washington while bankruptcy burns across the nation. san bernardino, california, is the latest american town unable to pay its bills. the math $46 million in debt. they ve made drastic cuts in employees and services. and the city according to the los angeles times has only $150,000 in the bank. that s it. residents are coming unhinged saying, why wasn t this calamity headed off at the pass? what about two years ago when they took $10 million from the employees? what were they doing then? now the city is forced basically to file bankruptcy because they have this tremendous amount of debt over their head. in the last 14 days, two other towns near los angeles have gone into bankruptcy. other places across the country have done the same or tried to in idaho, alabama, pennsylvania, rhode island, dozens of other local and state governments have made dramatic cuts just to try to stay solvent while they wait for the economic recovery to help with terrible budget shortfalls. and y
point that some of you guys on the left of the party can still try and talk these folks into putting the public option back in? or is it, at this point, a moot point? first of all, rick, check the national journal. i m now a centrist. who knew? i think it s really important for there to continue to be discussions about how you can improve the bill and that s something that i m sure the white hou white house is aware of. i think the vote will be very close. again, i think we all want what s best for our country. dennis kucinich, my thanks to you for taking time to take us through this. i know everyone was calling you tonight and you had an opportunity to be on a lot of different networks. and i thank you for choosing ours and coming on and setting the record for us. i appreciate that, sir. thank you very much. all right. march s strikes, protests all over california tonight. take a look at these pictures. we re following them for you. these are live pictures that
he served in the bush administration, both at the state department and as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. jon karl, thank you. we also have new reporting coming in from california, involving a troubling security breach at a u.s. air force base. a driver breaching the main gate at travis air force base, then crashing, the suv explode egg. abc s marci gonzalez from california tonight. reporter: authorities investigating this deadly security incident at travis air force base in california. officials say the driver went through the base s main gate before crashing last night. the vehicle exploding upon impact. there are reports of possible propane tanks inside. the driver died in the crash. these videos posted online. federal officials are combing through them as part of the investigation. there were no additional injuries or fatalities. the entrance closed in the direct aftermath, people urged to stay away. it has now been reopened. tonight, officials saying the person in
soon after, her sister michelle fled california, fearing for her own safety. the feeling is undescribable, i m so happy, i feel so blessed. we finally got the guy who brutally raped and murdered my sister. so, let s get to whit johnson, live with us from california tonight. and whit, it s hard to wrap your head around these numbers. he s accused in at least a dozen murders, 45 rapes, as we mentioned there. but he s only been charged with a few of them. where does the case go from here? reporter: and david, this is just the beginning. that key dna evidence came to light only six days ago. prosecutors say that dna and the methods he used links dozens of these cases up and down the state. they re promising more charges in the coming days. david? whit johnson leading us off tonight. whit, thank you. we are also following breaking developments at this hour involving president trump s personal physician, the president s pick to lead the v.a. and there are new allegations unku uncov
not the president s battle the president is suggesting he would win if they compared iq tests. and stolen war plans? north korean hackers allegedly stole classified military documents with details of u.s. and south korean war plans including a plot to take out kim jong-un. what does kim s regime plan to do with the stolen secrets? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news. the wildfire disaster sweeping across parts of california tonight. 15 people are now confirmed dead with more missing. and officials say the flames