Commander charged with overseeing the nation sticker arsenal. Was admiral tim giardina fired amid an investigation into alleged gaming issues. He served as secondincommand at u. S. Strategic command, which oversees all Nuclear Armed missiles and would provide launch orders if the u. S. Launched a nuclear attack. Powerful cyclone has killed at least 23 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in more than a million acres of crops. Nearly one Million People were evacuated from the coast ahead of the cyclone, the strongest Tropical Storm to hit india in more than a decade. Meanwhile, vietnam has begun evacuating or than 100 80,000 people from coastal areas of preparation for typhoon nari, which blasted the philippines over the weekend, killing at least 13 people. Syria, gunmen kidnapped seven aid workers in Idlib Province as they were returning to damascus in a convoy. Six of the kidnapped victims work for the red cross, while the sabbath is a voluntary the syrian red crescent. Cit
Where despite the rain crowds have gathered outside Buckingham Palace to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth. The 2nd you case longest serving monarch has died at the age of 96. The queen was on the throne for 70 years. One of the longest reigns in global history and was a familiar face to hundreds of millions of people around the world. But here in the u. K, many saw her as a rock of stability, seeing the country through times of turbulence, like the 2nd world war. And the end of the British Empire, and more recent political upheavals like breaks it. She seen 15 Prime Ministers during her reign. Buckingham palace as she died peacefully in the afternoon at her scottish estate balmoral. The queens family rushed to her side when doctors said they were concerned about her health earlier on thursday. The crown has now passed to her oldest son, who be known as king charles the 3rd. He issued a statement saying, the death of my beloved mother, her majesty the queen is a moment of the greatest
A constant and alive for 70 years, the longest, soothing monarch and british history over her reign. She has come to define notions of service, charity, and consistency. The commitment to her role and to all of us has been without question and unwavering. She is also demonstrated courage, compassion, and humour, a strong memory. I will have her as her laughter. She was extraordinary. Adrian brown joins is now live from wellington. Adrian, tell us more about what the Prime Minister of new zealand has to say, and how people there are remembering the queen well, just spoke about 2 or 3 hours ago. She said that she was awoken at about 10. 00 to 5. 00 local time by the torchlight beam of one of the security details. And she said, i knew exactly what that light meant. As you heard in her comments there just a moment ago, she spoke with her on wavering the queens on wavering sense of duty. She also said that the queen had been mother and grandmother to the nation. Now of course, general doing
Make sure the heat wave was over. Didnt think overnight on thursday that there would be a fire. Reporter the mosquito fire has already burned nearly 30,000 acres. Thats more than any other wildfire this year according to cal fire. Homes have been reduced to ashes and in a situation that has become dire, fire crews from all over the bay area are there to help stop the spread, including santa rosa fire sharing this video of their arrival. The smoke from the wildfire clearly seen from above by a passenger on a plane heading out of sfo. Back on the ground they hope the firefighters are ability to keep going. Our hearts are with the residents here. We want to make sure that we are tracking the news and have an escape plan if it comes to that. Reporter nbc bay area news. We mentioned the smoke. This is what it looked like at sunset in walnut creek. You can see its hazy. Lets bring in jeff. Talk about the air quality. Will it impact a little, a lot in to the weekend . If you do suffer from an
Near lake tahoe. Take a look. Crews have their hands full with the mosquito fire. This is new video from the frontlines. Flames now burning into two counties, burning more than 29,000 acres with zero containment. Smoke from the fire quickly becoming a big concern, pushing in to lake tahoe and also in to the bay area. We have team coverage. Reporter its night 4 and the mosquito fire is still eating up land in difficult terrain full of steep canyons. After we hit sacramento and passed it was just you could see like a ton of smoke and haze outside. Reporter earlier the skies were orange on the Eastern Shore of lake tahoe. Air quality now a big concern. One woman and her family just traveled to donor lake, an area close to where the wildfire is burning. Their Family Vacation not what she had in mind. I was check the weather to make sure the heat wave was over. Didnt think overnight on thursday that there would be a fire. Reporter the mosquito fire has already burned nearly 30,000 acres. Th