Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20171

Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20171017

More indications crews are getting a handle on the ferocious wildfires after a brutal week. The series of fires claimed 41 lives. The latest a cal fire contractor. Killed today while driving a water truck that went off the road 102 people are listed as missing in sonoma and napa counties. 11,000 firefighters are still tackling the remaining fires burning in stubborn corners of rough terrain. Cal fire has new containment numbers of the major northbay fires. The pocket fire is 45 contained. The tubs fire is 75 contained. The nuns fire is at 53 containment. The atlas fire is 70 contained. Live coverage. Bill martin is tracking position is meant to conditions. Deborah is live in santa rosa. One hospital is carrying the load of 3. First to jana in rutherford where the nuns fire is burning on a ridge behind worldFamous Vineyards. Reporter we are just outside the ingle winery. It is just down the road on highway 29. We have seen flames of they are on that ridge. There is ash coming down. There is a strong smell of smoke right here. Although other parts of napa county have been cleared and people are being allowed back to the neighborhoods this is one area with the fire is still burning. Reporter a darkness fell flames gloat behind some napa valley most famous wineries. Fire trucks from reno and cal fire lined up monitoring the ridge that was burning behind the ingle note winery in rutherford. Just south on highway 29 at the back of the winery the vineyard roads were full of fire crews. Cal fire said bulldozers finish carving out a containment line a mile behind the vineyards. Fresh crews arrived to help. My company is from salem oregon. We are helping the fight the fire. Reporter the terrain treacherous. Early monday morning the driver of a water tender died after the vehicle flipped over off the road. We are very sorry for the loss of the gentleman that was driving the water tender. Helping to fight the fires and do the right thing. Unfortunately at this point we dont know what happened. Reporter the battle ongoing here on napa counties westside. Smoke visible monday from Oakville Grocery swirl from the hills to the vineyards. They have been using air support plan to let the fire burn down to their containment line. Im using those helicopters for those water drops directly through the canopy and down to the surface it proves to be effective. There is a lots of small fingers the canyons that come down to make it dangerous to put firefighters directly into that area. The fuels are very dense in that area as well. Reporter cal fire is planning to let the fire burn into the containment line. We have seen some of their fire engines and bulldozers because they want to make sure it doesnt go beyond that. The nuns fire has been burning today. The north into the west of sonoma and oaklawn area. Cal fire officials are very concerned about fatigue. The firefighters have been fighting this since last sunday. They are looking into whether that might have been a factor in that water tender driver that went off the road. That orange glow behind you has gotten brighter. You can see it on the ridge. Reporter you can. It has spread. Is started off on the side. It has moved a little bit further over. They are certainly i understand bear canyon on the other side. They want to contain it there and not have it spread here. You saw the famous wineries in the past. That is the last thing anyone wants. Cal fire is working to contain in of the fire near Sugarloaf Ridge state park. Right outside of kenwood in Sonoma County. The oaklawn fire is a new fire that started on saturday when the winds kicked up. It is burned 1000 acre. It is 16 contained. The park report said is popular observatory and Visitor Center are still standing. People in Sonoma County returned home when officials lifted evacuation orders for kenwood lynn ellen in the city of sonoma. Evacuation orders extended to the city of sonoma with the nuns fire burning homes northeast of downtown. Of east seventh street and council road. Cal fire says the immediate danger for the city of sonoma has left it. Crews continue to make Good Progress on the nuns fire. For evacuees who spend days away from home it was a mixed bag of emotions. Even for those whose homes were spared. Other folks i know are still in mandatory evacuation areas. They are waiting to see if they can go back in. They know their homes are they are. They might be going back to a charred wasteland. Some orders and road closures remain in effect tonight. For a complete list go to our website ktvu. Com and click on web links. Two of santa rosas hospitals remain closed for a third has been shouldering the load. Deborah is live in santa rosa Memorial Hospital where patients numbers have almost doubled. Reporter an average week is 700. This past week 1200 patients. 36 babies born. This is the largest, since her in three counties. If one hospital is to stay open it is fortunate it was this one. Reporter during the firestorm First Responders were pulling people out of their homes and yards. Some suffering smoke inhalation and burns. Memorial hospital saw 60 patients in the early going. We had five major burn victims in the first probably four hours. Reporter they want to burn centers. Doctors expected more injuries. The credit the rescues that once on. They were saving 20 or 30 victims per truck. In that first couple hours. Reporter a 59yearold man with a broken neck and spine. His brother says he was on his motorcycle when he was hit by a fire engine. Here comes a fire truck blinded by the smoke. Ran him right over. Now he is in icu. Not looking good at all. Reporter video from sutter hospital across town shows how people were evacuated as fire approach. Sutter in a nearby kaiser facility were threatened. Going into labor during the fire in santa rosa moms shifted to hospitals other than those they expected. She is coming. I was freaking out thinking all these fires are happening. How long am i going to be here . Is the place going to catch on fire . Reporter she was supposed to give birth at sutter. She ended up with memorial. Trying to stay focused on what was happening. The fact that we were bringing a baby into our home. It was on my mind. Will i have a house to bring her home to . It will always be a reminder of what was going on. And what the community was going through. You want to help to make sure it is the best day of their life. No matter what is happening outside these doors. One patient who lost his home, for him i told him i can relate. Reporter this nurse lost her home while working that night tending to victims. She was stoic until a patient expressed sympathy. I broke down in front of him and cried. He was so sweet and understanding. Reporter st. Josephs health runs queen of the valley hospital. Help is being offered to all employees affected by fire. Especially for finding new housing. Caregivers cant help others if their lives are falling apart. There are so many stories coming out of heroism big and small. They are coming out of santa rosa in the north bay. A man who was burned while saving his disabled roommate who is in a wheelchair. Reporter it is worse than i thought. Reporter the first time he has seen what is left of his coffee park home. The bushes burned me as i walked out. Reporter he barely survived the firestorm that swallowed his neighborhood. What do we have here . Reporter is a full time caregiver for a paraplegic. She wasnt going to go down. Everything burst into flames. Of the bushes and flames went cobalt bright. Reporter he wrapped her with wet blanket and brought her and her cat across the street to the park for the next 3 1 2 hours the dodge members burning shingles and even a car hurled by the fire tornado. This car flew from that street in midair to their. We were right there. There was at least five times where we were going to die. Reporter flames surrounded them. He believed the well water park would be safe. He kept pushing the wheelchair. Seeking refuge behind a redwood tree. There are spiritual things here. We were protected by. What we went through is pretty heavy. Reporter he suffered first and 2nd degree burns. She escaped unscathed. He likens coffee park to a war zone. I have a lot of vietnam veteran friends. I never knew what they went through. I went through it. I got some bragging to do myself. Reporter paramedics rescued them. His dog did not make it out the fire. I told him his actions were nothing less than heroic. I cannot go there. We all go on automatic and we know what to do. Our instincts popped in. But i wasnt a hero for my dog. That is the hard part. Reporter with no car clothes and house he doesnt know what he will do. They might rebuild. Right now it is a waiting game with the insurance company. This is a spiritual time we all share. We are all the same. With ourselves or without it. There is nothing left. Coming up loved ones remembering retired doctor tried to leave home the night of the fire but never made it. She had the wheel to live. She had the will to live. She got as far as she could. We have Better Weather this week for firefighters. We will let you know what you can expect heading into tuesday. President trump pushing for tax reform. We go live to washington dc for his plan and how he is working with republicans to try and get it done. At Stanford Health care, we can now use a blood sample to detect lung cancer. If we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. And if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. If we can use patients genes to predict Heart Disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. Imagine what we can do for you. Imagine what we can do for the conditionhey grandpa. T us all. Hey, kid. Really good to see you. You too. You tell grandma you were going fishing again . Maybe. vo the best things in life keep going. Thats why i got a subaru, too. Introducing the allnew crosstrek. Love is out there. Find it in a subaru crosstrek. President trump said he thinks there is a very good chance Congress Passing tax reform legislation this year. Is working well with republicans. Despite his frustration over the failure of the healthcare bill. Caroline is live with todays show of solidarity. Reporter President Trump and the majority leader of the senate have been at odds. The to made up today over lunch and taxes. Reporter President Trump campaigning tonight for a candidate in South Carolina after an important meeting with the man from kentucky. Despite his pointed tweets and public jabs the president said he incident majority leader leader Mitch Mcconnell are friends working to get tax reform past. Who want to make sure the middle class is the biggest beneficiary of tax cuts and tax reform. It has been 30 years since this effort was undertaken successfully. We will succeed this time. Reporter they will need almost every vote to pass legislation. A plan that democrats say favors the rich pay i believe we have a good chance. I believe mitch feels the same way. Of getting the taxes done. Hopefully fairly long before the end of the year. Reporter Officials Say these goals are just the beginning. The goal is to move forward on tax reform Immigration Reform in the wall. Healthcare infrastructure probably next year. Reporter ivanka trump Jared Kushner hosted a party for symbolist. Senators. If they lose more than a few republicans they will need the support of some democrats. Here in california the governor has vetoed a bill that wouldve forced residential candidates to disclose tax reforms the governor said he had concerns the bill might have been unconstitutional. Legislation was clearly aimed at President Trump who is the first president in 40 years not to share his tax returns with the public. All 3 major indexes closed at a new record high. Dow gained 85 points. Nasdaq of 18. S p added 4. Financial Intent Companies sectors on the plus side. Care companies fail. Netflix share after beating expectations for subscriber growth. The Weinstein Company reached a preliminary deal to sell the bulk of its assets. The Company Board member said in a Statement Today the movie studio reached the agreement with Colony Capital for a immediate cash infusion. Private equity firm has experience in distressed hollywood assets. The company is reeling from Sexual Harassment allegations towing back decades against harvey weinstein. Jury selection in the trial of a man charged with shooting and killing kate finally in San Francisco two years ago. 84yearold undocumented immigrant josi garcia has pleaded not guilty to Second Degree murder. He has said he found the gun and it went off accidentally killing steinle. We are told 160 jurors reported to San Francisco superior court. As many as 1000 potential jurors filled out questionnaires this month. Case against a man accused of killing two sheriffs deputies is finally getting underway. Three years after the crimes were committed. Louise undocumented immigrant from mexico. Accused of shooting and killing 37yearold sheriffs deputy danny holub are and Michael Davis junior. Pretrial hearings are underway in the case. Some Lawmakers Point to the fact he had been deported twice before the shootings. Saying the case demonstrate the need for Immigration Reform. I do support making sure we have a secure border. And that people that are here are here legally. Have always supported immigration. We ought to be able to control was sort of immigration we want coming to the country. One of the reasons the case is taken so long to go to trial is that defense lawyers pushed for a change of venue but it was denied. Jury selection is expected to begin next week. Bay area inmate has been accidentally released from jail for the second time. He was released from Alameda County jail. Sheriff Officials Say he was supposed to be transferred to San Mateo County in an auto burglary charge. Due to a technical error in this communication he was let go. Officials issued a warrant for his arrest. He is not considered a threat to the public and are not releasing his name. The previous incident happened in september at the santa clara jail. That inmate was found a week later at a san jose golf course. A big difference this week. Tonight even in terms of the weather for firefighter and clearing out the airquality. A weather system to the north that will bring wet weather to the fire zones heading into the tail end of the week. We have some clouds overhead. Even some patchy fog that wants to return. Complete opposite from last week. We have the wind advisories and the red flag warnings. We had it all. This week a much better scenario for cal fire. A few clouds overhead now. Market street in bainbridge. No patchy fog. Light winds. 55 degrees. 54 humidity. Much better than it has been. The windsor,. For San Francisco tomorrow morning a few clouds. We just saw on the satellite. Lunch time 67 degrees. Beautiful day. It is not going to be as warm as it was today. Today will end of being the warmest day of the week. The rest of the week will trended down. As we get towards thursday and into friday we have a shot for showers. We will talk about that in the help that can be for firefighters. A lot like today. A little bit cooler. Patchy fog return to the coast tomorrow night. North bay county can export expect poor air quality tomorrow. Smoke advisory was in effect today along the spare the air alert for the entire bay area. The highest readings for unhealthy air in napa sonoma and solano counties. Officials say we can expect moderate support across the region the next few days. Authorities on the lookout for looters. These people have been through enough. The warning from law enforcement. How one homeowner is taking matters into his own hands. He is a raider. Later in sports the move across the bay by linebacker Navarro Bowman. Losing your home in the middle of a housing crisis. A look at what is next for the fire victims in the north bay. Yummmm. Dennys new holiday pancakes are delicious. You guys can have some if you want. Order now at dennys. Com hows it going down there . Thats good. Lica misses you. Im over it though. laughter thats fine. I miss her more than you anyway. Hey, my window is closing. Yeah thats okay. Alright miles. I love you. phone hangs up yeah i love you too. You get a companion ticketes visaevery year. Card so why not take. Me . I mean i always spell your name right. Seriously, take me, i cant listen to this playlist any longer. Im thinking mexico, and im a quick packer. Police in petaluma arrested a woman who was suspected of stealing from fire evacuees. They located katie lenhard after a tip from a male theft victim said that the cash a fraudulent check against her bank account. They found an active arrest warrant against her. She was on probation and had credit cards and checkbooks in her possession the belonged to fire evacuees. Officer say she may have taken the items from vehicles left behind people fleeing the fires. With all the evacuations looters might target homes untouched by flames. They might want to think twice with some homeowners taking matters into their own hands. Reporter it is a california legal clone of the mp 5. Reporter steve label isnt playing games. He is ready with a submachine gun if looters come inside his house. It is really scary looking. We dont bring it outside at the request of the police. In the event of trouble, or the threat of trouble this thing doesnt really need to be pointed at anyone. Reporter all to the neighborhood at times like these warning people they will be shot if they steal from homes. People have stolen from homes and firefighters. This man acc

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