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Firefighters dead. the single deadliest event for firefighters since september 11th. this is a real disaster and tragedy. the victims were part of a hotshot crew. theyre the highly trained elite team sent into some of the worst conditions. they were working on a 2,000 acre fire near yarnell, arizona, about 80 miles northwest of phoenix. so far, the fire is zero percent contained. we will have a live report from the scene in a few minutes. we understand they were trying these teams to put up the ...

Hotshot team, a group of elite firefighters. fire officials tell us they were overrun by flames on sunday, that all of these firefighters deployed with what they call fire shelters, which are somewhat like thin aluminum blankets that firefighters use to protect themselves in a worse case scenario. fire officials tell us this was a perfect storm for firefighters, that if they were deploying their fire shelters they were facing the worst conditions. they are supposed to protect firefighters from f...

Parents. what they thought about the conversation. and the fashion reality show hillary clinton said she would love to be part of. cant wait to hear about that. >> its 30 minutes past the hour. >> we start with the weather. destructive wildfires posing a triple threat from the southwest all the way to the west coast this morning. in north carolina, north of pecos, 8,000 acre fire forced the evacuation of 100 homes. its only 5% contained as of last night. residents keeping a close eye on a wi...

>> jamie: fire crews are still at work in southern california. if you were watching yesterday, you saw the massive wildfires near los angeles. the calmer winds and a bit of a cooldown are helping just a bit. the california fire officials still are saying that the flames have scorched about 28,000 acres. currently about 56% contaked. 15 homes destroyed so far. dominic is live at the wildfire command center in camarillo, california, with the very latest. >> reporter: yeah, a cloud moving in overni...

And the governor says that in total they have burned at least 175,000 acres throughout the state, the waldo canyon fire burning west of colorado springs and south of denver and the wind is pushing it five miles from the air force academy and they expect 1,045 new cadets on thursday and they are going about it as planned but they are forest service right new.e used >>shepard: what else do we know of the possible hit to tourism in is that just talk? or are things happening? >>reporter: in colorado...

morsi is addressing and speaking to all egypt shuians. he has a message for muslim, christians, coptics, mothers, fathers. our ben wedeman is there overlooking tahrir square. it is nightfall. there are cheering crowds and fireworks. it is like a sea of egyptian flags there. people are feeling very celebratory. is it being punctuated by the words of the president-elect? do they get a chance to hear him as he is speaking right now? >> reporter: yes. you can hear that loud speaker putting...

Location in the ring of fire in the pacific ocean a string of volcanoes. well watch that. heather: were watching this. emergency crews combing through a horrific scene in the african nation of nigeria a passenger jet carrying 153 people just slams into buildings in a residential area near the air port in the countrys capital of lagos. there are no survivors. rescue crews fear a lot of people may have been killed on the ground as well. military officials say the pilot reported some engine trouble...

winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to "early start," im sor ride da sam lynn. >> im ashley banfield. were bringing you the news from a to z. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. were just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airlines director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeri...

Changes. three more arkansas razorbacks were arrested. they were charged with burglarizing dorm rooms. three other u.a. players have been arrested since march on a variety of charges. and eight protesters were arrested today for crowding into the buildings that house president obamas campaign headquarters. the group walked into the building and refused to leave. the headquarters is on the sixth floor but none of the protesters made it up that far. and massive wildfires in arizona are forcing peo...

Command did exactly the right thing. >> president obama condemning the attacks and offering his condolences to the victims families. while you were sleeping, more cross border violence breaking out between israel and gaza. three people killed in the latest air strikes including two gaza militants. israel launching the strikes on several rocket launch sites after gaza militants fired a barrage of rockets at israeli towns. the clashes started after israel killed a top militant leader. so far, 18 m...