The night vision goggles, you go from about 200 degrees of peripheral vision now looking through 40degree field of view. Today berman is showing me how he trains pilots by first using a flight simulator. He says learning to fly at night even for experienced pilots can take time. Theres different subconscious movements that you have to acquire when flying on night vision. Before this program cal fire was never able to fight fires aerially at night. Thats because the helicopters they had before the fire hawks were much smaller and didnt have as many safety features. Berman says to think of the difference between the old helicopters and these new ones like you would the difference between an old used car and a brandnew ferrari. Its capable of carrying 1,000 gallons of water where the huey is onethird of that. Its also dual engine. Cal fire believes these new helicopters will be a huge tool in fighting large, dangerous wildfires. Being able to continue to attack the fire at night offers a
Are ans ofolutely we will e yo it burns right up against homes. I drove home and saw the smoke and started, so i knew this was going to be bad. We get them here every once in a while, but nothing thats come this close. Relief from neighbors in East San Jose after firefighters gained the upper hand of the clayton fire. Good evening. Im julie julie haener. And im greg lee. The fire first broke out this afternoon around 230 near clayton road and villa de la vista in san jose. Ktvu zac sos joins us live tonight. And zach, more fire danger is on the horizon. Yeah, thats right. And as you can see, crews still out here working this fire. They do seem to have a good handle on it. At this point. Its around 20 contained. The good news to come out of all of this, so far, no homes, no structures burned. But cal fire says this fire came very close to doing just that. Overhead. And on the ground, crews descending on a fast moving grass fire in East San Jose as it crept perilously close to area homes
i m fredericka witfield. a historic moment for all of the world to see after 70 years, great britain has a new monarch. king charles iii was crowned today during a coronation ceremony at westminster abbey. the nearly 400-year-old crown was placed on his head officially marking him as the new king. god save the king! god save the king! also being crowned, a new queen. king charles s wife camilla receiving her crown during that ceremony. there was elation over the coronation in the streets of london. tens of thousands lining the streets to catch a glimpse of the royal family. the king and queen waving to the public from the gold state coach there, which was originally built back in 1762. and then a royal salute from 4,000 british troops. hooray! in a moment some have been waiting for days to see, king charles and queen camilla and the royal family stepping onto the balcony of buckingham palace to greet the clouds lining the mall. it was a day many will never forge
could be a major setback for russian forces as they are bracing for an expected ukrainian counteroffensive. cnn s chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live. nick, of course, the messages from prigozhin are not new. but what is significant to you about this video that he posted overnight? reporter: the fact that they are saying they will leave in five days. they have never said that before. they have threatened that they might compromise their position for a week now, we have been seeing these messages from yevgeny prigozhin after people thought his long-term rift as the head of the wagner mercenary group with the russian defense ministry establishment, the top brass might have begun to be healing. he has been kplalg they haven t got the artillery shells. that expletive-laden video, what s done that before in front of corpses to ask for more ammunition. quite a different tone. this would be a staggering gift to the ukrainian forces if wagner was abl
red hot jobs report. the u.s. economy adding more than a quarter million jobs as the jobless rate ticked down. the fed s inflation fight just got more complicated. a dire threat to moscow s war machine. the head of wagner, the mercenary group deployed in the war against ukraine by the tens of thousands, says he could pull out his forces. this is only the latest potential challenge for the kremlin as russia braces for an upcoming counteroffensive by ukraine it is hoped will end the war once and for all. a ceremony fit for a king. the uk preparing for the royal coronation of king charles iii. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. recession fears did not stop the u.s. job market from booming in april. analysts were expecting 180,000 new jobs. employers came in much hotter, creating 253,000, and the dao is loving it but these robust numbers could complicate the fed s efforts to rein in inflati