Good evening im gasia mikaelian. And im ken wayne. You can see from above the fire, theres a fire boat in the bay putting water on that fire. Deborah villalon is live with more about the fire and the effort to put it out. Reporter its been a real challenge here ken. And taking a live look from chopper. Two it looks a lot better than when we first got here. The good news im told that this is a brush fire and that no structures are threatened. And even though San Francisco fire have not been able to give us a containment status, theyre making progress. And it started just before 8 00 and its being fueled by very dry eucalyptus. This is very dry combustible eucalyptus tree and the fire has created that chimney effect where it burns up the hill. At one point they were shooting flames off the road leading off the freeway. This is the freeway you get off the bay bridge and you go down Yerba Buena Island to Treasure Island or the coast guard station. When the sparks were flying and the threat
Mikaelian. And im ken wayne. You can see from above the fire, theres a fire boat in the bay putting water on that fire. Deborah villalon is live with more about the fire and the effort to put it out. Reporter its been a real challenge here ken. And taking a live look from chopper. Two it looks a lot better than when we first got here. The good news im told that this is a brush fire and that no structures are threatened. And even though San Francisco fire have not been able to give us a containment status, theyre making progress. And it started just before 8 00 and its being fueled by very dry eucalyptus. This is very dry combustible eucalyptus tree and the fire has created that chimney effect where it burns up the hill. At one point they were shooting flames off the road leading off the freeway. This is the freeway you get off the bay bridge and you go down Yerba Buena Island to Treasure Island or the coast guard station. When the sparks were flying and the threat of spot fires is very
The 50s anniversary of the march on washington brought out some of the biggest names in politics and the civil righting movement. Tengz of thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, congressman john lewis, the only living person who spoke 50 years ago was there. Keynote speaker president obama. March 50 years ago was not merely how many blacks could join the ranks of millionaires, it was whether this country would admit all people who were willing to work hard regardless of race into the ranks of a middle class life. Mike viquera joins us. There was forrest whittaker, Oprah Winfrey was there, im curious who the crowd responded to most. You know tony it was an extraordinary day, it was renewal, celebration and commemoration. A lot of people who were talented public speakers really moved the crowd. And i gt to mention there was music that was extraordinary. It was a rainy day, drizzled off and own. Partnered the cliche it didnt dampen the spirits of the crowd. President obama talked abo
Loudest voices calling for military action in syria. The government had even but i think theyre quite ready and fully expecting some sort of response. As to what that response is, and when, again, well soon find out. And what about syrias response . I think this is one of the things that certainly the west and certainly the u. S. Administration are trying to calculate. And it is very much a guess at this point is, if they were to go in with some sort of punitive action what are the likely ramifications . Would they see some sort of attack on israel . Would they see further attacks elsewhere within the country on their own people, or would there be some sort of wider action to calculate. So i think those have all been factored into Decision Making process but realistically we cant really decide what is going to happen. Tim, the president said today he wanted possibly a limited attack. What does a limited attack mean . And once weve launched an attack arent we into it somewhat . Well, ye