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>> i am the luckiest person in the world. my family is safe. now i need to check on my neighbors. >> michelles home burned in the steiner ranch community northwest of austin. today we are reminded not all fire victims were lucky and we may not know all the dead. the biggest fire has killed at least two people, and two others, a mother and toddler died elsewhere in the state on sunday. today a 100-member search team from texas task force one plans to fan out southeast of austin where au...

worst fire season in history gets worse by the hour. this is the worst of the worst. southeast of austin, 30,000 acres consumed, hundreds of homes destroyed, zero containment. this fire started sunday, barely 48 hours ago, and already governor rick perry calls it as mean a fire as he has ever seen and hes seen a whole lot of wildfires this year. the texas forest service counts 294 consecutive days of wildfires somewhere in the state. you see the numbers here behind me. not coincidental...

That cant sit well in the bronx. >> at this point, i dont think he cares what anyone thinks. hes doing what hes doing. >> no. but it will be forgiven after he wins a championship. >> maybe. not by cleveland fans. >> its a whole other level of bitterness. >> exactly. thank you. it is 7:00 a.m. out west. 10:00 in washington where there is no deal on the budget with the clock ticking toward the deadline. the government could shut down at midnight friday. 38 hours from now. 800,000 federal workers...

But tiger woods not favored to win. the number of americans filing for first-time benefits fell by 10,000 from the previous week. and the body of a second american has been found in the ruins of japan. monty dixon of alaska taught english at schools in japan as part of an exchange program. were watching capitol hill. congresswoman nancy pelosi expected to speak any minute now.

Are taking place here in chile that might be transfer rabl to the united states. on education we have a long history of public education and our universities, i think are second to none, but we want to make sure that in this increasingly integrated world american students arent just looking inch wards, we are also looking outwards. the idea of us setting up a broad-based exchange program with the americas i think makes an enormous difference. security cooperation. the playing of narco trafficker...

Sources. but there may be initiatives taking place near chile that might be transferrable to the united states. on education, obviously, we have a long history of public education and our universities, i think, are second to none, but we want to make sure that in this increasingly integrated world, american students arent just looking inwards, were also looking outwards. and so the idea of us setting up a broad-based exchange program with the americas, i think, makes an enormous difference. secu...

Force out there. theyre working very, very hard. we just need to keep them out there and keep the volunteers out there looking for our son so we can bring him home. >> nbcs keir simmons is live in london with more for us. keir, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, you just know, dont you, that every american parent who has a son or daughter overseas will feel their heart agree out to this family. this young man, a high school football player, clearly loves life. thats plain from the pictures...

Cut short so that was disturbing. and since that time, weve had no information at all. >> what are her circumstances there? is she living in a dormitory, with a family? did she have an apartment? >> shes living with a family that she -- that was her host family last year. her senior year of high school, when she was there on an exchange program to be fully immersed in the arabic language. >> and have you reached out to the embassy? have you reached out to the u.s. government in any way to say ho...

Ripken jr. and youre watching "fox & friends." >> he was one of our great guests a couple of days ago. >> yes, he was. >> on your twitter account, would you be able to put her money match event, she was just on. small businesses getting together. people who have money with small business. people who need money. put that on twitter.com. >> im not going to do it imminently. ill do it on the commercial break. breaking news, a body has been found in the delaware river near the site of that philadelp...

A georgia-based tour company has suspended duck boat tours nationwide following a tragic accident in philadelphia. the frantic search continues for two missing tourists who could still be alive. 37 passengers were forced to jump for their lives when their tour boat crash nod a barge and sank. stephanie goss is in philadelphia where the ntsb has taken over the investigation. bring us up to date. >> reporter: thats right, contessa. the ntsb is here, they are head of the investigation. the coast gu...