Warning. If that was my child, i would just be words cannot convey how upset i would be. Its not right just to say theyre cited. Let me show you where the blue line is. This painted line right here. The police say that this line is the demarcation line that nothing can be out further than that blue line. Nothing further okay. We lost Mark Matthews at Fishermans Wharf with that tragic story of that little boy. Not just comfortable but dangerous has livermore firefighters on alert. A serial arsonist is on the loose. Coupled with the dry brush and the intense heat, this is a major concern. You can see the map here. Five fires set in this area across livermore this past weekend alone. Thankfully, these fires were put out before they turned into anything major. Nbc bay area Nanette Miranda joins us from downtown livermore. Nanette, what do we know at this point . Reporter no suspects yet. Clearly, the fire danger is heightened. Take a look behind me. The temperature gauge will say that its
This threeyear drought. Everything is extremely bone dry. We had humidities in the teens today and this fire location happening in the eastern foothills. As i check the winds, speeds out of the north, northwest at 7 miles an hour. But the firefighters are going to be dealing with winds that gust up to 15 miles an hour and blowing smoke pushing off to the south. Its a higher terrain anywhere from 1500 to 2500 feet. The firefighters will have to deal with that steep terrain. It is available from our downtown camera which is 15 to 25 miles away and the thing about this fire is is it in the perfect conditions for this to potentially grow with how dry it has been. We will continue to track this fire and all the conditions around it and have more for you coming up in the full weather update. This is the second brush fire of the evening in the south bay. So firefighters are on alert. We have a crew on its way and as soon as it arrives there well bring you a live report. Another breaking story
San pablo this morning. Once again a picture of the mother 35yearold miss or tests didnt live with the kid. Police are not calling her a suspect. They do believe locating her is critical to resolving the case. Shes not married to the childrens father. Here are the children once again. Hugo 12, mary 6 and third child jen who is only two years old. Their father found with fatal gunshot wound in front of his house at 16 and bush streets. Neighbors call police as soon as they discovered his body. We obviously have a homicide. Dont know why this individual was murdered. That there were supposed to be children at the house that arent there. That the mother is gochbility obviously somewhat sues pir us. We havent said shes a suspect in the case. Shes obviously someone we need to locate. And mack sure shes okay. Make sure the children are okay. Reporter and anybody with information about the woman and the kid are urged to call mrichlts reporting continues on twitter and follow us on this site.
Syria have launched one of their most daring assaults, seizing a major city. This time saddam husseins hometown of tikrit, the city overrun just a day after insurgents took control of iraqs second biggest city, mosul. Hundreds of thousands of residents are running from their homes. Police have been laying down their arms, trying to change into civilian clothes, all in an effort to escape the worst carnage to strike iraq in nearly a decade. Cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is outfront. Jim, this is stunning to imagine when you think about the time, the money, the lives that were spent on iraq, iraqi and american. Where do things stand tonight . It is stunning. Its alarming, particularly how quickly it has straighted. These are major cities. Mosul first, tikrit, saddam husseins hometown. And theyre getting closer to the capitol baghdad. And one of the big disappointments for u. S. Officials, iraqi officials is that the Iraqi Security forces that the u. S. Has been t
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The number of American Veterans known to be waiting months for health care grew again today. The department of Veterans Affairs released its First Nationwide audit of v. A. Hospitals and clinics since the scandal erupted. It found that 57,000 veterans have been waiting more than three months for their first appointment. Also, over the past decade, 63,000 vets requested an appointment, and never got one. Wyatt andrews tells us the audit found that there were widespread attempts to cover it all up. Reporter the audit not only reveals the number of wait listed veterans. It takes on the question of, why . In more than threefourths of all v. A. Clinics, 76 , at least one scheduler said supervisors ordered them to falsify the computer records of how long veterans were waiting. This whistleblower at the hines v. A. Hospital in illinois, demonstrated the process. Its do