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Scientists say more than 80,000 fires have destroyed a huge part of the forest, an 85% spike over last year. cnn nick paton walsh was up in a helicopter. he filed this report from brazil. >> reporter: there's little below but ghosts, and even they seem to be giving up. these are the newest fires in the worst hit state in the amazon. we didn't see below us any of the 43,000 troops brazil's president has pledged to the fight. in fact, in some places it's so bad you can't even see how bad it is. that will suit just fine those who would rather ignore the world's most urgent environmental crisis. n...

Americans hospitalized. doctors are urging people to get a flu shot even though the vaccine is not working as effectively as hoped this year. missouri is the hardest hit state with 40,000 cases. this time last year missouri had just about 6,000 cases. new details in the horrific case of 13 siblings who prosecutors say were held captive and tortured by their parents in their california home. the children enduring intense physical abuse, including being beaten, choked, tied up for long periods. authorities also say most were severely malnourished. they accuse the parents of buying food but onl...

More than 5,000 firefighters today are battling raging fires across six states. 107,000 acres have burned with hundreds hospitalized for smoke-related conditions. kerry sanders joins me from the hardest hit state of north carolina. kerry, i know there was a news conference a short time ago. what did the governor have to say? >> reporter: first of all, he believes this could be an arson, so they've upped the reward to $10,000 for the person who may have started the fire. you can see clear skies up here. that's actually good news. it means the smoke has dissipated at least in this area. but the ...

About 22%. that will bring the premiums up to about $3552. >> that doesn't include subsidies. >> that's correct. this level is where the congressional budget office, which is nonpartisan said that the rates would likely be around 2017. if the issue is the first two years, they felt the premiums had been set too low. so we're not actually -- it's a big jump, but it's where we're supposed to be. these are the forecasts. the issue is that's an average for a silver plan. it doesn't represent the whole story, including the subsidies. >> is there a state that's going to be hit harder than the others...

All branches including those in new jersey and new york city and nearly 1 million homes and businesses lost power in the northeast this afternoon following severe snow and ice storms overnight. the hardest hit state, pennsylvania, with over 720,000 customers out. and all of this is taking a big toll on jobs. this is countrywide. according to the latest adp report, the private sector added just 1 75,000 jobs in january, the weakest month for hiring since august. this comes just two days before the big monthly government jobs report that's out on friday. and all of this to the to mention our hea...