little. lead then what happens is that it becomes a big newspaper story which increases political pressure on the authorities to do something. illegal. and then it probably is sixteen thousand national guard. little national guard particulars on a really funny to engage in civilian crowd people believe. at that point they want to be others which was the iron fist the aren't. and this these two approach will free fire zones where people could be shot. making. the wrong time and call intersection. the claim by police is that these a little bit were refusing orders to go to. the autopsies clearly show people were shot in the back. one has to really question whether or not a human wife is worth the bottle of beer or a case of beer. that is to say people were being killed for what can retrospect one of the most trivial of offenses. looting did not mind anything because we're talking about desperate people we're talking about people who have nothing to see no hope. this is a crime home along los alamos with which we're confronted and of the only thing they understand is farce. that's been the one taboo. is that black people and other will press people in this country are never to use violence t

first i'll begin with just a little bit more background on the national guard. the national guard is unique amongst the components of the army and air force in that in addition to our war fighting mission, we have provided support to civil authorities as a core task. that's why we exist as a unique component. in addition, we're a community based force. our soldiers live and work in all the communities and already have a lot of the relationships with the first responders, the public health services, the hospitals and all those entities that would respond in a disaster. the california national guard as mentioned is the largest in the nation under 54 states and territories. we're the largest by far. and we have a broad spectrum of capabilities that range from on the low end manpower where we can deploy troops for either security missions or firefighting hand crew missions all the way up to the high end where we have a wing, we also have space station systems we can employ and support civil authorities at the direction of the governor. we're the experienced national

. >> i talked a little bit about mou's and relationships with the marines. maybe we can talk about how is the national guard and dod resources and capabilities integrated into the command and control at the fire and also the supporting ops centers whether it be the gac or other centers down there. maybe our military personnel can talk about that, or ray. >> it's important to note that we are the supporting effort to cal fire and we get called in when they are basically out of assets. we are working for cal fire, they are the incident commanders, we follow their coordination, typically we're the last ones in and the first ones out. we do have an on-going relationship with cal fire, i'm in contact with cal fire all the time. we have good situational awareness what's going on in the state of california. they normally put us in an alert stat us so we're prepared to respond in an attack mode. i don't often work with chief chaney in southern california, about a month ago we had 9 aircraft at our peak working fires throughout northern california if that answers your question. >> any other responses? >> i wanted to

. >> we talked a little bit so far about training exercises but maybe from the navy perspective, the marine perspective, the national guard, what training exercises are you doing right now to integrate with cal fire or other local governments to make sure that we're ready for this fire season? >> well, as far as i expressed earlier, we have the springtime exercise. that was our fifth annual one. we will obviously continue that through. just like we were speaking about yesterday, maturing the process in our relationships as well. what we're doing here is again in a typical marine corps fashion, we're going to move this forward into a more combined arms event. we have been previously doing the aviation operations but now we do have a robust capability within the one map on the air in aviation site on the ground piece as well as far as we have built in the plan as far as getting dozers, things like that, the logistical piece and making it a more robust exercise. initially what we looked forward to was on the initial capabilities exercise, the initial day, is to build a lot more friction into it. it's working through the orde

. >> i talked a little bit about mou's and relationships with the marines. maybe we can talk about how is the national guard and dod resources and capabilities integrated into the command and control at the fire and also the

. >> we take a little different role on this seeing as we represent a multiple discipline of utilities, we are engaged in california national guard in their exercises. we handle the utility operations center which is wholly operated within the state's operation center. we do the exercises with calima to golden guarden all the way down to the specific exercises. we interface with each and every one of our utilities and their exercise programs. we carry the best practices from one utility to the next to share that knowledge across discipline. we then execute decisions on the catastrophic plan for california, the one coming up here in the bay area so all utilities understand their role that needs to be played and we can plug and play and the class ral utilities that are going to be called upon to support it from the private and municipal side and this is an on-going living process. working with the local jurisdictions, the county jurisdictions always, the states north and south and the state operations center and then supporting whatever the fema initiatives are moving out from that in cross-discipline lines. >> thank you. mr. brig.

it was democrats who eisenhower had to send the national guard out to arkansas in order that the littlechool in little rock. and the history of black people in this country, even the political history, those who were first elected to congress and to senate were all republicans. and the first democrat elected to the senate in the united states was carol moseley-braun and the second one was barack obama. the history of the republican party has always been that of freedom for all people and that's what we try to convey in our movie and we are very successfully doing that, "the runaway slave." that's the message. >> reverend, excuse me one second. >> mayor, there's been a lot of talk about how the hispanic vote has helped the president win votes like florida and nevada. but what's been less talked about is how the african-american vote gave the president higher totals in states like georgia as well as mississippi. when you hear what the reverend has to say in regard to the democratic party modern day, do you agree with what he's saying? >> if this weren't such a serious topic, his comments

app winter storm that dumped up to 9 inches of snow in little rock, arkansas, is now moving east. the arkansas national guardt to residents. >>> japan's revolving door f o prime ministers has stopped on shinzo abe. the parliament selected him today as the nation's seventh prime minister in six years. abe assigned the same post in 2007, one year into the job. this time around he faces challenges on reviving the economy and the future of nuclear power. >>> hundreds of americans families wishing to adopt russian children may have their dreamed bashed. a bill was sent to vladimir putin to stop it. >>> another top story we're following this morning, the tragic shooting of two new york firefighters who were responding to a fire on christmas eve. we're learning more about the man who set that fire to his home, lured the firefighters there and then killed them. but first, we want to focus on the men who were killed. tomasz kaczowka and lieutenant michael chiapperini. both men will be laid to rest today. the lieutenant was just awarded firefighter of the year by his long island town. the other firefighter had only be

little rock. that broke an 86-year-old benchmark for snow on christmas day. wow. the storm put a strain on local resources. the arkansas national guardur-wheel-drive ambulances. the storm is now moving up the east coast bringing snow, rain and ice from illinois all the way to new jersey. and from south carolina to pennsylvania. this is a view in indianapolis today. look at that. alexandra steele tracking it all at the severe weather center. the past 24 hours have created a lot of headaches in arkansas, that much snow this far south. >> historic, don, on so many fronts. and you know what, this storm has some long legs. we've seen it for a couple of days. we have two more days of it. more severe weather and more snow from tornado watches and warnings to blizzard watch frs and warnings. here's the big picture. we start with the tornado watch. what that means is that here in the southeast, eastern north and eastern south carolina have conditions that have the potential to form tornadoes. tornadoes have been an history of this storm and we'll continue to see that. those go into effect until 5:00 tonight. the potential for tornadoes is the

little rock. nine inches of it made dangerous driving. several highway accidents as well. the arkansas national guard is out helping ambulances reach people in trouble there. two deaths are blamed on the weather. one in texas and one in oklahoma. we'll bring in alexandria steele. she's watching all the storms. >> the legs on this from the severe weather to the winter weather, you talked about the historic nature in little rock, nine inches breaking the old record from 1926, dallas four inches breaking the old record from 1926. it was the worth christmas day tornado outbreak on record, so certainly substantial. here's the big picture. let's starts with the severe threat, and here you can see in eastern carolina, south carolina and north carolina, we have a tornado watch through 5:00 tonight. that watch, of course, means that atmospherically conditions are right for tornadoes to develop. it doesn't look as though it's as severe in nature, and the breadth and depth of it not as great as yesterday. keeping an eye on this. you can see all the lightning and it moved off the coast east of 95. that is the go

little tablets, people -- pellets. we are dealing with something that the town is only 4,000 feet away. the high school was in the perimeter. a mile away is a parish jail. and a national guardy where we have classes going on there, so, all that is on hold. we are going through this. >>shepard: how do you get it out? >>guest: we are going in the buildings. they stuffed this stuff in buildings, placed on top of each other. we went into the inside and worked our way up and filled up 30, 18-wheelers and we are trying to get term out of where it is, and placed in an approve ed igloo container so we can work it. we will probably have a better idea tomorrow afternoon just how long that town is going to be closed down and evacuated. people can go back tonight and take care of their animals. very, very dangerous situation. we will visit with the owners when they get back in the county. >>shepard: i bet, thank you, colonel. t, meet beef. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or ta

little boy in south carolina. he sat on santa's lap and asked for his daddy, an army national guard soldier who has been serving overseasore on the christmas surprise. >> reporter: before his busy night, santa made time for the last minute requests. >> what do you want for christmas? >> um, nothing expensive. >> [ laughter ] >> reporter: t a was bombarded with flashes so families could make memories sure to last a lifetime. santa turned it off. >> ipads, ipods, legos. and some barbie doll stuff as u. >> reporter: that is, until 2-year-old hunter sat on his lap. >> what do you want for christmas? >> choochoo train? >> what else do you want? >> and daddy. >> reporter: here's the back s. hunter's father was deployed more than a year ago. he wasn't due back until january, but the magic of christmas brought him home much sooner than expected. >> that's a big gift for santa claus to think about giving you. you want to do me a favor? look right there. who's that? that's daddy. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the surprise pulled off with military-like precision. >> oh, it's great. it's great to see him. he's a lot bigger than i remem

national guard 128th refueling group along with hundreds of volunteers these kids battling life threatening conditions are getting to do something they've only dreamed of. >> they'll enjoy it. >> reporter: candace owens' 2- year-old little leukemia and the event is a bright spot in a taxing week. >> monday through friday we're there doing chemo and we're there for four to five hours on end. >> reporter: for little lauren sharp who is also fighting a form of leukemia she spent last christmas in the hospital and celebrating the holiday was her no. 1 wish. >> a day like this has truly put her into high spirits and that's so important to have hope and high spirits. >> reporter: first a short bus ride, then on to santa's liner they go. with goodies in hand they hop ad board a kc--- hopped aboard a kc-135 completely decked out with christmas flair. destination the north pole? the military team radioed santa directly so the kids could share their wish lists. after taking turns in the cockpit it was time to meet saint nick greeted by a lane of carolers as they stepped into the ultimate christmas party. it was a magical day. the kids shared their excitement and words of encouragement with each other. >> stay strong. don't look b

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national guard went up to set up supplies. that building, in total darkness. >> there's a picture on "the times." >> all our hearts are broken over 20 little children, and moreool? >> yeah. >> whether it's an elementary school in newtown or a shopping mall in oregon, or a temple in wisconsin, or a movie theater in aurora. >> what's the hardest part? >> that someone would murder so many people. >> these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods. and these children are our children. >> it is so difficult to find the right words after seeing how much this community has lost. >> we're grieving with you. >> i appreciate it. >> these tragedies must end. and to end them, we must change. >>> our extreme weather team is all across the storm zone. as you go through this part of harrisburg, this is what you see. just pieces of wall board. >> it's all gone. >> in front of what was the high school. >> get right to the latest on tropical storm isaac. >> it's beginning to just drench this area with damage. >> pass christian is absolutely relentless. >> what looks to be forming here could be a future tropical system. >> this is nothing to play with. >> we are prepared. >> and the

was flying from the capitol dome, and that the federalize alabama national guard ordered to protect the marchers, as he put it, ward little confederate flags on their jackets. on all along the road, rogue baldwin, quoting him, older black men and women would undo -- into her unspeakable repression. and the white section of town, baldwin saw businessmen, as he puts it, on balconies, jeering, their mates in backdoors standing silent. and he describes, quote beige colored woman standing on the streets, a bit nervous who suddenly steps off the curb and joins them. a small american flag in his hand, baldwin marched next to harry belafonte, who had also happens to be a u.s. navy veteran of world war ii, white secretaries an upstairs office windows kept extending thumbs down signs to baldwin, to the marchers, until suddenly many of them saw the stunningly handsome, rain matinee idol, harry belafonte in the crowd. [laughter] when they saw that beautiful cat, says baldwin, these women demonstrated that america was the most desperately schizophrenic of republic. [laughter] baldwins storytelling pros and his insights were never in b