the red cross has been providing financial assistance to those backed through our red cross disaster relief funds. the funds have been used for initial lodging and message services and mental health and food and clothing and other items. the oakland a's have requested the stiff leader have asked the red cross to distribute the funds from oakland fire relief fund to those impacted. we are working closely with them to make it happen. we hope to secure funds in the coming day, and distribute them to those impacted directly as well as those displaced and those injured. 100% of the newspapers will -- funds will go to the families: red cross is preferring families to the agencies and county witness program. if there is anyone impacted by the fire, displaced or has a loved one a vick that not reached out we urge you to reach it today and the coming days 510-595-4441 and speak with a red cross worker who can conduct you with resources and agencies across the community to get the services. all the city of cloak could not have gone through this kind of devastating fire without the support and

the red cross trains volunteers for disaster response throughout the year. if you're interested -- or if you'd like to donate to the cause-- check out the links section of fox6 now dot com. oakland fire officials say percent of the warehouse where dozens died in a fire during a dance party. the deputy fire chief says that by midnight tonight-- the remaining 10 percent of the building will be searched. firefighters have started knocking down parts of the building that were structurally unsound. they say the debris will fall on areas that have already been searched for bodies. "we're going to continue the investigation, we're going to continue the process until absolutely every piece of debris is removed building and every area has been searched." meantime - recovery efforts at the site of the fire are taking an emotional toll on firefighters. the chaplain for the oakland fire department reveals that for many firefighters this is the first time they are working an incident with so many casualties. "it's overwhelming, i think for a lot of our guys we never -- b

the red cross then, without further inspection, issued a travel document. in the words of a red cross official, and i quote, who can question the word of a priest? the vatican commission of refugees set up 20 subcommittees in order to manage the wave of catholic refugees from central and eastern europe. this refugee aid was financed large lie by t-- largely by the kat catholic church of america. head of the austrian section, an anti-semite german nationalist and anti-communist who had dreams of a christian national socialism. he considered himself -- here you have a photo of the bishop. he considered himself a bridge builder between the nazis and the catholic church, especially in the 1930s. in 1937, he published this book here. you see the cover. the title is "the basic foundations of national socialism." explaining the ideology from a catholic point of view. he was one of the most outspoken catholic figures. one of the people he helped was schtanel. he was commandant of an extermination camp. the death factory in just one year, between 1942 and 1943, more

the red cross is helping those who were displaced. deandra corinthios explains why this is the busiest time of the year for them....and how the organization we know it is that time of year" the red cross is prepared. and milwaukee firefighters are too. they encounter heavy flames at a home near 11th and wright early tuesday morning. there were no injuries...the home is vacant. an hour later...theyre at another house fire at 83rd and acacia. no one was home at the time of the blaze. and monday night...firefighters respond to an electrical fire near displaced but no one was hurt. "what we do is make sure they have food clothing and shelter" three fires...monday into tuesday in milwaukee from the south side to the north side...to the northwest side. a busy night -but the red cross says it responds to more fires over the holidays than any other time of year. "were cooking, were getting things ready, were putting presents in corners, were hiding them while the overnight fires in milwaukee did not appear to involve cooking --red cross offic

the red cross has been providing financial assistance to those impacted through our red cross disaster relief funds. these funds have been used for initial lodging, emergency services, mental health, as well as food and clothing and other incidental items. the oakland a's has asked the red cross to help distribute the funds from the oakland fire relief fund to those impacted. we are working closely with them to make it happen. we hope to begin distributing funds in the coming days. the funds will go both to the families of those impacted directly as well as those displaced and injured, 100% of those funds will go to the families. the red cross is also referring families to community agencies and the county's victim and witness program. if there is anyone who is being impacted by the fire or displaced or has a loved one who is a victim who has not reached out to the red cross, we urge you to reach out to the red cross to speak to red cross resources and agencies across the community to make sure you are getting the services that you need. thank you. >> the city of oakland could not have

for example, the international commit of the red cross. but the matter was to be handled discreetly. by the summer of 1947 things changed for good. the cold war had reached italy. priorities shifted. it was decided not to destroy these underground routes but instead use them for cold war purposes. the case of clause volume been is a good example of this. he was the former choof of the gestapo in occupied france. he had a reputation as a cruel tort trurrer killing resistance fighters and resisting jews. after the war he was wanted by french authorities for war crimes. the u.s. military counter intelligence, however, deemed him useful for fighting commune wrists. and after a few years of service, he was provided with a red cross travel document under the alias of eachman. you see his document is here. and with the help of catholic officials in rome he traveled to south america. this recycling of nazis for their intelligence field was quite common, as we have learned in great detail since the late 1990s. some were deemed more useful as intell

there are between people displaced and they're here with red cross avisited by red cross and finding other places to slope and they're going with family and friend as well. let me give you an idea for more of the damage that we're seeing here tonight. the roof blew off and both side of the building here into the roof and tar here just lifted off the top of the building. crews are inside right now. they are trying to dry up the water that came in after the day lum of rain come through with the roof blew off. they're trying to dry it out because of the utilities on and the people continuing to stay in this building. so they're working on this right now and meanwhile the roofers putting a tarp on top of the roof and they'll be back out here tomorrow to repair. also i want to show you just down the street as fire fighters were surveying the damage in this neighborhood. they discovered that there was more damage down the street on the corner building and there was entire back ball copy where another rove was taken off and it blew off as well wept to the so. more work out here to be done t

we got in touch with a red cross spokesperson. he's very optimistic that the evacuations will continue today, if not today then perhaps as soon as this morning. they tell us that the infamous green buses that we've seen that have been shuttling fighters and civilians out of the rebel held part of aleppo, those are on the ground and the red cross is on the ground. they're waiting for -- from the syrian army on the ground, they're waiting for the security guarantees so they can start helping facilitate the transfers. once again, the red cross is hopeful that the vak wagss will resume today. >> do you know how flex it is to get the security guarantees? is there a lot of different factions here in that area? >> reporter: yeah. any time we talk about what's happening on the ground, it tends to be complicated. i'll try to simplify it. when it started, it was simple. it was about the civilians and the wounded and some rebel fighters out of the rebel held fighters into the aleppo countryside. straightforward operation. over the weekend, t

the american red cross says it will keep its shelter the american red cross says it will keep its shelterntil everyone who was displaced, has a place to stay. today marks one year since a fire tore through the annapolis yatcht club causing the blaze was caused by an artificial christmas tree that caught fire. right now the rebuilding process continues. since the fire, the yacht club has been using the former harbor grill restaurant on dock street as its club headquarters. renovations are expected to be complete by sometime next year. new this morning.. the washington redskins keep their playoff hopes alive.. the team getting a huge win in philadelphia sunday. they came into the game sitting in third place in the nfc east.. still on the bubble for a wild card spot with just four games left. kirk cousins and desean jackson connect for an 80 yard touchdown in the third to give washington the lead. now to the fourth quarter, just over 20 seconds left, philly needs a touchdown but ryan kerrigan has other plans. the strip sack..washington recovers and that seals a 27-22 win. here is a quick loo

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the red cross is helping dozens of people. >>> "action news" is on another fire scene that was deadly and explosion. >> chris christie could become the head of the republican national committee. >> karen rogers joins us along with matt pellman. >> reporter: wow, that was something, it is 4:30 a.m., and we better deliver. happy friday, everybody, satellite and radar showing we are dry and mostly clear, just a few clouds around. it got cold overnight. hopefully you paid attention when i warned you yesterday. 37 in reading. 40 in wilmington, 41 in philadelphia. the windchills in the 20s and 30s through the area. it feels colder than it's been. 39 in atlantic city. how does this compare to yesterday morning? 17 to 22 degrees colder than yesterday morning. yesterday, even though we had the wet start we were waring the light jackets today -- wearing the light jackets. today you need the heavier coat. 51 is the high, it will feel like the 40s. it will feel cooler come tomorrow, details on the changing accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. >> reporter: i don't know if i can live up to t

red cross is assisting people forced out of their home. fire crews were grateful no civilians or firefighters were injured. >> it's unfortunate situation when someone's house catches fire during the christmas period. companies worked hard and made sure everybody got out, we have red cross and peco an police, just a unified effort to make sure we're taking care of the citizens that the fire affected. >> reporter: and back out here live you can see an l -- l l&i sticker saying the home is not safe. couple of days from christmas they have family and friends working to board up the home and take whatever items they can out of the house. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news" back to you. >> an elderly woman and her son safely escaped their burning home in wynnfield overnight. firefighters were called to the 5600 block of windell avenue. there were flames on the second floor. the fire is under investigation. >>> handicapped residents were stuck on the ground floor of their apartment buildings overnight they couldn't get up to their units becau

the international committee of the red cross says: that is conclusive from the red cross, that process we have chalk and cheese weather. right up have chalk and cheese weather. right up to christmas, some stormy conditions, all because we have a strongerjet conditions, all because we have a stronger jet stream that conditions, all because we have a strongerjet stream that is whistling across the atlantic and initially picking up this every year of cloud. this is our second named storm of the season, storm barbara, tacking towards our shores on the strong jet stream and we've had poor weather ahead of it but the showers are becoming fewer and less wintry. likely clear in wind and wales with some mist and fog. west wind will pick up, bringing up the temperatures and rolling —— blowing in more cloud and some rain in the north—west is the first sign of that storm. a deep area of low pressure which will track the centre just to the north of scotland full stops strong wind everywhere and on the weather front some heavy rain it quickly turns windy and wet in the morning across scotland and no

and next-- it was a busy night for the red cross. why volunteers say it's only going to get worse the next few break keep your eye out for this man. police say he robbed the jimmy john's on 10:30 last night. and he might be responsible for a strong armed robbery at "the real chili" too. if you recognize him-- give police a call. new information on three separate house fires in milwaukee overnight. the red cross is helping those who were displaced...they say this is their busiest time of the year. the first broke out near 13th and hayes last night. firefighters say an electrical then flames broke out at a vacant home near 11th and wright. and an hour later they got called to 83rd and acacia. the red cross says they're preparing to respond to even more over the next few weeks. "were cooking, were getting things ready, were putting presents in corners, were hiding them and unfortunately were not always thinking straight." fortunately no one was hurt in any of last night's fires. coming up next-- consider it a dose of realit home. a look

the red cross hired the gallup organization to question more than 17,000 people in 16 countries, half of which are in conflict zones like iraq, afghanistan, south sudan, yemen and ukraine. the survey, completed between june and september, covered treatment of civilians and soldiers and topics like torture and migration. earlier this week, i spoke with the director-general of the international committee of the red cross, yves daccord, about their "people on war" survey. sir, what has been the biggest shift in attitudes in the past 20 years? >> what is interesting is when you compare what was said by people across the world in 1999, and what people are telling us tonight taid, you see two big shifts. one is very clearly related to in fact what could happen to civilians, people affected by war. when they are talking about that, they are deeply convinced that the international law of war applies and should apply, and there should be no exceptions. syrians should be protected, health care should be protected, humanitarians should be protected. whereas people in countries like the u.s., u.k

the red cross trains volunteers for disaster response throughout the year. if you're interested we have more information for you at fox6 now dot com. we also have a link if you would like to make a donation. the search for victims in the oakland california, warehouse fire winds down -- as more bodies are identified. authorities say there could be more victims still buried in the rubble. at least 36 people died after a converted warehouse during a dance party last friday night. as many as 100 people might have been inside at the time of the blaze. "we're going to continue the search and investigation until all debris is removed from this building and every area is searched. so families in the community know that there is nothing left in this location and the investigation and the process can continue." investigation and the process can continue." prosecutors have yet to determine whether a crime has been committed. although, they add that charges could range from murder to involuntary manslaughter. a weekend shooting at a suburban chicago chuck e. cheese may

the red cross is providing assistance to those in need. the cause is under investigation at this hour. 6:04. a fire tragedy in west philadelphia has taken a man's life. it pushed 8 people into a cold night and damaged two businesses. "action news" reporter, annie mccormick is live from the 300 block of north 64th street. go to work, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tamala, this fire was so intensity took 45 minutes to get it under control. you can see what is left behind, behind me there. viewer captured video with the sounds that sounds like an explosion, take a listen. firefighters just saying for the for the exploding sound it could be something like compressed gas cylinders possibly an oxygen tank. the blaze began at 8:30 on the 300 block of north 64th street. 50 personnel and 11 units arrived on the scene. firefighters found heavy flames on the second floor of the three story store front. when crews got in the buildings they discovered a 44-year-old man dead. >> while our firefighters anticipate medics do the best they can this is fr

the international committee of the red cross in syria says the operation to help people leave the remaining rebel—held parts of aleppo is in its final stages. in a bbc radio 4 ‘thought for the day‘ broadcast, the prince of wales has warned of the growing danger of religious persecution comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look

the red cross is assisting them with food, shelter and lodging. now, in just the last few minutes i spoke to a neighbor, someone who lives on the next block of fulton street. he described for us in detail what happened at the start of the fire, how firefighters battled this blaze, and then how his friends who lived on this block behind me were coping with it all. we'll have that coming up for you in about 25 minutes. reporting live in allentown, katy zachry, "nbc10 news." >>> two minutes past 5:00. a lot happening today with the election recount here in philadelphia. also in wisconsin and michigan. nbc10's pamela osborn is live in the digital operation center to break it down for us. >> a partial recount begins today in philadelphia. at 1:00 this afternoon, the recount of voting results from 75 machines across 1700 wards in philly will take place at the voting machine warehouse along wis ahicken avenue. why these tarl wards? each of the voters petitioned for the recount. this is an effort from green party candidate jill stein. she's pushed for rec

in oakland, john ramis, kpix 5. >> the red cross is supporting people who need help. a shelter is available at 2425 east 12th street. for those searching for a lost loved one, you can go to the shelter in person or you can call the number on your screen. (510)238-2181. >>> we are learning new information about who ran the 24-hour artists collective at the warehouse. >> coming up, what we know about the man behind the so- called ghost ship. >>> plus, big news tonight for the hundreds protesting the controversial dakota access pipeline. the obama administration now taking action. ,,,,,, social media is swirling around the man behind the 24-hour artist's collective.. known as the ghost ship. kpix 5's julie watts shows us who he is: einkaufszentrum. >>> outrage on social media, it's swirling around the man behind the 24 hour artist collective known as the ghost ship. julie watts shows us who he is. >> reporter: understandably, the emphasis is on the victims right now. authorities focused on recovery to bring closure to loved ones. but soon the investigation will ask, who

red cross on the way to help the displaced families.course we'll also have your wake up weather and your seven day forecast. the good news on the fire the weather is not a big factor right now. so no big winds. kathy orr will have much more on that coming up in the first five minutes. see in you just a couple. ♪ i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! everything for the holidays. that's my giant. ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand. ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪ take a good look around... ♪ ...and if you're lookin' down, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart. (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars to help real people like these. live from sent city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11. >>> we begin with breaking news we've been following in lehigh county for about 45 minutes now. you see a massive battle is going on right now. the ladder trucks are out t

in the local ghazni office of the international committee of the red cross, the icrc. case handlers, who is hand ling the source, he gets on the satellite phone with his source. and the officer says, where are you? and he says, i'm sitting by the road on the ring road south of kabul. they stole my car. >> the taliban took our car at gunpoint. >> were you scared? >> absolutely was scared. >> i don't care how you get there, hitchhike if you have to, but get to the red cross office in ghazni. so he shoulders his bag and starts hitchhiking and manages to catch a ride heading south. within a matter of hours, he's in ghazni at the red cross office. >> i remember an afghan man came to the door and said, pretend like you're going to the back of the building. so we headed towards the back. and out of the kitchen came an afghan man dressed in civilian clothes. >> they were very, very happy when they saw me again. they were both like, so much happiness, they were crying. >> we were shocked to see him. and he wasn't wearing his taliban clothes. he didn't have his turban. he was ve

again, at this point the red cross announcing they are helping of families including 17 people. reporting live in pottstown, and channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thanks, annie. also breaking a frantic search is underway for two men who burst into this house and shot a woman inside. two men knocked on the door on east allegheny avenue in kensington at 11:30 p.m. the men forced their way in and demanded money, she was shot in the arm in a struggle. a woman and child were in the house they were not hurt. prior to home invasion, they knocked on the neighbor's door and asked for something -- somebody they didn't know. she lambed the door. >>> -- she slammed the door. >>> a vergele was held for -- vigil was held for shea -- tara o'shea last night. family said she was in an abusive relationship with monell. he is now a fudge -- fugitive. >>> anis amri was killed in a shootout in milan italy. this surveillance video shows the truck barreling toward the market, moments later you can see people running in panic. officials are almost certain, anis amri was the man behind the wheel.

calvin coolidge set up a government committee to work with the red cross. hoover was on that committee, and hoover became head of the efforts. for several months, hoover, who was secretary of commerce under he organizedge, that relief effort for the mississippi river. he went down there and organized committees, works with the red cross, and he saw this as an example of americans helping themselves. he went on national radio, as did present coolidge, and millions of dollars were brought in. it was an impressive response from the public for providing short-term aid and assistance. it had the effect of refurbishing hoover's humanitarian credentials at an opportune time politically, because as you know, there was another big event in 1927. in august, calvin coolidge chose in 1920un for president eight, so suddenly the path to the white house was open to hoover and others. he would not have challenged coolidge. now here is this humanitarian hero, this master of emergencies , performing very useful service. inmate him a hero in the south, made him a national her

the red cross has been -- i can't tell you how great the red cross has been in helping us out. so right now we're working hard. we'll give you an update at 6:00. in the meantime, we'll be here doing our job and dealing with these families. that's where our efforts are focussed. we're going to make multiple points of entry so we can get in spots we can't get into now. so this is very bad wreckage. very twisted debris in there and it's very hard to describe. it's like a maze. there's wires and beams and metal and wood. it's all fallen on top of each other. there's places and crevices we can't get into. we're talking about maybe bringing in can dever dogs to help us out. using remote technologies to get into spots that are tight. there's a lot of work going on. we're going to use technology to our advantage here to make sure that we get to every spot in that building. >> sergeant kelley, how -- >> quite a bit, and that process will continue as we move forward. so the shoring and the engineering people are constantly working in there as we are inside. so they don't stop what they'r

the red cross were telling people on the buses there are about 50 buses. confirmation but there are 100 people in each bus so you are 100 people in each bus so you are talking about 5000 people in a really terrible conditions. it's really terrible conditions. it's really cold and they are standing up on the buses, no toilets and no food stoplight when they are eventually out, where will they go and what will they find when they get there? says they will find some there are some shelters, some tents set up for the purpose. however, the buses are really crowded so they have nothing with them. they will find themselves in the cold with no clothes, no blankets, no heaters. and eight agencies will try to identify their needs and fulfil them. aid agencies are working hard to fulfil their needs but we are struggling with the pressure from the amount of people leaving. there is growing concern about evacuees being sent to a blip, and conditions there. —— being sent to idlib, and concern about the assad government turning their attention to idlib as well. the syria

the red cross and syria says the operation to help people leave the the remaining parts of aleppo issevere weather and station closures conspire to cause misery for people trying to get home. the met office says the worst of the weather is expected tomorrow and saturday with gusts of up to 90mph forecast in parts of scotland as storm barbara closes in on scotland. in the south, major rail disruption is on the way, as paddington station closes from the early hours of christmas eve and heavy fog has disrupted flights at heathrow, gatwick and city airports. in a moment will take to glasgow to speak to our correspondent james shaw, but first to paul clifton in reading. many of the passengers into paddington will be taken off trains and diverted. or, take us through what the arrangements are and what people can expect. if you said would it be worse than usual i think everybody here which i'd back in pa nto style, everybody here which i'd back in panto style, all years it will! from tomorrow night the railway line from here into london paddington will close completely, no trains at all int

the red cross said only a few civilians remain in the city and they will be evacuated shortly. many of the refugees are being taken to they currently under control by rebel forces. >>> we are just getting started on wusa 9 news at 5:00. still ahead, holiday kindness. how one family paid it forward in the drive-thru. >> also the, future of uber and lyft in maryland could rest with today's decision on driver background checks. >> up next, lawmakers in north carolina play the blame game after they try to repeal an anti-lgbt law and it failed. >>> north carolina's out going republican governor is blaming left wing groups for messing up an agreement to would have repealed anti-lgbt last night's special legislation session ended without getting rid of the law that reduces government protections for members of the lgbt community. the law mandates that transgender people only use public reisterstown rooms that match the jenlder -- public rest loom restrooms that matches the gender on their birth certificate. >>> the wreck in chattanooga could have been prevented says a lawsuit. six peo

the red cross is helping them find a place.s wrapped up in blankets and some families piled into cars to keep warm. >> i have five sisters. the smoke is dangerous. we got in because some of them have asthma. that's why we're in the car. it's cold outside. >> reporter: her family rushed outside when shay smelled the smoke. it was around 6:00 >> started worse, we called -- we called the cops and the ambulance came rushing and when they came like the fire was getting very, very dangerous, everyone was getting out, and the people who were living there little kids started crying. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is under investigation. take extra caution. cold weather and holidays can bring increased danger >> anything electrical, we see lots of fires due to electrical nature. making sure you're not overloading circuits, unplugging, things of that nature, secondary heating devices for sure, we will see an up tick in those calls. >> reporter: apartment management here is working with the red cross putting displaced residents in any

they are in a warm space and sitting down with the members of red cross figure out what the next step will be. there are a number of cats they are working to locate. reporting live in pottstown, and channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> also breaking a frantic search is underway for two men who burst into a house and shot a woman inside. the two men knocked on the door of the home on the 5 monday block of east allegheny avenue in kensington 11:30 p.m., they forced their way in during a bloody struggle she was shot in the arm. a second woman was in the house during the shooting, they were not hurt. brighter home invasion, the same men knocked on the neighbor's door asking to see someone they didn't know. the victim of the home invasion is in stable condition. >>> a curnld county -- cumberland county community is coming to grips with the mutter of a 35-year-old -- with the murder of 35-year-old mother tara o'shea, family and friends say she survived years of abuse from monell. >> she went to court, because she had kids with jeremiah, the judge wouldn't let her go. so, now we're doing

the red cross says more than 20,000 people have fled eastern aleppo as government forces push furthero rebel held areas. most of those fleeing have gotten to shelters nearby, the red cross warning thousands more are expected. the united nations have said that the parties to the syrian war have ignored the rules of war and will do anything to gain in military advantage. our next report contains images some of you may find disturbing. reporter: the noose is tightening and the city is pounded relentlessly. the video shows an elite unit in action. russia has been backing the assad regime, but now moscow is reaching out to the united nations, saying they want to help people trapped in rebel held areas. >> the russian federation announced that there are for humanitarian corridors that they want to sit down with the people to discuss how we can use these corridors to evacuate people. reporter: the u.s. special envoy has caught on one rebel group to leave eastern aleppo on humanitarian grounds. >> our request to leave eastern aleppo on a safe passage. it will increase our leverage on insistin

. >> american red cross is helping the victims, most don't have a home for the holidays so the red cross is helping them find someplace to stay. >>> the push to raise new jersey minimum wage could lead to drivers pumping their own gas in the garden state. activists behind the move to raise minimum wage to $15. the lieutenant governor says it could force gas stations to cut hourly jobs and could lead to self service at the pump. minimum wage issue likely to be on the ballot in new jersey next fall. >>> sounds like a strange combo. food and flu. the food bank is teaming up to give 45,000 pounds of food and free flu shots. a tractor-trailer full of food will be at winslow school number 3 today from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. anybody 17 and older can get the free flu shot. >>> a week of mourning coming to a close as cubans prepare for the final farewell for fidel castro this weekend. >>> in our area, a busy weekend for activities. where the parades and other activities are happening through the day. >>> welcome back. starting with wind speeds coming in from the northwest, not terribly strong, 1

oakland police were on hand tonight and the american red cross volunteers handed out blankets to keep people warm. of course, there's still people here waiting for word of their loved ones. we are live in oakland's lake merit. abc seven news. >> very anxious time for them, thank you very much. and before tonight's vigil at lake merit a small group of people gathered to pray, they found serenity inside the cathedral of christ the light. the church stayed open so that people could pray and reflect in silence. in san francisco, dozens of people met for a vigil to honor the victims at harvey milk applause. they fear that some from their own community are among the victims of this tragedy. alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley spoke publically for the first time about the fire and said that the investigation could result in possible murder or manslaughter charges. abc 7 news reporter lillian kim is with me with that part of the story, tonight. >> reporter: yeah, nancy o'malley said a team is working on the case, but the priority is the recovery effort which will take at least ano

normally brianna the red cross didn't involve itself with trvring fighters, that i focus on civilians but it seems they were there to guarantee those fighters would be a taken to safety because if you've been fighting the regime of bashar al assad for that long you need guarantees you can exit that place safely without suffering major retribution from the syrian army or one of the pro-iran proxy groups on the ground so that tipped the balance and that's what allowed the evacuations to take place was the fact that the red cross was on the ground monitoring this. >> it is very significant, as you point out, muhammad lila, thank you for that report. >>> that's it for me. i'll see you back at 5:00 east american the situation room. news room starts right now. >> top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we begin with the hunt for a suspected terrorist as we get breaking news this hour that it wasn't just german authorities who new about amri anis, the u.s. did as well. authorities now dogged by questions over how he was able to arm himself with a truck and carry out

the red cross says buses and ambulances carrying 1,000 people in the rebel held areas of the war-torn city. initial efforts to get civilians out of the area as buses were set on fire. now today a plan to monitor evacuations. cnn's muhammad lila is live over the turkish-syrian border. muhammad, how is this likely to move going forward? >> reporter: good morning, miguel. there are still several thousand people in eastern aleppo trapped awaiting evacuation after a very long and disappointing weekend where there was no movement, finally good news to start the week. we understand that about 3,000 people or so have been evacuated from leastern aleppo to the countryside. now this has turned to a swap in exchange for rebels and eastern aleppo allowed to leave, there are towns besieged by militant groups and people in those towns are allowed to leave as well. it is a swap and anytime there is a swap, it gets more complicated on the ground. you need more security guarantees. they have to happen simultaneously. there are so many groups on the ground fighting, the assad regime forces or pro assad

oakland police were on hand tonight and the american red cross volunteers handed out blankets to keep people warm. of course, there's still people here waiting for word of their loved ones. we are live in oakland's lake merit. abc seven news. >> very anxious time for them, thank you very much. and before tonight's vigil at lake merit a small group of people gathered to pray, they found serenity inside the cathedral of christ the light. the church stayed open so that people could pray and reflect in silence. in san francisco, dozens of people met for a vigil to honor the victims at harvey milk applause. they fear that some from their own community are among the victims of this tragedy. alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley spoke publically for the first time about the fire and said that the investigation could result in possible murder or manslaughter charges. abc 7 news reporter lillian kim is with me with that part of the story, tonight. >> reporter: yeah, nancy o'malley said a team is working on the case, but the priority is the recovery effort which will take at least ano

. >> the red cross is providing assistance to people in need. the cause of what kicked this off is under investigation at this hour. >>> 5:04, a fire tragedy in west philadelphia took a man's life as it pushed 8 others out into the cold night and damaged businesses. annie mccormick is live on the 300 block of north 64th street. good morning, annie. >> reporter: good morning, tamala, i want to give you a look at the damage that's left behind. you can see on the top floor of the building right there, you can see that's where the fire focused most of its attention that is where the man who died was believed to be inside when firefighters did discover him. a viewer captured the video with the sound that sounds like an explosion, take a listen. well, the blaze began around 8:30 p.m. in the 300 block of north 64th street. 50 personnel and 11 units arrived on the scene. when firefighters arrived they could see heavy flames on the second floor of the three story tore front. when crews got into the building they discovered a 44-year-old man dead. >> cert

we are told that the red cross is taking care of them. well, take a look at this video.ideo earlier from the scene. we're told that the two alarm fire broke out around 4:00 a.m. here in the 4500 block of frankford. the fire is located in the end of a row with a pizza shop on the bottom about that 10 apartments above. we're told by firefighters that heavy fire was showing when crews arrived from the second and third floors. deputy fire chief robert corrigan gave a description about how they were able to rescue those people. >> there were reports of multiple victims, multiple people who were trapped inside of this building. companies immediately started aggressive interior firefighting operations to protect the people who were trapped inside the building and also start fundamental making rescues with both ground ladders and aerial ladders as you can see behind me. >> reporter: can you describe to us the rescues what you rolled up here what you saw, were people hanging outside windows. >> when he came up on there were a lot of people at windows and companies were able to im

that the red cross has landed there as well because displaced families. well they're out there in the night right now. so hopefully they can get this under control as soon as possible. right now they got a fight on their hands. we'll have much more as it continues to come in tonight. >>> also right now at 11:00, it's a request from police. take look at these pictures. do you recognize this person perhaps. employees say he put a package on center city doorstep that blew up in a man's face leaving him with devastating injuries. it happened last week. and people in the area have been scared. they've been baffled ever since. good evening, i'm lucy noland. it's a busy night. we have a better idea what the suspected bomber look like but we still don't know why any of it happened. fox 29's chris o'connell live in philadelphia police headquarters with the story. chris? >> reporter: lucy, all out multi agency search tonight continues around the clock for the center city package bomber. moan while, police are desperately seeking the public's help to try to catch hi

the red cross is helping the families. >>> 72-year-old man hit by a car in lower merion has died. this morning, police are looking for the person who hit him and kept going. he was walking along the 600 block of riders mill road another driver found him, but he died at the hospital. if you have any information call lower merion township police. >>> police in south jersey say they have tracked down a man they think is responsible for a sexual assault. they are trying to determine if the suspect has done this before. jeff chirico is following this investigation. >> andre showed up at the premises armed with a butcher knife. there was a tense standoff situation with officers that were on scene. >> reporter: camden county police chief scott thompson confirms the arrested of 29-year-old andre d. wesley of willingboro. >> they were able to not shoot him, which he was asking them to do. they used a taser to neutralize him. >> we would classify him as a serial rape i also. >> reporter: wanted for a brutal sex assault which stunned even the city's most experienced detectives. >> he is a pr

they were not hurt, the red cross this morning is helping them find temporary shelter.efighters put out the fire in about 20 minutes, so far no word on a cause. >>> an early-morning fire in the port richmond section of philadelphia, has left four people homeless. the action cam at that scene. 2700 block of kensington avenue. the fire started at 1:40 a.m. in the basement. all four people living in the apartments on the first and second floors were able to get out without any injuries. firefighters contained the fire to the basement. there is smoke and water damage to the apartments. investigator are trying to figure out the fire. >>> police in kensington are looking for a suspect who reportedly fired shots at officers. the investigation was taking place at d and west more handle streets at 10:30. no injuries were reported. >>> a delaware native who invented the heimlich manuver has died. henry heimlich was born in wilmington in 1920. he came up with the manuver to save people from choking. he died from a heart attack. his invention saved thousands of lives. he was 96 yea

finally, the red cross got us out. this woman made it here with her twin girls.breathe again. translation: it is better than it was in aleppo, there's no bombing. we have new friends walking and playing together. there was a food shortage back there. but we are eating more here. we hated life, but here we are eating biscuits and everything. and that's what's at stake here. every minute and every hour of the ceasefire that is lost, is another moment of life denied to the children of aleppo. quentin sommerville, bbc news, istanbul. iamjoined by i am joined byjeremy bowen. the situation in eastern aleppo is said to be discussed tomorrow by the un security council. what an we expect? talking about any resolution and ways of protecting the people. —— a new resolution. there have been disputes about the drafting of it. initially the russians said they would veto it and now they say they will not. but i detect the sound of sta ble will not. but i detect the sound of stable doors being shot after the horse has bolted with protecting people in syria. that is because of di

the international red cross said snow was falling in the region and many were struggling to stay warmbuses departed from the region. red cross confirmed all hospital patients were evacuated from aleppo. >>> the 7-year-old girl from aleppo is safe. bana meeting with turkey's president in ankara. she appeared to speak in english on camera. she thanked president erdogan. the little girl made headlines for her tweets about living in the war-ravaged city. >>> israel ambassador to the u.s. backing donald trump's plan to move the embassy to jerusalem. the president-elect said he wanted to move it. cnn's oren liebermann with the latest. >> reporter: these are significant because who they come from. the u.s. ambassador to the israel. he is considered one of the closest confidants. this would be highest level endorsement or one of the highest endorsements we have seen of trump's plan in the promise to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. what is it that he said? here are the comments he made at the embassy party for the holiday of hanukka

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