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and good afternoon to you. i'm allen martin. we are going to begin with a political bombshell in the race for california governor. franklin roosevelt says nothing in politics happens by accident. this morning, a former housekeeper for meg whitman accuses the republican candidate of mistreating her and then firing her for political reasons. >> it was a nightmare. and the way that nikki was treated by her employer mrs. whitman caused nickie to feel exploited, disrespect, humiliated and emotionally and financially abused. >> i was shocked at heart that miss whitman would treat me this...

morning. flames broke out shortly before 4:00 a.m. it is near irving street in the columbia heights neighborhood. lindsey mastis joining us with more. >> reporter: jessica, investigators are on the scene trying to find out the cause of the fire. they know it started on the fifth floor and went up through the stairwell. the fire was so intense that one person jumped out the window. >> there was one resident, who did jump from the interior of the building to escape the fire. >> reporter: that man died a short time later. four others are in critical condition, including a child. eight p...

relatively tiny, the environmental impact would be small, that he wanted his own life back when 1 people died in the initial disaster. phil beck is live at bp headquarters in london in morning. do we know if we're going to hear anything about tony hayward's future today? >> reporter: well, it looks like tony hayward is in the ejector seat but no one has pressed the button just yet. bp has just this morning released a statement saying that it notes all the media speculation suggesting there is about to be a change of senior management at the company but says no official decision has b...