press conference. that is part of the ntsb investigation and i really cannot share the findings of that particular assessment. reporter: pg&e is taking responsibility setting una $100 million fund for victims. this week they plan on giving everyone whose home was destroyed up to $50,000, no strings attached. they claim it s the right thing to do. what is still unclear is what pg&e may have done wrong and whether there s a chance it could happen again. ted, this story makes us think about gas lines near our home. i have no idea about this kind of stuff. what do we know about the condition of other old lines in california and, frankly, around the rest of the country? well we know for sure that there are a lot of old lines. a lot of these major lines went in the 50s and 60s and before that. awhat has happened since then are buildings and homes and neighbored have been on top of high-transmission lines that were never expected to be there. here in california, the
reporter: pg&e is taking responsibility, setting up a $100 million fund for victims. this week they plan on giving everyone whose home was destroyed up to $50,000, no strings attached. they claim it s the right thing to do. what s still unclear is what pg&e may have done wrong and whether there s a chance it could happen again. ted rowlands, cnn, san bruno, california. boy, you really feel for that one resident who said you know, my children play on the playground here and it s melted. right. you ve got to feel for those folks in terms of how you do but also that and the broader implication the immediate horribleness of being out of homes and the deaths, but then, yikes, across the country. you don t know what s underneath it. you don t think about it, actually. and there are the responsibilities of the utilities to keep everybody safe, as well. all right. it is 7:08. time for a quick check of this morning s headlines. and rob, i see that swirling eye behind you. i
televised pep talk at wakefield high school in arlington. but as you remember, that speech sparked controversy beforehand as critics suggested it could inject ideology into the classroom. they said he was spreading propaganda to children. new surveillance video out of california shows the deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno that killed four and left four others missing. meanwhile, pacific gas and electric company the owner of that pipeline is setting aside $100 million for victims of last week s disaster. the company says the money is for day-to-day expenses and comes with, quote, no strings attached. that development comes as industry watchdogs are raising concerns that there are thousands of aging pipelines nationwide just like the one that exploded in california. a nigerian man accused of sneaking explosives in his underwear and trying to blow up a plane over detroit on christmas day last year is suggesting that he plans to
here s what s happening. pacific gas & electric company is setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars of last week s deadly explosion in northern california. the company says e money is for day-to-day expenses and comes about w no strings attached. meanwhile investors in colorado say a controlled burn in a fire pit is to blame. gusting winds may have reignited emberses that have been dsed with water delays earlier. the so-called christmas day bomber hav suggested that he may plead guilty to some charges. he s accused of trying to set off explosives in a plane carrying nearly 300 people. a plane crash in venezuela killed at least 14 on board, but 33 others survived. and that time iger is the hurricane man ster. grown into a category 4 storm packing 150-mile-an-hour winds. it is expected to continue to grow and could hit bermuda, dead on, as a major category 5 hurricane. back to hardball.
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