highway -one near the tom lantos tunnel. is closed in both directions, due to a traffic accident. officials are expecting it will be closed for about two -hours. and drivers should expect delays in the area. additional information has not been released. >> pam: lightning struck nearly one- thousand times in the bay area last night, and sparked five small fires overnight in the monterey area. despite the blazes, officials said, the fire dangers have been reduced. and areas more likely to catch fire are re- opening. the red flag warning that was issued on thursday. was lifted around five - this morning. firefighters are still on high alert because they say, it could take hours or even days. before the sparks from lightning. >> pam: more than ten- thousand firefighters continue to make good progress. on the seventeen active wildfires still blazing throughout california. the rocky fire which is largest wildfire burning in california. is now 50- percent contained and has torched over 69 thousand acres. over 800 people were forced to flee their homes from the fire today and 43 residenci

lantos like to thank tom human rights commission as well for giving us a chance to talk today. i have been going to the affected area since 2005. i just returned from my most recent trip a few weeks ago. what i'm going to do here is outline a few key trends and lra activity and the lra response. the first slide here just shows the number of combatants within the lra. when president obama came into , approximately 800 troops. when the bill was signed into tony -- kony had half that number. thanks in large part to the military operations and the defection campaigns supported by u.s. troops in that field, there are only about 190 through 200 .roops left i want to focus in on the defections being supported by u.s. military out in the field. uganda and in in congo are doing a fantastic job of getting messaging out to promote lra groups. use leaflets and loudspeakers that are mounted on helicopters as well. i would like to point out the role of the field representatives of the state department's bureau conflict. we have a member here today for inir really key role bridging the link b