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Accident. police say these three men set an illegal campfire. they and their attorneys couldnt be reached for comment. the fire rapidly exploded out of control. the challenge for firefighters, more dry winds and a forecast without any rain stretching on into the weekend. looking now at the hillside, you can see that it is all brown. thats not typical. thats not burned land either. that is normally green this time of the year, but because of the drought, all of the earth here is brown. firefighte...

Credit card had been used. investigators say prosecutors at this point have not confirmed whether the card was actually used in mexico. those reports raised concerns that his disappearance could somehow be connected to his coverage of opec, the organization of the pa troul yum exporting countries. >> that didnt scum from us. so i dont know where that information came from. and that doesnt make sense. he went for a walk. and that was all we know. we have no idea. >> reporter: birds sister-in-law ...

Its pulling an offshore flow and it is definitely fueling those fires. the dry northeast winds. we also have relative humidities in the single digits. and thats really not going to change anytime soon. we dont see anything in the next one to two weeks thats really going to spell relief. we have shattered records all across southern california for the dry conditions. only three inches of rain in 2013. burbank, los angeles, ucla, all the driest year on record in 2013. san francisco is drier than t...

Country are warned that the hack attack on tart may just been one thing. >> and the software hacks could have links to the russian mob. cnn correspondent christine romans has more on the investigation there. christine, good morning. >> christi and victor, much of what investigators know about the hack is kept under wraps right now as cyberforensics experts sift through clues. but what we do know is that homeland security is worried this isnt an isolated event. >> reporter: the u.s. government no...

12 years a slave, nine nominations, so much going on, and you know what, weve got a little time because the 86th academy awards are on march 2nd after the olympics this year. victor, christi, back to you. >> nischelle, thank you. ive got some work to do. ive got some movies to see. ive seen "frozen." i have children. thats the only thing ive seen. >> good thing is, a lot of these films are still in theaters. so you can see it. how much do you love -- were talking about football -- your favorit...

Reason, the u.s. will longer eavesdrop on heads of state and leaders. >> ill pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance. >> he left out too many specifics. congress will now have to work many of the details out for themselves. christi and victor, capitol hill, theyre still very divided over many parts of this issue. >> i bet, sunlen serfaty, thank you for being with us at the white house. new jersey governor chris christie will face his big test since the bridgegate s...

Controversy with the president with his alleged affairs with an actress. cnns jim bittermann reports from london. good morning, jim. >> reporter: christi, as you can imagine, a lot going on all week long. but we have been able to confirm a few things. one is the magazine that came out with allegations of the affair between the french president and the movie actress is being sued by the movie actress for 50,000 euros for violations of privacy. the other thing we can confirm, president hollande we...

Michael holmes is there. >> reporter: hi, christi, after a bloody week in baghdad, violence continues elsewhere. slashes in the anbar province, sunni and al qaeda-linked militants fighting daily in and mainly around the cities of ramadi and fallujah. the iraqi army staying away from a full-on assault of those cities but right now, this is a place on the edge. fears high on one major bombing. one high profile assassination away from all-out sectarian conflict. we want to go to sochi, russia, th...

Everyone. so this will be an opportunity for chris christie to answer questions from those people. who if he decides to run in 2016, would potentially support him. >> tory dunnan, thank you so much. were going to have an expanded conversation with a big money donor from the gop to see if this is making people nervous. 500 people have questions potentially, if they decide to back christi. theres a desperate search in new jersey. family and officials are digging for clues in the appearance of a ...