Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. At least seven people were injured when a Louisiana Oil rig exploded. Rescue boats are scouring t ini ponchartrain. It exploded last night. The platform is used to transfer oil. Cleaning chemicals reportedly ignited on the rig, and its unclear if oil is leaking into the lake. And this morning firefighters say they are finally making some progress against the Deadly Wildfires that have ravaged Northern California. Some of the evacuation orders have been lifted but the danger is far from over. At least 40 deaths are blamed on the files and 5,700 homes and buildings have been destroyed. Seth lem p has more. Good morning, seth. Good morning, annemarie. Now as people are getting the allclear to return home, theyre not finding much to go back to. Its been one week since massive wildfires started burning their way through Northern California. Fire Officials Say they bel
Well, at least seven people were injured when a Louisiana Oil rig exploded. Rescue boats are scouring the waters of lake pontchartrain just miles north of new orleans. Several are injured and one is still missing. The platform about a mile and a half from the coastline exploded last night. The platform is used to transfer oil. Cleaning chemicals reportedly ignited on the rig, and its unclear if oil is leaking into the lake. And this morning firefighters say they are finally making some progress against the Deadly Wildfires that have ravaged Northern California. Some evacuation orders have been lifted, but the danger is far from over. At least 40 deaths are blamed on the fires and 5,700 homes and buildings have been destroyed. Seth lemon has more. Good morning, seth. Good morning, annemarie. Fire crews are gaining ground the wildfires but theyve devastated hundreds of miles. Now as people are getting the allclear to return home, theyre not finding much to go back to. Its been one week s
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Newsroom starts right now. Donald trump with more mixed messages on gun control, the latest last nights tweet slamming Hillary Clintons criticism on his position. Saying this, crooked hillary said i want guns brought into school classroom, wrong. Then this morning in an interview on fox and friends, trump said this i dont want to have guns in classrooms although in some cases teachers should have guns in classrooms frankly because teachers are things are going on in schools that are unbelievable. You look at some of our schools unbelievable whats going on. But im not advocating guns in classroom, but remember in some cases and a lot of people have made this case, teachers should be able to have guns, trained teachers should have able to have guns in classrooms. This comes on the heels of the nraendorsement of trump friday and Hillary Clinton calling donald trump dangerous at a Trayvon Martin foundation dinner. Parents and teachers and schos should have the right to keep guns out of cla