and, yet, out of this, jeff thompson's small miracle from the fire began. by the time fire igters arrived, this house was well ablaze. there was no saving it. but they did look inside. they saw pictures on the wall, family items. they gave themselves three minutes to save what they could. the captain and his crew from the fire department near grass valley told us by phone how and why they took the calculated risk in a burning home. >> i kind of thought about it as if it was my house. i would want pictures that were still on the walls. >> reporter: and keepsakes including a 200-year-old bible from the old country. the firefighters left what they saved in a pump house. now jeff has them in the backseat of his pickup truck. >> it's just -- it was above and beyond. >> reporter: not just that they did this, but also that they took items as if guided by an unseen force. >> this is the box that was up on a shelf. >> reporter: the box contains recipes that belonged to his wife lori. she passed away ten years ago. >> my son said, it is just stuff, dad. but this is i

jeff thompson's small miracle from the fire began. this house was well ablaze. there was no saving it. but they did look inside. they saw pictures on the wall, family items. they gave themselves three minutes to save what they could. the captain and his crew from the fire department near grass valley told us by phone how and why they took the calculated risk in a burning home. >> i kind of thought about it as if it was my house. i would want pictures still on the walls. >> reporter: and keepsakes including a 200-year-old bible from the old country. the firefighters left what they saved in a pump house. now jeff has them in the backseat of his pickup truck. >> it's just above and beyond. >> reporter: not just that they did this but also that they took items as if guided by an unseen force. >> this is the box that was up on a shelf. >> reporter: it contains recipes that belonged to his wife that passed away ten years ago. >> my son said, it is just stuff, dad. but this is important. >> reporter: so said the man who thought that stuff filled with memories had gone

when firefighters arrived, jeff thompson's dream home near geyserville was fully engulfed in flames.ictures on the wall and personal items. they gave themselves three minutes to save what they could. captain john nelson and his crew from grass valley told us by phone why they took such a calculated risk. >> i thought about it as if it was my house. i would want pictures on the walls. >> it was above and beyond the call. >> keepsakes including a 200-year-old family bible. that can't be replaced. before they left, they put what they saved inside a pump house that did not burn. jeff has me men tementos on the seat of his pickup truck. >>> there's a decent size power outage affecting more than 5,000 pg&e customers in the southern part of the city. this is pg&e's outage map. shows outages near city college and the balboa park, glenn park, outer mission and excelsior neighborhoods. pg&e hasn't reported a cause for this outage. it was reported around 6:00. not sure about restoration time. possibly by 8:00. >>> well, 32 wins and you know he's bag for more. jeopardy james returns tonight. >>>

. >> jeff thompson's dream home was up in flames when firefighters arrived. when they looked inside they motused pictures on the wall and other personal items. they gave themselves three minutes to save what they could. captain john nelson and his crew from grass valley told us why they took such a calculated risk. >> i kind of thought about it as if it was my house. i would want pictures that were still on the walls. >> it was above and beyond the call, you know. >> that is so true. they were keepsakes including a 200-year-old family bible. before the firefighters left they put what they saved inside a pump house that did not burn. now jeff has those mementos on the backseat of his pickup truck. >>> former first lady of san francisco, kimberly guilfoyle will be on "the view" today, she is appearing with her boyfriend, donald trump jr. she is a former san francisco prosecutor. she was married to governor newsom in the early 2000s. she is currently the senior adviser to the trump 2020 presidential campaign. >>> today also marks a huge milestone for "the view."

really to sour, that could be a real problem for trump maintaining the base that he d >> thompson: all right, jeff greenfield, thank you so much, as always, for being here. >> nice to be here. >> thompson: for the latest on the impeachment inquiry and the 2020 presidential race, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> thompson: a federal judge in oregon has blocked a trump administration proclamation that would require immigrants to provide proof of medical insurance to obtain a u.s. visa. yesterday, u.s. district court judge michael simda granted a 2temporary restraining order on the policy that was set to. take effect tod under the rule, embaies would not grant visas to immigrants if they could not prove they would have health insurance or the means of paying for medical costs with 30 days of entering the u.s. a federal lawsuit filed on wedn tesday argu policy would bar hundreds of thousands of prospective legal immigrants. >> thompson: protesters in iraq blocked roads with burning tires and barbed wire today in an attempt to pressure government leaders to resign. the demonstrators are calling for the ov

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