the united states, people

host: samuel, gulfport, mississippi, 40 years old. quickly about yourself, samuel.head and make your comment. caller: first of all, i am a truck driver now. i go all over theplace. i live in different xhub communities. i was raised here at 7 years old, moved out west to california. no place other than oakland, california. aim white male. but i am human is where it's at. i think everything should pull that card and, you know, humans, human beings, right, wrong, whatever, we've got to do what we have to do to put this police issue, this ferguson issue. okay? it was my opinion on this, the cameras on the cops. they ondon't only need to be on the cops on the streets. they need to be on the cops in the prisons and the jails and everything else because that is what is my opinion, again, is running the gangs and, you know, the black community is more -- here, i think they are bleeding grounds, the project housings, i think is breeding grounds for lost kids with no direction in life. not only white, black, hispanic, everywhere and everywhere in the united states, people nee