. >> just don't use fire in any form, no campfires, no debris burning, no open air fires because it really is dry. >> the cause of the wildfire in columbia furnace has not been determined, but fire officials say hot coals from a campfire may have been behind it. >>> the largest wildfire in virginia is still burning in allegany county. more than 56 firefighters are now working trying to contain the allegheny tunnel fire. that one has been burning since saturday and has charred more than 7,600 acres and at last check it's only 20% capabled. >> we all know -- 20% contained. >> we all know the wind which caused a lot of firefighting problem and also it's very dry. >> we've eliminated the wind today and tonight. however, the winds will pick up tomorrow as they go southwesterly. so that's not good news. i know a lot of folks did like our snow this winter, but we had no snow to melt. if we had nice snowpack to melt, this would not ab i problem. temperatures are no problem -- be a problem. temperatures are no problem. for tonight we're looking at clear skies. it will be chilly but not as cold, one

. >> just don't use fire in any form, no campfires no, debris burning, no open air fires. >> reporter: because it really is dry. >> it really is dry. >> reporter: for now it seems -- >> looks like it's going to take a good rain to get it out. >> what we're hearing is the cause of that fire not totally determined, but they're saying maybe hot coals left in a campfire is what started it. >> this weekend everybody will want to go out and drive around and camp. you got to really be careful because there's no rain coming. it's going to be dry and humidity low and the winds will be picking up again. we'll show you a drought map in a minute. right now a live look outside, our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. 65 degrees, winds northeast at 6, dew point in the upper 20s. that's a little troubling, but it will end up being more humid tonight which will keep temperatures up. it won't be as cold tonight as the past couple nights. 60s now, can't argue with that, 63 arlington, 64 bethesda, 66 rockville, 63 great falls and reston and also leesburg, 66 manassas and we're looking at

you are asked not to start an open fire because of the dry conditions, including grilling, campfires or outdoor cooking of any kind. linda so, abc2 news. >>> look at news around the nation, two oklahoma men are locked up accused of going on a shooting rampage that length of time three people dead, two injured, all african american. police have arrested 19-year- old jake england and 32-year- old alvin watt sunday at their home. officers say england may have been trying to i a venge his father's shooting -- avenge his father's shooting death two years ago. >>> investigators are considering many possible motives but based on facebook postings they think revenge appears to be a factor. >>> gasoline tanker truck caught fire saturday outside of los angeles. this happened on a freeway, that sent flames and black plumes of smoke in to the air. several firefighters prevented the fire from spreading. they were able to put it out and no one was hurt. >>> compensation checks for residents affected by the jet crash in virginia beach friday will be given out today. sunday the navy met are resident

. >> any open campfires or open fire pits, things like that. you cannot do that right now due to the potential for that fire getting away and starting a large brush fire. >> reporter: high winds and dry vegetation could be a recipe for disaster when it comes to fire. >> any small fire can immediately progress to a very large fire in a matter of minutes. >> reporter: and it's not just maryland facing these dry conditions it's the same situation up and down the east coast. >> it'll be really interesting to see what happens this year, because we've never seen weather like we've seen this past year. >> reporter: mcpherson with the u.s. geological service says the rains from tropical storm irene and lee helped to level the region but storms caused the water to plummet. >> winter is when the rainfalls, it replaces our rainwater. >> reporter: officials are praying for a little help. >> we're hoping for mother nature to kick in and give us some rain here shortly. >> reporter: no water revics have been issued -- restrictions have been issued yet. reserv

camp out on the porch, walk on the beach, calculate the tide, cook on an open fire, seen around a campfire, toast marshmallows, and sleep in the dunes. she became a mentor to many of the young people that worked at the center and leaves a legacy of many young public-school teachers. she was known to be a kind, generous, and open hearted person. this meeting is also adjourned in the memory of thomas ryan, an employee since 1998, who went on medical leave and passed away on april 7. he was a professional from 1991 to 1998 and began his teaching career in august 1998 as a learning resource specialist at washington high school. he worked at abraham lincoln high school, sanchez elementary, a lafayette, and harvey milk's over rights. the board of education expresses condolences to their families. president yee: >> the meeting is adjourned. >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account. everyone is welcome, even if you are not a u.s. citizen or have bad credit. qualifying for a bank account is simple, just lived or worked in san francisco and had a form of

this includes grilling, campfires or outdoor cooking of any kind. linda so, abc2 news. >>> huge tanker fire in glendale, california. happened at a freeway and sent flames shooting in to the air. self-firefighters had to rush to -- several firefighters had to rush to the scene. no one was hurt. >>> residents affected by the jet crash in virginia beach may get compensation checks today. the navy says the payments are for housing, meals and clothing. there will be $2300 for an individual resident and increased for additional family members. a navy jet crashed in on the apartment building, dozens of units were destroyed. no one was killed. >>> abc2 news plans to dedicate a special 60 minutes for mike wallace april 15th he died after a lengthy illness. mike had a long and successful career including four decades and correspondent with 60 minutes and won numerous awards, emmies and a golden globe. >>> gas prices keep inching up and could be relief in sight. >> we have the latest numbers around the country and here in maryland. where to find the least expe

over the intimacy of a campfire at night, there is bitterness about their former military ally. >> the british did not forget us in the time of need. when they needed us, we fought for them against the japanese. we are now suffering horribly. surely, this is the time when they should help us. >> for now, they sing of defending their land from exploitation by burma. they know full well that there -- that they are running short on weapons, manpower, and support. the rebel fighters in northern burma. that is all from us this week. goodbye. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offered expertise and his ablutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >>

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you get campfires. that means is they had a division of labor among men and women. that means the men were hunting, working together, with nonkin, and the women were tending the fire and cooking and tending the children. and there was a division of labor and there was trust, and you had a large group that wasn't just a nuclear family. 100 gatherers, not all family. so when we got this bability to -- ability to work together, that was a giant leap forward, and a big part of that, i believe -- there are many others, new athiests who don't think this but i'm part of a group that believes religion is an adaptation and i believe it is for cooperation. we build a issuele around -- astill, around a sacred object. a rock in maybe car a box with a rock inside of it. warfare would be impossible if we were just self-interested crete toward but we circle around sacred objects, flags, standards. sacredness means no tradeoffs. it means you defendant the thing that you circled around. so this whys the flag and the bible are so important on the right but the left has its sacred obj

half a million years ago we found the first evidence of campfires to read what that means is a division of labor among men and women in the that they were out hunting working together and the women were cooking and tending to the children and there was a division of labor and of this trust and you had a large corporate wasn't just a nuclear, they are all pretty well by first to it when we got the ability to work together if i was a giant leap forward and a big part of that i believe there were others who don't fix this but i am a part of the group that believes religion is an adaptation in our history and it is for cooperation the ability to circle sacred objects many villages practices involve circling is sacred object that is a rock in mecca so literally circling around for fair with of the impossible if we were just self-interest creatures could we circle around these objects and standards. it means no trade-offs. if you defend the thing you circled around so this is why the flag and the bible are important on the right but the left has its objects, too. how many jokes have you heard

. >> any example -- campfires or fire pits you cannot do that due to the potential for that fire gettingnd starting a large brush fire. >> high winds and dry vegetation could be a residence pie for disas whern it comes to -- disaster when it comes to fire. >> any small fire can progress to large fire in a matter of minutes. >> it's not just md d facing these -- maryland facing these dry conditions. >> it will be really interest together see what happens this year. we've never seen weather like we've seen this past year. >> wendy says the rain from tropical storms irene and lee helped sustain the levels, but no snow caused them to plumit. >> we didn't have snowfall and winner is when it recharges our ground water. >> we're hoping for mother nature to kick in and give us some rain. >> no water reinstructions have been issued gsh restrictions have been -- reinstructions have been issue -- restrictions have been issued yet. >> nearly the entire state is under a draught watch. >>> turning to sports, the oriels try to build on their success when they go for another victory over the white sox.

and down in that campfire, you find an old ax, maybe it's a caveman's ax or something, yeah? and that's the ax--the ax handle and everything. what you do is you take that ax handle, you come here to the university, go to the chemistry department. at first, just take a little tiny slit. they might wanna hog the whole thing for themselves, right? it's your artifact, right? take just the littlest, tiniest bit of flake of wood off there, okay? take that wood flake off. go to the chemistry department. but before you go in the door, take your jackknife and take a little flake of wood off a tree that's living. now, you got two splinters of wood, yeah? one's the old. one's the light, yeah? bring that to the chemistry department. chemistry tech. yeah, the chemistry tech opens the door. can you do something for me? can you get the carbon out of these things? yeah. when can you do it? come back tomorrow. you come back tomorrow. oh, and would you measure them up by the way so i get the same mass in each. you come back the next day. you get two envelops. one says old. one says new. you're

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not that popular but the word was with the times headline boondoggle leaked from the obscurity of campfire to political prominence as a way of describing work with in value, indeed as we know it would help lift work relief itself becoming a permanent addition to the language. now course when people referred to boondoggle and ogle that didn't really refer to the majority of workers, iain they didn't always respond enthusiastically when people describe them in this way. i found a number of people who worked for the wpa, one was named johnny mills pregnant with their first child trying his best to put food on the table, but he couldn't do it. and so he in order to secure a doctor's care for his wife went to work for the wpa and this is what his reaction was to some of the criticism. he found it strange that some people were ashamed of working for the wpa and others criticize the man like him as idlers. when they talk about leaning on the shovel, well, we did a whole lot of work and the whole lot of hard work. there was some i guess that thought you were on relief but i knew i was working for

the roof rafters charred and brittle like old campfire logs. she just wants to be called arlene. she is the owner of the house and she says she was in her upstairs bedroom when it happened. she says it was her ears that alerted her to the danger. >> i heard it. i didn't smell it. >> reporter: what did it sound like. >> just crackling like a really loud fire place. >> reporter: then did you just run through the house and call for your kids to get out? >> my kids -- one of my kids was already on the phone with 911 and i took over and told them to get out of the house and people from church helped me get the kids out. >> reporter: scary huh? >> very, yeah. >> reporter: it was an outside in kind of fire. it began when the owner's son tried to start the lawn mower. a spark ignited some leaves. the leaves set a shed on fire. that bike was in the shed. the fire continued down the fence line, up the tree, up the side of the house, melting the siding and then invaded the house itself. four people inside. no one hurt. some neighbors here surprised by what they saw. >> i first thought it wa

take a man with a propensity for spending yarn by the campfire and immerse it in a deceptive art of thewindler. suddenly he almost to be impersonating himself and daring as to believe him. this promise of second and far more beguiling question. if he is calling us, do we mind? arguably the most defining and perplexing characteristic of an american sense of fun is the perennial willingness to make oneself in to the mark of a showman, artist, or director. it is a sensation that is composed of equal parts admiration for the cleverness of the play and gratification at any resolution and has a long pedigree in american culture. the rest of the book goes on to tell about the story of norfleet and how it really is true. i wanted to give you a flavor of why it's interesting to polk added a little bit. i wanted to end of the paragraph in the end to you can see where that brings us in the end, this idea of american fun. the life of norfleet is one of tramping over his susceptibility by embracing it. perhaps one of the reasons why he captivated so many listeners and readers with his tell is that h

the roof rafters charred and brittle like old campfire logs. she just wants to be called arlene. she is the owner of the house and she says she was in her upstairs bedroom when it happened. she says it was her ears that alerted her to the danger. >> i heard it. i didn't smell it. >> what did it sound like? >> just crackling like a really loud fire place. >> reporter: then did you just run through the house and call for your kids to get out? >> my kid -- one of my kids was already on the phone with 911 so i took over and told them to get out of the house and the people from church helped me get the kids out. >> reporter: scary? >> very. >> reporter: it was an outside in kind of fire. it began when the owner's son tried to start the lawn mower. a spark ignited some leaves. the leaves set a shed on fire. that bike was in the shed. the fire continued down the fence line, up the tree, up the side of the house, melting the siding, and then invaded the house, itself. four people inside. no one hurt. so neighbors here surprised by what they saw. >> i first thought it was the attic and th

take a man with a propensity for spinning yarns by the campfire and then immersive in the deceptive arts of the swindler, suddenly, he almost seems to be impersonating himself and daring us to believe him. this prompts a second question. if he is conning us, do we mind? arguably, the most defining and perplexing exactistic of an -- you might also say a writer. audiences and spectators have relished the very particular pleasure of accepting an invitation into a story they know might be false only to be immersed in it completely and then duped at the end by what they thought was true. it is a sensation that is composed of equal parts admiration for the cleverness of the ploy and gratification at a neat resolution, and it has a long pedigree in the culture. the rest of the chapter goes on to detail that, and the rest of the book goes on to tell about norfleet's story and how, actually, it really is true, but i wanted to give you a flavor of why it's kind of interesting to poke at his own story a little bit, and i wanted to end with a paragraph from the very end of the book so you can see wh

we know lots of stories we tell around the campfire about juliette gordon low's rather strange behavior. i will tell you one. she was young, in savannah, strangely cold that night in savannah and juliette low was worried about the family cow. so because she was a very kind hearted girl, she went to the guest bedroom upstairs and she took the blanket off the bed, ran downstairs in the dark, wrap the cow in the blanket, secured the blank and then went to bed certain the cow would be fun. stunned to wake up, the blanket on the ground. there are lots of crazy daisy store and most of them seem to do with how kind she is. but when she gets a little older here, she's 18, i noticed them researching the record that the crazy daisy stories begin to fade away. and what happens, i believe is that as she ages amateurs, she comes to have her own sense of herself, and she doesn't need to have this kind of crazy persona in the family anymore. i think crazy daisy worked for her as a girl because she carved out a niche for herself and her family this way. she was the one who could make things better with

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the romney campfired back with a statement.urprise with the worst job creation record in modern history that president obama would try to distract the american people with a series of side shows. mitt romney will release his full 2011 returns when it is filed. what the obama campaign is precious is they believe romney is hiding something and some tax dodges. they made accusations about that. until mitt romney releases the returns this will not be settled. megyn: doesn't it feel uncomfortable, we know exactly what president obama made. we'll know what the romneys made. it's one of those things you are not supposed to talk about. >> reporter: you have got to put it on the table if you are running for public office. the democrats have done that for a decade in terms of the tax returns for the president and vice president. they are demanding governor romney do it as well. how much did you make last year, ed? very uncomfortable. >> reporter: you tell me first. thank you, ed. we did some digging and found the first family's income dr

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don't burn campfires.rn agricultural fires right now because there is a very great chance those embers may spread and spark more blazes. bill: good note. rick leventhal on all of that for us. a li, what is next? alisyn: serious new accusations against the white house a key witness in the "fast and furious" gun-running operation said he is willing to testify to congress but he can't. why? we'll investigate that ahead. bill: also he is now a new york jet, tim tebow taking on a different role at a easter church service. did you hear? he said some things you don't normally hear today. listen. >> it was great. very emotional. he is very inspiring. he is actually a true role model for athletes. >> his ability to be a christian and not be ashamed of it. full face, wide open. to show his faith is just amazing your finances can't manage themselves. but that doesn't mean they won't try. bring all your finances together with the help of the one person who can. a certified financial planner professional. cfp. let's ma

residents being urged not to ignite anything outside, no campfires, no agricultural fires. a single spark could cause another fire. don't burn anything outside right now. it's very likely you could cause a massive fire. jon: this looks like one of those western fires not new jersey. >> reporter: it sure tkoefplts. jenna: a new twist, if you will on this desperate search for a missing california teen. sierra lamar's family trying to bring her back home safely. what surprises might be in store for mitt romney if he confronts president obama in the general election? we'll talk about those surprises and more coming up next. what the world wants to know and share is here. demand media expands on the big board. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. jenna: new information on a few crime stories we are following for you here on "happening now." a manhunt in bam requires underway for a convicted furnished derer. timothy richards is believed to have escaped from custody in greensboro yesterday morning. he's serving a life

expect that to be the concern in baltimore and you may want to avoid a campfire or barbecuing. that is very dangerous for this forecast today. we have a cold front moving our way sparking some showers in the mountains. this will fall apart before they had our way and we will see a couple of clouds this afternoon. behind the cold front, it is turning much colder and dropping into the 50's throughout much of the week, back to normal temperatures for this time of year. there's a chance for showers each and every day with minimal rain but not enough to help out the garden. we warm up into next weekend. ♪ >> maryland lawmakers are scrambling to beat a deadline. legislators held an unusual saturday meeting and a palle managed to make some progress on proposals to raise income taxes for people who make more than $100,000 per year. they are working to balance the books for the next fiscal year to cut an ongoing $1.1 billion deficit in half. work needs to be approved by the general assembly before the monday midnight adjournment if they want to avoid a session extension. the president i

>> i think it is going to wednesday people eating around a campfire. >> that's undignified. >> right?ally for santorum. >> oooooooooh! [ buzzer sounds ] >> all right. here is what we have to look forward to. ann romney says we just need to let the real mittens out -- >> i think she had unzip him -- >> well, they have many children so she probably has experience with that. >> a good choice of words. >> yeah, they said he was a little stiff. >> she suggested the real version of her husband is not out yet. >> really? >> he is like a hulk kind of thing? he is going to split out of his checkered shirt or what? [ laughter ] >> she told a radio show we better unzip him and let the real mitt romney out. she was asked if she understood why people think mitt romney comes out stiff. >> yeah. >> where is the porn capitol? oh, yes, utah. the consumers of it. >> she said it's so funny to me that this perception is out there. he's engaging and witty. he is pretty, witty, and wise. ♪ i feel witty, oh so witty ♪ >> she said he is not stiff at all. ♪ unlet mitt romney out ♪ ♪ who let mitt romney out ♪

and as the day was coming to a close, we were all sitting around a campfire where the camp guides were warming snow to make water for us the next day, and as the lead climb guy after he was finishing the route that we were going to take said, you know, we're going to wake up about 11 and get climbing at 12. so as i'm going back to my tent with my buddies i thought, this is awesome, we're going to get 12 hours of sleep. he said, sorry, scotty, it's called alpine sleep, and you're going to get less than two. i did get less than two. we could not have asked for a better night to climb. the moon was out, the stars were shining, we all had little lamps on our foreheads to see where we were going and in case for safety reasons guides or safety rangers could come and find us if anything happened. but again, it was a beautiful, beautiful evening to climb. and we'd stop about every hour and a half to two hours to rest sitting on our backpacks, drinking water, gatorade, getting some type of energy. and after we had summited through disappointment lever, this huge rock face on mount rainier, my l

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