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Estimated 5 of the fires at this hour. Right now, you are looking at the city of san marcos, worst of it you can see, uncontrol able blaze, what local officials call a fire nato. Firenado, city home to 10,000 student state university, 9 other other report that 15 of city has been evacuated. But the biggest of those fires, all good size fires, hitting Marine Corps Base at camp pendleton. Burning to 6,000 of the bases 125,000 acre area. Prompting an Evacuation Order for a naval web son station and...

Mountains in morgan hill. Were giving you a live look at the firefighting effort taking place right now. What we know so far is this, that 5 to 7 acres of brush have burned, but crews are gaining the upper hand on this fire. Officials tell us they have stopped the fires forward progress and appear to have it pretty well contained right now. Water dropping helicopters and planes are of course helping with this firefighting effort. We have been watching them drop retardants on the blaze, and theyr...

And im diane dwyer. We begin with another bay area politician facing legal problems. In this case it is not new for him. George shirakawa was a santa clara supervisor. He pleaded guilty to 12 charges last year. This week he was let out of jail only to be facing more charges. Reporter George Shirakawa is already on probation on one case while the other is pending. The other president of the county board of supervisors was released from jail after serving seven months and one day of a one year ter...

On scene, advising us of conditions that might be hazardous, and they have assured us at this point there is no hazard for the hire fighters putting out the fire. We now have a helicopter helping us in the marshy conditions helping us to gain quick containment. Were looking at the footage here. The flaming seem intense. In terming of containment, where are we . Caller right now we have containment on three sides. That area youre looking at, the fire burns into one of these areas of dense weeds t...

Take on the issue. Plus, a key newsmaker this morning. An exclusive interview with former president jimmy carter. He also tangled with the soviet union. Hell tell us why he thinks president obama has not asked for his advice. From nbc news in washington, the worlds longest running television program, this is meet the press with david gregory. The first this morning, were going to get the latest on the certainly for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane 370. Im joined by bill neely, still in perth...

Hours away, horse racing fans watching to see if he can take the next step to the elusive triple crown. Today, saturday, may 17th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill alongside jenna wolfe, dylan dreyer and all eyes on the horses today. Did i just say horse facing fans a moment ago . I think you might have said horse facing....

New york yankees pitcher Michael Pineda is tossed from the game when umpires determine hes using a banned substance smeared on his neck. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for thursday, april 24th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President obama is in tokyo this morning, the first stop on a fournation tour of asia, and while discussing critical Security Issues with japanese leaders, the crisis in ukraine was also on the agenda. Mr. Obama says russi...

The taliban fighters, theyre running towards the base now. Theyre trying to raid the base. Over several days, we gained extraordinary access to a group of selfproclaimed taliban fighters. And the mortars are landing in the areas where we are. It was an insight, in part at least, into what the war in afghanistan looks like from the other side. The fighter jet is still in the air circling looking for a target. Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty ...

News for thursday, may 15th, 2014. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, overnight firefighters in california battled a string of fastmoving erratic wildfires that forced thousands to evacuate. Most are in San Diego County where governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency. The most destructive appears to be in carlsbad about 30 miles north of san diego. More than two dozen homes were destroyed and more than 11,000 residents told to evacuate. The carlsbad fire is...

Reporter annemarie, good morning. The storm system that generated killer tornados in the south drenched parts of alabama and florida before wreaking havoc on the east coast. People tried to drive through flooded streets in newark, new jersey after hours of rain from a storm that is dumping record amounts of rain up the east coast. This woman abandoned her car and walked through water up to her knees. Other drivers turned back before it was too late. I just had to back oust there before i got stu...