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Accident. police say these three men set an illegal campfire. they and their attorneys couldn't be reached for comment. the fire rapidly exploded out of control. the challenge for firefighters, more dry winds and a forecast without any rain stretching on into the weekend. looking now at the hillside, you can see that it is all brown. that's not typical. that's not burned land either. that is normally green this time of the year, but because of the drought, all of the earth here is brown. firefighters here saying they have had a very difficult fire season. and they expect it to continue. victor...

Credit card had been used. investigators say prosecutors at this point have not confirmed whether the card was actually used in mexico. those reports raised concerns that his disappearance could somehow be connected to his coverage of opec, the organization of the pa troul yum exporting countries. >> that didn't scum from us. so i don't know where that information came from. and that doesn't make sense. he went for a walk. and that was all we know. we have no idea. >> reporter: bird's sister-in-law said the family still doesn't have any answers for a disappearance is that makes no sense. and b...

It's pulling an offshore flow and it is definitely fueling those fires. the dry northeast winds. we also have relative humidities in the single digits. and that's really not going to change anytime soon. we don't see anything in the next one to two weeks that's really going to spell relief. we have shattered records all across southern california for the dry conditions. only three inches of rain in 2013. burbank, los angeles, ucla, all the driest year on record in 2013. san francisco is drier than they've ever been. and that is 165 years of record-keeping. and just last week, the state, about ...

Country are warned that the hack attack on tart may just been one thing. >> and the software hacks could have links to the russian mob. cnn correspondent christine romans has more on the investigation there. christine, good morning. >> christi and victor, much of what investigators know about the hack is kept under wraps right now as cyberforensics experts sift through clues. but what we do know is that homeland security is worried this isn't an isolated event. >> reporter: the u.s. government now warning retailers across the country to be on high alert. that massive attack on target over the ...

12 years a slave, nine nominations, so much going on, and you know what, we've got a little time because the 86th academy awards are on march 2nd after the olympics this year. victor, christi, back to you. >> nischelle, thank you. i've got some work to do. i've got some movies to see. i've seen "frozen." i have children. that's the only thing i've seen. >> good thing is, a lot of these films are still in theaters. so you can see it. how much do you love -- we're talking about football -- your favorite sports team enough to get a tattoo of team on your body? >> you? >> no, no. >> we're about ...