You can watch this interview in its entirety along with other oral histories, cspan. Org history. Welcome to the 30 sixth annual planning board, please help me give a special thank you to all the sponsors. Before we begin. And the camera flashes. I will introduce today, in conversation proud smith with rick cogan. And with chicago great fire. And and please join me, please welcome rick hogan. You are good to come out on a hot day like this. A big part of this book, the paperback edition was just out and in the current of that addition, simply put, the best book ever written about my father who i admired tremendously wrote a book about the fire and i still say this. My brother is here. Where we have run out of things, you knew my dad. I came to chicago, just finished graduate school in yale in newhaven connecticut. What i was most interested in was history and culture in the second half of the nineteenth century. And weve got this job on northwestern. I was teaching a heavy load but in
Old baby girl back flows, dislodging the milk she was choking on, until. In this situation, it is the greatest sound i could have heard in the moment. I know, like i said, when the baby is crying, baby is breathing. The baby is crying. Looks like we got some of it out. Reporter tonight, oswald will be honored with the life saving award at the San Pablo City council meeting. His colleagues say they are proud. Anytime we get these types of calls, incredibly stressful. I mean, the stakes are really high involving a small child, a oneweek old. Im going to do chest. We have been in contact with the mother, the babys doing great. She is very thankful for the officers actions. Reporter the father of a newborn baby girl himself, oswald says its the most memorable call for service he has ever experienced and wishes the best for baby zabath. Being a new father, it hit more close to home because i would want, you know, First Responders in my area to do the exact same thing if i was in the same si
That. Thats why we have to look at what happened. Reporter oakland hasnt had a fulltime fire marshal in the last five years. We need to examine our system and were rebuilding and now we will continue to do that good work thoughtfully and prioritize the divisions that are necessary to ensure health and safety of the our citizens. Reporter with the atf and local fire officials trying to isolate the cause. We have a team coming in tomorrow that is going to do the very detailed computer sized diagram so well at least be phere for another few days. Reporter in the meantime, we continue to hear from people who lived and worked inside the warehouse. Tonight at 6 00, youll hear from a man who said as recently as last week, a county agency was inside the coast ship and there was a small fire inside that building that he helped put out. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 77 news. Laura, thank you. Last night, some of the survivors had dinner with the artist collective founder, Derick Almena and his
Throughout the day today. The snow is flying across northern parts of nebraska and enling into iowa and minnesota. Take a look at the temperatures 20s and 30s in the plains and 40s in minnesota and here in southeast wisconsin mostly 55 and 60 degrees and i still think we get in on warmer air, in fact, we climb up to upper 60s today and tie the record of 69 in 1975. A couple of spotty showers ahead and then the temperatures are tumbling and the winds. Melinda when youre on the go, take the weather watch 12 forecast with you. Just download the wisn 12 news app. Its free for your smartphone or tablet. Tim right now, were following breaking news. A burglary suspect starts shooting at Milwaukee Police overnight. P. M. Near 26th and ruby. Thats just west of teutonia avenue. Police say they were called to the area for a burglary in progress. When they got to the scene, the suspect allegedly started shooting at officers. An officer shot back, but everyone missed. No one was shot. The suspect r
Sally, over 41 , 45, watertown plank. Things are moving nicely. Good volume. The travel times are showing no need to worry. No crashes on the system right now. Thats a look at the morning commute, back to you. Melinda matt, thank you. A suspect shoots at Milwaukee Police i am joined with tim at the breaking news desk. Tim z the officers shot back too. No one was hurt a. 23yearold is now in custody. This is here ruby and 26th. Hillary is live with us with the latest. Reporter we are near 27th, ruby. The officers were called here for the burglary and then shot at. Now according to the police, after the suspect fired at the officers they returned fire. Then the suspect takes off, police chase him down and make the arrest. We know that the suspect is a 23yearold man and this is not the first time hes been taken into custody. The Milwaukee Police are thankful that the officers were not hurt in the shooting. Hillary, thank you for that. Wisn 12 news was the first to report this breaking news