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Completely today. theres a lot of questions coming into the joint information center asking when we can go home, when are we going in our homes. it is still a hot and active fire area, and even this morning, you can hear explosions around some of the front line of the fire for propane tanks and other fuel sources. >> you have been listening to el paso sheriff speaking in colorado springs now. the news from there, frankly not great. he says it is a very hot fire, very hot even at 5:00 a.m. when h...

Jon: you might have expected it. the nsa snooping story triggering lawsuits. it is calling for an end to the widespread surveillance program. cannot really happen? our legal panel weighs in. and fire the fire is burning out of control, forcing thousands of people from their homes. a live report from the fire lines coming up in two minutes. >> im not sure if my house is blocked. we are stuck right here. my son was not home. he got some things out. but he got out safe. my daughter is out. everyone...

Kicking up. we just returned from over the fire lines. we had a firsthand look at the damage, and ive got to be honest with you. it is really evident and it goes on for block after block after block. we counted dozens of homes completely destroyed. many of them still smouldering this afternoon. we were with fire crews on the front lines doing what they could to beat back hot spots. we were also with cruise forced to evacuate more homeowners behind the fire lines. it is an indication how serious ...

In harms way. they have been told to evacuate. stephanie elam is at the fire lines. are crews having much success at this hour fighting the fire? >> reporter: well, since this fire started on thursday evening, firefighters have been out here actually digging in and also attacking it by the air. but take a look at this flare-up here. this is exactly what firefighters are keeping their eyes on so that this fire doesnt spread further. theyre taking care of knocking the hot spots out. >> three, two,...

Battling this massive powerhouse fire. let me take you back to yesterday afternoon when it started. it began to pick up very quickly and burned so many hundreds of acres by the night, that this entire area was orange. the air was just choked with embers, ashes, and smoke. it was really tough to breathe. you needed your air mask just to walk around here when the smoke was blazing. at this point, as you mentioned, we know 1,500 acres have burned. at least one structure was consumed. a lot of those...

Newbury park area on the other side of this large hill to the south. the winds shifted dramatically, wolf. they say the winds are blowing about 25 miles an hour. but there are no -- theres no doubt that some of these gusts are even more than that. and thats what fanned these flames so quickly. so now this other flank has become extremely active and theres a fierce fire fight. this is called the lo siento neighborhood. there are mandatory evacuations, people are gathering their belongings and hea...

Civilian world. and thats, that is huge, huge to me. >> reporter: joe has a baby boy on the way. he is going to school full time and hopes to open a guitar store when he graduates, uma. uma: that is good news. a success story indeed. thank you very much, rick. jon: great story there. crews are making progress against a massive wildfire in northern california. dozens of homes already gone. hundreds more still in danger. well get you very latest from the fire lines next. plus the obama campaign ta...

emily, this hasnt been just a weather vaent. it has been an economic event. businesses havent been able to operate. >> reporter: hi, gary. it has been such a long week for people. when you see trees like this that toppled and the power lines that came down more than a week ago, it set off a chain reaction so big that the experts, the government and even small businesses say they just havent been able to add up the total costs yet. what is clear is that as the power comes back on, peopl...

youre in "the situation room." another weak jobs report is raising new concerns about the pace of an already sluggish economic recovery. only 80,000 jobs were added in the month of june, significantly fewer than economists were certainly hoping for. the unemployment rate is holding at 8.2%. it all comes as president obamas trying to kick his campaign into a higher gear with a major bus tour through some critical battleground states. >> its still tough out there. you know, we learned ...

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