(blume) i was going to ask how that happened in the first place. was it a child who went home and said, "we heard a story today in school"? no, the teacher photocopied the book. the children--realize these children could not read at all. they were third graders who could not read. and ruth did everything she could to get 'em to read. she got this book. and because it's a call and response book, each child got to answer back their own little part, do a little dance, you know, and all the kind of fancy stuff. and they loved the book so much, the begged for a copy. and that's where the problem began. she made a photocopy. every child had one. it just so happened that one parent saw a photocopy, and that began the problem. (paulson) there's a lesson here: obey the copyright laws. [laughter] well, you know, that's problematic for me, a $17 book and a poor little school. what can you expect a teacher to do, of course, after all? so you were ahead of napster; that was-- [laughter] your files were being downloaded to young people. yeah, mm-hmm. there are a

they include judy blume, one of this country's most popular and most frequently censored authors, carolivially-acclaimed book, nappy hair, was challenged in a brooklyn school, and cammie mannino, a bookseller who took a stand against censorship. welcome to all of you. i have to begin with judy. you know, there are these lists every year about the most banned books. each and every year, you're in the top five.

we get this heated massive blume developing. when it actually settles back down on the fire what it does is spread the fire in a different direction. >> reporter: the fire has reached the reservoir which provides water to san francisco. they fear ash gets in the water but so far it has not been contaminated. crews soaked the ground to protect 2,000 year old sequoias. samantha smith's home is here. she's been living at a red cross shelter since fleeing home last week. >> if you were on my front porch you would be looking at the flames right now if my front porch is still there. >> reporter: you don't know whether the home is still standing. >> no, we don't know if it's there or not. >> reporter: smith is seven months pregnant. >> he's only due in two months. i don't know if we'll have the crib. >> reporter: officials have not said when residents will be allowed to check on their homes. scott, an increase in humidity today was expected to help suppress the flames. >> pelley: manuel, thanks. people in arizona use the word haboob, t

months earlier passengers on a german warship had reported a massive blume of ash coming from the volcano'sose explosions became routine in late august of that year, a major blast blew most of the island into the sea triggers deadly tsunamis. a series of even more intense eruptions followed the next day. people heard the blast some 3,000 miles away. and flows of molten lava buried islands. the ash shot 50 miles into the air it was so thick it blocked out the sun and lowered the temperatures around the world. it remains active to this day but its crater let out a massive blast 130 years ago today. that does it for this fox report on this tuesday, august 27th, 2000 13. i'm bill hemmer in tonight for shepard smith. see you tomorrow morning on america's newsroom, 9:00 a.m. eastern time. here now the other bill. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> there would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical sweps front. >> bill: now the president must act on that threat. but what should he do? i will analyze with ralph peters, david hunt and charles krauthammer. >