was merciless in the town of paradise..thousands of burned vehicles still lining the roads and so much clean up to be done as the fire rages on.. however, i spoke with some people today who despite all the destruction..are thankful. destruction is virtually everywhere in the town of paradise..dozens of people have been killed and hundreds have been unaccounted for.. some homes have remained untouched while many others were not so lucky..debra barrett says she s counting her blessings.sot: i do thank god for a lot of everything that we do have. barrett and her family escaped the fire thursday night..today they were collecting supplies from the elks lodge in chico. she hopes to get back to her home and rebuild..sot: it s gonna take a long while but we can do it..resilience is not something the people of paradise are short on. someone taped up an american flag it s standing tall over the rubble of what was a business.and the firefighters fighting the inferno are getting support
should happen now it should get dismissed. we re not going to stop on this nothing s changed. we believe he s overstepped. two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cases tied to trump. we ll tell you which one and why the former vice president appears finally ready to talk. plus the gop controlled statehouse in tennessee could take historic action today against three democratic lawmakers. we ll explain the controversy connected to calls for new gun legislation. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 6th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin today with the fallout from this week s historic arra
at the top of the hour, a live look at i-95 in the south corner of the city. sharon is watching the rest of s . marty is over at first warning weather. we keep watching this frontal boundary march our way. we will put this moisture layer in motion. very light shower activity is going to start over the mountains and approach us. it s not going to be a big deal. you can see a wet snow flake at the end of it. look how mild it still is. 48 degrees, two shy of 50 on tv hill. we re pretty much at our high. it s 10 warmer than this time yesterday. by lunch 40, by bedtime 32 and continuing to fall. here is sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. we have two issues. first of all, if you re traveli7 70 mount rooer ree mount erie road there s a deer in the road. speeds still good on the beltway and on 95. that s a live look outside at 95 just north of the beltway. there s a look at 295 southbound at 175 looking at some volume there. that is right near where we have that accident t
welcome. i m bob abernethy. it s good to have you with us. with less than three eks unti election day, polls show divided cturamg religious voters, especially catholics, who have been almost evenly split between president obama and governor romney. on thursday, both candidates attended the annual al smith charity dinner sponsored by the catholic archdiocese of new york. at the usually lighthearted event, both men made jokes at their own expense, but obama ended on a serious note it s written in scripture that tribulation produces perseverance. and perseverance, character. and character, hope. this week, the u.s. catholic bishops have been urging special prayers for religious liberty. at a mass to open the rosary novena for life and liberty, archbishop william lori said catholics must bring their beliefs to the public square. religion came up briefly at the presidential debate tuesday, when mitt romney made a rare reference to his mormon faith. and i believe we re all
the incident that sources describe as showing a disturbing lack of institutional control. according to sources, tuesday s shooting reveals questions about the city police department s probe calls for trading. the recruits was shot according to sources inadvertently. by a veteran of baltimore police instructor who grabbed the wrong then, his service weapon instead of a training gun and fired a 40 caliber bullet through the window, striking the record in the forehead. they were learning how to enter building using shield like these. such sessions are never supposed to involve live ammunition. why was his service weapon even in the building? it should not have happened. the mayor promised the family to get to the truth. there is no acceptable explanation for why rounds were at a training exercise. i was so angry i was almost speechless. to think that something like this could happen. it is not clear particles were in place for the city to use the facility. it is owned by