HAVE
HAVE A
HAVE A CHECK OF TRAFFIC COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW. STICK WITH US. THIS IS MUSIC THIS
MORNING. GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO YOUR
MONDAY. YEAH, YOU WAKE UP HERE
YOU'RE GOING TO SMELL THAT KIND
METALLIC METAL SMOKY SMELL WHEN
YOU'RE LEAVING THE HOUSE YOU
THAT'S FROM THE USS BONHOMME
RICHARD. THAT FIREFIGHT
CONTINUING IN THIS MORNING
HERE. STELLA KATZ TWENTY FOUR
HOURS LATER. SO LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GET RIGHT INTO YOUR
HEADLINES THIS MORNING. WE
BEGIN WITH THIS SUSPECT IN A
LONG DAY AHEAD FOR THESE
FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUING TO
FIGHT THAT FIRE ON BOARD
THE USS BONHOMME RICHARD. WE
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU THIS
MORNING INCLUDING THE LINGERING
CONCERNS ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY.
OUR NEWS ACE CHRIS CROWE IS
LIVE FROM THE NAVAL MEDICAL
CENTER WITH MORE ON THE VICTIMS
AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE SHIP.
BUT FIRST LET'S GET TO KNOW RON
PAUL WHO IS LIVE AT NAVAL BASE
SAN DIEGO WITH THE VERY LATEST
ON THE INVESTIGATION. GOOD
MORNING TO GOOD MORNING. YOU
KNOW, IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE
HOW THEY ARE TAKING ON THIS
DEFENSIVE ATTACK TO TRY TO PUT
OUT THIS FIRE. BUT REALLY
NEARLY 24 HOURS LATER IT IS
STILL BURNING AND YOU CAN
CERTAINLY SEE THE FIRE ATTACK
GOING ON RIGHT HERE FROM
THE LAND FROM THE AIR. WE'VE
SEEN SEVERAL HELICOPTERS MAKING
DROPS THERE, GETTING WATER
RIGHT THERE FROM THE SAN DIEGO
BAY DUMPING ONTO THE USS
BONHOMME RICHARD. IN FACT, I
JUST SPOKE WITH A NAVY VETERAN
WHO DESCRIBES REALLY THIS
FIREFIGHT AND THE WAY THEY HAVE
TO DO IT IS WHILE THEY'RE
POURING ALL OF THAT WATER ONTO
THIS SHIP, THEY ALSO HAVE TO
GET RID OF THE WATER THAT WOULD
BE FLOODING SOME OF THE AREAS
BECAUSE THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T
WANT THIS CARRIER TO BECOME
OVERWHELMED WITH TOO MUCH
WATER. SO THERE'S A STREAM OF
WATER COMING OUT OF THE SHIP AS
WELL. OF COURSE THEY'RE USING
THE BAY FOR ALL OF US TO BE
ABLE TO DUMP THAT WATER ON
VIDEO FROM 830 YESTERDAY WHEN
ALL OF THIS STARTED THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. YOU CAN SEE REALLY
SUCH A TOUGH BATTLE FOR THESE
FIREFIGHTERS. ABOUT 160 SAILORS
WERE ON BOARD AT THE TIME
THANKFULLY ALL OF THEM MADE IT
OUT ALIVE. CHRIS GROW. WE'LL
HAVE A LOT MORE ON THAT. NOW
THE BOTTOM RASHAD IS AN
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP. IT'S
HOME PORTED RIGHT HERE IN SAN
DIEGO AND HAS A CREW OF ABOUT A
THOUSAND SAILORS. BUT SINCE
UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE, LESS
THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE CREW ON
BOARD WHEN THEY STARTED PEOPLE
CAN SEE THICK BLACK SMOKE FOR
MILES. IT WAS A THREE ALARM
FIRE AND IT APPEARS THE FIRE
STARTED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF
THE SHIP. THAT'S WHERE MARINE
EQUIPMENT IS STORED AND THEY
CALL IT AN AREA WHERE THEY HAVE
A LOT OF BURNING EQUIPMENT. IN
FACT IT'S A IT'S CALLED
THE SORRY DAY. THEY ARE TELLING
US ACCORDING TO THE NAVY TIMES
I SHOULD SAY IT'S KNOWN AS
THE DEEP V. IT'S A HUGE OPEN
AREA WHERE YOU STORE A LOT OF
EQUIPMENT. SO THAT'S THE DARK
SMOKE THAT YOU SEE ACCORDING TO
THE NAVY TIMES. THERE WAS
NOTHING TOXIC IN THIS SHIP BUT
THERE'S FUEL AT THE VERY, VERY
BOTTOM OF THIS SHIP. AND THEY
DO THAT ON PURPOSE TO MAKE SURE
IF THERE IS A FIRE DOESN'T
OBVIOUSLY GET DOWN. SO THEIR
KEY IS REALLY KEEPING THAT
SMOKE ABOVE REACHING THE HIGHER
DECKS INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN
BELOW GETTING CLOSER TO
THE BASE. I SAW ALL THIS BLACK
SMOKE COMING FROM THE SHIP. I
JUST HAD A CONCERN FOR THE SHIP
AND THE SAILORS I MEAN PEOPLE
JUST IN SHOCK. I KEPT SEEING IT
DIFFERENT FAMILIES COMING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW. SAN DIEGO
FIRE TOOK IMAGES AS
FIREFIGHTERS WORK FROM
THE GROUND. A CIVILIAN
CONTRACTOR ALSO SHOWING NEWSDAY
THE SMOKY SCENE INSIDE BEFORE
THEY TOOK UP DEFENSIVE
POSITIONS ON LAND NOW AROUND
ONE O'CLOCK. YESTERDAY THE USS
FITZGERALD SHIFTED BERTHS HAD
TO GO TO A PIER FARTHER AWAY
FROM THIS FIRE. THE USS RUSSELL
ALSO MOVED ABOUT 30 MINUTES
LATER THE CHIEF OF NAVAL
OPERATIONS SAYING THIS IS A
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. OBVIOUSLY
THESE TYPES OF CARRIERS CAN
COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. AND IF YOU ARE BACK
HERE LIVE, WE CAN SEE JUST NOW
ANOTHER AIR DROP WAS MADE FROM
ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS. IT'S
NOW HIDDEN IN SMOKE BUT REALLY
YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH SMOKE IS
COMING OUT OF THIS SHIP. IN
FACT, IT'S GETTING DARKER AS IT
CONTINUES TO BURN. SO EVEN IN
THE PAST 10 MINUTES WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE EVEN MORE SMOKE
COMING OUT OF IT. AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S A LOT OF BURNING EQUIPMENT
.THAT'S WHERE THE SAILORS
TYPICALLY WOULD LIVE. THAT'S
WHERE THEY WOULD SLEEP. THAT'S
WHERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF THEIR
ITEMS AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY BURNING. AND
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
YOU SEE SO MUCH SMOKE COMING
UP. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE TAKING
THIS ALL DEFENSIVE APPROACH.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY
HAVE TO STAY ON LAND AND FROM
THE HELICOPTERS TO BATTLE IT.
THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE TO WALK
ON THAT CARRIER. IT'S JUST TOO
HOT THAT STEEL CAN BE HUNDREDS
OF DEGREES. IT CAN MELT THEIR
BOOTS IF NOT WORSE. AND WE CAN
SEE THE SMOKE OF COURSE FROM
HERE WE SMELT IT COMING IN.
HEATHER HAS MORE ON THE AIR
QUALITY THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING
TO IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AIR
QUALITY HERE FOR A MOMENT
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING
OUT THERE NOW. THE AIR
POLLUTION CONTROL CONTROL
DISTRICT GAVE US THIS
INFORMATION THAT BECAUSE OF
THE FIRE ON THE USS BONHOMME
RASHAD WE HAVE ELEVATED LEVELS
OF PM 2.5. SO EXACTLY WHAT IS
THAT? WELL, I LOOKED INTO IT SO
I COULD SHARE SOME INFORMATION
FOR YOU THIS MORNING. THAT
MEANS ELEVATED LEVELS OF
ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER
UP TO 2.5 MICRO METERS. SO
THAT'S ABOUT 100 TIMES THINNER
THAN HUMAN HAIR. BUT WHEN WE
SEE ELEVATED LEVELS OF APM
POINT FIVE, THAT'S THE RESULT
OF BURNING FUEL OR CHEMICAL
REACTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SO
THAT CAN BE UNHEALTHY FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO
SMOKE OUT THERE. SO MAYBE IF
YOU'RE ASTHMATIC YOU MIGHT
ALREADY HAVE A LUNG PROBLEM.
THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU WANT
TO FIST LIMIT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
OUTDOORS WHERE YOU'RE SMELLING
THE SMOKE AND STAY INSIDE TO
LIMIT EXPOSURE. THE GOOD NEWS
IS NOT NEARLY AS HOT AS IT WAS
OVER THE WEEKEND. SO IF YOU
WANT TO KEEP YOUR WINDOWS
CLOSED, MAYBE PUT SOME FANS
AROUND THE HOUSE THAT MIGHT
HELP TO KEEP YOU JUST A TAD
COOLER AS FAR AS THE WINDS ARE
CONCERNED. YESTERDAY WE HAD
THAT SOUTHERLY FLOW MEANING
WINDS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTH TO
THE NORTH RIGHT ALONG
THE COASTLINE. WE'RE STILL
NOTICING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT
HERE THIS MORNING STILL. AND
NOW WE'RE GOING AT SOME OF
THE WESTERLY MIX INTO IT FOR
TODAY. SO THAT MEANS WE COULD
START TO SMELL THAT FIRE
THE SMOKE FROM THAT IN OTHER
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY. WE
DO HAVE PEOPLE REPORTED
SMELLING SMOKE IN LA MESA ALL
THE WAY UP NORTH IN THE RANCHO
BERNARDO POWER AREA SMELLING
MORE OF A CHEMICAL SMELL OUT
THERE. SO IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE
TO THAT TYPE OF THING, YOU ARE
ASKED TO KEEP YOUR WINDOWS
CLOSED TODAY AND LIMIT PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY OUTSIDE. MORE IN YOUR
FORECAST COMING UP. BUT FIRST
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
HEATHER, THANK YOU. AND WE ARE
CONTINUING TO COVER ALL ANGLES
OF THE FIRE. THAT INCLUDES
THOSE HOSPITALIZED DURING
THE FIREFIGHT AS WELL AS A
HISTORY OF THIS SHIP. IT'S
CHRIS GROH IS LIVE AT BALBOA
NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER THIS
MORNING WITH THAT PART OF
THE STORY. GOOD MORNING, CHRIS.
GOOD MORNING, STELLA. AND WE
JUST GOT CLARIFICATION FROM
THE NAVY. IT DOES APPEAR NOW
THAT ORIGINALLY WE HAD THOSE 13
SAILORS TO FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS
HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE
CONDITION. WELL, EIGHT OF THOSE
SAILORS HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED AS
WELL AS THOSE TWO FEDERAL
FIREFIGHTERS. SO ONLY FIVE
SAILORS REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL
.AGAIN, THEY ARE IN STABLE
CONDITION. NOW AS FOR
THE HISTORY OF THIS SHIP, IT
HAS SERVED A NUMBER OF MISSIONS
SINCE IT WAS COMMISSIONED IN
NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT SERVING
NOT ONLY FOR THE PACIFIC
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC BUT ALSO
ACROSS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN
FOOT SHIP HAS MORE THAN 1000
SAILORS ON BOARD AND MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED OFFICERS. IT CAN BE
USED IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS
FROM HUMANITY IN SERVICE TO
DEFENDING AMERICA OVERSEAS. IN
FACT IT WAS USED IN OPERATION
IRAQI FREEDOM WHERE IN JANUARY
OF 2003 IT DELIVERED MORE THAN
1000 MARINES JUST MILES OFF
THE COAST KUWAIT. IT WAS ALSO
ONE OF TWO AIRCRAFT CARRIERS TO
LAUNCH STRIKE AIRCRAFT MISSIONS
IN IRAQ. IT ALSO CONDUCTED
SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS
ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC OVER
ITS TIME LIKE WIND AND HELPED
DURING THE 2014 FERRY DISASTER
IN SOUTH KOREA. IT ALSO
PROVIDED HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
AFTER JAPAN'S KUMAMOTO
EARTHQUAKES TWO YEARS LATER AND
THE NOW RASHAD HAS ALSO WON
THE NAVY BATTLE EFFECTIVENESS
AWARD EIGHT TIMES IN ITS
HISTORY. IT'S ALSO BEEN A
SEVERAL MOVIES INCLUDING
THE HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER
BATTLESHIP AS WELL. SO AGAIN,
WE'LL CONTINUE TO CHECK ON
THE STATUS OF THOSE SAILORS
THAT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO
THOSE LOCAL HOSPITALS AS
CONTINUING TO UPDATE FAMILY
MEMBERS ON THEIR STATUS. YOU
CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE CBS A
DOT COM. CLICK ON THE HELP
BUTTON. THERE'S A PHONE NUMBER
THERE WHERE YOU CAN CONTACT
THE NAVY DIRECTLY. I GIVE
THE NAME OF YOUR LOVED ONE THAT
SERVES ABOARD THE SHIP TO SEE
IF THEY'RE ONE OF THOSE FIVE
THAT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED. ERIC
STELLA. AND OF COURSE STAY WITH
CBS 8 UPDATES TO KEEPER AS THEY
KEEP COMING IN ON THE SHIP FIRE
HAD TO CBS DOT COM OR OF COURSE
OUR NEWS AID APP. AND NOW TO AN
UPDATE ON THE CORONA VIRUS.
THE COUNTY SAN DIEGO COUNTY NOW
HAS AT LEAST 20000 POSITIVE
CASES. COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT
558 NEW CASES OUT OF JUST OVER
EIGHTY FIVE HUNDRED TESTS, A
POSITIVE RATE OF AROUND 7
PERCENT. THAT BRINGS TOTAL
CASES TO NINETEEN THOUSAND NINE
HUNDRED TWENTY NINE. FOR
PERSPECTIVE, THE COUNTY SAW ITS
TEN THOUSAND CASE ON JUNE 17TH.
TOTAL INFECTIONS DOUBLING LESS
THAN A MONTH. TWO NEW OUTBREAKS
WERE REPORTED BRINGING
THE TOTAL TO EIGHTEEN. WELL
ABOVE THE TRIGGER OF SEVEN.
FORTUNATELY NO NEW DEATHS WERE
REPORTED. TIME NOW FOR YOUR
MORNING RUSH. STARTING TODAY
YOU SEE SAN DIEGO WILL BEGIN A
CLINICAL TRIAL TO LOOK INTO
THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF
A PLASMA TREATMENT TO PREVENT
KOBE AT 19. THE TRIAL IS PART
OF A LARGER NATIONAL EFFORT
APPROVED BY THE FDA.
RESEARCHERS WILL COLLECT
ISOLATE PROCESS AND THEN BEGIN
TESTING. SO IF YOU WANT TO
APPLY, PUT MORE INFORMATION ON
OUR WEB SITE CBSA. DOT COM JUST
CLICK ON THAT HELP BUTTON.
ANOTHER JOCKEY TESTS POSITIVE
FOR CORONA VIRUS AND DEL MAR
DEL MAR THOROUGHBRED. CLUB
OFFICIALS CONFIRMED FLAVIN
PRATT TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COCAINE 19 YESTERDAY FOLLOWING
A TRIP TO KENTUCKY. HE WAS
TESTED AT SCRIPPS CLINIC IN LA
HOYA. HE ORIGINALLY NAMED TO
COMPETE THIS SUNDAY BUT WAS
REMOVED FROM ALL RACES. INSTEAD
HE WILL QUARANTINE AT HIS HOME
FOR AT LEAST 10 DAYS. POLICE
ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A PERSON
OF INTEREST IN A DEADLY
SHOOTING IN THE OTAY MESA AREA
OVER THE WEEKEND. THIRTY ONE
YEAR OLD JEREMIAH HORTON WHO
CHANGED HIS NAME TO JUSTICE
LOVE PEACE IS CONSIDERED ARMED
AND DANGEROUS. THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED ON EVER SOLD DRIVE
SOUTH OF PALM AVENUE. YESTERDAY
MORNING OFFICERS FOUND TWO
WOMEN WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS AT
THE HOME. ONE WOMAN DIED AT
THE SCENE. THE OTHER LATER DIED
AT THE HOSPITAL. A SIX MONTH
OLD BABY ALSO WENT MISSING FROM
THE HOME BUT WAS LATER FOUND.
HORTON IS BELIEVED TO BE
THE CHILD'S FATHER. THE NEXT
HOUR WE WILL HEAR FROM OFFICER
ON THE SEARCH. AND NEW THIS
MORNING, ACTRESS KELLY PRESTON
HAS DIED AFTER A PRIVATE BATTLE
WITH CANCER. HER HUSBAND AND
FELLOW ACTOR JOHN TRAVOLTA
SHARED THE NEWS ON INSTAGRAM.
PRESTON WAS KNOWN FOR HER ROLES
IN FILMS LIKE JERRY MAGUIRE AND
TWINS. SHE HAD BEEN UNDERGOING
TREATMENT FOR CANCER FOR
THE PAST TWO YEARS. SHE WAS
JUST 57 YEARS OLD. SO YOUNG.
STILL TO COME, A NEW REQUEST IS
EXPECTED FOR FORMER SPECIAL
COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER TO
TESTIFY AGAIN. THE DETAILS
BEHIND WHY AND THE SEARCH
CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR
FORMER ACTRESS GLEE ACTRESS
NAYA RIVERA. THE LATEST AS
THE INVESTIGATION ENTERS ITS
SIXTH DAY. PLUS, BIG CHANGES
COMING TO ONE