Here what investigators have to say. You havent lived until you been this close to a volcano atnight. Why natures lava la is tourist. A gocart halls down a city street. But watch what happens when the light turns red. Oh the video were watching comes to us from dean. You see a group of climbers descending a peak in nepal. Its hard to breathe, easy to hyper ventilate. Not to mention a storm came through and made temperatures 20 degrees fahrenheit. What if i told you right before this video, one of the members of their group had a pretty serious accident. A woman named debra fell about 15 feet. In doing so shattered her ankle and lower leg. In these photos from dean, you see part of the rescue attempt. This is some scary stuff because debra is saying things like i dont want to die. At 19,000 feet, anything is possible. Its not like they can call emergency services. They are on their own but did get some help. They are able to rig up a rope rescue that got her to a safe area where a helic
Unanimously from the Intelligence Committee and will, when confirmed, serve as a top intelligence official in the department of state. He is well qualified, having served for 30 years as Foreign Service officer in a variety of positions in the state department. Most recently, he was ambassador to greece from 2010 to 2013. This i. N. R. Is a key position responsible for informing diplomatic decisions with available intelligence and in providing the state departments input to intelligence decisions. I urge his confirmation. Thank you, madam president. The presiding officer who yields time . All time is yielded back. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Reid madam president . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid . The next vote will be t
The rim fires progress toward the reservoir, as well as nearby camp grounds. Theres a lot of ground fuels, which we call ladder fuels. They climb up into the canopy. Then it travels from tree to tree. We spent a lot of resources and time in the park and with water and power to make sure that entire water shed remains clean and safe and healthy drinking water. So its important for us to focus on that effort, as well as the others. Reporter so far, we have not heard of any problems in the back fire operation going on. It is taking place quite a few miles away from the reservoir, because the National Forest says it is not only worried about the structures, but also contamination. Live near yosemite, robert handa, ktvu channel 2news. Water concerns continue to increase the closer the enormous blaze gets to the reservoir. The fastmoving fire closed in on the reservoir in the last three days. Take a look at how far the flames were on monday. Then on wednesday, the fire gained ground, chargin
And good morning everybody. Welcome to mornings on two. Its saturday august 24th. Lets head right over to rosemary for a look at how warm itll get for us today. Its going to be a mild one out there. Even the warmest locations only into the mid80s for the afternoon. At this hour a mix of sun and clouds as we start the day. Temperatures on the cool side, as we get into the afternoon similar temperatures expected from what we felt yesterday and its going to be a nice one in most case. Extended forecast only small changes, we will look at that,ly have your numbers for today coming up. We start with developing news. Oakland Police Gearing up for a search this morning for a child who vanished more than a month ago. Investigators say they may have new information about her possible where abouts. Reporter we expect authorities to start searching just about an hour from now. Somewhere in this location near the college and i want to show you the scene. We are in the parking lot and you can see t
City of San Francisco. Well give any assistance in any manner to help to control or contain this fire. Reporter were back here live where you can see the plume of smoke signaling where that fire is burning out of control tonight. We have been told the fire has made its way to the outer edges of Yosemite Park but the firefighters are doing all they can to keep it from making any progress there. If we can pan out you can see what the fire did when it pads through this hillside. This hillside is just char and blackened. The fire continues to burn out of control. 16 structures have burned and four of them houses. People out here are on pins and needles, very nervous as firefighters continue to make very little progress. Reporting live, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. More details. Your water is safe. Thats the message to people concerned about the rim fires impact on San Franciscos water supply. The San Francisco public utilitys Commission Says even if ash falls in the