we have excessive heat warnings issued for areas of arizona. not today, but for tomorrow and into thursday. the heat will build. the high pressure is now pushing into the west, and that's going to cause temperatures to soar. it was 103 in phoenix, 77 in l.a. and more influence from the ocean. san francisco was 90 degrees, medford was 90, many interior areas were into the 90s. today nothing has changed. the jet stream continues to do a nice little ridge here over areas of the west. that provides hot conditions in the desert southwest and warm conditions about everybody else. the forecast today? tons of sunshine. grab the sunscreen for the little kids if you're outdoors. medford at 95, phoenix 109, still a little cooler in l.a., maybe we'll get you to 80. 81, and even in the pacific northwest we're warming up every so slowly. doesn't get much better for the first day of summer. get to the pool if you can. >> thanks so much. >>> the replacement of dot com. new labels warn about lighting up, and airline creativity when it comes to new fees. your ea

part of the reason, arizona is now burning.perhaps, the biggest weather troublemaker has been in the gulf of mexico where sea surface temperatures have been almost two degrees above average. that warm, moist, gulf air meeting the powerful jet stream created the string of tornados that killed 525 people. while weather record ares are set almost every year, this year has seen floods, wildfires, droughts and tornadoes, of historic proportions and having all those in little more than a month is unprecedented. cbs news, san francisco. >> so there may be snow on that high peak in hawaii but things are very different down below. scientists are watching molten rock pour into this lake. temperatures in the rapidly-filling lava pool can reach 1100 degrees. that's some serious heat. that's some serious heat. a little more down with [ male announcer ] know the feeling? try acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus for exceptional comfort. it feels like it disappeared on my eye! [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand

tarde >>>buen fin de semana >> declaran nuevas zonas de emergencia en arizona. miles de residentes en siguen evacuados. >> cinco meses despuÉs regresÓ la congresista a tucson donde pasarÁ el dÍa de los padres con su familia. >> la guardia nacional venezolana trata de controlar a prisioneros amotinados y tambiÉn a sus familiares. aumentan los muertos y heridos. >> la fifa autorizÓ a que la selecciÓn mexicana de fÚtbol reemplace a los cinco jugadores comprometidos en un caso de dopaje. >> Éste es noticiero univisiÓn, ediciÓn nocturna. >> buenas noches, el incendio forestal que comenzÓ hace mÁs de una semana en arizona es el mÁs grande que haya sufrido ese estado en toda su historia. mÁs de 4000 bomberos trabajan contra reloj para controlar las llamas. las autoridades ordenaron a miles de personas a salir de sus viviendas para evitar consecuencias mayores. carla gÓmez estÁ en el lugar. >> cuatro tanques aÉreos combaten la zona de mÁs primero del cine forestal en el suroeste de arizona. les acompaÑan cinco helicÓpteros, hasta hoy, las llamas han destruido 40 residen

cuando regresemos, el gigantesco incendio de arizona sigue arrasando con todo a su paso.cendio en la historia. el incendio empieza a tener consecuencias para la salud. >> los incendios permanecen fuera de control, han destruido 30 hogares y forzado la evacuaciÓn de las personas. el incendio amenaza poblaciones aledaÑas y poniendo en peligro a plantas energÉticas. el fuego ha quemado 700 millas de bosque. mas de 3 mil bomberos luchan contra las llamas, que son avivadas por lso vientos. >> somos optimistas pero es la madre naturaleza la que editarÁ el curso de los cientos. >> se podrÍan representar apagones si sus lÍneas son cortadas por los incendios. muchas personas han sido evacuadas. muchos incendios de nuevo mÉxico han sido provocados por los o bomberos que tratan de quemar a la vegetaciÓn que puede provocar incendios. sin embargo, ellos tambiÉn tienen que luchar contra el tiempo. >> hay menos y mÁs pequeÑas Áreas de calor, es el resultado del clima del dÍa de ayer. el poco a aumentar del fuego se debe a las quemas preventivas que ocasionamos. >> este incendio ha sido

arde arizona, el fuego sigue fuera de control. ♪ >> ese es su noticiero univisiÓn. >> el congresistaen un escÁndalo sexual. winner anunciÓ que buscarÁ ayuda profesional. las fotografÍas de su calzoncillo, que el mismo compartiÓ por internet, lo tienen tambaleando del cagrgo. los colegas ir en su denuncia. hoy tuvo que negar mÁs acusaciones de usar esas fotografÍas con una menor. >> dice que no hizo nada en apropiado, de intercambiar mensajes con una joven de 19 aÑos. nada explÍcito, nada inapropiado. asÍ describía esa comunicaciÓn. el congresista no sÓlo trata de acallar las voces en su contra, de republicanos y demÓcratas, podrÍa tratar de mantener su empleo argumentando enfermedad. el comportamiento era indefendible y su papel en el congreso, insostenible. >> cometÍ serios errores y tengo que recibieron a, estoy trabajando para regresar a la normalidad y trabajar para la gente de mi distrito. los que tiene la Última palabra son los ciudadanos que Él representa. una encuesta dice que Él 56% dice que no debe renunciar. la evaluaciÓn serÍa para recibir atenciÓn profesional, quizÁs alg

>> george lewis tonight in arizona starting us off. thanks. >>> in the midwest tonight after a cold dark spring it feels like the dog days of august all of a sudden. it hit 102 degrees today in minneapolis-st. paul, smashing their record for this date. and they weren't alone. 25 cities hit all-time high temperatures today, including chicago, jackson, and wichita. in the plains tonight high water is bearing down on south dakota's capital, pierre. flooded reservoirs mean dams have been opened and a huge cascade of water is now flowing down the missouri river. pierre is sandbagged and ready, but the high water conditions could last well into july because of a record mountain snowpack that's now melting. >>> we turn overseas now. nato turned up the heat on libya today, unleashing a barrage of air strikes in the capital, tripoli, as the country's leader, moammar gadhafi, vowed once again to fight to the death. nbc's stephanie gosk is in tripoli now and joins us with the latest from there. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening,

nbc's tom llamas has more tonight from springerville, arizona. tom, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. earlier this week this was a ghost town. the entire town was evacuated. but as you can see behind me, traffic has returned and that evacuation order has been lifted. but as one arizona community returns, others are still in limbo while residents in new mexico watch that wildfire move dangerously close. dealing with nearly half a million blackened acres across arizona, firefighters are now battling a monster fire in two states. the wallow wildfire jumped the border this weekend, now burning parts of new mexico. with a fire this size, a dc-10 comes in handy. the massive aircraft can drop a fire retardant 100 feet wide, a mile long. the help from above is appreciated by the boots on the ground. >> it is very, very physical work. and absolutely these folks are tired. >> reporter: the hard work has paid off. incident commanders feel controlled burns in the north and east have given them the upper hand. >> we've turned a corner. we feel

flake of arizona. at the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following, section, none of the funds made available by this act may be used for the construction of an ethanol blunder pump or ethanol storage facility. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for five minutes. mr. flake: i thank the chairman. this is a rather straightforward amendment and i should say before i start this identical amendment, identical amendment to this was approved when we voted on h.r. 1 earlier this year by a vote of 261-158. mr. kingston: i supported this when you offered it on the continuing resolution and plan to support it today. mr. flake: ok. i'll be very brief. theet no industry receives the trifecta of government support. its use is mandated by law. protected by prohibitive oil tariff and receives billions in subsidies. effectively paying them to follow the law. everyone knows that ethanol subsidies are going to go away. 30 years is enough. even al gore and others who supported them in

very different in eastern arizona. can you kind of describe the topography here as well as all the trees in the area? >> well, eastern arizona where the wildfires are is a beautiful area. it is actually spruce, fur, forest, very high elevation. 8,000 feet elevation. and it is kind of the recreational ground for folks in the desert during the summer. and we get summer cooler weather. >> jacqui jeras, lightning and high wind are making it difficult for fire crews. jacqui will weigh in as the weather conditions are important for you. i'm sure you could use moisture, but are lightning and high winds making it difficult for the fire crews, mr. hunt? >> were you talking to me? >> yes. >> yeah, you know, we do have some dry lightning forecasts the next couple of days. and what dry lightning is when a thunderstorm comes in and just drops lightning without any precipitation. simply we usually get high winds. the vegetations are extremely dry. when the dry lightning touches the ground, there's a high possibility of starting wild

two biggest blazes are in arizona. the monument fire southwest of tucson has been called the number one priority. as it forces new evacuations. john hendren has the latest. >> reporter: drought conditions are fanning wildfires. >> we need rain. we really need rain. >> reporter: three dozen massive wildfires are blazing through ten states, burning more than 1.2 million acres. among the hardest-hit states, texas and arizona. >> it's dry out. the smallest little fire with the wind, just like today, it doesn't take long for it to spread long. >> reporter: arizona senator john mccain blamed illegal immigrants for setting the flames. but the federal spokesman there there's denying those claims. they're battling two major wild fires that have forced thousands from their homes. >> it looked like a war zone. it really does. >> reporter: in texas, fire has closed i-45, the highway that links dallas and houston. evacuated the town of midway. about 200 homes. >> the wind and humidity aren't working in our favor. we didn't see humi

and it's this guy stevenson in arizona he's. it's a sorry case but i really hesitate to draw any sort of conclude the vet the conclusions that you're drawing the exception that proves that it's this is one guy it's not it's an unfortunate situation but there is a larger story here and that is the crisis that the states are facing in it's the same thing as the federal it's similar to the federal what we've seen is that the in those twenty five states that have increased spending increased taxes they have actually seen their g.d.p. go up in their unemployment without in the twenty three states that have cut spending and cut taxes we seem to think that's not true i don't know if you would go on but if you go oklahoma for instance where the where unemployment is now at five point one percent were found over the last year and a half there are three things literally wires from those numbers that ignore the code because it's got its own bank out of the situation oklahoma has made business it has for the first time republican governor p

by night, it's a monster inferno, lighting up the new mexico and arizona skies. by day, a path of destruction in its wake. 22 houses have burned in greer, arizona. >> this is hard to watch. >> reporter: harder to watch if you see your destroyed home on tv. >> ours was the first home that we saw that was burned. rrtd at a meeting for people forced out of the fire zone, connie tried to count her blessings. >> we're thankful no lives were lost. our prayers are for the firefighters. >> reporter: those firefighters face a difficult weekend ahead. if the wind picks up as expected, it could drive the flames into the communities that have been calm so far. firefighters have been busy building backfires and barriers to protect the homes. they have been lucky today, but tomorrow will be a battle. >> it will have all of the conditions for a fire growth. >> reporter: and as the fire grows, it's not affecting just people. these elek are on the run from the heat and smoke. and then all are domesticated animals like this dog that was found wandering in the fire zone and got res

that giant arizona wildfire is getting bigger.fanned by gusting winds, the blaze has now burned nearly 500 square miles. about 7,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. >>> and a pre-summer heat wave is rolling north today. record-breaking temperatures are expected from texas to vermont. the record-breaking heat is expected to last through the end of the week. >>> now for a little history lesson. way back in 1919, a 30-year-old german soldier wrote a letter describing what he called the jewish threat. the writer was adolph hitler and the letter his first written call for killing europe's jews. that letter is on display at a museum in new york. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: it is a four page letter adolph hitler wrote when he was a young soldier in the german army. in it hitler labels jews as an inbred race, a tuberculosis on a nation. in one paragraph he calls on his government to have the courage to remove all jews from its midst. >> before he ever heard of the nazi party hitler had a plan for the jews, he had a deep se

the one run game did in the giants tonight. 104 degrees arizona heat.y play inside but the word is they opened the roof, a little fun there. when there is a foul ball, everybody does their business. break your arm. hello. it's 104 degrees and yet they opened the roof. funny, when randy johnson pitched they made sure the roof was closed. he takes him deep. the diamondbacks on board first. kenny was real good tonight. 10 strikeouts, giants, though tied on a sacrifice fly. 10th inning, justin goes the other way, arizona wins 3-2. giants take 2-3. they lead the national league west by a game and a half. arizona winning on a home run in the bottom of the 10th. been a while since the a's won 2 in a row. weeks, 150 pounds. boy, did he muscle up here. a's have a lead. watch at the plate. boom! we said this earlier. worth repeating, it's how they play the game. catcher got up, not injured. buster posey got hurt, we went on for two weeks with it. 8-4 a's. a's and giants friday, saturday and sunday in oakland, beginning tomorrow night. moneyball movie starring bra

we are the longform journalists and paper closest to the arizona border. it is our duty to cover this in being a small paper in being short-staffed, suddenly the assignment was mind. they said why don't you cover it? so i said i was happy to and they sent me down to douglas for several days. douglas is the border town in southeastern arizona which was then kind of the immigrant highway into the united states, and it was a very shocking experience for me to go down there and see the helicopters and see the border patrol everywhere up and down the the , arresting people. while i was there, i did a right along with the border patrol and had the opportunity to interview a man whose cousin had died in his arms a few hours earlier that day. they were from guatemala and that man told me the story of their long and ultimately tragic journey. that story that man told me really changed my life and moved me tremendously and ever since i have tried to cover immigration whenever i can while still upholding my other duties that the tucson weekly. so that is how it got s

energying the towns along the arizona/new mexico border. and as you can see, the high winds are continuing tonight. the forecast calls for more of the same tomorrow and the next day. the folks in the fire camp aren't going to get much rest tonight. brian. >> george lewis near the fire lines in eager, arizona. thanks. >>> in the upper plain states tonight, the opposite problem. water and way too much of it. six reservoirs among the mississippi river are full, and there's more to come from record levels of the snowpack that is now melting. now they're releasing some of the water, and seven different states are on a flood watch as a result. miguel almaguer is at a crucial dam in minnesota. that's an incredible sight behind you, miguel. >> reporter: brian, it certainly it. the flow behind me is why so much of the missouri could flood. some 700,000 gallons are pouring out per second. although the rainbow behind me is beautiful, tonight, there is dangerous downriver. surging and still weeks from its crest, the missouri river is threatening to top

red flag warnings are in effect for most of arizona. the u.s.chief says fighting the fires is a number one priority. >>> another massive cyber attack to tell you about. this one on a gaming company saga in japan. there was a breach that compromises e-mails and other information. they have sent out apologies. >>> reporters might have been hoping for some kind of gotcha moment, but instead they got god. sarah palin sent it while pregnant with her son who has downs syndrome. you have sr.ed the odd celebrities you celebrate as perfect on tv. you have noticed i make them all shapes and sizes. there is no perfect. now look at the signature. love, trig's creator, and that was her writing from god's perspective. our guest is with me now. she didn't include parted of the e-mail in the book that she wrote. after you wrote about it, what was the initial reaction you got from people immediately? >> i think the reaction was surprising. when people first heard about the idea that palin had crafted this letter in the voice of god, you think that sounds rather

i had to do a snow arizona.being a socially conscious artist i could not good to arizona and not address the issue especially with artists like socially conscious artist who's boycotted arizona because of this policy. >> stephen: do you think that rap is going to continue to grow from where it is right now? because it's exploded in the last 30 years. do you think it will make the jump, you know n popularity from white sub ub -- sub urban kids to african-american? >> it's a long shot. have you ever been to one of my shows. >> stephen: if you wear this hat will i be pulled over? >> yes. >> stephen: you are going to did a song. it's off of the album "gutter rainbows". >> digital release only in the states so the fact that you got a cd means you got extra swag. >> stephen: this had come from europe or something? >> yes. >> stephen: thank you so much for joining us. we'll be right back with a here to perform "cold rain" off his album, "gutter rainbows", ladies and gentlemen talib kweli. note yeah, it's been a long ti

wild fires send arizona residents fleeing as much of the country swept through record-breaking heat. >>> mystery solved? what appears to be the source of the deadly e. coli outbreak in europe. >>> and south american shake-up, a rumbling volcano spews tons of ash in chile. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello. good morning, i'm lynn berry. welcome to our viewers including those across the pacific time zone. today we begin with out of control. some parts of the u.s. recover from the tumultuous tornado season, arizona is now dealing with a blaise covering more than 200 square miles. residents are evacuating at the state's third biggest wild fire ever rages on. nbc's frances coe reports. >> reporter: the temperatures and high winds seemed a perfect mix for this historic blaze in eastern arizona, smoke spread as far as new mexico and colorado. >> that would be horrible. >> reporter: the fire is a week old blanketing 140,000 acres. on the scene, 1300 firefighters from across the country. but the numbers were no match to mother nature. >> the column that's up in the air is ab

ted simons reports from arizona's pbs 8. he joins us from arizona arz. ted, crews got a bit of a break in the windy weather today, any closer to containing the fames tonight? >> well, we're at 5% containment right now. and they're thinking under the best of circumstance, it could take three weeks for full containment. >> tom: now in addition to the homes and the lives this fire threatens an important electric power line that runs had into new mexico. is also in the path of these flames. what you can tell us about this el paso energy line, what's the risk. >> the utility gets about 40% of its power from these lines which means 300, close to 400,000 el paso customers apparently have been warned of rolling blackouts. the major concern here isn't so of the flames on these lines, it's the smoke could cause power to arc from the lines. that is the danger, that's the concern. we'll see what happens. >> tom: finally let me ask you about the impact on the economy, the local economy in these mountains during the summer tourism season. what will likely be the impac

as wildfires rage in arizona, senator john mccain gets blowback for saying illegal immigrants are to blame. >> there's substantial evidence that some of these fires are caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. >> thousands are fleeing and almost a million acres are burned. we've got the latest. >>> and the super extra. recognize this guy? chances are, you've seen him before more than once. many times, actually. he's the most prolific extra in movie history. but who is he? >>> good evening, i'm terry moran. one reason eating disorders are so difficult to treat is that patients' troubled feelings about their bodies can be so hard to unravel. and it's all the more difficult when the patient is not an adult or even a high schooler but a young child. and yet a government study covering the years 1999 to 2006 revealed the shocking fact that hospitalizations for eating disorders increased most sharply, by 119%, for children younger than 12 years old. here's andrea canning. >> reporter: this is taylor call, an active 6-year-old pre-k student who lives outside houston. a year a

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wing of the supreme court corporations other big victory this time the high court struck down an arizona law that provides public financing of elections the law was intended to level the playing field between people with high huge fortunes and rich friends and just average folks for. and for office i supply matching public funds to candidates who are being outspent by private money i made sure that electoral politics in arizona wasn't a whoever has the most money when the sort of game that the court ruled on monday that was unconstitutional so the limiting public funding for elections good for america are just good for the republican party that wants the millionaire and billionaire buddies to dump hundreds of millions of dollars of corrupt of corporate cash into our elections to ensure one party rule in america for america it's good for both parties republicans and democrats was the correct decision and they did the right thing look this is not about republicans or democrats if anything the democrats have more of these they have more friends on wall street and that's where they get more

arizona's third-largest wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands. weather conditions may continue to spread it. meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking developments and joins us from the world weather center. ivan? >> it's a big one, the third largest. continuing to devour eastern arizona, the apache national forest being decimated, 580,000 square kilometers. have been complete will decimated by this fire that that started a week ago and out of control as we have evacuated across the region here. residents in the direct path, alpine in particular. 1300 firefighters, 2,000 personnel, everybody here battling this fire. again the third-largest in arizona history. consuming just an incredible amount of land. and a short amount of time, take you to the scene on the ground. and above the skies, as the aerials have been quite dramatic indeed and show the scope of this fire that has been raging for a week. and as of late, has been doing even more damage as a result of the winds that have been very gusty. the firefighters have not going to get any help today.

wildfires in arizona and new mexico forced evacuations.onument fire in southern arizona forced 7,000 people to evacuate. yesterday the fire jumped a highway forcing residents to abandon another 1,500 homes. high winds are expected to die down a bit today. >>> nato says its war planes accidentally struck a residential neighborhood in tripoli. libya's government says nine people were killed, including two children. nato blames a systems failure. >>> republicans appear willing to make a temporary compromise in raising the u.s. debt limit. if it's not raised by august 2nd, the white house warns the u.s. will run out of money to pay the nation's bills. senator mitch mcconnell said yesterday on "face the nation" a short term solution is possible. >> the president and vice president, everybody knows you have to tackle entitlement reform. if we can't do that we'll probably end up with a very short term proposal over a few months and be back having the same discussion again in the fall. >> but there were no debt talks on saturday as president obama

residents in eagar, arizona, were told to evacuate last night. the fire is being fanned by strong, gusty winds. you can get an idea of how big the fire is by these pictures taken from space. sandra hughes has our report. >> reporter: from the arizona/new mexico border, a gigantic plume of smoke rises above the blaze. firefighters say they've never seen anything like it in this area. already almost 3,000 people have been evacuated, 7,000 people in springerville and eagar, arizona, were on standby until tuesday evening. >> the fire is moving quickly, winds are erratic, swirling and getting into heavy fuels and crossed that line where we feel it's safe and asked the folks from eagar to move on out. >> reporter: five structures have burned and firefighters are trying to save more. >> other night we're doing another night burn and we are literally our backs are to two buildings, people's homes, and i think one of those, you know, had gone down. >> reporter: winds were strong tuesday afternoon but not harsh as predicted. fire perimeters appear to be ho

desaproveche esta oportunidad, nos vemos mañana, buenas noches incendios forestales en la historia de arizonasta noche miles de residentes abandonaron sus casas. >>> y dan a conocer testimonio de la balacera protagonizada por lo menos una docena de policías contra el chofer de un vehículo en el sur de la florida. >>> y aumentan las presiónes para que renuncie el congresista que reveló haber enviado a varias mujeres fotos suyas se mi desnudo. >>> y parece haber tenido un desenlace pacífico el escándalo del cantante kalimba y su ex novia. (♪). >>> - este es este es el noticin noctur nocturna. >>> muy buenas noches bienvenidos a lealedición noctu. >>> es considerado el segundo mayor incendio forestal en la historia de arizona y está incontenible y ha obligado a la evacuación de personas, miles podrían ser evacuadas en próximas horas, mismos de bomberos, de varios estados, luchan contra el incendio. >>> y principales er líneas que operan en argentino reanudan servicios domésticos internacionales esta tarde luego que ceniza del volcán puyehue el complejo volcánico deja la ba y carreteras interrump

what was arizona's push back on that? >> arizona said that the law was passed back in 1998 by a voter referendum right after a major scandal in arizona in which state lawmakers were found to have taken bribes in exchange for their votes on certain issues. so it was intended to combat corruption. >> ifill: justice read part of her dissent from the bench. it was sharp. >> it was actually justice kagan. you're right. she did read part of it from the bench which is usually a signal that the dissenters feel very strojly about this. she said this matching funds system was a subsidy of speech not a restriction on anyone's speech. it actually resulted in more speech, not less speech. that's why-- and that is what the first amendment encourages especially when it comes to political speech, more speech. >> ifill: she said this really was a topsy-turvy interpretation. >> of the first amendment. >> ifill: that was justice kagan thanks for catching me on that as always and thank you again. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: still to come on

attorney in arizona visited you in december. you could tell us in your own words what he had to say? >> which attorney are you talking about? >> this is the u.s. attorney from arizona that came to visit you in december. >> yes. that was mr. burke. >> and what did he have to say to you? >> he was just trying to explain to us exactly what happened and in a roundabout way. we really never got anything out of the visit that he did have. >> now, if he didn't tell you at that time that the firearms that killed your son came from this operation, when did you learn about fast and furious and its connection to your son's death? >> most of it i heard from the media. we haven't really got anything direct, phone calls, nothing, from anybody. >> hopefully today we'll bring you some better answers on that. mr. hyer, i understand recently you received a call from the u.s. attorney's office in arizona. you could please tell us the content of that call? >> the u.s. attorney, dennis burke, has tried to keep us advised on the prosecution of the in

george lewis reports on the fire staging area in eager, arizona. >> reporter: the largest fire in arizona known as the wallow fire, has been burning for a week today with zero containment. >> that's because it's in rugged terrain with lots of brush and fuel to enhance it. >> we're creating a perfect storm of dry fuels, intense weather, and that's what is making this difficult to detain. >> reporter: a dozen water dropping helicopters s were grounded today because of strong winds. >> as law enforcement agencies ordered residents to evacuate from many of those communities. >> i'm going to cry. >> reporter: in greer, where people were getting ready to leave, mark peterson has 5,000 head of sheep to shear. if the wind changes, he and his sheep will have to get out of here in a hurry. >> if we have to vacate, we have to walk them back out to the northeast. that's kind of what our plan is right now. >> reporter: in case anybody needed reminding, dick bruno, owner of the snowy mountain inn, put up a red flag to warn people of a high-fire incident even though they hope the folks in the community

local time in chandler, arizona. some discussion now among various authorities whether it was explosion or substance catching fire. don jones who is a spokeswoman for intel says it was a small fire only quickly put out by the fire suppression systems. but the chandler fire department said that some of the injuries involved concussion and, in his words, shrapnel wounds. that points to it being more of an explosion. either way hazmat crews were now on scene trying to find out exactly what chemicals were involved in it. as for those injuries on top of the concussion and shrapnel wounds, we understand that one person for what is described as severe weather chemical burps to the face. everybody in that plant was evacuated from it when the fighters broke out. the authorities are also telling us now, shep, that everybody has been accounted for there were fears that some people might be trapped inside. that is not the case. everyone accounted for the fire is now out, shep. >> shepard: good. jonathan hunt in the newsroom. tha

here in eastern arizona two major power lines are still in jeopardy. and if they are compromised, it could knockout juice to more than 350,000 customers in southern new mexico and west texas. never springerville, arizona, casey stegall, fox news. >>> a group of african americans brought their message of empowerment to west oakland today. the group 100 black men held a healthy living event had he high school. there were workshops on healthy eating and screenings for high blood pressure and hiv. 100 black men of america is holding its annual conference in san francisco this weekend. the group mentors young people and helps the african american community. >>> buy american, improve the economy. that's the message from bay area congresswoman jackie spear. mike mibach caught up with her today at the san mateo county fair. >> reporter: made in america, from pots and pans. what is this? >> that's a toy. >> reporter: made in america? >> yeah, i made it. >> reporter: the toys, beds and cars. >> you can't outsource american labor. you can outsource labor but you

enter arizona senator john mccain. seeming to be saying that illegal immigrants have a role in some border fires. clayton sandell is in sierra vista, arizona, tonight. >> reporter: touring the largest blaze in arizona history, senator john mccain stepped into his own firestorm. on ktvk-tv, blaming the recent wildfire outbreak on weak security along the u.s./mexico border. >> there is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. >> reporter: mccain suggesting illegal immigrants are setting fires to send signals, keep warm or distract law enforcement. but with illegal immigration such a burning hot controversy in arizona, where fires have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, he was quickly accused of intolerance. >> the sad thing is that the intention was pretty clear, and it was to demonize immigrants and to demonize latinos. >> reporter: we asked state and federal officials for a tally of how many fires have been started by illega