to remember those who perished and survived the earthquake in san francisco. now we are going to remember a song from san francisco. do you remember? some of you can sing. here we go.♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, in honor of the 24 th year of producing this event. here is the housekeeper. let's hear it for him. [ applause ] . >> in just a few short minutes, 107 years ago, this city was devastated by the earthquake, by the gas fires that followed. there was nothing. there was no internet, there was no cell phones, there was no phones. people gathered. we are gathering here today to honor those who survived, those who perished and those who built this city out of the ashes. so please with me, sing again as we hold up the memorial to our fallen comrades, three of whom are alive today and watching from home. george cluchey, bill dell monte, and billy hook. san francisco, please. crabtree. >> c'mon, everybody.♪ [singing san francisco] ♪ >> [ applause ] . >> courtesy of city college of san francisco's great culinary department. hot soup. where is our soup?

who perished. they were so young. it's hard to imagine, first time fathers are about to become first time fathers. in terms of the fire now, the homes, what are we hearing about the number of homes destroyed? >> reporter: well, the last figure that we're hearing is that 200 homes have been damaged or destroyed. the acreage now is at 8400 acres. the important thing to realize about this, is that firefighters are stressing this is not a final figure, they expect it to change. >> thanks very much. president obama spoke by phone today with jan brewer pledgie i assistance to the families and crews of the fallen. their names have just been released. we're learning about the lives that some of them led. we want to take a moment to tell you what we know about these young men. at the very least you should know their names, anthony rose, chris mckenzie. clayton whitted, dustin deford, garrett zuppiger, sean misner, travis carter, travis turbyfill, wade parker, billy warnecke and kevin woyjeck hp. he had no k

who perished. they were so young. it's hard to imagine, first time fathers are about to become first time fathers. in terms of the fire now, the homes, what are we hearing about the number of homes destroyed? >> reporter: well, the last figure that we're hearing is that 200 homes have been damaged or destroyed. the acreage now is at 8400 acres. the important thing to realize about this, is that firefighters are stressing this is not a final figure, they expect it to change. >> thanks very much. president obama spoke by phone today with jan brewer pledging assistance to the families and crews of the fallen. their names have just been released. we're learning about the lives that some of them led. we want to take a moment to tell you what we know about these young men. at the very least you should know their names, anthony rose, chris mackenzie,clayton whitted, dustin dedford, garrett zuppiger, sean misner, travis carter, travis turbyfill, wade parker, billy warneke and kevin woyjeck. he had no kids

you just alluded to some perishable evidence. what would be the perishable evidence you're talking about? >> well, when we look at the cockpit, you definitely want to try and capture as many of the instrument readings. this is an electronic cockpit, all glasscock pit. you have television screens. but the screw carries personal items there, so you want to see what kind of paperwork they were reviewing, or previewing as as part of the approach procedures. want to try to capture anything that could disappear, whether it is manifest paper work, and things like that, to some of that evidence that would be in the cabin as well. again, there was fire fighting activity taking place. so there may be some damage to items in that cabin that prior to the fire fighting could have provided evidence. you want to try to capture that before too many people are in there tromping around or the aircraft is moved that would change the dynamics. >> given the extent of the damage that we saw yesterday, that we continue to see today as the boeing 777 li

that i would is not saying where there is no inflation a lack thereof are fair the people perish the reality is the government can only do probably only going to really only do that which keeps us from falling into the ocean they can only build water they can't create jobs pricing to create jobs ninety percent of all jobs are private sector jobs what we what america needs is to create enabling environment can help with that we need is a million startups a year that's what we need. a small business and startups and should haves and entrepreneurs that we have is about three hundred fifty thousand startups a year so you want to solve the economic problems is real simple get a million two million startups a year in g.d.p. will go right through the roof jobs will be created because all jobs come from the start i was from year three through year seven and half of all jobs in america are one hundred employees or less seventy percent of all jobs in america. or five hundred employees or less is only nine hundred seventy four businesses employ ten thousand people or more we tell our kids. go t

. >> the ntsb has been gathering from the beginning what it calls perishable evidence from the runway and the investigators have been documenting every last detail with pictures and video for instance, it's documented that all of the 300 passenger seats in the plane were still in the plane. of course there were the flight attendant seats that were ejected they have taken pictures of all the switches in the cockpit, down to the last detail as i said. then, once they were done with all of that, it would be a matter of handing the run way back over to sfo to do debris clean up, the evidence that the ntsb does not need and then, the airport has a long task, perhaps as much as a week of not only finishing the cleanup, but also the repairs to make sure that the runway is safe to accept planes for landing again. live, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much, earlier at the same spot where the wreckage came to rest, an emotional scene. crash survivors and the families of the two girl tharps killed went to the crash site to honor the victim. it must have been overwhelming. >> dan, it was an emotion

i still believe in the american dream because without a vision the people will perish. so i still believe in him the dream i'm living the dream i'm back in my home and i'm fighting for others to stay in their homes as san francisco they have a waiting list of twenty seven thousand people i'll say that again they have a waiting list of twenty seven thousand people you know i have a nothing but respect for president obama but you know. it really needs to provide some real hope and some real alternatives to people that have done nothing wrong i don't do drugs he doesn't do drugs you know we're clean we're respectful were intelligent human beings so why did you clean respectful intelligent human beings cause to live in one room for the rest of their life for the majority of their life rather than our own you know i'm upset and i just say this thing else you know i don't know if you haven't heard of the plantation then a mix when people have been reduced to slavery and then exploited and all their life some of them sway away from war and i mean that's what we suffer from in

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men who perished, 21-year-old young man. they were all so young. it's so hard to imagine so many of them first time fathers or about to become fathers. in terms of the fire now, the homes, what are we hearing about the number of homes destroyed? >> well, the last figure we're hearing is that 200 hoexs have been damaged or destroyed. the acreage is now at 8400 acres. the important thing to realize about this is that firefighters are stressing this is not a final figure. they expected it to change. >> president obama spoke by phone today with jan brewer blejing all necessary federal assistance to state and local crews, expressing his condolences the families of the fallen. their names have just been released. we're learning a little about the lives some of them led. we want to tell you what we know about these young men. you hud know their names, eric marrish, andrew ashcraft, anthony rose, chris mack ken zee, claden wittit, dustin deford, garrett zuppiger, grant mckee, jesse steed, joe thurston, john percin, robert caldwell,

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of the crew, comprising of 20 men, 19 of them are now known to have perished. the single survivor only escaped because he had gone to move the crew's truck. it is the deadliest fire in 80 years. >> we are devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet. we're in crisis. >> this video shows them on a training exercise. it is not known how many of the men seen here are among the fatalities. these are the fire rehard ent emergency shelters. the -- retard ent emergency shelters. the men were able to deploy the shelters but were quickly engulfed in flames. >> we train. we train. we meditate on safety all the time. we know any -- topnotch, these guys are the top of the top and something catastrophic had to happen to effect this. >> president obama has said he is heartbroken by what has happened. authorities have ordered the evacuation of two towns southwest of prescott arizona and luffly home to a thousand people -- are home to a thousand people. at least 3,000 have gone up in smoke in three days as the fires rage on uncontrolled. >> u.s. pr

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the news, i they didn't hear it late yesterday night, about the tragedy of our local firefighters perishing in this fire. >> it is devastating. i can only begin to imagine. we understand you knew these firefighters professionally. you flif prescott. how are you and the community cope ing this morning? >> for sure most people are in a state of shock. it just really hasn't sunk in yet. i say that because just last week the granite mountain hot shots were working with many members of the community and other wildland firefighters to battle the dosi fire just last week on the north side of prescott. and in that battle, they were successful in saving more than 400 homes that were in the fire's path. >> these were called the hot shots. this was an elite crew. what do you know about these 19 men in particular? give us an idea of who they were. >> this can be said for any hot shot crew but it's a little bit more special for the granite mountain hot shots. they are supported and funded boy prescott fire department. and that is a municipal fire department whereas most of the other hot shot crews are s

. >> she joins a pair of two chinese girls that perished in the crash. >> as a solemn ceremony honoring the victims of the crash took place off in the distance, asiana flight 214 from seoul to san francisco landed safely on run 28 left which reopened friday night. >> standing on the shore facing the runway were the families of two high school girls who were killed in the crash. >> we gather here together to pray for the victims of asiana airlines crash. >> they marked the moment one week ago when the plane crashed. >> both 16 girls were ejected from the plane, the two friends were travelling to a summer camp together, sherry shih spoke with their parents. >> they camped together for the summer camp, if one didn't want to come and the other one will make it too. >> they were only going to go if they could go together. >> that's right. >> 14 passengers and crew members are still in the hospital, two are in critical condition. many of the other survivors are being isolated under tight security at the airport crown plaza hotel, where asiana airlines has booked every room, attorney frank pet

. >> what i cannot believe is that nobody perished. is. am surprised with the force >>> thioms huron huv or unmanned ariel drone. this is in afghanistan in 2010. keep a look at the flight personnel on the tarmac up ahead, but before you know it, they run out of the way as this drone takes off and you realize that the thing is completely out of control, and up ahead, you see a transport airplane, a c-160 sitting on the runway, and smash. >> oh, no. >> reports now say that the guy driving this was recently out of training. he accidentally engaged the auto start program and he could not turn it off in time before it went out of control and crashed into this other plane. >> how much damage did it cause the other plane? big enough? >> it can't be cheap, think of the cost of a drone and a tra transport plane and well into the millions. >> was anybody in that plane when it was hit by that drone? >> no injuries reported in the accident and the plane was not ready for takeoff and just parked there. >> well sh, maybe he can have a payment plan, beca

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. >> the ntsb has been gathering from the beginning what it calls perishable evidence from the runway and the investigators have been documenting every last detail with pictures and video for instance, it's documented that all of the 300 passenger seats in the plane were still in the plane. of course there were the flight attendant seats that were ejected they have taken pictures of all the switches in the cockpit, down to the last detail as i said. then, once they were done with all of that, it would be a matter of handing the run way back over to sfo to do debris clean up, the evidence that the ntsb does not need and then, the airport has a long task, perhaps as much as a week of not only finishing the cleanup, but also the repairs to make sure that the runway is safe to accept planes for landing again. live, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much, earlier at the same spot where the wreckage came to rest, an emotional scene. crash survivors and the families of the two girl tharps killed went to the crash site to honor the victim. it must have been overwhelming. >> dan, it was an emotion

. >> the ntsb has been gathering from the beginning what it calls perishable evidence from the runwaynd the investigators have been documenting every last detail with pictures and video for instance, it's documented that all of the 300 passenger seats in the plane were still in the plane. of course there were the flight attendant seats that were ejected they have taken pictures of all the switches in the cockpit, down to the last detail as i said. then, once they were done with all of that, it would be a matter of handing the run way back over to sfo to do debris clean up, the evidence that the ntsb does not need and then, the airport has a long task, perhaps as much as a week of not only finishing the cleanup, but also the repairs to make sure that the runway is safe to accept planes for landing again. live, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much, earlier at the same spot where the wreckage came to rest, an emotional scene. crash survivors and the families of the two girl tharps killed went to the crash site to honor the victim. it must have been overwhelming. >> dan, it was an emotional

. >> pope francis led the residence of lampedusa in a special mass to remember those who have perished at sea while trying to get to europe. 10 people drowned in one incident alone last month. this news which has repeated itself so many times, i could not get it out of my mind. it was like a thorn in my heart, bringing the pain. i thought then that i needed to come here today to pray. >> the pope hopes his visit will send the message. he wants european leaders to rethink their refugee policy and do more to help migrants. francis can empathize with the migrants' situation. his own parents emigrated in hopes for a better life. each person here has their own story of hardship. >> i am from eritrea. getting to italy was not easy. it was a long journey, fraught with dangers. i passed through many countries, sudan, the egyptian desert, until i got to libya. the situation there was difficult. we weore ourselves out trying to get to lampedusa. >> another boat carrying 162 migrants from eritrea reached the island. >> china's former rail minister has been handed a suspended death sentence for br

we want to make sure that we gather all of the perishable evidence and the facts early in the investigation. >> reporter: new tonight, asiana airplanes admits the pilot landing the flight 214 was in training. although he was an experienced pilot this was his first time landing a boeing 777 at sfo. he had only 43 hours flight time on this type of plane. newest photos released by the ntsb today show investigators at the crash site examining the debris field by the wreckage. close attention was paid to the tail section that broke apart. other investigators were examining the landing gear sitting on the runway. just some of the evidence needed to 0 in on a cause. >> everying is on the table right now. too early to rule anything out. >> reporter: investigators still need to interview the crew and now brian, tonight, korean safety inspectors plan to join in on the investigation. >> linda, you know, now that we know the pilot was training on this night do we know anything about the copilot? >> reporter: yes, the asiana flight says the copilot had 3400 hours flying on that boeing 777. >> and do we

ultimate danger is we are going to decide we're going to choose safety after one million people perishedn a day over our liberties. that is what is worrisome. that is why i would bend a little bit today on nsa and prevention because i do not want to see that day. i give them some leeway now because of the nature of the threat, which is unique. none past, you could destroy a village, you could massacre a bunch of people but you could not wipe out a city with a small gang of people without any effort. that is now possible. >> on that happy note, have a good holiday and enjoy independence day. see you next week. >> hello and a very warm welcome to "european journal," coming to you from dw studios in brussels. that's take a look at what's coming up. it only -- why sicilians are protesting against ash italy -- italy -- why sicilians are protesting. belgium -- why there are some things you will only find in brussels. u.s. americans reached our

. >> pope francis led the residence of lampedusa in a special mass to remember those who have perished at sea while trying to get to europe. 10 people drowned in one incident alone last month. this news which has repeated itself so many times, i could not get it out of my mind. it was like a thorn in my heart, bringing the pain. i thought then that i needed to come here today to pray. >> the pope hopes his visit will send the message. he wants european leaders to rethink their refugee policy and do more to help migrants. francis can empathize with the migrants' situation. his own parents emigrated in hopes for a better life. each person here has their own story of hardship. >> i am from eritrea. getting to italy was not easy. it was a long journey, fraught with dangers. i passed through many countries, sudan, the egyptian desert, until i got to libya. the situation there was difficult. we weore ourselves out trying to get to lampedusa. >> another boat carrying 162 migrants from eritrea reached the island. >> china's former rail minister has been handed a suspended death sentence for br

learn sysco employees were using outdoor storage units as warehouses to keep raw meat, milk and perishable foods for hours before taking them to bay area restaurants. when we brought what we found to sysco, the company scrambled to order employees to take foods out of the sheds. they found rat droppings and unsanitary conditions in the sheds. sysco delivers food to 400,000 clients worldwide. certain foods are to be refrigeratored from warehouse to big rig to restaurant. but inspectors say there was a break down in the sysco system. we caught drivers dropping off chicken, pork, bacon and vegetables to outdoor metal

ultimate danger is we are going to decide we're going to choose safety after one million people perishedn a day over our liberties. that is what is worrisome. that is why i would bend a little bit today on nsa and prevention because i do not want to see that day. i give them some leeway now because of the nature of the threat, which is unique. none past, you could destroy a village, you could massacre a bunch of people but you could not wipe out a city with a small gang of people without any effort. that is now possible. >> on that happy note, have a good holiday and enjoy independence day. see you next week. >>> from washington the mclaughlin group, the american original for over three decades, the sharpest minds, best sources, hardest talk. >>> issue 1 nuclear independence. >> july 4th america again celebrates its independence, the 237th time that it has done so. for more than a century britain had imposed on the u.s. a monarch cal rule. since then the u.s. has emerged as the world ears leading superpower. that superpower status rests on our economy, arguably the best in the world and

members of an elite arizona firefighting crew known as the granite mountain hotshots, who perished this weekend in the yarnell hill fire. >> i just can't even imagine how the families and the friends that knew these individuals feel. it just is unbearable. >> our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the brave firefighters who were out there. this is one more reminder of the fact that our first responders, they put their lives on the line every single day. >> reporter: the granite mountain hotshots are the firefighting elite, the s.e.a.l. team 6 of the fire lines. these young men, seen here in a training video, were trained to go to the hottest spot of the wildfires and tame them by brute force. >> these people keep themselves in exceptional condition. they have considerable weight to carry, and they can walk miles to get into strategic locations. oftentimes they'll sleep on the ground. >> reporter: tonight we learned all of their names. their next of kin having now absorbed the terrible news. the average age, just 27. young men like kevin woyjeck, whose dad is an l.a. fire cap

the highly trained granite mountain hotshot crew who took the final photo of his squad before it perished in the wall of flames. only one of the 20-member crew is alive. 21-year-old brendan mcdunna, the squad's lookout. >> he was on a hillside and within a mile or two of the carusoe that he is not only in radio contact, but visual contact. >> all of a sudden the direction of the wind-driven wildfire changed jie. he was warning them to get out. they made their plan to get out. they were attempting to reach their safety zone. >> they were trapped by rapidly shifting erratic winds and searing heat.h3 >> he lost 19teen of his best friends and co-workers. he is working through it the best he can. >> and now more than 500 firefighters are determined to battle a blaze that is not contained. and it has scorched more than 13 square miles. >> you have to get back on track and they know that. to honor the firefighters they will put this fire out. >> so far the wildfire has destroyed 200 homes and many more are still in harm's way. a team of investigators is also on scene to determine whether human e

it's believed that many of them perished in this area. about five kilometers south of the border. the majority still lie where they fell. the team follows an overgrown trail. 20 minutes later, the metal detector goes off. >> translator: this is a soviet cartridge. this is from a japanese rifle. >> reporter: they're looking for a battlefield called 314 highlands. following clues provided by former japanese soldiers. >> translator: hey, there's something over here. come here. >> reporter: it looks like a human skull. >> translator: looking at the remains, i'd say that he was an 18 to 20-year-old soldier. it's terrible. i never want this to happen again. >> reporter: more digging unearthed some relics. among the findings, bayonets and hand grenades. they also find a japanese coin. it's dated 1944. scientists will have to examine the remains to confirm their identities. but the group is convinced they are japanese soldiers. >> translator: we don't care if these people fought for the other side. we respect all of the soldiers who gave their lives. and we want to give them a proper buri

ultimate danger is we are going to decide we're going to choose safety after one million people perishedn a day over our liberties. that is what is worrisome. that is why i would bend a little bit today on nsa and prevention because i do not want to see that day. i give them some leeway now because of the nature of the threat, which is unique. none past, you could destroy a village, you could massacre a bunch of people but you could not wipe out a city with a small gang of people without any effort. that is now possible. >> on that happy note, have a good holiday and enjoy independence day. see you next week. would you rather spend your weekend mowing your lawn - or relaxing in your backyard? when you choose native, drought- tolerant plants for your landscape, you can attract wildlife, stop using unhealthy pesticides, and save money on your water bill. a native plant is one that grows naturally in your area and climate. because it 's adapted to living there, it can withstand the heat, cold, and rainfall that's part of the natural system. native landscaping is every bit as beautiful as ex

the highly trained granite mountain hotshot crew who took the final photo of his squad before it perishedn the wall of flames. only one of the 20-member crew is alive. 21-year-old brendan mcdunna, the squad's lookout. >> he was on a hillside and within a mile or two of the carusoe that he is not only in radio contact, but visual contact. >> all of a sudden the direction of the wind-driven wildfire changed jie. he was warning them to get out. they made their plan to get out. they were attempting to reach their safety zone. >> they were trapped by rapidly shifting erratic winds and searing heat.h3 >> he lost 19teen of his best friends and co-workers. he is working through it the best he can. >> and now more than 500 firefighters are to battle a blaze that is not contained. and it has scorched more than 13 square miles. >> you have to get back on track and they know that. to honor the firefighters they will put this fire out. >> so far the wildfire has destroyed 200 homes and many more are still in harm's way. a team of investigators is also on scene to determine whether human error played a

employees were using outdoor storage units as makeshift warehouses to keep raw meat, milk and other perishable goods for hours before taking them to bay area restaurants. when we brought what we found to sysco, the company scrambled to direct workers to clear food out of the sheds. workers found evidence of food storage. they found rat droppings, insects and other unsanitary conditions inside these sheds. sysco supplies food to 14,000 clients worldwide. the food is supposed to be refrigerated during the entire process. but inspectors say there was a major breakdown in the sysco system. our cameras caught employees making drop-offs to outdoor metal sheds in san jose, san francisco and concord. that food sat here for hours before heading to eateries across the bay area. sysco admitted to inspectors, this is common practice at 14 different sheds, hidden from the health department for years. we showed state food safety chief pat kenly what our surveillance cameras captured. >> it was disappointing to see they were cutting these corners and jeopardizing the safety of the food product and the people

. >> i imagine this is a new skill for these new owners to deal with perishible products of this nature and are you coaching them through the business aspects of how to deal with that? >> sure, within the team is an individual scott schaefer who specifically knows produce extremely well and he is the one working with the food guardians teaching them as they go into the stores. so the food guardians start developing the skills as well. it takes a number of years to develop that skill, but he is teaching them and they are there with him in the store as he is teaching the opener. >> so the food guardians are serving as detailers? >> that is right. >> okay. >> great. commissioner white. >> actually, commissioner dwight asked the question i was going to ask in regards to how many stores were being somewhat funded through the pilot program. going forward though in the certain neighborhood that you have identified, do you have corner stores that actually want to sign up for this program? that actually know about this? >> i spoke earlier by the two-phased program. this is implemented through th

western java in indonesia with three people confirmed dead there what is expected dozens more may have perished it was carrying about one hundred seventy people mostly refugees from sri lanka and iran the incident comes in with the latest shift towards a hardline immigration policy in australia which remains one of the hottest issues ahead of looming elections a recent decision to send illegal new comers to refugee processing cams was met with rioting and human rights protests. and a desperate search for survivors still underway in devastated hillsides after twin earthquake struck northwest china as many as ninety seven now confirmed dead but that number could still rise thousands of soldiers and police were drafted in to help the rescue effort the deadly quake caused massive mudslides which trapped dozens of villages and left almost forty thousand homeless. now with the u.k. slashing spending to balance the budget authority is in london and taking a big bite out of the fire rescue services a proposed station closures and job cuts have sparked outrage among workers and let the concerns of a peo