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>> his house was spared. >> the fire got in the middletown area. my wife told me she was leaving. i figured mine would be gone. im in shock. im a fireman. i talked to my wife. she said what are we going to do. she said there is no reason to not keep working. >> look at that. fire crews may get help from the weather today. cnns stephanie elam with a better look. >> reporter: good morning, christine and alison. we get a better look of the valley fire. you can see just how hot and scary this fire w...

Torching going on. theres house after house, building after building thats going up in flames. be careful here because there are embers raining down. >> reporter: cautiously we made our way through what looked like the gates of hell. this was a neighborhood, and now its gone. all around loud explosions from gasoline and thousand gallon propane tanks. >> can you feel the heat as the fire rips down main street. the roar of the fire is deafening, and right across the street that is an apartment com...

>> i tell you, i dont think my chef in new york would do better. >> it would go well with wine, too. >> youre going to jail for that in the states. these kids eat fast. look how fast this kid eats. turn your head, hell eat your food right out of your plate. push up your tray just like in prison, move it along. move it along. >> they come to you and serve you. most important thing that we see here is the love mary give to the food she make and to the kids she serves. i think it has a lot to do wi...

Towers. >> which tower? >> tower two. >> tower two. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> we set up to do live within a minute or two after he got the camera hooked up reporting in the street thats when the first tower fell. >> you heard the rumbling thunder, wasnt as loud as i expected it to be. >> what shot of it? my god, look, dude, look, look, point that way. oh, my god! >> just as i was about to come up, as i was going up the stairwell on the building started shaking going down. a fireman at the to...

Event to really sink in with me. and i think it became more dramatic the further removed from it we all became as we started to hear the stories of heroism and of loss. we started to learn what people had gone through that morning and what they had sacrificed. we started to understand how many children had lost parents. we interviewed a young boy named kevin hickey. and his father was a new york city fireman who had gone into the building after the planes had struck. >> your dad was a firefighte...

Family, took care of the kids. >> cruzs plea deal makes him eligible for up to four years in prison but he hopes to convince the judge that all he really needs is a drug rehab program. >> in 16 years i havent been in no trouble. you can see yourself to help me instead of sending me to -- i done research on what rehabilitation -- that meant and it says to make better. i want to be a better drug user. i want to be a better person. >> now its the prosecutors turn to give her account of cruzs past 1...

Estate. kept state versus illinois and bowling green versus tennessee. some called well before the lightning was obvious. >> within eight miles of the stadium. >> reporter: frustrating fans, one was tackled by security a he ran across the field during the lightning delay. no one was hurt, but take a look at the flurry of strikes in the region. more than 162,000 strike across the country on saturday alone. forecasters warned lightning could be deadly. >> a single lightning stroke could be 30,000 ...

Mere inches away from the firemans head. but with nerves of steel, the firefighter doesnt even flinch and continue to put out the fire. >> that was shocking. i mean, many people would be like, just drop the hose and run away. >> department officials credit the firemans protective breathing apparatus as the main reason why this event didnt become a tragedy. the firefighter continues, as if nothing ever happened. and in less than a minute gets the fire under control. its believed the blaze started...

Reduced the amount of physical testing once firefighters pass the test. also, once they graduate they are not tested again. now, that is something thats been going on for a long time. people are questioning are these firefighters qualified to come and get me out? >> its insane. im not against female firefighters, obviously anyone that can pass a test. they are not gender specific fires. the point is to save people in trouble. if you cant do it you shouldnt be a fireman. >> commissioner said the ...

Finally tonight, we saw bad lip readings version of the debate that went viral. here is another look back that takes a much younger view. >> >> gentlemen, is there anyone on stage who is unwilling tonight to pledge your support to the eventual nominee of the republican party? [cheers and applause] >> mr. trump? [crowd booing] >> you cant say tonight? >> i you cannot. my father was a bartender. >> my dad worked with the ice cream. >> my father was a fireman. >> my father liked cuba. >> you have t...