i'll be followed by the american red cross. >> thank you. i would like to give you an update on red cross activities. we continue to move thousands of our volunteers from all over the country to the impacted area along was -- along with tractor-trailers of supplies to support the effort. i want to make sure everyone was aware of the family reunification and cement we had -- instrument found on our help"e under the " get . you can post, your loved ones can search that website to find out if you are ok. i would like to ask that you consider donating blood. 140ave had to cancel over theredrives which means are over 2500 people that were unable to give blood that were planning to prior to this event. if you're outside the impacted area i would ask that you make an appointment and give blood. i also would like to encourage to consider volunteering with the red cross or other volunteer organizations and you can be part of the team that comes in to help secure immunity's. thank you. a turnover to my friend with the office of disability integration.

red cross doctors and nurses. among the burn adults one system and. swedish transport vehicles were to be allowed into germany to collect scandinavian prisoners from other concentration camps and move them to knowing the government. allied forces by now in the control of the skies over germany were informed of the plan. their response would give the whole campaign its name. printed up spoke to some commander of the allied forces and said ok we're doing this rescue actions and please don't bombard us and then the soldier said no we can't guarantee you that so it's better if you take the bus as white or if we can see which buses belong to your rescue action. and so they decided on painting the bus as white. and they decided to put the swedish sloc to paint it on the roof so that the planes could see are these are non german buses but these are going to neighboring buses. on march the eighth one thousand nine hundred forty five the first column of swedish buses there white paint still wet boarded a ferry and the swedish court of moma. four days later the

and red cross markings landed here. with the first arab israeli war already raging across palestine the un mediator count fall kept them up dogs had come to jerusalem. that same afternoon. as it passed through the israeli controlled part of the city. his convoy was ambushed. one jeep blocked the way and three guys with machine guns came out. to us i went up to the fourth quarter. third one and went directly to the third. shot through the window. by five pm trump and adopt was dead. the assassination was carried out by and the stream missed zionist. lahey. fighters for the freedom of israel. i don't think anybody in israel shed a tear or below the level of the. eternal to be and then the me of the state of israel and of the zionist dreams. yet only three years earlier bernadotte had made another trip. flying into nazi germany on the biggest humanitarian efforts of world war two. he would save more than thirty thousand prisoners from the concentration camps. a third of them. then the adult was not an enemy of the jews and

cross and laughing and yelling and thinking they would be rescued no because red cross buses were arriving and then they had to say no sorry we are only taking the scandinavian prisoners. bernadotte wanted to try to save those they have been forced to leave behind. to return would mean facing a danger. allied air forces were attacking virtually anything that moved on germany rather it's. on the fifteenth of april the white buses left free drugs on their most dangerous mission yet. a long trip south to to rasie and shot in what is today the czech republic. there were no the utility. we stayed overnight in tennessee and stopped and there were four hundred jews i think it was families we were picking up there and the. or the not there you're the saw and during the night while we slept they loaded up the bus hosts they were everything was ready there were there were some complaints one baby carrots just what in fits and we had to throw them away that i remember. after a perilous return journey they achieved what looked impossible just weeks. in fact curating four hundred twenty four danish. th

cross and laughing and yelling and thinking they would be rescued no because red cross buses were arriving and then they had to say no sorry we are only taking the scandinavian prisoners. bernadotte wanted to try to save those they have been forced to leave behind. to return would mean facing a danger. allied air forces were attacking virtually anything that moved on germany rather it's. on the fifteenth of april the white buses left free drugs on their most dangerous mission yet. a long trip south to to rasie and shot in what is today the czech republic. there were no the utility of. we stayed overnight in that area and stopped and there were four hundred jews i think it was families we were picking up there and the. or the not that the other saw and during the night while we slept they loaded up the busses they were everything was ready there were there were some complaints one baby carriages but in fits and we had to throw them away that i remember. after a perilous return journey they achieved what looked impossible just weeks. in fact you're waiting for one hundred twenty four danish.

cross and she's joining us live from darren darren in north carolina at the red cross center very good to have you with us on al-jazeera i'm so how is your organization preparing today with harken flaunts. well we're doing a couple of things right now of course we are trying to mobilize as many people and supplies and materials into the area as we can but it really created hearing the emergency messages that you just shared from local and national authorities because it's also our job to help amplify that preparedness message we are here to receive people in our emergency shelters and evacuation centers so we also want people to heed these warnings and prepare themselves and their families whether that's going to be staying in place or if they are have to evacuate to make sure that they are bringing things with them to make their stay at one of our shelters as comfortable as possible but some are you comparing any differently or taking extra precautions given just how big strong sense predicted to be. well this is what the red cross does we certainly learned a lot from the hurricane se

red cross and other private nonprofits continue to prestage resources in the atlantic area. just like to settle the expectations in the public has not experienced staying in a shelter in the past, you'll be safe, but conditions are spartan. we ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you, and we'll keep you safe until the storm passes. then post landfall and post impact, you'll be more comfortable situation for you. but, also, i would like to thank the opportunity to say this storm is a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you're fortune enough not to be impacted, we would like to have you consider being a volunteer. you can do that at redcross.org or any of the other fine agencies that you choose to volunteer with. thank you. >> and, folks, one of the most powerful arms of the whole community is the nongovernmental organizations like the red cross and here again, when the storm passes, this is about neighbor helping neighbor to the federal government. if you're looking to get involved and you're not in, you know, the carolina

he was to chair the international red cross conference and it was a chance to see his family. he took me out for a whole day we went to see a movie enters or football and things like that and i remember afterwards to having my father for myself a whole day was a day and a fantastic thing to happen. once. before returning to the middle east he arranged to meet in paris three weeks later . for her birthday. it was a meeting he would never make. during the first two weeks of september one thousand nine hundred forty eight bernadotte spent what would prove to be the last days of his life in rhodes putting the final touches to a revised peace plan. completed on the sixteenth of september it contained a major concession to israel jerusalem the city would no longer be under arab control it would be administered by the united nations. but this change had come to light. six days earlier in an apartment in tel aviv's ben yehuda street the commanders of leahy the stern gang had come together to seal the fate of falcon bernadotte. not ten year lemole voted against the assassination of the

betsy, the red cross, every time we go out and cover these hurricanes or other disasters, the red cross is always a sign that people look forward to because there is a sign of stability there. but apparently we've still got some time before you get to go out because this thing is not over yet. >> it is so true. hearing your reporter, leland, talk about being limited to travel around just a couple of miles, we are experiencing the same thing. over the last 24, 36 hours or so, movement has been very difficult for us. the safety of our workforce is very important to us, the safety of the people who are seeking shelter with those. we have been sheltering in place and working on taking care of the people who have needed us. as people are able to get to our shelters, welcoming the new arrivals and all the time. last night we had 20,000 people throughout the east coast for their shelters are open. >> trace: the red cross is just done a phenomenal work for so many years. betsy, when you get the all clear, when things ease of, what is the first task at hand for you and your organization? >> asse

cross and the helicopter red cross carried emergency and medical supplies now situation on the ground we do know that press in an interim president djoko we don't know has arrived in palo to personally supervise the emergency process he's been briefed by the chief security minister. mr way around so who's been staying in who has arrived in public since yesterday and particularly what was most worrying is reports of looting in some part of or are we seem to have lost contact with tommy there we're trying to get back to him later on in the show. the gulf crisis has led to exchanges that the u.n. general assembly between catherine the countries imposing the blockade the u.n. is foreign minister again accused of supporting terrorism causes representative blind the u.s. for creating instability in the region as she was about those at the u.n. in new york. there have been heated exchanges between qatar and its neighbors saudi arabia the united arab emirates and about how they accused qatar of sponsoring extremism and destabilizing the region accusations strongly dismissed by qatar which sai

and red cross markings. into the account but it is cut by united nations that last hope mediate it was a record every time they did it rated him above suspicion of advantages of living in tel aviv is best up to his first task was to bring about a cease fire. which needed that he went to the different capitals in kind of shuttle diplomacy which he really invented because everybody was very impressed about his energy here that the temple we used when he was traveling around and there you can see he made all possible efforts to bring this ceasefire about. after only ten days in the middle east bernadotte scored his first success. on the ninth of june he amounts to a four week truce. if it had been a food federal politician knowing all the tricks i'm not sure he would have succeeded better because. they were surprised by this total openness he never had this diplomatic roundabouts all the time and many people say that that was clear advantage. by the end of june after weeks of diplomacy bernadotte was finally ab

it's red cross coordinator who sneak in jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world bulls have just closed in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia where people are voting in a landmark referendum it's to decide whether to change the country's name to the republic of north macedonia that could settle a decades long dispute with neighboring greece which has a province called macedonia the result could pave the way to nato and e.u. membership. german chancellor angela merkel has accused u.s. president donald trump of undermining the united nations last week trump used to second address to the assembly to criticize multilateralism saying each country must look out for its own interests echo one trump against destroying the un adding multilateralism was a solution to many of the worlds. pierce hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one driver standings after taking victory in the russian grand prix the british driver took first place thanks to a little help from his mercedes to make valtt

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the red cross and other nonprofits continue to pre-stage resources in the theater of operation idiomatic. just like to set expectations, if the public has not experienced staying in the shelter in the past, you will be safe but conditions are sparsely ask you to bring your toothbrush, your pillow, other comfort items with you and we will keep you safe until the storm passes and then post landfall and post impact it will be more comfortable situation for you. but also would like to take the opportunity to say that this storm is a a significant event. our resources will be stretched. if you're fortunate enough not to be impacted we would like to have you considered being a volunteer. you can do that at redcross.org or any of the of the other fine agencies that you choose to volunteer with your thank you. >> and folks, one of the most powerful arms of the whole community is the nongovernment organizations like the red cross and here again when this storm passes this is about a neighbor helping neighbor all the way up to the federal government. if you're looking to get involved and are not i

the red cross and other private nonprofits continue to push resources into theater of operations in the atlantic area. i like this a little expectations that the public has not experienced from florence we are working with the armies installation management command to ensure the dams on fort bragg north carolina for jackson south carolina, any effects of florence are mitigated. in terms of navigation where closely working with our partners from noaa and u.s. coast guard and prepared to rapidly open federal channels, other navigation. and finally in flood response we are integrated state and local county governments to provide assistance and flood fighting both before the storm and after. thank you. >> thank you. next up are partners of the coast guard rear admiral. >> the safety of the people in hurricane florence path of the own coast guard men and women and the film is our top priority and were looking close concert with fema and other federal, state and local partners in preparing for this storm. in preparation for the storm we've taken the following actions. the ports of wilmington

many injured are being evacuated by the red cross estimates that more than one point six million people have been affected there are particular concerns about the nearby town of dung where the impact is so unclear the gol is home to over two hundred seventy thousand people but there has been no communication with anyone there since friday afternoon the indonesian president is visiting palo to assess the damage and reassure the people that more help is on the way but for now bodies continue to fill the streets of palo an anxious survivors are being warned not to return to their homes as aftershocks continue door such a al-jazeera. journalist tom is gypped is live in the indonesian capital jakarta joins us that's now so rescue teams are reaching more more than my getting into this mean that they can now deploy into some of those cuttlefish areas like. we have the first batch of rescue team from the indonesian team cross. today they sent two choppers bringing medical and eight supplies it's not clear though whether we whether they come back with of a more clearer pictures of the damage we

english stated red cross is an excellent organization to go ahead and volunteer with. go to our website and find the other organizations to find out how to afate yeah with them so you're prepared to respond in a coordinated way as we bring response and recovery to these disaster affected communities. thank you. >> [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> that was it. as a reminder, state your name and limit it to one follow-up for time considerations. >> yes, ma'am. >> i think this might be a question for rear admiral austin. but there's a lot of social media and crowd sourced rescue websites and things, many of them like with harvey, got there before, and whether you think they're safe or effective or you would recommend that people call out to them if 911 isn't working for them? and do they make your jobs harder to do in the long run? >> with social media, i mean, it's the way a lot of people commun

he was to chair the international red cross conference. and it was a chance to see his family. he took me out for a whole day we went to see him a winter's or football and things like that and i remember afterwards to having my father for myself a whole day was a heavy and a fantastic thing to happen. once. before returning to the middle east he arranged to meet estelle in paris three weeks later. for her birthday. it was a meeting he would never make. during the first two weeks of september one thousand nine hundred forty eight bernadotte spent what would prove to be the last days of his life in rhodes putting the final touches to a revised peace plan. completed on the sixteenth of september it contained a major concession to israel jerusalem the city would no longer be under arab control it would be administered by the united nations. but this change had come to light. six days earlier in an apartment in tel aviv's ben yehuda street the commanders of leahy the stern gang had come together to seal the fate of focus bernadotte. not ten year lemole voted against the assassinatio

the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. >>> we potentially have issues in the areas in brown. fire weather watch 11:00 this evening through 5:00 tomorrow evening. it spreads into the central valley. 2.2 million people under the influence there. as far as temperatures today, we have upper 80s in the central valley. 81 l.a. 101, palm springs. 81 81 yosemite. mid to upper 70s tomorrow through sunday in tahoe. >>> san francisco supervisor aaron peskin wants to ban office space on the first three floors of buildings in union square. there are proposals to convert retail space into offices. he doesn't want to see the history you can shopping mecca overrun with desks a er it would impose a $4 per square foot fee for office space. >>> on the peninsula, first responders will conduct a full-scale emergency exertion at san francisco nationa

just to highlight how critical that is, we depend on red cross -- i know red cross is here somewhere. we depend on you so much and it will take time to get that up and running. thanks, trent, you guys are big players in this. next, we're moving on to fleet week, next week. we're all very excited about it. jill raycroft, go ahead. >> thank you. i think the great theme that we can look at through this is the city and county of san francisco will do fairly well for the first three to four days. after that, we're going to need a lot of help. the efforts at sfo, the work done around yellow command san francisco and region-wide is essential. the work that i do around san francisco fleet week program is looking at that seven-day point. we work with the department of defense in the defense support of civil authorities construct, meaning when we have a federally declared disaster, the department of defense can come up from san diego and assist us. this is the eighth year of our program. it's definitely growth. i've talked to colleagues throughout the country and, you know, very few cities run

we will be hearing from the red cross in a few minutes‘ time. our other top story this hour: the authorities in the us state of north carolina are warning of a rising risk to life after record amounts of rainfall were dropped by storm florence. the governor says flash—floods and river floods are likely, and urged people to stay off the roads. chris buckler is there. believe it or not, this is a neighbourhood in north carolina. somewhere underneath all of this water our roads, and deep, deep under that is a garden of one of these houses that has already been damaged as a result of hurricane florence. 0f damaged as a result of hurricane florence. of course, the hurricane has now been downgraded. it is now storm florence, but there are still real worries. and that is because all of this water has been left behind, and still the rain falls. and further inland there is still particular concern about rivers overflowing, about dams potentially breaking, and all of that has left people saying if you have been told to evacuate, you really should do so.

-- red cross volunteers have been helping. >> we are still here and we are going to be here as long as we are needed. we have over 3900 people still in shelters here in north carolina come over my shoulder there is a list of 52 shelters that we have active right now. we know that with the waiver still cresting, there may still be more people who need us. we are going to be here for them. >> the red cross has been actively trying to raise funds and get donations for various items. talk to us about what they still need and what the need is? >> the real need right now where people, and we are extremely grateful for everyone coming on coming to help and coming to help us of things. the best thing right now is to donate. easy sleep you to donate it to text the number of the screen. this is a $10 donation to help people who have been directly affected by the storm. >> how long does the red cross expect to be helping people in the hurricane affected areas? >> for the initial phase we are here for as long as we are needed and as we move to the recovery phase, we will have counselors that wi

cross and laughing and yelling and thinking they would be rescued no because red cross buses were arriving and then they had to say no sorry we are only taking the scandinavian prisoners. bernadotte wanted to try to save those they have been forced to leave behind. to return would mean facing a danger. allied air forces were attacking virtually anything that moved on germany rather it's. on the fifteenth of april the white bosses left free drug store on their most dangerous mission yet. a long trip south to to rasie and shot in what is today the czech republic. there were no the utility of. we stayed overnight in the press and stopped and there were four hundred jews i think it was families we were picking up there and the. or the not there you're the saw and during the night while we slept they loaded up the busses well they were everything was ready there were there were some complaints one baby carriage just wouldn't fit and we had to throw them away that i remember. after a perilous return journey they achieved what looked impossible just weeks. in fact you're waiting for one hundred t

it's red cross coordinator who's meeting jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world and egyptian activist has been fined and handed a suspended prison sentence for criticizing the government's failure to protect women earlier this year amal fati posted a video online in which she spoke out about sexual harassment in egyptian society i'm listing to national have condemned the verdict calling it an outrageous case of injustice. a powerful typhoon is churning towards the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted and train services in parts of the country three hundred thousand homes are without power and authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. tens of thousands of brazilians have protested against the rightwing presidential frontrunner bull sort narrow who was angered rather he has angered women in particular by making light of rape and seeking to justify the gender wage gap on saturday

cross and red crescent societies. we have now been able to get over some groups into. which there is an eleven people that are confirmed dead this number sure arise within those eight hundred thirty two there was unfortunately the mayor and the ex mayor were both killed. there is a lot more destruction than we believed we're still trying to get into the areas that are more remote you know removed world communities and small towns that's going to take time because communication is still a limit on bridges or roads are in bad shape the one way or. the has got a big crack in the middle of it sort of no limits the amount of weights and types of ways it can come in and if you know the people are right now without many things and they're traumatized as they're as the aftershocks keep coming so it's a it's as one expects as you get more in the days past and especially the first base was certified to the extent and this is a major disaster we've just sent in fifteen water trucks we have health teams we have a field clinic we

joining us now spokesperson for the american red cross. i understand that 6,700 people were in your shelters last night. is that the number that you have and tell us what is going on with the red cross right now. >> thanks for having us on. we have an estimated 6,700 people staying in shelters last night. certainly that number will go up. and the way the red cross works ss we take a count every night at midnight. a few hours ago our volunteers were out counting the number of people seeking shelter at one of the 130 locations. throughout the east coast here. and we should have that number updated again sometime early to mid-morning. >> 130 locations. how many states and volunteers do you have? >> well we're prepared to respond to multiple states. up to eleven. where we have people prepositioned. a work frs of 1,500. spread throughout. and the concentration is in south carolina and north carolina. and virginia. that's where we're seeing the greatest impact. and where the shelters are. i'm one of the thousands of people who are here. to suppo

as a red cross nurse, the war took a toll on her. to paid special attention how many people, how many local boys were serving in the war. you can look at some of these she would makee notations of every person in the area. it really is an amazing scrapbook. documenting the local community process experience with the men fighting in the war, but sustaining the war effort. anything about collecting scrap or rationing, she makes an effort to document. it was the topic of everyone's conversation, this is something she flips out about roosevelt. 19 20.ted the area in 12,of the local boys, 10 or gets lost. he is missing. roosevelt is there doing a duck any trip. when everyone finds out, they split up into search parties. roosevelt finds the boy the next morning. he finds him on this island. back.ngs the boy while the war was raging in europe, american officials realized that we needed a well-trained force. they realized louisiana's terrain gave the soldiers many opportunities to train. camethan 400,000 soldiers into the area to engage in t

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if you want a one day with the red cross here before. this all. and i put it all when i was allowed to travel with you in the united nations. to drew's. but i was told to stay the course. bernadotte had come to jerusalem to meet the israeli foreign minister moshe charrette israel's response to burne adopts plan was total rejection. i think they saw him as an enemy of the jewish state he was going to aim reduce by large measure the size of the state the jews were to have so they regarded him as pro arab basically and he was in some ways a an agent of the british government who are regarded rightly or wrongly by the israelis as anti zionist. after the failure of byrne adults first plan and with a full week troops coming to its end. fighting broke out again palestine. three days later bernadotte accompanied by his wife estelle flew into la guardia airport in new york. city. but he wanted to impress on the security council's the urgent need for firm and decisive action. action. that united nations and that. it was setting up. the sick. it's just wrong

he was to chair the international red cross conference and it was a chance to see his family. he took me out for a whole day we went to museum of winter so football and things like that and i remember afterwards to having my father for myself the whole day was a day and a fantastic thing to happen. once. before returning to the middle east he arranged to meet in paris three weeks later . for her birthday. it was a meeting he would never make. during the first two weeks of september one thousand nine hundred forty eight bernadotte spent what would prove to be the last days of his life in rhodes putting the final touches to a revised peace plan. completed on the sixteenth of september it contained a major concession to israel jerusalem the city would no longer be under arab control it would be administered by the united nations. but this change had come to light. six days earlier in an apartment in tel aviv's ben yehuda street the commanders of leahy the stern gang had come together to seal the fate of folk and bernadotte. nothing here lemole voted against the assassination of t

two helicopters from the indonesian red cross have been dispatched to tonglen bringing a merchant. emergency supplies now from the eight hundred thirty two the numbers of the latest. number eleven is actually coming from the angle of what we don't know is whether rescue officials have managed to respond via road because due to the heavy damage conditions. we don't know either is the extent of damage we're starting to see. as we starting to see the utter destruction of dongola from a couple of local t.v. stations here but again there is no official assessment in terms of the number of of houses and building. that's been damaged. earlier we heard that the vice president one of the of this disaster could reach thousands and the forecast is not without any reason because the vice president if you remember was the first was the official who visited. in two thousand and four so he has the experience of seeing the structure of tsunami so he has the experience and memories so i'm afraid. vice president use of color is forecasting. carries a lot of truth in it. reports about people having t

the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s. but, it is almost entirely preventable. most colon cancers start as polyps. and screening finds polyps, so they can be removed, before they even turn into cancer. if you're over 50, get screened for colorectal cancer. screening saves lives. >>> we have a taste of fall in the forecast. even though we don't have the cloud cover out there, the breezes and this cool air mass will keep our temperatures anywhere from 7 to 11 degrees below average. no 80s today. just mainly 60s and 70s. we'll take a look at hawaii when we come back in a moment. here's reggie with more news. >>> thanstarting october, owner san francisco and l.a. will be able to list their porsche vehicles for rent on turo. this is part of two pilot programs to allow potential buyers

currently the red cross are going? currently the red cross is helping more than 20,000 people across six states. we have about 200 shoppers to provide safety a nd have about 200 shoppers to provide safety and food and comfort during this tragic storm. — 200 shelters. we have tremendous flooding, surges and rainfall, and wejust want we have tremendous flooding, surges and rainfall, and we just want to provide a comfortable place for people to feel safe and comfortable with theirfamilies. people to feel safe and comfortable with their families. part of the challenge of this must have been to find places that could act as shelters, given the size of the area affected and the number of people you are dealing with? yes, essentially, we try to figure out places that are not by the water, not by the coast. it is important that we find shelters, work with our partners and finds shelters that are more inland, not close to flooding, where the storm surges won't affect them. some of these shelters may experience power outages t

its red cross could be nato who sneak in jakarta thank you again for making time to speak to us. thank you. time now for some of the other stories making news around the world a powerful typhoon is lashing the japanese mainland threatening a region still reeling from a storm last month high winds and heavy rainfall have halted air and train services in parts of the country three hundred thousand homes are without power authorities have ordered the evacuation of more than half a million people. busted on eons of voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether or not to add the word north to the country's name making it the republic of north macedonia it's a tweak that could settle a decades long disputed neighboring greece which has a province called macedonia the result could pave the way to nato and e.u. membership. it on must founder of the electorate come a contest will step down as chairman of the company a probe by the u.s. securities and exchange commission concluded that must misled investors with tweets about the company's future tesla has agreed to pay a multimillion d

as a red cross nurse, the war took a toll on her. she paid special attention to how many people, how many local boys were serving in the war. and what it cost them. thesen look and some of pictures and see she would make notations of every person in the area. writing notes, killed in a crash. it really is an amazing scrapbook. she was not only documenting the local community's experience with the men fighting in the war, but sustaining the war effort. anything about collecting scrap or rationing, she makes an effort to document. here is a picture that she clips out and makes a notation and says, a wave of hysteria swept over the nation for several days following the announcement of president roosevelt's death. it was the topic of everyone's conversation. here is one of the articles she clips out about president roosevelt. he actually visited a town called lake arthur in 1920. one of the local boys, 10 or 12, gets lost. he is missing. roosevelt is therefore a duck hunting trip. when everyone finds out, they split up into search partie

cross. 800-red-cross or 800-733-2767. wave at everybody. you can also text the word florence to the number 90999. they get $10 donation. >> waiting for your call. >>> excellent. >>> moving on, an oakland institution closed after 38 years in business. a line of people makes its last -- the owner, apparently wants to retire. the family does have a second location on international boulevard. that you'll be glad to know is staying open. >>> a 10-year-old girl has a reason to smile. look at that. the newest defender. >>> we want to thank kay ramon for this picture. share your pictures with us with the #abc 7 now. >>> you may see your pretty you could generate yourat home.rgy, or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. >>> i'm a.m. a daet coming up at 6:00, democrats in the white house square off over the kavanaugh. they look over the vetting process from the perspective of someone who went through it twice already. >>> we want to make sure everybody connects as electric cars. >>

>> right now, last night, the red cross had 5500 people in 59 red cross shelters. we are just sheltering in place. it's not the time to be moving around. it's time to shelter in place wherever you are. we are a good team in south carolina. our partners, we work with our government partners, we are taking care of people in south carolina but you just need to shelter in place at this point. neil: apparently the biggest issue will be power going out for thousands of folks at a time, because it's going to go click, click, click, we're told as this makes its way inland. what do you do in that event? >> the majority of our shelters have generators. we're prepared with things like mres and bottled water, knowing we may have to do without electricity in our shelters for a couple of days. neil: what about, i know this seems like kind of a vague question, folks who are just dealing with this and now have been hearing about it, the arrival, now nonstop rain, maybe weeks without power if it comes to that, that's at least what duke power is saying, this is testing a lot of nerv

that's for the red cross. it's 1-800-red-cross. you can also text the word florence to the number 90999. >>> in the north bay, pg&e is preparing to install more weather stations to track fire danger in marin county. the utility has already installed 100 stations across the state. they plan to complete 100 more within the next year. that's in addition to the eight stations installed earlier this year, in nicasio, woodacre, fairfax and novato. it's tracked at pg&e operations center in san francisco. >>> a shocking incident at yellowstone national park over the weekend. a man comes dangerously close to old faithful. the warning for tourists. >>> do you recognize this man? he's wanted in the east bay and could be connected to an international crime ring. >>> you're no more than than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. by thursday we're flirting with 90s in the south bay. mid-90s inland east bay, 90s in the north bay. this is customizable str...whatever size.r family. it's saving money with flexible channel packs. live tv a

the red cross arranged the hotel for us. they gave me that break, that leverage, to be able to get it together and... take care of them, you know? i feel like we've come full circle. like that! this is how i'll do it. sarah: there you go. >>> speaking of hurricane florence, let's take a look at the radar, the future radar. that's what you're seeing here, the yellows, greens, oranges. it moves right up the spine appalachia appalachians. storms of normal variety will fill in behind it. pretty quiet pattern here at home. 81, sacramento. breezy along the coast. 62 in eureka. 79, san diego. 107, palm springs. a look at the next week. tahoe, temperatures in the mid-70s through thursday and friday. upper 60s for the weekend. jessica? >>> mike, thank you. on the peninsula, a coalition of doctors, nurses, emts is and other health care professionals will gather to denounce gun violence. the noon rally will be one of 40 across the measure. they want to treat firearm violence as a crisis and epidemic. among the goals is teaching medical

and red cross markings. into the account but it is cut by united nations that last hope it it was a record every time they did it rated him above suspicion of advantages of living in tel aviv is best up to his first task was to bring about a cease fire. which needed that he went to the different capitals in kind of shuttle diplomacy. which he really invented because everybody was very impressed about his energy hit the the temple we used when he was traveling around and there you can see he made all possible efforts to bring this ceasefire about. after only ten days in the middle east bernadotte scored his first success. on the ninth of june him mounts to a four week truce. if it had been food federal politicians doing all the tricks i'm not sure he would have succeeded better because. they were surprised by this total openness he never had this diplomatic roundabouts all the time and many people say that that was clear advantage. by the end of june after weeks of diplomacy bernadotte was finally able to unv