2 firefighters and 2 civilian all had had smoke inhalation. For awhile it was the smoke not the flames that made this so bad. No word yet on what caused the fire. Second floor and roof of the building both caved in. And it may be awhale before its safe for investigators to go inside. Felt like earthquake come down and all the smoke come in. It was blocking the window. Couldnt see nothing no more. Tough fire to fate given the occupant situation. Heavy fire load lots of combustible. Made a lot of progress. We couldnt see each other if we were ther there. We will be here through the night because of all the combustible that remain in the store and subject to reignite and rekindle. Fire chief says if ors were called out twice to the store. 2009 and 2013 on complaints it was too crowded. The first time owner were his told to widen an exit aisle and they did. Second time inspectors determined it was safe. Too soon to tell if clutter contribute entered any way to the fire. Tvl we are live at
The kingdom of belgium . This is not a trick question. It is not a beer related question. What do the cardinals have in common with belgium . Turns out its this guy. This is steven broward, the top diplomat in belgium under the president bush administration. He did not speak flemish or french. He did not have any background in Government Service or diplomacy. But he did part own a baseball team. And he had raised more than 400 thouds for president bushs first president ial campaign. A short while later, however unlikely it seems, he actually got the ambassadorship to belgium. Even though he at least on paper, had absolutely no qualifications for that job. It is a dirty little totally open secret in american politics that american president s give out ambassadorships basically as thank you notes to their biggest funders. Pretty much every president does it. When it happens, members of the opposing parties cry foul and say it is a terrible thing. It is one of our grosser bipartisan thing
Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Thanks for joining us the turkish german journalist denis you chel has been freed after a year in a turkish prison but on the same day six turkish journalists have been jailed for life for their alleged involvement in the failed coup in twenty six. As for you child he is free for now but he is still facing charges in turkey accused of spreading terrorist propaganda and prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up to eighteen years as part of what has been a major crackdown on free speech in the country for the time being however his supporters in germany and his family are celebrating. And you know what germanys foreign minister was the bearer of good news and yeah i think yes its a good day and then issued a challenge free speech on its way to estimate the point from the speaking at a press conference at the headquarters of dennis you tells a lawyer of the german daily developed gabriele told reporters that you just release was a victory for diplomac
Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Ill dave briggs. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. 10 00 a. M. In london. We are live there straight ahead. We start with the president back at the nato summit. First up the meeting on the russian aggression. The president arrived 30 minutes late to a meeting focused on russian aggression. Diplomats reeling from the tirade against nato allies. The president accused germany of being quote captive of russia. He called nato members delinquent on defense spending and insisted they increase it immediately. One senior diplomat telling cnn it is like the world has gone crazy. Trumps performance was beyond belief. He demand countries double defense spending. Lets get more from diplomatic editor nick Nic Robertson. Reporter there were lots of things to follow when he refused to sign the joint commune ka communique. Trying to read his mind is perhaps to read his twitter account this morning. Talking about Angela Merkel. Germany just started paying billion
Disagree at times but that doesnt mean you dont have a Good Relationship with somebody it was no games bad dog plays no game dreich. Everything that indicates the ability everything that indicates strength everything that indicates knowledge. Is leaving this administration. Also coming up christians and pakistan living in fear of blasphemy laws targeting religious minorities now with christmas approaching bill a high profile court ruling give some families the gift of hope. Then. We always live in fear and because of this we feel insecure. So when we talk about your future i think what kind of future can we have. The law and policies here need to be implemented properly and development people. We begin the day with yet another departure from the trump cabinet u. S. Defense secretary jim mattis has handed in his letter of resignation it was done in protest of president Donald Trumps decision to withdraw American Forces from syria a move done without consultation with the pentagon or u.