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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...

Parched regions more easily. the challenge, theres not much to share among the states 38 million residents. reservoir levels are at record lows. snowpacks this season, 80% lower than normal. los angeles got just over three inches of rain in all of 2013, about a quarter of whats normal. more firefighters will be hired and theyre on alert for this dangerous drought. as for the colby fire thats still burning, it started as an accident. police say these three men set an illegal campfire. they and th...

Lower than normal. los angeles got just over 3 inches of rain in all 2013, about a quarter of whats normal. more firefighters will be hired and theyre on alert for this dangerous drought. as for the colby fire thats still burning, it started as an 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 o...

>> its a long that sparks controversy and outrage as well as sympathy and imitators. today the supreme court told arizona it went too far in trying to stem illegal immigration, taking matters into its own hand that constitutionally belongs to the federal government. the justices struck down three major portions of the law but upheld one of the most controversial provisions. kate bolduan has more. kate, what does the ruling say? >> hey, joe, it was a big day at the supreme court. one th...

secretary john bryson is in the hospital after being cited for a felony hit-and-run. he crashed into a stopped car over the weekend twice and left the scene and hit a second car. they found him unconscious behind his wheel. brianna keeler is live at the white house this morning. what exactly happened? >> reporter: well, this happened in the los angeles area in about the 5:00 local hour on saturday. according to the l.a. sheriffs department, secretary bryson, behind the wheel of a lexus...

Canceled many vacation plans. >> everyone from back home is calling us telling us that the storm is rolling in. so we decided that instead of staying and hanging out tomorrow, were going to go back to gainesville. >> it will be an indoors day tomorrow for sure. >> reporter: in some parts of the country its the lack of rain causing problems. making the battle against wildfires in several states more difficult. in new mexico, a fire in the hela national forest has burned through more than 150 squa...

It moves quickly and doesnt give us a lot of time to get these people out of the way. >> steve, what do you suppose over the next two days is going to be most challenging for you? because i know that this is really a critical time. >> i think the challenging thing is just make sure that everybody stays safe. thats our main goal. but what were looking at is with these wind-driven fires, its more of a deal of protecting life, anticipating the direction. what do we have to do to evacuate, then when...

Modernized and brought to perfect condition, but angrily denies he wants a huge increase in the number of u.s. nuclear weapons. why is this the latest battle line in the presidents war on the news media? and shifting timeline. new questions are being asked tonight about the las vegas mass shooting, and there is new audio from inside the hotel during the frantic search to find and stop the gunman as he fired into the crowd. could the shooter have been stopped? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the s...

Miles. in michigan, campers were forced to evacuate as more than 21,000 acres burned, fueled by dry winds and high temperatures. those record highs can be felt across much of the nation. but out in northern california, its not the warmth but the chill in the air. >> its freezing. we thought we were going to go up to the sun in tahoe. >> reporter: it has people double checking the date on their calendar. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> thats for sure. heres a first look at other news going on around...

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