If youre wondering what that is, so are we. And just now, ceo and president bill johnson explained what that is. He says that the jumper is a piece of wire that basically jumps the conductor over the insulator. We know that it was broken. We also know according to johnson that this is a 43yearold tower that had been inspected four times. Now as you said, this transmission line was not deenergized, and johnson explained why not. Transmission lines in the area remained energized during the wind event consistent with our established protocols and procedures. In other words, they did not meet the conditions that we forecast for transmission level outages. We didnt see the wind speeds in the forecast that we typically would see for transmission outage. And so we relied on the protocol, and we still at this point do not know exactly what happened. The utility turned off power in the area at 9 48 last night, nearly half an hour after the fire started. Pg e is working closely with cal fire to
W at me than 500 acres and it is eating through a Mobile Home Park among other things. Sandalwood fire burning near interstate 10 in the city of calimesa. 85 miles northwest of palm it started about ngri2 s. Pm. The wind fueled blaze is really destroying this Mobile Home Park. Evacuations have been ordered there. Watched the structure start getting. There is in the amount of fire there is no hope in this case because of the lack of firefighting equipment. That is in the neighborhood. This is in Riverside County in southern california. Not clear how the fire got started or whether there are any injuries. Forecasters say the strong nta ventura la orange riverside and san diego counties through itls out almost impossible. G th th cruze a ange drive. The flamesarked and a vacant field. Firefighters got things under control within 15 minutes. Here is a look at what has firefighters and pg e so concerned this evening. Parts o tracking the latest. We have seen the worst of it. At this point w
And the kurds. He says he would prefer that to other options like hitting turkey with sanctions or sending in more american troops. I dont think the American People want to see us go back in with our military, go back into that area again. We won. We left the area. I dont think we want to go back in. I want to bring in margaret brennan, our chief Foreign Affairs correspondent and moderator of face the nation. Margaret, i know you have been talking to your sources. The president claims its an effort to bring u. S. Troops home, but in reality the troops were just moved south and as we just heard, the kurds feel abandoned. How much concern are you hearing . Norah, it was a significant acknowledgment tonight by a Senior State Department official that they are confirming they are concerned about ethnic cleansing being carried out by the turks, and acknowledge that is what the u. S. Means when it calls for humane treatment, especially of the kurds. And it is the abandonment of that u. S. All
This parking lot. This morning and other parts the same mystery. Some lights were on others were not. Traffic lights at intersections were also hit and miss. It was so eerie. Some lights were on. By noon 80 residents had visited the pg e resource center. At ridge mont campus. He was here at 9 00 a. M. Three hours before us. Charging every device he owns. Hes good for now. Then again. I got a text from pg e that the power will be turned off at 6 00 p. M. Tonight. Even though its been off for three days. The lights came on before noon. She knows all about the killer wind in the hills. Tenses come down. Fences come down. Trees come down. Its awful. Powerful winds. Low humidity. A dangerous mix. Todays round of shut offs the fourth this month. The first round started after midnight october 9 effecting 360,000 customers. The next shut off was october 23. And affected 28,000 customers. The same day the kincade fire started. The third round started saturday evening impacting 400,000 people. A
That we are leading towards in all these discussions. Scotlands world cup game with japan will go ahead kick off is in 45 minutes a win and a bonus point is the minimum they need if theyre to make it through to the quarterfinals. And coming up the new cardinals appointed by pope francis and the military action in syria are two of the topics of dicussion on dateline london. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good morning. The family of harry dunn, the nineteen year old killed in a crash involving an American Woman, are flying to the united states, to raise their concerns about the case with politicians there. Anne sacoolas, the wife of a Us Intelligence officer, left the uk after the collision in august. Shes now said she wants to meet the teenagers parents. Earlier, i spoke to mark stephens, the lawyer representing harry dunns family, who explained what they are hoping to achieve by going to washington. One of the things they are hoping to achieve is that, by fleeing britishjustic