This morning by asking you our viewers are you confident in the u. S. Strategy to combat isis . The numbers are on your screen. Good morning. Before we get to your calls about how confident you are in the u. S. Strategy to combat iraq, lets take a look at what president obama said yesterday at his press conference at the pentagon. I do think that because of our extraordinary efforts the homeland is significantly safer than it otherwise would be. Now, in some ways this is arguing the counter factuals, but the attacks we prevent i take great satisfaction in and i am grateful for the extraordinary work that our teams do. I dont think theres any doubt that had we not destroyed al qaeda in the fata, that more americans would have been killed. And we might have seen more attacks like we saw on 9 11, and we have maintained vigilance, recognizing that those threats still remain, those aspirations in the minds of these folks still remain. But it is much harder for them to carry out largescale a
Firefighters. What are they saying right now . Well it is still quite a challenge out here. You would think with the cooler weather this morning it would have helped fight the fire, but not necessarily. At this helibase in Carmel Valley you see their grounded. That is because the fog is too dense and they cannot go up and do the badly needed water drops. That makes it even more difficult for the ground crews. It has been wanting to press this way. The briefing today focused on attacking the fire and staying safe while doing it. Firefighters learned soon after that a firefighter died while fighting the blade. A new shift of firefighters took over this morning. One Main Objective was to keep the fire from moving west. Everything is tinder dry. Homeowners there say they have been there before and all they can do is hope for the best. They have been close to the fire. I have the documents and the pictures and all of those things i can just grab and go. Always have enough dog food to take w
Lets get to philadelphia for day three of the Democratic National convention. Jamie yuccas reports from there live. What can we expect today, jamie . Reporter michelle, if the rehearsals are any indication, theres going to be a lot of music happening tonight. Right now the house band is rehearsing with special singers and earlier, we had a sneak peek of lenny kravitz. Well have speakers on gun control, gun violence and also veterans affairs. But really tonight is about president barack obama laying out his legacy. Then he will talk to the American Public about how he thinks hillary is the only one to continue his proposals. Reporter emotions spilled over as senator Bernie Sanders moved to seal the nomination. I above that Hillary Clinton be second as the nominee of the democratic party. Reporter with that, clinton smashed through the gender barrier as the first woman to lead a major party in the race for the white house. Bill clinton turned on the charm with a deeply personal testimoni
Contractor and the dozer was one of 60 been used to clear brush, make containment lines and roads. This fire is 10 contained. Its been burning for a week south of carmel in a mountainous area. Firefighters have been working in the steep terrain. Crews were reminded about the importance of being safe. These incidents stretch on and fatigue starts to set in. And fatigue can affect judgment. And it makes everything hindered. We as firefighters have to be very diligent about making sure that fatigue is managed and that were getting plenty of rest, food, water, so we can fight off those factors. They work so hard and its just heartbreaking when you hear that one of them has lost their life over this. Reporter this is the second time a dozer operator has died in a fire in the same region. In 2007, a dozer rolled over, killing the operator. Residents remain worried about the homes. 2000 homes are still threatened. The fire has been moving quickly and changing direction because of the weather.
Weekend . We are going the be climbing out of it a lyover the weekend. Today, cloudy fort collins, cleared a bit in the metro area as we had a couple of showers move through. We may see one or two light rain showers from time to time, not going to be a big thing. Temperatures holding in the 60s this morning. We have seen small pockets of rain, coming and going and fizzling. Northern colorado, light showers there, and along the peak to peak highway. Shouldnt affect you at all. If you e morning, with so many breaks in the overcast, rain will pick up through the afternoon today, especially after 3 00 this afternoon, front range mountains and foothills hit the hardest, we could see one or two downpours between 3 30 and 7 30 this afternoon. Flash flood watches expanded. Down through black hawk central city in to Colorado Springs, through then tire southwest if you are out working today, perhaps a sprinkle this morning, not really that big of a deal. Nice cool day, temperatures in the low 70