veteran diplomat william burns says the hollowing out of u.s. leadership risks undermining the very institutions upon which the international order rests. now, after a distinguished career serving at the highest levels of the foreign service, burns is now president of the carnegie endowment for international peace and william burns is joining me now. welcome to the program. >> great to be with you. >> so i started by saying there is a whole slew of books as you well know, from bob woodward and many around, the anonymous article, a lot focusing on national security and the trump global agenda. do you agree that it portrays sort of a recklessness, and that fear, according to trump himself, is the guiding foreign policy agenda here? >> i think one of the broad themes in this administration has been kind of a reckless detachment from the kind of responsibilities that, you know, we exercise for a long time. and a dismissiveness of institutions. the president last year when he was asked about the number of vacancies in the state department said, well,

veteran u diplomat william burns. >>> then, asamerica's powerful reckoned with the me too tsunami, sallyw history of abuse. >>> also today, coming out as an illegal immigrant. we talk to jose antonio bargas.

in the southern part of the tate, the woolsey fire has left two dead,burned mon 400 structures, and remains 35% contained. william brangham has our first report. >> brangham: today, search crews led by coroners are going block by block in paradise, california, looking for any trace of those who did not escape the cvep fire. >>body i know lost everything. it's real sad. >> brangham: the death toll for this deadliest fire in state history could easily go higher. the camp fire sparked thursday, and quickly destroyed the town of paradise and then threatened surrounding communities. more than a dozen search-and- recovery teams are scouring through burned-out cars and the ashes of homes. authorities have requested an addional 150 personnel to help. hare survivors recounted their own owing escapes: >> the fire was above us, the fire was below us, iither sides. i mean, we were totally surrounded and driving through. >> brangham: state authorities are now investigating whethewe sparks from lines might've started the fire. on the front lines, more than 5,000 firefighters are inuing to fight intense flames and bone-dry cond

book that men like william tyndale who was burned at the stake for translating the bible into english. i come to the floor to speak on what the bible means to me. simply put, it means everything to me. it has shaped the way i live my life, it has helped me serve the people of the 36th district of texas through two terms, it's not always an easy job. but through the trials and hard days i find comfort in the words of some of my favorite scriptures. this same is true on the good days i rejoice that the lord has chosen me to serve in such a time as this. our country was founded on great principles. many of which are strip churl. our founders wanted this country to have a strong judeo christian faith. we see this truth throughout our constitution. and from the writes of the time. we hold these truths b self-evident that all men are created equal, engoid the createors with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. one of the most profund phrases in our declaration of independence that acknowledges god's role in our founding. america was founded

burn down? we don't know. it's hard to try to figure out your game plan when you don't know your game plan. >> reporter: anna goodnight and her husband william rushed out of their home. they were only able to grab medication and important documents. >> we saw everything burning down as we were leaving. that was scary enough. >> reporter: they have no idea if their home is still standing. they're just glad they made it out alive. >> i hope there is closure for the families that have lost family because we've been hearing so many horror stories. but i'm sure it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> we're living. there's a lot of people who didn't make it. >> reporter: chris cal survived andrew in florida. she and her family were planning to make paradise their new home. this was the start of your new life. putting a down payment on an apartment in merritt tiparadise. >> we was happy, excited. they had called and told us to come next week. supposed to be the time we were coming. everything is gone, and i don't know the next step. i'm winging it. >> reporter: despite her long road to the recovery, crystal has been offering to help the p

>> did it burn down or didn't it and we just don't know and it's hard to try to figure out your game plan when you don't know your game plan. >> reporter: anna goodnight and her husband william rushed out of their home. they were only able to grabbed me -- grabbed meication and important documents. >> we saw everything burning down. >> reporter: they have no idea if their home is standing. they ears just glad they made it out alive. >> i hope there's some closure for the families that have lost family. we're hearing a lot of horror stories. >> we're living, a lot of people didn't make it. >> reporter: crystal survived hurricanes in florida, she was hoping to make paradise the next chapter. >> i thought -- we were happy, exciting, they had called us and told us to come next week, it was going to be a time where we came in but everything is gone and i don't know what's the next step. i'm just winging it. >> reporter: despite facing her own long road to recovery, crystal's been visiting the people at the camp, offering to help however she can. >> i can't do anything but one day at a time. it's out of my hands. stay praying, stay asking the lord to cover us or cover them. make s

william marbury. >> in the paradise, california, area. that's where the camp fire is burning.u the very best in your efforts. we'll stay in touch with you as there are so many families dealing with so much uncertainty at this point. thing thank you again for your design. >>> the cia had earlier made an initial assessment that the saudi crown prince mohamed bin salma was personally involved but president trump finds that premature and says he will get a report on the death come tuesday. he's reluctant to place blame. saudi arabia has raised relationships questions. john is following the story live for us in ab but dhabi. always a pleasure to have you on the show. he views it as essential. mr. trump supports the crown principles. are they clashing this? >> reporter: that's part of the story, george. i would suggest the priority for president trump would be to maintain the business ties. first and foremost, i see saudi arabia as a bullwart against iran. let's say syria, lebanon, iraq and particularly yemen because of the conflict that's been going on there. number two, the presid

burned to the ground. >>> and the santa ana winds that fueled these fires initially have come back. >> accuweather's paul williams look at the forecast for us. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, lynda. no rain in sight. no rain in sight. that's a problem when you combine that with the gusty winds kicking in through this exceptionally dry california coast. monday, looking at gusty winds for redding towards sacramento. tuesday, strong wings from santa barbara down towards san diego. in the deep south, strong storm from jackson, atlanta, charlotte, will end up targeting new york and the back side of this by tuesday with snow showers in abundance throughout the ohio valley region. kendis? lynda? >> not good news when you hear snow showers in abundance. >>> in florida, the race is on. counties have until thursday to complete their recounts. the state's major races including u.s. senate and governor are so close that recounts are required. and tempers are even shorter than thursday's deadline. abc's victor oquendo reports. >> reporter: in broward county protesters swarming election headquarters as they have f

william marbury. >> in the paradise, california, area. that's where the camp fire is still burning.eday. >>, we certainly hope the best for you. there are so many families dealing with so much uncertainty at this point. thank you again for your time. >> thank you. >>> and the issue of these wildfires, they're becoming much more common across parts of the western united states and let's talk about how that relates to climate change. our meteorologist derek van dam is here. derek, some people try to avoid the data that's there but that doesn't make it not real. >> that's right. it's interesting how our own president side stepped the questions from reporters about climate change and how that relates to the increasing numbers of forest fires across the western u.s. but you could probably take a page out of california's own forest climate assessment report issued this past suggest. it's stating that the forests in california alone are becoming more vulnerable to climate change and by 2100, the end of the century, if greenhouse gas emissions continue as they are, the number of acreages wi

his church burned to the ground, and i was able the reach his wife patricia on her cell phone. they have safely evacuated to williams. we're expecting an update at 6:00 as to how many folks are still on that list. in paradise, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> we'll carry that update live. laura, thank you. >>> the white house announced today that president trump will travel to california to get a firsthand look at the fire damage. he'll come on saturday. no word yet on the itinerary for the president. the visit comes as the president has toned down his rhetoric on the fires. last weekend, mr. trump scolded state officials on twitter and blamed and threatened californians for what he called gross mismanagement of the forest. he has since backed off that -- those kinds of comments. >>> a lot of anger and frustration as people try to get to their properties to tend to their animals. >> it's been a week. now wayne freedman has that part of our coverage from butte county. do. >> not ask how she made it this far behind the fire line. she will not disclose her connections. >> thousands are in jeopardy. >> thousands in stock a

burning in the southern part of the state. president trump issued an emergency declaration providing federal funding to help the victims. i am eboni williams "watters' world." jesse: politics has dominated the headlines so we wanted to share other news you probably missed. joining me is ed henry. remember the beau bergdahl trade out of gitmo in exchange for bow bergdahl? president obama assured us the taliban five were being closely monitored and would not return to the battlefield. it has been confirmed they all five joined the ranks and returned to afghanistan. ed: i was at some of the news conferences, covering president obama saying this is not a big deal, they are going to be monitored and they weren't going back on the battlefield. no, it turned out to be a bogus deal. the obama administration misled us about beau bergdahl. jesse: next one, we have china. the big trade wash with the chinese. china blinked. president xi promised to lower tariffs, and bert protect intellectual -- and better protect intellectual property rights. this is a big deal for trump's trade war. >> a lot of the details have to be filled in, the chinese have to b

williams in saudi illiams inanks, holly. >>> good samaritans rush to save people trapped in a burning silding. a third moor window. dropps just about two minutes >>> dramatic cell phone video shows a mother dropping her baby girl out of a window as flames engulf their dallas apartment. a group of good samaritans gathered below and urged her to throw the child from the >>> byron campbell stopped to help the baby. her mother and four others escaped by jumping out of windows and on to a mattress. police sergeant mike matta was one of the rescuers holding that mattress. >> i wasn't sure if it was going to work, but when i looked at what were our options, they had to have faith in us that we were going to catch and we had to have faith in them that they were going to let go, and it worked. >> both sides having faith. no one, fortunately, was seriously injured. the baby was taken to the hospital as a precaution, but she's now okay this morning. those are the stories. strangers helping each other. that we need more of. >> literally leaps of faith. literally. >> lots to be thankful. wow. >>> a new mus

williams has the detailed forecast. paul, good morning. >> good morning, janai, kendis. this low pressure system is going to pick a serious fight on the west coast with flash flooding burn, dangerous rough seas, gusty winds, travel disruptions and thunderstorms. just about anything bad you could ask for. how about one to three feet of snow above 6,500 feet? in the northeast it's cold with more snow showers particularly coming out of buffalo, new york, with yet another foot of snow. icy mix and spotty showers in the ohio valley region. kendis? janai? >>> so it's beginning to look a lot like the christmas season in washington, d.c. >> three, two, one -- >> that's a pretty one. the president and mrs. trump lit the national christmas tree near the white house last night. the first lady actually throwing the switch. it was the 96th consecutive year for the presidential tradition. the event featured a number of country and christian musicians. a little different from the obama days. you'd have, like, chance the rapper there. >> mixing it up some. >>> back at the white house, the first lady is defending the look of some other trees. >> you know those trees. >> those ones. >> s

william attended the annual remembrance. the royal navy submarine force was founded in 1901. 10,000 torches will burn every night until this sundaynown as armistice day in europe and veterans day in the u.s. 6 million civilians died in the war. the italian president marked the stadium where the remains of 39,000 identified soldiers are there. in stras burg the countries of -- -- the ps of germany and france met. . >> very important part of history. time is 7:45. sal is back. i'm assuming you have taken care of everything on the roads. >> sure, i cleared it all up. yeah, no, unfortunately dave and gasia, a lot of people are out there stuck in traffic. let's start off with highway 24. improvement on 24, slow here a little in lafayette. it's improved to oakland. this commute to the maze, it's taking more than an hour. there was an earlier crash involving a motorcyclist in the lanes near hill top drive. they cleared that up but it was there for a long time and it did its damage. traffic is slow taking about an hour and eight minutes or so according to the computer sensors to get to the mcarthur maze. then you add 20 minutes here to w

williams explained: >>> to the ice. evander kane returning to buffalo for the first time since the sabres traded him to san jose. second period, buffalo goes between the legs to get past burnses to give the sabres the lead. little joe behind the net just sneaks in for the second goal of the night tying the game to 2. in overtime, martin jones for san jose can't post a puck away from jeff skinner skates in for the game winner and buffalo wins 3-2, they tie a franchise record of 10 in a row. >>> the jaws challenge in maui, this dude trying to hang ten, he hung an 0.5 instead. the wipeout ratio was 50/50 yesterday. but not for that man! billy kepper won the event with this barrel run making history by winning the jaws challenge for the third time in four years. he didn't even know if he was going to compete, after a bad back and mri last month in los angeles. next up, the big wave tour, the mavericks right here in our backyard. that's the latest. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> here's the play of the day now from the nhl. ottawa taking on philadelphia. >> pass is knocked down and turn over and look out here comes the senators. he scores! backs it out of the air! >>

the north of where william is, president trump has just landed at naval air base i'm sorry naval base ventura county. he is there to examine the aftermath of the fire that has been burningornia. he was in northern california checking out the effects of the camp fire earlier today. he is now travel to southern california, he will be looking at the fire that has burned there and it has been a pretty grim day for the president. having to tour all of the spectacular and horrible damage. from the fire. more than a thousand people still listed as missing. as a result of those fires in california. we'll keep an eye on the travel of the president as he heads toward southern california in this particular region. meantime in texas, residents along the state border with mexico lashing out after customs and border protection announced two new border wall projects would begin in the region next february. madeleine rivera is in the rio grande valley with more. >> all this vegetation over here will be eliminated. >> as executive director of -- she is preparing for the inevitable. government contractors will be on the preserve building along the road that divides the property. >> 18 fo

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burning a car to help him if he needed that done. >>> i wouldn't do that. >> you wouldn't do that. >> no. >> that's the one thing you wouldn't do. >> yes >> megan williams toldd anything that came out of his mouth was a lie and any story he made up was made up. >> so many suspects, said the defense. and they put on a retired detective who accused the police of tunnel vision. >> because if you're doing shoddy work in the beginning, you're not paying attention to all the details and all of the information, and vetting it all. your investigation becomes sick. almost impossible to make it well again. >> as for forensic evidence, forget about it. called an expert and said there is no way a dog can follow a month old scent. >> my opinion it's not possible. >> if true. that meant there was no proof jones had ever been in page's car or along the highway where the belongings were found. by the end of the six week trial, jury had heard from more than 100 witnesses. it wasn't surprising during deliberations when the jury came back with one question after the other. prosecutor, dan rubenstein. >> started to get worried. the question popped into my mind, is it ever to co

william. what is your reaction? caller: this is what i think is causing climate change. every country we have has mass population today. if there are more people in each country burning more wood, more , thathatever they can use is causing pollution. it is that simple. alcohol we pute in our cars is using more energy to burn the corn to make this fuel. doing any better for us. it is really hurting the atmosphere. is what ision hurting this country as far as climate change. they let you build in california and these hillsides, it is foolish. the people that build in flood zones, i will tell you what i think. month.ch went up this they should be made to pay more for their insurance, not the rest of the country. not everybody. if they live in these dangerous areas and want to have -- i showed the area where paradise burned, it looks like a trailer park from up above. california is really in the dark about not clear cutting and they wonder why they have fires. now they are worried about mudslides. we cannot take care of all these people. if they don't have good management in their towns and cities, that is their fault. that is their problem. i am telling you it is overpo