. >> frank phillips was an oil man. first and foremost he was an oil man, phillips 66 was a company he founded just north of us here in tulsa and oklahoma. it became the headquarters of phillips 66 and today he you still see the familiar phillips 66 shield on many highways and streets and especially in this country as well. phillips 66 has become as familiar to any people out here as a coke bottle, it's that iconic in the minds of many motorists. will frank got his start in the oil business in a convoluted way, he was not from oklahoma, he was born on the nebraska front tier out in the loop valley. his father was a civil war veteran and fought in the union army, his parents moved out to brassica territory and that's where he was born in 1874. they came back shortly after that, the phillips, to their home country in southwestern iowa and that's where frank grew up. so you had those basically midwestern roots, it came from a big family, many brothers and sisters, he was the oldest and the dominant sibling, by far. his amb

you still have the phillips 66 brand name. still phillips offices in all of these disease and you still see the sign pumping gas, but it not the same. like so many businesses that now we have people with mbas and proper education and not quite as color for, a little more predict the ball, great folks, but they are not quiet lake the old oilmen. >> while in austin retired on d.w. carter at home of william sydney porter, author of the shirt story the gift of the magi. i am back >> william sydney porter better known as the hummer was a great american short story writer. there were 30400 shirts tories and he was not her having with endings. a good example is a gift of the magi which is probably the most famous story about a poor couple who want to buy each other christmas presents. she has this law which areas hair the sheik had stood by her husband a father for his pocket watch and meanwhile he sells his pocket watch to buy her the columns she's been coveting for her long hair. a lot of people know henry is a new york short story

." >> phillipe :now that the swat team. and, military style equipement are no longer outside his house. >> : "whole street was closed up." >> phillipe :andriy birko recorded video, and snapped several pictures of police going door-to-door saturday. searching for the second suspect on madrone avenue. >> : "i heard shots there and i was outside and i knew he was not in my backyard, but i checked." >> phillipe :four o'clock saturday afternoon. a police response at the motel six on west ahwanee quickly went awry. when officers ended up in a foot chase with two men reportedly involved in suspicious activity in a car parked outside the motel. >> : "it was probably a drug deal gone bad or something, but who knows." >> phillipe :the sunnyvale department of public safety says during the chase. the first suspect dropped some ammunition. then behind this building, and officer opend fire, killing the man. >> : "through our investigation, we have found a firearm next to his body and an additional firearm in the backpack that he was carr

and then phillips d6 is -- phillips 66 is a separate story. warren buffett came in and said berkshire hathaway would take a $4 billion stake in the company. refiners are already doing pretty well compared to oil companies and doing even better now that warren buffett likes them. back to you. scarlet: we are counting down. an hour and 15 minutes ago. the obama administration is drafting potential corrective measures aimed at china and hacking networks. hulu has reached an extensive multiyear deal with the cable channel ethics. shows fromng new paramount. and it hasn't been a good year for endowments at the nation's public universities. they are reporting fiscal 2016 -- 2015 returns that failed to meet industry standards. ae university of texas had 3.3 percent return. ohio state, indiana, and the university of florida were all below 5%. as we mentioned at the top of the hour, cisco announcing it is network devices in partnership with apple. cory johnson joins us. a big announcement coming out of the cisco and will sales conference. what does it

. >> phillipe :pam. the best part about this new technology is that it isn't confined to just football. but all contact sports. during all practices. and, all games. this device. >> : "the triax smart impact monitor." >> phillipe :now worn by san rafael high school's entire football program. >> : "it sits in a headband or a scull cap or a water polo cap, just like that end that sits on the back of the head." >> phillipe :the sensors track the amount of force each individual player absorbs. >> : "the trainer's alerted immediately when the impact of a certain g-force occurs." >> phillipe :much like what happened when this player took a hard hit. >> : "i have the field unit for the triax impact sensors." >> phillipe :on her phone and this box. head athletic trainr shana mckeever was notified right away that the player needed attention, later determining he sustained a concussion. >> : "i just kind of flags that athlete as someone to go have a conversation with. check in with him. make sure they're safe to g

. >> phillipe :he has been shopping at this supermarket for most of his life but he says never again >> : "it was disgusting." >> : "oh, my f* * * g god, it's alive." the fleet >> phillipe :that's the voice of mark wolfe's friend, just seconds after the two spot a bug in their sushi. >> : "it was sickening." >> phillipe :the disgusting discovery found in one of two pre-packaged boxes of sushi wolfe purchased just before 11 o'clock in the morning. >> : "and, you're sure that it's a cochroach? im absolutely positive." >> phillipe :wolfe says buying sushi at this lucky's supermarket on fulton street is nothing new for him. >> : "i always get sushi from this store. and, is there ever a problem? i've never had a problem like this before." >> phillipe :that all changed, when after wolfe and his friend scarfed down the first box. mark saw what he says appeared to be a dead bug on a piece of sushi and snapped photos of it. >> : "i immediately closed it up -- was pretty grossed out. then i noticed about a minute later when i was looking for the receipt that the coachroach had disappeared. sho

wendy gradison ceo of prs and piper phillips ceo of phillips programs for children and families. ladies thank you so much for joining us today. i really appreciate it. this is an exciting time. a lot of work. i appreciate you taking time out of your schedules to talk to us. as children, parents ramping up their days or months to try to get back into the flow of getting back to school, it's important that really our kids have everything that they need to start the school year, but that's not really a reality for a lot of kids in the area. and it's a stressful time as well. stressful for kids. stressful for parents. whether because, maybe the fact that they don't have the supplies that they need adds to that. can we speak to some of the stressor, pressures as parents and kids in the area are going through right now as they prepare to go back to school. >> when you think about teens that's such a vulnerable time and these young people are struggling with so many issues. returning to school not having their routines yet. they are struggling with anxiety, with stress, with depression.

. >> phillipe :oakland police chief sean whent. >> : "it was a loaded firearm, yes." >> phillipe :holds up a photo of the nine millimeter handgun found next to the suspect after officers opened fire. >> : "the suspect did not fire any rounds at the police, no." >> phillipe :the chief says this all started in the afternoon, when officers in east oakland tried stoppng a car wanted in connection with an armed robbery reported in oakland last month. >> : "but the person did not stop and a vehicle pursuit ensued." >> phillipe :the suspect. a 24-year old man from oakland. led police to the 27th street freeway off-ramp, where he crashed into a car and tired carjacking another. before three officers surrounded him a block away. >> : "and, at that point, the suspect advanced towards the officers while holding th firearms in his hand." >> phillipe :chief whent says those officers used a trauma kit like this one to render aid, but that the suspect later died at a hospital. >> : "one thing that we cannot control are the actions of the people we try to arrest and unfortunately, sometimes incidents l

we are immensely grateful to dean phillip butler pour the loan of lincoln cathedral's 12:15 magna carta to the exhibition. the lincoln magna carta returns to lincoln next year, it will be reunited for a brief commemorative event with the three other copies of magna carta that survived from 1215, two of which are kept by the british library, one of which is kept by salisbury cathedral. the british library will display the four surviving manuscripts for one historic day. it will be the first time they've ever been exhibited together. the lincoln magna carta will then be moved to its permanent residence in a dedicated vault specially constructed this year as part of the lincoln castle revealed project. you may have noticed that the magna carta has come to the united states a full year ahead of the 800th anniversary. we are thrilled to be able to stage this exhibit leading up to the magna carta commemorations that are already in the works throughout the united kingdom and indeed the world. our exhibition complements the major magna carta exhibit exhibitions planned in the uk for 2015 as it

phillippe >> phillipe :pam. there's no question this lawsuit may lead riders to pause before jumping into an uber. because it's possible your driver is a felon. most uber drivers wanting nothing to do with our cameras. some totally unaware of the lawsuit against their company. >> : "what kind of lawsuit." >> phillipe :this driver coming to uber's defense, saying he doesn't have a criminal record. but. >> : "do you think if you had one that it would pop up in your background check yes, it would pop up." >> phillipe :despite uber advertising that it does everything it can to ensure its customers' safety. in a lawsuit against the company filed jointly with the los angeles county district attorney. san francisco d-a george gascon lists in the complaint, several drivers who passed uber's background check despite habing criminal histories and driving records that are disqualifying under uber's own rules. >> : "can you trust who is behind the wheel? yeah, because to date, our experiences have been good." >> phillipe :t

>>:the homeless people here we work together and we're good people usually >> phillipe : in concord, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam :new at 11. san francisco police have determined. officers involved in a 20-14 deadly shooting of alex nieto. acted within the department's policies. 28- year old nieto was killed last march. by officers who mistook a taser he was carrying, for a gun. nieto's death sparked numerous protests around the country. calling for an end to police brutality. his family filed a lawsuit against the police department. claiming officers used excessive force. but today, the department released its report saying, officers were within department policy. when they fired their weapons. the bomb squad destroyed the grenades, and no injuries were reported it was a remarkable haul. twelve- thousand pounds of cocaine. seized by the alameda coast guard. from a vessel in the eastern pacific ocean. this is being called one of the largest busts of its kind. with the drugs valued at 181 -million dollars. about four- thousand pounds of cocaine were lost in the water. the b

phillip and reena? >> this is so big, phillip. i'll tell you, when i was, during the iraq war 2003-2005 covering it, these women were right side by side with the infantry guys. they roll in on to these explosive, you know, ied attacks. they're right by their side through all of this doing the same things they are. a lot of them are working as translators, but they're not allowed in the infantry, which at the time -- this is like ten years ago during the war -- there were a lot of people in the military saying that they believe that is going to go by the wayside at some point, that as women push their way forward. and this was a huge step. and a lot of people at the pentagon saying overnight that this is a big deal, so much so that they think that it's going to allow even more women to come through. these are just the first two. there's going to be more significantly in the future. >> as it should, as it should. they're willing to serve and they can pass everything the men can, let them do it, you know. >> we could never do it, rig

. >> phillipe :vicki. no surprise that the overwhelming majority of the fans we spoke with say they don't want to see their team play a home game anywhere other than here at the colisieum. we know the move won't happen *this year -- but everything else is up in the air. after more than a decade of losing. >>:don't go nowhere >> phillipe :the raider nation. >> : "raaaaiiiiddddeerrrss." >> phillipe :finally feels like it has a winner. led by second year quarterback derek carr. and his new offensive weapons -- wide receivers michael crabtree and rookie amari cooper. >> : "we look, really, really, really good." >> : "but they're so big." >> phillipe :and, there's no question the black-hole knows how to tailgate. >> : "oh, fantasitc." >> phillipe :the vibe -- unique to the coliseum. >> : "i come all the way from newcastle, every game." >> phillipe :still, don't let this amazing food fool you. >> : "its the raider nation -- what you talking about." >> phillipe :fans of the silver and black sharing a sour taste i

that is one thing phillips 66 has done well. tom: so they are selling oil like you put in your engine abroad. they are not selling a barrel of oil abroad, right? aip: they are not selling barrel of crude oil, but they are running it through a refinery. tom: i am amazed at the refiners. they have not gone down in price. they have done way better than exxon. vincent: it is the lower-cost input into their "manufacturing" process. they crack the crude into gasoline and distillates. they sell it here domestically or imported from overseas as well -- or imported overseas as well. when spreads narrow, when ti brent narrows, and when crack spreads narrow as well. vonnie: how much, though? 200.ems like i have to buy vincent: wti and brent, and also ti, and the crack spreads for individual products. tom: bring the chart back, if you would. skip york, i was thunderstruck how phillips 66 looks like jpmorgan's chart. why is that? skip: when you have that crude oil export ban in place, you have locked in a six dollar a barrel margin. tom: thi

berkshire hathaway has disclosed a 10% stake in phillips 66. berkshire once held a large position in the u.s. oil refiner but shed nearly two-thirds of it last year when it swapped shares of a chemical business that folded into its ubisol unit. it let the company disclose information confidentially so it can quietly buy a large amount of stocks. they're up by 1%. >> the italian firm eni is trading higher after finding a hughes gas field in the mediterranean. 30 trillion feet of gas spanning 60 square miles. the energy giant said the discovery will kept egypt's energy needs in the coming years. >>> and the rosneft has come in at 134 billion rubles. 20% year over year. the stock slightly lower in trade, but up by 6.6% in the last three months. >>> still to come on "worldwide exchange," bank of new york mellon is scrambling to fix a glitch in funds for more than a week. more on that story coming up. before earning enough cash back from bank of america to buy a new gym bag. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the groce

reena, phillip? >> now to the difficult conditions facing thousands of firefighters across the west. they're battling at least 90 large wildfires which have scorched more than 1500 square miles in the last two weeks alone. several intensifiers near chelan, washington have destroyed more than 70 buildings. resources are so thin, military troops are being trained to help fight the fires. >> soldiers you know, we're hard workers. and it just comes natural to us. >> reporter: when the 200 soldiers being trained are ready, they'll hit the fire line in central washington. an official in idaho says fire conditions there are the worse worst they've been since the mid-1920s. >>> the temperatures in the northwest will be around 90 today making things more difficult for fire crews. there could be more severe storms elsewhere. ginger zee takes a look at the damage and today's outlook. >> reporter: tornado in eastern iowa. these images just streaming in, reports of trees down. no injuries. that tornado embedded i

. >> phillipe :tissues were passed around in a basketball arena that they turned into a memorial >>:i like to thank everybody for their support and love if though she is not with us physically she will always be with us >> phillipe :she then showed us a video blog and shot as the personnel that many came to love and cherish-- showed us >>:she was very funny and windy --witty and very smart >> phillipe :a month ago she was found dead in a dumpster in her apartment complex with a 15 year-old boy charged as her murderer the focus today was on her life, as artists praised the little girl who loved pretzels, popcorn, and had a habit of holding like you both--howling like a wolf >>:the focus is not on evil but on love and how a community can be brought together >> phillipe :that day is now proclaimed as madison middleton day >> vicki : a 69-year-old man has died following a hang-gliding accident in san francisco's golden gate national recreational area. the national park service says the accident occurred this afternoon.immediately after takeoff.and may have involved a mechanical failure. p

phillip and reena. >> turning into an international effort. brandi, thank you so much. >>> there's more rain in the forecast for the southeast today. there could be more scenes like this one in charleston, south carolina. more than 3 inches of rain clogging the streets turning roads into rivers, part of a storm system dumping rain as far north as west virginia. in new york, it was the third straight day of temperatures over 90 degrees making it the big apple's first official heat wave in more than two years. today's heat indexes could be in the triple digits in the northeast. here's justin pavek with the latest from accuweather. morning, justin. >> phillip and reena, thanks and good morning to you. in the pacific northwest, fire fighting conditions unfortunately not looking to improve but rather to deteriorate throughout the next couple of afternoons. increasing winds expected along with low humidity and lots of heat not to mention the extreme drought which continues. so fires will continue to burn from near spokane southbound to boise. northe

. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's start with that severe weather rolling across the middle of the nation. at least two tornadoes were reported in the chicago area late yesterday. the areas they were spotted in are very rural. no initial reports of any damage from the tornadoes. >> take a look at this. the scene at wrigley field in chicago. a strong thunderstorm bringing the tigers/cubs game to a haul. the delay lasted more than two hours before the game could start again. >> several suburban chicago areas were hit hard by the storms. it's believed a lightning strike ignited at least one house fire. at one point nearly 15,000 customers were without power. >> the radar, you can see the system swirling in the midwest. lots of rain coming from those storms plus triple digit temperatures. accuweather's justin povick tracking it all. good morning, justin. >> reporter: phillip and reena thanks, good morning. another steamy start, another steamy afternoon on the way for the northeast and i think it will spark at least a

i'm phillip mena. i'm reena ninan. here a >>> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." donald trump faced tough questions as he reported for jury duty in new york highway his republican rivals try to find support in the key state of iowa. we'll get the latest on the presidential race in just a moment. >>> rude awakening. people across the san francisco bay area are bracing for more aftershocks after getting rattled by an earthquake. the 4.0 magnitude quake shook up homes and knocked pictures off walls but there was no major damage. >>> shell has a green light to drill for oil in the arctic ocean despite opposition from environmentalists. the feds granted shell the final permit to drill off of alaska's northwest coast for the first time in more than two decades. >>> and the head of amazon is disputing a "new york times" story about workplace conditions. jeff bezos says amazon will not tolerate the kinds of business practices described in that article. those are some of our top stories on

phillip, i was curious about your writing this weekend. you said ben carson is really the winner here. why is that? >> i would say he saw the biggest jump in the polls. it's a fairly simple way of looking at it. but as a percentage of where he was beforehand and as just a raw point total, he made the biggest leap. and that's something that was somewhat predictable. there's a lot of interest, like on google when the debate was going on, a lot of people were googling ben carson. but i think he saw the most benefit from the group that was in the top ten debate. in the lower tier debate, obviously, carly fiorina was the big winner. it'll be interesting to see how that works over time. jenna: christopher, the numbers phillip is referring to is the 12% ben carson has now, up five percentage points. do you agree he's the winner when you look at the whole field? >> i think he definitely had the biggest bump from the debate, but it kind of puts a pinprick in the idea that republican primary voters are simply angry, because he's just like donald tru

americans are still without insurance, and in had 2013, we met phillips, and heidi joe castro caught up with paula to see how she's doing. >> reporter: when we first met paula phillips two years ago, she was making less than $10,000 a year, and getting-by-taking care much animals. but the 60-year-old had been living in poverty and hoped that her uterine cancer would stay in remission. >> if it was to return or develop another type of cancer, i would have to let it take me out. >> now two years later, phillips remains cancer free, but she has had a rough time. >> i'm a little worse off. i haven't worked, you know, a full-time or part-time job in almost a year and a half or two years, and my income has gone down about $1,000 per year. >> reporter: unable to of find work due to a bad back and glaucoma, phillips has slipped even further below the federal poverty line, and ironically that means that she still doesn't qualify for government subsidized health had insurance. two years after the healthcare act went into effect, more than 4 million americans remain uninsured. a quarter of them

. >> and i'm phillip mena. it is hot here in new york, across the northeast. >> it was pretty hot here. i was down in florida. i felt like i was taking a shower every three hours. it was so sticky. >> it's officially a heat wave in the northeast into it really is. boy do you feel it. we'll kick it off with the wildfires out west. >> it's complicating things. it is going across the south, the western united states rather. air power being brought in to fight major blazes in several states. >> fire crews are stretched so thin at this moment, they've decided to bring in the military. we're talking 200 active duty military troops. they're being trained in firefighting right now. and they'll head to the fire lines next sunday. abc's brandi hitt has the latest on this desperate battle. >> reporter: an intensifier fight across the west. where massive wildfires are raging out of control in four states. leaving behind a path of destruction. >> i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: more than 30 homes have been

. >> i'm phillip mena. the stock market on everybody's mind this morning. >> china the secd largest economy in the world. a lot of people anxious. it's been a great six years with the stock market in the u.s. very, very strong. some people are saying it's just correcting itself right now. it will be fine. wait it out. this very moment, lots of people watching to see how the stocks will be performing. it's been a mostly positive day on the asian major marks so far. >> the only exchange suffering a seriously sharp decline shanghai, china, where the main index plunged more than 6% right out of the gate before recovering somewhat. >> all that followed by a wild ride on wall street. the dow plummeting it nearly 1100 points yesterday befor closing down 588 points. abc's rebecca jarvis has all the details. >> reporter: it started with a plunge. the dow cratering an unprecedented 1,000 points just minutes after the opening bell. >> it give you little butterflies in your stomach. >> reporter: even veteran traders st

the victim is phillip leon washington, a 50-year-old money courier. he's murdered at the state bank and trust in dallas, texas, just as he is about to make his nightly deposit. >> they've taken someone's father. they've taken someone's husband, someone's brother. it was senseless. they didn't have to take his life. >> surveillance cameras captured the chilling incident, but there are few clues about the perpetrators. >> it's rare to actually capture a murder on video. and it's been extremely frustrating, in fact, that we have the murder on video, and yet, we haven't been able to solve the case yet. the problem is, the suspects are masked, so one cannot identify a suspect from the video. and as a result, the case remains unsolved. >> as a money courier, phillip's responsible for picking up money from various nightclubs throughout the dallas-ft. worth area and dropping off their nightly deposits. >> his normal routine was to leave about 2:30 a.m. and head off to the first club, whichever one was ready. and he would go pick up the day's money, as far as

>> and i'm phillip mena. here's some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> help is on the way for fire crews battling washington state's most dangerous wildfire. volunteers are expected on the fire lines this week, and crews from overseas will be joining the fight, as well. more on the wildfire crisis straight ahead. >>> indy car driver justin wilson was seriously injured when he was hit by a piece of debris from a crash yesterday. that was during a race in pennsylvania. wilson was airlifted to a hospital. he's in a coma in critical condition. >>> authorities are trying to determine what caused a massive explosion at a u.s. army depot outside of tokyo, japan. the building contained canisters of compressed gases including nitrogen, oxygen and freon. so far no injuries have been reported. >>> and president obama back at the white house after two weeks vacationing on martha's vineyard. he travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. those are

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. we begin this half hour with former president jimmy carter telling reporters that he has started treatment for cancer which has spread to his brain. >> mr. carter had radiation yesterday in georgia. he's also being treated with a cutting edge drug. abc's marcy gonzales reports now from atlanta. >> reporter: with humility and even humor, former president jimmy carter openly detailed his melanoma diagnosis sharing his fears when he learned the cancer first discovered on his liver had spread with doctors also finding it on his brain. >> i just thought i had a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. you know, i've had a wonderful life. >> reporter: a life the 90-year-old is optimistically fighting for, undergoing radiation treatment on the four small cancer spots on his brain. >> the goal here is to prevent them from growing so he can continue to live the high quality life he is right now. >> reporter: some of the focus of his life though now changing. >> my name is jimmy carter,

phillip, you got to admit that was pretty good. >> what? >> this video. >> it's awesome. >> it was posted yesterday, and if you believe it, it's got 1.4 million views already. >> it should have ten times that. it's great. >> just as long as they don't do it with our newscast, it's okay. >> challenge. >>> the box office smash "straight outta compton" chronicling the band n.w.a. is providing inspiration to another legendary group, and that may surprise you. >> we are talking about the muppets and their new mash-up that includes video from their 1979 muppets movie featuring fozzie bear there, kermit and others paired with audio of n.w.a.'s "express yourself" featuring dr. dre. ♪ now getting back to the pg that's program and it's easy dre is back ♪ ♪ new jacks are made hollow expressing ain't their subject because they like to follow the words ♪ >> they are so cool, those muppets. >> yeah, they got attitude, they got swag. looks legit. >>> we should mention that credit for mixing that audio and video goes to animal robot. >> not to be c

good morning, molly. >> thanks, phillip and reena. for monday, we're looking at localized flooding across florida. flash flood watches in effect from tampa into orlando. until monday night. we have erika's moisture just being funneled into the sunshine state. over the next couple of days, the rain could add up. two to four inches between tampa, orlando, and jacksonville. prepare for some pretty heavy travel delays, as well. meanwhile, we keep an eye out on hurricane ignacio. phillip and reena, back to you. >> molly, thank you. >>> breaking overnight, two southwest planes clipped each other at the airport in oakland, california. passengers posting alarming photos to social media. you can see there, the top part of one wing is broken off. southwest says that both aircraft have now been taken out of service to undergo a maintenance check. no one was hurt. passengers were put on later flights. >>> and a security breach at newark liberty airport forced the shutdown of a busy terminal. a man was taken into custody after he entered a secure

good morning, justin. >> phillip and reena, thanks and good morning to you. we're very concerned about tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail later on this afternoon over the nation's heartland. this is a very intense storm system for this time of the year. numerous travel delays expected from des moines to chicago and all the way south toward kansas city and wichita, but it's not just the center portion of the country that we're concerned about. out west it's the heat, it's the drought and also a continuation of high fire danger right through midweek, and then into the east it's just the heat and the humidity. again, it's coming in a little bit late. it's still mid-august, so we can definitely feel the heat this time of the year. we're not talking about record highs, but it's going to feel like it's around 100 degrees in a couple of locales is wednesday along the interstate 95 corridor. phillip and reena, back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> breaking overnight crews in indonesia have finally reached a passenger jet that slammed into a mountain on sunday.

good morning, phillip. new orleanians refuse to give up on their city proving there are some things even a hurricane can't destroy. ♪ in new orleans, this morning, a renaissance, hundreds more restaurants, a burgeoning tech industry, a billion dollar medical center and higher graduation rates. >> the fact that we can make this many strides ten years after a terrible epic disaster, i think, is an indication of the kind of spirit that we have in this city. >> reporter: president obama called the city an inspiration while touring parts of the lower ninth ward thursday highlighting the remarkable progress made after an apocalyptic storm. hurricane katrina flooded 80% of the city drowning hundreds in their own homes leaving thousands stranded and desperate. [ sirens ] >> the early recovery was not good, and i think that this country is in a much, much better place because of what we went through. >> reporter: but in the city preparing to celebrate and to commemorate on this weekend's anniversary, there remain

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with those three fallen firefighters identified killed wednesday battling a wildfire in washington state. >> they were part of an elite group that scouts wildfires ahead of the arrival of larger groups of their colleagues. as the fight against the blaze that took their lives continues, they're being honored as heroes. this morning, a somber procession, more than a dozen fire and police vehicles escorting the bodies of three firefighters, 20-year-old tom zbyszewski, 26-year-old andrew zajac and 31-year-old richard wheeler dying on the front lines. all killed when their vehicle crashed overtaken by flames in twisp, washington. >> it hurts deep, but the job goes on. >> reporter: another firefighter, 25-year-old daniel lyon, suffering critical burns. >> this was his first season as a firefighter. he's the kind of kid that his mother and i and family are so proud of. >> reporter: lyon was flown to a hospital in seattle and is now fighting for his life. washington governor jay insl

. >> i'm phillip mena. the stock market on everybody's mind this morning. >> china, the second largest economy in the world. a lot of people anxious. it's been a great six years with the stock market in the u.s. very, very strong. some people are saying it's just correcting itself right now. it will be fine. wait it out. but boy, this very moment, lots of people watching to see how the stocks will be performing. it's been a mostly positive day on the asian major marks so far. >> the only exchange suffering a seriously sharp decline today should be shanghai, china, with the main index plunging more than 6% right out of the gate before recovering somewhat. >> and all that followed by a wild ride on wall street. the dow plummeting nearly 1100 points yesterday before closing down 588 points. abc's rebecca jarvis has all the details. >> reporter: it started with a plunge. the dow cratering an unprecedented 1,000 points just minutes after the opening bell. >> it give you little butterflies in your stomach. >> rep

phillip? >> thank you, stephanie. >>> more breaking news. a devastating day for global stock markets. in china, today is being called black monday. shares in shanghai plunging more than 8%. major averages in hong kong, tokyo, and taiwan all losing more than 5% of its value. all signs point to a volatile week ahead. rebecca jarvis has a takeaway for anyone with money in the markets. >> what do you do? what do you do with this information? it's not the answer you want to hear. it's the right one. it's to sit tight. historically, those who stick it out tend to make their money back and then some. >> investers who pulled out of the market in 2009 lost half their money. the people who stuck it out made everything back and then some. and within three years of that. with more, rebecca jarvis will bonn "gma" this morning. >>> now to the wildfire crisis across the west. exhausted crews battling the flames in washington state. >> hundreds of volunteers are expected to join the fight this week. firefighters from australia and new zealand are on the way

i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marci gonzalez. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> up in flames. wind-driven wildfires are raging in the west, burning neighborhoods and driving thousands of people from their homes. that stifling heat fueling the flames is about to get worse. a full report coming up. >>> south african athlete oscar pistorius is expected to be released from prison this week after serving ten months for killing his girlfriend. he had been sentenced to five years. >>> the faa is investigating what caused the top of a hot air balloon to blow over and hit power lines after it landed in a pennsylvania field. the three people on board suffered burns after being shocked. >>> and golfer jason day was in tears on the 18th green before tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. >> announcer: from

phillips'. >>> finally, a little boy born so premature, he weighed just over a pound. tonight, he is finally home, and it took a village and a full year to get him there. here's john donvan. >> reporter: and so he rolls, his mom providing the push power. trevor frolick, who at the age of nearly 1 has never been home before. although, that's where he's headed now. and that's because, ever since he arrived in this world, in august, that's august 2014, he's lived in this hospital. born more than 16 weeks early, which is a lot. here's how small he was. that is his dad's wedding ring. trevor weighed just over a pound back then. but the good news, trevor was one of the kids who made it, although not easily. that's why he was 345 days in the hospital. there were times when it was not clear that trevor would live. >> it was hour by hour, minute by minute. >> reporter: but the thing about going home after 345 days, it's not exactly good riddance, glad it's over. because certain attachments were formed. like all of these nurses who came in on their day off to say good-bye to the

." >> phillipe :rachana avireddi. a student at cal state east bay, and a resident here. wears less gold then she ever has. >> : "would you typically be wearing a gold necklace? actually, i had one -- i had to >> phillipe :this after late wednesday night, when polce say a man about 25-year-old, approached a family of three in this parking lot. two women and one man. one of the women assaulted so vicously -- she required medical attention. police say the suspect walked up to the victims, pointed a gun at them, then snatched the gold chains off all three of their necks. what fremont police say happened in this leslie street parking lot wednesday night. proving that no matter how safe the community -- none are immune to crime in all, police are investigating robberies since july 10th. walking their five year old grandchild. >> : "honestly, i'm not going out of the house after seven o'clock. if i go, i'm just going home in the car. i'm not staying out after 6-30 or seven." >> phillipe :in fremont, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam :san jose police are investigating the

also phillip butler, dean of lincoln cathedral, mr. david mao, the law librarian of congress and sir peter westmacott, british ambassador to the united states. also with us here today is sir robert worcester, chairman of the magna carta 800th anniversary celebration committee, the group responsible for coordinating the 800th century celebrations of the sealing of magna carta. that delegation from the inner and middle temples is here to represent two of the professional associations of the barristers of england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones. so i welcome you all, and i'm grateful for your participation in today's ceremony. this exhibition was organized by the library of congress in lin cathedral, bringing magna carta to the usa. we are immensely grateful to dean phillip butler for the loan of lincoln cathedral's 1215 magna carta to the exhibition. when the lincoln magna carta returns to england next year, it will be remembered with a brief commemorative event

that's why you would buy phillips. they get to buy from wherever they want. they can take saudi oil or balken oil. you see the posted price of oil. no one is getting that in the major oil field, especially if you have to ship by train. >> we'll watch that one closely and keep our eye on crude today just above 4 4. when you feel like crying, it's time to start buying. that's one one analyst is saying about two stocks. we'll take a look at the premarket as we said, we're on pace. august will be the worst month since may of 2012. s&p down 6.7% from the intraday high. more "squawk on the street" in a minute. my name is peter tran. i'm a gas service representative. i've been with pg&e nine years. as an employee of pg&e you always put your best foot forward to provide reliable and safe service and be able to help the community. we always have the safety of our customers and the community in mind. my family is in oakland, my wife's family is in oakland so this is home to us. being able to work in the community that i grew up in, customers feel like friends, neighbor

jack phillips, the owner of master foods cake shop turned a couple down when they asked for a cake. they were married in massachusetts, but wanted to celebrate in colorado. the court of appeals warns that phillips can't cite religious beefs, it would lead to discrimination. phillips says he doesn't care and will go to gaol if needs be. >> the long-fought battle for gay rights is not over. >> yes, those celebrations after the court decision all weekend or all week. now there's a sense of reality singing in. only today in mississippi, a lawsuit has been filed in federal court by four couples challenging a state law prohibiting same sex couples from adopting children. >> in china police made their first arrest associated with a massive chemical explosion in teen jen. the owners of a warehouse where the blast occurred are in custody. investigators say a fire theringered the explosion, but they don't know what sparked it. 50 died, hundreds injured. officials expect the death toll to rise. i.s.i.l. is claiming responsibility for a truck bomb attack. the early morning blast killed 67 peopl

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also phillip butler, dean of lincoln cathedral, mr. david mao, the law librarian of congress and sir peter westmacott, british ambassador to the united states. also with us here today is sir robert worcester, chairman of the magna carta 800th anniversary celebration committee, the group responsible for coordinating the 800th century celebrations of the sealing of magna carta. that delegation from the inner and middle temples is here to represent two of the professional associations of the barristers of england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones.