Because this is, again, an assault, an assault on one of most important rights, the right to good health. Reverend Martin Luther king said, of all of the forms of inequality, the injustice in health care is one of the most inhuman, inhuman. We know that. We know that. And for well talk some more about that. But we know that this is a very important value to our country, to be respectful of meeting the needs of the American People. There are many well talk in the course of the morning, on the republican plan and how that is really so out of the question, and that we are not, were for the Affordable Care act, we want to see them come up with something that does not diminish what our goals were, and the Affordable Care act. Those goals were to expand coverage, to as many people as possible in our country, to improve benefits for everyone, and to lower the cost. So it is not just about the 20 Million People. Actually it is 20 million, comma, 400,000 people, as of today who have health care
Reporter late this afternoon, a small crowd of Community Members and elected officials held up blankets and umbrellas to shield the view as her body was removed from her home. She died of Natural Causes, but her causes live on as does her reputation as the most powerful person in San Francisco politic politics. She was the friend and enemy of mayor and members of the board of supervisors, but the end of the day, she was a lovely person, and ill miss her. Note the spelling on the street that bears her name. It is not rose packway. It is rose paxway. It rose paks way or the highway. She was so many things at once, profane, difficult to get along with, but also very powerful and helped so many families settle in to San Francisco. There were too many to count. Rose pak, a force of nature died of Natural Causes today, age 68 p. Joe vazquez, kpix 5. She was active right until the end. Last month, she fought back against a plan to turn a stretch of the street into a pedestrian walkway. Union
Assurance to the people of middleton this is taken care of. Reporter saturday, a fire storm destroyed dozens of homes and neighborhoods destroyed to moon scapes. Shirley just learned her home is gone. All i can do is just cry. Fa i dont know. A lot of memories. Reporter its the home they raised a family here, before living here, they owned the home across the street. Its gone, too. Reporter were you able to salvage anything here . No. No. We got stuff in the rv. So well be all right. Reporter shirley was able to salvage this, a brass door knocker. My friends and neighbors lost a lot. But well get it back. Reporter back with a shot of some childrens toys and what used to be a backyard. Weve seen wind here, something firefighters do not want to see. Weve seen rain drops, but not enough to help. There is a lot of pg and e crews. An army of crews in the area restoring power to stores. It will be a long time before power is restored to this area. Cornell, thank you. Cal fire says it was una
And its just 5 contained. Whats really striking is just how quickly it grew. This map shows where it is right now. The fire was just 400 acres at 3 38 p. M. On saturday. Now three hours later it was up to 10,000 acres and the next morning up to 40,000. We have six crews on the fire lines for you this afternoon. We begin our Team Coverage with abc 7 News Reporter cornell be barnard who is live in middletown. Reporter this is a nightmare thats become all too real for the people of middletown. You have to see it to believe it. We are on lincoln street just one block away from busy normally busy highway 29 thats shut down to the public, though. The destruction done by this fi firestorm all too clear here. This neighborhood was reduced to ashes. We were with one family when they returned home for the first time. Firefighters still battling flames just miles away. A new fire fight for crews south of middletown where overnight the valley fire reared its head over a ridge. Looking forward to s
Displaced and one fatality has been confirmed. Many people remain unaccounted for. 50 engine crew rz from other states have been called in to help as well as crews from nevada and the California National guard. All Public Schools in lake county will remain closed for another day tomorrow. Firefighters are making Good Progress in fighting the fire. The fire has been spreading in every direction since it broke out on saturday afternoon. Our crews have been throughout the areas all day today, abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard joins us in middleton. Reporter the scope of the tragedy is very hard to comprehend. Were here on lincoln street. This is one block away from highway 29. Destruction is all too clear. The neighborhood has been reduced to ashes. Firefighters are battling flames just miles away. A new fire fight south of middletown, the valley fire reared its head over a ridge. Crews need rain, but got gusty winds instead. Still, theyre winning the fight here. Were trying to get conta