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from happening. bill: let's go to kris gutierrez, watching this out of dallas, texas. there's so much to cover here. how bad is it, chris? -- kris? >> for a little perspective, we should tell our viewers this, last year firefighters at the state and local level have responded to 21,000 wildfires that have consumed 3.1 million acres across the texas an area roughly the size of the state of connecticut, the worst is in bastrop, east of the capitol city of austin. take a look at this video. as you mentioned, nearly 500 homes have been consumed by the flames, at least 5000 had to evacuat...

recovery we need and something we could have avoid entirely. voters may have chosen divided government but they sure didn't vote for dysfunctional government. they want us to solve problems. they want us to get this economy growing and adding jobs. and while debt reduction is part of that agenda, it is not the whole agenda. when congress gets back from recess i'll urge them to immediately take some steps, bipartisan, common sense steps that will make a difference. it will create a climate where businesses can hire, where folks have more money in their pockets to spend, where people w...

voters may have chosen divided government but they sure didn't vote for dysfunctional government. they want us to solve problems. they want us to get this economy growing and adding jobs. and while debt reduction is part of that agenda, it is not the whole agenda. when congress gets back from recess i'll urge them to immediately take some steps, bipartisan, common sense steps that will make a difference. it will create a climate where businesses can hire, where folks have more money in their pockets to spend, where people who are out of work can find good jobs. >> good morning. it's ...

what a wall of 4 feet of water looks likes. there's only a couple of inches separates us from this water coming up on to the sidewalk. we could see almost half of the power lines, they were almost completely engulfed in water, the green hill you're looking at, that would be a popular park, a short jaunt over there. if you look out into the horizon t. almost looks like you're looking into the ocean with trees, but as you can see there's movement in the water and that's something when people return back home early next week, they're not going to have. that water in the low lying city s...

Is it, a, john mccain? b, a schizophrenic? c, someone who doesn't know what the word "maverick" means? or d, all of the above? that's right. the answer is a, john mccain. and possibly d, all of the above. today the "national journal" released its ranking of the senators with 2010's most conservative voting record. senator mccain finished first, with the most conservative composite score of 89.7 out of a possibleç 100. he's tied with seven ultraconservative senators, including jon cornyn, jim demint, and john thune, the very conservative tom coburn is ranked more liberal than john mccain. mcc...