healthy you. @carolalt. until next time, i hope you're learning to be a more healthy you. fox weather alert. people living in colorado are in trouble. the weather is their enemy right now. punishing amounts of rain have been falling for days now, and beautiful boulder county just outside denver, the sheriff's department is calling the flooding and unprecedented event. this is "america's news hq," 4:30 eastern. we are life. i'm harris faulkner. rescue workers dealing with thousands in crisis at this hour. they're cut off by rising waters. helicopters and national guard units deployed now to help look for all the people in need. and now we're hearing food and water supplies are running low in some remote areas. some people in colorado have lost their lives in all of this fury. at least four people confirmed

dead. that number could rise as authorities are looking for people who are unaccounted for, and missing at this hour. >> we're assuming that there may be further loss of life, or injuries. we have to assume that. i hope and pray that's not the case, but given the devastation of some of those closed canyons, it's certainly a high probability. >> and live with the news in boulder, dominick, the sheriff's department, we saw them releasing a high number. as many as 172 people unaccounted for. >> that's right. in fact that number could be as high as 218. the emergency association was saying that is the latest figure. starting to discover how widespread these people are in terms of their isolation and how much they've been cut off. it's very difficult. extremely difficult to reach the re cues areas. earlier the phones cut off, and

the roads cut off. a lot of the terrain is completely impassable due to the floodwater and risk of mudslides. authorities say it could be absolute days before all of these people are able to call in and let everybody know they're safe. already a massive number of people who were already stranded by this and one community alone, up in the pine wood springs, 1,200 people there who need saving. while the national guard has already pulled 800 people out so far, not just from pine wood but elsewhere in the area, it's a massive ordeal to deal with and still ka calculate how many need rescued. >> looking on the wires, more and more areas being evacuated even as we speak. it seems to be a rolling situation, if they're close to rivers and reservoirs creeping up. where are they putting people? >> reporter: putting them in elementary schools and also putting them in churches, and red cross is also trying to put people wherever they can.

the hotel we're staying in, people i evacuated themselves. checking in to hotels riding out the bad weather going through the weekend. this is a really difficult job for these people in place, because we don't know how long they're actually stay for. you mentioned the reservoirs. three large reservoirs down in the fort mason area. the river is expected to burst its banks later today and tomorrow. four communities all given evacuation orders. the authorities still trying to work how many people will be displaced, harris? >> reporting live from the scene there. thank you very much. you heard dominick talk about the forecast. from the weather center, janice is standing by with rescues going on, janice, it would be nice to have clear sky above. will they get any time soon? >> oh, the next 24 hours, harris, we still have rain in the forecast. even into monday, but if we can get into tuesday, wednesday, thursday and even friday, skyless start to clear, but the weather is crucial right now as you mentioned.

the past 48 hours has brought historic flooding. once in a lifetime flooding in this region's they typically see anywhere from an inch to an inch and a half a month in this region, but we're talking about totals anywhere from 14 to 18 inches. you can see the radar estimated precipitation not only in colorado but stretching into kansas as well. so historic rainfall totals. take a look at it around the boulder area as well as aurora. look at boulder. typically an annual average of 20 inches. they received close to 15 inches in just 48 hours. same with aurora. annual average, 17 inches. close to a foot of rain, and that just devastated these areas, unfortunately, as people are still being rescued. our forecast, satellite radar imagery heading into monday as well, seeing a potential for flooding in these regions. as wet get into monday and tuesday, things start to taper off, but we really have to get through the next couple of days, harris. this is one of the reason weis

we have tropical moisture streaming in from the gulf, tropical moisture from the pacific. high pressure averanchored acro the central u.s. is funneling all the moisture. a perfect scenario. this is ingrid, almost a hurricane. going to make landfall across mexico, but we're still going to feel the results of that. not only in texas, but across the southwest. so we just have to get through the next couple of days, harris and dryer days are ahead. >> perfect worst case scenario. thank you very much. >> yes. and a news alert. our country and russia have reached an agreement to secure syria's chemical weapons. this is coming after days of high-level talks between secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister. under the framework, we're told, syria has one week to declare its chemical weapons stockpiles. our chief washington sdoernt

james rosen is traveling with secretary kerry and the only one to catch up with him a short time ago coming back from an outing. james, you're in geneva. what did you ask the secretary? >> reporter: harris, good evening. from geneva, where i asked secretary kerry if he thinks that syrian president bashar al assad will actually live up to the agreement that the russians negotiated on his behalf? kerry answered, we're going to have to make it. so, if the four-page framework agreement was settled on today by secretary of state kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov holds up, destroying the chemical weapons arsenal will be accomplished by next july. kerry and lavrov agreed on the scope but not the sites involved. and sharp interpretations of the language agreed on which states any failure to comply by president assad will be addressed by the u.n. security council. and that that body will have the option to approve military force. >> there's a commitment to

impose measures. that's the language. we'll impose measures commensurate with whatever is needed in terms of the accountability. >> translator: of course it does not mean that every violation will be reported to the security council, though we take him by word. >> reporter: top aides are clear what will happen, approving the use of mill tear use against bashar al assad. they acknowledge clearly behind the scenes they expect russia would veto that and block such action. harris? >> critics say they are stressing so much doubt about syria's sticking to deadlines. i mention add week to talk about their stock piles there. what other deadlines do they have to had it? >> reporter: well, if bashar al assad meets that first deadline, the first litmus test of the entire chemical weapons arsenal by next friday, it's expected

the chemical weapons inspectors from the international community it had the ground in syria to start inspections by november. once again, the aim, daunting but doable, destroy the entire arsenal by next july. >> james rosen in geneva. thank you. a terrifying bus ride this weekend. it wend flying off the side of a highway in ohio. 35 people hurt in this. the bus apparently went through a fence, then struck a tree before coming to a stop on its side, as you see there. the driver was trapped in that bus until emergency crews could get him out. >> there was the driver. he was entrapped. there were several other patients that had to be assisted out of the vehicle. the vehicle is on its sides. they were easily extra kay extrs we arrived with additional man power they were removed from the vehicle.

>> greyhound says that drive hear been with the economy nearly 15 years and as fully rested at the time. sometimes people will ask, did he fall asleep at the wheel? the company is saying, whoically not. news the government overpaid disability benefits by nor than $1 billion. how did that happen? we'll explain, and a diplomatic stalemate, just reporting with james rosen, the u.s. and russia reach add deal to destroy chemical weapons inside syria, but is the agreement worth the paper it's written on? ambassador john bolton, formerly of the u.n., will join us with his thoughts. >> it's a blind alley. it's a box canyon for america. putin's led us down a road here where there's just no good outcome. without the threat of force, this agreement means nothing. [ male announcer ] what's important to you? at humana, our medicare agents sit down wh you and ask. being active. and being with this guy. [ male announcer ] getting to know you is how we help you choose the humana medicare plan

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headlines. white house officials confirming president obama senior adviser dan pfeiffer returned to work. he was hospitalized twice last week after suffering stroke-like sim tsymptoms. he's just 37 years old. a government watch dog, may have let more than 36,000 people collect $1.3 billion in disability payments they were not entitled to. at least one recipient collect add potential overpayment of $90,000 without being caught. how did it happen?

people filed for the benefits they were not supposed to get. prosecutors are charging rapper kanye west and the father of kim kardashian's baby with misdemeanor battery over a scuffle with a photographer. the arraignment in court is scheduled for october 10th. and the united nations says syria will join the treaty banning the use of chemical weapons next month. this follows a diplomatic breakthrough on syria's chemical weapons that might overt military action from the united states. secretary of state kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov announcing destroying the stockpile by the middle of next year. first, the syrian president assad has to account for his arsenal. and as we reported this half hour, he has a week to do that. if he doesn't comply, the u.s. and russia will seek to enforce it through the united nations. is that workable? john bolten is a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n.

a fox news contributor and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. ambassador, good to see you today. >> glad to be with you. >> the big overarching question is what happens if the assad regime decides not to comply with today's terms or just simply refuses to give up the weapons? >> well, it won't do that. it will not -- there will not be a big confrontation where assad has its fist on the table and says, i will never comply. instead, this agreement will die a death by 1,000 cuts. so let's begin at the beginning. assad is required to make his initial declaration on friday. it will slap few days. maybe a few more. maybe the first declaration won't be full and complete and have to be amended, and then amended again. you can see the impact of this as time goes on. that's exactly what the strategy is. >> so when our james rosen a little while ago asked secretary kerry this, he said, well, we'll make them comply.

and -- how does has work? >> well, no one of the -- one of the fine ironies, we agreed with russian, in violation of the consequence since the treaty came into force. rush did not make its own full and complete declaration of its chemical weapo chemical weapons xokti chemical weapons stockpiles in 1990s and that they've been developing new chemical weapons. the notion that russia is going to vouch for bashar al assad is,s is almost comical. the can you make this stuff up. mo moreover, the language quoted in james rosen's report is important. it says the security council will take measures commensurate with the violations. commensurate with the violations. well, that word means anything you want it to mean, and you can bet that in a debate in the security council it will go on

for quite some time. >> one of the latter components for taking decisive action against syria over the chemical weapons use has been senator lindsey graham. his first reaction pe talked with governor huckbee. here's a little of that. >> the mixed debauchery can't be repeated when it comes to iran. i'm going get a bipartisan coalition together. we're going to put together a use of force resolution. allowing our country to use military force as the last resort to stop the iranian nuclear program, to make sure they get a clear signal that all of this debacle called syria doesn't mean we're confused about iran. >> ambassador, you were one of the first people to say, we need to keep our eye on iran. syrian a secondary issue. what's your response to the senator? >> i think he's exactly right. i think that saying that we will give the president authority to use force is probably the last thing that obama wants, but i think we should do it. i don't think once granted the

authority he will ever strike iran's nuclear weapons program and what's worse, i think the iranians believe that, too. >> quickly, you've written an op-ed this week, and in it you say that the president has said syria has dilated international norm. not international law. with its chemical weapons. why is that important to note? >> well, this is the administration's point. they keep talking about international norms, because they know that syria never became a party to the chemical weapons convention. hence this administration which would love to base an act of war on a violation of international law, can't say that. this is dangerous for america. it's dangerous when you hear president obama say, but 98% of the world endorsed this treaty. the united states has rightly refused to enter into very harmful treaties, protocol, comprehensive test band treaty, international criminal court, land mines convention that almost every other nation subscribed to. the fact that a lot of nations

endorse a treaty can be made into an international norm, that can be used against the united states. it defeats the treaty ratification provisions of the constitution. people should shy away from international norms, and i don't think it's anything that the american people would endorse anyway. the american people will endorse the use of force consistent with america's interests. not for the abstraction of international norms. >> very interesting. quickly before i let you go, the president seems to be now focused on getting international consensus over syria. my question is, why and why now? because for a while there, france was the only person standing with us, the only country, and we were willing, it looked like at that point, to take military action. >> i think the president is very grateful to president putin. he got him out of an impossible dilemma. i don't think the president himself wants to use force. now he will never have to be. and he himself said the longer time goes by from the august 21 use of chemical weapons, the hard ter will be to generate the emotion necessary to get support

for the use of force. the idea that you couldn't get support in congress to use force against assad after those pictures means that nonetheless you'll be able to get congressional approval, because syria violated this agreement. it's a delusion. so is the syria policy generally. >> you know, and all along, syria continues in its march and civil war and people will die in other ways ousts chemical weapons use. and that's part of what senator mccain was saying. if we don't fight to change the situation what have we accomplished? senator bolton, thank you for your time. >> good to see you. you can catch by the way the rest of senator graham's remarks on huckabee that airs at 8:00 p.m. eastern right after "fox report." don't miss it. the battered jersey shore has taken a really hard hit again. a fire destroyed 50 businesses. a community that was already rallying together to rebuild has to do it again.

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>> one two punch and knockout for a boardwalk along the jersey shore. we've been reporting on the fire that chewed through 50 businesses in the past couple of days. of course, you may recognize this popular tourist area, seaside park, seaside heights. it took a major blow from super storm sandy. now more from brian. >> it really is devastating for businesses along the new jersey boardwalk which have been work to regroup after sandy ravaged the area a year ago. after thursday night's fire destroyed roughly four blocks and 50 businesses, the commune must pick themselves up again. new jersey governor chris christie touring the boardwalk

and meeting with the community this afternoon promising the shore will be back, vowing to help, saying government money could be made available for damages. the fire is believed to have started at a frozen custard shop along the seaside park boardwalk. 25 to 30 mile-an-hour winds and tar roofs fueling the raging blaze north. firefighters stopped the blaze after digging a trench in the boardwalk providing a firewall. investigators say it is still too soon to know what started the devastating fire. overnight, firefighters were still dousing minor hot spots. firefighters also stopped the blaze after digging a trench, and so that's what we have. if you can check out what chris christie said -- we don't have that. so anyway, that's what we have as the update. chris christie is looking in the boardwalk right now and there have been no deaths. we'll have the updates on the investigation as we continue.

>> harris: brian, thank you very much. fox top story this half hour with images that say so much about what's happening now in parts of colorado where rain is overtaking, well, everything. the broken road here, this is boulder county. so many of those areas evacuated because of the high water you see here. the rain bringing 15 to 18 inches just in the past couple of days. this man spent the night on top of his flooded home at the base of boulder canyon before they could get him out. of course, that helps. they have season other, but they lost so much. these neighborhoods in boulder county, many of them, people trying to take with them what they could not knowing how long they would be gone. elementary schools fill o'clock up, red cross helping out. they've got at least 24 to 48 hours more rain in the forecast. that's going to do it for this edition of "america's news headquarters." up next, my friends on "the

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