San francisco. Flames jumped highway 20 igniting fires across the highway north of clear lake and closing in on two more communities. Residents have had evacuated before but it is scary because of the winds. Officials say they have fought seen this type of fire behavior in decades. We are standing this one police for five minutes and i felt wind from every single direction during the five minutes. There wasnt even any fire in the area. This is the first time i am feeling afraid i could lose my house. Two dozen homes have been destroyed. The fire is only 12 percent contained. Our reporter will have a report from lake county next half hour. The fire has brought out the best in people, the Hidden Valley Lake Community association is providing free water and power hookup for those in r. Vs running from the flames. Others are taking care of animals. 17alpacas were rot in from jerusalem area. They came to us on wednesday in the middle of the night and we have been housing them since that tim
Process. Now, i think our elections are absolutely important, essential, fundamental. Delegates historically have been considered honorbound to follow the outcome of their states primary election. And they overwhelmingly have done so. It has alsoally, been the case that delegates have retained some option, some choice to make their own decisions. Unusual event that they find some conscious binding reason why they cannot do that. At the end of the day, we have to remember that it is important for our president ial nominees to win thewo levels, to primaries and win over the delegates. It almost always happens. I hope that whoever our nominee is going to be this time will in fact win over the delegates. But worlds like this are not going to help that. As weroblem, this angst, will see in a few days is not going to go away because we paper over it with rules. I say to mr. Trump and those aligned with him, make the case, make the case of those delegates who want to have a voice. Make the ca
Night, that that troubled Training Program is now on hold. Holly williams found out why when she met a rebel commander who asked us not to show his face, for fear of assassination. Reporter colonel mustafa is a commander. Why have so few syrians been trained by the americans so far . Translator we gave the americans the names of more than 1,200 fighters he told us, and they only accepted just over 100 of them for training. But the strict vetting process is not his only complaint with america. When the first group of 54 u. S. Trained fighters entered syria in july, several of them were captured by islamic militants. Colonel mustafa told us america left his men vulnerable giving them too few weapons and too little ammunition. But the commander of the second group of 70 u. S. Trained fighters admitted to us that he gave half of his american weapons to alnusra, al qaedas syrian affiliate. He should face a military court, colonel mustafa told us, those weapons belonged to the syrian people.
Now and forevermore. Narrator if animals are our best friends, shouldnt we be theirs . Visit your local shelter, adopt a pet. Youll be in my heart no matter what. Cbs cares. If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares when a president ial candidate calls his tax plan amazing as donald trump did yesterday it calls for a reality check. So we asked Major Garrett to dig into the plan that trump calls simple, easy and fair. It will provide major tax relief for middleincome and for most other americans. Reporter under trumps plan workers earning less than 25,000 a year would pay no federal income tax. The top bracket would shrink from 40 to 25 . And the Corporate Tax would fall from 35 to 15 . All of this does not add to our debt or our deficit. Reporter independent analysis says trumps pla
Train moments before the crash . And tour de red nose. Matt is biking from boston to new york. A fiveday journey to raise money for a very good request cause and so far so good. So weve got one day down, 179 miles to go today as we start day two of the red notz challenge. Today monday, may 18, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Otherwise known as day two of matts 226mile charity bike ride. He is in rhode island this morning already on the road, matt, you look great. I want you to know youre biking from boston to new york. Were wearing these ridiculous red noses for you. Very nice. Exhausting. I appreciate the support. I can feel the teamwork. We are on day two, its a lot different than day one yesterday was about 75 degrees and sunny and just perfect, ideal conditions for cycling. Today its a lot colder in the 50s, theres a little bit of