Church are rallying around the victims of this devastating fire. Heart breaking, very heart breaking, i think more heart breaking because i felt that the house that the four children died in was right nextdoor to mine. Four porcelain angels dont begin to tell the loss felt in the 5600 block of guessner street. The ugly less of the burned out row homes has created a thing of beauty within the community. Complete strangers donated, too water, clothing other needed supplies, for the nine displaced families that Christ International Baptist Church around the corner. Like everyone in philadelphia who heard about the tragedy, and it was just broke everybodys heart. I mean, we feel for the kids who died, the families that lost everything. So we thought we would bring something down. For harriet, her giving is much more personal. My sister, because if i didnt stand for her, right now she cant do nothing, i come and help. Lived in one of the destroyed homes with her nephews, four year old patri
Its a busy day. Lets get to it. Now, Shepard Smith reporting. The United States could soon expand its attacks on Islamic State fighters targeting them in syria as well as iraq. But the United States will not go it alone. Thats the word today from military officials who say they are preparing a list of options, a list that includes air strikes in syria. They say any new campaign against the Islamic State terrorists would involve the United States working with a team of several nations. The United States is already striking the militants in Northern Iraq but has not yet gone after them in neighboring syria. Pentagon Officials Say it would take more than bombs to get rid of the threat. Air strikes alone are not going to solve the threat that they pose. Its not going to completely eliminate the challenge that they represent. And i think we all agree with that. But isil is a growing network, they are well resourced, they are well led, they do pose a regional threat. The Islamic State milita
Seconds. The longest 20 seconds of a lot of peoples lives up here. This waning was a rolling earthquake, relatively shallow at seven miles. Some 9 Million People felt this thing. The usgs says 6. 0 magnitude. The city of napa says 6. 1 but the usgs is leaning toward that 6. 0 number but it doesnt matter because the damage is significant. 3 30 in the morning, look at bricks that fell off. Can you imagine if this happened at 3 30 in the afternoon . Just amazing. Colors are bad after an earthquake. See the yellow tape . It means can you not go inside the building at all. A lot of these buildings have red tags. That means are you not allowed to go inside the building because the damage is so significant inside. Down here past the satellite trucks, yellow tape, red tape goes on for blocks and blocks here in downtown napa. A lot of the businesses are still shut down. Theyre concerned because this is one of their biggest weekends of the year coming up, labor day. Theyre concerned that a lot o
A truce in gaza. A new 72hour ceasefire takes effect between israel and hamas. But both sides say its up to the other party to make it last. Hamas has destroyed the hopes for a better future. Lets hope that they will heed that because we are ready to keep that from our side. Hamas and all the palestinian factions. Has one man already been saved from ebola . Well look at the experimental serum that might save the lives of two u. S. Patients stricken with the deadly disease. Also ahead here, stranded. Tens of thousands of russian holiday makers stranded abroad. Why some are blaming western sanctions on moscow. And welcome back to cnns special coverage. Im natalie allen. And im errol barnett. You will be excused right now if youre having a sense of deja vu, right . Absolutely. Because a new ceasefire is under way in the middle east. Now, the purpose of this is a humanitarian truce. Its now one hour old. It is supposed to last for 72 hours. At this moment its just after 9 00 in the morning
We begin with these live pictures coming to us froo nairobi, kenya. Thousands are expected to join and anticipate in what is the pontiffs First Official visit to the african continent. He will make a stop at three nations while hes there. But this is the type of event where people are joyous and excited. We will have a live report on this. We do want to start with our top story, turkey and russia heating up. But both countries insist they dont want the dispute. Moscow suggests the shootdown was premeditated. Reporter in a forest near the the twisted reck damage of russias downed war plane. This exclusive coverage shows wreckage scattered through the trees. The syrian rebel fighter picks his way through the debris. This is the moment turkish intercepters blasted the russian plane out of the sky. You can see it plunging to earth in a fire ball. The Turkish Military has released a recording of the clear warning it gave the russian plane. After ten messages over five minutes, the turks say