but as monika reports, the red cross helps people in many ways. >> the story of the american red cross starts here, in washington d.c. during the civil war, the sanitary commission was started to help sick and injured union soldiers. a woman named clara barton joined that effort. she became known as "the angel of the battlefield." >> during the americanlefield." civil war, it wasn't too common for women to be near the battlefield. clara barton changed all that by providing aid to soldiers, and so that's why they called her the angel of the battlefield. >> after the war, she visited europe and learned about an organization there called the international red cross. >> the international red cross movement started in europe to help relieve the suffering of people affected by war. it was founded by henry dunant, a swiss businessman, and still today, we honor him by using the reverse of the swiss flag for our symbol -- the red cross against a white background. >> returning to the united states, she founded the american red cross in 1881. and ever since then, the american red cross has been h

so if you want to look back on your year, your life, and say i made a difference, join the red cross. you'll make a difference. >> and signing up is extremely easy, all do you have do is log on to red cross.org/papal philly 2015. fill out an application form. the sooner the better. because the great thing about the red cross is all of the volunteers are trained and well prepared well ahead of time. reporting live in center city this morning, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> certainly an exciting time for the sit. >> i oh, yes. >> month and a half. thank you, jan. as you mentioned, down to 43 days before pope francis makes his historic visit to philadelphia. getting closer and closer. we were a year out, now it will be here before you know it. >>> one souvenir you might call it down right cheese. >> i oh, no you didn't. >> well, you can buy it. this is the mold created by larry bus for the holy father to be immortalized in mozarella cheese. >> what else? >> now you see the finished product to be sold at, do you know how to say that? well, it is on tasker avenue. that is start

national red cross societies are trying their best to provide assistance to these people.ever, there simply isn't enough resources, and i think it's required that all governments, all humanitarian organizations, agencies such as the e.u., they come together and have a collaborative response in order to assist to this emergency. >> it's not like they won't have seen this coming. it has been on channels such as ours day after day after day. and when you see people like the ones we're seeing on screen at the moment, how do you and other organizations go about making sure that these people who have escaped in many cases terrible situations, they find themselves going hungry and falling ill, and so on. >> we do our best. i myself have been in belgrade just a new days ago, and i have seen the conditions that people have had to manage in. it is simply not dignified. if anybody takes the opportunity to stop and speak to these people, and ask them about their stories and why they had no choice but to travel to europe, anybody would recognize these people who have names and stories

so the red cross will be very very busy during this time. >> reporter: the red cross tells us it will be done setting up the shelters on september 21st as the world meeting of families kicks off. monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> on the world stage, some people think pope francis may change the catholic church in dramatic ways. >> in his homeland of argentina, people who know and follow the pope say don't count on it. nbc 10's jim rosenfield was the first local reporter on the ground in argentina learning about the father before he became pope. he saw the simple life he led at the seminary he attended and later ran. we visited the neighborhoods where the pope is most popular because of his devotion to the poor, and we heard again and again from close friends as well as church and political observers, do not expect pope francis to change church doctrine. >> sort of the descriptions of him as just a regular guy and humble and we shouldn't mistake the fact that he is still a very traditional catholic leader. >> you can have this pope who is celebrated because he is on the streets, he's a

russ paulsen: thank you for inviting the red cross to talk with our partners. i am executive director of community preparedness at the right cost. before this, i had the honor of leading the recovery after hurricanes katrina, wilma, and rita. after 26 years, i have seen the importance of small businesses after disasters. our goal is to make sure when disaster strikes, people have a warm, safe, and dry place to go with their families, something to eat and somewhere to go to. we do this 70,000 times a year on average. we served over 12,000 meals and snacks in north louisiana. we keep that promise after home fires that have been about every eight minutes every day, every year. we can only do this because of the financial generosity of the american people, and heroic actions of volunteers, americorps members and employees. like kay wilkins, who organized her team to open up shelters throughout south louisiana after katrina came through. not seeing her family for days, a young woman who had never lived away from home before she came to the new orleans area to be a r

and then after the war went to europe and discovered something called the red cross. and so she came home and tried to establish a red cross here and she was able to do an american version. but she was not able to connect with the international red cross because the senate had not ratified the geneva conventions. so she spent decades lobbying the senate -- >> right. i don't think people know that part at all. absolutely not. >> and it was a huge lobbying effort. >> and look what it produced, right? >> right. and she also, in geneva, interjected what was called the american amendment which allows the red cross to go into disaster zones. it wouldn't be, as it is now, in natural disasters. >> and we take it for granted, almost, right? >> that was all clara barton. >> all her. there are so many other great stories in this book. i'm a political junkie. i have grown up watching presidents and washington, d.c. things, blair house across the street. >> gee, i haven't at all. >> not at all, no. [laughter]. >> well, but see, it's expected for you but for me i'm kind of going, o

of the red cross, lynn schroeder. you have two hospitals, one here in hiroshima and one in that dba saki thain thatinnagasaki. >> the japanese red cross society has two hospitals here where they treat specifically a-bomb survivors. most of them are being treated with related diseases, cancer-related diseases. last year they recorded two-thirds of the death of survivors being related to cancer. >> just for some context, the prefecture, cancer is prevalent. they are struggling with continuing psychological effects. because a lot of them have had to keep these memories within themselves because of the social stigma. >> indeed. i think there was studies in the late '90s showing that psychological impact for survivors are tremendous. of course, long term post traumatic stress disorder, depression, other psychological instability. also, the entertaining of the future. because with never knowing whether they can be affected by things related to the radiation is a big psychological effect. >> reporter: there is another group

we went inside the red cross nerve center where american red cross volunteers are answering the phone and checking websites for those who want to visit during the papal visit. the american red cross will assist families who become separated or lost in the crowd. they will also oversee medical staffing of other emergency personnel in town should something happen during the world meeting of families and when the pontiff speaks. >> prior to the pope coming to town, there will be 8,000 volunteers, predominantly first responders. there will be firefighters, police officers, emts, so they will be coming to town to support this event. we will take care of them. >> reporter: now, the american red cross also tells us it will be setting up ten shelters across town. they showed us boxes of up to 500 cots and pillows packed away that will be used by the emergency personnel. the american red cross also tells us they do plan to still operate their disaster management program, and some volunteers will be handing out water at septa stations. we'll have more of that for you on the evening newscast. li

"eyewitness news" at the red cross emergency communications center on chestnut street.he red cross is looking for 1,000 volunteers during the papal visit to man shelters, provide health services and much more. now if you are multi link wal have medical knowledge or experience with caring for children and elderly that's a bonus. >> a lot of the work that we do can be taught and we're really encouraging peopling to line and register so that we can them train. >> the red cross will shelter and feed volunteers during the papal visit. if you're interested in volunteering, all you have to do is head to cbsphilly.com and click on links and numbers. >>> simple as that. >>> septa is giving riders another crack at getting special papal passes for their first choice regional rail stations. officials say more passes are available because the duplicate requests. for example, multiple people in group all requesting passes and only one ended up buying them. some who got that are second or third choice stations now have the opportunity to buy or trade in a pass for their first choi cho

joining me now is judge rene corn wall hughes from the american red cross of pennsylvania. for being with us, as always. >> it's a pleasure to see you, rosemary. >> a lot is happening in term of the american red cross along with the philadelphia fire department. >> we're partnering together to end fire fatalities in our community. we call it no more fire deaths. fire deaths are absolutely preventable. if you have a working smoke detector and you have an escape plan for you and your family customized to your home. so tomorrow we're going to launch national preparedness month with the huge rally of thea 5100 block of kennes issing where we'll install smoke alarms. since june we've installed 4,000 smoke alarms. >> when we end up on fire scenes to cover what happened oftentimes, sometimes the same day we'll see the american red cross out there along with firefighters passing out smoke detectors and is that what you're seeing is that this is the cause of fires and that people aren't aware what's happening and they can't get out in time? it's more than that. we did a study with t

russ paulson. >> thank you for inviting red cross to participate today. an executive director of community preparedness at the red cross that before this position i had the honor of leading the contribution to the recovery after hurricane katrina wilma and rita. in 26 years have seen the importance of small business disaster recovery throughout the country. our goal is to make sure people have a warm safe and dry place to go is families, something to eat in the monotype do about what is next. we did after the red river floods to reopen three shelters and served 12,000 meals and snacks in north louisiana and we keep that promise that have been about every eight minutes every day every year. we can only do this because of the financial generosity and sometimes heroic action volunteers americorps members and employees like kay wilkins is the regional new orleans who are connected to a show is throughout louisiana. katrina came through nicely in her family for days. a young woman who never lived away from home before she came to the new orleans area to be a r

red cross services varied from state to state. relied on information from friends on what services i could get. i then had to go the red cross several times, in several locations seeking assistance. this took days and only received assistance and useful information from florida. while i was out of new orleans, the only sources i had to rely on for information it was internet and national media. national media broadcast stories and homes covered in water, alleged violence, smiling politicians visiting shelters. no information given on how to a play for services, what was going on in specific areas, instructions from elected officials. accessing local media through the internet the only way to obtain nonsensizationalized information on local questions. no branch of government was prepared for this disaster. they started with complete confusion and migrated to finger pointing, pointing fingers at each other when citizens of new orleans are scattered across the nation. the mayor is saying all of new orleans would be rebuilt while the

red cross center, is always busy. >> volunteers here, answer hundreds of emergency calls every day, andtch crews across the country. this job won't stop during the papal advice knit september. instead, red cross volunteers will face the added task of aiding the masses that follow the popular pot. >> we're going to need as many volunteers as we can find. >> tom has been volunteer for close to four decades, the red cross, now looking for people with his compassion, willingness to learn. the organization needs 1,000 volunteers, to man the shelters, provide health services and more. >> a lot of the work that we do can be taught, and we are really encouraging people to go on line, register, so we can get them trained. >> those with specialized skills are a bonus being multi link all, volunteers trained in medicine, and those with skills in child and geriatric care are specially needed. >> elderly will get dis ordered and separate from the their families. we really want people who have those kind of talents. >> because travel will be limited, in and around the traffic box, the red cross will

so if you want to look back on your years, your life, and say i made a difference, join the red crossou will make a difference. >> reporter: signing up is easy. all you have to do is log on to red cross.org/papal philly 2015. we have provided a link to that web site on cbs philly.com, just click on links and numbers. reporting from center city, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> you will soon be able to raise a glass, cape may bluing companies mixing five you hundred gallons of the pale ale called, yopo, meaning you only pope once. it will be available starting september 21st at the brewing company as well as at bars and restaurants in philadelphia and new jersey. it will have 5.5 percent alcohol and it is only available on draft. >>> well, now to surveillance video from philadelphia's rittenhouse neighborhood. police are searching for a suspect who snatched a wallet from a purse but that is not all he did. avenue got his hand on the wallet, he broke out the some dance moves this happened at the the byob restaurant on south street, on july 26th. if you recognize this suspect

center during the pope's visit. >> you had five. >> reporter: red cross emergency communications center on chestnut sleet is always busy. volunteers here, answer hundreds of emergency calls every day, and dispatch crew is a cross the country. this job won't stop during the papal visit in september, instead, red cross volunteers will face the added task of aiding the mass that he is follow the popular pope. >> philadelphia is expecting more than a million people and we're going to need as many volunteers as we can find. >> reporter: tom has been a volunteer for close to four decade. red cross is looking for people with his compassion and willingness to learn. the the organization needs 1,000 volunteers to man the shelters, provide health services and more. >> a lot of the work that we do can be taught and we are encouraging people to go on line and register so that we can get some training. >> those with specialized skills are the bonus. the multi link what will and these with skills in child and geriatric care are especially needed. >> young children and elderly will get disoriented and

the red cross bay area was out here all morning long, not just support. >> everything from the traumaeing woke unup in the middle of the night looking at flames, which was what happened to some of these folks, people that maybe, you know, are a little -- you know, a little less plugged into what is going on around them, just the disruption of a normal routine is very, very difficult. >> reporter: around 5:00 this morning the red cross helped to get the seniors are special needs to a neighbor's home to housing. the next door building has five apartment buildings. the battalion chief or division chief will be out here in half an hour to an hour as it's light out to take a better and closer look at the damage here. live in san francisco, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:35. a san jose city worker accused of taking advantage of a child sh he is off the job now, but investigators think there could be more victims. "today in the bay" kris sanchez live in san jose with details. kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. they don't -- reason saying right now san jose poli

russ paulsen: thank you for inviting the red cross to talk with our partners. i am executive director of community preparedness at the right cost. before this, i had the honor of recovery after hurricanes katrina, wilma, and rita. after 26 years, i have seen the importance of small businesses after disasters. our goal is to make sure when disaster strikes, people have a warm, safe, and dry place to go with their families, something to eat and somewhere to go to. we do this 70,000 times a year on average. we served over 12,000 meals and snacks in north louisiana. we keep that promise after home fires that have been about every eight minutes every day, every year. because of do this the financial generosity of the american people, and heroic actions of volunteers, americorps members and employees. wilkins, who organized her team to open up shelters throughout south louisiana after katrina came through. not seeing her family for days, a young woman who had never lived away from home before she came to the new orleans area to memberd cross americorps , who after be

she continued her work with the red cross. she wanted to bring european refugees to the united states. she promoted issues that were helpful to the american troops. she encouraged volunteerism on the home front, and she championed women who were employed in the defense industry. eleanor, she took advantage of all the media that was available out there. she was a writer. she was a public speaker. she was a media figure. she held press conferences. she had 348 press conferences in total. she would have press conferences for women reporters only. men reporters were banned. and the effect of this was that the newspapers and the radio stations and the magazines, who wanted to cover her press conferences, they were forced to continue to employ women reporters. eleanor actually was instrumental in pushing that role of women reporters to the professional level. she was a magazine columnist. she did many, many weekly and monthly magazine columns. she was a radio host. the evening of december 7th, 1941, the attack on pearl harbor, she w

the city called it "unsafe to occupy," the red cross is helping them find shelter. >> people warned not to drink water without boil it near the marin headlands after the water was tested and came back positive for e. coli. officials are look for the source of the contamination. >> most of the beach front on the hawaiian island is closed because of a huge sewage spill. heavy rains caused half president gallons of raw sewage to flow into the ocean along the world famous bench. hawaiian officials are telling tourists to stay out of water because it poes a health hazard. they say it could be a couple of days before it clears. >> four red cross volunteers in washington state providing disaster relief for northeast affect by five fires that are burning 400 square miles of trees and grass in walk. the officials can burn for months. 5,000 homes are threatened by the fire which is only 10 percent contained. the volunteers from cupertino and los gatos and san jose were deployed over the weekend. >> 4:37. and if you are going to 580 and 680, you have a problem. >> we have a sig-alert. but it will

if we turn the camera around you we can show you the red cross is out here hard at work. they have been helping a total of 15 people finding a place to stay. and according to the red cross out here the main building where the the fire started was a care facility. many displaced are senior citizens with special needs and they will live in

coming up, gastia, she's talked to the red cross, a and the red cross came to her house to see how well she is prepared. >> good morning. looking at the east bay commute. starting off with highway 4. you can see highway 4 doesn't look bad coming up to the willow pass great. >> another very big fog bank making a charge inland. made it all the way to livermore in some areas. it'll be a cooler forecast for inland locations. we'll show you how much. it's a good looking car. ? this is the model rear end event. the model year end sales event. it's year end! it's the rear end event. year end, rear end, check it out. talk about turbocharging my engine. you're gorgeous. what kind of car do you like? new, or many miles on it? get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 passat models. or lease a 2015 passat limited edition for $189 a month after a $1000 bonus. >>> what you can do to prepare for the big one. >> a crawl space underneath the house. supplies, and than food is here. >> so one of the things that i noticed was this setup is, it might be hard to get to these supplies at the time of

the red cross is here to help them in any way they can. we're live in oakland. lisa chan, kpix 5. >>> it is a historic morning in cuba. take a live look at havana where a ceremony will be held later this morning to officially mark the u.s. embassy's re-opening there. it will be led by john kerry the first u.s. secretary of state to visit cuba in 70 years. more on today's event from cbs news' hannah daniels. >>> reporter: in just a few hours, the american flag will fly over the u.s. embassy in havana for the first time in 54 years. three u.s. service members took part in a rehearsal ceremony at the embassy thursday as members of the community looked on. the change in diplomatic relations is something this 31- year-old cuban woman is looking forward to. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: when it comes to politics, she says she doesn't care. not when positive things can happen for cubans, young and old. still others like american lois scheckter remain skeptical. her family's farm in havana was seized by fidel castro's regime during the communist revolution and her f

today we get a look at the red cross centers set up for the pope's visit.the red cross will give a tour of the centers which will provide shelter for the emergency personnel and firefighters. the organization is looking for a thousand volunteers for that weekend. you can see that walk for yourself on nbc10 news at 4:00. >>> thousands of people are expected to walk from camden to philadelphia to for a chance to see the hope. a journey will take several miles. nbc10 news matt delucia is making that walk this morning. it's a journey that requires planning if you're planning on doing that pilgrimage, right? >> reporter: you might want to work out to the treadmill a little bit early. it is quite a walk. right now at the convention center out here at 12th and arch. we started over in camden earlier this morning. so we are making that walk all the way up to eakins oval where pope francis will be making that papal mass. we were talking earlier about the bridge and a lot of people are going over that bridge. about 10,000 people an hour is the prediction from the fol

everyone get out okay but the red cross now is on the scene helping 15 people find new places to stay. our reporter will have more on the story if a report coming up at 5:30. >> archbishop has been arrested for truck driving. hawaii police say the cardinal was arrested on thursday while driving on the big island. this muck shot courtesy from the hawaiian tribune herald, and he was released after posting $500 bail. the 79-year-old was vacationing. he was archbishop of san francisco for 10 years until 2005 and was the highest ranking american at the vatican. >> another potential anxious morning for american investors after chinese stocks fell for the 4th day in a row. chinese markets closed this morning at the lowest level in eight months. japan's stock market fell and over asian and european markets bounded back. united states stock futures are rising following yesterday's global sell off that saw the dow lose more than 3.5 percent. our reporter is watching the overnight activity and will have a preview with what to expect today on wall street coming you at 5:00. >> we will fall the ma

nbc10 was there as the american red cross and firefighters went door to door with smoke detectors for their new campaign. why they say they're seeing success in their efforts. >>> friends and family said good-bye today to bobbi kristina brown. her funeral was held in suburban atlanta. grammy winning singer monica was there and so was the mayor of atlanta. she died in hospice care on july 26th six months after she was found unconscious in a bathtub. the 22-year-old was the only child of the bobby brown and the late whitney houston. >>> a wing suspected to be from the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 is at a military facility. it arrived at the site this afternoon. a military unit that specializes in analysis of aviation wreckage will inspect it. the debris is believed to be from a boeing 777. it was discovered this week on the remote indian ocean island of reunion. the examination will begin wednesday. >>> coming up the phillies are getting some love from their hometown in the form of a mural. what you need to know about this major league work of art. >>> and it's official the heat

in 26 years with the red cross, i've seen the importance of small business recovery throughout the country. we do it about 70,000 times a year on average. we just did it after red river floods where we opened three shelters in north louisiana. and we keep that promise after home fires across the country that happen about every eight minutes every day every year. we can only do this because of the financial generosity of the american people and sometimes heroic actions of volunteers, americorps members and our employees. kay wilkins organized her team to open up shelters throughout south louisiana after katrina came through or while it came through. not seeing her family for days. a young woman who never lived away from home before she came to the new orleans area to be a red cross americorps member, who after being there for two weeks was sent to run a shelter at north shore and who had to deal with the needs of all sorts of people, including helping a gentleman who didn't have his home health aide with him. never had any training but it's people who step up and do what they need to do. a

let's go straight to the red cross spokesman in aden. why have you taken the decision to close your office indefinitely? what actually happened yesterday at your office in aden? was it a robbery or do you think there was something more to it? >> gunman into the office in aden. >> many thanks for being with us. >> there's more fighting in other parts of yemen. we have the latest. an armored vehicle is hit by a rocket in a southern saudi arabia province along its border with yemen, where houthi fighters say they launched this attack to target saudi troops. fighting has also intensified in the south central city of taiz. this is where the fight for the control of yemen would likely be decided. houthi fighters have put up fierce resistance here, despite losing crucial district elsewhere. as the fighting continues, more are killed and buildings destroyed. >> look at this. they destroyed buildings, killed children, women and old people. they are destroying taiz. >> taiz is on the main highway that links the south to sanna in the north. forces

we're told the 20 tenants have received housing vouchers were the red cross.nagement says it hopes to have the repairs underway shortly. >>> langa head so key as people in napa county mark the one-year anniversary of that major earthquake last summer. local leaders are helping residents plan for the next one. they are holding a series of seminars at city hall presenting information from fema on how homeowners can repair damage and retrofit their homes. the seminars will also include a report on building performance during the quake and recommendations for the building improvements themselves. yesterday marks the one year anniversary since the 6.0 magnitude quake struck out of napa. >>> tuesday morning, heading out the door right now or soon, let's check the forecast with kari. >> good morning. looking great starting out the day with mostly cloudy skies around the bay area and some coastal fog. sunrise at 6:32 that's coming up in less an hour but these days are getting short. the sun comes out, the skies will clear quickly and a touch warmer air moves in along

the red cross as i said is here, assysting people.coming up in the next half hour, you'll hear from some of the people being assisted by the red cross. katy zachry, nbc 10 news. >> 4:35. we have new information on a bizarre twist in a suspicious death investigation. we now know the man found dead inside a car in new castle county monday night recently balm a lawyer. we also know the victim, 27-year-old shazim uppal graduated from temple university last month. he was found shot to death inside his car monday night. investigators say the victim lived close to where he was found. yesterday police were still combing the area around the scene. >>> 4:35 now. this morning, a warning from drexel university police after a string of home burglaries over the past few days just as college students are returning to the area. police say since saturday, five homes have been broken into in philadelphia's powelton village neighborhood the thieves took things like backpacks and jewelry. they are urging everyone to keep windows and doors locked. >>> the

. >>> today the american red cross and the philadelphia fire department are joining together to help save lives. nbc 10's jesse gary live in gray's ferry where firefighters and volunteers are going door to door to hand out free smoke alarms. jesse, tell us about it. >> reporter: renee, sorry, just starting with judge renee caldwell hughes, just taken to the podium. this the formal portion of the program where officials give their remark. you see judge hughes and on the right fire commissioner and deputy mayor. behind them you see boxes of smoke detectors they will be handing out. what they are going to do work both sides of 6200 block of gray's avenue and install these devices for free. if you have video, let's go ahead and take a look at it. this is video from a fatal fire on gray's street a few months ago. according to the fire department there's been 10 fatal fires in the city of philadelphia this year. that is down from last year. last year at this time there were about 21. so fire officials are pleased they have made progress. but as deputy mayor said a couple mince ago, the goa

the red cross didn't do that. the citizens of new orleans did that. only one elect if i hadshal has bothered to pass by, ooh, and don't get me wrong. by grace of -- my god, they have been people from all over the world who have come and shown great love. i have little blonde blueied brunette, grayied all chored children at my house right now i know what they take the act where of mama d. because they work hard from sun superto sundown every day because we have a mission, and that is we not trying to do a christopher columbus not a trying to go somewhere and take somebody else's stuff, why would you get in the public media and ask a city where 80% of its citizens ride public transit, to evacuate? what were they supposed to do fly? get on a broom? after you allow buses to sit in the water areas that is one thing five years transportation would have told me i wasn't at the tub, you move all of the equipment you transportation out of harm's way you know, the president declares two days in advance, that it is coming, you don't move any of the equipment? wh

so they immediately called the red cross, and they took over and brought the three with the parents to the nearby hospital. >> and neighbouring hungary the government is tightening laws to prevent human smuggling, activists say it's making the problem worse. >>> andrew simmonds is in budapest where refugees are stranded with no place to go. >> reporter: for now, it's home for people leaving war areas for sanctuary, going no further. >> many were not warned to buy international rail tickets. police stopped them boarding trians. this syrian mother spent the last of her savings on non-refundable steps. now she regrets not paying smugglers instead. >> translation: i feel angry. all countries helped us except hungary. macedonia let us cross and use the train to serbia. every day we walked hours to reach the border. my feet swollen. i had to carry my baby all the way. i'm exhausted. >> she has little help. there was a few volunteers giving advice to the refugees. >> we cannot only blame the smugglers, we are giving an incentive for the smugglers. giving them better business by not letting th

we are a spokesman for the red cross. he condemns the attack. >> we're in close contact with the authorities, and we'll review the assets. >> security officials say that the bomber used an army vehicle to approach the troops before detonating the explosives. there is no immediate claim to the responsibility, but they say that the attack bears the hallmarks of aisles. >>> members of the pkk have been killed. the fighters died in airstrikes in northern iraq quake. >> storm confidence that russia will continue supporting his embattled regime. ash har quaraishi was speaking in an interview with hezbollah's television network. >> throughout his history the united states is known for playing games, selling off allies. but one official would say today would be contradicted the next day or by himself literal on. this is how the americans operate, but the russian policy was never like this. even back in the soviet era even nowadays. we have strong confidence with the for years now they've been sincere and transparent if their rela

he is only one of 50 people in australia known to have the anti-bodies, according to australia red cross blood service. >> i think james is irreplaceable for us. i think we can't really underestimate what he's done. i don't think anyone will be able to do what he's done. certainly, we need people to step into his shoes. he will have to retire in the next couple of years. i guess that's the hope that there will be people who will donate. but we'll also have this anti-body and have life savers in the same way that he has. >> james is 78-years-old. in australia, you can donate blood until the age of 81. you can bank on him over the next few years without missing a beat. . another meeting, a world away. as stuart prepares to make the journey from england to america. two years ago, he donated stem cells to celia, a complete stranger in the united states, and they are about to meet for the very first time. >> every two second someone in the united states needs blood. most frequently, those are for elderly patients. in low income countries, it's just the opposite. 65% of blood transfusions are

the red cross helping the people who were evacuated.f damage out here, especially to the roof, the chief saying investigators have been waiting for daylight to try to get a better view of what was going on out here to try to figure out the cause of this fire. live in cumru township, berks county, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> a bucks county man is expected to be charged with the murder of his own father. skyforce 10 over trapp lane in langhorne, bucks county. a man in his 20s stabbed his father to death after an argument. officers do have the son in custody. >>> a philadelphia police officer is recovering this morning after being dragged by a car. this all happened last night along grant avenue in northeast philadelphia. and this is a look at the scene from skyforce 10 after it happened. we're told the officer hurt his hand. the suspect was arrested and is in police custody. >>> 6:35. now to an nbc 10 exclusive. we spoke to a man who helped point police toward a person of interest in the disappearance of a cape may county boy more than

let me just bring in the representative from the international red cross in geneva. are you a bit surprised by the sudden speed of action here? >> look, i have to say, andrew, that the situation has been einvolving by the hour. when we were here earlier, people were pouring over the border. a lot of people waited in the hot sun all day for something to happen, waiting to register over there. the local red cross are now contributing water and food, hygiene kits and giving people first aid. >> they've been under a lot of pressure these last few days especially with injuries on the border with the police taking action and refusing any entrance here. what sort of injuries have they been dealing with and what sort of pressure have volunteers been under? our medical team have been seeing diarrhea, vomiting amongst serious young children, a lot of blist terse on people's feet, sunburn. they're also seeing old injuries from gunshots, knife wounds, from quite a long time ago, and they are also treating epileptic people, people with diabetes. they were telling me today that th

also, one mile away from zero point is a red cross hospital which was damaged.never ceased function. this is the front of the building which faces northeast. thehe northwest side of building, the steel windows on all floors were blown in. this, southwest side of the building, again shows windows blown in by the external air pressure caused by the explosion. here, however, the windows on the southeast floor were blown out, rather than in. a look inside the hospital shows chairs in the same positions as they were the time of the blast. the backs of the chairs, which faced a zero point, we're flash burn through the window. the mohair upholstery fabric was singed down to the base. the effect on this wall was almost identical to the damage done on the opposite wall. in addition, interior partitions were knocked out. toward zero point from the roof of the red cross hospital a mile away, the tremendous distraction created by the first atomic bomb can be seen. army vehicles of occupying forces are moving through the streets. here, looking in the opposite direction, away

what you mean there are other aspects to it, the media couldn't get in there or the international red cross couldn't get in there or others, given the rule of law. media was a problem we got rid of. we didn't have a problem, there was no potential, we thought at the time, an abu ghraib, where the media could ferry it around, find things. guantanamo was hard to get into. if you did get into it, you would be subject to the security mechanisms pretty rapidly. that was a consideration, and it's a consideration now. had i been the president, i would so said okay, i'm bringing these people who are most dangerous to maximum security prison, and congress impeach me. this is ridiculous, i'm letting the ones i judged no harm go, and bringing those i judged unreleasable, because they might bring harm, i'm bringing the maximum security prisons. that's the end of it, we procraftinated, we let the congress take the blame, and the wows, and the congress, this is what we do in washington. we push between the different aspects of the branches and blame and blame and blame. and nothing gets done. >> i'll get

the red cross is suspending aid operations in aden after an attack on its office.roup says that armed men looted equipment and money. all local and foreign staff are being withdrawn. it says it hopes to resume operations if the security situation improves. the city has been under pro-government control since july when houthi rebels were forced out of it. well, there's more fighting in other parts of yepmen as hashem ahelbarra reports. >> reporter: an anmorred vehicle is hit by a rocket. this is the southern saudi arabia province along its border with yemen, where houthi fighters say they launched this attack to target saudi troops. [ explosion ] >> reporter: fighting has also intensified in the south central city of ta'izz. this is where the fight for the control of yemen will likely be decided. houthi fighters have put up fierce resistance here, despite losing crucial districts elsewhere. but other fighting continues, more people are killed and buildings are destroyed. >> translator: look at this. they have destroyed buildings, killed children, women, and old peop

in ac transit buses to bring them to the red cross office.and, lisa chan, kpix 5. >>> still watching this accident in vacaville eastbound 80 near alamo drive. two lanes of traffic are shut down. and also heavy traffic at the san mateo bridge. westbound slow from end to end. there is an accident in the eastbound direction at the high- rise blocking one lane of traffic. meantime, over at the bay bridge, heavy traffic at the toll plaza from the foot of the maze. >> you want to know what a friday looks like? this is it. this is our live weather camera looking towards the bay waters. temperatures in san francisco 61. 66 degrees in livermore. warmer today with the sunshine all the way back to the beaches. 70s to about 93 degrees that's your temperature span a little breezy late day triple digits inland over the weekend. >> all right. bring on the weekend! >> raiders! >> we have queued you up for a lovely friday ahead and we have some live pictures this morning right now in havana, cuba, where the first u.s. embassy in decades is set to open there.

. >>> south korea red cross asked north korea to consider family reunions in september and they wantto take place at the border village and the issue was discussed last week during efforts to deescalate tensions between seoul and pangyong and the last one occurred in korea in 2014. south korea and the u.s. wrapped up their biggest joint military drill and 2000 exercised a live fire exercise and we are there where the drill took place. >> this south korean drill is the largest live fire exercised carried out by the south korean military and in the same week that north and south korea had a deal settling for now which was the most serious amount of tensions in years and included an exchange of artillery across the border. with sheer size this exercise is interesting in terms of the types of scenarios that are being rehearsed there. there is a war time scenario and a peace time one and includes them responding to a provocation and going to provocation and supporting them and the command post responsible for it and that is a physical response to policy of any kind of north korean provoca