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Brush fire is 50% contained. it scorched 180 acres and destroyed two abandoned buildings. other buildings are threatened. a main road from the area had to be closed. about 50 people including campers and fishermen were evacuated. firefighters blame the drought conditions. in between the coast severe storms brought rain and hail. strong winds from the midwest to the carolinas. at least one tornado touched down in central kansas destroying two homes and damaging others. also tore down power line...

>> the injury was not only inflicted by the kidnappers but by the agency whos responded. >> reporter: brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. theres a deal to bail out the greek economy but the strings attached are hefty. greece must quickly make severe cuts in pensions large taxes and privatization of most government assets. the terms are tougher than the plan voters rejected this month. its not certain theyll go along with the plan. the deadline for parliament approval is tomorrow. so just the f...

The ban on gay scout leaders. it will become official policy if ratified by the national executive board at the end of the month. severe scout groups including the new york city chapter are already accepting gay leaders. we turn to weather out of eastern kentucky today. at least one person is dead and several are missing in the flash flooding. the man who died got out of his stalled car on a roadway. the raging creeks also swept away cars and small structures, dozens of homes and other buildin...

>> you mentioned the winds the flash flooding and lightning. thats what we are seeing in ohio and kentucky. each yellow box is a severe thunderstorm warning. plenty of lightning. damaging winds going to be the big threat with these. a few stronger thunderstorms out ahead of the main line. this is the action through indianapolis, even chicago early this morning. starting up into parts of say, minnesota, minneapolis, late last night. heres the forecast. notice this system continues to push off tow...

Lindsey graham. and a new miss usa has finally been crowned. >> oklahoma! >> 26-year-old olivia jordan beat out 50 other contestants. during the interview portion, she said the next big issue the u.s. needs to tackle is race relations. pageant co- owner donald trump wasnt there. he painted quite the picture with the statements over mexican immigrants. and across the midwest this morning, flooding is wrecking havoc for millions of americans. first to minnesota is getting slammed with heavy wi...

Chad myers. what are you seeing? >> 16 million people under the gun for severe weather including milwaukee and chicago. it was a violent sunday as well. tornado sirens sounding in minneapolis. severe weather pummels parts of the midwest overnight. damaging winds, large hail and thunderstorms ripping through minnesota to illinois into this morning. drivers scouring to find safety under a bridge as southern minnesota gets slammed with winds up to 80 miles per hour. in kentucky firefighters rescue ...

Lightning, and its moving east. today, severe thunderstorms expected across the midwest with the greatest risk of tornadoes in illinois. damaging winds and flash flooding are the biggest concerns for that region. and a massive cleanup effort is under way off the coast of alaska with tons of debris washed up four years after japans devastating tsunami. experts say more than five million tons of trash has washed ashore. so far only a few miles of coastline have been cleared because its so diffic...

With a nonviolent drug offense than other people of another race. this is part of the second term jend trying to reform the war on drugs. another point is if you look at the senate judiciary committee there are bills supported by republicans like rand paul and mike lee to do what the president did today. this is a sleeper bipartisan issue. >> does the president have the juice to do this the fuel in the tank? >> it requires mitch mcconnell bringing the bills to the floor. it is way ahead of where...

For over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, im already behind. i never know what im gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. its hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. the...

Hackers. >> a storm system bringing heavy rain to the already soaked region. latest round of bad weather producing hail and damaging wind and flash flooding. janice dean. it is a pretty day outside. more rain? >> for some folks. the northeast is enjoying a spectacular weekend. but we have severe thunderstorm in central illinois for the next couple of hours and several severe thunderstorm for central illinois seeing hail damaging winds and heavy rainfall. and parts of north dakota. we dont have t...