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They evacuated us over here that they usually have for the naval reserves. were waiting for the smoke to clear so we can hopefully go back home. hopefully tomorrow around 6:00 p.m., thats the word we got. were just waiting. >> what were the conditions like before you left? >> they were pretty bad. actually, everywhere there was thick smoke. hard to breathe. but the firemen came in and took care of it and 208d us to hurry up and evacuate and get out of here. and gave us the direction to go. >> an...

Causing -- are flaring up causing major damage in the west. they are trying to make some headway in california. hundreds of structures remain vulnerable. dan springer has been covering this for us. hes in red bluff, california. dan, how is it going? >> reporter: some good news to report from northern california. crews have it at 8% containment. but i think its even higher than that. but they are definitely getting the upper hand. what a relief for the hundreds of people who have been driven from...

Running very intensely. >> reporter: so intense, 1,900 firefighters are battling the fire from the ground and the air. at least seven homes have been destroyed. >> this must have been the closet. >> reporter: including the prichard family ranch. >> good, good friend. it hurts us. >> reporter: the fire one of dozens still burning throughout the west. most of the fire activity now in idaho and california. cal fire crews are working nonstop to save the 3,000 homes still threatened by the ponderosa ...

citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nations capital, and the most outages five days after the storms hit, west virginia. 5,000 homes are without ai...

Look at the size of the root ball. i haveç covered a lot of storm. this is about a 12-foot root ball. more importantly, it took down the power lines, transformers, normally arent that color. a light gray, so there was some kind of fire activity around the transformers, and follow the power lines down the street and another power pole that came down, not so much from the wind, but because it was dragged down as the weight of this big tree put its force on these power lines and its down there. s...

>> ill have another had another. will he break the triple crown drought? and exceedian jim has new stand-up special thats bringing laughs to you and money to military veterans. my interview with him later in the hour. it is sunday, may 20th. good morning. im randy kay. we start with the action many chicago as leaders of the nato nations prepare to meet today. for several days now protest ares have crowded the streets of downtown, but what is expected to be the biggest demonstration o...

Over texas but it will. a chance of severe weather in dallas-ft. worth, probably hail. the western half of the state, western third from amarillo, still very dry out there. not a cloud in the sky. its going to than way for the next couple of days. but there will be an awful lot of rainfall in the forecast. kind of have to give you a map here. there would be kansas. heres oklahoma. and then heres texas. okay. so not great, but its raining. and thats where most of the fire activity is, anyway. the...

More flare-ups or homes go up flames. for now they have the neighborhood mostly locked down. the containment number officially 5% but havent seen any fire activity for the last several hours so they are optimistic things are looking better in bel-air. >> be safe out there. okay? >> just an awful scene. ahead, olympic skier lindsay vaun says she is hoping to represent the united states well at the upcoming games but not represented president trump. andy scholes has more in mo mornings bleacher re...

Direction. >> a lot of fire activity. very active burning. >> from a helicopter burning over the scene, you can see miles of charred land. an area twice as large as san francisco. >> a lot of firefighters have expressed they have never seen this in their career. its burning with great intensity. >> down below, rick sanders is the only one in his neighborhood yet to evacuate. he stayed behind to defend his home of 30 years, which rests just a few blocks from the flames. >> it has been almost this...

In state history started, the heymann fire, so a very similar type of fire activity now. its dry out here in the west, very dry, the fifth major fire already in colorado this year, in this drought-stricken area. people here say its going to be a very long summer as they continue to battle this blaze burning west of fort collins. several have been evacuated, there was good news overnight, the winds died down significantly. the winds were 25, 30 miles an hour at one point gusting, just night down ...