as a veteran of the south carolina national guard and father of three sons who served in the guard, i'm grateful our state is able to assist the u.s. territory debris, and of p in their time of need. on my visits to san juan, i have been very impressed by its dynamic citizens. i am very appreciative of the leadership of general robert livingston, the speernsed south carolina national army guard members, as well as the leadership of the governor. in conclusion god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, our nation is in mourning. many hearts are bleeding. mr. speaker, there is much suffering. lives have been lost in a senseless, needless manner in las vegas. mr. speaker, there is a right time for all things. this is a time for our nation to mourn and for hearts

four soldiers have been reported dead after a shootout in the russian national guard military compound in the north caucasus the gunman was also killed and up more now from artie's mccarran who joins me in the studio and nikki i know that you know the information is only going to come through in the last hour or so what can you tell us at this point well that an official statement from the national guard we know that a first lieutenant fatally wounded four of his fellow officers after he opened fire on them at about four pm local time we understand that the shooter himself was subsequently shot dead by the response unit and this occurred in the russian national guard unit in the chechen republic now details are still emerging as to what might have led the lieutenant to open fire on his fellow servicemen a special response team along with military psychologists are working at the site and a commission has been set up to investigate the matter further just to remind you the national guard is the military police of the russian federation they report directly to the president and this was

he'll hold the post of assistant general leading delaware's army national guard.e was hailed for his dual roles, citizen, soldier -- >> e pitt moa tow mice what it means to be a citizen soldier. selflessly dedicating his life to protect his community, state and nation. >> so too help remember -- >> fleming gave his wife diamond earrings and thanked her for her sacrifice. >> he goes away. i hold up the household and it works fine. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> brigadier general will command is force of 1600 well aware of what it means to do so. >> the barriers are lifted that there is no ceiling. that the sky is the limit. >> the ceremony over the work continues. 40 members of the national guard head to storm ravaged puerto rico monday morning. in new castle, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> coming up devastating fire sends a family running from their home. the local business that stepped in to help them. >>> and a philadelphia landmark is marking a big birthday. hard to believe the reading terminal is turning 125. big celebrations being planned. >>> sean? >>

the national guards are also going through neighborhoods as well and looking through all of the rubble to see if there is someone they may not know about. >> what a tough job, but it has to be done. >>> for the past week, tens of thousands of people have been overwhelmed by the destruction in napa and sonoma. today, we made our way for the north to mendocino county where the rabbit fire has burnt 36,000 acres. i -- our reporter spoke with the mother of triplets who lost their home in the fire.>> reporter: redwood valley in mendocino county suffered loss of life and severe damage. this tiny area is home to just 2300 people, and they lost eight residents to the firestorm that swept through the area and took hundreds of homes. this woman in her home lost their home in the mad rush to save themselves and their triplets. their uninsured home and all of their contents incinerated along with two cars and a motorcycle. >> i just wish i had more time. that way i could've grabbed everything off of the walls. i actually did not cry yesterday when i first came out until i saw a mattress or where t

delaware arm national guard.eff cole reports from new castle where he just received the honor today. >> reporter: david fleming's life has been one of purpose. he spent a quarter century in law enforcement rising to the commander of a narcotics task force. he's the father of nine, the grandfather of five. >> the flag will be present. >> and now fleming is the first african-american general of delaware's army national guard displaying friday the grit that got him there. >> move heaven and earth to get to to get to where you want to go. if somebody is in front of him, tell hem to lead, follow or get the hell out of the way. >> reporter: a mid the pomp of military ceremony, phlegm walk promoted to brigadier general as an assistant he'll lead end delaware's army national guard well welcomed by the firm woman to serve as general. she spoke of his service. >> selflessly dedicating his life to protect his community, state and nation. >> reporter: fleming presented his wife with diamond earrings. she spoke of sacrifice.

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california national guard has been brought in. they have 13 firefighting helicopters, two medevac helicopters and they talked about the capability that they are helping now with that fire mapping. that could be crucial in something like this with so many separate fires. >> absolutely because typically you have staff that goes out to the fireline, looks -- see what is going on and give that information back to the incident commanders. to have that aerial reconnaissance is key in determining the priorities on where they're moving. >> mark, i think on monday when we saw the first pictures of the devastation, people naturally were thinking, okay, the worst is now over. and what we're hearing now is it's going to get worse before it gets better: if you are putting these fires in perspective, what should we be looking for in the next 24, 48, 72 hours, is this really a critical juncture here now? >> without question. for a couple of reasons. typically in a disaster -- and this is a disaster. this is not a wildfire. this is a devastation

south korea national guard just sent engineer units.nia and new york sent aviation units, not just their soldiers but also helicopters as have many other states. so we have the amount of soldiers, and those that we don't have yet, they're in process to get here. they're on their way. >> all right. major, thank you so much for being there. we really, really appreciate your efforts. major paul -- >> and as we are critical sometimes of the federal response, we do have to be thankful r to the people who are actually down there doing the work like the national guard and like those fema folks. i was down there, and they are all people from other government agencies who are able to get away from their jobs. they're from -- they're wearing every uniform that this country has and they're going down there and they are helping people. >> and leave their families. >> yeah. >> and they themselves are living in these really difficult knsz. and again, we don't know when they're going to fully get back to power. we're only talking about puerto rico. do

in addition to the ground troops we have engaged, we have 27 california national guard and nevada national guard aircraft engaged in supporting this operation running of spectrum missions from fire fighting to damage assessment to transportation and fire mapping. in addition we are doing a broad spectrum of other missions that include fire fighting, shelter support, providing tents, we're providing evacuation support, we're providing fuel for first responders, we're providing security, damage assessment, and communication support. as mentioned earlier, we are in very, very close communication with our federal partners from the department of defense, the united states marine corps and the national guard of surrounding states bringing in additional assets as the need arises. i'll be followed by the director. >> this is an all hands on deck effort at every level of government. also, let me just say our private sector partners and the association and a number of other private companies have also leaned forward. the utilities, telecommunications groups all coming together to work with us in a c

next up, we have an update from the national guard. >> good evening. the california national guard is supporting napa, sonoma counties with broad spectrum capabilities, ranging from manpower to assists to security and transportation to aviation resources and then very sophisticated high end surveillance platforms we're using to assist cal fire with fire mapping and fema and cal fire with mapping damage structures and destroyed structures for recovery. in addition to the forces we have now, the governor ordered today that we bring up an additional 2,500 soldiers and air men to support law enforcement, emergency managers, fire services in the area. we are in coordination with our neighboring states and bringing assets from nevada and roefrl if necessary. in addition to our support for consequence management, the california national guard has some firefighting capability that's available. we've ordered up 13 firefighting helicopters, two medical evacuation helicopters. in addition we have type two hand crews that are available if needed. >> thank you. we

unit in the chechen republic the national guard is the internal military force of the government of russia as you said details are still emerging as to what might have led the lieutenant to turn his gun on his fellow servicemen a special response team along with psychologists are working at the site and a special commission has also been set up to try to get to the bottom of why this tragedy occurred today it's not the sort of story we're used to hearing when it comes to a shooting it actually been an internal one within the military have the been into dense like this in the past well it's not the first one we've heard of in late september last year a similar incident took place in russia's far east when a dog a stun borne soldier opened fire on three of his fellow servicemen with an automatic rifle now he attempted to flee the scene and was later shot dead by the by a counterterrorism unit and following that incident the defense ministry said that what may have led to this soldier to. turn his gun on his fellow servicemen was that perhaps a nervous breakdown. ok well given some

the national guard is in downtown sonoma to help protect the historic buildings. a stretch of northbound highway 121 in sonoma county between highways 12 and 37 is open again. it was reopened late last night after a closure that lasted just a few hours. >>> the atlas fire is taking over parts of napa and solano counties. we're long side highway 221. we'll show you the flames from our view. >> and yet another fire

ceremony fleming was promoted to brigadier general as an assistant general he'd he'll let the national guard. the first woman to serve as general. she spoke of his service. >> epitomizes what it means to be a citizen soldier. selflessly dedicating his life to protect his community, state and nation. >> help her remember the two stars. >> reporter: fleming presented his wife with diamond earrings. she spoke of sacrifice. >> he goes away. i hold up the household and it works fine. >> fleming will lead a force of 1600 keenly aware of what it means for an african-american to do so. >> the barriers are lifted. that there is no ceiling. that the sky is the limit. >> reporter: the ceremony over the work goes on. 40 members of the national guard head for storm ravaged puerto rico monday morning. live in new castle, i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. folks? >> thanks, jeff. >>> skyfox over north philadelphia where a fire in a bathroom forced students out of the john welsh elementary school. it happened this morning on the third floor. a spokesman for the school district says students went back to class arou

the other area in terms of national guard, we track national guard cyber capability development, training, how they fit into the cyber mission force. one area we have a challenge with is under state status, we don't have that same system of consistent definitions. that's something that we're working at, but we definitely recognize the critical importance of having that common ability across multiple front -- >> i appreciate that and that's good to understand that now and get the worked out, those details, and discrepancies work out. mr. smith, how about you? >> on hour -- our technical side we're on the job with that routinely. they're currently actively engaged in incidents, incident and following up on the threats and investigations. we have spent a significant amount of effort in enhancing those, particularly at a much higher level on the cyber technical side, but in addition to that we have taken steps to significantly elevate the entire work force in the digital domain. we have created on the job training which allows noncyber personnel to be taken offline from investigating other ma

our ken wayne spent time with california national guard. he joins us from santa rosa at the airport. after an aerial tour.>> reporter: it has been very busy and noisy. it is hard to hear. if you look over my shoulder to the left, a black hawk national helicopter just landed. you can see the bucket alongside of it. it was carrying that and coming back from a water drop. the bucket is empty. this helicopter has landed. a lots of activity with two air tankers take off a minute ago. more have come into get refueled. to get more retardant. they take off again. to the left, a chp plane is here. we have national guard, highway patrol, cal fire planes. they are all here and busy coming in and out. shoveling people in and shuttling supplies in. three hours ago, we jumped into a black hawk. it was a national guard helicopter. it is a search and rescue helicopter. they took us up around 1 pm. we took off from sonoma county airport. just outside of santa rosa. we did a tour over some of the burned-out areas. 1500 feet. we flew over the coffee park neig

national guard with fire suppression efforts. we continue to help them get their lives back to normal by helping to keep them safe. we are helping to work to get back home and working to help them get back to work. the california national guard is of these communities. we had soldiers and air men evacuated for the effect. we had air men that lost homes in the event. we are very, very proud to be able to stand beside the other agents to help them recovery from this. we will be in it for the long haul. whatever the communities need, they will be from for them. i will be followed by commissioner stanley from the california highway patrol. >>> good afternoon. we are working with cal fire and other fire departments here and also with the sheriff and the police chief in this community and all the people that have been affected. we have a number of personnel here from our napa office and other offices throughout the bay area that are assisting with traffic control ask escort and big things that are assisting with. the repopulation of th

thank you. >> i'm major general dave baldwin with the california national guard.we currently have 700 soldiers and airmen on duty supporting both fire fighting efforts as well as consequence management that comes with the evacuation of people and assisting their care and shelter. we're mobilizing an additional 1,800 soldiers and airmen today that will be available for duty later today and tomorrow. that includes the entire 49th military police brigade, which is based in northern california. military police and engineer assets to the affected area. we've mobilized 13 fire fighting helicopters, in addition to two medical evacuation helicopters and two life observation helicopters. we're in coordination with the nevada and oregon national guard to bring in additional helicopters if necessary. and we've also begun coordination with united states navy and the united states marine corps to bring in any fire suppression capable aircraft and crews that they have, either into northern california or to fight fires in southern california. we're also flying two m-29 reaper un

that's appointed distribution run by the national guard with the help of puerto rico national guard troops there and bring in more national guard to man those pods. those pods provide food, water and ice. and even medics sometimes if people need help. and they have communications. that is not the setup. i'm sure general buchanan will get there, but we have a need for speed. we have to get the additional he want comers thehelicopters ther. i had ceos say, what do you need? it is on the way. we need the same focus on puerto rico and the virgin islands. those of us in the american island need to get out there to move the truck. people get paid $10 an hour and expect them to go in areas not secured. put guards with them. and the other thing we need to do, chris, we need to have a fema evacuation of the vulnerable population. i've sent a note to the governor, i hope he had the discussion with the president. people are free to leave the island, but the airport is not open 24/7. when i was at the airport sunday, two of the six lines at the tsa were not open. we have people standing there for hour

major general nash recently retired after serving as adjutant general of minnesota national guard for seven years. in his role nash had the importance responsibility of overseeing minnesota's army and air national guard units. an important role where he saw great success. having served in the army national guard since 1976, general nash was selected for the job of general because of his experience and strong leadership during the conflict in bosnia and the iraq war. during his time in the national guard, as a testament to his hard work and commitment to our great nation, general nash has received many awards like a bronze star and the meritorious service medal. general richard nash is a true patriot whose service to our nation has been a blessing to us all. i speak for all minnesotans his thank him for dedication and wish the best in his well deserved retirement. h dedication and mr. speaker, i rise to honor the life of carlene johnston and the beautiful partnership she shared with her loving husband, dan. originally diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012, she 2016 after a long and hard

.">( marty ) santa rosa police officers and members of the u-s army national guard held checkpoints outside the orchard senior community just to make sure everything went smoothly. but today the mobile home park will be released back to the property owners. ( marty ) coming up... residents of the fountain grove community will be allowed to check on their homes. others however, are not allowed back just yet. details ahead. and... warriors are back in action. did the get their first win of the season? highlights ahead. and after the break... how your posture can effect your health. smiling sparkles. how do they clean the toilet, grin at it? (laughs) stop laughing. the stomach flu is not funny. get a cleaner with bleach in it. good, you can smile now. clorox means clean. ( marty ) for your health: here is a look at some of the new medical findings released this ( marty ) improving your posture could improve your health. that's according to a study out of the university of maryland. aside from alleviating lower back pain, good posture can also improve your mood, your memory and your self esteem

more than a hundred members of the california air national guard >>> you're taking a live look out atonoma county. you can see all that smoke in the area near geyserville where the pocket fire has really ripped through that community. crews are keeping a close eye on the conditions there especially the wind. 14 people are dead in sonoma county making the overall death count 26. more than 100 members of the california air national guard flew from southern california to moffett field last night to help in the fire region. >> and they will be helping with logistics, communications and humanitarian efforts. >> particularly this group, they will be helping with setting up shelters and also helping with some of the other low law enforcement efforts in the area. >> the captain says that the national guard members were notified last night that they had to pack up and leave. and many of them had just gotten off their day jobs. >> we'll be right back. community... presented by target. food has the power to transform lives. with the help of target, the san francisco marin food bank addresses hun

all that plus more national guard soldiers are heading to puerto rico but first lets check the forecast with katie and bird with meisha. >> good morning. >> we are looking outside, everything looking good, nice and dry but getting tweets saying there is a lot of fog in this area. that will be running theme for drivers. >> at least until dawn. at this point sun continues to come up later and later. good chunk of the morning drive that could be impacted by this. although looking at storm scan good news is rain is clearing out. yes, dry roadways are definitely the theme but yeah, we do still have some moisture and with the mild wind or light wind has allowed that fog to form. by the time we hit dawn we will have benefit of sunlight but also that wind is starting to pick up at least a little bit. temperatures have started to take a hit, back here end of the rain now clearing out of here. we are looking pretty good. there may be a residual shower coming in, very stray in nature and down toward the shore but overall this looks like a quiet, quieter day. current temperatures are in the 50's. y

he spoke to a crowd at the air national guard base near harrisburg he's calling for an end to the estate tax and cuts to individual and corporate taxes. his plan cuts seven brackets -- tax brackets that is down to three. he says just one change would give the average household a $4,000 pay raise annually. reaction mixed. >> the fact that he just wants to simplify it is awesome. because i've always thought that was something we needed for long long time. just make it straight forward. so we know. >> he cares about himself and his own little world and he has no idea what goes on in every day society. he does not represent the middle class whatsoever. >> democrats say the president's

it has become very well practiced >> i would add the california national guard is fully integrated into both the fire and law enforcement mutual aid systems so when they're napped or need resources that's unique to the military we can provide to assist law enforcement agencies or the fire services, we're ready to deploy. >> do you recall right away, do you remember what time? >> our initial calls came early this morning for helicopters, and the fire fighting helicopters and director gillard in communication with law enforcement officers in the area made the decision about 8:00 this morning to deploy the military police personnel. >> do you know anything about the rescue [indiscernible]? >> i'd have to defer on that. >> yeah, i'm not familiar with any of the specific operations that occurred relative to rescues last night, but we can look for you. >> [inaudible question]. >> thank you. >> thanks, guy ss -- guys. >> you have been watching live news conference at the state operation center at the california office of emergency services activated early this morning by the governor's emergen

here's video from the california national guard, which has scooped up tens of thousands of gallons of water from lakes and rivers... to pour over the fires. helicopt >>> more coverage on the wine country wildfires. here's video from the national guard which swooped up tense of gallons of water from lakes and rivers to pour over the fires. helicopters have been pouring water on the nuns fire in sonoma county. kpix 5 photographer bob horne shot this video. the choppers also fly low to make sure the waterfalls in strategic places to stop the flames. and in addition to the california national guard, cal fire is now getting help from several western states as well as north and south carolina. also on the front lines about 3800 inmates who volunteered for duty. those crews are using chainsaws and tools to cut fire breaks. the california department of corrections says the inmate teams often work 24 straight hours before they get a full day of rest. hundreds of firefighters who have been battling a wildfire in southern california will soon find themselves in wine country. >> reporter tina pat

. >>> the california national guard is helping the firefighters and for those people who have had to uate. >> pam cook back in the studio with more. >> national guardsmen and women are playing an important role in this firefight. overnight more national guard crews arrived at moffett field. here are some photos of the 129th rescue wing and the 146th airlift team. these are the teams arriving shortly before midnight. the teams consist of 100 guardsmen and women from near long beach in southern california. the teams will be providing support for the shelters in napa and solano. so many people have had to evacuate. the california national guard also helping firefighters from the air. the charles scholz airport is serving as a hub for a black hawk helicopter. yesterday they surveyed the fire zone from the air. ken wayne went along for the ride and there was devastation. from above you can see the massive devastation. the burn area is hardly recognizable. even if you lived there. they flew over coffee park in santa rosa and fountain grove. they have also brought in some extremely advanced

we have police and national guard in the neighborhood. >> reporter: we caught up with officers along>> any message to looters is that these people have been through enough. you do not need to be going to their stuff or stealing their stuff. they do not need any more devastation. >> resources are taken from other areas that they could be doing some good in if they have to chase looters. >> reporter: here in sonoma county, they have made about a dozen arrest for looting and in napa county about five arrest. they are also on the lookout for price counters who hike up services more than 10% during a natural disaster. you can see there are many signs of destruction. it is sad to see all of these homes, like at this corner. just utter destruction. police are on the lookout for anyone who is trying to pray further on the fire victims.>> henry, we know we are going to get people who will ask questions about that gun. i am not going to get hung up on it, but you said he had a submachine gun, is that legal?>> reporter: he tells us this is a legal gun similar to that mp-5. he said he is not bra

we are broadcasting tonight from the special operations wing at the air national guard base in middletownennsylvania. earlier today president trump took its message directly to you, the iraqi people, by giving a major speech on his reaganesque tax cuts. right before that speech, the president joined us for an exclusive interview. we discussed his tax proposal, the fake news media. the national anthem controversy. and so much more. let's take a look. [applause] >> sean: how are you, mr. president? >> president trump: i'm very good, thank you. >> sean: do you want to start with good news? you don't get a lot of good news in the media. >> president trump: you don't get so much. >> sean: the market is up 25% since the won. you tweeted out that nobody is going to bring it up so i thought i would bring it up tonight. we have the lowest unemployment rate in 16 years. we have the best labor participation rate in seven years and the best -- the lowest number of people on food stamps and seven years. >> president trump: that's right. i am loving it. i'm doing the job for the people. people are seei

national guards have had to turn around tourist buses. >> i don't know why you'd want to come. there's nothing to see. this is destruction. and it's -- it's a personal kind of tragedy. and i guess this would kind of be like stopping to look at a body on a freeway in a wreck. >> reporter: the national guard does still have a presence remaining at the two remaining shelters at the aquatic center and the fairgrounds. guys? >> emily, obviously the guard there for a good reason. but a little bit more if you can about the suspicious people trying to get through those checkpoints. >> reporter: yeah. there were two instances the guard members told me about. one of which was a family. they came with a potted plant. the kids had it in the backseat. they said, we're going to that house right there. we want to deliver this plant to our friends. they said, okay, do you know they're coming? yes, we've called them. can you follow them so they can escort you through the checkpoint? oh, we don't have their number and they were turned away. another instance, a man drove up in a car. he tried to

the california national guard is of these communities. we had soldiers and airmen that lost homes in had event. so we are very proud to be able to stand behind the other agencies to help our neighbors recover from this. we are in this for the long hall. what ever the communities need the california national guard will be there for them. i am followed by commissioner standly from the california highway patrol. >> we are here to work with other fire departments that are here and we are also working with the sheriffs and the police in the communities that have been effected. we have a number of personnel from our napa oofs and other offices throughout the bay area is assisting with the repopulation of the area, also being on patrol with the sheriffs and being on the look out for looters, the people that have been effected by this tragedy have gone through enough. we do not want them to be effected again by looters and particular and people trying to gain access to their houses because they have been evacuated. this is a long term process, al

the other area in terms of national guard, we track national guard cyber capability development, training, how they fit into the cyber mission force. one area we have a challenge with is under state status, we don't have that same system of consistent definitions. that's something that we're working at, but we definitely recognize the critical importance of having that common ability across multiple front -- >> i appreciate that and that's good to understand that now and get the worked out, those details, and discrepancies work out. mr. smith, how about you? >> on hour -- our technical side we're on the job with that routinely. they're currently actively engaged in incidents, incident and following up on the threats and investigations. we have spent a significant amount of effort in enhancing those, particularly at a much higher level on the cyber technical side, but in addition to that we have taken steps to significantly elevate the entire work force in the digital domain. we have created on the job training which allows noncyber personnel to be taken offline from investigating other ma

we are at the harrisburg national guard base. paulsboro's a very proud community.been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and there's no jobs in the community. if there's no jobs, there's no education, there's no food on the table. what's important is the children. steve sweeney... he fought for 'em. this is where he's from. steve sweeney's been here since the beginning. steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. it would've never been done without steve. it was a pride in building this port and then knowing that we're coming back. >>> we all probably know the dangers of playing hockey. researchers in canada say the same danger is being passed on to fans. a study by the montreal heart institute says the emotional stress of watching your favorite team can trigger adverse cardiovascular events. on average, fans they studied showed an increase in heart rate by 92%. calm yourselves down! >> right. >>> well, amazon is making it easier for college students to afford prime membership. the company introduced a pay by the month opti

if it were up to them, they would bring brink in the national guard. >> i thought you had to pay themand you're wasting your money. all of this stuff bringing in security riding shotguns, i'll find you vets who will come for free. >> we soon get a taste of the logistical headaches. maria obliterated this stretch of highway. the neighbors are building their own bridge. >> do you feel like americans in moments like this? do you feel taken care of as citizens? we're not people that say the government must help us. we're all part of humanity. every person does the best they can. >> what kind of help are you getting from the outside? have you seen fema? >> we've seen fema. they purify the water. >> are these the veterans? ? >> yes, that's right. >> we met them at the airport? >> they are beautiful people. >> thanks to juneny and his monster truck, we get past yet another mud slide and track down one of fema's top men on this island. >> couldn't you use national guard in two-week rotations? are you begging for more men? >> no i'm not because we have more than 4,500 national guard coming in.

the national guard as you might know has been on the ground and in the air for several days. this video showing guard members searching the rubble for victims, also collecting valuables to deliver to the sheriffs department. the idea is really to ease some of the anxiety that homeowners feel about looting. >>> people are cheering even the smallest signs of normalcy in the wake of the fires. so evident in calistoga where police and firefighters evacuated the town six days ago. people are coming back. damian trujillo is live in calistoga where the town got the green line i help epped plead in a time of crisis. >> a lot of hugs and kisses and just happy to see one another. >> reporter: street sweepers rolling cleaning up days of trash and debris left behind when the town was abandoned. while the locals are thankful the up to is intact no one is celebrating knowing the neighbors in other parts of wine country are hurting or in danger. in napa today the county opened a local assistance center where fire victims can get help from local state and federal agencies. help with everythin

mentioned estonia earlier and they have what's called the cyber defense league where they have a national guard on steroids where they can support the ministry of interior so they've expanded the way we think of the guard under title 32 tach commutes and the like but i would be curious about both those bills, first the smart wall and any insight you may have on the current proposal on the wall and then specifically on the guard. >> so i represent 820 miles of the border between the u.s. and mexico. >> that's a lot of miles. >> more the border, between the u.s. and mexico. >> that's eye lot of miles. >> more than any member of congress and i chased al coup i da and russian intelligence officers and proliferators all over the world, so i know a little something about chasing bad guys and the premise is, building a 30 foot high concrete structure from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security. we should be using the latest technology in order to understand the difference between a bunny rabbit and a person coming across the border, and we can but look t

the national guard army where they worked. both sent their families to stay with relatives outside the fire zone. then took -- rein forced with soldiers outside the region and state. >> we've been assisting with the search and recovery operations. we've been manning the evacuation shelters and providing functions on behalf of the emergency operation center. >> my guys are doing well, they enjoy being here and want to be apart of the fight and they're professionals. >> reporter: fortunately the fires never reached the neighborhoods and the officer' families are back in their homes today. >> they are the bravest people i've ever seen. >> reporter: the people who live in san francisco feel the same way about the national guard and the first responders who have helped to save many many lives in the north bay. in san to rosa, eric thomas. abc 7 news. >>> all state insurance hosted a pizza launch at the sonoma county fairgrounds to thank the firefighters for their work to contain the fires. >> actually these fires involved, knowing

national guard they arrived home to a waiting press corps and the boss. peter newsham greeted them at joint base andrews. ten officers worked in puerto rico before joining m.b.d. >> what will happen with my st you have no stuff. it's sad back home. >> sergeant mendez found his father and they followed social media. finding people at the request of relatives in the d.c. area. >> we broke up in three teams and they searched the island. in the everything at 10:30 or 11:00 we were debriefed. >> the idea of the going came from the officers. he said he and the d.c. national guard adopted it because it was a good idea. >> a huge sense of relief to see them back here safe. you know, unharmed. >> they are tired as you might imagine. >> the chief said they were considered on duty but they were in puerto rico. on the street of d.c. reporting live from joint base andrews i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. you can help the victims of hurricane maria. tomorrow abc7 and the hispanic national law enforcement association will be collecting supplies all day at m

you're watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. >>> the california national guard has mobilized the help in rt to control these wildfires. and they are calling out even more national guardsmen as we speak. ktvu's ken wayne is at santa rosa airport. it looks like the oakland hills fire, nothing left in some of the areas. >> reporter: some of those neighborhoods look like the oakland hills firestorm did after the fact when everything was wiped out up in hiller highlands and all of that above the caldecott tunnel. same scenario especially in the coffee park neighborhood. they are not going to be able to fly after dark. they are trying to make every last minute of daylight count before they stop and they have to put the planes on the ground because after it's dark it's just going to be too dangerous for them to fly. we went in a search-and-rescue helicopter used by the national guard and they took us up over the areas of santa rosa that were hard hit by this fire at the coffey park neighborhood. the hilton hotel area. fountain grove on the east side northeast corner of santa rosa. we are flying

. >>> national guard troops tasked with saving their families as well as others when the wild fierz began. fires began. >>> and the nfl commissioners asked if the nfl and players are showing total disrespec >>> good evening once again. we've been learning today of the heroic acts carried out by some members of the california national guard who had to evacuate their own homes because of the north bay fires. eric thomas has that forry. >> while the fire was leveling neighborhoods lieutenant colonel was at his santa rosa home onto phone with state officials trying to figure out how bad things really were. >> that's when the 23knock cameo my door and we realized we were in danger of the fire. >> santa rosa coffee park area was devastated by fire but the two officers quicklie vac ideaed their wives and kids to the safest place they could think of the national guard armory where they work. both men sent their families to stay with relatives outside of the fire zone and then he took command of his 579th engineer battalion reenforced with soldiers outside of the region and state. >> we've been as

vicky nguyen embedded with the national guard. she took the aerial tour and joins us from the airport what stood out to you. >> reporter: raj a little loud out here what i want to tell you is that california national guard has 22 aircraft helping to fight the fires, including two drones they've been dealing with heavy winds, thick smoke in the air. today was the first time it was safe enough for them to take us on cameras into the sky so we could show you what santa rosa looks like from above. >> we are continuing on the ridge line. >> from the air a scarf scorched earth across santa rosa that will take years to heel. from the homes still standing in coffey park to the rows of hillside neighborhoods in fountaingrove now destroyed. if the smoke doesn't take your breath away, the sights might. once colorful rooftops now crumbled ash. fields of ash across wine country. a fire starting somewhere in calistoga and jumped 101, overpowering everything in its path. >> 2400 national guard troops have been dplad to help the north by fires. .

and i know you answered one of our earlier questionwise the work we're doing with the national guard. but i know you're not doing all the training necessary or spending all the resources to do the national guard training consistent with the active duty personnel. >> senator, we stand at the ready in terms of the process dhs has put into place to support all the states with regard to the election system vulnerabilities. to date we have not been tasked directly to support that effort. but we certainly have capabilities that we could apply to that. >> can i just have your commitment in the next budget you will include the full amount needed for the training of these cyber specialists in the national guard? >> what i need to do, senator, is check on the status of our current funding for that effort, and i will get back to you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. so i want to follow up if i can on this question about athe tack aices on voting systems. seems like the russians are pretty happy with those efforts, and i don't see any reason to believe they won't try again.

amy: president trump met on the national guard base.juan: some of the facilities have interned over for national guard use. most of the former military bases now have been decommissioned for the most part. the role that puerto rico played as a military outpost in the caribbean and latin america has ceased to exist now for at least several years. amy: finally, his meeting with the governor and then the san juan mayor, though he clearly can't shaking her hand, she says this is not about politics, it is about -- he pulls away o'malley signed other people saying "thank you, thank you." juan: i think the governor, force, people do not understand the governor was elected in november. he is been in office as long as donald trump has been in office. he is a young governor, and electedced, largely was because his father was the governor years back. his father played a big role in creating the debt crisis that puerto rico is now dealing with. he is a very conservative, pro-statehood governor while carmen yulin cruz is from the radical wing of the

we're going to show you some new video highlighting just some of the ways the national guard is providing some support now. >> also today is the last day to file taxes. if you were given an extension in april, we'll tell you the relief the government is providing to people affected by natural disasters. you were borne to travel... borne to rock... borne to piggyback... and you don't want anything stopping you from doing what you love. so if you're looking to give your immune system extra support... only airborne plus beta-immune booster is made with a crafted blend of vitamins and minerals, plus an added ingredient proven to boost your natural defenses. keep doing what you were borne to do. airborne plus beta immune booster. >>> now that year is up, and the state treasurer's office will have to decide what's next. regulators fined wells fargo $185 million last year overits widespread practice of opening accounts without customers' authorizations to meet aggressive sales goals. >>> time is 4:22. if you were affected by recent natural disasters, you're getting and extended deadline to file

more california national guard crews arrived at moffett field to help the firefighters in the north bay. these photos are of the 1/29 rescue wing and the 146th airlift team arriving just before midnight. the team is made up of 100 guardsmen and women in the los alamitos area near long beach. the team will provide support for shelters in napa and solano county. >>> the california national guard is helping firefighters on the front lines. charles schultz airport is serving as a hub for a blackhawk helicopter and its crew. yesterday they surveyed the fire zone from the air and can wayne went along for the ride. from above the massive devastation the fire has caused really comes into focus. the burn areas are hardly recognizable. they flew over the coffey park neighborhood of santa rosa and fountain grove neighborhood and everywhere you look its devastation. >> it reminded me of those old world war ii documentaries of dresden when that german city was firebombed by the allies and was left in ruins. that's kind of what that neighborhood look like. it was wiped out. >> as the helicopter appro

. >> additional members of the new jersey national guard are heading to puerto rico to help with hurricaneief efforts. >>> good morning, guys, yeah, i don't know if you can hear that but it is pretty creep any here pennhurst asylum i'm completely freaked out. >>> eagles have been around since 1930's thinks only ninth time they have opened with the six-one record. mind set? what you do every sing dale to win ballgames like that. >>> good vibes inside eagles locker room after bird beat washington monday night. >> let send it over to kate. depending where you are you may be waking up to a foggy outside, there. >> for the most part fog issues are really going by the way side. it was a definite concern in southern new jersey and new jersey earlier this morning but is there ever so slight breeze that is starting to pick up out there, not allowing that fog to settle any longer. so that should help you out, in that regard. right now skies are generally clear, we have got a couple cloud here and there and with that clearing sky, we're a okay when it comes to your travels here but you will notice th

the national guard army where they worked.heir families to stay with relatives outside the fire zone. then took -- rein forced with soldiers outside the region and state. >> we've been assisting with the search and recovery operations. we've been manning the evacuation shelters and providing functions on behalf of the emergency operation center. >> my guys are doing well, they enjoy being here and want to be apart of the fight and they're professionals. >> reporter: fortunately the fires never reached the neighborhoods and the officer' families are back in their homes today. >> they are the bravest people i've ever seen. >> reporter: the people who live in san francisco feel the same way about the national guard and the first responders who have helped to save many many lives in the north in san to rosa, eric thomas. abc 7 news. >>> all state insurance hosted a pizza launch at the sonoma county fairgrounds to thank the firefighters for their work to contain the fires. >> actually these fires involved, knowing how hard and diff