And a very good wednesday morning to you, everyone. Im dan kloeffler. And im brandi hitt. We begin with new details about possible u. S. Military action inside syria. President obama reportedly speaking with allies and is close to making a decision on whether to launch air strikes. We are also learning more about the homegrown terrorist who left his American Life to die alongside extremists in syria. Abcs Carolyn Costello has more on the path Douglas Mccain took from the midwest to helping a group that is being called the greatest Terror Threat since 9 11. Reporter 33yearold Douglas Mcauthur mccain grew up in minnesota, went to college in san diego, an american rapper with likes on his Facebook Page including pizza hut, the Chicago Bulls and the koran. Hardly appearing to be a dangerous terrorist, mccain, one of two americans killed in syria in the last few days reportedly fighting for the terror group isis, according to a rival syrian group. A cousin said mccain lost his way. I felt l
Classroom. Tonight were getting a clearer picture of the elaborate and ongoing effort. We have multiple live reports. Lets begin with Terry Mcsweeney who was there onsite as the congressman toured the red cross shelter. Terry . Reporter and what the congressman saw, Michael Thompson is the red cross teaming up with the Salvation Army here. Already they have taken care of thousands of victims of sundays earthquake. And these two organizations are vowing to stay here until theyre no longer needed. Its in shambles. Reporter thats how crystal describes her home here in napa. And thats why she is here at the American Red Cross Disaster Relief center. Here she finds food, shelter, someone to check her Blood Pressure and more. The nurse escorted me back to my house so i could get my medication, feed my cat, get my clothes. Everybody is looking after me. Were approaching 400 people throughout the community. We continue our government partners to do Damage Assessment to find out what communitie
Morning at 3 36 at about a 2. 2. Its a microquake, a small quake. So far it looks unrelated but, of course, all these fault systems are transferring energy in between each other. Theres a chance that one could have been affected by that earthquake on sunday, as well. Thats the latest here, guys. Back to you. Thank you. Napa slowly getting back to normal after sundays earthquake as students finally return back to the classrooms today. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live up in napa now where schools have become dumping zones over the last few days. Good morning, anne. Reporter good morning. Im here at Napa High School and just within the past half hour, a crew came in and started cleaning up this huge mound of debris here behind me and they are making very quick work of it by hand and also with large machinery right now. So it could be cleared out in time for schools to start here this morning. School sites have been used here in napa for trash dump sites over the last few days. People bringing
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Substation in south san jose. Burglars cut through the fence while security cameras were on. It appears that they entered the construction yard and stole some construction equipment. Reporter burglars stole two compacters workers used to fill holes after excavation. We have certain pieces of the puzzle, but we dont have the whole puzzle. What we want to do is recreate what happened. Reporter the details are crucial, because right now the metcalf station is undergoing upgrades to address security concerns triggered by the sniper attack last april. Youre looking at Surveillance Video provided by pg e. The attack destroyed 17 transformers and caused 15 million in damage. Were committed to spending 100 million over the next three years throughout our system. Reporter but is the electrical substation secure . This morning, burglars managed to cut three giant holes in the security fence surrounding the substation. Pg e says its preliminary reviews suggest human error as the cause of the Secu