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saturday morning, flames broke out at a mulch plant touching off a wind driven fire that went to four alarms and shut down i-95. >> about 100 acres of mulch piled as high as an apartment building. the mulch was burning upon our arrival. >> the blaze holt to cross 95. traffic was diverted at route 198. >> the visibility was zero. its hazardous for many motorists. >> reporter: the blaze produced plumes of gray smoke that could be seen for miles. even hose lines caught fire. one firefight...

emily schmidt joins us, now, from washington with all of the details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. this new poll shows the president matching his highest job approval ratings in more than a year. they now stand at 54%, which is eight points above what was his career-low in september. 43% disapprove of the job mr. obama is doing. most of the bounce is from the overwhelming approval he received for his handling of the aftermath of the tucson atta...

>> it also looks at some of the key issues congress will address when lawmakers go back to work later today. emily schmidt joins us, now, from washington with all of the details. good morning, emily. >> reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. this new poll shows the president matching his highest job approval ratings in more than a year. they now stand at 54%, which is eight points above what was his career-low in september. 43% disapprove of the job mr. obama is doing. most of ...

post" poll, show favorable marks to the presidents response to the shootings in tucson. >> it also looks at key issues congress will address when lawmakers go back to work later today. emily schmidt joins us from washington with all of the details. >> reporter: good morning to you. this new poll shows the president matching his highest job approval ratings in more than a year. they now stand at 54%, which is eight points above his career-low in december. 43% disapprove of the job mr. o...

afternoon. they say someone drove up to a 16-year-old boy and a young man and started shooting. both were hit. >> i thought there were fireworks so i kept on walking and paid no mind to it. >> reporter: witnesses say the 16-year-old walked about a block after he was shot creating a trail of blood. you can see firefighters cleaning up the sidewalk. witnesses say the teenager was shot in the leg. police say he will survive. but the other victim was suffering from life-threatening injurie...

it happened around 3:30 friday afternoon. they say someone drove up to a 16-year-old boy and a young man and started shooting. both were hit. >> i thought there were fireworks so i kept on walking and paid no mind to it. >> reporter: witnesses say the 16-year-old walked about a block after he was shot creating a trail of blood. you can see firefighters cleaning up the sidewalk. witnesses say the teenager was shot in the leg. police say he will survive. but the other victim was sufferin...