Good morning, everyone. We begin with that growing controversy overnight. The president s words to a pregnant widow facing harsh criticism. He reportedly told the widow of a fallen Army Sergeant that her husband, quote, knew what he signed up for. Now, the question now is was that remark taken out of context. Abcs Serena Marshall has more on this from washington. Serena. Reporter kendis, diane, good morning. President trump reached out to all four families of the Fallen Soldiers from that deadly attack two weeks ago, but that one phone call raising questions. A grieving widow six months pregnant and a flagdraped coffin. The remains of her husband u. S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson returned home. The soldier with the elite u. S. Army special forces, one of four who died nearly two weeks ago in niger. Only an hour before, President Trump calling Myeshia Johnson offering condolences, but according to democratic representative, frederica wilson, in that call the president told the griefs
And we do say good morning, everybody, on this wednesday. We start with the growing controversy overnight. The president s words to a pregnant widow facing harsh criticism. He reportedly told her the widow rather of a fallen Army Sergeant that her husband, quote, knew what he signed up for. Now, the question now is was that remark taken out of context. Abcs Serena Marshall has more on it from washington. Serena. Reporter kendis, diane, good morning. President trump reached out to all four families of the Fallen Soldiers from that deadly attack two weeks ago, but that one phone call raising questions. A grieving widow six months pregnant and a flagdraped coffin. The remains of her husband u. S. Army Sergeant Ladavid Johnson returned home. The soldier with thes let u. S. Army special force, one of four who died nearly two weeks ago in niger. Only an hour before President Trump calling her offering condolences but according to democratic representative fredricka wilson, in that call the p
I think we should have some lights for the poor guy. I know. Hope he doesnt fall off that roof. The sun will be up nice and bright for you in a few mr. Principal. A lack of cloud cover once again across the region. You can see it shifting off the coast and were starting out clear and cool. 48 degrees in philadelphia. 41 in allentown. These numbers technically are a few degrees above where they were the last couple of mornings but its still similarly chilly and not a bad morning for jackets. 43 in trenton, 54 in cape may. As we go through the day, lots of sun like yesterday. Unlike yesterday were going to get up into the low 70s across much of the region. By noon well be up to 64. And by 3 oclock 72. That will be pretty comfortable. By 7 oclock, it is the second half of october so kind of hard to keep those numbers and well be down into the low 60s as soon as 7 00. If you are on the bus stop early this morning or on the roof of a school, 37 degrees in the suburbs as youre waiting for th
Containment no did go up and thats always good news. Last night, we really reporting about the bear fire which was 5 contained, this morning it is 10 contained. The change in the weather is what we are looking for. We might have some rain, about a 10th of an inch in the santa cruz mountains. Its been a long dry stretch. 245245,000 acres in the last week and a half, so the weather is much needed, or much welcomed i should say. Lets talk about the bear fire specifically. Some 270 acres burned unfortunately today, and we also learned about another firefighter has been injured. That now brings the total number of firefighters hurt in the bear fire alone 26. We have learned that these firefighter that firefighter was injured. That firefighter has been treated at an area hospital. This area is largely clear right now, and earlier there were more than 100 firefighters here. Those firefighters are now out working on those fire lines and we have some video of what that fire actually looks like
Most of the islands 3. 5 million residents still lack electricity. Food and water remain in short supply. Well get an update from independent journalist Rosa Clemente, just back from the island last night. And as puerto rico faces an estimated 95 million in cleanup costs, well look at a major new investigation into exactly who owns its 74 million debt. Then in california, as wildfires scorch more than 200,000 acres, roughly the size of new york city, more than 11,000 firefighters are rattling the blaze a number of them are prisoners. A the only way you would tell was a prisoner firefighter is if i told you. On the line, you would not know at all. Amy the incarcerated women who fight california wildfires. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal judge in hawaii blocked most of President Trumps latest version of a travel ban tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect. U. S. District judge der