Sparked wildfire. Weve only seen one Lightning Strike so far here at the airport tonight. Some of the most dramatic lightning is taking place along the peninsula and along the coastline. The dazzling light may be fun to watch but it is causing serious concern for firefighters. Thats why calfire is being particularly aggressive in reacting to every report of a Lightning Strike. We had just started an interview with calfire pilot bob velez when he had to cut it short. There was a threat of a fire. All i know when they hollered at them, where are we going . They said were going to the Pluma National Forest and were going on lightning fires. Reporter the plane took off with retardant but 20 minutes later returned. Word is the fire activity was so intense it was too dangerous to fly. Cumulous clouds tend to produce more downward winds which can make things more challenging for drivers. It can drive the plane to the ground. It can. Reporter a computer tracks lightning activity and a red blip
Judiciary committee, and we had some very rancorous debate within our own party, behind closed doors, out in the committee room, here on the floor over the patriot act. Over the extension of power under the foreign Intelligence Surveillance courts. I was very concerned, even though we had a republican administration, and president that i liked and respected, george w. Bush, smarter, wittier than people gave him credit for, a good decent man, but we have to consider the possibilities, and we have to be specific in our laws, and when we debated these changes before the Judiciary Committee back in the 109th congress, when i was a freshman, there were people, my democratic friends across the other side of the aisle, that were very concerned about an abuse of power that might be occasioned if we dont tighten up the patriot act. Anal enough, i read the bill as it existed, i read the law as it existed, i was pushing for some things to be changed, and it did cause me of concern that the title
Stopped because the building is so unstable. Just after midnight, we had some crews doing some surveilling and reconnaissance on the next door roof and noticed a slight lean in the parapit at the top of the exterior wall. For us as firefighters working under a wobbly potentially collapsing exterior wall is extremely dangerous. Nbcs Steve Patterson is outside of the warehouse. Reporter the death toll increasing from 33 to 36 people. This was already one of the worst fires if not the worst fire in oakland history in a place thats known for fires. The 1991 Oakland Hills fire killed 25 people and that number already 36 and the most heartbreaking thing to hear on scene is they certainly almost assuredly expect that number to increase as they continue to comb through the building. The next, combing through the building. Nobody getting into the building from the Recovery Team to the Investigation Team until Structural Engineers deem that once again safe. This process was going to take maybe 2
Now. Good evening, with surveillance cameras all over airports it was only a matter of time before we would see exactly what happened friday afternoon, when a man opened fire in an airport baggage claim, and were learning more about the suspects background from his own family. Gabe gutierrez begins tonight in ft. Lauderdale. Reporter tonight, this video obtained by tmz reveals the first moments of horror inside ft. Lauderdales airport. As travelers stroll by baggage claim a man calmly walks down the terminal, pulls a gun from his waistband and opens fire. Terrified bystanders duck for cover. How come was he . Completely calm. Completely calm and qualify department. Reporter steve his ace backpack saved his life. A bullet ricochetted and went in my backpack through the small opening, hit my laptop, and went through my backpack. Reporter Court Documents allege 26yearold Esteban Santiago told investigators he planned the attack, buying a oneway ticket from anchorage, though its not clear
The east. Super bowl is set. Well get into that shortly i do hope. Well talk some football. Well start with the Government Shutdown entering day three. As christine said, at noon today in the senate, a key vote on a measure to reopen the federal government through february 8th. New to this deal last night, republican leader Mitch Mcconnells intention to take up a bill that extends protection for dreamers. Republicans hope mcconnells promise will lure enough democrats to turn the governments lights back on. But overnight two democratic sources told cnn they expect todays vote to fall short. A top aide said mcconnells commitments are just not firm enough. And a republican source tells cnn they made no promises the house will take up whatever the senate passes. Still, there is some optimism in the gop that john cornyn says it is better to have a successful vote today than a failed vote overnight. Senior republican aide says they think leaders have enough a shot at picking up enough votes