Up the hillside surrounding the lick observatory. Positive news from the fire lines in santa clara county. Evacuation warnings lifted this afternoon for parts of morgan hill. Crews are focusing their efforts on digging and shoring up containment lines to trap the flames in the more rural rugged terrain to the east. This entire west flank remains the number one priority of the incident because of the increased threat of Public Safety along populated communities and infrastructure risks as we move further down to the south. Deeper inside the fire lies a very close call high atop mount hamilton. Len ramirez is there. Reporter the views of this once gorgeous california wild land are scenes of devastation. Practically as far as the eyes can see. Fire fighting super tankers come in low over the the of mount hamilton. But the flames and smoke moved farther south revealing devastation all around the lick observatory. Itto see flames, 200foot flames to go through. Site superintendent says the f
This hour. Good monday morning. Im sandra smith inside americas newsroom. Good to be with you this morning. Im eric sean in for bill hemmer. President trump is accusing muellers team of looking for trouble after the report this weekend that White House Counsel Don Mcgahn has cooperated extensively with the special counsels investigation. The president says it happened but with his approval. Sandra kevin corke is live from the white house. What about the president s increasing frustration with this russia investigation . He is frustrated that it is still ongoing especially when you consider the midterms are not that far away. I think the second frustration according to white house officials is this idea of a desperate Investigative Approach between trump ties with russia that they say doesnt exist and what we know about the russians and the funding of the steele dossier in the Hillary Clinton campaign. You can sense the frustration, sandra, as the president continues to walk you through
Still stands including the bell towers and priceless relics. Bill so many in paris watching from the sidewalks, kneeling in the streets to pray and sing hymns. [people singing] that was late last nightment now for the news today greg palkot is pack along the seine river. Fire officials saying the entire fire is out at this beautiful cathedral of notre dame. Some smoldering remains being put out. After 15 hours of fighting. We were here for a good part of the evening. We saw smoke billowing out and we saw the embers of the glowing fire inside this cathedral. It is now out. Ill ask my cameraman to zoom beyond me. Were only 300 or 400 yards away from the cathedral. What you are seeing is of the n. You arent seeing the roof or whats inside. Timbers and flames falling inside. Thats the focus of attention right now. Much was safe inside of that church. Various important artifacts. Ive just learned the organ has been saved. We learned last night that the crucifix that is venerated by christia
Very strong. The president really does believe you can solve this in 10 minutes. Were asking for 5. 6 billion. They offer us zero. The democrats for better or worse think theyre winning this battle politically. The president is prepared to do what it takes to protect our borders, to protect the people of this country. We need to open up government and then negotiate. Not the other way around. Because were prepared to negotiate. The president seems unaware of this but weve already built a wall across much of the border and all Border Security experts that i talk to say where a wall makes sense it has already been built. Our purpose in the meeting at the white house was to open up government. The impression you get from the president that he would like to not only close government, build a wall, but also abolish congress. The only voice that mattered was his own. Sandra kevin corke is live at the white house this morning. Good morning to you. Happy monday. Good morning. Great to be with
This. President trump we will have a National Emergency, then be sued. They will sue us in the ninth circuit even though it shouldnt be there and we will possibly get a bad ruling and then well get another bad ruling and end up in the Supreme Court and hopefully well get a fair shake and win in the Supreme Court. Sandra kevin corke is following the story for us from the white house this morning. Tell us about these lawsuits. Bill let me just say it this way. The White House Counsels Office has been preparing this for some time and knew it would end up in the courts in the west. As you heard the president say. They have done a bit of ground work already in preparation of the suits led by california no surprise, 16 states in all. Suing the government to prevent them from by passing congress in order to divert money from other areas including the military to pay for a wall. As you also know, the president believes clearly that this is a crisis. He is also confident that ultimately the Sup