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Firefighters dead. the single deadliest event for firefighters since september 11th. this is a real disaster and tragedy. the victims were part of a hotshot crew. they're the highly trained elite team sent into some of the worst conditions. they were working on a 2,000 acre fire near yarnell, arizona, about 80 miles northwest of phoenix. so far, the fire is zero percent contained. we will have a live report from the scene in a few minutes. we understand they were trying these teams to put up the tents they use as a form of protection, fire resistant tents and they got caught. we'll bring you m...

Hotshot team, a group of elite firefighters. fire officials tell us they were overrun by flames on sunday, that all of these firefighters deployed with what they call fire shelters, which are somewhat like thin aluminum blankets that firefighters use to protect themselves in a worse case scenario. fire officials tell us this was a perfect storm for firefighters, that if they were deploying their fire shelters they were facing the worst conditions. they are supposed to protect firefighters from flames and heat. that did not protect them in this scenario. this fire is raging out of control, char...

Parents. what they thought about the conversation. and the fashion reality show hillary clinton said she would love to be part of. can't wait to hear about that. >> it's 30 minutes past the hour. >> we start with the weather. destructive wildfires posing a triple threat from the southwest all the way to the west coast this morning. in north carolina, north of pecos, 8,000 acre fire forced the evacuation of 100 homes. it's only 5% contained as of last night. residents keeping a close eye on a wind driven fire that threatened hundreds of acres. firefighters are finally gaining the upper hand...

>> jamie: fire crews are still at work in southern california. if you were watching yesterday, you saw the massive wildfires near los angeles. the calmer winds and a bit of a cooldown are helping just a bit. the california fire officials still are saying that the flames have scorched about 28,000 acres. currently about 56% contaked. 15 homes destroyed so far. dominic is live at the wildfire command center in camarillo, california, with the very latest. >> reporter: yeah, a cloud moving in overnight, bringing with it a lot of humidity. a 20% chance of rain. we can see that early this evening, m...

And the governor says that in total they have burned at least 175,000 acres throughout the state, the waldo canyon fire burning west of colorado springs and south of denver and the wind is pushing it five miles from the air force academy and they expect 1,045 new cadets on thursday and they are going about it as planned but they are forest service right new.e used >>shepard: what else do we know of the possible hit to tourism in is that just talk? or are things happening? >>reporter: in colorado springs they have closed a lot of the i vacation hot spots there, and north of me, near ft. collins...