We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. I dont know how many more people are left in there. We have no id. Ea nodea how many people were in that building that night. We are expecting the worst and hoping for the best. The search continues for victims of a fire that killed dozens in california. The time it took me to get on my coat and my shoes, the entire wall was on fire. I have four friends that are still unaccounted for. My brother is there and i want to find m. Hi the u. S. Engineers are refusing to let the dakota pipeline cross the missouri river. Prime minister is resigning after voters rejected reform in austria. Donald trump making no jeez for his telephone conversation with the leader of taiwan. Does this signal a change in pocy or wast i just a phone call . It was just a phone call at this point. Trump tweeted that he had actually won the popular vote. Voted illegally. It doesnt matter. I mean, he won the election. The midwest saw the
Its been pretty grim. Reporter i have, eric, and ama, good evening to you. A lot of news is happening here today. As you look behind me you saw the live picture from 7 hd and behind me you see the burned out hole that was the ghost ship warehouse thats sadly become a tomb for 36 people and they do expect that number to go up as they search the rest of the building. Work has stopped at front of the building out of fear that there could be a potential for collapse. One wall was fairly unstable so they are worried about that, and its not just because of danger to the firefighters either, but also to preserve the area as potential criminal evidence. Thats an important phrase, criminal evidence. This morning crews pulled free three more bodies totaling as i said 36 killed by the fire. They have now searched 75 of the building, and they expect that they may find more victims as well. Tonight work could continue in areas closed because of potential danger. They hope that they will be able to
County Sheriffs Office. That will be taken to a secure location where well go through it a second time with cadaver dogs and other employees to review the debris, to make sure we have not missed one specific thing. Reporter among the 36 confirmed dead, at least three of the victims are from outside the united states, including korea, guatemala and finland. The assets brought in to help with the search and recovery effort include a giant crane but first pg e had to cut off power to the immediate area. At this point Officials Say 75 of the gutted structure has been searched, but there are two key areas where there still might be more bodies. Theres two areas of concern, the back area of the building where the stage was set, where the fire may have originated or front portion of the building where the roof initially clashed on people near the windows adjacent to 31st street. Reporter investigators believe they know the area where the fire started but not a cause. A possible criminal inves
Scene. Were standing here in the warehouse known as the ghostship that caught fire friday night. Were in the fruit veil neighborhood and several blocks of international boulevard in and around this area are closed around 31 avenue because of the fire. Lets go to Laura Anthony with the latest on the investigation. The search, officials now say, 33 of those had been identified and 22 families notified. The sheriff said there could be more victims inside of the building he does not expect that will be a large number. The charges could be murder to manslaughter. The District Attorney Nancy Omalley announced possible criminal charges in the fire that claimed the investigation will include individuals like the Building Owner and founder of the Art Collective as well as entities, up to, and including the city of oakland, charged with enforcing the building and safety codes many claim were violated before the fire. I assure you there is information we will be providing but were on a day by day
About profit. This have been questions of the people would were living here, paying rent, but they were not legally given power for the electricity in the building. There have been questions about safety inside the building. I did not do anything ever in my life to get to this moment. [ inaudible ] i would rather get on the floor i would rather get on the floor and be trample by the sorry. There is still heavy equipment out here being used in the recovery of the and the power is still out here. They turned it off in case the crane they brought in being used, to hit the a power line and was a threat to the authorities. They turned off all the power and we expect it to be on at 8 00 this morning the number of fatalities here in the fire is 36. The coroners van was brought in overnight arriving at 1 00 a. M. And we are expecting a briefing that is scheduled for 6 00 this morning. We are seeing more of the names and the fays and we want to honor 10 victims identified last night. We will st