helicopters and dozers ready in the south and east bay areas. red flag warnings are in affect in the mountain regions, foothills and along the coast. >> california is at risk for this combination of dry lightning and gusty winds. that with the already dry conditions is going to elevate the fire danger extremely high. >> reporter: with the red flag warning comes restrictions. no bbqs in the park areas. could be road closures. in addition to that, firefighters are asking residents not to use equipment that could spark fire. because of the possibility of thunderstorms, hot weather possible, wind and very dry conditions around the bay area. i'm sue kwon near tunnel road. >> that fire southeast has consumed about 2,000 acres and is 45% contained. the fire destroyed one residential structure and threatening 400 others. >> a father and daughter were found dead in a home in oakland early this morning. about 4:30 police responded to the house. they found an elderly man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds. homicide investigators are still on the scene in

. >> came out this way, sped out, smashed through like two cars like a bull dozer. >> did he have a stuck gas pedal? what was going on here? >> according to police this driver was under the influence of prescription narcotic pills. when they came to the scene, after onlookers called 911, they found inside his car -- >> never let his foot off the gas. >> i thought i was going to die the driver of the truck the only person injured in the incident. taken to the hospital with a broken collarbone. and police have charged this man with dwi. >> he's trying to -- >> what's scary if you're one of people in the area there's nothing you can do but call the cops, wait till the guy wrecks. it's not like you can run up and tackle him o the nothing you can do. >> miraculous one person hurt and that was the driver. >> amazing there's still a blockbuster video. >> call 911, hurry. >> i heard stories about this happening but now video proof of one kid getting trapped inside a claw machine. he's reaching around, having fun. mom's not happy about it. >> stop. don't move. >> stop it, don't move. she's like, y

you can see the back hoe, the bull dozer in place. this process really beginning to start in earnest here. they will work to tear away the walls of this home and hopefully a lot of people in the neighborhood say tear away the pain associated with everything that's happened today. one of the victims, one of the three ladies held inside this house for so long, lived such a brutal life, endured so much torture there, has been so brave throughout this, michelle knight, who showed up and gave her comments during the sentencing of ariel castro. she was there this morning, showed up with yellow balloons, released those as a part of a beginning of this process and continuing healing and talked about what it means to see this house come down. >> why it was important to be here today is because nobody was there for me when i was missing, and i want the people out there to know, including the mothers, that they can have strength, they can have hope, and their child will come back. >> reporter: again, just a very strong woman and a very strong me

crews are using dozers to clear out brush and trees fuelling the flames and to cut containment lines. more than 4,000 firefighters have joined the effort including dozens from the bay area. >> we have a strike team here with me that consists of personnel and fire apparatus from all over santa clara county. >> reporter: including palo alto. firefighters are concerned about these clouds called convection column that can spew hot debris from the fire miles ahead of the containment lines. the fire is 23% contained but still threatening more than 4,000 homes and crews know they have a tough and long battle ahead. they don't expect to fully contain the fire until september 10. this is a self-contained base camp for the more than 4,000 firefighters out here fighting the rim fire. the day crew is coming in for dinner. the night crew is about to head out. this is a 24-hour firefighting effort. we know that 91 people who have been evacuated are staying at the american red cross shelter. reporting live marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> as the fire rages on a group from san jose state is divi

. >> came out this way, sped out, smashed through like two cars like a bull dozer. >> did he have a stuck gas pedal? what was going on here? >> according to police this driver was under the influence of prescription narcotic pills. when they came to the scene, after onlookers called 911, they found inside his car -- >> never let his foot off the gas. >> i thought i was going to die the driver of the truck the only person injured in the incident. taken to the hospital with a broken collarbone. and police have charged this man with dwi. >> he's trying to -- >> what's scary if you're one of people in the area there's nothing you can do but call the

. >> i would add, we don't have aircraft that can lift heavy bull dozers so we would be looking to the state for that. that would be a mutual aid call pretty quick. >> verizon wireless would be the same. the most important thing is for us to get our resources where they need to work where they can repair or reroute traffic where it needs to be. one of our main offices is located in the south bay. that way we don't have to worry about bridge access to get into the peninsula or san francisco if the situation occurs, but if the situation does occur, we're going it need some help from other agencies to make it happen for us. >> all right, thank you. and we have another question. >> roger that you guys deal with unexpected circumstances all the time, weather circumstances, things that are completely unexpected. i would be really interested in, as a result of your latest hot watches on an vent, whatever that event might have been, what was the big aha thing that you learned from that event? >> well, i don't know if it was an aha, unfortunately as i mentioned we get the opportunity to practic

these dozers behind me are hard at work clearing containment lines should the fire hop across the canyon to this side. for the first time an evacuation order is in place for hundreds of homes in pine mountain lake with an evacuation advisory in effect for the remaining 2500 homes. steve costa is one of the residents reluctantly leaving. >> got to have the dog with me. can't leave her home. she's got to go, right, dakota? >> reporter: but others are ignoring the warns to leaving as an out-of-control inferno creeps closer by the minute. you don't feel like you're in danger? >> not really. where am i going to go? >> reporter: in tuolumne county, nick janes, kpix 5. >>> the prime suspect in the murder of a bay area investigator gives a shocking jailhouse interview. kpix 5's juliette goodrich sat down are randy alana who claims he shared more than a relationship with sandra coke. >> reporter: behind bars, 56- year-old randy alana told me, i loved sandra more than life itself. when i asked him how she was killed, he told me, i would never lay a hand on her. alana is behind bars on a parole vio

in aviation site on the ground piece as well as far as we have built in the plan as far as getting dozers, things like that, the logistical piece and making it a more robust exercise. initially what we looked forward to was on the initial capabilities exercise, the initial day, is to build a lot more friction into it. it's working through the orders. what constitutes the approval to enter into action. we can't just go at the call, it has to meet the threshold but we want to be able to attack aggressively and meet the intended desire but, again, we're going to build that within next year's springtime exercise. >> thank you. let's go ahead and move over to a discussion of resources and there's a number of resources that dod brings to bear whether it's personnel or equipment or systems that they have. as i look back to my experience with the 2003-2007 fires, the one that stands out to me is the use and integration of helicopters. i can remember after the 2003 helicopters doing a field hearing with duncan hunter about the integration of helicopters and how better to integrate them. there's be

we saw hand crews and dozers out there.re prepared with fire engines parked around the houses. meanwhile behind the fire, the monopoly up continues. we have an up close look at the tuolumne camp. there are a couple of structures and tents spared by the fire. everything was leveled there. we saw children's toys floating around in the lake. you can get the sense how fast they had to evacuate. they tried to stop it, but they couldn't. listening to the fire behaviorist there are no signs for it to slow down. back here, this is not fog, you would think it is fog, but, in fact, this is smoke, and this is what firefighters head out into every morning, the cool air, and it caps this area off and it's not until is it or 1:00 when the temperatures heat up and we get fresh air in here. it's incredibly smokey and they're heading out on to lines. back to you. >> thank you for that. people are around the world as it affects yosemite national park. you can get more information and see more video of the "rim" fire on our website ktvu.com.

inside the wilderness which starts to build up new lines and new break lines and new dozer lines. it's a very preemptive move by the fire services because this fire is jumping so fast caused by winds. that is just whipping it up and sending it over hillsides. they're actually having to instead of wait for it to come to certain parts, they're actually going out to meet the fire in certain areas. this is how the fire service is saying they're much needed. >> we're seeing spike camps for a quicker response. one, we have almost 4,000 firefighters here, but we need them in centralized low kagszs instead of moving them from one central place, we have spike camps set up around the perimeter of this fire for immediate response and support of those firefighters. >> reporter: it's that sense of urgency. and the fire today has left about -- sorry about 10,000 acres inside, about 134,000. it's historically one of the biggest ones, now the 15th largest fire in california history, heather. >> it's so unpredictable in terms of its movement and where it's going to go next. now, containment is sti

they have expanded evacuation advisory, and dozer and ground crews continue to fight this blaze. utility crews are on the ground to maintain power lines that sag in the heat of the fire. they said they had some line damage. they can't access it to repair it but they're working ahead of it to keep the power running. >> are we getting assurances that despite the packet that ashes have fallen in the reservoir, the san francisco water supply is safe? >> we are, and the firefighters are very confident that they've protected the structures of the combined hydroelect troug troughfacilities. >> what about yosemite. >> that fire there has doubled in the last 24 hours, they've taken special precautions for two sequoia groves. they've got sprinklers and fire lines containing them. the fire is moving away from them, they're doing everything they can do to preserve the park, and it is still open to tourists. >> in southern california residents are dealing with flash floods, heavy rains and the storms have caused mudslides and forest officials to close several roads. 77-year-old woman was kill

tear gas scattering crowds including women and young children and then came the bull dozers and fires and finally this. heavily armed police opening fire. steady extre y treem -- stead sf people into the hospitals. a sniper takes aim and fires into the crowd. each time the violence appeared under control. it flared up again. ordinary people caught in the cross fire, a young woman showed us the view from her window, chaos and bloodshed, too afraid to speak on camera and we spoke with a father and daughter who raced home from work early, their smokey streets a ghost town. >> it's possible to attack anyone, because the streets are empty. so it's still not safe. but it's safe inside the house. >> for us officials it's a nice mare scenario, the key, u.s. allie, over throwing the elected leader and supporters facing off against the hardline military. protesters fought back with rocks and pushed armor's vehicles off the bridge. violence that is now spreading. angry mobs torching 18 churches in retaliation and as night falls an erie silence on the street with a curfew in effect, no one knows

there was cheering, crying, church bells ringing, bull dozerers, demolishing and then michele knight in front of it all. take a look at what happened. 32-year-old michele knight showed up exactly where no one thought she would be, outside the home in which she was a prisoner for 11 years. with the beaming smile and bright yellow balloons she used the demolition to bring attention to the plight of missing children. >> nobody was there for me when i was missing. and i want the people out there to know including the mothers that they can have strength. they can have hope. and their child will come back. they will. just have the love in god and you'll see they'll come back. >> reporter: knight has become the most outspoken. the only one to appear in person at ariel castro's sentencing delivering a powerful unforgettable verbal blow. >> i spent 11 years in hell. now your hell is just beginning. >> reporter: knight seems to embrace her new role hoping to become a motivational speaker. >> i feel very liberated that people think of me as a hero and a role model and i would love to continue b

they have helicopters and dozers ready. red flag warnings are up for the foothills, the mountain areas and the coastal regions. >> a good portion of northern california is at risk for combination of dry lightning and gusty winds. that with the dry conditions is going to elevate extremely high. >> in april we did have lightning storms that touched down since then. it's been usually dry. what this is called is cheat grass. it's all over the hillsides in the oakland hills. that is why the fire danger is high and when we talk about a red flag alert. it's not just because it's hot. all the conditions have to be ripe and very serious. that's why cal fire issued the red flag alert. frank. >> let's talk about that red flag warning. are there specific rules we've got to follow because of that. >> that's a good question. doesn't mean just to be on alert. no bbqs or open fires in the park areas. if you have a permit for such, there's a chance they could be revoked. and not supposed to use any equipment that could spark a fire. when in

you have to look for opportunities for resources to position themselves, so steep it's more dozers.crews and aircraft. >> reporter: 2,500 homes are threatened in the rim fire near yosemite national park. some people have already lost their homes like this one on packered canyon road. >> my daughter has a home up there. and reportedly her place burned up. >> reporter: many people are still waiting for information. and some on their way to yosemite were greeted with these road closures. >> we'll have a detour, we'll get to our destination. >> it's kind of turn it over to god deal. there's nothing you can do. totally helpless. what happens is going to happen. >> reporter: fire officials tell us they do not believe this fire was started by lightning. they also tell us this fire is especially difficult to fight because of the steep terrain. reporting in buck meadows, i'm melinda mesa, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the alameda county fire department strike team is heading to the yosemite area to help fight that rim fire. authorities tweeted photos of the crew members preparing two engines toda

that is not quite the case, there are certainly a lot of resources. 454 engines, 16 helicopters. 59 dozers just to give you a sample of what's out here. but of course, all of it is very much needed. again, the rim fire is 15% contained tonight. reporting live in tuolumne county, jodi hernandez. >> you heard it. it's gone. campers mourning the loss of berkley's tuolumne family camp. you heard jodi say it's operated outside of yosemite for nine decades. it hosted generations of families. >> that was our cabin, swimming hole. >> reporter: pictures of a cherished time, camping among the giant redwoods just outside yosemite. >> that's cherise's cabin. >> reporter: for janis and her two children, the recent journey to tuolumne camp was the highlight of the summer. >> it's beautiful. it's like heaven on earth. there's these giant trees and shady areas, and there's a river that runs through it. >> reporter: she and her family have attended the camp for seven years, but now her pictures of green meadows, sprawling trees and the old dining hall are just mementos. this is what the camp looks like now

. >> shepard: violence broke out as security forces clear protest camps in cairo, unleashing bull dozersnd tear gas. last count close to 150 people reported killed. more than 1400 others hurt. michaelo han lynn at the brookings institution, a. >> he's on the live line. thank you. >> hi, good to be with you. >> this looks awful. >> yeah, egypt's tienanmen square. with a deal of premedication, comparable to beijing in 1989. it's becoming harder and harder to do what i wanted to do all along which is to believe the military has a plausible sense of how they'll restore stability and democracy to egypt. this is a massive intentional putdown and it's a huge mistake. >> shepard: i wonder if -- if it leads to more -- new elections and revised constitution, this could be salvaged, otherwise there could be trouble for the whole world. >> i think that's right. i guess the basic idea here is that if the muslim brotherhood is going to compete again for political control if egypt, most people, at least most of western sensibility, would agree there has to be bounds on how it governs so it doesn't hija

but in anticipation of that fire again we've put in what we call dozer lines hand crew license we have also surrounded that with engine companies in preparation for that firefight. we've been monitoring since the continue to monitor it for the city of san francisco. >>brown: everybody has been happened in arizona. does that change the way you fight fires now? >> well, yes, in prescott arizona, weighs heavy in all the firefighters here. safety is our prime concern. escape routes, all of these are trained professionals. absolutely, we will that is going to be an extensive investigation. taken a moment of silence at the rim fire to remember those firefighters. minds and we have to monitor on a daily basis. >>brown: the other thing that's being watched is the sequoia groves. what measures are you taking? >> thatio park service hasvery d fire preparation. they've evacuated those groves and they also have protection measures not only sprinklers but they've prepped around those groves. treasure but a worldwide treasure. command team of the u.s. forest and the fifthers to protect those groves.

they used military dozers to go through the area and sweep out major camps. one of them took very few hours to completely fall into control of the police. the much larger camp where a lot of casualties reported lasted for seven hours. close to 11 hours and the clean-up operation lasted into the early morning. there were very powerful images of many tents there that were set on fire. now, according to supporters of ousted president encamped in that location. they said it was the military who set them on fire as they were cleaning the area. essentially they're describing it as a scorched-earth policy by the military to try to cover up the tracks of what unfolded and what they describe as a bloody massacre. at this stage the clean-up seems to be still under way. we understand traffic is not moving back freely but people, pedestrians have been allowed to walk into that square, in both squares, actually. it's an indication that in that area, both of those squares are firmly in control of the government. >> thank you so much. i want to bring congressman ted deutsch

is a ploy, sheriff trainor keeps the teams on high alert while they attempt to find a way into the dozer. >> finally, many, many hours later, they were able to actually use a cutting torch and cut into the top of the tank or the bulldozer through where that air-conditioning unit was. and determine at that point that mr. heemeyer had died from a self-inflected gunshot wound. >> sheriff's deputies later find his writings which lay out his grievances with the town and his reasons for the rampage. no residents are injured, but marvin heemeyer destroys 14 buildings and causes nearly $8 million in damage. >> it's apparent in talking to the citizens of grandby and grand county, a lot of systems worked well. this could had been much worse. >> we have all felt very blessed that there was no loss of life, no civilians were injured or killed. >> the incident is shocking, but in the aftermath, the small town pulls together and starts to rebuild. >> the town wanted to do it right, and so they did not rush into the rebuilding of the town hall. however, i think that the town hall was seen as a symbol o

for the first time an evacuation is in order for the hundreds of homes there and dozers are working hard at clearing containment lines should this fire spread to this side. >> we have a monster on our hands. this fire is making its own weather. it's going every which direction. this is one of the worst i've ever been on and i have been doing it quite a few years. >> reporter: right now, firefighters are doing all they can to keep up. in the past couple of days, more than 4,000 lightning strikes have sparked 45 new fires here in northern california. so far, one firefighter has been injured. and yosemite national park still remains open. live in the studio, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> the fire is threatening several summer camps in the area including camp tawonga a jewish summer camp for kids and teens, also threatening san jose camp a family summer camp just east of groveland and spinning wheel an area that's filled with vacation rentals, homes and cabins. bay area campers that were up there on a school trip had their vacations cut short. >> turning out of camp, you could see the fire just

. >> they are cutting line, using all dozers to put a barrier between the fire and any structure thaticials say the rim fire has destroyed 31 homes and 80 other outbuildings. three minor injuries reported as well and the cause of this fire remains under investigation. cheryl: is the ash impacting water supplies? >> the leading edge of the fire has now moved to within about a mile or so of the reservoir located outside of yosemite national park. the main drinking water supply for millions of bay area residents. that's drinking water comes from the duct of that artificial lake in the reservoir so it has not impacted the water quality yet. authorities are scrambling to fill other reservoirs with the clean supplies before sings to the level of the intake valve. officials don't expect any disruptions but they are not taking any chances either. cheryl: especially northern california. thank you for that live report. treasury secretary jack lew says the clock is ticking on america reaching the debt limit and just a couple of months. rich edson is covering that story. certainly this is closer

. >> we have fires around homes where we used dozers at the initial attack.around it but not get there. we have homes completely surrounded by black. vegetation completely gone but we were able to preserve the homes. >> reporter: the red cross is now settings up shelters preparing for families displaced. martha. martha: there are several other fires burning across the west as well, right? >> reporter: that's right. for instance in idaho the governor there has issued a disaster declaration for the southern part of the state which has been impacted by wildfires there. and in the central part of the state, fire crews are hoping that favorable winds are going to help them gain control over this lightning-caused blaze that affected more than 140 square miles. in colorado, evacuations are underway in the western part of the state for a fire there. >> we've had a lot of rain lately, especially this season but things are still really dry. so from that standpoint, whatever's burning up there is going to burn quickly and that was evidenced yesterday. >> reporter: that

dozer teams are building more containment lines and those not out on the front lines are just tryingst a few miles from the fire's front line, thousands of firefighters are calling this pop up campground home. crews are getting much-needed rest and breathing in cool, filtered air in the mobile sleep centers. each one of the trailers can accommodate, 42 people, give them privacy and a chance to rest their lungs. there are also showers. a big laundry tent and a chow hall with food provided by the forest service and donated by local residents who want to show their gratitude. the battle against the flames here also causing flare-ups in washington where some republican lawmakers are once again taking aim at forest management policy. they say the lack of timber harvest and controlled burns in recent decades have left forests more vulnerable to catastrophic wildfires. they're hoping this disaster brings attention to and speeds mass passage of pending legislation that addresses wildfire prevention. meantime, jon, crews here are hoping cooler temperatures and higher humidity in the forecast

decades state officials insisted 31 boys were buried here on the grounds of the school once known as the dozereform school for boys but the bodies were never properly accounted for. some died in a dormitory fire in 1914, some from a flu epidemic in 1918. but what haunts this place is the school's painful history. over the last few years dozens of former students have come forward to say teachers and administrators dealt ruthless beatings, sexual abuse, and even murder. using high-tech equipment the researchers found evidence of at least 19 more bodies buried in this area. their research of school records also showed the bodies of another 22 boys who died at the school were never accounted for. >> this baby here is him. >> reporter: o'dell smil's brother owen has send to this school and she never saw him again. his family was told owen died of knew moan ya. >> my brother was running across an open field, and there was three men shooting at him with rifles. i believe until this day that they shot my brother that night and i think they probably killed him. and they brought him back to the school

can see burning there more than 1,400 firefighters on the scene there, and water trucks and bull dozersroyed and 1500 people have fled their homes due to the fire. we will continue to follow that and of course the devastating flooding hitting parts of the midwest, and even into regions like colorado later on. >> jennifer, thank you for that. >> police may be one step closer to catching a suspected killer. authorities warn this man, joe dimaggio, is dangerous. he could be armed with explosives. he is accused of killing a california mother and her 8-year-old son and kidnapping 16-year-old hannah anderson. and authorities turning to a forest in idaho after a sighting there. miguel marquez is there now. >> reporter: the search for hannah anderson and jim dimaggio gets underway today in earnest. there are hundreds pouring into this area. it's a massive area here, the river of no return wilderness area, and their car was found on friday morning, and they had last been seen about 48 hours before that when a horse back rider saw them, and so it has been sometime since they have been seen by tha

. >> let me go to kim dozer. wait for the microphone. thanks. >> thanks, i have a question again for matt burrows you might not like the question. i have been to a few presentations you have this amazing, here is what is going to happen in several decades. how reactive have you found, the white house, the branches of federal government to what you tell them? are have you been able to point to something saying they're listen and changing what they're doing because of what we found out? >> yes. i mean is the answer. i mean in this present volume, the interesting thing was they wanted to engage very early, much, before the publication. and one of the big issues was on the energy, looking at that, looking at implications. of that. that is still something ongoing in terms of how to think about a policy, but certainly, getting the information, some of the preliminary analysis, on what the impacts. i point to, and in previous administrations, previous works. i mean the secretary of state clinton, had initiative on water, on food. there was enor