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worth has destroyed about 30 homes already. it threatens many more. this is so big, the fire is so big and intense that firefighters haven't been able to contain any of that. right now crews are getting people out of its way and trying to protect the homes still standing. the fire has burned nearly 8,000 acres. air tankers are expected to drop water on the fire today. it is unclear how this fire started, but the epic drought and the heat may have made this the worst fire season in texas history. oklahoma is suffering, too. a fire near oklahoma city has forced people within a two squa...

scenes says the bodies of women and children are inside. they say armed thugs and syrian tanks are randomly shooting and wrecking property. at least ten people were killed on thursday as security forces attempted to crush protests. >> two "news of the world" executives are disputing rue put murdock's testimony. they say murdoch misled the committee last week when he said he was not i ware that the hacking went beyond an e-mail. the steamy heat that's been roasting the midwest, u.s., is now heading to the east coast. some 60 temperature records were shattered on saturday. they blame...

The top of the wall in downtown vicksburg and look down -- look down, the water level is 6 feet below that. between that massive wall structure and the pumping stations, local officials are optimistic that that giant wall is going to be able to hold the flood waters out of the low lying areas of downtown vicksburg. fortunately, much of the downtown area, and for that matter, much of the city is on high ground. if you come back to our live shot, i'll show you, down there, you can see the mississippi behind me and over here, i am about 100 feet above the water level, and so all of these beautifu...

Under water but that would include moseley trees. >> reporter: the plan was to build the world's largest hi hydraulic pump. peter says it's been approved since 1941, but still no pump. >> everybody's got it. absolutely i think we deserve our pumping plant. >> the pump moves water from one area to the next. here in louisiana there are lots of pumping stations. the modern-day epa was not happy to have another one built. >> the wetlands and floodplains are the first line of defense, and so this massive project that would have harmed or destroyed 67,000 acres of wetlands was vetoed by the usepa. >...

as many as 850 people. we will have much more on this in 20 minutes from our senior white house correspondent ed henry. now, i want to show you an x ray like none you have never seen before. take a good look at this. these are people crammed into a tractor-trailer in mexico. they shouldn't have been in the trailer nor in mexico, nor in the united states. where this rig and another like it were allegedly headed. they were stopped yesterday in the southern state of chiapas. 530 migrants who authorities paid $7,000 each to make a journey that is not just illegal but dangerous. in the ...