matt? we just got an update from firefighters. a dog was killed in the fire. firefighters are still on the scene talking with residents, mopping out. this was a lot of water on the round and in the apartments. they are clearing up the equipment. check out this video we shot off the phone of an apartment residents showing how huge the flames were when this fire broke out inside one of the two apartments destroyed. it started at 2:45. this was a family with a three-month-old baby. two men jumped from the balcony to escape. check out the video of the aftermath, a firefighter walked us through the two apartments gutted by the flame. one man who jumped suffered cuts with a minor knee injury but did not need to go to the hospital. firefighters are investigating what started the fire. i spoke with red cross. they gave me the number of people impacted by the fire: 27 people have been evacuated from the building. ten are staying with family or friends. they will be helping 17 reside
good morning, i m jonathan karl. george is off. martha will be along in a bit. it s an extraordinary move the president rarely makes. completely shutting down a u.s. embassy and rushing the americans inside to safety. that call was made in south vietnam at the end of the war. in somalia. nearly two years before blackhawk down. and just hours ago, president obama did it again. ordering the evacuation of the embassy in libya, with a dangerous and daring military operation to evacuate americans on the ground. abc s chief foreign correspondent terry moran is tracking all the breaking details. good morning, terry. reporter: good morning, jon. what an extraordinary episode this was. another sign of the turmoil out of control across the middle east. libya is a nation driven by rival gangs. the fighting so fierce in recent days and weeks that the decision was made to evacuate the embassy. as chaos and fighting increased, in tripoli, ambassador deborah jones and her staffers were sp
nbc bay area s jean elle joins us from sfo where the president touched down just a short while ago. jane? reporter: raj, the president landed here at sfo on a fundraising mission. and this trip is drawing a little bit of criticism. here at the airport tonight there was the usual tight security at sfo. but unlike most visits, there was no one at the bottom of the stairs to welcome him. the president is here raising money for the democratic national committee, specifically, for democrats running for congress in the midterm elections. while he is collecting checks, there are lots of things happening around the world that demand the attention from the commander in chief. political analyst says the president can handle both roles and has a duty to do. so but republicans say mr. obama should change his plans and focus on pressing world issues. i would say right now is particularly an inopportune time. we have a serious war almost going on in israel and america under attack by r
george is off. martha will be along in a bit. it s an extraordinary move the president rarely makes. completely shutting down a u.s. embassy and rushing the americans inside to safety. that call was made in south vietnam at the end of the war. in somalia. nearly two years before blackhawk down. and just hours ago, president obama did it again. ordering the evacuation of the embassy in libya, with a dangerous and daring military operation to evacuate americans on the ground. abc s chief foreign correspondent terry moran is tracking all the breaking details. good morning, terry. reporter: good morning, jon. what an extraordinary episode this was. another sign of the turmoil out of control across the middle east. libya is a nation driven by rival gangs. the fighting so fierce in recent days and weeks that the decision was made to evacuate the embassy. as chaos and fighting increased, in tripoli, ambassador deborah jones and her staffers were spirited out of the compound. nearl
martha will be along in a bit. it s an extraordinary move the president rarely makes. completely shutting down a u.s. embassy and rushing the americans inside to safety. that call was made in south vietnam at the end of the war. in somalia. nearly two years before blackhawk down. and just hours ago, president obama did it again. ordering the evacuation of the embassy in libya, with a dangerous and daring military operation to evacuate americans on the ground. abc s chief foreign correspondent terry moran is tracking all the breaking details. good morning, terry. reporter: good morning, jon. what an extraordinary episode this was. another sign of the turmoil out of control across the middle east. libya is a nation driven by rival gangs. the fighting so fierce in recent days and weeks that the decision was made to evacuate the embassy. as chaos and fighting increased, in tripoli, ambassador deborah jones and her staffers were spirited out of the compound. nearly 150 people, a