discuss this further now with our guests to my both a communications coordinator for the international red cross missed both welcome to the program thank you for joining us now is this a strike hit early in the morning with no military presence or objects around what chance do civilians have when a bombing raids like this come so x. and expectedly the chances are very poor for sure because as you said there's something going to expected and just to mention that there were actually two strikes about three main buildings in the neighborhood residential area which is really nearby and as i am actually living in samar we heard them pretty loud and around two o'clock in the morning. what message can we take from this is it an indication that it doesn't matter if civilian lives are at stake in yemen this it's not like coalition or other groups will just continue bombing anyway. this is really unfortunate and this is one of the reasons why the is your city today issued a news release on the. mainly according to our team who yesterday to today actually in the early afternoon managed to get into the spot

now affected by some of the worst floods in south asia in recent years, according to the international red crossorts from nepal. it's been more than a week since flood began —— floods began hearing nepal. many places have received relief but there are still villages cut off, like this one, because as you can see. villagers say they can't access you can see. villagers say they ca n't access clea n you can see. villagers say they can't access clean water and they are worried about disease. more brains are coming in, making things worse for people already struggling. —— rains. us—backed iraqi forces completed the capture of the islamic state stronghold of mosul last month. the devastation caused by intense bombardment and three years of fighting is widespread. about a million people, that's half its population, have been displaced. as yalda hakim found out, life is slowly returning to the city. this is what liberation looks like in mosul. just ruins. the are untold numbers of bodies. but life is slowly returning to the city. even here, within the charred walls of mosul university. it stores closed

in this city, these are some of the victims of boko haram being cared for by the international red crossbadly injured, one of her children was killed. two suicide bombers, she told me, both teenage girls, blew themselves up close to our home. listening to the stories, many of them harrowing stories from these patients, underscores one of the grimmest features of this conflict — increasing reliance of boko haram on children as suicide bombers. estimates vary, but the united nations believe 80 children have been used as suicide bombers in this region alone. starvation is one consequence, as people flee their homes and farms. over 400,000 children have severe acute malnutrition. britain is helping about a quarter of them. today, borisjohnson and priti patel met one recovering child, but the international development secretary says britain must reduce its humanitarian aid next year, others should do more. myjob isn'tjust to give aid and to give money. myjob is to make sure that that aid goes further, and that we leverage with the nigerian government to get them to step up and do more. nigeri

the international red cross says the situation is desperate.st in the coming days. more than 460 people are now confirmed to have died in the landslide and flooding that hit sierra leone's capital freetown, according to the red cross. around 600 are still missing. the bbc‘s martin patience reports from freetown. the lush green hills of freetown dominate the city. but they can be deadly when it rains. volunteer rescue teams are sifting through debris. we took away two dead bodies. one gentleman and a lady, this colourful lady. and there's also another dead body inside that we need these logs to be removed before we can access those dead bodies. but we don't have the equipment to cut off these logs so we can access this. so the body's just going to rot, then? yes, it's going to rot, yes. this neighbourhood was once home to dozens of families. it's lunchtime now. mothers would be cooking, children would be coming home from school. it's now been completely wiped out. tempers are fraying. not enough aid is getting through. translation: we've got no

the international red cross says the situation is desperate.e watching bbc news. it's a little shy of 5:15am, and these are the latest headlines: spanish police say the driver who carried out the barcelona terror attack may still be alive and on the run. it was thought he'd been killed on friday. stars from stage and screen are paying tribute to one of british television's biggest stars, sir bruce forsyth, who's died at the age of 89. plus president trump has fired his chief strategist steve bannon, the former head of the right—wing news website breitbart. let's stay with that story. earlier i spoke to washington post media reporter paul farhi and i pointed out that both sides said his leaving was mutually agreed, but that it seemed there was a lot more to this story. yes, quite a lot more. there were a lot of factions inside this white house. steve bannon led one of those factions. the rivalries are a bit too much for the new chief of staff, john kelly. something had to give. steve bannon is what gave. bannonism, if you want to call it that, i

still enjoys the support of many western countries earlier we spoke to a coordinator for the international red cross she describes the situation in son are for us to try again three main buildings in the neighborhood residential area which is really nearby and as i am actually leaving and some are we heard them pretty loud and around two o'clock in the morning those targets they are not seeing hours military objectives are such and that civilians are the most people who suffered from the dark and for sure this is something which is unacceptable and this is against the international military rule to do it is that really got us. as you know yemen is having this current war since more than two years the public health system is almost collapsing. the staff the medical staff is not paid for almost one year they are almost working on a voluntary basis they don't have medication many people are suffering from lack of insulin which is not existing or all actually treatment for dialysis and one of the reasons why be needed to step further in this response and. to bring it to even end so long last year and th

the international red cross says the situation is desperate.let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the former bbc news correspondent and presenter liz mackean has died at the age of 52. the award winning journalist worked on newsnight for 1h years. before that she presented on bbc breakfast. she was best known for her coverage of the jimmy saville scandal and the northern ireland conflict. professor stephen hawking says the nhs is in crisis because of conservative policies. the scientist will make the claims in a speech at the weekend. the lifelong labour supporter, who has motor neurone disease, will say he would not be here today were it not for the service. the government has defended its record. the entertainer michael barrymore has been told he's entitled to damages from essex police, after claiming his wrongful arrest damaged his career. mr barrymore was arrested on suspicion of the rape and murder of 31—year—old stuart lubbock at his home in 2001, but never charged. they're some of britain's most successful black

in this city these are some of the victims of boko haram being cared for by the international red crosse. two suicide bombers, she told me, both teenage girls, blew themselves up close to oui’ girls, blew themselves up close to our home. listening to the stories, many of them harrowing stories from these patients, underscores one of these patients, underscores one of the grimmest features of this conflict, increasing reliance of boko haram on children as suicide bombers. estimates vary but the united nations believe 80 children have been used as suicide bombers in this region alone. starvation is one consequence as people flee their homes and farms. over 400,000 children have severe acute malnutrition. britain is helping about a quarter of them. today, borisjohnson about a quarter of them. today, boris johnson and priti about a quarter of them. today, borisjohnson and priti patel met one recovering child, but the can development secretary says britain must reduce its humanitarian aid next year, others should do more. my job isn'tjust to give aid and to give money. myjob is to make make

the international red cross has issued a rare statement saying it is extremely alarmed by the recentave of airstrikes in killed dozensave of civilians and hit homes, and public spaces such as markets. the airstrikes are being carried out by the u.s. backed saudi-led coalition. this comes as the un is calling on the saudis to end its year-long blockade of yemen's main airport, demanding commercial flights be allowed to bring in aid, and allow sick patients get out. the blockade and bombing of hospitals and critical infrastructure has sparked the world's worst cholera epidemic. vice news is reporting that trump perceived a 20 page propaganda folder twice a day filled with positive news about himself. three current and former white house officials who spoke with vice news say the folder includes positive tweets, fawning news stories, and sometimes even just photos of trump looking good on television. according to the article, the propaganda files were delivered personally by reince priebus and sean spicer. spicer disputes the article, although he refused to say which parts are inaccurat

the international red cross issued a rare statement saying it is extremely alarmed by the recent wave of airstrikes in yemen which have killed dozens of civilians and hit homes in public spaces such as the market. crisis in yemen is deepening with more than 400,000 people reportedly suffering from cholera, looming famine with the united nations , warning 19 million of yemen's 28 million people are in need of some form of aid. . well, for more, we're joined now by several guests. in chennai, india, we're joined on democraracy now! video skypyy hamed sufyan almaqram, a 29-year-old yemeni phd student in applied linguistics who is at university in tamil nadu, india. he was awarded a diversity visa in 2016 but, due to trump's travel ban, is now stranded in india. and, in washington, d.c. we're joined by his attorney, yolanda rondon of the american-arab anti-discrimination committee, or adc. her group is suing the state department over diversity visa winner denials andndelays. we welcome you both h to democracynow. let's begin with you in india. how did you apply to be in this lottery, and

story now and bring in our guest this hour as a car of the spokes person for the international committee of the red cross for baghdad i miss our car we welcome to the program now the u.n. is reporting that the flow of refugees from the iraqi city of tal afar is only going to get was all best sources of aid on the ground to help them. if you for having me on your show this is true especially in the past few days then a week exactly the flow of the people leaving to laugh and has become has been created the people that we need either near the council or in some of the. intermediate areas are in very bad condition they are very good hydrated they are frustrated they look for a very long hours average walking is almost fifteen to twenty hours which means that you know they have to be a family behind special needs children under the. they haven't had food for more than four weeks then we have been drinking clean water so it was very difficult for over the people who are expecting of course the soil. of the people to increase in the next couple of adulteration increases one. hour a day on the ground we just fi

the international committee of the red cross says it's alarmed by the number of yemeni civilians being killed and injured by our strikes echoing a statement from the united nations following a deadly air strike on saturday it's not the laws of armed conflict are being broken and that civilians are paying a far too heavy price in the war after the latest aerial bombardment which was allegedly carried out by saudi arabia the stirring video emerged showing the bodies of a family being dragged from rubble please be warned it is highly upsetting the local officials say nine people died in the incident including six children the u.s. strike happened as a dawn raid was carried out over the rebel stronghold of sada denies it was responsible saying it does not target civilians earlier we spoke to the middle east spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross she says the situation in the country is getting worse and that more and more innocent people are being killed. what we noticed is just very disturbing trend put it past months in we the belligerent seem not to make the diffe

joining me now from nepal is francis markus, spokesperson for the international federation of red crosshow bad is it in nepal, where you are now? it's been a nightmarish few days for those people who have been caught by the onslaught of the flooding. in nepal alone, about a quarter of a million people have been displaced from their homes. they're having a very, very difficult time trying to salvage what belongings they can from their water logged homes in many cases. any available patches of higher ground are populated. things are receding in many of the disaster areas in nepal. but people's trials and tribulations are just beginning. what are the main concerns now that the water is going down? well, the immediate problems are, well, in fa ct immediate problems are, well, in fact the situation is still difficult in that many areas are not yet accessible. they're are a number of communities who we haven't managed to reach. hundreds of red cross volunteers have been turning out to the affected communities to bring people some minimum rations of food and some dry clothing and some equipmen

from the international committee of the red cross told us the residents face multiple danger even if they manage to escape from the city. no i think that it is for civilians for aid agencies to enter the. military you go on that course is going to get even more intense the people who are leaving be able. to leave many of them well. nine while being shot. provisions have been painful and of course we think that there are a lot of that have been. now of course that people in. these similar to what move on up suffered on the love. water. in addition of course to. not having seafood. pakistan's hit back at donald trump's claims that it supports terrorists is the new strategy for afghanistan islamabad responded that the country is being singled out as a scapegoat but other countries also face the president's ruffa samir khan explains . the afghanistan strategy is starkly similar to that of his of previous administrations specially promising to boost military presence but not setting any withdrawal deadlines this raises questions of how original his policies really are but it seems like wa

sorrow as a car way from the international committee of the red cross told us that telephones residents face multiple dangerous even if they manage to escape from the city. no i think that it is for civilians to flee or for aid agencies to enter its military you don't want that course is going to get even more intense the people who are fleeing be able. to leave many of them well planned nine while being shot at the operations have been painful and of course we think that there are a lot of to be in that have been affected now of course the people and and and things similar. to what the moving up suffered on the left food. water. in addition of course to. not having seafood to the. well it's one of the program i'm going to be delving deeper into the story and discussing it with david swanson from the united nations office for coordination of humanitarian affairs so do stay tuned for that. pakistan has hit back at trump's claim that it supports terrorists islamic back responded that the country is being singled out as a scapegoat that's off the trump announced his new afghan plan in a ma

the speed and scale of the outbreak has alarmed humanitarian groups such as the international committee of the red cross. the current situation remains a extremely the warring huh because we are slowly edging to. four hundred and fifty thousand people who are suspected to have contracted the disease and. before the end of the year. echoed through it could reach. possibly as high as six hundred thousand. so one of the largest corporate crisis. worldwide really. yemen has seen the largest outbreak of cholera ever recorded in any country in a single year. the lack of clean drinking water has forced many residents to fill jerry cans from water trucks. meanwhile basic infrastructure health and sanitation s systems have collapsed due to the ongoing civil war. this multitude of factors makes treating the outbreak all the more difficult. in. the most affected cities. you see. cholera spreading. because of. attacks and big coupon. health infrastructure on any three sixty onboard the distribution system because of. i'm clean water and we have to deal. with this crisis in a comprehensive feature. the ongoing civil

that it is a price they will let the civilians of iraq pay star as a car a from the international committee of the red cross told us that telephones residents face multiple dangerous even if they manage to escape from the city. no that's it. for civilians or aid agencies too and. military you want. to get even more and turned. to leave. nine one. the other. now of course. and. similar to what you. were in on the love. in addition of course to. not have been. pakistan's hit back donald trump's claim that it supports terrorists as ham felt a new strategy for afghanistan and islam about responded that the country is being singled out as a scapegoat but it seems that other countries are also being caught up in the president's criticism let's cross live now to our correspondent in washington d.c. so america to find out more samir a how is donald trump's new strategy playing out in practice. well afghanistan strategy is starkly similar to that of his previous administrations specially promising to boost military president's presence but not setting any withdrawal deadlines this raises questions of how original hi

has reached out to several human rights organizations over the situation in the town the red cross the international also the united nations have refused to comment citing a lack of information on the matter enjoying the news this evening to stay with us plenty more after this short break. manufactured. public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. nor middle of the room. welcome back the syrian army is stepping up its efforts to break islamic state siege of the city of. tripoli video agency obtained exclusive video of that offensive. thank you. i. thank you i. one. of the besieged city of there is or is located in east an excuse me eastern syria as you can see from the map we've prepared here is completely surrounded by terrorist forces the syrian army is in blockaded in a tiny portion of the city for almost three years and what's more the jihad this are refusing to let civilians leave. however i learned very late and even a bit as isis terrorists raided our house my thirteen year old cousin was staying with us i had her in a water tank so that the terrorist didn't take her as a slave

reached out to several human rights organizations over the situation in the town the red cross amnesty international and also the united nations have refused to comment citing a lack of information on the matter meanwhile a british contractor in afghanistan is accused of wasting millions of tax dollars that story and more after a short break. the feeling of. every the world. that you get it out of the old world. according to josh. thanks. for the raw. welcome back to the program the u.s. is ratcheting up its rhetoric against north korea the defense secretary jim mattis has warned of the destruction for north korea's people it continues with his nuclear weapons program. the d.p. arche must choose to stop isolated spot and stand on its pursuit of nuclear weapons but he should seize any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people washington had earlier already given a strong warning to north korea. north korea. make it even worse threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world never see is he exacerbating the pres

reach out to several human rights organizations over the situation in the town the red cross amnesty international and also the united nations have refused to comment citing a lack of information on the matter and meanwhile british contractor in afghanistan is accused of wasting millions of tax dollars that story and more after a short break. here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate just pull on. the only show i go out of my way to find you know a lot of the really packed a punch oh yeah it is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same we are apparently better than nothing. and see people you never heard of love right back to the night i'm president of the world bank will take. me seriously send us an email. from a walk telling you of the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles. that you saw to try to tell you that would be gossip to the public by. the bad guys who tell me you are not cool enough to buy your product. all the hawks that we along with our loved ones. welcome back to the program the u.s. is ratcheting

over what has happened there the red cross amnesty international also the united nations refused to comment citing a lack of information on the matter in other news the syrian army stepping up its efforts to break islamic state siege of the city of their resort artie's ruptly video agency obtained exclusive video of the offensive. if. i. work for. i. will. only be seen city of the resort is located in eastern syria and you can see on our map here that it's completely surrounded by terrorist forces the syrian army has been blockaded in a tiny portion of the city for almost three years while small jihadists are refusing to allow civilians to leave. even a bit as isis terrorists raided our house my thirteen year old cousin was staying with us i hid her in a water tank so that the terrorist didn't take her as a slave it was argued that it's not cowardice the situation in there is or is catastrophic terrorist from iraq execute civilians in the streets and leave bodies lying there for up to five days i secretly drove my sons out of the city otherwise isis militants would recruit them by force inj

so many international organizations are working -- the red cross, other governments.verybody's trying to do what they can. it is a big problem. >> it's overwhelming. >> it's overwhelming. >> you're talking about working with germany now because there are so many -- germany seems to be getting all the refugees, or certainly a high number of them. so the programs in germany, can you talk about that? >> so, as we said before, we are an humanitarian organization. we don't deal with the political questions. we are just seeing that there is a crisis, and we would like to help these people. and we now understand that the main problem is to help integrate 1 million refugees in germany. and we are starting a project that is going to last for a few years, probably, with the jewish community in germany and with the german government, to work in the refugee shelters across the country. and i think it's very important, first of all, to help treat them for their trauma and their ptsd -- they're suffering from major traumas, many of them -- and both on the educational parts to give

earlier i spoke to francis markus, spokesperson of the internation federation of red cross and red crescentf a few days for the people caught up in the onslaught of the flooding and in nepal alone a quarter of a million people have been displaced from their homes and they are having a difficult time in terms of trying to salvage what belongings they can from their waterlogged home and in many cases they are camping out in schools and temples and any other available patches of higher ground. the floodwaters are receding in many parts of the disaster area in nepal but, really, you can see that people's trials and tribulations have only just begun people's trials and tribulations have onlyjust begun in one sense. in what way? what are the main concern now that the waters are going down? well, the immediate problems are, in fact, the situation is still difficult and that many areas are not yet accessible, there areas are not yet accessible, there areas are not yet accessible, there area number areas are not yet accessible, there are a number of communities that we have not yet unable to reach.

so right from the beginning the international committee of the red cross and the red cross and red crescent movement said, "use of nuclear weapons is contrary to rules protecting civilians from the effects of warfare." we knew that in 1945 because we had an observer in hiroshima who reported to us immediately, "it's unbelievable what i am witnessing. "it cannot be envisaged how use of nuclear weapons could be compatible with the rules of international humanitarian law." do nuclear weapons serve a role in the modern world? most will say they don't. they make us more insecure. they don't help in any security whatsoever. why are they still wedded to these weapons? and that is the big question. narrator: in january of 1946, representatives from around the world gathered for the first session of the newly formed united nations general assembly. it was just 6 months after the bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. the representatives, after deliberations, adopted their first-ever resolution, which included a call for the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other major we

red cross and officials are pleading for international aid.o many bodies could lead to a serious health crisis. we're learning more tonight about the victims as the manhunt continues for the driver who mowed down crowds in barcelona. police have identified the youngest of 13 people killed on thursday's attack. on vacation when his mother when they were hit. today, a memorial service honor those hurt and killed, including jared tucker. investigators say it is possible that van's driver slipped into france during is escape. dozens of co-conspirators have been arrested or killed by police. in florida, judge denied bond for the man accused of killing and shooting two police officers in kissimmee. everett miller faces one murder charge, resisting arrest and carrying a concealed weapon. a vigil was held this afternoon for the officers and families they left behind. the city's mayor call them examples of a caring an devoted police forced. coming up on abc 7, news a mad scramble. the wait for the much-hyped total solar eclipse is coming to an end. the

she will be a counsel of foreign relations fellow with the international committee of red cross in 2018 to 19. then we'll hear from jack. he's the professor at harvard law school, a senior fellow at the hoover institution and co-founder of law fair. it used to be this obscure law log and now all of a sudden is at the center of american politics. if you don't know it, just google it and you'll see what i mean. during the bush administration he served as assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel from 2003 to 2004. his publications include the book -- which i think is a model, sort of inside memory of how things work especially in regard to law in a presidential administration. and finally rosa brooks, someone who writes with as much wit as she does brilliance. she's professor of law at georgetown and also a senior fellow at the new american foundation and is most recently the author of "how everything became war and the military became everything." she served as counselor under secretary of defense for policy in the obama administration. and was awarded the medal for out s

with me now isjenelle eli, who is the director of international communications at the american red crossfort. as you said the rain is continuing to fall and this is an ever—changing disaster. the red cross is focusing now on keeping people safe, shelter, food and providing comfort to people. throughout the night people were streaming into shelters, people who we re streaming into shelters, people who were rescued or came on the road and we're just making sure they have a roof over their head and they are able to deal with this challenging time they have ahead. do you have the resources you need to help all those affected? things are ever—changing so we do not even know right now the total destruction of the disaster. with almost 1000 volu nteers the disaster. with almost 1000 volunteers on the ground, we are sending more as we speak and we even have 33 mexican red cross were in tea rs have 33 mexican red cross were in tears on the way to help in texas. —— who are on their way to help. we are asking for more resources on the website and just depending on the good work of volunteers who ar

the red cross says bangladesh is suffering its worst flooding in decades and that it's being largely ignored by the internationalays entire communities have been cut off and many are short of food and clean water. more than 1,200 people have now died across india, bangladesh and nepal in the worst flooding to strike south asia in years. the us military has acknowledged that there are about 11,000 american troops currently in afghanistan, significantly more than previously disclosed. officials say the new figure includes temporary and covert units as well as regular forces. last week, president trump announced plans to send another 4,000 more personnel to fight taliban insurgents. the brother and son of guatemala's president have gone on trial for corruption, in a case involving several hundred fake food deliveries. the mother of the son's then girlfriend billed the government for $12,000 for breakfasts that were never delivered. the alleged episode took place two years beforejimmy morales became president, but it has damaged his popularity nonetheless. the european parliament's co—ordinator for the brexit negoti

red cross. google. amazon and facebook agreed to match all donations given by their customers. so far it's a total of million dollars. >> pittsburgh international first u.s. airport to allow non flier past security since 9/11. tsa approved the same rule. non flyers have to go through the same screening process as those taking a flight. >> cbs takes a galactic gamble making new reboot series only available through streaming. fourth installment is one of the most expensive in history. cbs says there are enough "star trek" super fans that won't pay for a large cable package but will pay $6 a month for the show. the show premiers on cbs next month but the rest of the episodes will only be available for streaming. >> and disneyworld not just for kids. disney is offering wine sl slushyes at theme parks. slushyes come in strawberry and mango moscato available at disney springs in florida. fans expressed their excitement over spiked drinks on social media. great treat for adults while meeting mickey mouse. >> the whole experience 2459 much better. >> they call it happiest place on earth. >> that's what i'm saying. >> i was thinking that. >> you're righ

red cross is accepting donations by phone, email and text. we have all the information on cbssf.com. >>> today is international overdose awareness day. here in california, drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death. anne makovec is live in the newsroom to tell us how lawmakers are trying to combat the problem. >> reporter: they are trying to shine a spotlight on it using this overdose awareness day to bring awareness to a bill that would provide safe drug injection sites. it would allow 8 california counties to come up with legal framework for safe sites including san francisco, alameda and santa cruz counties. they are called safe consumption services where users could shoot up drugs in a controlled environment. the bill as authors say the sites would help prevent fatal drug overdoses, prevent transmission of hiv and hepatitis "c" and provide an easy entry point for drug and mental health treatment. >> this is gonna allow, um, health professionals to go and seek out these drug users and, you know, offer them treatment in one location. >> reporter: opponents of this bill largely law enforcement and district attorneys ar

red cross is helping families who have been displayed. >> in other news, we have new details about a security scare at san jose international airport that delayed hundreds of passengers on saturday. this happened around 4:15 in the afternoon. airport officials say several checked bags ended up inside passenger terminals near the gate instead of in the cargo hold of the plane where they belong. it is a security risk if passengers could once again access their checked luggage after it passed through security and they did. checked bags are allowed to contain dangerous items. so, about 200 passengers in terminal "a" were ordered to return to security for a second screening. >> we do a thorough screening. all passengers and employees are taken out, all hand luggage. we check garbage cans. >> airport leaders are not saying if anything dangerous was found in the checked luggage. also, in san jose, some tense moments after this burning car set a hillside on fire. that fire then threatened homes. the fire started around 2:00 yesterday afternoon on highway 101. the flames spread to the nearby grass area and burned about 5 acres. crews managed to

red cross. google. am gone and facebook agreed to match all donations given by customers. so far a total of 3 million. >> pittsburgh internationalcome first u.s. airport to allow non flyers past security. non flyers will still have to go through same screening process as those catching flight. >> cbs takes gel aktic gamble by making "star trek" available only in -- there are enough super fans that won't pay for large package but will pay for the show: disneyworld not just for kids anymore. disney is offering wine sl slushyes at theme parks. slushyes berry charaz and mango moscato. and fans expressed their excitement over spinked drinks on social media a great treat. >> seven minute before the hour the washington redskins gear is no longer allowed at private school in montgomery county. green acre in in bethesda sent a letter home saying children and staff you should not be wearing clothing which disparages a race people. >> i feel strongly that wearing clothing with the name of our local football team or logo that those are really opposed to our school's diversity statement. i feel name of team is racial slur and log owe at best

red cross is helping out those residents who can't go home tonight. reporting live in berkeley, elissa harrington, abc7 news. >> thank you very much. >>> a letter that was circulated internally at google has the tech world talking tonight. in a ten-main manifesto, a software engineer blasts the company for its diversity efforts, saying gender gaps are biological differences, not the result of sexism, lilian kim joins us from google's san francisco offices with more on this story. lilian? >> reporter: eric, the letter caught the public's attention when google employees began tweeting about it. since then, it's created quite a backlash and a response from the company's diversity chief. it's yet another example of what many believe is a sexist culture throughout silicon valley. this time, it came from a google employee. gizmodo obtained the letter written by a software engineer who hasn't been publicly identified. in it, he says we need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism. women on average have more nur ott citizen many. this may contribute to the higher levels of anxiety women report and to the lower number of women in high-stress jobs. >> it's really discouraging t

behind me and she's -- >> the kentucky international guard is on its way to texas, as well the group is heading to ft. hood to help with storm relief. the red crosslso sending a volunteer for us to help with recovery >>> that is the latest at this hour joe, i'll send it back to you. >> thank you, sue. >>> turns out that rockport, texas, was one of the hardest hit cities in that state jackie deangeles has witnessed the devastation with her own eyes and since moved to corpus christi. that's where she joins us live now. and i don't even want to hear about the journey. must have been interesting since i saw you this morning >> it was a lot to take in, joe. good afternoon to you. here in corpus christi, we're awaiting for governor greg abbott and senator cornyn to do a quick briefing before they take a trip to rockport to view the devastation there. we talked to several homeowners. several people that were impacted by this storm that literally said they've lost everything and we saw it with our own eyes. we saw blocks upon blocks of this small town where literally structures, businesses and homes were torn apart. roofs were across the street from the

red line you can't cross. >> they're driven by other things, though. you know, you have the top line of what we're responding to, the president and all of that. they're still looking internallye seeing an 80% support among republicans for the president, and so that has frozen a lot of these members in place, which is why you have not seen the far hue and cry about some of the stuff that happened over the last few weeks out of the white house because they look at where their people are. even in the cory gardner footage you heard people shouting him down when he was talking about his stance, his moral stance on not supporting this president in the position he's taken. so this is their reality, and it's an unfortunate one and it's one that quite honestly that the republican party has created for itself because they got in this bed in 2015, played it out in 2016 and here you are for the rest of the next four years. >> joe, shouldn't this be, can't you do as a politician or a member of congress two things at once, yes, mr. president, i understand we need to work together to make the lives of my constituents better, so i'll work with you on that on policy but on this, i want to be