Latest out of the walbridge fire burning in Sonoma County right now it flared up overnight and what youre seeing on your screen is time lapse video. What we saw burning before the sun came up new evacuation orders in effect right now for several neighborhoods in Sonoma County. And we actually have a live camera from Mount Jackson check this out, its pointed west right at the fire. You can see all the smoke earlier we saw flames to firefighters are still out there. They say that they have stopped the forward progress of the fire but of course its not contain. And more breaking news to have military military helicopters attempting to rescue more than 60 people right now who are trapped in the creek fire in Fresno County. This will be their 3rd attempt to get to these hikers the rescues had to be called off last night because of heavy smoke. Thats pretty scary. We actually have a picture. The hikers are smiling theyre okay right now. They are sheltering at the vermilion valley camping res
Live camera to from Mount Jackson points to the west here you can see the smoke coming off the fires, theyre filling the valleys and also overhead firefighters do say that they have stopped the forward progress of the fire so at least theyve been able to accomplish that. Speaking of the fires more breaking news to our south military helicopters are attempting to rescue more than 60 people who are trapped in the creek fire burning in Fresno County. Now today will be their 3rd attempt to try and get these hikers out the rescue operation had to be called off last night because as you can see in this video the smoke just got too heavy and too dense for the helicopter crews. We have a picture of the hikers they seem to be doing in fact this photograph shows you theyre all hunker down right now at the vermilion. Campers and lake edison volunteers are helping them stay fed and hydrated as they wait to be rescued again theyre in good spirits for now because they are still a little bit of ways
Nice to get started. This morning we will consider the president s budget request for the u. S. Forest service for fy 2021. Chief christiansen, its good to be able to welcome you back to the committee, thank you for being here. We say around here that the president s budget request is just that, it is a request. It does start the annual budget process. It gives us here in congress the opportunity to learn about the administrations priorities and how it would carry them out. But ultimately, it is up to us to determine what programs to fund and what levels. Although this years budget request is far from perfect, i agree that the priority must be on Wildland Fire Management and improving the health of our forests. Im encouraged that the administration is proposing to invest significantly in hazardous fuel reduction and other active Forest Management activities. We know such investments pay dividends in reducing the risk of severe wildfire. Hopefully we will see this important work planned
Travel to missoula, montana. With a population of about 66,000, montanas second largest city sits on the western part of the state in the heart of the northern rocky mountains. Over the next hour, well learn about the history of missoula and the surrounding region. Missoula is located in the western part of montana. We probably claim it to be the largest city inside the rocky mountains. Because we have a branch to our east and a branch to the west. So were located in the heart of western montana. In a very ferre tile area. When captain christopher p. Higgins established missoula, actually established hellgate first, which is the immediate predecessor, it was because, it was the nexus, it was the hub in western montana. Because to the north youve got the mission and to the south youve got an increasing settlement in the Bitterroot Valley and in 1860 you have lieutenant john mullin completing the military road from fort benton in the east to walla walla in the west. So anything everybody
Two committees of congress on wednesday, july 17. At 9 a. M. Eastern he gives testimony to the house judiciary committee. Later in the day, he will take questions from the house intelligence committee, both open session. His report on russian inter his testimony on russian interference in the election will air live on cspan. Listen free with the cspan radio app. Announcer the cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road, coming to you every first and ,hird weekend of the month visiting Historic Sites, talking to local authors, with support from our spectrum Cable Partners this weekend we traveled to missoula, montana, with a population of about 66,000. 110 a second largest city sits on the western part of the state montanas second largest city sits in the western part of the state in the heart of the rocky mountains. Over the next hour, we will learn about the history of missouri and the Literary History of the region. In theo