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destroyed by debris. scaryiest part the evacuation during the fire. now it s not knowing. you know, is it going to be over tomorrow, is it going to be over in a week, a month? we have no idea. reporter: these are some of the hardest hit areas. firefighters are searching for people trapped in their homes, placing an x when it is clear. these firefighters have the gruesome task of going through knee-deep mud looking for any bodies. so far today, they haven t found anyone. charlie adams was close to one of the homes that burst into flames from a possible gas leak. the worst i ve ever heard. it was 4:00 a.m. we were a couple blocks from the house fire that happened. that lit it up at 10:00 in the morning, but it was 4:00 in the morning. so bright, i ve never seen anything like it. we saw flames three feet in the air. reporter: olivia mcgovern said her parents survived in their homes but are trapped. they re a mile away, but the roads are impassable. i m happy they ....
us. i m kristen sze. dan ashley. this will be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community. 100 homes have been destroyed, and another 300 damaged. also damaged, highway 101. crews are working to remove massive amounts of mud, and the roadway could stay closed until monday. california air national guard members from silicon valley are in santa barbara helping with search and rescue efforts. they shared these pictures taken from their hawk helicopter, the pave hawk helicopter, the 129th rescue wing arrived in santa barbara yesterday. help is also on the way from mather air force near sacramento. the california national guard released this video of aviators getting gear together to fly down to southern california as quickly as they can. people who live in the area say they ve never seen anything like this before. carlos granda from our sister station in los angeles has the story. reporter: workers trying to clear roads as recocrews move ....
to do. amy: when they call you a terrorist: a black lives matter memoir. today we speak with patrisse khan-cullors, one of the cofounders of the black lives matter movement, about growing up as a black girl in a poor neighborhood of los angeles amidst rain but police violence rampant police violence next one of the richest neighborhoods in the world. we will also be joined by her co-author journalist and activist asha bandele. the importance of the story s the tree s s come it shows us the human cost of the drug war and the war on gangs and the is an industrial complex. it is not just the stats and facts and figures. these policy choices have destroroyed real lives and patrisse shows us how. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the new york times is reporting the pentagon is quietly preparing for a potential war with north korea, with the u.s. military launching a series of w ....
today we speak with patrisse khan-cullors, one of the cofounders of the black lives matter movement, about growing up as a black girl in a poor neighborhood of los angeles amidst rain but police violence rampant police violence next one of the richest neighborhoods in the world. we will also be joined by her co-author journalist and activist asha bandele. the importance of the story s the tree s s come it shows us the human cost of the drug war an complex. it is not just the stats and facts and figures. these policy choices have destroyed real lives and patrisse shows us how. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the new york times is reporting the pentagon is quietly preparing for a potential war with north korea, with the u.s. military launching a series of war games and exercises from fort bragg, north carolina, to the skies above nevada, to a planned deployment of even more ....
school shootings since the sandy hook massacre just over five years ago. this happens nowhere else other than the united states of america. this epidemic of mass slaughter, this scorch of school shooting .fter school shooting it only happens here not because of coincidence, not because of bad luck, but as a consequence of our inaction. amy: we will speak with the head of the coalition to stop gun violence and a former florida state legislator during the time shootining was two years ago. she took on the florida governor. then kept out. for r people of color, things ae shutting the door to homeownership. herere we have the likelihihd so blblack applicants i in phphiladelphia a are a almost te times as l likely to b be deniea tradititional mortgage.. > reveaeal found this troubug pattern and dozens of cities. philadelphphia was onene of the largest. 61 metro s acrossss the cocountry, applicacants of c coe more likely y to be denied conventionalal mortgage, even i ....