to jay lehr how to stop this type of tragedy from happening. i was surprised by the sheer number of similar plants out there. what do you look for? how are the scrutinized? well, neil, let s set the record straight. they were not fertilizing moving plants. they were fertilizer and grain storage facilities. there was no manufacturing. but they re still on the aegis of a half dozen different regulatory agencies, epa, homeland security, occupational safety and health as well as the u.s. department of agriculture and these facilities were not inspected on a regular basis as they should have been. the real tragedy has been that the emergency volunteer fire people were not trained from their different areas in the various facilities they might be asked to come and battle a fire. so they had no knowledge of what
annual federal deficits over a trillion dollars. he will not change his tune. this is about the fundamental transformation of the nation. that is why he needs all tax rates to go up because he needs to get where the real money is which is the middle class. gregg: that debt is fundamental economics. really baffling. right. gregg: monica, good to see you. nice column. merry christmas to you. merry christmas to you too. gregg: bye-bye. heather: to a fox news alert now. we just got word to expect a news conference anytime now from police in upstate new york after a gunman opened fire at four firefighters who showed up to just do their job, battle a fire that actually may have been ended up being a trap set by the shooter. police in webster, new york, outside of rochester, they say two of those firefighters were killed at scene. another two were treated at a local hospital. we re awaiting for that news conference. we ll have a live report in moments on what we may learn
this. but there s a lot that s been done by the private sector, by industry, and by the government to cover up those loose ends, to deal with the major vulnerabilities. from a consumer perspective, obviously, the little that can be done, other than just raising awareness, it s the same message when you re at an airport, if you see something suspicious going on in a supermarket, what i would call reverse shoplifting, where somebody is actually appearing to put product on a shelf where they shouldn t be, that to me would just raise a question, go and talk to somebody in the store and say i ve just seen inappropriate behavior. jon: dr. david atchison is a food safety consultant. thank you. pleasure, thank you. jenna: to the deadly wildfires in central texas, destroying more than 1000 homes there, and this is a new grass fire near george bush park in west houston. fire crews had already put out an earlier fire in a different part of the park and this fire erupted. we ll keep you up to da
the bystanders as you said risking theufr ow tear own safety, raising the car, pulling the guy to safety. listen. 911 what is your emergency. i m right next to utah state university. you ve probably got several phone calls there is an accident between a four-door sedan and a motorcycle. is anybody hurt? yeah, i can t see on the other side, i think the motorcycle driver is down. it s a motorcyclist. yes. the motorcycle is on fire. i think i m going to back up. the motorcycle is spitting out fire and i don t know if it s going to explode or not. are you still there? it looks like someone may be even under the vehicle. the car is burning. the motorcycle is on fire, the car is starting on fire right now. i think it s going to go right now. the bikers name is brandon wright.
walker county, texas, another new fire just broke out. as of now it doesn t appear to be threatening nearby homes but we ll keep you updated. as we continue to look at texas, north texas breaking a record, but not necessarily a good one. folks in the dallas area, seeing the 70th consecutive day. think about that. of temperatures topping 100 degrees. the previous record was 69 days, set back in 1980. but again, record breaking years, here we come. j.d., we ve been asking the question over and over again, i m peering over your shoulder. maybe a break? maybe? reporter: yes, jenna, good news from the weather department! amazingly for dallas, texas, as you mentioned, 70 days of 100-degree-plus heat for the year already, and it looks like we re going to see the 80s, downright frigid for dallas, thursday and friday, into the 90s for saturday and sunday. but i m sure that they will take it. unfortunately, the bad news story is that we are still