Intelligence officials warn russia is taking steps to interfere in the 2020 president ial campaign to help donald trump get reelected. We begin in afghanistan where an agreement thats supposed to usher in peace is to stick to facts in a few hours the taliban and the United States will begin what theyre calling a reduction of violence as of midnight if the 7 day deal does prove to be a success both sides will sign an accord at the end of the month paving the way for talks between the taliban and other afghan groups and the u. S. Has said it wants to pull its forces out of afghanistan. The u. S. Presence in afghanistan began in 2001 a month after the events of 911. 00 it launched air strikes and a Ground Invasion to remove the taliban from power more than 12000. 00 american soldiers are still in the country thousands more from the nato allies and partner countries are also there some 2400 american troops have been killed since the operation began and the u. S. Is estimated to have spent
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Was not here given the fact she was fired last night but her name was still printed inside the program here. Her firing still a shock to a lot of people. Acting chief Daren Allison picking up the position less than 24 hours after chief Anne Kirkpatrick was terminated. Any comment allison . But Oakland City Council member noel guiden made it clear and said the city council was blind sided. I think the it was wrong. And right now the reaction that im getting on the phone, on the emails, you know, the neighbors are upset with what were doing and were no longer city hall but sillily hall. Inside the ceremony, mayor libby schaaf addressed the changing of the top cops saying leaders come and go. The decision was extremely personally difficult for me, but i made it because i believe it was in the best interest of oakland. Schaaf agreed with the Police Commissions unanimous vote thursday night to terminate kirkpatrick after three years of service. The reason, loss of confidence in kirkpatrick.
Enough to fight fire at night. Over time well have the capability of operating those with night vision goggles at night on fires. Reporter the chopper can drop more than three times the amount of water than the old fleet. The cal fire hawk features a retractable snorkel capable of sucking up a thousand gallons of water in just 45 seconds. Hopefully with the speed involved they will be getting more water to the fire quicker to support those crews. They have a hoist. Reporter the Current Fleet of vintage is more than five decades old. They were used originally in vietnam. Reporter the upgrade is badly needed but it is not just the chopper fleet getting a boost. Seven c130s are also in the pipeline. The f w dp four times more retardant and utilize a bigger crew. Firefighters hope the new aircraft will help them knock more fires down quickly. And save lives. Hopefully be able to give a bigger punch. Reporter we are back here live looking at some of the current helicopters. The old hueys. S
Like you that i got. To. Welcome on the watching the hawks tyrone winter and joining me today to discuss the political spin behind the United States latest efforts to regime change war in iran is called good activist and author of a good benjamin thank you as always for coming on and has to be i think so in recent days weve heard a lot of justifications for the assassination of mr solomon and by Administration Officials and members of Congress Even have have any of these justifications provided a shred of evidence to back them up. Well we hear in the democrats saying made inherently here when republicans like mike lee and rand paul saying they didnt hear it. We hear the secretary of defense basically saying he didnt hear it this is b. S. Absolutely b. S. There was no imminent threat and you know eminent means you know when its going to happen you know where its going to happen and this thing of the embassies is just made up we also know its made up because trump had already authorized