Our other big story tonight closely watching wildfires in southern california. One is in the heart of los angeles. For much of the day, a stretch of the 405, major high was closed. Fires are being fueled by santa ana wind which are expected to kick of again overnight. Nearly 200 structures have burned. Thousand were evacuate from some of l. A. s prestigious and densely populated neighborhood. And carter evans begins our coverage on this. Reporter at day break, a traffic nightmare. The northbound 405 shut down. Dont want to be on the west side this morning. This is what commuters saw on interstate 405. Oh, no. One of t free ways. This is freaking crazy. On the ridge above bel air one of l. A. s most exclusive neighborhood as flames raced up the hillside, multimillion dollar homes laid directly in their path. A battle on the ground became desperate. You can see the fire burning ininside it this home right now. The staircase and burning through the garage door even the roof of the home. N
The most extreme manager was sentenced to seven years in federal prison today for his role in the emissions scandal. Oliver schmidt pled guilty to fraud. Led the office in michigan and covered up the scheme to cheat on diesel emissions test. One day after john conyers stepped down. Pressure building on minnesota senator, al franken to do the same. Same reason. Accusations of sexual misconduct. More than half of frankens fellow democrats in the senate want him out. Here is chief congressional correspondent, nancy cordes. Enough is enough. Reporter female senators led the way today lowering the boom on their friend and colleague. Probably in the best interest of a lot of people he resigns. Final straw a report this morning in politico, former democratic staffer said franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006. Insisting its my right as an entertainer. Mashed his lips against my face. Leeann tweeden made an accusation, producing this photo of franken ape en
The American Veteran center. Welcome and thank you for being here. This is our 20th year of the event. It is a very special year for us, and we are very happy you are here. We want to thank the Navy Memorial for their hospitality for this weekend. Theyve been great partners over the years. My only word i have to kick things off is for all of the students that are with us this weekend. I encourage you to take all of this in from where we start with veterans at the battle of midway 75 years ago through the 75 years of American Military history. This is your own past and present and future so this is a great opportunity and a onceinalifetime opportunity to make the most of it. I would like to welcome admiral frank thorp to say a few words of welcome. Thorp good morning. Welcome to the Navy Memorial. Our mission here is to honor, recognize, and celebrate the men and women of the sea services, past, present, and future, and to educate the American Public about your service. It is a tremendo
I would like to contextually put this all into a nice picture. Share background about the association and do the talking in a proper context. Some of you may know already, but we are a private, nonprofit educational organization. The mission of the place is to enhance the understanding of the appreciation of the executive mansion. A long time means 56 years at this point, since 1961. This was during the kennedy administration, the first lady, Jackie Kennedy founded the administration to help the white house collect and exhibit the absolute best of American History and culture. But underscoring all of that, to inform and incite the public about the history of the mansion. Fast forwarding all these years we are still doing this or it, preservation, research, education efforts continue through the sale of our books, our products. The official white house ornament, which some of you may know as well. In recent years, from private and corporate donations. To strengthen our goal, the over ar
The pacific after pearl harbor. Up next on American History tv, Navy Veterans who participated in the battle of midway recount their experiences. The American Veterans Center Hosted this 50minute panel discussion. My name is tim hobart. Im executive director of the American Veterans center and thank you for being here. This is our 20th year of this event, so its a very special year for us, and were very happy youre here. Of course, we really want to thank the Navy Memorial for their hospitality for this weekend. Theyve been great partners for us over the years. My only word that i really had to kick things off this morning is really for all the students that are with us here this weekend. I really encourage you to take all of this in from where we start with veterans of the battle of midway 75 years ago through 75 years of American Military history. This is your own past and present, and youre our future. So, this is a great opportunity, a once in a lifetime opportunity, and really mak