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Range, they turn to the city of Mountain View for help. Were very diverse in background and education, and we would like to keep it that way. Reporter this Mountain View city councilman plans to vote yes on assistance to help families like this one. From 3200 3200 to 6900. If it passes, theres no guarantee that housing will be available. To own your house and have your family settle in somewhere is really difficult. If youre middle income, you know, we may not be able to stay. Reporter they are staying in Mountain View for now, able to cover rent for two months. Then angelina will have to go back to work as a nurses assistant. I am very nervous. At the same time, im just praying everything will be okay. And the grace of god. Reporter sunnyvale has a similar assistance program. And tonight, the city council will vote. The meeting starts at 6 30, and it is open to the public. Reporting live in Mountain View, michelle roberts. Nbc bay area news. Two hours, five fires and one very big caus
Wind. These types of debris items, these large debris items that float, are starting to show up on our coastline on the west coast. Asma is with noaa, the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. Its a Scientific Agency that works on everything from weather to coastal and Resource Management to fisheries, really taking a look at how we have an impact on the oceans and what we can do to restore them. Noaa has been tracking debris from japan thats been reaching our shores. Some debris is hard to miss, like a giant dock that washed up in oregon. This motorcycle made it all the way to canada. It was inside a container that floated. Were encouraging people that see tsunami debris to report it to noaa at disasterdebris noaa. Gov. So if this is an unusual type of debris that may have characteristics, like possible japanese writing on it, or specific identifiers, like a license plate, those are clues as to, you know, this might be an item that is actually from the japan tsunami. But th
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President obama has not made, but u. S. Troops, about 180 military advisers, are now fanning out across the baghdad area, doing that assessment work of how the Iraqi Military is doing, what the isis threat is. With u. S. Troops on the move potentially around baghdad, there are armed drones overhead to protect them. This is a forced protection measure according to a u. S. Official who has direct knowledge of this effort. It all began in the last 24 hours because u. S. Troops are now there and on the move. This, however, has been commissioned to another level. Until now there have been no armed drones over iraq. Th there had been manned reconnaissance flights, pilots in the cockpit. Those aircraft were armed, of course, to protect the pilot. These armed drones, this today hasnt happened in a long time, carol. I know youre going to gather more information for us. Barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon, thank you. In detroit, an odd case grows even more bizarre. Police are hoping f