place after the deepwater horizon disaster the trunk administration proposes opening nearly all u.s. coast lines to offshore drilling. and turkey's economy is boasting impressive growth is it sustainable. and let's do business the latest news on the u.s. economy does not bode well for donald trump despite his america first policies the u.s. is buying even more foreign goods and services than it's selling the trade gap reaching its highest level in six years. america first is the policy donald trump has preached ever since he entered office he believes more should be done to protect american industries from foreign competition and he's been especially critical of the u.s. trade deficit with china. both the united states and china will have a more prosperous future if we can achieve a level economic playing field. right now unfortunately it is a very. fair one not much has changed since the speech in november some economists say that's because u.s. president trump's argument is flawed they argue countries like china are not to blame for the trade deficit but rather u.s. consumers americans c

from the air, the u.s. coast guard pulled residents to safety. an avalanche of debris shut down 30 miles of highway 101 near carpenteria. >> the mud slide surrounded my car and it pushed my car all the way to the left-hand side of the road. >> with the muddy mess the winter storm flooded creeks and roadways to santa barbara and los angeles counties trapping cars and people. thousands of people were forced to evacuate again after surviving several recent wild fires. >> peoples whose homes survived the thomas fires are now face wednesday this. impassable roads and driveways filled with mud. >> i said i just can't do it again.

that's according to the u.s. coast who says is of cold enough for this river to freeze over, they will be out here every day cutting through those eyes. we can hear more from the captain of this vessel, chris valdes. >> every night, the barges can get through that ice. every day, has to go out and bring these tracks and ensure the barges have the commerce flow of the hudson river doesn't stop. >> we have some drone footage that was shot last week of the coast guard out breaking up ice along a stretch of river that we are headed to right now, and you can probably see just how bad things are appear. very unusual for them to have this much ice this early in the winter. last year, didn't really have any problems with ice. it was much warmer this year. obviously a lot colder and a lot worse. they have a system on these ships called the solar system that forces bubbles up from underneath the ship to reduce the friction on the ice and allows the cutters to make a better path through the ice. they said they're going to do abou

thousand and ten is there a chance of that happening again considering we're talking about almost all u.s. coast lines that could be drilled yeah it's a high risk technology especially because if it's very close to the coast and we have seen these accidents and this causes a lot of damages to the environment to the sea and also to fish and birds and this risk is very high especially if they allow it everywhere almost everywhere and we have environmental protection areas which are very vulnerable and it's not really desirable to go in that is tell me is the business worth that when oil prices. so low and the clean up costs of such disasters is so high now the business is not worth it at this times because we have an oversupply on oil on the international markets the u.s. is exploring already a lot because of fracking we have an oversupply and this is why the oil price we have an oversupply and this is why the oil price is quite low at the moment it's unlikely that it will increase so the environmental damage as a potential potential environmental damages might be too high so as you say a politica

trump feels that energy independence is a priority now has administration plans to open nearly all u.s. coast lines to offshore drilling. the five year plan calls for forty seven new offshore leases opening waters that have been off limits for decades including areas off the california and florida coasts is a move that the u.s. interior department says is in the nation's interest but it is a clear difference between. you we. and the president we're going to have a stronger energy policy and become a stronger are we certainly. do that the proposal follows last week's announcement of plans to roll back or even repeal safety regulations adopted under the obama administration environmental groups have vowed to oppose the move and they're organizing protests offshore drilling is is inherently dirty it's inevitable that there will be an oil spill such as was the case off the coast of santa barbara in two thousand and fifteen where our hundred thousand gallons of oil spilled into the ocean killing fish marine mammals and other wildlife. and you can go as far back as two thousand and ten to the b.p.

u.s. coast guard cutter carving a path path through the thick block. 9 pennsylvania of heating oil used in the northeast is transported by barge here on this river. >> every night the ice refreezes on the hudson. and the barges can't get through that ice. so every day the coast guard has to go out and groom these tracks and ensure that the commerce flow up the hudson river doesn't stop. >> reporter: fox news drone caught the bay and crew in act last week in king stop new york carving through six to 8-inches of frozen surf but they're capable of much more. the coast guard 140 ice breaking tugs are equipped with machines powered by huge engines the bubble hers force air up under the hardened surface to reduce frick on the ship's hull allowing the big tubs to ram through solid ice more than 27-inches thick. far more effective than the 65 footers in the fleet. >> have you hit ice that's too thick to cut through. >> not on this boat. on the 65s we stopped in our track. on this boat it has so much power we hit ice that was a foot thick it doesn't slow it down

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. >>> that is a u.s. coast guard icebreaker in action on the hudson river north of new york city. it's helping keep the river open to barge traffic as temperatures dip into the single digits overnight. and the deep freeze is forcing millions of americans to dig deeper into their pockets for their heating bill. >> reporter: with that arctic chill gripping much of the country, the cost of heating your home could soar as much as 32% this winter. so how can you keep your costs down and your home warm? >> one of the simplest things that we can do is simply replace the existing incandescent bulbing with l.e.d. retrofit kitts. >> reporter: kitts $15 will keep air from seeping out of the house. lowering the thermostat one degree can save you 5% on those heating costs. last season we caught up with this family who wanted to cut their bill. you have a beautiful home. >> thank you. >> reporter: energy expert scott fisher found cool air pouring in. the family replacing the bulbing, sealing off windows and adding a new door sweep, it add up to hundreds of dollars of savings. >> we save about 1

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from the air, the u.s. coast guard pulled residents to safety. an avalanche of debris shut down 30 miles of highway 101 near carpenteria. >> the mud slide surrounded my car and it pushed my car all the way to the left-hand side of the road. >> with the muddy mess the winter storm flooded creeks and roadways to santa barbara and los angeles counties trapping cars and people. thousands of people were forced to evacuate again after surviving several recent wild fires. >> peoples whose homes survived the thomas fires are now face wednesday this. impassable roads and driveways filled with mud. >> i said i just can't do it again. i didn't know that it was going to be this bad. >> neighbors say the furious storm and mud flow shooked their homes as bolders crashed down >> it sounded like a freight train coming right by the house. >> officials are blaming a transformer in montecito and the weather causing several homes to catch fire. cbs news carpenteria, california. >> fire burned areas of southern california is not. >>> topper tracking the west coast st

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from the air, the u.s. coast guard in ventura emergency crews pulled residents to safety. an avalanche of debris shut down 30 miles of highway 101, near carpinteria. >> the mudslide surrounded my car and pushed my car all the way to the left-hand side of the road. >> reporter: with the muddy mess, the winter storm flooded creeks and roadways from santa barbara to los angeles counties, trapping cars and people. thousands of people were forced to evacuate again, after surviving several recent wildfires. >> reporter: people whose homes survived the thomas fire are now faced with this. impassable roads and driveways filled with mud. >> . >> i thought, i just can't do it again. i didn't know it was going to be this bad. >> reporter: neighbor says the furious storms storms and mud flow shook down their homes. >> it sounded like a freight train, coming right by the house. >> reporter: officials are blaming a transformer explosion, causing several homes homes to catch fire. danielle nottingham, cbs news, carpinteria, california. >>> meanwhile, a storm-damaged roadway in santa clai

a coast guard crew from alameda stopped 47,000 pounds of cocaine from entering the u.s. this morning, kpix 5's andria borba shows us it will never make it from the sea to the streets. >> reporter: from the coast guard's own helicopter and on deck cameras, this is what the war against cocaine being shipped into the u.s. by sea looks like. >> it's typically done in open water. it's often times at night. you know, you're trying to catch them before they know that you're there. so it can be very dangerous. >> reporter: this is the bounty of a month operation in the international waters in concert with canadian forces. 47,000 pounds of pure uncut cocaine in federal custody. >> these drugs will not make it to the main streets of america which is a victory in one sense. yet as we through that threat through a wider lens we see that the scourge of drugs is a challenge to our nation. >> reporter: the street value of the drugs had they been unloaded on the docks in san diego, about the size of a powerball jackpot. $721million. >> it's my pleasure to welcome back the crew of the coa

.>> the u.s. coast guard staged several risky rescues today, they released this video of a helicopter crew racing to rooftop to save a family trapped in their home. all five family members were lifted from the roof to safety and in the meantime firefighters spent most of the day on the ground with search and rescue dogs looking for anyone trapped inside the home. >> the hardest hit area is montecito -- >>> oprah winfrey posted video on facebook of trudging through mud and the helicopters saving a neighbor. water and mudslides pushed cars off streets and brought down trees and power lines. treacherous obstacles for rescuers trying to reach people in their homes. some houses were destroyed or swept completely off the foundation. mud, six feet deep in some areas. one girl was rescued after spending hours trapped in mud up to her neck. >> this is the worst i have ever seen it, we thought the fire was terrible but this is absolute devastation. >> reporter: they are comparing it to a war zone.>> it looks like

. >> u.s. coast guard helicopters critical in this disaster. making rooftop recuses, you're seeing one there. hoisting a mother and daughter to safety. >> we're joined in montecito u >> reporter: there is still police tape outside of this home that is under the mud. if we make our way to the left, you can see what looks like a white box-shaped object. that's actually the trunk of a car that was pushed up against this wall of debris. >> by night fall, images of the aftermath are ominous. while chp officers patrol the neighbors destroyed by the mud slides, a cleanup crew is hard at work under 101 under bright lights near an overpass. luxury cars covered in dirt are pushed up against trees and fences parallel to that freeway. as search and rescue workers move to look for survivors, loved ones separated from each other, are hopeful that the missing are found. >> i love you. she was the best mom. >> reporter: hayden's mother josie was swept away. others are waiting for news about their family members. >> flash floods here! get out of here, go! >> a

times but also involves, in fact, security capacity -- enhancing capacity of institutions such as u.s. coastrd. the far greater terrorist threat is not somebody crossing border from mexico but dangerous equipment reaching u.s. ports. yet, the president wants to take money away from the coast guard from other institutions such as border patrol and devote to physical structure. and significant element of border security. violent crime in the u.s. is not in any significant way linked to legal or illegal immigration into the united states although, the president trump repeatedly reigned against the crime in u.s. cities, other all u.s. violent crime has gone substantially down. we are far lower than at any point since 1991 with the exception of 2015 when three cities experienced significant spikes in homicides, driving homicides increased in the entire homicide inkrecreases in the entire coun, baltmore, chicago and washington, d.c. washington, d.c., has since improve and chicago he has slightly improved and baltimore this year has the highest per capita murder rate than it has in a long time. but

difficult times but also involves, in fact, security, enhancing capacity of institutions such as u.s. coastthe far greater terrorist threat is not someone crossing the border from mexico, but very dangerous equipment reaching, for example, u.s. shores. yet the president wants to take money away from the coast guard, from other institutions such as border patrol, and to devote it to the physical structure, by far the least significant element of border security. why does the wall not reduce crime in the united states? because violent crime in the u.s. is not in any significant way linked to legal and illegal immigration into the united states. although the president trump has repeatedly railed against the carnage of crime in the u.s. cities, over all, u.s. violent crime has gone substantially down. we are far lower than we were at any point since 1991 with the exception of 2015, when three cities experienced significant spikes in homicides, driving homicide increases across the entire country. both in chicago and washington, d.c. has since improved. chicago slightly improved. both this you h

. >> the u.s. coast guard spending much of the day plucking people from the roof tops. helicopter rescues are mandatory. here is where it's happening. in the same area of last month's thomas fire. the largest recorded fire in state history. the big area in red is the burn scar. the gray area is where the mudslides are. we have the very latest on this search and rescue. >> reporter: the darker it gets, the more difficult it becomes for search and rescue crews to do their job. i'm told by the santa barbara

we're about to show you a rescue by the u.s. coast guard. take a look at this. tuesday in santa barbara, you can see a mother and her newborn baby off to one of the crew members. there's a family of five in there including two other young children. there was another rescue we saw that brought one man to tears. >> we heard a little baby. we dug down and found a little baby. we got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. i hope it's okay. they tookit

. >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard called to cut through the frozen rivers. the storm now heads northeast, impacting morning commutes from the carolinas to new england. for thousands of kids, the weather is welcome and another snow day at home. katie beck, nbc news, atlanta. >>> some very powerful words in a michigan courtroom today, a sentencing under way for a former usa gymnastics team doctor who has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing underage girls. more than 100 accusers including several olympic gold medalists, have come forward with their stories and dozens plan to speak out during larry nassar's hearing. one by one they began bravely facing him down in court. our stephanie gosk has details. >> reporter: predator, monster, master manipulator, repulsive liar, the names used to describe larry nassar at his sentencing hearing in michigan today. >> he betrayed my trust, took advantage of my youth, and sexually abused me hundreds of times. >> i experienced flashback nightmares of the abuse. >> she took her own life because she couldn't deal with the pain an

we're about to show you a rescue by the u.s. coast guard. take a look at this. tuesday in santa barbara, you can see a mother and her newborn baby off to one of the crew members. there's a family of five in there including two other young children. there was another rescue we saw that brought one man to tears. >> we heard a little baby. we dug down and found a little baby. we got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. i hope it's okay. they tookit hospital. >> we're still trying to find out if that baby survived. the couple in the heat of it all, they didn't know. it's a vicious cycle because you get these burn areas, we saw the thomas area burning all of the vegetation away and in the same area they get all of that rain and it's like a river running down there. >>> a tragic end to the search for a missing father. prince george's county say someone out for a walk found daniel dehaven dead last night. he had dementia. he was found in a wooded area off dorsey road. over the weekend police told us he may have been picked up along route 1 and dropped off in anne arun

u.s. west coast and why. u.s. lawmakers have agreed on a temporary spending bill reopening the government after a three day shutdown democrats had refused to back support any of the public and before those protections for the. migrants brought illegally into the u.s. as children but they backed down after republicans trauma's to hold an immigration vote in the coming weeks relief. jim the divisions between the country's potential governing doctors are showing even as they prepare to launch formal coalition talks on the america's conservative block has urged the democrats to finish the talks quickly and deliver the country a new government but the left of center s.p.d. is valid to negotiate hard to push its agenda. like snow falling outside conservative headquarters last night the kind of inclement weather that matches germany's political mood at the moment with the country waiting for government to be given the green light leaders have been hammering out a negotiation schedule behind closed doors. during sunday's

he took to twitter tuesday to thank the u.s. coast guard for rescuing him. and talc show host ellen degeneres was visibly emotional, sharing how she and her wife have evacuated yet again, just days after finally returning home after the massive thomas fire. >> sunday night portia and i got a call that we're under mandatory evacuation again, with most of the community of montecito. so, again, we evacuated. i mean, you hear the word "mudslide" and you have no idea the impact that it has. but after the largest fire in california history, it's catastrophic. it is beyond recognizable. >> nbc's miguel almaguer is in montecito with the latest. >> reporter: in montecito, the heartbreak is as overwhelming as the destruction. >> i don't know where she is. >> reporter: this is where hayden gower is searching for his mother, 69-year-old josie. >> the water and mud just flew in. it took them by surprise. >> reporter: the grandmother of three was home when a wall of mud barreled through her bedroom. >> i don't know how far she could have been swept. i don't know. i don't

. >> reporter: the u.s. coast guard called to cut through the frozen rivers. the storm now heads northeast, impacting morning commutes from the carolinas to new england. for thousands of kids, the weather is welcome and another snow day at home. catie beck, nbc news, atlanta. >>> for more, let's go to meteorologist bill karins much as someone who grew up in texas, i can tell you we are not used to this weather. >> not prepared. that's the problem. you can't really treat the roads. even though it's been 12 hours since it stopped in texas, it's still there. it hasn't melted because temperatures are frigid. now it is snowing in mobile. you can track the snow now into the florida panhandle right through montgomery and back up towards atlanta. snow starting to pick up in and around areas of north carolina. charlotte at 37 degrees. maybe a little worse further to your north. temperature wise this is the windchill values. it's 12 in houston. shreveport is at 6. we're at 9 windchill in mobile with snow. that's a reading you hardly ever see. atlanta has a windchill of

and the east coast of the u.s. in the grip of a deep freeze that after a massive winter storm brings new snow and since the mercury plummeting to record lows. i'm brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show germany is still waiting for a new government more than three months after elections and according to a new poll that weight is weighing on the public mood a new survey by pollsters in for test the map makes grim reading for chancellor all a machall it shows only forty five percent of germans want a repeat of a coalition with the social democrats that as the two sides prepare for talks this weekend. i'm the america desperately needs to deliver more than one hundred days after the federal elections she still has no government the last coalition talks fell apart and new polls showed germans have no stomach for her next proposed solution another grand coalition. only five percent view a new grand coalition as very good and forty percent as good thirty four percent view a grand coalition as less good and eighteen p

coast of alaska. any point to magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami warning near the city of kodiak could the u.s. west coast under saddam they watch this morning. we'll keep you posted. the government back open for business. governments relenting to the shut down with a short-term funding deal. mitch mcconnell praised the decision yesterday. >> after three days of an unnecessary lapse in funding, a bipartisan majority has brought the democratic leaders extraordinary filibuster to an end and pass the bipartisan deal to reopen the federal government. as i said repeatedly over the past week, shutting down the government isn't irresponsible way to do business. >> markets rally on deal. the dow, nasdaq, s&p 500 all closing record territories. half a percent of the dow up 143 points or 26,214. the nasdaq up 1% higher. now 74 weight. features a sporting show momentum continue. all the major indices in positive territory. though investors up 73 points. nasdaq up another 10 points. in europe across the board take a look at the european indices right now. dax or three quarters of 1% in germany up 132 points

russian spy ship is lurking lurg miles away from the u.s. coast. tracking off norfolk, virginia. th from the caribbean last week. last year it traveled down from connecticut passing several u.s. navy bases. a college professor is pledging to protect and accommodate her illegal immigrant students. according to campus reform, english composition professor brethren that gomez has a clean dream act now section in her syllabus at the university of new mexico. in it she promises, quote, i will not disclose the immigration stalls of any student who shares this information with me unless required by a warrant. well, it looks like price is right host drew carey is the one coming on down. [gasp] ♪ >> oh my gosh. jillian: oops. carrie struggling to keep balance when that overexcited contestant hugged him just a little bit too hard. the host got right back on his feats. as for the woman she didn't leave empty-handed. she walked away winning 3,000 bucks. what do you guys think of that? steve: come on down, kaboom. ainsley: made headlines. steve: glass glad he is not hurt. brian: i was shocked

well this is an extreme example but of course we don't need lengthy storms out east coast of the u.s. and canada all the time every winter this is a particularly strong one large part because of a dip in the jet stream that's delivered a lot of cold air that's because in the last few days moving on top of the warm waters and back and usually warm this time you're just off the east coast so it's contrasts between the cold air aloft and the war water below it leads to the dynamics of the atmosphere being spun up and generating this very very strong cycle own the air rushing into it produces a very high when the intensity of these the situation is likely to be used on both sides i'm guessing of the debate on on climate change is it too much to link it to that or is this just a natural phenomenon that disheartens to be severe this year well it's certainly happening in a climate that's changing it's much more easy or straightforward to show climate change when you look at every day advance for example or record highs daily record highs you know thousands and thousands of those a day or a y

thousand and ten is there a chance of that happening again considering we're talking about almost all u.s. coastlines that could be drilled yeah it's a high risk technology especially because if it's very close to the coast and we have seen these accidents and this causes a lot of damages to the environment to the sea and also to fish and birds and this risk is very high especially if they allow it everywhere almost everywhere and we have environmental protection areas which are very vulnerable and it's not really desirable to go in that is tell me is the business worth the when oil prices. so low and the cleanup costs of such disasters is so high now the business is not worth it at this times because we have an oversupply on oil on the international markets the u.s. is exploring already a lot because of fracking we have an oversupply and this is why the oil price is quite low at the moment it's unlikely that it will increase so the environmental damage as a potential potential environmental damages might be too high so as you say a political decision trump. giving a present to his supporters. y

soon i'll be warnings canceled after an offshore earthquake triggered panic on the west coast of the u.s. and canada. turkey's offensive against kurdish fighters gathers pace in all the syria as rebel allies capture villages the fleet plus. legendary at the apartheid activist and jan sick hubris a killer loses his battle with cancer. welcome to the program we begin with breaking news coming out of egypt where the military there has arrested the former chief of staff sami and now days after he announced his candidacy in the presidential election planned for this coming march that's according to another campaign earlier in a televised statement the military said and i am committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database the two other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them hunted and was set up the nephew of the former leader anwar sadat said last week that he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation

around this area are so badly damaged the only way to rescue stranded residents is by helicopter a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a marooned family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding and i ask you for your prayers people here i've lived through nature's one two punch first wildfires then floods california. they've seen it all that's an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds al-jazeera montecito california. the environmental threat from china's hydroelectric dam has dominated talks at the meccan river summit in cambodia considered as the most important waterway in china and southeast asia millions of people in the region depend on their river for their livelihoods and when i reports many are wide chinese power projects will destroy the meccan. china wants to play an increasingly assertive role in

around this area are so badly damaged the only way to rescue stranded residents is by helicopter a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a maroon to family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding. and i ask you for your prayers people hear of lived through nature's punch first wildfires then floods california. they've seen it all that's an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds al-jazeera california the world's largest electronics trade show is in full swing in las vegas in a new product that could make travel is stealing the spotlight a chinese firm has unveiled a suitcase that follows you around the airport never gets lost invention. uses a tracking device and g.p.s. . but it wasn't all fun and games at the consumer electronics show visitors at the convention were left in the dark during a power cut some a

a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a maroon family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding and i ask you for your prayers people here i've lived through nature's one two punch first wildfires then floods california. they've seen it all that's an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds al-jazeera to seeto california u.s. president donald trump insists any immigration reform must include funding for a border war with mexico his immigration policies are under pressure on tuesday a federal judge blocked the government from ending protection for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children. the u.n. is accusing syrian government forces and their allies of killing at least eighty five civilians

president of the sisi to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process last month the u.s. coast angered by deciding to recognize that jerusalem as israel's capital tennis is expected to visit israel as well said the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. but i assured him that even as president trump made that decision a decision that i will reaffirm in jordan and reaffirmed in israel before the end of this trip that will also reaffirm what president trump also said that we're absolutely committed to the two preserving the status quo with regard to holy sites in jerusalem that we are that we've we we we have come to know a final resolution about boundaries or other issues that are to be negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree i reminded president el-sisi that president trump said that if the parties agree we will support a two state solution tens of thousands of romanians have protested against changes to their judicial system. the confronted by riot police before marching towards parliament demonstrators say the amended laws will make it harder to pros

around this area are so badly damaged the only way to rescue stranded residents is by helicopter a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a maroon family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding. and i ask you for your prayers people here have lived through nature's one two punch first wildfires then floods california. they've seen it all that's an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds al-jazeera month to seeto california well it's also to come here and i'll just looting i political standoff on the immigration reform threatens to shut down the u.s. government. plus a deadline looms for the u.s. president which could decide the future of the iran nuclear deal or on the status. hello there we've been hearing about the mudslides in parts of california and it only takes around ten millimeters of rain in an hour i

a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a maroon family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding and i ask you for your prayers people here have lived through nature's one two punch first wildfires then floods california. the big they've seen it all that's an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds al-jazeera month to seeto california. at least ninety refugees have drowned after rubber boat sank off the coast of libya is the most common departure point for refugees trying to reach europe from africa by sea with more than six hundred thousand people making the perilous journey in the past four years alone his journey. in just the past forty eight hours three boatloads of migrants and refugees have run into trouble o

there is no way in or out of mudslide devastated areas of montecito except by air the crew of a u.s. coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a stranded family including the mother father a newborn baby a young girl and boy and two pet dogs they were one of many families whose houses were overwhelmed and lives up ended by a rampaging flow of water mud boulders and debris an intense rain storm pounded the affluent cultural area in the pre-dawn hours of tuesday morning a centimeter and a half of rain fell in one five minute period alone in addition to more than a dozen people killed by the slides authorities say an undetermined number are missing and several hundred people are stranded roads including major state highways were overwhelmed by mud highways. are now listening to the deputy fire chief and santa barbara county kevin taylor let's listen continue to operate in search and rescue mode the favorable weather has allowed them to complete approximately seventy five percent primary search of the debris field i am very pleased to report that we have over five hundred responders working on th

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ship off china's eastern coast the tanker con fire after the crash a search and rescue mission is underway at the scene all crew members from the cargo ship have been rescued the u.s. east coast maybe wrapped in bone chilling weather but that hasn't stopped some avid surfers in new jersey from taking advantage of good waves video taken from a live beach cam showed a few surfers paddling their boards out towards the waves and riding the frigid waters back to shore. donald trump has been stepping up his attacks on claims in a scathing new book about his presidency trump said the book called fire and fury was a work of fiction and that its author had never set foot inside the oval office trump was speaking from the presidential country retreat camp david after meetings with republican congressional leaders the book that questions donald trump's fitness for office seems to be doubling in its impact and largely things to the us president himself triumphal out of his series of early morning tweets defending his mental capacities as not just smart but genius and a very stable genius at dot. now at this hastily called press conference at camp david the republicans hope to