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Some brave firefighters are being called heroes from rescuing 58 children and 24 adults from a raging wildfire. you can imagined fear they must have felt as this fire burned on both sides of the road leading to the circle. flames surrounded the young campers and came within 600 feet of the building they were huddled in for safety. stephanie spoke with the firefighters who went beyond the call of duty to rescue them. >> it takes just a split second for this wildfire to explode. >> this was litera...

California. cnns stephanie elam has this weeks "beyond the call of duty". >> reporter: it takes just a split second for this wildfire to explode. >> this was literally like a nuclear bomb went off. >> reporter: the intense flames blocking first responders from getting up this narrow dirt road. even worse, about 80 kids are enjoying summer camp at the circle b ranch, literally in the line of fire with no way out. >> i knew there wasnt a chance for the fire to go left or right. it was all funnelin...

Mysterious death of army major david shannon. a man who was murdered while sleeping in his own bed. here again is keith morrison. >> dawn in fayetteville, north carolina. it had been a long night at the home of major david shannon, now deceased. but the investigation was just beginning. the only thing that was perfectly clear was that somebody wanted this man dead, wanted it badly. shot him in the head and the chest while he slept. his wife joan sleeping soundly, then startled away beside him. >...

With problems. there losing officers to attrition of budget cuts. how do you fix that? >> you can have as many officers as you want. you will have the same problem when he of split-second decision-making. if that right person is not making the right decision at that moment we will always have these conversations. we will always question what police are doing. that is the bigger issue. no one is realizing that please only have a split second to make those decisions. then they want to question the...

-- we want to put this out and show people kind of the exclusive dangerous rhetoric we talk about the people say and you wonder what he was thinking. >> he wasnt thinking at all. just how long ago was it that steve scalise was shot at baseball practice and for a split second we were talking about how words are powerful but immediately forget it. >> george lopez believes this. he is a comedian. this is something he said he the wanting attention, wanting to make a joke but even though he might not...

Journalism in fact covering all politics is based on the minimum idea that the president may only lie about one or two things. he lies about everything. >> this tape today, he said today that obama, his predecess predecessors responsible for somehow colluding with the russians when they interfered with our election. split second before he said there was no interference. he does a 180. it doesnt affect his peeps. >> he talks and says what he thinks at the moment. he doesnt care if its true. by th...

I saw him, and then he wasnt there. i looked in his eyes before he -- for a split second, a thousand years, all at once. webster hasnt even come up with the words to describe a moment like that. and i kind of stood there for a second kind of -- i mean, like you cant move, and then i ran to the window and looked down in time to see him hit the ground. we were on the 25th floor and he fell 17 stories because he hit the eighth floor parking garage. and -- i mean in my mind, he -- i mean for some re...

I saw him, and then he wasnt there. i looked in his eyes before he -- for a split second, a thousand years, all at once. webster hasnt even come up with the words to describe a moment like that. and i kind of stood there for a second kind of -- i mean, like you cant move, and then i ran to the window and looked down in time to see him hit the ground. we were on the 25th floor and he fell 17 stories because he hit the eighth floor parking garage. and -- i mean in my mind, he -- i mean for some re...

Anything can look weird if you just take that quick shot. >> thats how you play it on social media. that was brilliant. its opening day for the british government. pageantry and politics coming together for the traditional state opening of parliament. the event highlighted by the queens speech marks the formal start of the parliamentary year. cnn diplomatic editor joining us live from london. good morning to you. we understand this is low key by standards weve seen in recent years. is that the...

The staff has enough to deal with. i didnt want to be an extra burden to them. they were wonderful about it. >> so they just took advantage of an opportunity that was presented to them just by a split second someone looking away or someone not paying attention to the cart. so im okay with that. we were able to find those individuals that took the candy off the cart and bring them to justice. >> we hadnt broken any infractions. and for them it was more important that the people who did it be held...