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Basically closed off the streets and he could not get there. he said his wife tried to protect the kids by covering them with wet blankets, and it goes to show you how fast the fire approached. crews did make some progress, this is an area that has been impacted by redding. so much destruction. 874 structures destroyed. back to ed for a second. he just says that there was nothing he could do and he feels a tremendous amount of guilt. >> why couldn't they leave the house? and then we see you there and we see that houses are surrounded by the wildfire and there is no way out. dan, thank you very...

In the world. my grandkids was excellent. she wrapped them in wet blankets and put them at the side of the bed and pull aid wet blanket over here. that's where they found them. >> reporter: as you can imagine, ed is feeling a tremendous sense of guilt over what happened. he never received any kind of warning that he should evacuate. that goes to show you how fast this fire has consumed the community. let me just point out where i am now. we are in redding. you can see this is one home that has been levelled. much of the neighborhood looks just like this. overall, we are talking about 874 struc...

Destroyed. right now 874 structures are gone. but fortunately, poppy, fire crews do they they are now making progress. right now they are up to 18% contained and may not sound like a lot but 4 hours ago it was just 5%. hopefully they continue to make good progress on the lines. >> dan simon, can't imagine what it was like talking to that man. beautiful children, four and five years old. thank you, dan. let's get to chad myers for more. they said that this is -- you heard dan say this is 18% contained. it really doesn't sound like a lot. and you've got this extreme heat, the wind that continues...

Charges including trespassing and those nypd officers who sprang into action say she did apologize to them once she came down from lady liberty. todd: a wild scene, feel bad for the individuals who just wanted to enjoy the fourth of july in that area and they couldn't. jillian: the world's greatest eater keeps his title at the annual nathan's hotdog eating contest. >> the legends continues. number 11 for joey chestnut. todd: i didn't know jillian was so disgusted. joey chestnut 874 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes beating his own world record but there was controversy, the judge forced to recou...

We don't have to cooperate. speak >> laura: if you guys think it works out well for you to have these criminal aliens, gang bangers, people transporting weapons, domestic abusers released into the system to get a warning from the mayor of oakland, flee the scene, come back later with i.c.e. is gone, if you think that's going to work out well for you, god bless you. i hope it works out. the second they cross another state's boundaries, guess what? those states are going to work with i.c.e. to get them out of the country. i don't see how this is good for tourism, good for the state, just because...