can get water or retardant, and dump that specifically on spots throughout the fire zone. caught up with one of the pilots of one of those air cranes, and he described for me some of the challenges he s facing with this fire. what s the most challenging thing about this fire? about losing a house. we don t like that. we take that kind of personal. the challenging part is being up 10,000 foot with the winds. you can see how the clouds or the fog, or the smoke is standing up today, but you get up in there, get the wind swirling over top, and even though this machine s got a lot of horsepower, it takes a lot to fly in the wind. reporter: fixed-wing aircraft also helping out, unprecedented move by the u.s. military. their entire fleet of c-140s modified to fight fires are in here. also getting federal attention from the president. president obama here yesterday doing a tour, showing his support for the firefighting effort as well. colorado springs, as you know, randi, is the
verdict to their advantage. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. we start in colorado, where daylight brings new dangers along the fire lines. the waldo canyon fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes so far, and thousands more are threatened. firefighters have been working around the clock to protect those homes. cnn s rob marciano has been in colorado springs all week for us. rob, the firefighters get a bit of a break overnight with some cooler temperatures, but what s happening now? reporter: well, this time of day is when the personnel for air support begins to filter in and other support crews. they work the ground through the overnight, but this is when things really ramp up. you can see behind me, there s not a lot of smoke. at night, temperatures are cooler, the fire tends to lay down, but certainly, there are some homes and communities that they ve managed to save there. a little bit further to the south, that s
a rand study says they d only go up by 2.4% more with an individual mandate than without one. and that brings me to the third and by far the most important thing that americans need to know about this bill. it s a big problem. if the whole bill goes into effect, average premiums will still go up for americans by an estimated 7% according to rand. with no bill at all, premiums went up by 9% last year. you may be shocked. you re like, these are about the same number. they are. they re going up by more than inflation, many multiples of inflation, more than your salary increase if you even get one. the reason is that neither republicans or democrats ever have dealt with the biggest problem in the country which is that surging medical costs don t come with surging life spans or healthier americans. the average american, we spend about $8,000 per person in this country on health care. that s the most of any country in the world. for that, you would think if it were so great, we wou
individual mandate than without one. and that brings me to the third and by far the most important thing that americans need to know about this bill. it s a big problem. if the whole bill goes into effect, average premiums will still go up for americans by an estimated 7% according to rand. with no bill at all, premiums went up by 9% last year. you may be shocked. you re like, these are about the same number. they are. they re going up by more than inflation, many multiples of inflation, more than your salary increase if you even get one. the reason is that neither republicans or democrats ever have dealt with the biggest problem in the country which is that surging medical costs don t come with surging life spans or healthier americans. the average american, we spend about $8,000 per person in this country on health care. that s the most of any country in the world. for that, you would think if it were so great, we would live the longest. we don t. we live to an average of 7
good evening everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the health care fight that doesn t add up. love it or loathe it. the individual mandate, the heart of president obama s signature domestic achievement is in jeopardy tonight. republicans are already circling the wagons. we made it pretty clear and i ll make it clear one more time. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court s biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president s mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but it doesn t require anything from a lot of us. most americans already have insurance and another 22 to 24 million americans will be exempt from the mandate because they don t earn enough money to file income taxes or they re in prison or they