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Va troubles, rob nabors, traveled to phoenix, the va office where problems first surfaced, to interview the interim director, even as congressional investigators warn the problems we know about now may just be the tip of the iceberg. christine and john? >> dana bash, thanks for that. 5% contained, not what you want to hear when a wildfire is bearing down on your home. thats the situation this morning near sedona, arizona. more than 7,000 acres have already burned. hundreds of homes and busines...

Massive out of control wildfires changing everyones weekend plans in one of the most beautiful parts of northern arizona. cnns ana cabrera is on the scene for us. what is the latest there? >> well, you can see the fire still burning very strong based on all the smoke and the haze in the air behind me. we had a chance to go into the fire zone to get a better look at some of the firefighting in action today. as this fire has charred now 7500 acres and is just 5% contained. and one of the reasons i...

>> well, yes, were told they are making progress, brianna. but its not quantifiable progress just yet. this fire still zero percent contained. were talking about extremely dry conditions. when you look at these pine needles, thats the bed of the forest where this fire is burning. and its burning out of control. when you see the winds picking up like they are, that was really what set this fire really out of control yesterday. 24 hours ago, it with its this time when the tire went from 450 acres ...

Id cards and the $100 bills in the dirt and the pine needles and stuff. and i we knnt wow. we put it altogether, it is that fossett guy. >> reporter: turns out these items are found in the original search area, the mountains. the search teams quickly change their focus once again. >> just about the time we were about to call off the search, the air national search spotted wreckage on the ground. >> reporter: it is fossetts plane, right along the original radar track, the very spot in play before...

>> it was very distracting, they never looked back at the previous evidence they had. they focused everything on this new piece. >> reporter: the search area suddenly shifts dramatically, from the mountains, about 60 miles northeast to the desert. the search continues for months. still, no sign of steve fossett or his airplane. that is until a hiker finds some of fossetts personal belongings. it is now october 2008, more than a year after he disappeared. >> i came across the card, the id cards a...

It is now october 2008, more than a year after he disappeared. >> i came across the id card and the other cards. and the money in the dirt, and the pine needles and stuff. i went wow. we put it all together, it is that fossett guy. >> reporter: turns out these items are discovered in the heart of the original search area. the mountains. the search teams quickly change their focus. once again. >> just about the time we were going to call off the search the aircraft from yosemite national park spo...

People put credence in that. >> a ranch hand says that the plane flew over him as he was standing on his porch. he says the plane was flying low at 1,000 feet. the tip changes everything. >> it was terribly distracting and they never looked at the previous evidence they had. they focused everything on this piece. >> the search area shifts dramatically from the mountains about 60 miles northeast to the desert. the search continues for months, still no sign of steve fossett or his airplane. that i...

Needles of the rosemary and put it in the oil. and put lots of it in there. add rose petals. >> what else? >> citrus is great. the thing about -- we can pull off some citrus. you can put a little. this will be rosemary, citrus, rose. >> were going to continue to make this in the break. i want to thank you for the instruction, first of all, the great smelling candle, bringing them to us. its called poetry of fragrance. well continue our making and we want to thank you for that advice. moms will l...

And additionally, they just had a brand-new daughter born on the 28th of may, four months before. >> forensic investigators searched natalies abandoned car and found a wealth of evidence. >> vehicles are like a magnet. its a very hard place to hide evidence. >> near the windshield wipers, dr. bock found bits of mountain grass and some unusual pine needles, neither of which was common in the area. >> it was material that had come from approximately 9,000 feet elevation in a canyon along the front...

And moss which are perfect for getting a fire started. no matches, no lighter, no problem. >> i will smear some of this chapstick into this cotton ball, and it will act like a candle. >> reporter: eddie keeps chapstick and a few cotton balls on him at all times. it sounds strange until you add sparks. >> it goes. >> reporter: both carry a simple flint to scrape with a trusty knife. soon we are melting snow over a raging fire. we had pine needles for flavor for a kind of back woods tea. >> if you...