miss/universe pageant from 1967 all the way until 1987. time magazine named him the gratest game show host of all time, and he was also an animal rights activist. that was something that was very important to him, protecting animals from cruelty and abuse. his longtime friend nancy burnett who has overseen barker s care commented on that in a statement. she said, quote, i m so proud of the trailblazing work barker and i did together to expose the cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry ask working to improve the plight of abused animals in the and internationally. we were great friends over these 40 years, he will be missed. barker was born in 1923 in darington, washington. his mother was a schoolteacher and his dad was a foreman that installed electrical high lines throughout the state of washington. so, you know, there he goes from having this mom as a teacher can and this dad who worked with
minutes to go 50 feet. i think they re in relatively good shape. i think what we re all concerned about is we re all hoping for a miracle and people are doing everything humanly possible looking for that miracle but they re just going to be tons of grief in the valley and that s unfortunately the situation we re going to be in. but i ll also tell you that the acts of inspiration i ve seen this week are pretty compelling too. i ve talked with some of the people in darington and also in arlington that want to tell the country they really appreciate the compassion the nation is showing for this community and also want them to know that these people are showing some courage and resolution and they re hanging together too. this is a place that s pretty tough. it looks pretty tough. i know you have seen it both from the air and on the ground on site. when you look at the task that these rescue workers have, i know you want a miracle, but at
it made the quicksand even worse. i cannot possibly tell you how long this will last or when or if they will find more bodies. we always want to hold out hope. we have to at some point expect the worst. this is the latest footage from the town of darington to the east this morning. we know an emergency service road is being opened at some point today to led ground vehicles in to help with the recovery. a press pool has just left to take images from the top side of the hillside where the mud slid from and swamped the community of oso. 17 bodies officially accounted for. they ve been identified by the medical examiner s office. 26 bodies now recovered. one new body located on friday. because of the bad weather we ve been having here, they haven t been able to retrieve that. they do expect to find more bodies today, but it s very
i lived in the area between the sister town of. you know, it looks so beautiful that it hardly looks dangerous. i never really gave it any consideration myself. , no. you know, i imagine tonight i mean, there are you know, you are not alone in the sense that there are many other families out there looking for loved ones. is there you know, are at least, you know, are they giving you information? are they searching the right areas? do you feel everyone is doing everything humanly possible to try to help you? what i want to convey to your viewers, greta, is that our my family and the families of those who are missing in darington are incredibly grateful for the first responders. when i talk about first responders, i m talking
memory of my parents to make the sweetest lemonade out of lemons. so i thank you for the opportunity to speak with you and represent my beautiful hometown of darington and my family. well, they would be very proud of you. thank you, nicole. thank you. straight ahead, well, this has not been a good few weeks for democrats. several scandals landing politicians in handcuffs. our political panel is here to talk about that first, there is news tonight from malaysia airlines. airline coming under fire. the latest on what the airline just did. a live report from ma