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All of a sudden, a spot fire breaks out. it is like this for miles up and down the road. and then there is this, a fire team deployed to protect three dozen yosemites sequoia trees some of the oldest living things on earth in need of protection now. neal karlinsky, abc news, yosemite national park. >> for a large portion of the middle of the country the problem is late summer heat wave. right now the scorching temperatures especially tough on kids back in school with no air conditioning in class...

All of a sudden, a spot fire breaks out. it is like this for miles up and down the road. and then there is this, a fire team deployed to protect three dozen yosemites sequoia trees some of the oldest living things on earth in need of protection now. neal karlinsky, abc news, yosemite national park. >> for a large portion of the middle of the country the problem is late summer heat wave. right now the scorching temperatures especially tough on kids back in school with no air conditioning in class...

>> maracas. sombreros on. no tequila, sorry. >> no serenade today? nothing? >> nothing. we will have fun. well get to the serious stuff. >> more serious news. we begin this half-hour with infernos across the american west. threatening thousands of homes. >> more than 50 wildfires this morning. the most serious one, a fire outside yosemite national park that has more than tripled in size. abcs neal karlinsky is on the frontlines. >> reporter: at yosemite rose bed and breakfast built for the thous...

>> maracas. sombreros on. no tequila, sorry. >> no serenade today? nothing? >> nothing. we will have fun. well get to the serious stuff. >> more serious news. we begin this half-hour with infernos across the american west. threatening thousands of homes. >> more than 50 wildfires this morning. the most serious one, a fire outside yosemite national park that has more than tripled in size. abcs neal karlinsky is on the front lines. >> reporter: at yosemite rose bed and breakfast built for the thou...

2,200 homes and six communities. the beaver creek wildfire has burned more than 100,000 acres and is only % contained. paul, we learn snow guns are being used to protect some areas from the fire. tell us how that works. >> basically the sun valley resort seeing the fire could be getting dangerously close decided it would use the snow guns to lay a soggy perimeter around the resort. earlier today, i smoke spoke with someone from the resort. >> we have the largest computerized snow-making system i...

We are having fire break lines with bulldozers. we are really working in coordination with the fire team thats here. theyre doing an amazing job. >> weve heard that they are absolutely working their hearts out. conditions very tough, steep terrain if youre a ski resort, kind of describe the conditions for us today and what youre observing? >> caller: its still smokey in the area. usually in the afternoon clears off a little bit when the inversion lifts. its steep terrain. the humidity is low. th...

Witness box. and legal analysts say it is less and less likely that george zimmerman will take the stand as the trial proceeds. veronica, back to you. >> sarah dallof, thanks to you. other stories making news -- new developments in a cold case across the pond. police in the uk say they have identified 38, quote, people of interest in connection with the disappearance of madeleine mccann. the 3-year-old disappeared while on vacation off portugal with her family in 2007. more violence in chica...

Listening to dr. george smith who headed up the ems response there. we got a sense. before the break, we got a sense of the different hats that each one of those many of the residents have to wear. you brought up the mayor also being a fireman. also knowing the people quite well, perhaps, they are trying to help. >> absolutely right. the mayor protem, when he arrived on the scene, according to newspaper reports has told the firefighters unaccounted for, he grabbed his face with his hands and ben...

Hanging between a building. bill: we had a witness a short time ago explain that, you know, she had her purse with her when she fell between this crack. you wonder, if indeed she would have to wait for morning commute to people arrive at parking garage to hear her scream to locate her inside. were trying to piece together how in the world this happened. this is the eyewitness from moments ago. roll this. >> at first she was halfway from the wall, from the top. could still see her hand. when the ...

>> did i do okay? >> thank you. did i hit you with a cartridge? >> i already fired. >> its kicking up. [ gunfire ] what is this larger weapon were going to shoot? >> the m-249. >> m-249. it does the job very well. really heavy. a lot of support. it is fairly easy to shoot. >> this is something that infantry men are using right now? >> yes. its part of every fire team. >> what does it shoot? >> a .556 round. linked like this. >> so, automatic? >> yes, maam. >> can we see how badly i did on this o...