Tsb. Captioning performed byc captioning performed by vitac i do. I think thats a perfect example of one of the incentives that the federal government could use to provide increased Safety Measures for kids on school buses. Right. And back to ms. Poland. In your investigation of the oakland bus fire, you noted that the School Bus Engine designs often failed to mitigate the spread of gases into the passenger compartment. That can exacerbate a situation involving a fire, but can you speak to whether or not these fumes can regularly enter into the passenger compartment even in the absence of a fire . Our investigation, of course, focused on the postcrash fire this that event and when there was that significant fire in the engine compartment how the incomplete fire wall led to the fire being able to spread into the passenger compartment. Can you comment on the entrance of fumes into the bus cavity . The ntsb currently does not have a position on that aspect. Okay. Thank you. I yield back,
Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts right now. At 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we start with these wildfires in the state of california. The death toll there continues to rise. Presently now 80 people who have lost their lives there. On a map, you can see where these fires are burning in both the north and southern parts of the state. Scorching land there for more than a week. So far the fires have destroyed an area larger than the city of chicago. The socalled camp fire in the north, its about 65 contained. The woolsey fire in the south, almost 90 contained. And across the state, thousands of people now displaced. In one walmart parking lot, take a look here. You can see survivors. They have set up tents, turning the area into a makeshift village. In the aftermath of so much chaos, so much destruction, there are some incredible stories of survival that we are hearing. One of them involves a School Bus Driver praised for helping 22 students to escape the camp fire in north
Democracy. Mccraven is now responding to the president s latest comments. He tells cnn, quote, i did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else. Im a fan of president obama and president george w. Bush, both of whom i worked for. I admire all president s regardless of their Political Party who uphold the dignity of the office and who use that office to bring the nation together in challenging times. I stand by my comment that the president s attack on the media is the greatest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. When you undermine the peoples right to a free press and freedom of speech and expression, then you threaten the constitution and all for which it stands. Cnns Boris Sanchez is at the white house for us tonight. Boris, defend remembers going to said president is simply hitting back, but this isnt the first time that the president has had a controversy with a military member. Thats right, ana. The president consistently fighting back on any criticism, whether coming from a memb
Several cigarettes, according to an Environmental Group. And now the wildfire misery has led to new threats of disaster. Welcome to the lead, im jim sciutto in today for jake. The dow closing now as we speak. You can see there, down nearly 400 points. Stocks falling sharply, dragged down by Tech Companies like apple and facebook. At one point, the market was down more than 500 points. But we do begin today with the politics lead and a week that should be filled with gratitude and thanks and honor, kicking off with the president attacking an esteemed retired military officer. Not just any military leader. The navy s. E. A. L. Commander who led the Osama Bin Laden raid, admiral bill mcraven. And in trumplike fashion, the president is not just going after a man who has served both republican and democratic leaders, he is continuing to tweet about it, insisting that the fourstar admiral should have captured the 9 11 mastermind sooner. Writing, of course, we should have captured Osama Bin L
Naurthank you for joining m. These three Democratic Senators just sued. They contend whitakers appointment is unconstitutional because it denies them their duties as senators. They have not been able to question whitaker as part of any kind of confirmation process. They are senators blumenthal, whitehouse, and hirono and all members of the Senate Judiciary committee, which is the panel that questions and confirms president ial appointees. And whitaker as this deputy ag skipped that whole process entirely. The lawsuit lists out multiple problems with whitaker, including his public criticisms of the russia investigation and thats just the latest in the string of lawsuits challenging whitakers appointment. Lets go straight to michael zeldin, who was special assistant to Robert Mueller over at the department of justice. So, michael, do these senators, these Democratic Senators have a case . Well, they have a case, i dont know if they have a winning case. The heart of the matter is this, un