good news, according to fire chief doug tucker, but not good enough. >> we're kind of between a rock and a hard place, because we're trying to repopulate, but we don't want to put people in danger. >> reporter: los alamos looks like a ghost town. most of the 12,000 residents have evacuated and officials want to keep them away for now, for fear the winds could suddenly shift and push the fire closer. the los alamos nuclear lab will remain closed until workers can return home. the lab director, though, says the emergency has subsided. >> we've now assessed the risk of the laboratory to be lower and so we're able to change the status down based on that assessment. >> reporter: new mexico is a hot, dry tinderbox where dozens of fires have burned nearly 1 million acres. the governor says fourth of july fireworks are out of the question. >> do not use your fireworks in in your neighborhoods. can you imagine a neighborhood, a home catching fire because a bottle rocket flew up onto someone's rooftop? >> reporter: in residents of los alamos can return home soon to a fire-free town, that would

good news, according to chief doug tucker but not good enough. >> we're between a rock and a hard place. we're trying to repopulate but we don't want to put people in danger. >> it looks like a ghost town. most of the 12,000 residents have evacuated. officials want to keep them away for now for fears the winds could suddenly shift and push the fire closer. the nuclear lab will remain closed until workers can return home. the lack director said the emergency has subsided. >> we have assessed the risk of the laboratory to be lower. so we're able to change the status down based on that assessment. >>> new mexico is a hot, dry tinder box where dozens of fires have burned nearly a million acres. fourth of july fireworks are out of the question. >> do not use your fireworks in your neighborhoods. can you imagine a home catching fire because a bottle rocket flew up on to someone's rooftop. >> if residents can return home soon to a fire-free town, that would be celebration enough. charles hadlock, nbc news, las alamos, new mexico. >>> the same wildfire threatens sacred lands of native american

editor at the daily caller.com they are breaking a big story tomorrow tucker carlson is here. dougega best selling author latest book out today portrait of a spy now available daniel silva is back. your books just killing, congratulations. >> thank you. >> sean: let me start with the debt debate. i love what the house did today. cut, cap and balance. you have kids. kids. kids. i am scared to death. it makes the most sense to me what bothers me the most is why would the senate on this day give president obama this opportunity to deflect attention away from what i think is the best bill? >> what is the senate? democratic controlled. i'm kind of interested in certain aspects of that bill. if you can get that kind of deficit reduction. if you can really simplify the tax code some, make it more efficient. make it more productive to business in the united states, which we really need. >> sean: when they say simplify the tax code -- >> let me finish. the devil is in the details, as we say. the problem with this is, once again, we are going to rush through something. first, we do health ca