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Down. well stay very hot and very windy. if a spot fire pops up we could see it progress 100 feet per minute. thats a football feel every three minutes. very dangerous across the area. as we go through the overnight hours, we are got go continue to see the winds at 15 miles per hour. gusting even higher at times. a little bit of a break. the winds do die down in the area but then they are expected to pick back up again on thursday. of course we wont see any rain. that would be a welcome sight. w...

All of a sudden, a spot fire breaks out. it is like this for miles up and down the road. and then there is this, a fire team deployed to protect three dozen yosemites sequoia trees some of the oldest living things on earth in need of protection now. neal karlinsky, abc news, yosemite national park. >> for a large portion of the middle of the country the problem is late summer heat wave. right now the scorching temperatures especially tough on kids back in school with no air conditioning in class...

All of a sudden, a spot fire breaks out. it is like this for miles up and down the road. and then there is this, a fire team deployed to protect three dozen yosemites sequoia trees some of the oldest living things on earth in need of protection now. neal karlinsky, abc news, yosemite national park. >> for a large portion of the middle of the country the problem is late summer heat wave. right now the scorching temperatures especially tough on kids back in school with no air conditioning in class...

Now its spreading even further. marianne rafferty has been here all night looking at the details here. hey, mary anne. >> it jumped the river flames racing towards homes in the glacier view area of the state. mandatory evacuations were tut into effect for 80 homes there. there are 1300 firefighters trying to put the flames out. high winds and thunderstorms opened up a new front for crews to battle. the storm spread embers that started a fire on sheet mountain. we are pulling resources from oth...

High plains outside of denver up toward the dakotas. we will watch potential for showers and thunderstorms and possible severe weather. 88 in kansas city warm across the west again 78 for new york city 93 in memphis. keep you up to date for all of the weather news ainsley and patti ann. >> talking about the fire puts life in perspective. >> it is 11 minutes after the hour. what is the one mistake both presidential campaigns are making right now? we will tell you what karl rove and bob beckel bot...

It 112 and say it will go higher. and they are quick to remind us that its not the number thats important but the human toll behind each one. >> its really not just the list of numbers. these are stories. each one of these represents a family thats been displaced from their home that may have lost some family heirlooms. photos, possessions, kids toys, what have you. >> meantime, a massive effort to save 500 other homes from a spot fire. the cost of this fight now over $7 million. and growing by ...

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