statement on ukraine saying it would invite the country to join once certain conditions are met. the statement is drawing a furious response from zelensky calling it unprecedented and absurd. bill: you have the u.s. and other countries hesitating to admit ukraine while at war with russia. president biden argues it will trigger article five that would plunge the entire alliance into war with moscow. dana: nato s response plays into russia s hands according to zelensky giving russia more reason to extend its bloody invasion. general jack keane is standing by but first let s go to mark meredith at the white house. the white house says today president biden and his fellow g7 leaders make it clear they stand with ukraine providing more military assistance in the weeks and months to come. still for ukraine s president it may not be enough to satisfy his immediate request for immediate nato membership. u.s. and allies say they re ready to commit the resources to insure his mil
scary. yeah. and pretty scary closer to home. right now, we re tracking a fire burning in our sky. ranger was overhead. the neighborhood on quimby road in southeast san francisco. you see it right here. you can see it s not far from lake cunningham. it appears multiple homes are on fire. you can see those flames. it s a black smoke still out there. and you can see another location where smoke is billowing from. we are monitoring this and we will have much more for you later on in this newscast. we are also monitoring the weather and the corral fire closely. weather playing a huge role in these things. rob, what s going on weather wise? it was really two hours time there on the southeast side of lawrence livermore lab flying all the way down to 580 near the tracee hills community. right now, as is typically the case mid afternoon to evening, this is when we see the strongest winds rolling out of the altamont pass down into san joaquin county. you ve got temperatures in the upp
big plume of smoke in that area. of course, we re continuing to follow this, but you might want to avoid that area in san jose. again, it s not far from lake cunningham. it s quimby road in southeast san jose, and we will bring you much more as we learn more. a big cleanup effort to get ready for a big pride installation today. more than 100 volunteers helped clean up trash up there on twin peaks. that s where the iconic pink triangle is going to be displayed. once a symbol, gay people were forced to wear it by and now represents pride for the lgbtq plus community. triangle takes us, takes up about an acre, could be seen for up to 20 miles away. now on friday, they re going to lay out and install the pink outline on saturday, volunteers expected to help install the rest of that triangle. organizers say you can still volunteer if you would like to get in on this. following the installation is going to be a commemoration ceremony. the triangle will stay up through june 30th. all right, d
vermont. nate foye is live in the state capital. dana, it is certainly a lot better than it was yesterday but definitely a lot of damage, a big cleanup effort underway this morning. the worst flooding the state of vermont has seen in about 100 years, 1927 the last time things were this bad. i mentioned that cleanup effort is underway. this is downtown mount p mont pellier. the dam that almost overflowed before the break. things were close to being much worse. take a look how bad they were with this video of the downtown yesterday. where i m standing right now the main street was a river, dana. a lot of damage to homes and businesses. but i want to show you that dam. it is about three miles north of where we are, the wrightsville
they are doing all over the place. here we can see all over the center of town here there s a big cleanup effort. lots of earth movers and trucks and people with shovels and buckets. the people who are working there just near us had actually come from brussels to help out in the effort. we saw a lot of that in pepinster yesterday as well. one point the government is making is that a lot of people who have come on their own are tying things up and blocking things, blocking rescue efforts. they re asking if you want to help to contact the red cross to make sure this is done in a systematic way. all right, in terms of the cleanup that we re seeing there, and reconstruction, i know you ve witnessed this firsthand. you ve seen what s going on there locally. tell us what you saw and give us the big picture about what the government is doing to help those people rebuild.