Near homa preyeta. The firefighters did make quite a bit of headway and lift somed orders. That is right. They have. And chris nguyen has been covering the fire and is live with the new voelmentes. That firefighter has been taken to the hospital and we do not know the extent of the injuries but as soon as we have more information well put it on twitter, eight homes have been destroy and we know that 300 structures remain at risk. For residents, a feeling of anxiousness that cant escape. Just watching the flames and fire is heart breaking. You dont know what is going on. Reporter mike powell live atop loma prieta for 15 years. Were a family. Were talking and texting. Emails. Whatever we can. Reporter sky 7 shows us the terrain. If we need to make them wider, fine. If we need to take down vegetation, that goes for dozers as well as hand lines. Reporter sheriff laurie smith stopped by to check on her deputies. Firefighters are getting in their rest periods after being on the lines for 24
Difficult. 7 news south bay reporter chris winn covering the fire and has the latest. For residents evacuated a feeling of anxiousness that cant escape. Just watch the flames and the fire. Its heart breaking. Just didnt know what is going on. Reporter mike powell has lived here for 13 years. We are a family. So everybody looks out for each other. We are always talking to each other. Texting. Emails whatever we can. Reporter we see narrow roads and rocky terrain tomorrow forecast calls for more wind. So crews spent the day cutting up cleaning break line to help contain the fire. We need to take more vegetation make to it bare earth that goes for the dozers and lines and make sure there is no possibility the fire can spread or jump over the lines. Santa clara county sheriff smith stopped by some of the stadiuming areas this afternoon to check on her deputy doing what she could to provide support. Over at base camp firefighters ar getting in the mandatory arrest period after being on the
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Do you support the president s efforts to engage with cuba . If you support those efforts, the phone number is 202 7488000. If you oppose those efforts, 202 7488001. A special line for cubanamericans, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter and facebook. A very good monday morning to you and we begin talking about the president s historic trip to cuba. Here are some of the front pages. Wall street journal. Andomatic relations begin there is a picture of the president in the streets of havana. The front page of the washington times. Front page of the new york times, the headline as obama arrives, cuba tightens grip on dissent. Stopdent obamas first after arriving was the embassy where he made brief remarks to the staff at the newly opened embassy. Here are some of his remarks. Hello, everybody. As the ambassadors stated, it has been nearly 90 years since a u. S. President stepped foot in cuba. It is wonderful to be here. Back in 1928, president coolidge bat
Our borders from other transnational threats, our operation is based on layered security where we attempt and i have described earlier some of the partnerships that we have with regard to Port Security to inspect port facilities for their security regime overseas. With regard to specifically the source and transit zone for narcotics we also have significant partnerships with countries in south and Central America that allow us to board their flag vessels on the high seas, recognizing that many of the nations dont have robust coast guards or navies with the kind of off shore capability that we have. So those partnerships allow us to detect and interdict drug shipments far off shore. In the case of one interdiction i made, over a thousand miles west of the galapagos islands, with drugs destined for mexico and then ultimate i will for the United States. So we use using our long range aircraft and cutters and detection monitoring capability of the department of defense and other partners w