Tonight and investigators are focusing on trying to figure out how it started. Firefighters did one last inspection of this empty and ashen brownstone to make sure the embers did not reignite. Earlier in the afternoon, fire poured out of the windows and tore through three floors of the building. One man was person ched on the ledge outside the top floor apartment to escape the flames. I see a guy on the ledge, on the top floor tells everybody to get out the house, get out the house. Reporter fire Officials Say three people did get out, including the man on the ledge who was rescued via the fire truck ladder. Neighbors describe a chaotic scene. Smoke was coming, thats when i came down stairs and i heard the firemen tell the guy we got you man, were coming, we got you. One resident was not so lucky. 56yearold Michael Floyd was neighbors say floyd lived with his brother who tried to save him but couldnt get through the wall of flames. He said, michelle, i tried to get my brother out but i
And unforgettable. She was music royalty. The daughter of an icon whose voice brought her fame in her own right. Remembering grammy awardwinning singer natalie cole. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. On this new years day, there was fear across israels second largest city, tel aviv, after an manhunt after a man opened fire in a cafe blocks away from the beach. At tack comes after three months of almost daily palestinian attacks against civilian and soldiers. But officials are investigating whether this attack might have been inspired by isis. Tonight there is new video showing the moment of the calm friday afternoon being shattered. Reporter cops show on a security camera, young people relaxing in a bar. Then diving for cover, in fear. A gunman appears, firing relentlessly. Seconds later, one survivor looks up in horror, around him two are dead. Seven people were injured. Two in Critical Condition tonight. We were shaking, this woman says. We hit in the storage room. Reporte
Brought her fame in her own right. Remembering grammy awardwinning singer natalie cole. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. On this new years day, there was fear across israels second largest city, tel aviv, after an manhunt after a man opened fire in a cafe blocks away from the beach. At tack comes after three months of almost daily palestinian attacks against civilian and soldiers. But officials are investigating whether this attack might have been inspired by isis. Tonight there is new video showing the moment of the calm friday afternoon being shattered. Nbcs keir simmons has the report. Reporter cops show on a security camera, young people relaxing in a bar. In fear. A gunman appears, firing relentlessly. Seconds later, one survivor looks up in horror, around him two are dead. Seven people were injured. Two in Critical Condition tonight. We were shaking, this woman says. We hit in the storage room. Reporter more chilling footage shows the same gunman moments earlier in a
Traffic. People doing lastminute travel to get to their destinations for tomorrow. There are fewer people, however, hitting the roads this thanksgiving holiday, and its not because of the price of gas. The price of a gallon of gas is actually dropped around 50 cents over the past few months, and if you compare the prices today with what they were at last thanksgiving, gas is still lower. Right now were averaging around 3. 50 in the south and east bay per gallon of gas. 3. 60. Thats a drop of about 15 cents to 20 cents from last year. This according to triplea. Yet, triplea predicts fewer californians hitting the road this week. 4. 4 million are only supposed to be getting behind the wheel. Thats about a 4 drop than last from last thanksgiving. What gives . Well, triplea believes its unemployment and cash flow. People with little or no income saving what little theyve got by staying home. And in some cases, cancelling their trips so they can stay home, work, and earn that much needed pa
Then finally, when i was 25, i took my fathers name. Cspan where did you get the name skippy . Guest from the time i was born the day i was born, my uncle raymond called me skipper, and then it became skippy. We were piedmonts on the river piedmont, West Virginia, is on the Potomac River, two hours west of washington, so theres a whole marine mentality there, and so i became the skipper. Cspan before we go back and talk about the past, what are you doing now . Guest im the chairman of afroamerican studies at harvard and a professor of english. Cspan and how long have you been doing that . Guest this is the beginning of my fourth year. Cspan you write to your daughters in the beginning and you suggest that, eventually, after going through all the different names, they may get back someday to calling people of africanamerican descent or whatever colored. Do you really think so . Guest yeah, it could well be. I mean, Stranger Things have happened. You see, most people dont realize that we