wright was born in mountain home, arkansas in the ozarks, went to college in arkansas and memphis, andives now in rhode island. her books of poetry include one inspired by visits to louisiana state prisons. she once said, "poetry is a necessity of life. it is a function of poetry to locate those zones inside us that would be free and declare them so." >> lake echo, dear. is the woman in the pool of light really reading, or just staring at what is written? is the man walking in the soft rain naked, or is it the rain that makes his shirt transparent? the boy in the iron cot, is he asleep, or still fingering the springs underneath? did you honestly believe three lives could be complete? the bottle of green liquid on the sill, is it real? the bottle on the peeling sill, is it filled with green, or is the liquid an illusion of fullness? how summer's children turn into fish and rain softens men. how the elements of summer nights bid us to get down with each other on the unplaned floor. and this feels painfully beautiful whether or not it will change the world one drop. ( applause ) thank you

she's 49 from mountain home, idaho.lestone and she wants a brand-new look, take a listen to her story. >> you're visiting from idaho. tracy, why do you want a makeover? >> i'm turning 50 this year. i've had this same look forever and i'm ready for a change. i'm really excited. >> any rules on her makeover? >> no. >> oh, you're in trouble now. just kidding, you're in great hands. >> ansel had the right answ. keep the blindfold on for just a minute. >> no! >> you were perfect. all right, here is tracy mangrum before. >> all right, tracy. let's see the new you. wow! >> oh-oh. >> ansel. it's a whole new look, take a look. blindfold off. >> holy cow. >> are you ready to see yourself? >> i think so. >> get ready. >> whole new look. >> oh my -- >> that's a different person. >> who are you? >> that's a good question. >> right here, camera 12. >> that's a hot, sexy haircut. >> oh my gosh. >> a hot, sexy haircut. >> you are so right. you're so right. before her hair was overwhelmed so what i did, he gave her this wedge which fits

their new mountain home is 2,000 feet above the perils of the sea, and 180 miles from the fukushima planter there are still more than 4,000 workers there, all of them wearing layers of protection. because of the exposure to radiation, the men in this building are only allowed to work two and a half hours a day. they're not producing any electricity, they're just cleaning up. were tepco workers adequately trained to handle the emergency? >> yoichi funabashi: i don't think so. >> simon: within months of the accident, yoichi funabashi, a former newspaper editor, headed an investigation into what went wrong and why. it was the only investigation not sponsored by the government, and its conclusions were brutal. >> funabashi: i was very much concerned about the government not telling the truth to the public. >> simon: the revelations in funabashi's report added to the public's anger and dismay. he wrote that, from the beginning, the government had conspired with the industry to convince people that nuclear power is safe. so the government effort at the time was to convince people that there was

the fighting continues over the hill and beyond that it's another 60 kilometers to sinjar mountain, the home of the yazidis, who have been trapped on that mountain as well as slaughtered in some of the villages and a strategic spot for the peshmerga. >> michael: the six-day cease-fire in the middle east has fallen apart. thousands of palestinians in gaza has fled their homes in search of safety. israel launch airstrikes after rockets were fired. hamas deny firing the rockets. and while israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu ordered the israeli delegation to return from cairo, that does not necessarily signal the end of negotiations. we're live in jerusalem. what is the latest on this conflict and especially the negotiations? >> well, michael, the conflict is sadly raging again on both sides. palestinian officials say that one airstriker has killed many members of a family, including a two-year-old girl, and that family, they say, actually lost members during the last israeli war into gaza two and a half years ago. and so there is a lot of airstrikes happening in gaza. gaza residents repor

dry, compact dirt collapsing into mountain communities. 31 homes buried in debris. overnight thousands left stranded. in forest falls, doug could hear the mudslide. >> it sounds like a freight train. >> reporter: then he saw it. >> we ran for our lives. >> reporter: the wall of mud and boulders came crashing into doug's home, leveling his shed and tossing his propane tank 20 feet into a tree. the only way into town blocked by boulders the size of cars. hundreds here stranded overnight. down the mountain, the town of oak glen split in half by another landslide. and nearby, on mt. baldy, the storm proved fatal, trapping ju wan li from los angeles. hundreds of campers on a church retreat cut off from rescue for hours, many worried they wouldn't make it. >> i was afraid, it kept raining, more and more and kind of looked like the mountain opened up. >> her house destroyed. >> i was so scared i couldn't move. and i just stood there on the top of my truck and i just screamed. i didn't know what else to do. >> reporter: back in forest falls, doug spent the night helping his

a beautiful summer day in the city of presidents, where just west of the city, the mountain range, home to the famed mt. rushmore. police officer kathleen phillips is on routine patrol when at 7:25 p.m. she hears an emergency call over the police radio. a man has lost consciousness. philip, just blocks away, immediately responds. her dashboard camera rolling. >> please, he's dying. please, dear god. >> i got out of the car as quickly as i could. ran up to see what's going on and saw a man unconscious in the passenger seat. >> 44-year-old jeff seamans driving through south dakota with his family is in full cardiac arrest. >> he looked pretty ashen, gray in color. he wasn't breathing. he was slumped over to the side. >> i need help getting him out of the car. >> his wife patricia is on the phone with 911 as his stepdaughter lilly anxiously looks on. phillips knows she has to act quickly. >> he needed to have chest compressions. i grabbed an arm and tried to pull as hard as i could. i didn't get very far. he was probably about double my size. so i asked his wife for help. >> we need to get

prison. ♪ it's been 18 long years ♪ in this old cold prison sometimes i feel so all alone ♪ sweet mountain of homeay ♪ i'm lonesome and blue ♪ that's all i can say >> one of the oldest inmates in brushy mountain's permanent population is james slagle. slagle is serving a 318-year sentence for murder and has been here longer than any other inmate. >> i've been in the tennessee prison system without getting out, i started my 39th year three weeks ago today. and i spent 24 years of that time here at brushy mountain. i decided, jim, you've got to become something else. and so i looked into me and saw the ugliness. i saw the hatred, the violence, the misery. and i said i'm going to be something else. i am going to become a thinking man. by the way, that's hard to do. but i spent years reading, studying, looking within myself. i'm one of the most fortunate men that ever lived. >> slagle runs the library and provides legal help to other inmates. >> where they made the error on your time, your two sentences are running concurrently, which means they run together. however, when they give you your jail cred

they even have thunderstorms to deal with in the mountains. back home mid-and upper 90s.hat's an improvement. 80s up toward santa rosa, and 70s in oakland. we will talk in detail about the highs today. the cooler day arrives tomorrow. katie. >> thank you, lisa. new this morning, president obama is speaking out about the latest u.s. jobs report. according to the bureau of labor and statistics, the economy added 209,000 jobs in july. it's a dip from june, but the sixth straight month the number has been above 200,000. this morning president obama says he is staying steps to ensure the momentum continues. >> that's what's at stake right s now. making sure the economy works for every working american. making sure the people who work hard can get ahead. that's why i've been pushing for common sense ideas like rebuilding the infrastructure that creates millions of new jobs and helps our country compete. that's why i've been pushing to raise the minimum wage to make it easier for working folks to pay off their student loans. that's why i'm pushing for fair pay and paid leave. >>

of some isolated thunderstorms over the water in southern california today and also in the mountains. back homeay, 81 palo alto and 76 in san mateo. upper 80s for napa today with 96 by the delta. so we talked about that warm air inland. and if you are headed over to oakland this afternoon, it should be very pleasant with about 70 at 1:00 and by the afternoon the west winds keeping it nice. but on the mild to warm side. 75 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast calls for the warmest day to be today. much cooler tomorrow inland. and we will look for the cooling trend to slowly continue monday, into tuesday, and looks like we will add a few more degrees in the other direction wednesday and thursday. that's what we mean by minor ups and downs. >> thank you, lisa. in sports this afternoon, jon lester makes his first start for the a's against the royals after being acquired in thursday's trade with the red sox that sent yoenis cespedes to boston. the a's will be trying to rebound from last night's loss to kansas city. here's the highlights from this morning areas sports. >> good morning, one gam

three mountain lions spotted near homes. the cats were seen last night along west ridge drive in the valley, not far off 280. nbc bay area's derek shore is there tonight to explain what neighbors are being told. derek? >> reporter: they are being told, rather, to be very careful. we are here, and i'll show you the location where the cats were seen here in portola valley. that report came in of three mountain lions roaming the area last night, very scary for neighbors. it's not uncommon to see lions in the area. this is youtube video of one last year in woodside. what is not uncommon, to see three walking together, the sighting sparked a warning from the san mateo sheriff warning residents not to approach them, and, of course, keep small children and animals out of harm's way. a researcher i spoke to today says three together are not common, but could be a mother and two older-looking cubs. still, neighbors are on high alert. the warning from deputies at this hour is, if you see these lions, to as we come back out here live,

landslides are a common risk in mountainous japan, where many homes are built on or near steep slopes and torrential downpours make the ground unstable. an average 1200 landslides are reported each year across the country and authorities warned the continued bad weather could trigger more in the days to come. >> let's take another quick look at our top stories. the fragile cease-fire in the middle east collapses as new fighting breaks out. palestinian rocket fire from gaza is met with a heavy israeli response targeting hamas military chief. out again in ferguson, missouri, after a new night of mostly peaceful protests. after much criticism over their teargas tactics in recent days, the police seem to be keeping a much lower profile. has beena look at what grabbing headlines around the world with our press reviewer. still a lot of focus today on the developing story in ferguson, missouri. >> absolutely. there is a very interesting story out of slate. apparently some countries are delighted about what's happening in missouri. the world's dictators love the unrest in ferguson. they are u

and now about 40,000 people, particularly around the sinjar mountains, are leaving their homes and running up to the hills. they are stranded on this barren mountaintop. they have been there for about a week. they don't have food or water. they are getting dehydrated. and that's why the u.s. is considering this humanitarian mission and potentially airstrikes against isis. and the real question is, will it just be a little airstrike, no airstrike, or the start of a big air campaign against isis, which some of the u.s. military think is necessary? >> richard, we continue to hear that that airstrike would also be if u.s. forces were at all threatened in the city of irbil, where there is a u.s. consulate. >> there is a u.s. consulate. and not just the american personnel there. the kurds in irbil have long been close u.s. allies, the best friends the united states has ever had in iraq. and i don't think the united states would want to see and would allow erbil to fall to militants from isis. it would not only be a bloodbath but a betrayal. >> we'll see what happens overnight tonight and into to

tens of thousands of yazidis and christians fled to the mountains driven from their homes by islamic extremists. fewer than 5,000 remain. defense secretary chuck hagel told reporters yesterday six days of u.s. air strikes have pushed militants away allowing refugees to escape. he said those left behind seem to be doing relatively well thanks to air drops of food and water. secretary hagel said while a u.s. rescue mission now seems unlikely, he won't rule it out completely. he says iraq remains a troubled country and the u.s. effort there is not over. a u.s. military led rescue mission could have involved american ground troops, but the white house insisted their job would have been for humanitarian purposes and not for combat. now brittain, france, and germany are among allies now committing to give supplies to the refugees or equipment to those battles the militants. >> susan mcginnis. thank you, susan. >>> this morning pope francis became the first pope to visit south korea in 250 years. the pope arrived in seoul to begin a five-day visit. he will hold a mass, participate in a fest

home. >> >> it is a voluminous landscape northern new mexico, mountains and streams canyons and hilltops, all bathed in a special light la luz as the spanish call it. this is the home looked of the pueblo indians builder of the original high-rises. adobe brick homes at the taos pueblo have been continually inhabited for 1,000 years and it has been designated a world heritage sight by the -- site by the united nations. >> in 1610 the spanish established their colonial capital nearby a town dedicated to the holy faith of saint francis. santa fe. >> santa fe trail where nothing grows but trouble. >> osgood: at the end of the fabled trail of pioneer days it is the oldest state capital in our nation and if its earth tone structures harken back to the pueblo originals well that is by design. almost a century ago city fathers mandated use of the style all over town, predicting accurately as it turns out that it would be good for the tourist trade. >> today even fast food outlets and big box stores are clad in santa fe style. >> but at day's end the man-made pails in comparison to something large

mountains. an abandoned motor home caught fire and it spread to surrounding brush around 10:00 this morning. thankfully firefighters were able to quickly tackle this fire which burned less than an acre. good news there. >> that is good news. everything is just so tinder dry. just a little spark. jeff ranieri? >> we continue did track that drought over the past several months. you can see today the other thing that's helping out our fire danger is the fact that the included cover at the immediate coastline is super thick. so for the peninsula, the immediate coastline, relative humidities are up at this hour. check out how cloudy it is now in woodside. likely some drizzle there tonight. also up against the coast. the rest of the bay area, at least 50% of the bay remains under this overcast sky. that includes the peninsula, the east shore, san francisco averaging 64, and also for the north bay. there is still some sun up in parts of the north bay. as we look south toward san francisco you can see it's clouded in. by far the best weather right now is across the south bay from the observatory, bl

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most were relieved to find their homes intact. >> we stood here and watched it over that mountain. we knew we had to get out of here. >> how does it look? >> like it did when we left, thankfully. >> crews are cutting down burned trees and dousing hot spots the junction fire is now 40% contained. >> an israely ship unloaded cargo in oakland. with the cargo on the to being, they are still claiming victory. that ship was supposed to dock at the port on saturday and because of the demonstrations it left and returned and some cargo was off loaded last night. right now, it's anchored just off the port in san francisco bay and not yet clear if the car is to be delivered here. as the ship was pushed away this morning, demonstrators trying to prevent any cargo from being off loaded claim victory. they're trying to call attention to the conflict >> every day the ship is idling and unable to unload the good with $1 million in costs to the company. >> the counsel general says the only people being connected are american workers andmers. >> in israel democracy wins. it's okay to process the que

most were relieved to find their homes intact. >> we stood here and watched it over that mountain. we knew we had to get out of here. >> how does it look? >> like it did when we left, thankfully. >> crews are cutting down burned trees and dousing hot spots the junction fire is now 40% contained. >> an israely ship unloaded cargo in oakland. with the cargo on the to being, they are still claiming victory. that ship was supposed to dock at the port on saturday and because of the demonstrations it left and returned and some cargo was off loaded last night. right now, it's anchored just off the port in san francisco bay and not yet clear if the car is to be delivered here. as the ship was pushed away this morning, demonstrators trying to prevent any cargo from being off loaded claim victory. they're trying to call attention to the conflict >> every day the ship is idling and unable to unload the good with $1 million in costs to the company. >> the counsel general says the only people being connected are american workers and consumers. >> in israel democracy wins. it's okay to process t

tens of thousands of yazidis and christians fled the mountains, they were driven from their home by islamic extremists. cbs news has learned fewer than 5,000 remain on the mountain. >>> it will be late tomorrow or at the earliest to be safe to drink tap water in southern prince george's county. the wscc has issued a boil water advisory for parts of fortway county. the dwscc says the property is a broken water main along piscataqua creek. crews are waiting for the creeks to fall back to normal levels. >>> people who live in alexandria are dealing with two water main breaks today. the first shut down russell road. the other located on west masonic view avenue. customers in those areas may be without water until the repairs are complete, and all the activities at matthew moore elementary school are canceled for the day. >>> after a cool start, the temperatures are warming up into the 80s today. erica says cooler temperatures are in store for tonight. her forecast coming up. >> up next, my exclusive interview with the wife of a rockville man who has been >>> it has been three years since warren

many fled to the mountains while their homes and towns seized their towns. mosul is one of the biggest tonnes taken. the islamic state has taken the dam. >> reporter: the fathers of these peshmerga forces fought from the mountains for decades to get rid of saddam hussein. foreign fighters are helping the peshmerga to hold on to the gains they have made. it hasn't been fuf. u.s. air strikes launched after the overwhelmed peshmerga withdrew are meant to stop the vans of the islamic state 40km away from erbil, and to stand up to a better armed enemy, knowning by -- known by some as i.s.i.s. >> they have a huge amount of modern weapons, munitions, tags, armoured humvees, long-range artillery pieces. you name it. in fact, there was no comparison between the fire power of i.s.i.s. and the peshmerga forces. yes, there has been some reverses by the pesh mergas and this organization. some in certain parts. but this is not a classical war. >> reporter: this conflict a spillover from the war in syria is one that no army has fought here. the combination of islamic state

dozens of homes from destroyed when mountain sides collapsed on wednesday. in china, eight convicted of terrorism charges have been executed. the region is the traditional home of muslim weekers. the government blames attacks on islamist straightists, saying it wants to establish an independent state. human rights activists say the repressive policies provoke unrest. >> fiji holds elections since the coup in 2006. the self-appointed prime minister frank barna rama is hoping to win a democratic vot . dom as reports from sydney. >> fiji's prime minister promised an open forum, he'd take questions. not, it seems, from opponents. he made the trip to sydney to campaign for vote. he took power in a coup, he's looking for legitimacy in an election in mid-september. will it be a fair one. the fijians in exile in australia doubt it. i don't think it will be free, as to what is exercised by barney mar amma and those associated with him. >> outside the rally, confusion. >> this is a public place. >> what happened. >> we are coming in. >> the meeting's organizers told me

. >> thunderstorms in the san bern de-moe mountains washed away homes. one person died. children are among hundreds of campers stranded. >> reporter: it took just minutes for mountain roads to be transformed into rivers and mud. those had little time to react. authorities ordered some 3,000 people to shelter in place until water has receded. rescue teams were called in reportedly saving one resident. >> we're just getting to the point where we're able to get in there and help people. >> reporter: the mudslides flooded roads and buried vehicles. the sheriff's deputies rescued at least five. >> there was a honda car that got swept off the street and down into a stream behind my house. >> rescue confirming no one was trapped inside. more cars were stuck in the hope glen area. this car was caught. in palm springs cars struggled to wade through the bone dry city street. the rain came down at 3 1/2 minlds an hour. for a state that suffered from a record drought this was too much of a good thing. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. >>> in northern. most of the fires were start

now the alleged acts of molestation happened in the moffet mobile home park here in mountain view. detective say he lured the girls to a secluded area separately and molested them as he worked as a handy man during the course of several days. at the time the girls were being cared for by a different family member, not their parents. neighbors had mixed reactions, recalling what seemed to be the man's very religious nature. >> i can't believe it. i mean, he asked my son, do you believe in god. you know, he looked like he the love of the lord in his heart. >> if you see someone walking around and saying god bless you, it's a little different. just a little bit. >> reporter: the mobile home park manager tills nbc bay area that he attended the mountain view spanish seven day church where parishioners described him as a nice man. we're told he is married and has a son. he is set to be arraigned some time this week. live in mountain view, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, stephanie. >>> people living in san jose said they'd be willing to pay higher taxes for t

homes. forest falls and the san bernardino mountains and mount balldy in the st. gabriel mountains. they started clearing the muck from their homes. >>> and here in northern california, crews continue to battle several wildfires and take a look at just how dangerous this job is from this video. shot by a fellow firefighter as a crew escaped flames from a shasta county fire that has adrive to troy -- as they try to drive another most of the fair gush out most of the -- out most of the fires in the area. >> they have a tougher job as you can see right there. they need a little help from the weather. >> a little rain this morning around parts of the bay area and still chance of more lightning strikes. out the door we go. we've got some scattered showers this morning, you may see a couple of rain drops falling around bay area this morning. most of that in the north and the east bay. and i think most of it is going to hang out there. there's a slight chance we could see a wandering shower elsewhere. we've got some low clouds and some fog too. so little bit of everything going on right now

going to mountain view. i will be home, i don't know, 2- 1/2, three hours after the game. when you think about the candlestick public transit situation, and how long those lines can be 2, 2-1/2 hours there. i will be home 2-1/2 hours after the game probably. i will take a quick look. what do you think? bta, how is it? what can i tell you, honey, start cooking dinner, i'm coming home. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> mike, thank you for that. it seems like, you know, the idea was to come early and leave early but that will not always be the case. it is a good game you will want to stay for it. betty is keeping an eye on traffic. >> betty how has it been all day? >> reporter: ken, liz out here right now, judging by the flow of traffic, you would not even know there was a game out here today. we are right outside of the stadium. great america parkway. we really got mixed reviews from drivers today. take a look at what it looked like about two hours ago. a different scene, chp was out here, santa clara police, directing cars, at all of the major exit points directing them on the major

returning home to tackle mountains of rubble as a cease-fire between israel and hamas holds. >>> a leader of pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine is making a new push for the creation of an independent state. >>> and more and more people across china have a problem with obesity. but many are trying out innovative ways to take off the extra weight. >>> israeli and hamas leaders are both claiming victory in the aftermath of the latest war in gaza. they signed an open ended cease-fire during a mediated talks in egypt, and they're preparing for difficult negotiations ahead. for now, people on both sides of the border are trying to move forward. more from nhk world's craig dale. >> reporter: the people of gaza are picking through the remains of their homes and businesses. cleaning up and getting ready to rebuild. nobody likes war, says this shop owner. they should find a real solution. across the border in israel, most are thankful a cease-fire is in place. but they're guarded. >> i'm a little skeptical as to whether it is really going to hold and if hamas will follow through. >> reporte

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mountain. they fled their homes after they were told they would be killed unless they converted to islam. >>> happeningight now, over golden gate park in san francisco, clean-up and lots of it. kpix 5's mark kelly joins us live with a complete wrap of the three-day outside lands festival. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning, frank. a lot of mixed feelings about this festival when this happens every year. some say we like it. we got a little bit of free music festival because we live near the park. but others complain a lot and some of those concerns range from trash to parking to just how loud that music can get. so here's some video of the event from this past weekend. now, the neighbors living over on this avenue in fulton, people were happy there to see this concert come to an end. this is the 7th year for the festival. every year neighbors say they see the same thing loud music heard for miles, trash piled up and nowhere for them to park their own cars. some people just leave town for the weekend. but for those who can't skip town and are stuck like this upset woman, she asked we don't sh

and now more than 2,000 people remain stranded in their homes in two mountain towns as a result of mudslides and roads being blocked with rock and debris. crews also trying to reach a campground where as many as 500 children are trapped. one person is dead after pulled into a creek. and the storm dumped as much as 3 1/2 inches of water and caused the asphalt on interstate 10 to buckle and wash away. meantime, officials in northern california say a fast-burning wildfire destroyed eight homes and led to the evacuation of a small long-term care hospital yesterday. it's one of 14 wildfires burning throughout the state, but more help is on the way. governor jerry brown who declared a state of emergency over the weekend has ordered two specialized planes from the national guard. altogether, the fires have consumed 183 square miles of timber and brush which were already parched by the state's historic drought. >>> a certain american infected with the deadly ebola virus is expected to return to the united states monday. american missionary nancy writebol will be flown into the united states to emery

this man has been living at the moffe t-mobile home park in mountain view -- a man said he -- the girls said the man lured them to an isolated area. many know him as a religious man. >> i can't believe it. i mean he asked my son, do you believe in god? he looked like he had the love of lord in his heart. >> he is married and has a son. police say he has no criminal record. >>> 4:43 today, we will get our first look at the fremont man accused of breaking into a home, tieing up a little girl and raping her mother. police say this man was wearing a mask when he broke into an apartment on the parkway in fremont and waited for a mother and her daughter to come home. it happened saturday night. investigators say morris was waiting in the girl's room and when she came in, he grabbed her and threatened her with a gun. when the mother went into the room, he reportedly tied them both up with duct tape. >> the suspect then pushes the daughter aside and takes the mom and takes her into a different room of the residence. it'ses in that room that he forcefully, sexual assaulted her. >> during the att

with a thick beard and long hair, greg muck looked at home in the mountains. over the phone, his brother-in-law says he was. >> greg is an avid experienced hiker. he has been backpacking and hiking for 20 years. >> reporter: this map shows the area muck planned to cover during the solo one-week hike. he was last seen wear ago blue shirt and bandanna. >> it would be typical not to hear from him for the several days? >> yeah, he is a map and compass guy, he doesn't use a gps. >> reporter: when his family came forward, they offered support to the wife and 5-year-old daughter. >> he is a very kind, gentle guy. >> reporter: last year, he taught second graders at john gome elementary school. his love of the outdoors spilled into his teaching. >> he was more comfortable outdoors an inside. >> he loved hiking and was into saving the earth. >> reporter: the national park service described the area he was last seen in as rocky and rough terrain with elevations up to 3,000 feet. from fremont, muck's former and current principal are offering his family support. >> mary is

crews bring in heavy machinery to haul mountains of trash out of the home. >> a fed up store owner fights back when robber attempt to hold him up a second time. >> reporter: we have drivers fed up this morning, they are stacking on the southbound side of the boulevard and he thinks broaching the schuylkill expressway because the off ranch is closed to the westbound side. we'll help them out after the break. >> we'll have an update on joan rivers health scare when "action news" comes right back. >> welcome back you're taking a live look here down the shore, atlantic city, a lot of folks will be down there this weekend enjoying this last weekend of summer, barbecuing hanging out on the beach. 5:43, 62 degrees, getting up to 81. >> leaving for work doesn't work on the schuylkill expressway early. >> reporter: we don't want drivers having egg on their face getting into work late. that wouldn't be good. listen up, we have this controversy turned truck that was carrying eggs spilled on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway at city avenue. the ramps are closed you can't use them at thi

mountains with no food and no water. they are surrounded by isis forces that vowed to kill them if they return home from the mountain. 40,000 people, mostly women and children are stranded right now, dying of dehydration and hunger and unable to look for water because isis will kill them if they decent. several children have died and there were tens of thousands more trapped in dire need of food and water. the plight let to this moment debating military actions in iraq. president obama authorized interthemselves in libya and authorized strikes against gadhafi and made a days for that military intervention. here's how he he explained it back then. >> the united states and the world faced a choice. gadhafi declared he would show no mercy to his own people. he threatened to go door-to-door to inflict punishment. in the past we had seen him anxiety civilians and kill over 1,000 people in a single day. now we saw regime forces on the outskirts of the city. we knew if we waited more day, benghazi, a city nearly the size of charlotte could suffer across the region and stain the consciousness of the world. it was not in our nationa

mountain. they fled their home of sinjar when isis was coming. slaughtered if they stayed. they took to the mountain, no food, no water, no shelter. they have been there for days. 20,000 managed to get off from one side of the mountain. tens of thousands are trapped there, surrounded by the sunni militants. we are hearing from u.s. official that is it could take weeks for a ground operation carried out by kurdish forces to actually free the people. this is definitely an ongoing situation. it's captured the world's attention. the humanitarian aid drops are essential. three from the united states, one from britain. the french are here to take part in trying to help out in this humanitarian disaster that many are calling catastrophe. john? >> the crisis going on during the military battle and the crisis in baghdad vying for leadership. anna, thanks so much. >>> it's quiet, again, in gaza for now. the israelis and palestinians agreeing to a 72-hour cease-fire. toupt get the latest on the negotiations in cairo. i want to bring in reza sayah. what can y

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effort to help the yezidi people, that minority group who were pushed up into the sinjar mountains, forced from their homes by isis fighters. although a few thousand of the yezidis and some christians have made it to safety, the united nations estimates that between 20 and 30,000 are still stuck up there in the mountains with no food, no water and no shelter from the scorching temperatures here. yesterday four u.s. air force cargo planes dropped 108 bundles of food and water that are desperately needed. the british royal air force has been helping by dropping containers that are reusable for water and lanterns that can be used to charge up cell phones. but still the threat from isis is ever present. a u.s. drone having to take out an isis mortar position that was threatening the kurdish peshmerga as they tried to defend -- they say they need more and there are questions about what will happen in the long term, chris. >> duncan, thank you. as the obama administration tries to get out in front of that growing crisis in northern iraq, it's facing new calls to get more involved. tim kaine, a close obama ally,

listen, they got to the mountain and found there were several thousand, as opposed to tens of thousands of refugees still there and said many of them actually will want to stay, their homes are on the mountain and for those who want to go, go to safer ground, that they are comfortable. the pentagon is comfortable with the ability of local forces, these are the kurdish militia forces who have been able to ferry some of these refugees off in recent days. they are comfortable these forces with u.s. air strikes can get the people that want to get off the mountain safely. and i'm told over the last several days, they have been able to get off about 1,000 per nig night, so a fast clip there and this takes away something we've been talking about, wolf, you and i less than an hour ago, the possibility of a mass evacuation, largely takes that off the table for now. >> that's a dramatic development. what is the administration, jim, saying about humanitarian air drops to the folks who are still there? should we expect to see a lot more of those? >> that will continue. another judgment of the assessment teams is that the refugees are getting that food, that water, these air drops ar

homes, or face death. abu shaker still has relatives stranded on the mountain where the u.s. is now delivering aid drops. "they called me just now," he said. "they're walking, and they're leaving dead children behind." some here have lost their homes and their loved ones. others are fearful they could be next. nearly everyone wants more american airstrikes to protect them from isis. >> pelley: holly's joining us now. holly, what's it like in erbil tonight? is there panic? >> reporter: well, scott, people here tell us that two days ago there was panic in the sense that erbil might soon fall to isis. some people even fled the city. but now people here seem to be more relaxed, and even hopeful because they think that the u.s. airstrikes will give the kurdish fighters the time and space they need to regroup and then push the militants back. >> pelley: holly williams reporting for us from erbil tonight. thank you, holly. it was the threat to erbil that moved the president to action. last night, he explained what the u.s. military would and would not do. major garrett is at the white house for us. major. >> rep

and about 12,000 homes have collapsed. the mountain where the quake happened is largely agricultural, with farming and mining the top industry. and it is prone to earthquakes. >>> right now 5:21. president obama has an extra reason to celebrate today. it is his birthday. we'll let you know what he is doing to celebrate. plus: ♪ >> another band hits the beach, lady a hits the crowd. how this could be a sign of what's to come for the city. be right back. good morning. >>> traffic and weather together here's kate. >> i good morning, initially, fog is actually our concern out there, it is patch any nature, aren't any dense false investigate advice in place, but something you're very likely to know, especially if you are traveling through some of the smaller valleys through the river beds, maybe up into the higher terrain. out on storm scan3, not a heck of a lot, few speckles of green, not actually indicating any wet weather, and in general, looking ahead to much nicer day. that is brighter day for sure, at the beaches, partly sunny, starti

dozens of homes were destroyed when mountain sides collapsed this week.celand has lowered the warning level to aviation from an erupting volcano. the level has been lowers from the highest red to the second highest orange for the bunga volcano. seismic activity has been continuing in the area. an eruption can't be excluded. part of the region was evacuated as a precaution earlier this week. >>> hi i'm lisa fletcher and you are in the "stream." social media is transforming what we share about life, but what about death in is how we at a time. ♪ >> bringing in the community out there our program is our digital producer, wajahat ali. sharing h