American Airlines Gate b 9 turned into a tailgate with fans feeling lucky they get to cheer on the birds in person. I think we were all shocked, were very excited to go and route for the eagles. There was a few fans that denied to walk int the eagles nest. Im going to walk the streets, with no fear, no intimidation. It was a lonely road for them. Because this week, the airport is bleeding green. The crowd of eagles fans has been growing. Well send it back to you guys, miguel martinez, nbc 10 news. Even back here in minneapolis, all of that emergenenergy coming this way. Meanwhile, holding a pep rally, davidachors, irving fryer, they took pictures and signed autographs this afternoon and got a tour of inside the italian market. Joining us live from north philadelphia. The philadelphia area is buzzing now that the weekend is here, but the key is the festivities staying safe. Yes, they say theyre taking precautions here. There is increased surveillance. Also more security on campus. They
Dozen homes and forced people to evacuate. Shifting winds are not helping matters. Nbc has the latest now from clear lake. Slide it from the side and bring it to me. Fighting fire with fire. Early this morning firefighters taking advantage in the change in the winds to burn a stretch along a california highway on their own terms. This is highway 20 right here. Can you see the fires tc burning. And that dry brush is a major concern. And the concern is that embers from the dry brush will fly across and hit all of the dry brush here. This whole area is a tinder box. For hours, back burning continued all it create a fire break. It is very important to create a buffer where fire cannot get in. If we create a large buffer between this road and the fire front then we accomplished our goal. With you this massive fire remains unpredictable. Last night enormous frames the rocky fire doubling in size since ye9 ning more than 6,000 structures. Sarah workman is one of the 12,000 people forced to ev
Half hour ago. Take a look. This is where the fire has jumped at parts. Jumped highway 20. This is what they did not want to happen. They were trying to hold the fire at highway 20 but it jumped across the highway in spot fires and in some cases running up a ridge that they were about to send an air attack after. This is the time of day when things change. We were really in the nick of it thick of it along highway 20, the Northern Edge of the fire. They have been doing water drops with the helicopters helicopters and the air tankers. Going after the fire with everything they have. I keep hearing this is unprecedented. As of this morning it was 60,000 acres and growing. We watched it approaching towards us along highway 20. 5,000 people have been evacuated. We have been watching today in the last 10 minutes emergency vehicles rush to try contain the flames. We talked to one of the Public Information officers, here is what he had to say. Yeah. We have been talking about, you know, every
Charge. The defensive coordinator is the former nfl head coach in eri mangini. The only assistant to hold the same job from the harbaugh regime is running backs coach. Just a quick little knee jerk reaction on tomsula. Great guy. Wonderful person. Well liked by the players. A lot of energy. Every time i talk with him i come away impressed. They have the best running back coach, but tomsula, fantastic guy. Ton of fire. I like the self deprecating approach on jim tomsula. Hes a regular dude. He takes time to get to know everybody. Everybody he comes in contact with jim, he takes time to know about you and what youre about and goes out of his way to really make an impression. Thats what ive been left with every time ive had the chance to talk with him. Its kind of been kind of a dress rehearsal for tomsula tonight. Lets head out to houston at Dennis Odonnell who recently chatted with the new man in charge. The 49ers warming up for their first preseason game and the beginning of the jim to
In new york. Our road to the white house coverage of the president ial candidates continues live from the iowa state fair on cspan, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. As the candidates walk the fairgrounds and speak at the des moines registers candidate soap box. This morning at 11 00 a. M. Eastern, its senator ted cruz. On saturday, republican governors Chris Christie at noon and bobby jindal at 1 00. Join the twitter conversation at dmrsoapbox. Can al cspans campaign 2016, taking you on the road to the white house. Are we living in a society of entitlement today where everybody gets a trophy, or is there value in encouraging participation . And thats ourit discussion ite this first segment of the washington journal. This week, James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers posted on instagram this message. Ing. I came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for y nothing. Participationer trophies. While i am very proud of my boyi for everything they do and will encourage them until