Worked out. Lets send it back over to him. Henry, can you hear us. Reporter atf, oakland fire officials and alameda officials are no longer at the scene of the fire. They hope to find what started the fire on december 2nd. Investigators have spoken to witness whos say the ghost ship warehouse was a chaotic mess of wires, cables, a maze like interior with objects blocking doorways. This converted warehouse ultimately became a death trap. It was zoned as a commercial building. And no one was supposed to be inside or having a party. At one point investigators had floated the possibility that a refrigerator started the fire. But electrical engineers say while the fling was close to the source, it does not cause the fire. They spent days mapping the scene with camera systems. At the News Conference an atf spokesperson spoke about where they are today. To clear up the concern about the cause being electrical, the electrical system is part of the analysis. Atm experts and the oakland fire inv
Have been sending pictures and video. We want to thank one of our twitter followers for sending us these pictures. It shows the smoke and flames early on before the fire spread and before the roof of that church collapsed. And you can send us your pictures to ic nbcbayarea. Com. Stay with us on air and online as we will bring the latest developments. Jessica . Thank you, janelle. The smoke from the loma fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains may the be visible any more, but the fire danger is nowhere near over. Its burned 4,300 achers and at this point still only 34 contained. Nbc bay areas robert handa went behind the lines of the fire today. He has been tweeting pictures inside the burn zone all day. Whats the progress and holdup at this point . Reporter well, we can see it here from near the top of mt. Loma prieta and here near the start of Loma Chiquita road. We got to see its destructive power. Rolling through the fire zone and smoldering now barren mountainsides, it is a seemingly endl
Just something seemed off, like in that airport. The area we were at. Reporter before the bombs went off, brad waldo says he had a gut feeling that something wasnt right. It prompted him and former usf basketball player kwame vaughn to leave the departure area of brussels airport. Less than five minutes later some woman started screaming theres a guy with a gun. And like right after that, there were two explosions that went off. Reporter speaking with nbc bay area by facetime from europe, the 24yearold says the blast site was pure madness. Total chaos. There were people getting pushed down, people getting trampled. People like just throwing their phones, everything out of the way in order to get out of there. Reporter the former st. Marys College Basketball star and four other americans are playing pro ball for a team in brussels. Among those spvq s, kwame vaughn from usf and Mike Mckinney from sacramento state. The team was flying to italy for a game. It was just scary because you loo
Testified. This hearing is just under four hours. [no audio] we have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member of congress here, Gaby Giffords who will give a brief message and believed and captain kelly, thank you for your help in bringing your wife here. Ms. Giffords ok. Thank you for inviting me here today. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for democrats and republicans. Speaking is difficult but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem.
Thank you to all the witnesses, especially you, captain kelly. Thanks to your beautiful wife, and i mean that in every way. My wife, frannie, and i were heartbroken for the families in newtown, tucson, for those of you listening or watching this hearing in newtown, i want you to know that minnesotans have you in our thoughts and prayers, and we share in your grief. We shared it when we lost lives at a sign factory. Maya is here. She lost her father. We share it every time we bury one of our sons or daughters. I know that a group of students from redlake reservation in minnesota, students who lost their classmates to gun violence, made the 1500mile trip to newtown just a few days before christmas just to let them know that they are not alone. We are all in this together. Over the past month or so, i have been talking to my constituents about how to make our communities safer. I traveled safely with hunters and school officials, with Law Enforcement officers, with Mental Health experts.