the fire has forced the evacuation of the entire city of los alamos. sandra hughes spoke with one of the last residents to leave. >> the fire went from nothing to 40,000 acres overnight. it's now over 60,000 acres. it's extremely dry. >> reporter: with the wind picking up and the weather remaining hot and dry, all 12,000 residents of the town of los alamos were told to leave. it's not known what started the fire sunday and it's growing quickly. >> i seriously believe it could easily go to 100,000 acres. i hope not. god, i hope not. there is unburnt fuel out there. >> reporter: fueled by dry woodland and burning out of control this northern new mexico fire has charred almost 161,000 acres, an area just under the size of milwaukee, and destroyed 30 structures. this is what happens when wildfire burns through a forest, wildlife is forced to go near neighborhoods and homes just to find food. but the biggest concern is how close the wildfire is to the los alamos national laboratory, where some radioactive material is stored. >> we have fire all around the l

the los alamos lab already analyzed a sample and found nothing dangerous. officials say the air and the complex are safe. >> i do not believe there is any specific danger to the public from our activities at los alamos. the dangers from that, the danger is from that fire on the mountain. >> reporter: some long time residents are reassured. >> those people who work there, they live next door to me. they're my neighbors, they're my friends. i know who they are. >> reporter: late in the day a dangerous situation was discovered, an open natural gas line very near the ridge where the fire could crest. emergency crews were dispatched and they tried to cover the hole for protection. some evacuees are staying in temporary shelters. they're concerned about what they'll find when they return home. >> do i have a home to go home to. >> what do we do until then? how do we go about our lives. >> reporter: the fire has grown to more than 100 square miles, and with the july 4th holiday weekend approaching, the governor is asking people to refrain from using fireworks, and

is a specific danger to the public from los alamos. the danger is from the fire in the mountain. >> reporter: and people who live in the nearby town of los alamos like denise lane, stand by the lab. >> those people who work there, they live next door to me. they're my neighbors. they're my friends. i know who they are. >> reporter: firefighters appear to be catching a break. the winds died down yesterday, and they are blowing hard again, today, scott but they're actually take the fire away from los alamos. >> pelley: thank you, cynthia. we have an update now on avastin, the expensive cancer drug we told you about last night. in a unanimous vote today an f.d.a. committee recommended revoking approval of avastin for breast cancer patients. studies showed it didn't work well and has dangerous side effects. some patients pleaded with the committee to keep the approval insisting avastin had saved their lives. stopping mortgage payments does not necessarily mean immediate eviction. how some people are living in their homes for free, next. ,,

a vicious wildfire advances perilously close to the los alamos lab. >>> terrifying tumble. massachusetts teen plunges 20 feet off the side of a mall escalator. >>> and close encounter. a piece of space debris sends the crew of the international a piece of space debris sends the crew of the international space station scrambling. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to ours viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with too close for comfort. this morning the nation's premier nuclear laboratory is under siege. fire crews in new mexico are scrambling to drive back a wildfire that's now reached within just 50 feet of the los alamos national lab. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: a fierce wildfire continues to grow in los alamos very close to the national laboratory. firefighters are working day and night to clear brush and extinguish spot fires near the sprawling nuclear research facility. >> we have not lost any structures at the laboratory or in the town site, and we don't pla

the latest is coming from los alamos. we've got the details there.y is watching this situation to see what will happen next. >> very unsettling for folks there. >>> in his first formal press conference in months, president obama took questions on everything from afghanistan to the economy. but why did he compare congress to his two young daughters? sasha and malia? we'll show you why. and needless to say the republicans, not so happy about his insinuation. has a little something to do with vacation time. >> there you go. >>> also coming up, the fourth of july holiday weekend is coming up. we have everything that you need to know to add some fireworks to your barbecue. take a look at this yummy dessert. >> i feel like i volunteered to do this assignment. and yet you ended up doing it. how did that happen? >> see those firecracker shrimp? we've got the recipe there. enoch tails that you can make red, white and blue. >> that looks amazing. >> doesn't that look good? delish. >>> the first fire crews are working around the clock to keep that raging wildfi

the men and women fighting the fire that's been approach los alamos say this is the make-or-break day in fighting to protect this nuclear facility. up to 93 square miles of fire. 12,000 people on the run because of it. it's now surrounding the nuclear lab. it's about four miles away from the place where the first atom bomb was born and where 10,000 people work every day. it's one big fire that, along with floodwaters elsewhere in the country, is focusing new attention on the u.s. nuclear program. it's where we begin tonight, once again, with janet shamlian. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. this fire is spreading and it's now all around the los alamos national lab despite assurance that radioactive materials are protected. there's growing concern about what's happening behind all the smoke and flame. on fire, the darkness of early morning revealing the flames of depth of the overnight move. four miles from the center of the city and dangerously close to the los alamos national lab where radioactive material is stockpiled and where officials insist those materials are gua

the flames reached the los alamos laboratory yesterday. a small fire on the lab property was extinguished and radioactive material at the lab is safe. mandatory evacuation was ordered for the town of los alamos. roadways jammed as thousands of residents grabbed what they could. >> we went through, took pictures of everything and took as much as we could and getting out of town. so you take all of the important things. >> reporter: this fire brought back dark memories of new mexico's worst wildfire in 2000. that blaze destroyed hundreds of homes near the lab. >> you go through the same anxiety as you did 11 years ago. >> yeah. >> we don't know when we leave, if we will have a home to come home to. >> reporter: the fire began on sunday. at least 44,000 acres have been burned and 30 buildings destroyed. firefighters say this is one of the most active fires they have run into and is probably going to get worse. >> this fire is going to be here a while. i do not think it's going to be a wall fire but it has the potential to double, triple its s

los alamos laboratory is shut down. all radioactive materials are protected and secure from the wildfires for now. >> i will not say it is not going to go in the lab. we're doing our best to keep it off the laboratory floor. >> reporter: but a worst-case scenario loomed in the mind of residents scrambling to evacuate. >> it will make you nervous with all this nuclear stuff around. >> it's a little close for comfort. >> reporter: los alamos is home to the manhattan project, where squin it ises developed the first atopic bomb. los alamos includes 2,000 buildings spread out over 36 square miles. >> obviously our priority is to protect the national assets here, protect the facility, but also we're concerned about the welfare of our 10,000-plus employees. >> reporter: the lab is going to stay closed for a second day tomorrow, and at this point, authorities say this blaze is 0% contained. >> all right, janet shanlian, keeping an eye on things at los alamos. thanks. >>> again, there are two other nuclear facilities in the news

what also has them concerned, of course, is the town here of los alamos. most people have vacated, it's like a ghost town, but i did catch up with one man, jim durkee, who is living today. >> the fire went from nothing to 40,000 acres overnight. it's now over 60,000 acres. it's extremely dry. >> reporter: with the wind picking up and the weather remaining hot and dry, all 12,000 residents of the town of los alamos were told to leave. it's not known what started the fire sunday and it's growing quickly. >> i seriously believe it could easily go to 100,000 acres. i hope not. god i hope not. but there is unburned fuel out there. >> reporter: fueled by dry woodland and burning out of control, this northern new mexico fire has charred almost 61,000 acres, an area just under the size of milwaukee, and destroyed 30 structures. this is what happens when wildfire burns through a forest. wildlife is forced to go near neighborhoods and homes just to find food. but the biggest concern is how close the wildfire is to the los alamos national laboratory where some radioa

this is a make it or break it day for los alamos county. this is the north side of the fire and we have our own battle here, but right now, we are feeling pretty good and have a good anchor. we are not into the heat of the day or the final burn period. >> the smoke covers a vast area. environmental specialists were monitoring the air quality and nuclear safety inspectors were traveling to the site to assess the risk of radioactive leaks. >> more on the threat these fires posed i spoke to nuclear expert. los alamos housed the manhattan project which built the first ever atomic bomb, so what do we know what is exactly in that laboratory? >> it is still building components for u.s. atomic weapons and there are a lot of waste products at the facility. the major concern you have with this fire which is two miles from the laboratory is about 20 to 30,000 drums of radioactive material, much of it containing plutonium and other by-products from the research. if the fire reaches those drums, this concern that it could spread that radioactive contami

los alamos the lab and los alamos the town remain virtual ghost town this is morning while the life ande behind me. day fire of the las canchas fire dawned as firefighters battled the blaze that threatens the los alamos national laboratory. a few flames reached within 50 feet of the historic birth place of the atomic bomb, the lab houses nuclear weapons and 20,000 barrels of plutonium contaminated waste. >> our facilities and nuclear materials are protected and safe. >> reporter: even though that smaum fire did spread to the lab grounds monday, it was quickly contained and extinguished. dry conditions and shifting winds are fueling the fire and authorities worry it could continue to grow. >> i seriously believe it could easily go to 100,000 acres. >> reporter: 11,000 los alamos residents fled down moan under a mandatory evacuation order but what has everyone's attention is the potential risk of a massive uncontained wildfire slowly closing in on a site that's loaded with nuclear bombs. >> we have fire all around the lab on two sides and it is, when you ask how close it is on the border,

groups for everybody who lives in the alamo square area. one of the things that the people wanted on divisadero street was a bank. this is a bank. this is what the people what. please denied the appeal. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please? >> hi, david, speaking in favor of the appellant. i have been a neighborhood resident over 15 years. they said no such vote was taken at alamo square for support. i agree with the appellants arguments that we have been unfairly denied an opportunity to have conditional use at the planning commission and notification as required. clearly it is formula at retail. that was the intent of the laws that it exceeds 4000 square feet. not only that, mr. hernandez and i work together to file within 30 days of the permit, and i was shocked the person at the planning counter rejected it. the said because there was no 31 to notice that we had to file it within three days, which is ridiculous. if anybody had followed the d.r., you have to do all the mailing labels, all the work chase bank does not want to do

the fire has reached the los alamos nuclear laboratory, forcing thousands to evacuate. the fire in los alamos, 80 miles north of albuquerque, has burned thousands of acres, and could grow even bigger. kendis gibson reports. >> reporter: the wildfires which started sunday have reached the los alamos national laboratory. crews were able to contain a spot fire on lab property, and no contamination was released. officials close to the lab earlier monday and ordered a mandatory evacuation for the surrounding community. residents packed up what they could. >> now we're just getting a few last-minute things, the cat and the hamster. >> reporter: and joined the caravan of vehicles leaving. >> we went through, took pictures of everything, took as much as we could. and getting out of town. so you know, you take all the important things, all the memories. >> reporter: for some residents the scene is depressingly familiar. new mexico's worst wildfire burned through this area back in 2000. >> the same anxiety as you did eleven years ago. you don't know if when we leave if we'll have

los alamos so potentially dangerous are these fires around that will sell los alamos was just before i left to come here i saw news reports from los alamos county that the county had declared an evacuation emergency so they're actually evacuating people just for the fires not for the nuclear for the fire but the los alamos nuclear laboratory that's been there since the days of the manhattan project has a lot of radioactivity contaminated sites pall over the place including the most concentrated radioactive waste storage locations and ten years ago there was a major fire out there very dramatic satellite images of the plume of smoke going across several states. and that plume of smoke contained radioactive contamination including plutonium so the same risks exists now you don't want plutonium americans know about this stuff i mean. we have thirty seconds for oh i don't know even ten years ago the environmental protection agency in this was under the clinton administration and was very quick to say there's no danger to the public well there's plutonium in the air and the same now under

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>> you recall that the los alamos national laboratory is huge.started checker board with all these nuclear waste sites. 11 years ago, we had an even bigger fire, and they had 11 years to secure these sites. some of the sites have not yet been secured. and the government itself is very tight lipped about the status of those canisters right now. they will admit that they're there. >> what is the disaster scenario. is it fire raging through all 30,000 canisters? or the canisters themselves open up? >> the government mentioned there's a canyon separating these 30,000 waste canisters from the bulk of the fire itself, 3.5 miles away, with the winds whipping at 60 miles an hour, particles, embers can fly over and engulf these canisters, at that point they overpressurize, pop right open and contain fluids, not only contaminated clothing and gloves, but fluids, the fluids could begin to boil. the winds carry it downstream in a plume. >> real quick, the message here seems to be -- at least one of the many messages, just as it was in puke seem mark the real

ahora estÁ amenazando a la ciudad de los Álamos. >> hay demasiada seguridad en los laboratorios.nucleares. >> como medida de precauciÓn, se ordenÓ el cierre de los laboratorios. y hoy autoridades confirmaron que el material radiactivo no corre peligro. >> desde ayer se ordenÓ la evacuaciÓn obligatoria y se le pide a los presidentes de los Álamos sacar sus cosas más importantes. no pueden regresar a casa hasta nuevo aviso. >> venimos saliendo de los Álamos, sÓlo recogemos algunas cosas importantes. es impresionante sentir como las llamas se acercan peligrosamente. >> mientras equipos de bomberos y miembros de la guardia nacional luchan para contener las llamas, la cruz roja ha establecido varios refugios. hasta el momento, este es el forestal estÁ fuera de control. en nuevo mÉxico, alejandro contreras, univisiÓn. >> en carolina del norte, no ha sido el fuego sino el agua la que causÓ estragos. vecinos se reunieron para hacer un balance de los daÑos. al -4100 edificaciones fueron daÑadas, pero tan sÓlo 375 tenÍan seguro de inundaciÓn. >> la tormenta tropical se formo en el golfo de

ryan owens has the very latest, now, froro los alamos. >> reporter: behind me in the distance, you see nothing but smoke. this is the main road in and out of town. and right now, it is largely deserted. this town of roughly 12,000 people, for the most part, has been evacuated. it is all under a mandatory evacuation order. and its best-known landmark, the country's largest nuclear weapons lab is closed. firefighters are scrambling to keep this huge fire, which overnight scorched 44,000 acres, away from nuclear material, radioactive material, that is stored on-site. this afternoon, there was a spot fire on the property. and the main fire, part of that got within about 50 feet of the perimeter of the lab. now, lab officials, a well as new mexico's governor, they assure us that this material is secure and the public is not at risk. however, they have made the decision, as we said, to evacuate this town. and the lab will be closed again today. ryan owens, abc news, los alamos, new mexico. >>> 900 miles away, nuclear facilities in eastern nebraska are also under scrutiny. as rising floodwate

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the organized shot show the los alamos nuclear lab and the fire raging nearby. officials say the hazardous and the radioactive materials are being protected. the 44,000-acre fire began sunday. 12,000 residents have been evacuated. >> one of a couple of sites they design and build nuclear weapons. lawrence-livermore lab being one of the other ones. >>> 4:44. coming up, a federal ban on certain baby cribs goes in effect. also -- >> absolute just horror. who in my neighborhood could be doing something like this? >> neighbors in oakland are just in shock after learning someone in the area is targeting a protected species of bird. >> yesterday, it was bachmann in iowa. today, it's palin. i'm john hendren. i'll have more on that coming up. a little french's brings a whole lot of happy. and now french's comes with 40% more happy in every bottle. french's. happy starts here. 10 pieces of the world's best chicken, [ male announcer ] bring home a complete meal for your family. 3 large sides and 6 biscuits. enough real food to feed a family of 4 or more for just 20 bucks.

a prayer service was scheduled to begin at 7:00 in alamo. more on this story later tonight on the 10:00 news. >>> now to the south bay were prosecutors have decided to file charges against a 90-year- old woman for driving her car into a nursing home, killing two people. an 80-year-old woman and 100- year-old woman died as a result of the crash. the driver was visiting a nursing home in her car accelerated and slammed through a bay window and wall into a backroom. >> i do not have the words to express how sad it is but, in fact, you cannot protect against every incident. >> prosecutors are considering charging the driver with vehicular manslaughter. they have not released her name because she is not been charged with a crime. >>> the stunning surge in a deadly disease caused by something common today. >>> tonight, words about job cuts in the giant of social networking. >> clear skies once again turning cloudy. tomorrow the rain will fall again. coming up, when you can expected to abide on on your doorstep. fee court is now in session. ♪ that

nuclear power plant surrounded by floodwaters and thousands are evacuating the area around the los alamos nuclear lab due to a wildfire nearby. officials say the appropriate safeguards are in place. but a new investigation suggest existing evacuation plans are inadequate. so could it happen here? here's abc's jim sciutto. >> reporter: we now know all too well what it looks like when natural desaflters and nuclear power plants collide. today, a fast-growing and unpredictable wildfire in new mexico came within one mile of the nation's pre-eminent nuclear lab, the los alamos nuclear laboratory. at the same tie, massive flooding of the missouri river has turned fort calhoun nuclear power plant in nebraska into an island. >> we have stranger, bizarre weather patterns that are unpredictable. we may have to re-evaluate the risk that we engaged in. >> reporter: in this year of unexpected, devastating weather, many are asking are our plants completely safe from mother nature. >> at fort calhoun, if water levels surge just a few feet higher, at that point, we're talking about short circuiting all t

thousands of residents are told to flee as a wildfire nears the los alamos nuclear facility. >>> a juryinds former illinois governor rod blagojevich guilty of corruption. >>> and dubious distinction. which u.s. city has been named >>> and dubious distinction. which u.s. city has been named the nation's most sedentary? captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with a recipe for disaster. as if crews in the southwest don't have enough of a challenge battling fierce wildfires burning across the region, now they're in a race to keep those flames from approaching a nuclear weapons facility in new mexico. nbc's curt gregory has more. >> reporter: a fast-moving fire continues to burn less than a mile from the los alamos national laboratory. a mandatory evacuation was ordered for the city of 44,000. >> kind of makes you nervous with all this nuclear stuff around. >> reporter: the secretive nuclear lab has been shut down. for now all hazardous and radioactive mat

rob nelson is on assignment. >>> the nuclear lab in los alamos, new mexico, is closed this morning asgerously close. with two nuclear facilities now being threatened, how prepared are you to evacuate? new investigation shows not as prepared as we should be. that report in a moment. something to think about with so many folks living within a fairly close proximity to a nuclear power plant. >> most americans, actually, i think a lot of people will be shocked to hear how close your nuclear plant is maybe to where you live or work. >>> also coming up this morning the supreme court has ruled that states cannot stop kids from buying violent video games. some call it a victory for the first amendment. others say it will teach young children to be violent. we're going to show you how the court came to its controversial decision. you're the resident sort of video game -- you label yourself -- >> geek. >> i didn't want to say it, daniel. some people say these are really violent. >> some of them are absolutely way too violent for young folks. it does come down to this issue of free speech and th

>> i was in los alamos at my home. i actually left the laboratory about noon, anticipating the need to evacuate, and i am now in santa fe and trying to pass some time to see what happens with the laboratory, given the dire circumstances. >> floyd, you evacuated yesterday from the lab even before it became mandatory. can you tell us why? did you suspect there was going to be a problem? >> well, mostly it was because the smoke had inundated the town. previously, the smoke had risen to an altitude where it wasn't so difficult to be in town, but come monday, the smoke was lower and it was throughout the town, and it was very difficult to see and breathing was a little difficult, at least in some areas. >> floyd, you work at that lab. how protected is that lab to fire, to smoke, the kinds of things that we're seeing, this danger, this level of danger today? >> well, first, i would like to point out that i'm not an official spokesperson for the laboratory. >> sure. >> but i can speak to you as a citizen of los alamos. >> sur

that's not all wildfires in new mexico are threatening to take out another nuclear facility the los alamos facility last night winds kept a sixty eight square mile wildfire at bay about one mile away from the nuclear facility and those winds could change direction at any moment and put that facility back on the path of the fire as we all know nuclear material and fires just don't seem to mix too well so just how dangerous are these extreme weather threats against our nation's nuclear power plants here to offer some insight as kevin cams radioactive waste watchdog and beyond nuclear kevin welcome welcome back thanks for having me if you have is what's the latest on what's going on in the press well as you said that they lost their flood berm which was an eight foot tall rubber wall that was inflated with water actually and if i mean a rope there's actually two nuclear plants on this river they're both floating when you're talking about is the four kill whom four calhoun about one thousand miles north of omaha and they had this eight foot tall rubber wall that was inflated with water and the

flames bearing down on the nation's top nuclear weapons lab, los alamos. and we have learned new details about the safety of nuclear plants in your backyard. >>> wild card. michele bachmann officially launches her presidential campaign as old guard republicans watch her every move. >>> made in america summer. go inside the store showing how to create jobs right here at home. >>> women beware. a lot of women with breast cancer do not get the recommended treatment. so what should we all do when seeing the doctor? healthy living tonight. >>> and penguin power. the lost little bird gets a big operation and a seafood slushy. >>> good evening. as we begin this week there is a wildfire descending on one of the most sensitive and secret locations in america. the los alamos nuclear lab in new mexico, the place where the atomic bomb was born. there are tonight more than 10,000 people in the surrounding town on the run. the fire already 44,000 acres. and threatening to triple in size. and as we said, in a moment, we'll also bring you an investigation into some seriou

for more, we're joined by the head of communications at the los alamos national laboratory. she joins us from santa fe in mexico. thanks for joining us. how close is the fire getting to the laboratory? >> at the present time, our sensibilities -- our facilities are safe and note fires are burning on laboratory property. there are fires that the property boundary. we have very large property with 36 or miles and there are no facilities near that area but it is at our boundary and it is half a mile from town in terms of the nearest residential area. >> there are concerns that have been raised over thousands of drums containing radioactive material. is there a danger of nuclear material being exposed if the fire spreads further? >> let me say we are a national and global security laboratory. we perform such work as nuclear test treaty verification and provide safeguards for nuclear processing. we're also called out to handle nuclear material if it is found anywhere in a port or anywhere else. we know how to handle hazardous and radioactive material in a way that protects the pu

working frantically all night trying to contain the flames that are burning out of control in los alamos. now, already the town's entire population has been evacuated. >> but this morning the fire is moving dangerously close to the los alamos nuclear lab potentially threatening the radioactive waste stored there. john hendren has details. >> reporter: it's a high stakes science experiment at the birthplace of the atomic bomb. an out of control fire at the doorstep now threatens a dump site with 20,000 barrels of waste contaminated with plutonium. >> what we'reried worried about is what happens when fires go right into these buildings and perhaps pop open many of the 55-gallon drums. >> reporter: lab authorities say they're taking every precaution. >> we've removed fuels from near the buildings. we've done the analysis to understand what would happen to our buildings if a fire occurred. and we've made plans to deal with that. >> reporter: the blaze has torched 30 buildings in the new mexico countryside and evacuated los alamos, a town of 11,000. >> it upsets you. i mean, no use getting up

reporting in alamo, abc 7 news. >>> the supreme court struck down a california law today that banned the sale or rental of violent video games to children. the justice wrote for the 7-2 majority. he ruled that video games communicate ideas and deserve first amendment protection. law applied to games that involve players killing maiming dismembering even sexually assaulting video images of humans. san francisco state senator lee wrote the law in 2005. today he said the court sided with corporations over children. >>> bay area congressional delegation losing one of the most reliable liberal vote. democratic congresswoman woolsly announced she will not seek an 11th term representing her north bay district next november t.she said she doesn't have one ounce of reagreement she's not planning to make an endorsement either in the race to replace her. voting analysis conducted early this year by the national journal found her to be the 33rd most liberal member of the house of representatives. >>> tl more to break bring you hear tonight. former illinois governor blagojevichvich is stunned jus

the los alamos national lab is closed again today as crews battle to keep a raging wildfire away.he latest tests show there is no radiation from smoke that's being generated by the fire. >> we expect to learn more details about a security breach which allowed a passenger to fly cross country with a fake i.d. and outdated boarding pass. the man is now in fbi custody. the tsa says it's investigating the incident. >>> the first family is focusing on fund-raising today. president obama travels to philadelphia to attend two democratic national committee events. also first lady michelle obama attends dnc events in boston, alal burlington, vermont. >> today marks robert gates' last day at the pentagon. gates spent four decades serving eight presidents. president obama will deliver remarks at his farewell ceremony before he retires. >>> a big day for engineers in china. a high-speed train that links beijing to shanghai is making its first journey today. this will make the 800-mile journey in just about 5 hours at speeds of up to 190 miles per hour. also debuting in china today, the world'

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the fast-moving fire forced los alamos to close. meanwhile, authorities have gained the upper hand on three major fires in arizona. the los alamos fire started sunday about 12 miles from that lab. it's grown to 3,500 acres. some evacuations have been ordered. in arizona the giant wallow fire near the new mexico border is nearly 80% contained. >>> federal officials say flooding from the missouri river poses no new threat to two nuclear power plants in nebraska. the cooper plant south of omaha remains dry but the four calhoun nuclear station by omaha is surrounded by water. a berm protecting the calhoun plant has collapsed. an off site power supply is providing electricity. the head of the nuclear regulatory agency visited the plant yesterday. >> all the plants in the u.s. have been designed to deal with what we think are the largest historic possible floods and this plant is designed to deal with a flood at a much higher level than we're seeing right now. >> the cooper plant remains dry and authorities expect the barriers to hold. >>

more than 10,000 people in los alamos have been forced to flee their homes. facilities are shut down for a second straight day. and right now officials say that hazardous material is protected, but of course they're keeping a close eye on the situation. >>> reminder that so much of what we're facing right now in terms of disaster relief is all because of mother nature. fire, flood, nuclear power plants, nuclear lab in los alamos, very important. >> let's see what mother nature has in store for us this morning. rob marciano in the extreme weather center in atlanta. good morning. >> good morning. still hot and dry here across the desert southwest. we're not getting much of the monsoon that would typically start to crank up this time of year. we're not even getting higher levels of humidity. that's not helping the fire situation out here. the one that's approaching los alamos, that still zero percent containment and well over 40,000 acres burned with that. here's where the fire threat is today. it's actually not in new mexico right now. it's back toward the west

. >>> alamo teenager is in the hospital fighting for his life. after a church outing turned tragic last weekend. 17-year-old ryan buchanan was on an outing with church in santa cruz. he and another friend kevin dug sand tunnels on opposite ends until they met 16 feet below the surface when the tunnels collapsed on them. dozens of people went to their aid. they dug kevin out in five minutes but it took 15 minutes to reach ryan. >> nothing short of a miracle. he was buried for 15 minutes. you know, it took almost ten minutes for him to -- for them to find a pulse. >> it obviously humbles you and you realize how tra jill it can be. >> the creekside community search in alamo held a prayer service for ryan last night and says it will continue holding them every night until he comes home. >>> santa clara county will relaunch its boat inspection program at five reservoirs on july 1. inspectors will be looking for invasive quagga mussels at coyote, calero, stevens creek reservoirs. it can clog water pipe, ruin boat motors and threaten the ecosystem. they

. >>> firefighters in new mexico are still working to contain that massive los alamos fire.parently gained considerable ground overnight. the main concern is about the los alamos nuclear weapons laboratory which is not far from the fire. coming up at 5:45 we're going it to tell you what officials are saying this morning about the possible threat of radiation. >>> the 4th of july's just a couple days away and the san jose police and fire departments have a warning about illegal fireworks. right now fireworks can be bought and used in only eleven bay area and santa cruz county cities. tonight at 6:00 at city hall san jose police and fire officials will talk about the proper use of legal fireworks. they'll also be on patrol between 3:00 p.m. july 4th and 1:00 in the morning the following day passing out citations for people found with illegal fireworks. now here's where you can buy legal fireworks, san bruno, pacifica, union city, and newark, dublin, wattsonville and sebastopol. on friday sales will begin in gill roy, grover dale, rohnert park and petaluma. >>> muni and san fra

the los alamos national laborarary. >> this is a make it break it day for los alamos county.ut the lab on two sides. >> reporter: home of the atom bomb, it's also home to radioactive material. >> there are between 20,000 to 30,000 barrels, 55-gallon drums, containing contaminated waste, plutonium inside. if they pop open because of the excess heat, we're talking about radiation in the form of plutonium. >> reporter: the lab is now closed and the town is under a mandatory evacuation order. >> so here i am. i've got my cat and my bird. and we're off. >> reporter: many residents say this fire is reminiscent of the sera grande fire in 2000. it destroyed 400 homes and some structures at the los alamos site. >> it's disheartening that we're having to o this again. >> reporter: with the fire 0% contained, experts say the lab mamahave to put worst-case scenario plans into place. >> realize that we've never tested a full-scale drill involving a conflagration of this nature. >> reporter: lab officials say they are confident all hazardous materials are secure and that the public has not

what is at risk in los alamos? >> first of all, you're not the first person who have told me that, unfortunately. the risk here, and i will say we should start off by saying that as of today, the latest news on this is that the winds have shifted. they are now pushing the fire back in a different sort of direction. that's good news. of course winds are fickle, they can change. but as of right now we've seen a slight improvement in the situation. i guess the danger is twofold really. one is that if you had the fire reach onto the facility and reach some of the buildings, there might be an environmental problem. there might be a low-level waste or other hazardous materials that would get burned and then float up into the atmosphere. and then the second sort of danger is this is a nuclear weapons laboratory. this is one of three places in the united states of america that spends its time building and maintaining the integrity of the nuclear stockpile. and so environmental issues aside, if there were important faciliti

los alamos will be closed for business today. lab officials say all radioactive and hazardous materials are protected. up to 100 area homes have been evacuated. >>> nearly two dozen people, adults and kids, are recovering from minor injuries after a frightening school bus crash yesterday. the bus flipped over in south central pennsylvania. it was on its way to a church camp. the accident happened when the bus try ied to avoid a car that veered into its lane. you see how the bus ended up. the driver of the car may face charges. >>> five people remain unaccounted for after a truck hit an amtrak train in nevada friday. six people were killed in that fiery crash. the train was headed from chicago to emeryville, california. police say the missing may have left the crash without telling police. the driver was cited for unsafe driving. >>> today, president obama meets with senate leaders to try to restart talks that fell apart last week. senior u.s. correspondent bill plante has the latest. >> reporter: a deadline of july 1st, to give t

you've been in contact with the head of that lab, los alamos lab.he latest you're learning? >> well, the laboratory, of course, is a very large area. it covers over 25,000 acres. and there is a small spot fire that has come on to the area that is covered by the laboratory. but there are none of the structures there that are currently under threat as i understand it. the various materials they work with, and the structures that are essential to the operation of the laboratory are well protected. >> you can understand why, you know, when someone hears that there is a fire encroaching upon this laboratory, for people who don't know, it is one of the nation's top national research security there are radioactive materials inside, there is hazardous material inside. how are they protecting that? >> well, all of those materials are -- are encased in various protective shields and are protected even if the fire were to reach those facilities. it has not reached any of those facilities as yet. and the expectation and the hope is that it will not. there has b

the los alamos lab contains radio active materials but they are safe from the fire. >> our hearts go up to those people. they had minutes to evacuate. they evacuated with the shirt on their back and left everything they own in their homes. >> the los allah mose -- alamos. >>> for the first time in a long time, home prices went up. washington, d.c. had the biggest increase, san francisco had the second largest increase. some see this as a positive sign or if it's just a flurry of spring sales. and a slight uptick in home prices did not help consumer confidences. the index fell to a seven-month low in june to just 58.5. it was 61.7 in may. a reading of 90 independent kates a healthy economy based on what -- indicates a healthy economy based on the numbers. >>> the 24-member board voted to appoint christine lagarde will be leading the global ending organization. she replace is dominique strauss-kahn who resigned amid a sex scandal. is. >>> members of an organization sat down and highlight the achievements, they've been providing the homeless for many years. >> we serve those people in o

the blaze has forced the evacuation of the entire city of los alamos. that's a population of 11,000. >>> well, yesterday at this time, of course, we're talking ode -- we're tracking moderate to heavy rain. right now the rain is south but we still have clouds in place. that will be the seem across at least a good portion of the forecast area later on -- later on. right now, the main rain shower activity is heading out to the sierra. but we're gonna hold onto the clouds. as far as the records, i can't remember a june like this. the record yesterday, .81. the old record was .22 set back in 1952. this is making june 2011 the second wettest june is on record. the record, the all-time record is 2.57. a lot of numbers show to show you but a very impressive storm that moved into the region. you can see some of the current numbers as far as temperatures. it's cold. most areas in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. livermore checking in at 60 and 63. santa rosa, 62 and san francisco in the upper 50s at 59. you can see the system moving across northern california now

that's southwest of los alamos.to the east, but this is the one we're most concerned about and you can see how that smoke is billowing off towards the north and east. she mentioned winds. they are going to be playing the factor as they always do. most of the big winds are back to the west. we are seeing light, southerly winds blowing smoke into this area. an afternoon shift of the wind to the southwest, that is not necessarily what these folks want to hear. let's show you how this pans out as far as where it is. the lab itself, we're looking to the southwest. this is where the winds are going to be coming from soon and this is where the fire is over 40,000 acres of it, and knocking at the doorsteps of the los alamos national laboratory. this has happened in the past, back in 2000, and looks like it may well happen in the future. as mentioned, the red flag warnings and what's going on as far as bad fire danger today. that's back to the west as we go through tomorrow, i think we're going toe seeing more in the way of

. >>> firefighters make critical process against the wildfire threatening the los alamos lab. >>> minutes ago, the number of americans file their first unemployment claim tipped slightly to 428,000, a decrease of about 1,000 from the week before. >>> we begin with the security breach that will leave you speechless. a man allegedly gets on a plane, flies across the country, and get this. no valid i.d. and somebody else's old boarding pass. our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve is on the story for us. with all of the focus on our security and precautions in place this seems outrageous. >> it is an eye. owning event. a law enforcement official tells us nothing at this point that indicates terrorism but certainly raises a lot of questions about what kind of security we have at the nation's airport and involves an individual by the name of noabi. on june 24th, according to a law enforcement affidavit, he boarded a virgin american flight at kennedy airport in new york and through to lax. he was found on the flight after it took off and was asked if he had a boarding pass. he produc