Apart. But until we can get all the way into the pile to put all the fire out, were going to be out here for a while. The fire is contained. Theres no chance of it spreading anywhere right now. Were just trying to get all the fire out of the to the all the way to the bottom of the pile and get all the fire out for fire, Officials Say, fortunately, no one was injured. The chief says the epa is here monitoring the air quality and says it is normal. The wind is blowing the smoke towards Contra Costa County and fire Officials Say people there should not be alarmed but advises them to keep their doors and windows closed as a precaution. Fire crews are hoping to get full containment on this fire soon. Mike hey, amber. When firefighters got on scene, you could see that pile of debris. I mean, its absolutely enormous. Any particular reason why it was so high . Yes, the fire chief says the shredder has been broken for a few days and that theyre waiting for parts to get it repaired. All right. A
The workers are asking for a raise. To 15 dollars an hour plus union rights. Ohare is one of the busiest airports in the country. So its still not clear how this strike could affect travelers. Happening right now in overton. Flooding has caused Major Concerns with People Living in the area. Take a look at these pictures one of our viewers sent in. He says it started raining at 330 this morning. And he took these pictures at 6 30. We have a reporter heading to area to get a closer look at the damage. Well bring you an update in toss to greg toss to greg lets get over to greg bennett with a check of the forecast for this holiday week. Today, showers, heavy clouds and snow are expected to the valley and surrounding areas thanks to support from our upper level low that hovers over calnevari, the cold front coming from the Pacific Northwest is yielding a 50 chance for showers within the valley this morning and snow rain and snow chances are at their highest from 4am to 10am with these chanc
Congresswoman tulsi gabbard. A former Bernie Sanders backer and liberal progressive politician. Gabbard says she and mr. Trump spoke about current policies regarding syria, the fight against terrorist groups like alqaeda and isis, as well as other Foreign Policy challenges. Stirewalt says she is a dissident democrat and has been tough on obama and Clinton National security. Gabbard, an iraq war veteran, criticized both president obama and Hillary Clinton for their re terror. Other political power players making their way thru the trump tower revolving door today, include former House Speaker newt gingrich, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and former Texas Governor rick perry. Conway says he represents all walks of life. Mr. Trump also meeting, off the record, with those who cover president elect speaking with tv executives and anchors from the five major news networks. A group he still often chastises for being biased. Vice president elect mike pence, meawnhile, returned to washington for
At this point, crews are still dousing the home with water. If you take a look at sky 7 hd video, you can see what it looked like when flames were really going. They were jumping 020 feet off of the roof. This all started as a grass fire, firefighters tell me, that is according to the gilroy Fire Department. They say they got the call at 1 37, and found the fire spread from grass into the attic of the home. One man in his 50s or 60s was safely evacuateed and not injured. However, a chicken coop did go up in flames, firefighters had to import water and tankers so we ran out. At one point, brought in a helicopter to do bucket drops and hand stretched a line over to a nearby subdivision a quarter mile away to hook up to a hydrant. With water complications, you mentioned the meet. Its 100 degrees here, so cal fire brought in extra crews and have been rotating them out the good news is that at this point the fire is mainly under control. But they do expect to be here for several more hours,
This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. We begin tonight on the other side of the world with a natural disaster. A chine of islands in the South Pacific that makes up a countrycalled vanuatu has taken a direct hit from a powerful cyclone with wind close to 170 miles per hour. Neighbor you havent heard of vou before but you may very well have seen it. This group of islands was one of the locations where the longrunning reality show survivor was shot. Today, the president of vanuatu says many of his people have no Running Water or communications and is asking the United Nations for help. Heres seth doane. Reporter residents tried to solvage what they could in the capital city of port vila. Many rode out the storm in emergency shelters. Cyclone pam hit this chain of islands in the South Pacific with nearly 170mileperhour wind. Early reports suggest entire villages may have been destroyed. Alice clements with unicef described the ferocious storm. It felt like th