dig out of the largest municipal insolvency in u.s. history. a judge has to decide if the overall bankruptcy plan is fair to all creditors. robert mcdonald, the president's choice to lead the troubled veterans affairs department, has his senate confirmation hearing today. the agency has been under intense scrutiny for treatment delays and falsified records at v.a. hospitals around the nation. meantime a report by a government watchdog group found employees and medical medical professionals regularly faced retaliation by supervisors and other high ranking v.a. officials when reporting problems at veteran facilities. favorable weather conditions are finally giving crews a bit of an upper hand against the destructive wildfire. the biggest on record in washington state, the carlton complex fire, has already burned some 380 square miles. to give you perspective that's four times the size of the city of seattle. wildfire has destroyed 200 homes already.