and come towards us. it s been several days but flames from the rim fire continue to shoot up towards the sky with the fire swallowing up irg in its path. it s scary. just don t want to see your house go up. we ve got so many memories in the last year. neighbors watch as helicopter hovers other their home picking up more water to fight the growing flames. the beauty of high houn tan lake, that s the part you can rebuild, but you can t put trees up. the plume of smoke is so big it creates its own weather patterns inside making it even hard for crews to predict where the fire burns next. it sucks the air out and all of a sudden you goat a wind coming from nowhere and it s not windy up here. it s just the fire pulling all the oxygen so can it breathe. crews say the try brush and rugged terrain make getting into the fire on foot very difficult. so it s drier than lumber that you buy at a lumberyard. many have been forced from their homes already, but others who
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fire is still burning along both sides of highway 120. that road remains closed outside of groveland. crews are making significant progress though on the southwestern edge of the fire. but it is still moving to the north threatening the town of tuolumne city. cbs reporter teresa garcia is there with the latest. reporter: the rim fire near the yosemite national park has been designated the number one priority for the forest service. a lot of firefighters here trying to get ahead of it. reporter: more than 3400 firefighters are battling the blaze, which has consumed more than 20 structures and scorched nearly 144,000 acres. look how deep that is. reporter: pine needles and dead leaves have created a bed of kindling on the forest floor. we are inside the firelines. this is what s being called a first priority zone. it s an area where the most resources are bring dedicated and this is because the blaze has been spreading most intensely along the eastern side of the fi
we look at today s opening arguments and early testimony. ifill: the pentagon eased financial pain for its employees by cutting unpaid furlough from 11 days to six. ray suarez discusses the budget cuts and terror threats with deputy secretary of defense ashton carter. our effort to deal with the current budget situation, we believe, has to be driven by strategy. that is, a view of the future. terrorism is one of those things that s going to be around. warner: and more than 1.5 million people have fled the bloody syrian civil war. we have an on-the-ground report from the world s second largest refugee camp in jordan. ifill: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutio
arguments and early testimony. ifill: the pentagon eased financial pain for its employees by cutting unpaid furlough from 11 days to six. ray suarez discusses the budget cuts and terror threats with deputy secretary of defense ashton carter. our effort to deal with the current budget situation, we believe, has to be driven by strategy. that is, a view of the future. terrorism is one of those things that s going to be around. warner: and more than 1.5 million people have fled the bloody syrian civil war. we have an on-the-ground report from the world s second largest refugee camp in jordan. ifill: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and.