Pockets. A couple of hours ago Maritime Police officers started pumping air in to the sunken ship to make sure that there is enough oxygen to breathe. How are the families of the missing coping . Well, theyre getting more desperate with each passing hour. Family members here all look so tired from spending sleepless nights sleepless nights here at the gym. Some have been taking out their frustration on authorities. They say the rescue effort has been too slow. Theyre also angry with the captain. Investigators are trying to determine if he broke the navigational law by leaving the ship before all of the passengers did. The relatives of the missing are expected to stay here throughout the weekend as they await updates. Thank you very much. Anna jung in jindo. Senior officials from china and the United States have spent the week discussing how to respond to north koreas threat to conduct a nuclear test. They say theyve narrowed their differences but couldnt agree on how to proceed. Chinas
Simply, i think, is a testament to her professionalism and character. President obama called her to suppress his appreciation for her time served in the agency. I want to talk now with congressman cummings. Is this the move that had to be made . It absolutely had to be made because a culture has developed in the secret service whereby secret Service Agents feel more comfortable coming before a member of congress and talking about the problems in the secret service and revealing information that they were either afraid to or feared or did not think would be heard if they took it to higher ups like the detector pierson. Why was it like that congressman . Why . Im not i dont know. But that culture zdoes not help when you are trying to change an organization and it erodes the trust within the organization with the public and the first p family. There was anotherecurity breach in atlanta september 16th, apparently an armed contractor with a criminal record was on the the president and the w
World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Good evening. California is a tinder box tonight. That description from governor jerry brown, who declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. You can see the power and the proximity of these flames. Fueled by the states longrunning drought. And this week the excessive heat. More than 20 major fires are burning. Tens of thousands of acres scorched, homes destroyed. On the front lines, a grim reminder of the danger thousands of firefighters face each day with news that one of their own has died. We get the latest from nbcs joe fryer. Reporter firefighters today are mourning one of their own. An engine captain from south dakota died in the Modoc National forest. Across the state, 8,000 of his fellow firefighters are now on the front lines, including Northern California where the massive rocky fire scorched 22,000 acres so far. Over here we are probably seeing flames in excess of 10
Before, he delegated to me when he came in on tactical positions he did not delegate one ounce of strategic decision, and i think once he really did come in with very different courses of action to collect his thoughts, how hes going to explain it to the american people. Rich edson is reporting from bedminster, new jersey, near the president s golf club. Rich, what do we expect to hear from the president tomorrow . Reporter rob, the Trump Administration has been debating troop levels in afghanistan. The white house will discuss the path forward in south asia and afghanistan, in the administrations deliberations have been discussions of potentially adding 4,000 additional troops to the 8,000, more than 8,000 that are already there. Withdraw or supplant some u. S. Forces with security contractors. The top democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposes adding troops to afghanistan. Should we put more military in . Again, this is not the u. S. Fight. I dont believe putting more
The u. S. S. John s. Mccain was navigating under the freedom of operations. Reports tonight indicate the vessel sustained damage to its left rear side. A Family Assistance Center has been established fear family members of those on board the u. S. S. John s. Mccain. Those family members of those sailors on board the u. S. S. John s. Mccain can call that number. President trump tweeting thoughts and prayers are with our u. S. Navy sailors on board the u. S. S. John s. Mccain where search and rescue efforts are under way. Anybody who follows the president of the United States, we know how much he cares about the members of the military. He has the highest and utmost respect for them. We should point out before we talk about senator john mccain since its on the screen. Senator john mccain tweet being the collusion, saying earlier cindy and i are keeping the sailors on board u. S. S. John k. Mccain in you are prayers tonight. Appreciate the work of search and rescue crews. The ship was nam