>> is america the most exceptional nation? 66% say no. >> so the debate kneads to continue online at cnn.com. join us tomorrow for another edition of cross fire. erin burnett starts right now. three stories breaking and developing. a six-alarm fire engulfing the famous new jersey boardwalk that was destroyed by hurricane sandy and just finished rebuild. we'll go alive to the scene. governor christie is alive. plus, syria degrees sign on to the weapon ban. and deadly in addition in colorado continue to rage tonight. you see that scene there. one of the most incredible rescues you have seen. three people have lost their

lives in these floods. we'll go live to boulder for the latest. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett "outfront." a major fire engulfing a town destroyed by hurricane sandy. you're looking at aerial pictures. this is in the town called seaside heights, new jersey, that had been destroyed by hurricane sandy. i know someone who drove over the bridge right near this as it was starting earlier today and it seemed very small and has quickly become something that is absolutely mammoth. it started on the rebuild boardwalk. firefighters have been brought in from other counties in new jersey. given the size of this. you can see, you can't even see the air because of the smoke that is coming up. the blaze is still moving. 9 buildings have been taken over

already. i want to emphasize this started small and turned into something absolutely toxic. they are trying prevent the fire from spreading down. governor christie went there at the beginning of the summer. this was the symbol that we have recovered from hurricane sandy. this boardwalk had reopened. he is at the scene and will be speaking in a few moments. i want to emphasize when you see these pictures, miraculously there are no reports of injuries at this time. again, we can't confirm that but we don't have reports. i want to bring in john had a owns six businesses on three blocks that run parallel to the boardwalk. he joins me on the phone. i was just talking about someone who was driving over the bridge

when this started, that it seems to be small. the images on our television screens are just stupendous and horrific. what did you see? how quickly did this spread? >> that was the problem. under the boardwalk was a fire high highway. there was no way for the water to come down to the beams underneath. a big chase and it spread incredibly in one hour, i watched it go three blocks. i was with someone. we had just garden hoses watering the traffic and the deck and the boardwalk out front. all the embers get baghdad is the air. it was a 30-mile-an-hour wind. they were coming down. and starting small little fares on top of the traffic tops. people were trying to deal with it on their own with garden hoses. that fire highway. just got under the wood and just spread quickly that way? is that a fair way to describe it? or how would you describe it?

>> the boardwalk in that area, in that part of the area in seaside park, in seaside heights, the boardwalk, the businesses are on the west side of the boardwalk with a view of the ocean. this side has businesses on both sides of the boardwalk. about 28-foot hey boardwalk. and in between is this boardwalk highway. >> i understand. that gives people a sense of this. do you have any idea where you sit with businesses, what started this? >> no idea. the heat, up there on the boardwalk, the roof was so hot from the last couple 90-degree days. the roof tops were very hot. >> what about your businesses? >> my businesses are fine. i'm one block up. if the wind was the other way blowing west on to the island, it would have been a big problem. >> now, a lot of people watching. from around the country. they saw the images of super

storm sandy and they saw the recovery, they saw your governor. what is this lake for you? you just went through your livelihood being destroyed. rebuilding and now this is happening. >> actually, the bigger problem was the battle with building regulations in new jersey. a very difficult, built to the sxoeds the fight with the insurance company. in my experience, if you didn't have the resource to fight insurance companies, they came in and really destroyed people. i felt bad for the middle class had a couldn't fight. and they had to take 10, 15 cents to the dollar. i was very upwet with obama and christie who did not help these people. an example with 36,000, eight months after that, they're up to 807,000. s about because i had the resources to fight. it was very unfair. >> i wish you the best of luck. this situation is developing

rapidly. i want to bring on the phone keith all that, a cnn i-reporter and a resident nearby. >> right now i'm standing over here in front of the iconic squaw mill bar which has been around forever. it looks like the fire has now spread on to the saw mill. and there are people just standing outside crying. it is very sad. >> people are standing outside crying, you said. >> yes, yes. i just saw two people walking from the boardwalk. i was told that their businesses over there, head to stand on the boardwalk and they were over there crying, walking on the road. neighbor one good sign about this. is sea side park has two piers. this fair is at the fun town pier which did not rebuild after super storm sandy. they rebuilt the stretch of boardwalk in front of it so that's all new. but they did not rebuild that pear. they were going to rebuild i for this winter for the 2014 season.

so if it was the casino pier, they completely rebuilt and it that would have been really tragic. >> i guess if there is any light, pits it was not rebuilt yet. >> the new boardwalk but not the buildings. now keith, you've been working there like a lot of people who work around there. kids get jobs when they're 14. you're 40 years old now. what goes through your mind when you satisfy this? and obviously you're seeing this in person on the ground. we're looking at aerial images which show the sbar skyline completely obscured by flames and smoke. >> to be honest, it is really, really sad. i've been over here my entire life. i own a business rater to bridge in tom's river. i plan to open a business in seaside over the next 5 years. and just seeing what's happened, it is just about the one-area anniversary of sandy. it is sad. >> it is.

it's tragic. and keith, as john was just saying, john saady had a owns businesses, he was not sure what caused this. do you have a serve of what caused it and what caused to it move so rapidly? john called it a fire highway. >> here's what happened. i can't confirm this. but from may understanding, it started in the ice cream shop. and i want to emphasize, i can't 100% confirm this. i'm trying to but thats what i've been told by several people including one police officer. the problem is that the way this alley way is set up on the boardwalk, it is very tough to get fair engines in there. and they can. we're experience 35-mile-an-hour wind gusts. >> you're talking about the winds but you had something that

would be really important for our viewers to know about why this may have spread. something to do with the firefighters. >> well, there is an issue right now. a huge firemen's event in whilewood. >> which is another town in new jersey. >> another, a resort town. approximately about 80 mile south of seaside heights. my understanding, 60% or 70% of the departments are down there. >> so you're saying it may have been that there weren't a lot of people there at the beginning to help. i know they're now bringing in firefighters. but your view that could be part of the reason this is so' enormous. >> i have no idea but i know some of the newer equipment was brought down there to show. they're proud of their equipment and their firefighting techniques. it is educational and they're down there to learn. >> thank you very much. governor chris christie as all of america saw, during super

storm sandy was there with the president and they now and he'll be speaking live. we'll be taking in. in a couple moments when he gets to the microphone and we have other news that we're following when we come back, including three people confirmed dead in colorado's floods where we'll go live to boulder. and a huge announcement from twitter. we'll break down what it means. and the breaking news on syria with a big development out of syria. and the latest investigation on a man killed days after his wedding. police say his wife pushed him off the cliff and there is big news on her. and a legally blind man firing ghana, should he be allowed to?

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we're back with breaking news. this is governor chris christie. we apologize for the transmission but this is what it is like given the transition. >> this is obviously at just unthinkable situation. to be watching this, what's going on behind all of you is just unthinkable. i was advised this afternoon at about 3:30 that a fire had begun on the seaside park section of the boardwalkjef that it was beginning to spread. the gusty winds are gusting at 30 to 40 miles an hour.

it began to spread at that point. i was with commissioner constable among others. he immediately contacted the fire marshal, bill kramer and we began to work the locals here to deploy resources. so we have firefighters and trucks from all around new jersey working together. currently seaside park and seaside heights has support from towns in osha county, burlington, cape may, union, mercer, atlantic, new jersey state police, and the state forest firefighters. preliminary number in terms of support and in caution, these are preliminary so we'll update these lawyers. 35 engine company, 13 ladder company, any number specialty units and on the scene now we have approximately 400 firefighters. the division, the state division of fire safety is working with the local incident commander to

supply whatever fire service resources are needed. when i arrived on the scene, i met with the local incident commander. the state fire marshal and other support personnel assured them whatever resources would be necessary, if. we would provide them and i would make sure it was done. bottom line, everybody is working together. the current fire line goes from stockton to lincoln, along the boardwalk. fire personnel have dug up the boardwalk at lincoln avenue and dug a 20-fat trench. that's where firefighters are making their stand now to stop the spread any further north on the boardwalk. right now we believe that we're finding some success, but we have a ways to go yet to make sure we don't see it spread further north. at this point in time the damage is almost completely on the

boardwalk. impacting about 20 or so businesses on the boardwalk that spanned about a six-block length. early today there were some embers that hit a condominium complex but that fire was put out with minimum damage to the complex. there have been several minor injuries to firefighters. mostly heat exhaustion and schmoll inhalation. those folk are being treat as we speak. they're having some challenges with water supply because of damage to the stem post sandy. so in order to work around this, we are drawing lines from barnagut bay. so much of the water is being drawn from the bay. lines are being run from the bay all way here to the boardwalk. for all the people in the public out there, folks who are well

intentioned. whether they're property owner in this qulir are second homeowners and outside the area, whether you're just folk who's love the shore and want to make sure that everything is okay here, my admonition is do not come here. do not travel. stay away. we are trying to bring more fire equipment in here. this is something that will be going on for quite some time. and we need to have easy access to this area of the boardwalk. anyone who comes down to this area, whether by car or on foot runs the risk of impeding our ability to fight this fire. so i understand your concern, i understand your curiosity but please do not come here until you hear through the media that

it is all clear to return to this area. i want to thank both mayors who have been on top of the situation. police chief boyd from sea side heights who was an enormous help as this fire started to spread. and is continuing now with his men, as are the folks seaside park as well. we have a lot of work still to do here. and we're hoping that the trench and the stand we're making on lincoln avenue will stop the fair there and keep it contained from there south on the boardwalk. i can take a few questions. mark? the whole thing, as you head north, it is new boardwalk. where we dug the trench, it is new boardwalk. yes, sir. we are not going to speculate on the cause. our sfoek on getting that fire behind you out.

the state fire marshal is here. osha coronado is here. his folks are on the ground i know what the state fire marshal. we will deal with the cause of the fire at the appropriate time. right now we won't take any questions on speck ligs cause because right now it would only be speculation. >> we're going to keep watching this. this is chris christie speaker at the scene of the fire. the place that has come to symbolize the recovery after super storm sandy. a major and horrific fire. we'll keep monitoring that. 400 firefighters the governor was talking about. i want to get to other breaking news. there are floods in colorado. so a horrible fire in new jersey, a flood in colorado. at least three people dead. one person missing after a devastating storm swept through boulder colorado.

flash floods erupted. the death toll could continue to rise in colorado. entire neighborhoods have been cut off. buildings destroyed. roads completely washed away. the city of boulder has declared a state of emergency and the national guard has been call in to help. that water just seem to be rushing by. >> reporter: it is nonstop. you can see several inches of water still on the roadways. cars making their way through. this water also kicking up a lot of did he abreu, bringing down debris like this rock, the size of a basketball. the governor has issued a disaster declaration. in the meantime, hundreds of residents remain displaced. we've heard of houses, collapsed cars overturned and rescuers struggling to reach those who need help. for colorado, a state parched by

drought, this was not the answer to anyone's prayers. a dramatic rescue in boulder county, three cars partially submerged. three people trapped. a rescue made to it this man in time to break his window and hand him a lifejacket. just as he is about to get out. floodwaters flipped the car on to its roof. after a few ago naysing seconds, they pulled him free. he was taken to the hospital but others weren't so lucky. at least three people have died. >> we know we've lost lives. as the day goes on, we may find we've lost others. >> reporter:er in aly seven inches of rain fell overnight triggering emergency situations like this across the state. the biggest problem for responders, getting to the people had a need help the most. >> some of those places, there are nine or ten feet debris

wall. it is very dangerous the start, a lot of assessment and calling. >> reporter: firefighters stranded after their truck was swept away. >> i've been around boulder for 25 years. we haven't seen anything like this. in that time period. >> reporter: jock little stopping for just a minute to talk with us. then back to work in the drainage area but shovels and rakes are no match for mother nature's fury. >> you said there was a television here. >> everything was upended. >> reporter: kevin malone said sell feet of water pushed him and his family to the base many. this is that television, i know what the desk and bag of belongings now sitting in the garag garage. >> that's my wife's mother. >> some of these pictures are over a century old? >> yeah, yeah.

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rumored a long time. anybody watching can buy shares in this company. how big of a deal is this? >> well, you know, aware now at the point where twitter is being valued at $14 billion which i think is much more than you would ever expect to hear from a site that does 140 character text tweets. they have found a way to make money. >> when you look at other ipos out there, how does this one look to you? for a lot of people saying, i saw how facebook did for a lot of regular people out of the gate, horribly? why would i to go somebody and say i want to buy into twurt. that is a fair question. although facebook this week is at an all time high. the mark for ipos and social media in general. and twitter is in a much stronger position than facebook was. for one thing, they're really diverse identifying away from being more than just a 140

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we have breaking news on syria. the country saying it is sign on to the international weapon ban. this is a move by syria to avoid any kind of strikes. the question is this. is it way too little and way too

late? you've been meeting with john kerry' downer parts. syria signing on to this but they have this incredibly huge stock pile of chemical weapons and nobody knows exactly where they all are. what does this really mean? too little too late? >> well, the u.s. side is listening. when you think that 48 hours ago there was no talk, and how the they are signing on but it is all in the delivery. that's why you have the working groups working late into the night on the nuts and bolts of the actual hard work. cataloguing syria' chemical weapons. collecting them and destroying them. we're seeing coming out, secretary kerry referenced one of them when he raved in general even. a that's that president assad said he belize he has 30 day to release the details.

secretary kerry said there is nothing standard about these talks. they expect a much quicker delivery. you have the other problem. no one really involved in these talks trusts anyone. you have a trust deficit between the u.s. and russia. certainly you have the syrian president saying they don't want to work with the u.s. and you have the u.s. relying on russia to make syria good on its word. so no one is expecting to soft solve although problems in the next 24 hours. they want the framework that shows they can overcome these differences toward something could be kret. >> obviously, they're having these talks. but treel story was from vladimir putin. he wrote that america is not exceptional slamming president obama who had discussed and just in his address to the nation earlier this week and. america is dead wrong on who is using gas in syria. how much did that op ed overshadow what was going on in general even

geneva? >> not the warmest comments. the op ed came out as we were taking off. we asked senior u.s. official about it and they said, listen. they had read the op ed. the russians came one this proposal. they are here to test the seriousness will their view is thatting a as long as the russians are engaged. as long as they can talk seriously about doing something about syria's chemical weapons, it is more important here than in the new york times. i think it does speak to the real and genuine differences between these. and are the differences irreconcilable? that's what we'll find out in the next 24 to 48 hours. >> thank you. late tonight from geneva. and i want to go to montana. the accused newly wed murderer has been released. you just heard what i said and i didn't misspeak. a montana judge has decided to let jordan lynn graham out on

bale. she push her husband over a cliff eight days after they were murdered. prosecutors say she change her story several time. she claims they were in a fight and he fell. then she claim she pushed him off in a foot of anger. said she didn't intend to hurt him. what is the reaction to the judge's ruling to let her go? go. >> reporter: i've spoken to a few friends among the last hour or so since this has all happened. one saying this is crazy. another saying that it is like a slap in the face. there is intense outrage. but there is also sadness. a lot of them don't understand how this can happen. here is what two friends told us. >> when she walked away from that scene, got into the car and drove the hour and a half back, her driving that far within that time and not calling 911. not woerngd if he is just

unconscious at the bottom of the hill. she went home and fabricated this lie. >> she should be paying for what she. did she admitted to it and that alone should be grounds to keep her in jail. >> tuesday marshal's office confirms that she was release ad short time ago. she was released to the custody of her parents. she is on her way home where she will be subject to home monitoring. basically released on her own recognizance. this is not the end of the story. the u.s. attorney's office fighting this. they've already filed a motion to stay the order hoping to get her back into custody. >> people might hear this and say they understand how people would be very upset by this. how does someone who admits, she does admit to pushing her husband off the cliff, legally get to walk out of jail? >> reporter: because there is a legal standing.

we heard the judge talk about this yesterday in the earring. all sides were arguing this out. what prosecutors had to do is meet this legal standing, this woman, so it is in that gap to neat standard to keep her in custody. >> what about the timing here? >> the timing here is that she's out. she has been released. it happened very, very quickly. she was gone minutes later. according to one of the friends here, he feel like he has whiplash, it happened so fast. >> thank you vex xofrg story from missoula all week. the national showdown over guns going on. across the country we've seen a series of blows to gun control. in chicago, gun owners don't have to register their firearm.

it has tracked guns for over 40 years. in missouri, a controversial american that you are would have enforced. it fell just one vote short of approval in the state senate. in iowa, the legally blind can legally get a gun permit. we wanted to know what that meant. state law in iowa says every iowan had the right to carry a weapon. what about safety? so we investigated. >> good shot. come down. squeeze real slow. that was a 9. >> michael barber is completely blind and has been since birth. even though he can't see his target, he thinks he has every right to own a gun. to protect himself and his wife kim. >> i'm comfortable. i am. and i'm convinced that i could do what needs to be done if the time ever came. >> this was the first time mike

practiced shooting his new handgun. he miss someday shots, but also hit the target a number of time, including a few bull eyes. >> i would aim by hearing, by feel. the person will be in close proximity to me. i hope i never have to do that. i really do. i would just as soon not. if i had to to protect myself, yes, i would. >> but not everyone is comfortable with blind people carrying guns. sheryl stoms with iowans for gun safety. >> where we have an issue is in this conceal and carry. a person who is visually impaired and cannot see would be in public with a gun and potentially endangering public safety. >> lawmaker here in iowa changed state gun laws three years ago, before if you wanted to carry a gun, you needed per mission from your local sheriff. now if you meet the minimum rimts, you can get a permit,

including someone completely blind like michael. this is the sheriff. he thinks the law is faine as is. with a daughter in college who is blind, he believes these are concerned don't understand guns or blind people. >> people think that they're going to shoot blindly. start shooting at noises. people don't understand that visually ill paired people are reasonable people, too. >> i certainly wouldn't just begin shooting willy-nilly to protect myself. especially if i didn't know for sure where i was coming from. i don't want to shoot innocent people. i would duck and hide someplace. >> he said he plan to keep practicing at the gun range with an instruct o'so he is ready to use his gun if he has to. for "outfront," des moines, iowa. >> a pretty amazing report when

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we go to london where the duke and duchess of cambridge attend ad charity event for the wildlife could not servation. it was the first time the royal couple left their new baby prince george at home with the nanny for a night event. max foster is outfront where the red carpet event took place. it must have been one heck of a scene. >> tonight was really about the duchess of cambridge. this was her big formal appearance after having prince george. she didn't disappoint the crowds

in that long sequinned gown. it was also about prince william. today he announced he was leaving the military. he wants to focus on his causes for the next year and conservation is one of though key causes. tonight was about awarding conservation pioneers in africa. we're going to see a lot more of them over the next year now that he has left the military. he is not necessarily going to be a full time royal because next year he may take on some other kind of public service role which they'll announce nearer the time. >> thanks to max. i like the zebra behind him. sunday night, cnn gives you a closer look at prince william's passion. now a man's sickening plot to kanscakansas balancize child.

police finally raidedly home last year, they discovered a plan more horrifying than anyone could imagine. given the topic, i want to make sure everyone watching this, this is disturbing. >> from down stairs a home made dun gun with sound proof walls, a cage with a mattress and a metal table and a home made coffin painted blue with a set of speakers. how big is a coffin? >> an adult could not fit inside it. >> reporter: so child size? >> child size. >> reporter: as the supervisor with homeland security investigations, john thought he had seen it all until that dun gone and a locker filled with meat. >> we tested the meat. it was livestock. it was not human meat.

>> reporter: were you worried? >> we were very concerned. >> reporter: concerned because court documents show the man that lived there, jeffrey port way had 20,000 images of child pornography and talking about killing and cannablizing a child. he said i have in minimum age. i would eat a newborn. officials say child can bar list m is the subset of child exploitation plaguing the internet. is this just the tip of the iceberg? you arrested 50 people now? >> it is. >> reporter: he heads the boston team that uncovered an international child exploitation ring that led to portway. he says images are more and more brutal. >> it's like trading baseball cards, only they are trading top of the line child pornography. >> reporter: one picture was a

2-year-old boy holding a stuffed bunny. describe the look? >> he's terrified. looks like he's in agony. >> reporter: you can see his small fingers clutching the toy. using clues from the original photo, forensic analysis and basic detective work the boston team tracked the child to the netherlands. >> a lot of the suspects will try to mask their identity by blurring out things like wedding rings, pifingertips, watches. >> reporter: a daycare worker was arrested and charged with abusing children in his care. he was found guilty. a search of his commutputer led more leads. to date almost 170 children have been rescued in 11 countries as a result of the operation, a significant number but still just a drop in the ocean. as for portway who pled guilty said child can bar list m was a

fantasy but police believe he was close to acting on a fantasy. >> unbelievable story. he pleaded guilty to 20,000 images. this shocked the most seasoned and these guys see horrific stuff. >> it was. they have about 400 images, an able to identify 124 children. this was vast. this was just extraordinary and they are trying to rescue these children, but the internet makes these -- it very easy to upload images and get them out there. >> and you think about the fact they are treating it like baseball cards, and there is a lot of people doing this. impossible to imagine. what kind of sentence will this guy get? >> likely he'll get 27 years -- >> that's it, 27 years. >> 27 years but he'll be away from children, which is good but a child puppeteer and a guy

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we're all being watched, you write an e-mail or search for something on the web after an ad pops up or buy that airplane thing you were searching for. awful and annoying. dan simon is out front. >> reporter: the early days of the internet, dialup, slow connections, simple graphics, but chad russell says in many ways, things were better and it was page, text and pictures and that's it. >> reporter: in other words, no adds, today they are everywhere inescapable and annoying, of course, they pay for many great services we get for free but russell has basically declared war on them. >> at some point it's gotten a

bit much. >> reporter: and now this 31-year-old high school dropout may be on the verge of shaking up the entire internet advertising. it kicked off a video kick starter where russell showed off the intention called ad trap that connects between the modem and router and blocks every ad on a website. i have one of the first units here, easy to set up. let's give it a try. check out the video on the top without the ad trap. you get an ad. on the bottom with the device connected, straight to the video and the company says it works on any device. >> there is no software to configure or settings. that was a goal of the project to make it easy for people. >> reporter: he wanted to raise $150,000. he wound up with well over 200. ad trap cost $139, based on early orders, demand seems

incredibly high. >> i think the success of the product is really showing you how the general public feels right now about the state of advertising. >> reporter: as for potential lawsuits for advertisers, russell anticipates them and already retained a prominent law firm. for "out front" dan simon, cnn. >> pretty cool idea. >> pretty cool idea. anderson starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com er erer -- erin thinks. fire sweeps a jersey shore town that is reeling from sandy that just rebuilt. in fact, if you have teenagers you need to know about the wave of synthetic drugs sweeping across the country and killing some kids. we begin with breaking news on the jersey shore. a massive fire burning