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That has burned 105 square miles and 600 homes t. valley fire theftening,000 homes, 2400 firefighters got a brake from the weather on tuesday. with the winds calming down, they were able get that fire 30% contained. allowing some homeowners to witness first hand their worst fears. >> i always said the earthquake in california was nothing compared to this. it was so chaotic the firemen it seemed like they didnt know what was going on. i was hearing fire captains going save that water the tree was...

Four hikers died when water rushed through zion national park. three other hikers are missing. the forecast officials are warning there could be more flooding in the days ahead. firefighters are struggling to gain the upper hand on a northern california wildfire that has burned 105 square miles and nearly 600 homes. they got a break from the weather on tuesday. the winds calming down. they were able to get the fire 30% contained allowing some homeowners to witness first hand their worst fears. >...

Develops. >> were covering all of the news now. >> firemen were there and they eyes, as raging wildfires turne wine country. ()/ >> plus. >> we need people who are really smart and have tremendous deal- making skills and have great energy. >> that is not the only message numbers are going up. and what he is telling the naysayers. something stinks in one city. lawsuit over the trash. >> but, we begin with new

Fella responsible for all of cal fire as well as the office of emergency service director. we met with the supervisors, met with the fire folks there. this is bad. this is going to be a very, very bad fire. already 435 homes known to have burned. theres a community called cobb about 10 miles away from middletown, it is probably just not there anymore. its just gone. and this is just one of several fires that we have. so were going to have to get on top of it. we know that this is a very -- the h...

Because nothing like this had happened before. the injuries were horrific. from, you know, arms and legs blown off to internal injuries, they just ran the gamut. >> on the edge of death, viamoran found hope inside his train car. >> translator: i heard someone say come over here. someones alive here. then this person stuck their hand inside. they held my hand and i heard them say dont worry. well get you out. i dont know if it was firemen, if it was a policeman, or if it was one of the volunteers...

Video vigilante jimmy justice is a fixture on the streets of new york. hes out there roughly 20 hours a week, keeping track of law enforcement and government officials, catching them on camera. >> what is your problem? >> heres a traffic agent, parking in front of a fire hydrant. she goes into the store to get some food, and while shes ordering, sirens, flashing lights, fire trucks pull up. and jimmy justice is hot under the collar. >> youre a traffic enforcement agent, and you parked your offic...

Off of the air, it did collapse. once again, we have no idea at this point the loss of life, but i can tell you that there were hundreds of emergency workers down there about five or six blocks. it took probably about, i would say, no more than 50 or 60 seconds for that dust cloud, dust and smoke to literally make it the five or six blocks up here and begin to envelope us at which point we started to move out of the way. there were literally dozens and dozens of firemen who were trying to run pa...

Have friends that lost loved ones and the pain is still there. healing is also there because we found the guy responsible for it and we did everything this nation could and went and got him. >> rob, it must be such a wonderful feeling to go down there to the memorial and you see the people and you see the look in their eye, how does it make you feel? >> it makes me feel incredible. theres no partisan politics. cops are really respected. firemen are there. port authority is there. ems is there. e...

Pulitzer, not just me. im get only the subway to come to work today and there are firemen getting on board to go down to the services. you are reminded that even though it was 14 years ago, in the consciousness of new york, particularly, but also the nation, that this feels like yesterday. and then to a certain extent what happens today is in a way a memorial day, not the memorial day. doesnt supplant what happens in may but something of a national memorial day for what happened on september 11t...

To envelope us at which point we started to move away. there were literally dozens and dozens of firemen who are trying to run past us. in fact, our cameraman even got in his car and drove away. the people you see here are pretty much all emergency workers. them that ive seen in frl. the these. obviously in serious distress, breathing problems are the biggest problem for those who manage to make it safely. the world trade center probably stands about 10 blocks south of where i am at this moment....