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0 pursuit of a living wage. investigating allegations of a chemicals weapon massacre. inspectors getting access to the sight where the syrian government is accused of poisoning their people. we are live. raging out of control, a fast moving wildfire spreading near yosemite national park. thousands of firefighters on the scene. we are going to show you what s being done to stop the blaze. a family s fight to find a missing pennsylvania teacher who disappeared while hiking in the mountains. good morning. i m michaela pereira. great to have you with us. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. federal firefighters are calling the blaze near and around yosemite national park, the worst they have seen. 7% contained now. the spread throughout not only homes, but san francisco s power supply. nick is following developments for us. reporter: thousands of firefighters are battling this massive blaze raging out of control in california s sierra foothills. tens of thousands of acres scorched. the so-called rim fire approached the western edge. it s astounding to see the power of what i witnessed earlier. structure protection, making sure we keep everyone safe and protect that park at all costs. reporter: bucket drops are the crucial way they are fighting the blaze. parts of the fire are only accessible by air. on the ground, firefighters like harold cook get little rest. how does this compare to others you have fought? this is probably one of the worst ones, if not one of the more extreme fires since 2001 when i started. it s threatening grovewood. they wait for news about their vacation home. it s nerve-racking when they came knocking on my door. this is new for us. i have never been in an area with bad fires. i just wanted to get out. it was thuk in the valley. it cleared. i thought we were okay. we are hoping. reporter: more than 200 miles away, san francisco affected. power generators affecting cable fires in the city threatened by the wildfire that shows no signs of stopping soon. jennifer delgado in for indra petersons this morning. jennifer, hopefully the firefighters will catch a break with rain. anytime soon? unfortunately, it doesn t look like we are going to see rain. we have a temperature at 46 degrees and winds at roughly 46. i should say at 6 miles per hour. as we go through the next couple days, we are going to see rain chances increasing. as we move through tuesday, we have a 30% chance of rain. you are thinking that sounds good. unfortunately, as we get the storms they could trigger lightning and allow for more fires to spread. unfortunately, as we go through the next 24 hours, the bulk of the rainfall is going to be just to the east of the yosemite fire. in that area, we are looking at a flooding potential. when you want the rain, you certainly can t get it. across the region, it s going to once again be hot and going to be looking at wednesday, roughly five to 15 miles per hour. guys, back to you. weather is just not cooperating. no relief there. turning from that to syria. united nations inspectors have access to where the attacks were outside of damascus. the assad regime calling the claims baseless. according to one u.s. officials there s almost no doubt they did. fred is live in damascus for us. what is the latest there? reporter: yeah, i saw the u.n. weapons inspectors leave from the hotel they are staying at today and make their way to the southeastern outskirts of damascus where the chemical weapons were allegedly used. one of the thing that is happened as they were about to leave the hotel, there was a mortar that hit the area where the hotel is. it was a loud bang we heard. we are not sure how much damage it was. it brings that mission off to a difficult start to begin with. as you said, the united states believes a lot of the evidence that might have been there from the chemical weapons attack might have been tampered with. they have been shelling the area in a heavy way. i was there last night, you can see the artillery shells falling on damascus and they could contaminate soil samples. the u.n. in its investigation is not going to lay blame and say this side did it or that side did it. they are going to try to find out what sort of nerve agent it might have been and how it was delivered. was it delivered by artillery shell or some other way. michaela? the inspectors are there. the investigation continues. world leaders are denouncing the assad regime. how is he responding and reacting? reporter: it s interesting. the assad regime came out early when the allegations were made that it wasn t them, it is fabricated. this morning, assad gave an interview saying his army would never use such weapons. his own forces were on the front lines and he would be a fool to use chemical weapons in an area where his forces are stationed. they are piling on the pressure saying time is essential for an investigation like this. let s listen in to what the secretary general had to say about this. clearly, this was a major and terrible incident. we owe it to the families of the victims to act. all those in syria have a stake in finding out the truth. the whole world should be concerned about any threat or use of chemical weapons. that is why the world is watching syria. reporter: there you have it. the world is watching syria. i want to give you some details about how this mission is going to go today. the weapons inspectors are going to go to the front line, the last check point where the forces are. the rebels are going to let them across. what s gone on is both the government and the rebels said there will be a cessation of hostility, no firing in that area as long as the weapons inspectors are on the ground. fred with the latest from damascus. thank you so much for that. as the world is watching syria, the obama administration trying to figure out what to do if inspectors find they used chemical weapons against their own people. chris lawrence has more on that. we want to warn you, some of the images are very graphic in the report. reporter: the bombs are falling, the accusations flying. now the pressure is on president obama to defend his red line on chemical weapons, which rebels claim killed more than 1,000 people in syria. we cannot sit still. we have to move and move quickly. u.s. and british officials claim british forced shelled it so much it corrupted any evidence the u.n. might find this week. a u.s. official tells cnn behind the scenes, multiple international sources have already collected evidence from that sight. the official says the sources took tissue samples and other evidence shortly after the attack and being analyzed in secure locations. that s why the white house tone changed so quickly from friday s get the inspectors in to sunday s, it s too late to be credible. it s why an administration official sounded so confident saying there is little doubt at this point that a chemical weapon was used against civilians. the president s newly updated options include cruise missiles launched from one of four navy destroyers or jets firing weapons from outside syrian air space. we are prepared to exercise whatever option, if he decides to employ one of those options. reporter: chris lawrence, cnn, washington. will army major nadals is ha d san be executed? he was found guilty friday of murdering 13 people and wounding dozens more at ft. hood in 2009. he acted as his own attorney. it s possible he could testify during sentences. courts hearing things about mubarak and his long time political rival. they involve allegations of killing egyptian protesters in separate instants. he was sentences to life in prison for killing 1,000 demonstrators. his sentence was dismissed on appeal and a new trial ordered. in iraq 60 wounded and ten killed when a bomb exploded inside a baghdad cafe. this is the latest in a string of deadly attacks. attacks on civilians and soldiers is a new round of violence in the country. a train derailment in mexico killing at least five and injurying a dozen. eight cars derailed in mexico near the border of guatemala. the rails shifted from rain triggering the accident. about 250 immigrants were on the train. we are getting a look at dramatic video of a life saving rescue in beijing. firefighters racing against the clock to save a 2-year-old little girl trapped after falling into a deep well at a construction site. the opening was too narrow for firefighters to get in themselves. they used a rope to lasso her body and pull her up to safety. unbelievable. the girl suffered no serious injuries in that accident. grateful family this morning. a family s desperate plea to find a pennsylvania schoolteacher who vanished while camping in the mountains. donald trump sued by the state. new york demanding $40 million. what s got him in so much trouble? 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