you requested backup? yes. yes i did. what s in your wallet? shepard: at least 119 people are dead and dozens more missing after a fire tore through a slaughter house. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. china. one survivor says he saw a flash and heard a loud bang just before the flames engulfed the poultry plant in the northeast. hundreds of workers were reportedly trapped behind locked doors at the factory. government officials say they sent some 500 firefighters and 270 doctors and nurses to the scene. authorities say an ammonia leak may have caused the blast. germany. deadly floods after days of rain as three rivers burst their banks in the southeast. state media report one town on the as you tree an border is seeing its worst flooding in more than 500 years. the high report is
it s really hard to see your community auto like in. first time some of this land has burned in more than 80 years. in palmdale, california, adam housley is there. what s the latest, adam, it looks wendy. very windy here. firefighters are worried not just this fire could have issues but other as well. reason why they are so optimistic only two active areas of this fire. one is burning right towards the highway which is a perfect fire break and the only area is only a five acre location getting bulldozers around. concern across southern california. the area is tinder dry due to the doubt. already have a couple of major fires. so-called santa anas. warm. dangerous conditions for firefighters. cautiously optimistic despite the winds at this hour. shepard? shepard: thanks a lot.
increasingly aauthoritarian manner and beginning to move the country towards a more islamist culture. limiting the sale of alcohol, for instance. the prime minister for his part says the protesters are few in number. naive in outlook and extremist in nature. as we take a live look at the center of istanbul tonight. it is impossible to predict whether this is indeed an isolated and short-lived protest or as we have seen in so many different countries in the region whether turkey is headed towards some major instability that would be of great concern for the united states, shep. shepard: yeah and the whole western world really. jonathan, thank you. the protests have apparently gotten bad enough in turkey that neighboring syria has advised its people against traveling to that country. the foreign ministry says that the warning is because of a deterioration in the security situation in turkey. of course, the united nations estimates more than 200,000 syrians have traveled to turkey as re
battlefield reports and state department cables provided by manning and published by wikileaks. the prosecution in order to get a life sentence will need to prove under the espionage act that private manning aided the enemy. the lead military prosecutor said this is a case, quote, about what happens when arrogance meets access to sensitive information. manning who is just 25 years old, watched the prosecution s hour-long opening slide show on a laptop in the crowded courtroom before he was whisked out of sight today, shep. shepard: jennifer, the defense lawyer also spoke about bradley manning s personal issues. well, his defense lawyer, who made a 25 minute opening statement said manning struggled privately with gender identity early in his tour of duty in iraq. that was one of his problems. at that time remember don t ask don t tell was still the law and gays couldn t openly serve in the military. his defense attorney said quote his struggles led him to feel that he needed to do s
shepard: bradley manning, the army private let america s enemies get their hands on hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents. that s the accusation from a prosecutor today as bradley manning s court martial began at fort mead in maryland. bradley manning is a former intelligence analyst. he admits he gave the documents to the web site wikileaks. he said he did it to expose what he called american military s blood lust. and his lawyer says bradley manning was just young and naive. prosecutors though say some of the information he released made its way right to usama bin laden s hands. and if a military judge convicts him he could get life behind bars. jennifer griffin with the news from the pentagon. tell us what happened in court today, jen. shep, i think the most surprising moment was when the prosecution said it would show evidence that usama bin laden himself requested afghan