opportunity. we will have much more on cnn and "the situation room" later today. other subjects with the former secretary robert gates. thanks very much for watching. newsroom continues with brooke baldwin. >> this 23569 moving wildfire is devouring homes near los angeles. three people have been detained in connection with these fires. this fire so fierce it is burning out of control. people are trying to gather up whatever they can carry and get out of here. i want to you listen he is monitoring the wildfire.

>> this area here on the westside of the fire, dozens and dozens of homes in the name's path and hundreds more that could be affected by the burping embers. it will be a total loss. we can get a last shot of the fire. this is consuming this house from top to bottom, left to right. >> casy is there for us in azusa, california. it's thing to see the fire from overhead, but can you put this into perspective for us. how big is this? >> right now, brooke, the numbers are 1700 acres as of about 15 minutes ago. this fire is continuing to spread. it's bigger than those official numbers. a minimum of 500 firefighting personnel fighting the fire. you can see the flame on the

hillside there. coming as close to 100 or 150 yards to homes in these neighborhoods. that's the main concern for firefighters who continue to drop water and fire retardant from fixed wing helicopters. temperatures are going to go up perhaps as high as the high 80s. there could be winds 25 miles an hour or more. if they don't get it knocked down by then, it could be a big problem. you can see this house right here is where the figueroa family lives. there is about a dozen folks inside this house. they are not leaving. we have video of them a little while ago praying that their house would be spared and the firefighters would protect them. this family has been here more than 40 years. obviously they do not want to leave. they want to stay. we are going to have to see how the fire performs.

you can see the fire over your right shoulder. what will it take for the people to leave. a lot of situations in southern california, homeowners will stay and fight these fires with garden hoses to try to save their homes. law enforcement and fire personnel don't recommend doing that. they strongly caution you not to do that. they tell you they won't be able to protect your home if you stay, but some people will still try to save their homes up until the last possible second. right now the winds are very, very calm so there is not a huge concern.

>> the helicopter overhead. we will stay in close contact with you in azusa, california. thank you, casey. >> the prelude to hollywood's biggest night is what everyone is talking about today. the oscar nominations are out and you can bet this year's show, you will want a ring side seat when power houses duke it out from the historic epics to true hollywood stories come to on the big screen. this year's nominees tackled issues about aids, slavery, financial scandal in excess and the performances were phenomenal and groundbreaking. many actresses over the age of 40 getting a claim for worthy roles. best actor nods include leonardo dicab rio and matthew conaughey.

amy adam, sandra bullock, merrill streep, by the way, this is her 18th nomination. this is an academy record for a performer. cate blanchett and the lineup for best picture includes gravity, american hustle, ten nominations each. >> i can't breathe! don't let go! >> the neck line is a little plunging. >> rayon. the whole purpose of the study is to determine if it's helping people. >> there ain't no helping me. >> that are doesn't mean i'm going to stop trying. >> can you say that again.

just the way it is. just the same way. >> i don't know what you are talking about. >> you know what i'm talking about. >> we shouldn't do any of it. now i support richie. he has vision. don't do it. >>. ♪ some say john -- ♪ but i say john was a preacher and my bible says -- ♪ ♪ ♪ >> that final clip there, 12 years a slave. i will be talking live with the director in a matter of minutes. but the man's face you saw in the film, well, we have a personal section there.

recognize the gal on the left of your screen. surprise to a lot of us today, his sister is our business correspondent and here is what happened when zane got the news this morning. >> he has been acting for 20 years. to see the recognition, i can't describe the feeling. >> awe! have you talked to him? >> i'm sorry. >> i totally understand. >> i never cried on tv before. >> zane asher joins me now. i know i e-mailed you earlier. congratulations to your brother. there was this collective awe! in the cnn newsroom when we watched you truly emotional and proud for your brother. have you talked to him? >> i have. i talked to him this morning. there is so much -- everyone is so excited and so emotional. so overwhelmed at this. we have been waiting for this a long time.

my family, we are originally from nigeria. growing up, my mother didn't have running water. she lived in a tiny village. she would have to fetch water from a stream and boil it because it was very unhealthy obviously. now to see her son nominated for an oscar is unbelievable. i want to say that it is a kind of a sad day as well. my father is not alive anymore. he can't see this. some people know this already, but when he was 12 years old, he was in a car accident with my father and everybody in the car died. so he has that chance that he was given, that chance at life he was given. he has got to make the most of it. >> my goodness. i need tissues here. this is unbelievable.

so you lot of your father and tell the story of your parents growing up and the situations they faced. me more about your brother and how he so wanted this. it was in his bones growing up. he was reciting a fellow. >> all the time. he wasn't a normal kid in the sense that he wasn't always going out partying. it really was from morning till night, shakespeare, reading plays and reciting stuff. my mother would get upset because he would scribble shakespeare on the walls and my mother would have to paint over it all the time. it was just like hard work and dedication and it's a true testament that if you work hard at something, hard work most of the time if not always eventually will pay off. it may not pay off when you expect it will or in the way you want it to. eventually it does.

thing i will say is my brother works so hard at this. it's taken 20 years to get this recognition, but it certainly is well-deserved. he doesn't do it for the money and the nominations or the awards. it really is in his blood and it's a true passion of his. >> our heart felt congratulations much you are not doing so shabby yourself. your mother and i'm sure your father from someplace very, very proud. >> coming up and it is used to kill a man. the scene got disturbing fast. two senators from both sides of the aisle are looking to pitch a plan that would lead to some case in congress. stay with me.

some of the biggest stories in a flash rapid fire. just a short time ago, the state of ohio executed a man who raped and killed a pregnant woman in 1994. but we learned that dennis

guire's execution may not have been pain-free. that is something his lawyers have feared. guire died by a drug combo that has never been used in lethal injections before. he made snorting and choking sounds that lasted some minutes. states are scrambling to find new protocols because the usual drugs are not available anymore. he apologized to the victim's family before he was executed. more on that at the top of the hour. in washington, president obama and first lady michelle obama hosting education leaders at the white house summit. the goal is to improve college opportunities fir low income and disadvantaged opportunities. the president is concerned. high tuition is making college unrealistic, but more young people will get the help they need.

they not only go to or graduate from college. that's an extraordinary accomplishment and we didn't pass a bill to do it. >> he did mention his wife's birthday tomorrow. michelle obama turns the big 5-0. girls creator lena dunham gracing the issue of vogue magazine. vogue usually features thinner models and stars, but now they have a more realistic woman on its cover. she is wearing burberry in the cover photo and alexandra queen and prada to name a couple of designers. a panel in new jersey is believed to be preparing the aides to chris christie. christie did speak this morning as this panel convened in trenton in an effort to find whoever it was who ordered that

mysterious traffic study. you know the that clogged them. the theory is it might have been some sort of pay back and it brought a lot of heat upon governor christie. he did acknowledge that once again today. >> all kinds of challenges as you know that come every day out of nowhere to test you. i want to assure the people of new jersey of one thing. i was born here. i was raised here. i'm raising my family here. this is where i intend to spend the rest of my life. whatever test they put in front of me, i will meet those tests because i'm doing it on your behalf.

let's get to the rockefeller. he said the port authority records he contained zero evidence that the purpose of the lane closures are in the traffic study. we have been choosing our words very, very carefully. we always do. but at what point can we go ahead and see once and for all this study that caused the crazy traffic jams was bogus. >> i think we can until we are proven otherwise. several other investigations are under way and see if any evidence comes forward to justify the traffic study. all the evidence we have now is that it was done and orchestrated. the paper was put on that this was a traffic study in an effort by top aides. to hide what they were doing. to cover it up. that's what the state panel did with the subpoenas and they are looking into. there is nobody now coming forward and saying this was a

traffic study and this was a legitimate study. it's also a reminder that this is a u.s. senator who issued that statement. federal prosecutors are looking at this. two state assembly committees are looking at this. this could go on for months and longer. so far there is zero evidence to tie it to the governor, but it will be a distraction at a minimum. >> a bunch of people will get subpoenas today and that will include names we discussed. the former deputy chief of staff that sent that in august and i'm quoting her, it's time for traffic problems. will kelly and others testify in public? how will it work? will this be a closed door thing followed by leaks that we have been reporting on? how does it work? >> plans are for a mix. we saw how the public testimony went before the new council was named where you had david

walstein who was involved in this traffic study. he took the fifth. >> over and over and over. >> right. the question is does everybody else do that? they plan to call bridgele kelly and other top aides. the person who travels and carries his bag because the committee has been told that the governor uses his body guide with his staff. did the governor ask for this and know anything about this? the governor said no. there was no evidence. it gets to everybody around the governor and again the resolution authorizing this committee, brooke, no one said it will take this long, but if necessary the investigation expires january 2016. >> that's a significant date. there in washington, house

speaker john boehner came to chris christie's defense today and he said christie apologized and said it's time to move on. he himself believes he is in for as you point out on multiple levels, a lengthy investigation. do we have an idea how long this could go? >> we don't. there is a u.s. attorney looking into this. they tend to move quickly, but when people start getting lawyers and there is nothing wrong with getting a lawyer even if you have done nothing wrong. with an investigation like this, you want to get a lawyer. i am not criticizing anybody, but it slows down because attorneys are by practice and training, cautious. >> there is a lot of money involved. that's not a laughing matter. when bill clinton was president and a lot of his aides were called, they don't make a lot of money. this is not a laughing matter if you are a mid-level official and

you get called before an investigation panel. it can cost a lot of money. there is no question this is going to take months. the question is whether it's for months into next year. the governor doesn't want that. he wants to put this behind him and prove. he fired his chief of staff and top aide. he acknowledged himself. he hired attorneys to help his office deal with this. he understands the states. >> as always, thank you very much for us there in washington. coming up, we will stay on politics. talking about crossing aisles and how on this show, they'll come and for me and all of you, pitch this plan they hope will lead to peace in congress. stay tuned for that. also, are we safe anywhere? a lot of americans this week rattle after shootings in a movie theater and a school.

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congress in u.s. history. so dysfunctional, a divorce mediator headed to capitol hill convinced her 25 years of experience in helping warring couples just might help. our chief correspondent talked to her handing out pamphlets to help. >> they found out the other had given them a sexually transmitted disease. >> you were able to bring them together? >> one line stands out. >> rigid principles obstruct problem solving. if this is too subtle for you, you probably shouldn't be running our country. >> the divorce, the couple came from a place of love. here they never loved. >> they never did, but like a couple with a child, they should be motivated to take care of the american family. >> a divorce mediator. thank you. apparently according to this

attorney she thinks where this divorce mediator needs to help congress. why not look at seating arrangements as well. joining me is a democratic senator from colorado and republican senator from alaska. good to see both of you. welcome. >> thanks for having us on. >> i understand you have an exclusive announcement. both of you are calling for your peers to sit with a member of the other party for the upcoming president's state of the union address. senator, first to you. you came on the show a couple of years ago after an enormous tragedy in this country with this proposition with the shooting of congresswoman gabby giffords. here you were in 2011. >> this is about governing our country and it struck me that the symbolism would be respectful with the wake of what

happened in arizona. >> you talked symbolism then. the senate can't get cooperation for the unemployment benefits and 1.4 million people. let me say what's on so many people's minds. the last two years have been horrendous. why do you think sitting together will improve anything? >> the people i represent expect me to keep working at this. the senator and i are friends and we worked together. this is a time to reset. the americans were united states citizens. we will get through this. we reflect that and it's coming on to be bigger than that. to be leaders and to remember that.

>> it has been a very devicive year and it has been a rather extraordinary gridlock. if we can't demonstrate through the simplest of acts, talking to one another, sitting next to one another at a very important speech, if we can't even do that, then really the public should give up on us. they send the subtle messages. there efforts that are ongoing every single day where republicans are talking to democrats and we are trying to work things through. it is not reflected in the media and the newspaper, we haven't given up trying. we should not give up. >> the american people appreciate that and let me ask the groups, they will say no

way. i'm not playing along with the seating charts. be respectful. >> i know when sit in the chamber and you import a history and you feel the opportunity that is always there for us as americans. we compared notes and made legislative strategy and agreements. that can happen. this is a business based on personal relationships and it's a business based on wanting to work together. our states particularly demand that of us. alaska and colorado.

you can always find those connections if you find a sense of time. >> i hope it's pervasive through the capital where you are. we will look for you when we cover the state of the union. we will look for action. bipartisan action. >> relationships take work. >> i understand. thank you so much. with the announcement. i appreciate it from washington. shares of best buy plummeted 30% this morning. this is just the latest retailer and big, big trouble. jp penny and macy's. will we see the end of mall shopping like the actual going to the malls in person. will we see an end to that. plus this giant tiger stopped and killed them in the past two weeks. that tiger is still on the loose. back after this. you are watching cnn.

>> the bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. a killer is soing terror across

india. seven could haves. the killer left her mark alongside the bodies. you see this? you can't quite make it out. i am here to tell you, this is a tiger paw. this is the body of one of the tiger's victims. a woman killed 11 days ago. local police have called in hunters. they have put them on cherry pickers. giving them orders to kill should they see this tiger. residents have gotten so scared that many are staying indoors. the tiger is believed to have fled a nature reserve about 70 miles away. 2014 is just over two weeks old and we couldn't help but notice how ordinary places that most of us wouldn't think twice about have been scenes of extraordinary acts of violence. the latest case overnight. a grocery store. >> we live in that world. there is not a day that goes by

anymore where we are not learning of a school shooting or at a business or unfortunately we hope this would never come to our hometown and here it is. >> that's the backdrop. this is it. martin's super market in indiana. a 22-year-old man named shawn behr shot up the place and killed two women. officers killed him afterwards and say he fired on them. no idea if he knew the victims and the shopper and store employee whose mother just got taken off the overnight shift was there at the scene. >> it's scary. it is. how do i know i'm doing something and they will start shooting up the place and i got injured. you never know. it shakes you a little bit. >> so a grocery store overnight and then this. two days ago, a 12-year-old boy allegedly went to the school with a sawed off shotgun and shot a 12-year-old boy and a

13-year-old girl. according to one gun control group, this is the 30th school shooting. now another case of great schoolers with gunshot wounds. >> how does a between even know how to saw off a shotgun? it sounds so wrong. be renda middle cool trying to get back on track. classes resumed. the third shooting in less than -- >> then on monday, the third shooting makes us wonder is any place safe? a man texting at a movie theater ends up dead, shot by a retired police officer. it wasn't the first time defendant curtis reefs lashed out. one couple said he couldn't calm down after the wives detected about two weeks before this killing.

>> it bothered me that he was being -- it was strange. it was odd. >> he was so irritated about something so small. it seemed like every minute little thing that would happen drove him berserk. >> flaring the hands grabbing his head. >> his attorney has not responded to cnn's calls, but a grocery store and a movie treater and a school in week. coming up, best buy's stock tanks, jcpenney shutting down stores. is retail changing before our very eyes. an incredibly emotional message for anyone responsible for the spill. he said a lot more than that. we will talk to him live. first julia is passionate about the luge. she never let a brain disorder keep her off track.

this week's factor. >> as she jumps into the sled, julia has one focus. >> the speed an adrenaline rush. >> i think any time something happens, you have to decide what you are going to do to get there and stick to the plan every day. >> she had plenty of obstacles. her father passed and had training injuries. her knees and meniscus and acl to herniated disks in her neck. she overcame them to make her first team in 2010. >> it was a great honor and seen the good and bad days. >> her olympic high was short-lived. >> i was diagnosed shortly after the 2010 winter olympic games.

>> she has a disorder in which the fluid around her brain doesn't circulate properly. >> a lot of symptoms were severe headaches and pressure on the lower part of my skull and a lot of problems with the right of new body. >> for her, surgery was the only option. >> they go in and removed a little under a centimeter of my skull bone to create access for the spinal fluid to flow freely. >> she didn't let that stop her. she was back on the sled. >> i never lot of sight of where i wanted to be back competing in the sport. >> she fell short of making her second olympics by a fraction of a second, she stayed sharp. >> i wake up every day knowing i'm training for something i love. i think it's a big gift. >> she wants to make sure other young girls like her get the experience. >> the camp focuses on self confidence and understanding

stereotypes and breaking down barriers and being proud of where you are and going after your dreams. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting.

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the best known names in retail. best buy's stock has been tumbling, down almost 30% today after the report on holiday sales. not enough people shopped at best buy. jc penny is getting rid of 2,000 workers and to cut cost, lowman's is packing up their dressing rooms and anything out of business. is this a hangover from the recession? are these desperate moves falling out of favor or could we maybe be witnessing a change in the way we shop. consumer spending analyst is here to help us figure a way out. nice to see you. >> stock was up about 150% over last year. >> they implemented a new ceo. two things happen with this stock up. number one, they overpromoted

and tried to have these promotions to come in and shop at that store. also they were open during thanksgiving and the cost of having all the stores opened for earlier hours on thanksgiving to get people to shop in there really did damage to the bottom line. >> that ended up hurting them. then you have jcpenney laying off a lot of things. when you think of these stores, these are the main stays across this country. a lot of malls are kind of ghost towns. do you think malls as institutions are doomed? >> i think malls are going through a restructuring and part of the reason why is because so much of the shopping is moving online. we were talking about best buy and the revenue sunk 2.6% because of the holiday numbers. if you look at the online numbers, they made $1.3 billion

on online sales and those sales were up 23%. >> what happened to the malls if we are shopping online? >> that's the thing. a lot of these developers i had spoken to were saying malls need to restructure themselves. there is no interest. nothing interesting to get us to the malls. foot traffic over the holiday fell 15%. no new indoor malls have been built since 2006. developers are trying to figure out ways to get people to get into the malls. they are saying it has to do with the stores. people are shopping on line. >> i'm trying to think of the last time i was in a mall shopping. >> the last time i was, i think it might be in 1985. shopping.

i do do channel checks though. >> i might have been looking at shoes, but that's about it. thank you very much for joining me. it's amazing. the evolution of shopping. coming up next, my next guest lives in west virginia and wrote a stunning response here to a lot of people including the chemical spill and the folks who did this. they talked about the west virginia water. he has a message for politicians and corporations. he says to hell with you. not mincing words. he joins me next. products treat all your symptoms. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus severe cold and flu speeds relief to these eight symptoms. [ breath of relief ] thanks. [ male announcer ] you're welcome. ready? go. ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪ ♪ stacy's mom has got it goin' on ♪

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it seems spot on. you write about your rage. >> on the internet. what's interesting to me about this is the e-mails and the phone calls from people from west virginia and around the world. a lot of people thinking for i long time.

i hope the piece was there and no way around it has. i thought maybe 37 micrograms. i had no idea. >> i sweeted it out. you pointed out that people growing up there, you are no dewey eyed and chemicals. what makes this so different. >>. >> we can never predict what effect will spark this in us. there was one occasion where the town was evacuated for a couple of days. we went through chemical spills and evacuations from high schools when i was growing up. it seems to be part of a natural fabric. this for a long time, i include myself in that essay as well. it's conflicted and complicated.

for a long time it meant accepting the main and loving the tragedy. it's part of the basic character. it's been a long time since i felt that. women don't drink the same tap water. no response to that on my gut level. you can't end there. >> that's stunning for you as well. you include west virginians in this. you are experiencing the rage as you bring bottled water and say the hell with everyone. you can ask me how i can stand to live in a place like this. to hell with everyone who said why don't i just leave and quit and go to the other thousands. like it never occurred to us. like if only we had listened as you explained safety hazards and we suddenly recognized something that hospital been on the radar until now. you condemned fellow west virginians. me why.

>> the thing that is really striking to me about this is it's a complicated thing. like any other history. it's a synergistic blending of politics and environmental issues. there is an element of our characters. there is a sacrifice and that's really, really problematic in a hard part of the essay to write. the thing that makes me angry about this is how deeply it is in the fact that west virginians want to go to work. despite the ridiculous and absurd stereotypes, this is a place that placed a significant value on doing the work. making something happen. if the company came in, an industry came in and said to the people, we are going to do this

work and need you to help us do this work and in exchange, we want to make sure it's the safest possible way. from the people who live in that area. we have no idea what good will and restraint can call. you can change a tire and you have a friend for life. that guy will send you a christmas card. >> i can vouch for that. hopefully this ho rentous incident can help change that culture and everything you mentioned. i felt your rage and i was stunned to have you on the show. thank you so much. good luck. coming up for the first time in u.s. history today, a controversial set of lethal drugs were used to kill a man and the scene if you read about this got very disturbing very quickly. we will tell you what happened. y as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again.

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hidden cameras caught the whole thing. this is all a run up to the grammy awards. take a close look at this receipt. $1600 for breakfast for two at a waffle house. jim andrews wished he had looked. >> i sign it and i look at it again and it says $1660.61. i almost had a heart attack. they inflated the $16 fill. waffle house gave him a refund. sales are heating up for the world's hottest pepper. the carolina reaper is 300 times hotter than a jalapeno. how hot is that hot? ask this reporter. >> that's good. that's good! >> that's all pepper. >> yeah. >> very little vinegar and lots and lots of pepper. none of that other stuff.

>> i'm actually dizzy. >> who knew the father of psycho analysis is so hot. that's the hot you are thinking. burglars tried to steal sig mund freud's ashes and only ended up breaking the urn that is priceless. 2300 years old, a gift from napoleon's great grand niece. security at the cemetery is under review. >> now to a development that may link aaron hernandez to the double homicide in boston in 2012. cnn kor respondent joins me on this. what are boston police saying? >> for the first time boston police are suggesting that former new england patriot aaron hernandez may have pulled the trigger in the unsolved double homicide in 2012.

we are getting this from a search warrant and an official affidavit that was unsealed in connecticut. there is probable cause to believe aaron hernandez was operating a suspected vehicle used in the shooting homicide and may have been the shooter. boston police at the time were asking for help from police in bristol, connecticut. the search and suv being used by aaron hernandez and to look for gun residue inside that vehicle that they discovered parked in a garage at aaron her understanded in an -- hernandez's uncle's house. this is according to documents that were just unsealed. the warrant was executed back in june. at the time we said they were looking for -- they wanted to examine a t-shirt, baseball hat

and a necklace worn by aaron hernandez and seen on a video surveillance camera at a nightclub on the same night that those double murders took place. remember, brooke, no one has been charged. we know from our official sources that aaron hernandez has been the subject of a grand jury investigation looking into the case. >> continuing to follow the aaron hernandez case. appreciate it. and i'm baldwin. a top of the hour, a first in the series of executions. just a short time ago, the state of ohio killed a man who was convicted of raping and murdering a pregnant woman. it wasn't painless like his

lawyers had anticipated. we are told he appeared to gasp loudly for air under these new drugs. he made several snorting or snoring sounds and convulsed for roughly minutes before dying. witnesses of his execution said deep rattling sounds came from his mouth. now the question is why use these new drugs? the usual lethal injection drugs are not available and states are having to scramble to find protocols to execute the people. legal know lift and prosecutor sunny hostin joins me now. sunny, i know that the constitution has a ban against cruel and unusual punishments. his lawyers feared he would die painfully with the new drug cocktail. was a law violated? >> it's unclear. his attorneys argued unsuccessfully that this would be unconstitutional because it

would be cruel and unusual. an experiment using the cocktail and he would suffer from what they called air hunger. y that agree that would be cruel and unusual, but that was unsuccessful. the government argued that while you are entitled to be protected from cruel and unusual punishment, an execution may not be pain-free. the question is really up in the air as to whether or not this was unconstitutional. given that question to use the experiment. they better have a better chance to get delay considering the painful execution this morning. >> whenever there is a change in

the lethal injection process. perhaps we will see those and there is no question that lawyers are representing people on death row will use this case as an example of an execution gone bad. we know it took longer than any execution in ohio since 1999. i have got to say the bomb line is that and i think my colleague and jeff said it the best and mentary wrote execution is a grotesque procedure and from the supreme court tried to make it more palatable. who knows. we know a lot of americans don't support the death death penalty.

>> thank you, sunny hostin very much. we are following developments in the fast moving wildfire that is raging in southern california. devouring homes near lead and now detained three people. take a look at the live pictures. massive smoke and flame through the different canyons. this is the los angeles area. azusa, california. cools are closed and evacuations under way. living close to the fire lines and they were gathering what they can in getting out of there. let me show you the photo. you can see talking about precariously close, the homes and then the fire in the back yard and people inside the cars may never have a home to return to. right now they don't know weather whether their homes may have burned. casy is in azusa, california. you have new information on

that. me what you know. >> what we know, brooke, at this time, three people in custody, all young men in their early 20s. police say they were in a rural area and owl found to be walking away from the place where the fire was started. at least one of the men according to police with a homeless person and the police say at least one of the suspects in custody has admitted to allowing this fire to start. they were burning a camp fire and winds came up and started out of control. you can see these pictures now. the smaller flame we were seeing up on the hill. about or four minutes ago they were 30 or 40 feet in the air and they are aggressively dropping water to try to stop them from spreading into the neighborhood and that's one of the main areas of concern.

they are trying to knock it down before the temperatures start to rise which is expected to happen this afternoon. . they say they have 2,000 people evacuated from their homes and two homes have burned and there has been one civilian injury. 700 firefighters now trying to combat this blaze and you can see one of the helicopters overhead now. the rush against time. we are expecting temperatures as high as in the upper 80s today. >> so many people are not leaving. they don't want to leave yet. casey is in azusa, california. we will stay in close contact with you. thank you. now the race is on in hollywood for who will take the top prize at the 86th academy awards. today they were announced.

they include gravity and american hustle. the best actor and headliners. leonardo dicaprio. a good-looking group of men here, but some of the ladies are lovely as well. turning heads. not necessarily because of their acting jobs. one thing in common with several of peas films, the phenomenal showings by leading and supporting ladies north of the age of 40. look at the nominees for best actress. you have sandra bullock, merrill streep with her 18th nomination. this is an act record for performer. cate blanchett and amy adams is 39. the supporting nominees. julia roberts and sally hawkins

is 37. the plate of roles for older actresses in hollywood is not a new story. one the executives are finally reading to discuss this and other nominations. entertainment journalist and pop culture expert john murray. welcome. >> hello, brooke. >> hello. let's begin with the ladies and i love this. a lot of these second reszs and supporting actresses are not young chickens, if i may. what do you think? >> it's a great turn of events. usually in hollywood at 40 a woman is discarded let alone given an award nomination. it's a wonderful development. last year we had wallace nominated who was like two months old. >> she was like 12 or something. >> something like that. it's swinging the other way. amy adams is the kid of the group in her lady 30s.

it's terrific. there is a future for all of us if not an oscar. >> who you are liking? >> i'm loving the whole season. this is the theme that is non-traditional hollywood. they are breaking the barriers with the ages and they break barriers with diversity. this will be probably the only time you hear me root for slavery. i am so excited about 12 years of slaves and all that is happening for us with the nominations. i'm excited with this whole oscar season. >> we are supposed to be hearing from the director of 12 years of slaves. >> brooke, i want to make clear to the "duck dynasty" people, the movie is against slavery. >> thank you, michael for that. >> more seriously, it's a very powerful film. i think it's the front-runner to win. it's between that gravity which is a mind blowing sci-fi epic and a 70s scam romp.

it's between the three. >> gravity is up there? >> a lot of people are saying gravity? really? >> it made a lot of money and has a lot of momentum through the season. let's not sleep on wall street. it's picking up so much steam and has the oscar buzz. don't count it out yet. >> what about no love for the butler? who is surprised? >> i was outraged by this. here's the thing. at least oprah winfrey's performance should have gotten recognition from the academy. i think it was one of the bigger snubs of the year. they made a lot of money. i don't get why they were not in contingency. they were so many great options this year. >> the butler was supposed to get a nomination from oprah winfrey, but it's all in the timing. everyone anointed her the winner and it was too soon. last year argo won best picture

because ben affleck was snubbed by the director and there was a wave of sympathy. that was a quirk of fate nobody could have predicted. oprah peeked too soon. >> part of the company's oscar campaign for the butler, they rereleased it to theaters hoping to recapture the oscar eyes and it still didn't work. >> best actor? i'm a fan of mr. all right all right all right. mr. conaughey. what is your favorite? he engineered a complete revival. leonardo has never won. it would be great to see him win too. >> michael and i agree on everything. leonardo is the susan lucci of the oscars. >> i am rooting for him. i changed my mind. he is the brother of zane asher who is beautiful and crying over

her brother. she is so proud of him. he is my gave as well. thank you very much. as i mentioned, this unique oscar story here developing this morning. someone received their 49th nomination. that is the most of any living living person ever. 49th. can you guess what that would be? the answer and some of his best work, next. a mother turned to in vitro to get pregnant. she thought it was her husband's sperm. well, turns out she got a shock when she had dna testing and her daughter's real father was someone she never met. now family members are speaking out about this whole ordeal. their surprising message, coming up. weeknights are for favorites. olive garden's signature favorites now just $10.

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>> super man. indiana jones. harry potter. you don't even have to see them. you know their music composed by john williams, the most oscar-nominated man alive. >> he is an old friend and had a courtship since the 1970s. >> what made it a good tool for me, the two notes could be played note, note, or very fast. very soft or very loud and in your face. >> two notes in jaws and five notes in close encounters. >> those five notes. it's where william soared. they are the best selling for

all time and still celebrated. >> it's a wonderful sight awaiting these light sabers. you couldn't plan it. you couldn't say i'm going to write something and 30 years from now people will be celebrating in some fashion. impossible. >> the-time oscar winner credits hard work and the fortune of a good friend. a 40-year partnership with steven spielberg that persevered when he felt he couldn't match his work in schindler's list. >> said yes, i know, but they are all dead. >> how do you keep the energy, the creative juices going? >> it's better not to keep your eye on the finish line too much. >> it's better to stay in the

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>> another family could be the victim of a sperm switch at a utah facility clinic. the university of utah debuts the clinic services. they are working with this second family trying to see if they too were the victims of a mix up or a deliberate act. it was a family now living in

texas who broke this story wide open. they revealed to the utah affiliate kutv that their daughter shares no dna with the father. somehow the wrong sperm was used when her parents used in vitro in the 90s. this couple said a man whose dna was used and tests confirm that is now dead. he was thomas lipper who died in 1999. we don't know if he actually switched the samples, but his history does involve a conviction in a minnesota kidnapping in which he reportedly used electric shock treatments on a college student to make her fall in love with him. kutv reporter chris jones sat down with the family who hoped going public will help others find the truth. >> in the beginning i was shocked. >> annie bran ham grew up in a loving, supportive, stable home. nothing could prepare her for the news her mother pam was about to deliver about her father.

>> it doesn't match anything. there is no dna that you share with your father. it took me a minute. what are you talking about? >> annie's mother discovered her biological father was a technician at the reinstructive medical technologies where annie's parents received help to get pregnant 21 years ago. >> i thought oh, my god. >> through pam's detective work, the family found out that tom lipper, a tech at the clinic and he's annie's dad. this is a story he did in the late 90s. neighbors accused him of throwing rocks and terrorizing him. >> did you throw the rocks last night. >> absolutely not. >> they switched his sperm with his own. >> it was hard at first to think

that who am i? i thought i was this person -- my mom and my dad. now my dad is not my biological father. who am i? who am i? >> a question about her personal core and questions with which annie is trying to come to terms. >> i understand that this happened to me and there is nothing that i can do to change it. why should i live my life any differently knowing this happened. >> meanwhile they have a laundry list of questions for the university of utah who said they contracted with the back. >> my husband wants to know where is his sample? does he have a child we don't know about? >> they are reaching out to clients. >> i don't think we are the only ones. we are one of many. >> so many questions have come out of the chaos created by tom

lipper. one thing is certain for this family. >> we have strong faith and god is going to work everything for good and he has because we have her. >> chris jones reporting. it is important to note there is zero proof that this guy thomas lipper switched the specimens, but kutv spoke with his widow who said she had no kids with him, but he was "proud of the fact he had these kids out there." joining me now, nancy grace from hln. only the university of utah is investigating, but do you think that's enough? could there be a potential crime here? >> there will be more of an investigation other than the university of utah because obviously they may be implicated in this. several of their staff worked at this reproductive technology clinic including lipper. he also worked for the university of utah. they are downplaying the connection because they don't

want to get sued. can you imagine? this was artificial insemination. now as the years are going by, more and more women are turning towards fertility clinics. if this is an out come and last night i spoke at length with lipper's then wife. she has no doubt, brooke, no doubt in her mind that he did this intentionally and she thinks he did it and more. he always carried in his wallet a picture of the child. this was his child. he always told her that. he was proud of the child in his wallet. he doesn't have children we know of. the issue is they hired a convicted felon. okay? either they meet or should have known. the clinic is out of business and lipper is dead. the trail is cold.

>> tough to get questions answered. there could be other people out there with kids who by half are not entirely theirs. here is my question. i'm thinking then this made national news and there many couples who are using in vitro fert visation. how can you know for sure it's this sperm and this egg going together. is there such a thing as confirmation? >> only a dna test. i called a clinic and asked them how they verify and they double verify with the tubes and the vials and they have quite an elaborate verification process. so did our mti. they thought they were verifying too. >> nancy grace, thank you very much. watch nancy week nights at 8:00 eastern. >> thanks, brooke. >> as the violence spirals out of control and the debate now

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>> bottom of the hour. you are watching cnn. we will take to you iraq. al qaeda-linked militants seized control of fallujah. they are in areas so many of our american troops fought and died to take during the war. each day iraq spirals deeper into violence. one years after the last troops pulled out and parts of iraq are looking at the bloodiest days of the war. michael holmes covered the war. 14 people were shot dead north of the city and 11 killed in other attacks. our american troops who fought and sacrificed in fallujah are

no doubt wondering what is going on there. >> people are wondering even more. they had high hopes after saddam hussein was overthrown that things would get better. 11 years later, things are as bad as i would have to go back to 2006, 2007 at the height of the insurgencinsurgency. they are back at the beginning of the war that was here when the americans left. it does have an eerie sense of instability here. people go to work and stay goodbye to their families and don't know if they come back that night. yesterday was a good example. explosions around the city and 60 people dead. 100. it's a daily thing here.

it's into the sunny shia war. it's not looking good. >> they will stay with iraq and according to statistics just updated, the war took 4,423 american lives from an ex-guest. they ripped apart a partnership bound by the love that would have lasted a lifetime. that's how she describes her marriage in her book called unremarried widow. henderson's husband miles died from a helicopter crash in iraq more than seven years ago. a year before the soldier died, miles had a dream about his death. henderson writes if i loved him enough, i reasoned he would come home. that did not happen. after miles was gone, henderson found a letter from him that will break your heart and also

renew your faith in true love. joining me now. welcome. given the fact that we heard from the correspondent in baghdad and fallujah and ramadi and a mission that your husband accept and embraced. how do you feel about all of this. >> it's complicated. very complicated emotions about the war. as i said in the book, i didn't support the war when it was happening, but when i met my husband in the military, i supported him and all the troops. it's alarming to see what's happening now. >> alarming. you were young 20s when you met. you were a free spirit and you wanted to write and travel the world. you marry a military man,

unexpected, yes? >> yes. >> unexpected. you fall in deep, deep love with him and get married and he goes off to iraq. at some point you get the knock on your door. >> yes. yes. that's right. actually it wasn't a knock. it should have been a knock. they were already in my house when i came home. i was staying with my mother. my mother let them in. when i came home from work, the soldiers were there. >> what did they say? >> they said, we regret to inform you that on behalf of the president of the united states, your husband miles henderson has been killed in iraq. >> and after you and i don't know if you still are processing, but at some point, you summoned the strength to go through his stuff. you find this letter.

it was written to you by your husband and we have printed out a letter in its entirety. i want it to be in your voice. would you will mind sharing some. >> sure. just a part about midway through, he said i died doing something that i believe is very honorable, worthwhile, and necessary. i pray that in my life and death i saved others lives and kept a few from ever having to experience this war. i regret that it had to come at the price of causing you any pain. the last thing i ever wanted to do was hurt you in any way. >> i see your eyes sitting here, time has passed. what does it feel like to be rereading that? >> it still feels like the first time. it has been years, but it still feels like yesterday.

>> what do you miss most? >> i miss his laugh. he had such a great laugh. >> for those as we report and see what's happening in iraq in the current day and for those who say it wasn't worth it, what do you say to those people? >> it has to be worth it. you have to believe it was worth it. i can't believe he died for nothing. >> thank you so much for sharing. i really appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> we'll be right back. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do...

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>> this has been a project i searched for since i was a boy. it's an important story to tell. it's not a holocaust story as much, but my whole philosophy or anybody. when injustice is there, you can't march into the camps. this is a story of the opposite. >> do you own a gun? >> no, never owned a gun. >> why does that resonate to you? >> when you are marching a half million people into auschwitz, if i found a gun, i don't think we need guns in this country and i hate it and i think the nra is a disaster area and i will make a movie. i will make a movie with merrill streep and take this issue head on and they will wish they were not alive after i'm done. >> a documentary type thing? >> no, big movie. that will move people to that

situation. >> i don't want to be involved in that stuff. >> you have great visions. you make the concerts for 9/11 and make the concerts. >> we can do something. >> harvey winestein wants to make a big movie and take down the gun industry in the nra. emily miller for the washington times and the author of the book emily gets her gun. the american progress. welcome to both of you. >> emily i read your column. what's your reaction? >> obviously he makes a big deal and a big movie with merrill streep. he is going to try to move the needle. the problem is he's got five million law-abiding good americans who are doing nothing but defending themselves and

their families who he thinks he will persuade to hate their own group and hate guns and stocks. i don't know why people hate snag is stuck in your shoulder. it's a good movie. they are the liberal elite who are the ones who see the movie now. >> hear your reaction with howard stern. stronger gun laws and that's a huge audience of people that comes to what we ought to be doing with the gun policy. the group of people who disagree on the policies include most gun owners and most nra numbers. >> hang on. let me get this in for people to refresh your memories. a lot of them are violent. the pulp fiction and halloween

movies. let me put this to you. this hollywood and this harvey winestein that bears some responsibility for the violence in our culture. >> a lot of people talked about violence and video games and violence and movies. these movies that are popular in the united states and the video games popular in the us they are popular all over the world. they don't have the murder and the gun violence in the united states. many of the movies are too violent and many of the video games are too violent. if you want to look at the real world violence, we have to look at the gun lies and tighten them and make it harder not for law-abiding people to get a gun if she wants to get a gun and know she is a gun owner.

on the law-abiding members of the nra, it's just as likely to blame the guns the one thing that is being left out is every single thing, there has never been a gun law that has reduced violence. never. not once. gun violence is decreasing and the highest it has ever been. >> take it back to hollywood. that is the crux. conversation. these are about mega movies. in hollywood, as filmmakers, hopefully all of us deal in

violence in movies and discuss our in that. to either of you, is it time and i hear you on the law-abiding citizens who have their right to bear arms. should hollywood take a bigger role? earlier on the show, he is talking about all his four different homes and money. all this money off the films and now he is blaming guns and nra for the violence and now he will make another multimillion-dollar film with merrill streep. he is making monoall of this. >> maybe saying okay, it's time. given everything we have seen over the last year to say we need to make this movie. the only issue is he is going to see it.

i can assure you that they are not going to see it. >>ly 00 million americans are not members of the nra. it's not because the members have been doing things that lead to violence. it's because the nra blocked policies to cut down on gun violence. gun laws go to the mountain of evidence. they compare that to the weakest gun laws. they are half the rate of gun laws. that's the report i published on the website of the center for american progress. the organization in your own investigation. the cdc is the government research study. for the viewers to know, the government researched that the government arms and did a study.

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is. at this hour, a panel in new jersey is believed to be preparing the very first subpoenas to former aides of chris christie. in an effort to find whoever it was that ordered that mysterious traffic study, the one that clogged highways and side streets back in september. of course, the theory is it might have been political payback and it's brought a lot of heat on chris christie and he acknowledged that once again today. >> there's all kinds of challenges, as you know, that come every day out of nowhere to test you. but i want to assure the people

of new jersey of one thing. i was born here, i was raised here, i'm raising my family here, and this is where i intend to spend the rest of my life. and whatever tests they put in front of me, i will meet those tests because i'm doing it on your behalf. >> gloria borger is with me. here we have the examinations and this is just the beginning. i know, i have to imagine that governor chris christie has to move on but how does he do that with all of this -- >> he knows he can't. he's got committees investigating him, subpoenas flying. he announced today that he's going to have his own internal investigation. so what he has to do is keep his eye on the ball, which is what i think you saw him doing today in the state of new jersey talking about sandy recovery while understanding that these other

issues are going on at the same time. his problem is -- the good news for him is that on a national scale people are paying an awful lot of attention to this. the bad news is, that since december, he's lost a lot of ground against hillary clinton in a potential 2016 race. it's early. the problem, though, is his favorability ratings are upside down. more people think negatively of him than positively. so he's got some problems but he's doing exactly what he ought to be doing. >> you have seen many, many stories like this, gloria. you have been at this for a number of years. how important do you think these subpoenas will be? >> very important. very important. because people are under oath. they have to think about themselves. you know, when you work in a congressional staff or a gubernatorial staff or presidential staff, every day of your life is about making that other person look good who's at

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