they have another vacation scheduled later this month, and they have only voted 41 times so far to repeal obama care. so really, there is no time to get to other stuff like this. we will see how long that stance is sustainable. . good friday morning. right now on "first look" -- incredible pictures from the jersey shore boardwalk still recovering from hurricane sandy. now a massive fire has ravaged the area. in colorado three people are dead as torrential rain is causing powerful flash flooding. talks continue between the u.s. and russia about what to do over syria's chemical and biological weapons. good morning. we begin with another blow to the iconic new jersey shore. the community there is still recovering from hurricane sandy and now another setback. thursday a monster fire engulfed and destroyed some 50 businesses along the boardwalk.

smoke and flames could be seen for miles and wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour kept the fire going into the night. 400 firefighters were called in to battle the blaze that included many explosions likely from fuel supplies. this is the same area devastated less than a year ago by hurricane sandy. just this summer work crews completed repairs. governor chris christie was blunt when describing his thoughts. >> when i got my first full briefing i said to my staff i want to throw up. i can only imagine how business owners are feeling. i want to make sure every resource is brought to bear to contain the problem. >> authorities say the fire may have started in a popular custard shop and spread.

now to the state of emergency out west. more than 2.5 million people caught right in the middle of raging flood waters. entire towns in central colorado have been cut off and right now officials are telling residents to get out. jay gray joins us with the latest from boulder, colorado. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yeah, it's been a real rough go here as the rain tcontinues to fall. water swallowing not or streets, but entire neighborhoods and show ing no signs of slowing down. driving rain continued to feed raging flood waters overnight in boulder, part of a system that for more than 24 hours now has battered the region. sirens wailed and warnings sounded thursday as the water continued to rise. >> we have lost roads. we have lost bridges. we have lost homes, cars.

and we are just now beginning to try to assess the scope of the damage. >> reporter: emergency crews rushed into areas cut off by the water and floating debris. dive teams rescued drivers after this bridge was swallowed by flood waters. neighbors turned to each other for help getting to higher ground. >> the water was raging like the colorado river through our house. >> reporter: in some areas the waters led to massive rock slides blocking rescue teams from stranded cars and communities. at least three people are dead. officials worry like the water that number could grow. >> we know that we have lost lives. we anticipate that has the day goes on that we may find that we have lost others. >> reporter: the deadly storms have already dumped more than seven inches of rain. >> this is insane. >> reporter: and unfortunately, still not over.

the rain coming this waves right now. and forecaster s warn that coul continue through the weekend. >> jay gray, thanks so much. turning overseas. news of an attack in afghanistan. it happened just before 6:00 in the a western town. the attackers detonated a bomb near a check point gate. all american personnel are safe and accounted for. taliban has claimed responsibility. secretary of state john kerry in talks with russia to try to avoid a military conflict in syria. reuters is reporting that they will meet again in new york around september 28th. andrea mitchell reports from geneva. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign

minister sergey lavrov were center stage. but putin stole the show with his attack on president obama's syria speech on of all places the op-ed page of the "new york times" taunting the president for saying america was exceptional. putin wrote it is dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. he said obama's proposed air strikes will result in more innocent victims and escalation. it is alarming it has become common place for the united states. putin wrote that while no one doubts that poison gas was used in syria, he claims it was not used by the syrian army but by opposition forces. kerry brought a big team of arms control experts prepared to test the russian's seriousness. >> this is not a game. i said that to my friend when we talked about it initially. it has to be real.

it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible. >> reporter: kerry says force should remain an option. lavrov said solving the chemical problem would make air strikes unnecessary. syria's president assad said he is ready to observe the u.n.'s ban on chemical weapons. not good enough said kerry. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. now time for your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. politico reports john boehner is dealing with a move by republicans to force the senate to make the first move on the budget and try to deif you said t fund the affordable care act. harry reid reportedly told boehner it's aist with a of time. >> listen, i like john boehner. but do i fei do feel sorry for . he has to break away from those

people that are ruining the republican party. and hurting our country. >> senator cruz said they need 100 senators like jesse helms. he tried to block a bill naming a national holiday in honor of mar ten luther king jr.. the latest gallup poll shows congressional rating ticked up to 19% from 14% in august. congress was not even in session. governor corbett says he will not accept funds for health care in his state. and a political message on a billboard that reads obamacare may be hazardous to your health, but politically it doesn't work that well because people if new york will actually at the time savings of at least 50% under

the affordable care act. a controversial retweet sent out by an adviser to text governor rick perry called state senator wendy davis, quote, too stupid to be governor. texas testimonies responded saying davis is harvard law school graduate and the joke will be on republicans if their strategy is to offend every woman voter in texas. and that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. a lake turned into natural spectacle this wisconsin. two funnel clouds combined to make a massive water fun he will on lake michigan yesterday. though some witnesses reported seeing a sailboat disappear, the coast guard says there were no injuries. and now for a look at our national forecast, i'm joined by bill karins. >> that's amazing video. i've seen waterspouts before down in miami, but i've never seen two that combine into one. i mean, that's -- >> we had sharknado yesterday.

waternado? >> twins. we'll make something up. all eyes are still on colorado where this time yesterday, we were dealing with historic boulder floods. it's still pouring in many areas of colorado. doesn't look like it will end anytime soon. flash flood warnings around boulder. a lot of the canyons, dams, dams made of earthen rock, not concrete dams, but a lot of those are not holding up because they were getting flash flooding. as far as the east coast, big storms and heavy rains moved through the northeast. there are still showers out there, but the cold front will push through and the humid air is being pushed out during the day today. so it will take a little while to clear out, but there are showers in new england. overall we won't see the airport problems like yesterday. it will clear out from the great lakes, ohio valley, east coast. it will be a fantastic beautiful weekend. >> thanks so much, bill. we all have worries, of course, but what worries your

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the sticky substance. after two years of sitting on the italian coast, the wrecked cruise ship is set to be raised. workers plan on rotating the ship in an operation that is said to last eight to ten hours. and for the first time since giving birth to prince george, duchess kate had a glamorous night out. time for your look at business and we turn to courtney reagan. >> well, futures are higher after stocks took a bit of a breather. the dow failed to post its fourth straight triple digit gain. it may be friday the 13th, that's not up lucky for tunluck markets. twitter's ipo plans to file public in what could be the biggest tech offering since facebook. no word on the timing or what twitter's ticker symbol will be.

and 7-eleven is opting for healthier snacks. they're the fastest growing part of the snack business. one in five customers walk out with a snack. it may as well be a healthy one. >> i didn't realize it was friday the 13th up you mentioned that. thanks a lot. coming up, richard lui has all your sports highlights. and why is this gal getting lots of big attention? you're looking at the world's smallest dog. wisest kid in the whole world? how can i be a more fun mom? hmmm. can you dance? ♪ bum ba bum ba bum ♪ bum ba bum ba bum no. no? can you make campbell's chicken noodle soup? yes! [ wisest kid ] every can has 32 feet of slurpable noodles. now that's fun. mom, you're awesome. oh yeah! ♪ bum ba bum ba bum [ gong ] [ wisest kid ] m'm! m'm! good! you work.

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sunday rg3 takes on the packers. sunday night kaepernick against the seahawks. monday for you pittsburgh faces cincinnati. now to thursday college football. tcu and texas tech. boykin escapes pressure there and gets picked off. second string davis webb with an bullet. touchdown. texas tech, 20-10. rays trying to hold on to their wild card the spot. bottom of the eighth, smack fly ball. run comes in. yankees and orioles make nice.

gave him a broken bat. your man there, soriano, robbing the orioles of a home run. houston texas an ed reed turned 35 yesterday. and his teammates give him a mobility advice, shall we call it. he's side lined because of a hip injury. ed reed said it was a platinum walker. and it is shiny. big money on the line for this week's matchup. golden boy promotions is backing the boxing match with $60 million with the hope of bringing in some $200 million from an eye popping pay per view charge of 75 smackers. would you take it? >> only if couldki i could chare at the door. >> i'll give you 25 cents. and giant hamster ball racing. just avoid the hills.

students at the university of nebraska working off first semester stress here. not sure if they got any hamster treats at the end. >> we should find a pair of those. >> we'll get karins in there, too. sgr absolutely. time to turn to our first look at politics. if it's friday, it's kevin cirilli. good morning. >> good morning. happy friday. thanks for having me. >> turning to the situation in syria, there has been an awful lot of criticism of how president obama has handled the crisis with syria, but if the end result here is syria turning over its chemical weapons and not using them again, does that mean the president has been successful? >> well, if you ask the democrats, it's an illustration of the president's successful leadership style. but on the other hand, you have conservatives hitting back hard and saying that he was not -- that he didn't did a good job and that there were a lot of questions that were raised about how the president went about this and whether or not the

administration just got lucky off of secretary of state john kerry's gaffe. >> turning now to domestic politics, congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are saying there is no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown. so what do you think needs to happen to make sure the government does in fact stay funded past september 30th? >> here we go again. i think that really what will happen is that everyone will have to come to the table, but the obama administration just yesterday saying they are not going to let obama care get wrapped up in this thing and they are willing to have a government shutdown. but it could be a game of prink man sh bre brinkmanship. >> why do you think the public is moving away from this? >> i don't think the american people understand why the government can spend money that it doesn't have. and i think that it just comes

down to the fundamental issue. so once again we'll see president obama have to advocate for a policy that raperhaps the american people aren't necessarily behind. >> kevin, thanks so much for all that. have a great weekend. >> you, too. coming up, we'll have first buzz. we'll tell you about all the stories that are buzzing this morning. [ tires screech ]

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california and australia. and it can grow to up to more than two feet in length. >> looks like something made in art class. >> bad art. >> the question i have is sauteed or fried. >> could be tasty, right? time now for first buzz pl i'm joined by richard lui and bill karins. so a dad in utah is trying to make a point to his teenage daughter that short shorts are not the way to go. so he took a pair of his old jean, he cut them short. >> not even as short as what the girls wear these days. >> they all had to go out to dinner. she posted the letter and got tons of support. i think he did a great job. >> i think the t-shirt is better. >> he should have worn a cutoff testimony shirt at the same time. >> but he did say she has been dressing a little more modestly. she doesn't want to be embarrassed in public again. so good for him.

bill, speaking of parenting -- >> yeah, this is a bit like you've never seen before. has serious tone to it. mary and take rea johnson died alone august 30. this is written by her daughter. she exposed her evil and violent life, we celebrate her passing from this earth and hope she lives in the after life reliving each gesture of violence that she delivered on her children. >> and this is real? >> this is real. she later came out and said they want to support people that have been abused as children. >> it's a sad story because it's really a story of child abuse. and on a much lighter note? >> yes, lots of friends coming over to your house parking in your parking space.

they don't want to turn the front of houses in to parking lots in pittsburgh, so you get a ticket if you park in your own driveway or trefriends park in r driveway. they do this in san francisco. i hate it, too. >> we have to go. "way too early" starts right now. putin ends it by questioning the one thing i liked about obama's syria speech. putin writes, i would rather disagree with a case he made on american exceptionalism stating that the united states policy is what makes america different. it's what makes us exceptional. it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. [ bleep ] you. >> it's safe to say not a lot of people in this country liked the putin op-ed. we'll update the latest on syria. also the situation in colorado