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Family members want to be protective of another family member. >> one other thing we want to turn to, the altitude, that position, that cone of death he created all speaks to a level of sophistication that we dont see how he got it. also if it wasnt an automatic you can explain to us the lethality rate, to go through multiple people as opposed to semi automatic. those are all relevant considerations for investigators here. >> chris, i havent heard that type of fire other than on a range or overs...

Jamie, there was kind of a brick retaining wall, cinder wall. i tried to get her past. we saw that first victim crumpled against that wall with an abdomen wound that was in the midst of one of the last long sustained bursts. the fire was continuing as we turned back in. we helped that gentleman we lifted up and a passerby, civilian car was there, being loaded with victims. we got him into that vehicle. when i turned back in, thats when i started noticing so many others on the ground. and the nex...

How-to, but it sounds like its pretty ease toy do that. can you explain if its ease toy convert a rifle into -- semi automatic into a fully automatic? >> sure. well, there are a number of ways to do it. in terms of fully automatic fire, there are some accessories that are available on the market such as a bump fire stock or slide fire. that is an accessory that can be used to modify a weapon like an ar-15 to allow it to fire in rapid succession or automatic fire. >> sam, hold on a second. i just...

Gunshots when i heard my brother say i got hit. i turned around and saw him coughing up blood. >> reporter: using a piece of plastic and band-aids to cover his chest wound. ushering his wife to safety, he was shot in the back and died trying to save her. >> most people climbed the fence. i had to stay with my body. >> reporter: his friend was shot three times in the chest. >> we got him over the fence once the fire stopped and slid him under a stage so we were safe. >> reporter: vanessa, an off-...

Rifles strewn across the floor, camera set up to capture the carnage inside the room and outside as well. to see when law enforcement was on the way. fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more on the man who worked for some time to set up this horrific scene. >> ive been getting phone calls from my contacts throughout the evening. we spoke today with two contacts review the inventory and recovered the weapons, ranging in price from 1500-$3,000 apiece and with the tripo...

West of yosemite national park. the fire broke out just yesterday but nearly doubled in size overnight. it already destroyed at least one structure. it is threatening about a hundred homes they tell us. over on the big wall a map of the current fires in the united states. they have real problems in alaska. can you see here, the one in california and then these two in arizona, including the slide fire, that one has been burning for a week. officials say they have made progress. as i mentioned, wa...

Anchorage, some 60 miles away. more success in arizona, where a huge fire near sedona is now 25% contained. the slide fire has burned through more than 14,000 acres. it grew in part because crews set their own fires to dry up the tinder before the main blaze could. authorities plan today to lift a pre-evacuation order for more than 3,000 residents nearby. what will the weather hold today for this memorial day? jennifer gray has that. good morning, jennifer. >> good morning to you guys. we ar...

Department offer two possible dates for kerry to appear. that appearance comes with conditions. the state department saying if kerry testifies for the oversight panel, there is no need for him to appear before the new select committee. and, late today, a federal judge ordering congressman john conniers to be put on the august primary ballot. the michigan democrat is seek his 26th term. state election officials had declared him ineligible for the ballot. thats because many of the signatures filed...

>> reporter: the good news, no honests have been damaged. so far no injuries and at last check the fire was some three, three and a half miles. the side where the firefighters are concentrating their efforts. the northwest flank of the area where theyre doing dropouts or burnouts, dropping the fire retardant, were not out of the woods yet. the next three hours will be crucial. mother nature is the big x factor and the winds are still not predictable. you see the huge plume of smoke that is reall...

Contained, ominous words by the firefighters. called the slide fire the blaze near sedona, arizona has already scorched nearly 5,000 acres, the tender dry region is textbook for fires to get out of control. >> fire gets into that steep terrain with heavy fuels and it is wind-driven, it is a bad combination and the potential for a catastrophic wildfire. >> reporter: planes and choppers swoop in, spraying water where hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines battling the fire that is threate...