Weve been on the scene for nearly 12 hours now. Cornell. Reporter eric, this fire raising a lot of questions, a lot of suspicions as well. Firefighters you can see still on scene of in massive fire, watching hot spots and dousing flairups. And right nought big concern is this construction crane here melted by the fire now in danger of falling. Firefighters have backed off a bit because of it. Atf agents are also now on seen investigating yet another fire in the very same the fire was intense, a fierce wall of flames lit up the Early Morning sky destroying a Million Dollar condo complex under construction. Very same project that went up in flames last july. Its the second time they burn it down. Construction worker matt padilla in tears seeing the site where he worked turn to rubble. Its unbelievable. Looks like somebodys against us. Firefighters attacking the firealarm infern know from all sides with water. This smot from our camera shows just ow incredible the fire was. This was a win
We stepped forward. We volunteered. We signed on the line. We did our duty. And now theyre slapping us in the face. Reporter former guard member robert was among those in 2006 or 2007 who received a bonus of 15,000 or more to reenlist for more combat in iraq or afghanistan. An investigation in 2011 though determined those bonuses were in error or illegal. Several california guard but, at the same time, the pentagon pursued payback from the soldiers which elected officials on both side of the aisle now call outrageous. Chris clackham, nbc news. Reed theres also concern this reenlist. Bonus scandal may stretch outside the borders of the state of california. Jim American Airlines opening an office in cuba. The u. S. Government granted Nine Airlines permission to begin every week. Jet blue, delta and united were also given permission to fly to cuba. Most will Begin Service later this year or early next year. A huge fire at the Gaylord Opryland hotel in nashville, tennessee today. It starte
With him. They are also telling people to stay away from the area. Ktvu has tara downtown in San Francisco and we are talking about it is the area and people about to get off work. Reporter that is right, the chaos has been going on for almost 2 hours and a huge crowd has gathered, this is around seventh and mcallister and one block away around the corner if you take a look over my shoulder you can take a look at tactical teams that are stationed here and theyre trying to negotiate with amanda is on the ground. They believe that he is armed and when they came a man is on the ground. They believe that he is armed and when they came they were able to barricade him into this corner and now he is on the ground and he has hands in his pocket and is refusing to take them out, that is why you see this big display, in case something were to happen you can see that the swat teams are in position and they have their weapons drawn. He is in that altered state and we are not sure if he is mentally
To the third floor on the south side of it. Reporter police say the man who died lived nearby. He was a senior citizen. They are not sure what caused him to drive fast down the street or lose control of the car. They say there is a possibility he may have had a medical condition. All of that will be under investigation. For now, the fire has been extinguished. The homeowners are doing as well as they can. They have been talking with police and cooperating as well. Police tell us they have notified the drivers family of his passing but again, we are waiting on the Coroners Office to finish up their work before 32 street reopens to drivers near california. Frank . Christina, thank you. More breaking news. Police in San Francisco in a standoff with a man with a gun just off busy Market Street in the tenderloin neighborhood. Police have swarmed that area around jones and mcallostery streets just outside the Hibernia Bank building. Ktvu fox 2 news Tara Moriarty is live on the scene now with
Police officer here that the man had a revolver in his pocket. It has been recovered. That is why the standoff went on as long as it did. Police encountered him and asked to see his hands and he did not show his hands immediately. That was how this all began. First with bean bags. Then he went to the ground. Over the hours, negotiators were called in, swat units arrived. The emphasis was to be nonconfrontational. We have heard a lot of talking over a bull horn. I am told he was suicidal. At different points, told them to shoot him. So, this has ended with him being transported to the hospital. That was just minutes ago and we expect a briefing. All right, debora villalon. At least a peaceful ending to what was a very tense standoff. Are you getting the sense and you kind of touched on this. Are you getting the sense that Police Wanted to treat this situation differently from how they have treated other situations that didnt end so well . Reporter well absolutely. As we all know from th