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Better than working. >> a $20 minimum wage in the eight most generous states, and in 35 states it would exceed the minimum wage we have today. in many cases people could do better on welfare than they could from an entry level job. >> reporter: 50 years after lbj launched the war on poverty, the liberal view is the safety net is necessary to keep americans from living in what could be third world conditions and they maintain its critical to raise the minimum wage. >> i think a lot of people woul...

Forestville, maryland. a camera on board a fire truck shows two firefighters walking in front of the building when suddenly it explodes. the powerful blast blows out several store fronts and causes the ceiling to collapse on it firefighters still inside. >> i know i had injured firefighters that would clearly hurt laying in front of me. >> narrator: battalion chief kenneth mcswain isnt sure how bad the injuries are or if any in his company are missing. >>ed commander is one of those caught in th...

Caused by sundays predawn quake that sent food and wine flying off stores shelves and causing some to lose everything. a fire wreaked through a trailer park and damaging several others. a $13 billion industry, the wine industry, coping with the lingering drought and now these losses. >> theres a loss of inventory and it takes a long time and a lot of effort to make wine. >> reporter: scientists say this quake was a wake-up call. had it struck during the day or been on a major fault like the san ...

Development department said before napa can get aid it needs to have at least have a preliminary estimate of the damages. mark matthews is in napa where crews are trying to canvas the town before tomorrow. there have been rumbles maybe were talking about a billion dollars even. >> reporter: yeah. or more. at this point, they really dont know. the usgs did say it could be around as high as a billion might be higher than that. as you can see, some of the buildings here pretty badly damaged while o...

Hinz of neeshz houses are either damaged or destroyed. >> a couple of hours after the explosion. >> narrator: linda wood lives a mile from the refinery. the shock wave is so intense, it makes her home uninhat itable. its not the first time the processing facility has exploded. sfwloog this is the fifth team its blown open in the six years ive been here. >> narrator: it takes five months for woods home to be repaired, but she feels lucky that she wasnt there when its blown apart. >> i think that ...

Lift, look straight through glass blow out and see the back of the building and see the wall. he radios for help. >> we have an explosion in the building. >> i got to stay calm, cool, level-headed, collected because the moment i escalate, i bring intensity out of my voice, then im going to have chaos. >> the enormous blast destroys the shopping mall. >> the aftermath is what you would see in a war zone after a bomb had gone off. the blast was blown out and the door frames had been thrown many,...

Sage is gone, the helicopters have taken her. milo is out. now its time for you to get out. >> it wont be easy. firefighters have cut through the top of the car creating a small exit. but every inch kelly moves must be carefully choreographed. shards of glass and twisted metal surround her body. >> we sort of had to reach down and kind of manipulate her feet while shes being pulled from the rescuers up top and then we had to sort of be careful lifting her up. but actually, she helped get herself...

And scope of isis forces and what the u.s. should do about it. as intelligence officials are getting closer to identifying the jihadist who executed an american journalist. and late breaking news that an american hostage in syria has just been released. also with the funeral of michael brown now a day away, finding a way forward in ferguson. we will take you there. good sunday afternoon to you all. thank you for being here. im t.j. holmes, and that breaking story were keeping a close eye o...

Details, we heard that a child had to be air lifted to a local hospital. dozens and dozens of other injuries as well. mostly minor, most cuts and bruises, but what a mess at places like this market here in napa, the owner estimating up to $75,000 in damage and lost merchandise, he says none of it insured and about a mile away from here, some people lost everything when fire broke out at the napa valley mobile home park destroying four homes and damaging others. first responders went door to door...

Passports, like james foleys suspended killer, and the reports put the number of americans at about one dozen. some cite the presidents long refusal to help arm the syrian rebels for helping to create the conditions for isis to flourish and say the u.s. is now playing catchup, warning air strikes will not be enough. >> to defeat isis in syria, were either going to have to send in troops or work with the syrian army. we are not going to defeat isis just with air strikes in syria. >> we now face a...