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Jogger Struck by Vehicle Near Roxbury Enter your number to get our free mobile app The driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrian, told troopers that the jogger, identified as 42-year-old Cory Davis of Fleischmanns, NY, was running with his back to traffic and then turned left directly in front of the car. The driver stopped to assist the jogger until emergency responders arrived. Davis sustained injuries to his head and lower body and was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center for trea...

6 Jan in 3:14 The National Interest The S-400 Triumf surmounted a tortured development cycle to become one of the world’s leading missile defense systems and a pivotal Russian export product.  The S-400 is an excellent system; its not horrifically expensive, versatile in its deployment, and accurate enough to take down any NATO fighter, The National Interest writes in the article  The air defense system that eventually became the S-400 began as an advanced S-300 modernization project. ...

Russias S-400: The Air Defense System NATO Fears Most? Over the past decade, the Kremlin has succeeded in inking a slew of major S-400 export contracts. It has a long list of high-profile customers such as China, Turkey, and India; moreover, Iraq, Egypt, Vietnam, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are among those that have expressed interest in purchasing the system in recent years. The S-400 Triumf surmounted a tortured development cycle to become one of the world’s leading missile defense systems and...

California, sam lacardo is with us. we understand san jose is about 30 minutes north of gilroy. what have you learned about this shooting and what the situation is right now in searching for who or if there were more people responsible? >> well, it is still an active scene. so, i cant comment on what theyve learned so far. but i can tell you weve deployed more than a dozen police units down there. weve got a lot of fire units, providing paramedic service. and were going to continue to send peopl...

>> [inaudible reporter question] >> theyre have been a number o injuries reported, i dont have a total number of injuries i dont have an account on injuries or fatalities we have not had reports of fatalities yet, but we know there have been injuries. there is been a significant increase number of ems calls to the 911 centers. and in talking with the police chief, there have been requests for strike team of ambulances a well as the fire units that are unseen have been doing emergenc medical care...

The fire line is several niles long. marching towards the area twin scissors road neighbors county. the fire is burning fast. the weather has changed significantly. after roughly 36 hours of no wind. you can see the wind has picked up. you can see the smoke blowing. there are fire units here. we have senile helicopters flying through here. its very difficult fire conditions as once again its becoming a tough fight against this fire and others in this wine country region. that wind was stoked fir...

>> i am the assistant chief for the county fire marshals office. shortly after 4:30 p.m. this afternoon, we got a report from our fire units and law enforcement units that have been holding the perimeter at the arkema chemical plant east of crosby that we had a column of black smoke coming up from inside the facility. it turned to a light brown color and eventually to a heavy lack color somewhere around 5:30. after that, we had an intense combustion of the materials in one of the trailers that w...

Sims finds his dog in a desperate situation. simms works out a rescue plan with the help of neighbor john applegate. >> shes about 60 feet out and i said we need an innertube and i have one, but i have to inflate it. i threw a 100-foot extension cord that was on the reel that was a tube secured to the extension cord. they gave me a push, and i just started making my way out to her. >> hey, chloe, george is coming! >> while sims struggles through the icy water firefighters arrive. it was not only...

Professionals have been trained through your active shooter response program. columbine changed the way these situations have been handled. whats so key for officers when they come upon a situation like in san bernardino? >> well, the first phase is always to stop the killing. the officers need to make sure theres not continuing gunfire going on and more people arent being kiel killed. the first priority is to get into the building, find the shooter and deal with the sho shooter if the shooter i...

Partial lockdown that people were living under only lifted yesterday when schools began to open and the metro began to open but people are certainly aware of the threat level here, they are feeling the urgency in this case and obviously law enforcement, police, fire units want to respond quickly and swiftly, trying to take every precaution, figuring out what the substance is and whether or not its threatening. >> ive got to ask you a question you may not know the answer to, but are such threats ...