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Gets hurt in case things go terribly wrong. again mississippi and louisiana authorities are optimistic they can perform this operation without placing any homes or lives in deputy, heather. heather: jonathan, what about fatalities, what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, unfortunately the death toll has just been raised to four. there was an elderly couple discovered in a flooded home in plaquemines parish. this was the scene of a, a levee, not one of the army core of engineers levee but a small levee in a community. there was mandatory evacuation for that area but many residents d...

Search-and-rescue missions. we have only had one fatality. a wrecker driver was hit by a falling tree as he pulled a vehicle out of water. we feel good about our response. we think that the outer band is passing through. i am in hancock county, just coming through with just light rain and a little bit of wind. now we are concerned about macomb, mississippi, and getting this controlled break at the lake. >>shepard: governor bryant, all the best to you. one of the problems is, the rains just come out of nowhere. look over here, seconds ago we were in absolutely bright sunshine. this is not somet...

After a night of battling the flames with garden hoses. bone-dry conditions, extreme heat, and dry lightning have scorched miles across utah, oregon, and northern california this week, as well. in the danger zone, wildland firefighters facing one of their deadliest years on record. 11 killed in the line of duty so far. many are young seasonal workers, like 20-year-old ann vessen. a college student who finished high school with a 3.9 grade point average, killed in idaho by a falling tree, a constant threat after fire ravages a forest. a fire safety officer we met says even though the work is da...

In lake county, california two large fires are forcing hundreds to run for safety. crews are working to keep the flames from merging into one massive wildfire. a falling tree killed a firefighter. >> reporter: those video coming into us out of san francisco flying over the fires. some dramatic pictures. it shows you how difficult the fire conditions are. there are major fires burning not only in northern california, but in oregon, in washington, idaho where that firefighter was killed over the weekend and in nevada. we know of another female firefighter who had to grab her fire blanket and div...

brit, mitt romney. now i toss over to fredricka whitfield, and good day to you whitfield, and good day to you all. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. in this hour, mitt romney manages to make headlines with foot in mouth mments that offended the british prime minister and the mayor of london and other stories that we are following and right to it. people are mopping up and assess ing the damage in parts of the northeast today and a series of severe storms swept through communities in new jersey and pennsylvania an...