in late may, 2011, the wallow fire raced across eastern arizona, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and burning more than 469,000 acres. making it the largest in arizona's history. the fires believed to have started after a campfire blew out of control and spread quickly due to dry weather and fierce winds. over 4,000 firefighters were assigned to the wallow fire. currently, there are hundreds of firefighters working to contain at least four blazes in central and eastern arizona. this represents just a fraction of the thousands of first responders and firefighters who risk their lives each and every day battling fires across the country. the usfa supports these individuals. they don't take their responsibilities lightly and i as an authorizer of the usfa, neither do i. the testimony of our witnesses this morning should help the members of the subcommittee understand the priorities and to better the usfa's continued efforts to the reduce fire deaths, injuries and property loss. we thank our witnesses for being here today and look forward to your testimony. i now recognize

rain will fall in texas, new mexico and eastern arizona. the midwest will be mostly fair with scattered showers. and it will be sunny from california through the plains. >>> in sports, a historic night in baltimore as the texas beats the orioles 10-3. the game's big story is josh hamilton who hit two-run homers off three different orioles pitchers. he's only the 16th player in major league history to hit four in a game, a list that goes all the way back to 1894. after the game, hamilton said his home run secret is to stay small. >> i wasn't getting too big, do too much. just taking the barrel to the bat to the ball and worked out good. >> yes, it did along with the homers, hamilton hit a double, setting an american league single game record of 18 total bases. >>> now to the nba playoffs. nuggets at lakers. it was a wild fourth quarter. denver's mcgee helping build a lead before lakers' kobe bryant went on a tear, hitting four three-pointers in the last five mights. but the nuggets held on to win 102-99 and stay alive in the series. >>> in c

currently, there are firefighters working to contain four blazes in central and eastern arizona. this represents a fraction of the firefighters who risk their lives every day. the usfa supports these individuals. they don't take the responsibleties lightly and i as an authorizer of -- neither do i. the testimony of our witnesses this morning should help the members understand the priorities of usfa and -- to reduce fire deaths, injuries and property loss. we thank our witnesses for being here today and we look forward to our testimony. i now recognize the gentle lady from arizona, miss edwards, for her opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for calling this morning's hearing to examine the activities and priorities of the united states fire administration. very pleased to welcome chief mitchell and our other witnesses here today to hear more of that, his vision for the administration, particularly good to welcome my good friend kevin o'connor as well as the other witnesses. thank you for taking too time to be with us. the administration was created in 1974 to

in late may 2011, the wallow fire raced across eastern arizona forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents and burning more than 469,000 acres, making it the largest in arizona's history. the fire's believed to have started after a campfire blew out of control and spread quickly due to dry weather and fierce winds. over 4,000 firefighters were assigned to the wallow fire. currently, there are hundreds of firefighters working to contain at least four blazes in central and eastern arizona. this represents just a fraction of the thousands of first responders and firefighters who risk their lives each and every day battling fires across the country. the usfa supports these individuals. they don't take their responsibilities lightly, and i as an authorizer of the usfa, neither do i. the testimony of our witnesses this morning should help the members of the subcommittee understand the priorities of usfa. in order to better enable the usfa's continued efforts to reduce fire deaths, injuries and property loss. we thank our witnesses for being here today, and we look forward to your testi

extreme fire danger in eastern arizona and much of new mexico today with winds gusting to 55 plus miles dry conditions there. the fire just north of phoenix continues to burn only 26% containment there. we are off to an early start here and we didn't have a lot of snow this past winter. we fear that this year's fire season is going to be bad. >> all right. to a different kind of problem. not a serious problem but a problem nonetheless. take a look at this huge snake. it's curled around a tree in a man's yard. this is in south carolina. the homeowner took these pictures. he thinks that's a python. >> it's big like a python. >> but it's not a python according to officials, whoever they are. likely a black rat snake. have you ever heard of a black rat snake? >> no. i suspect that one has eaten a lot of rats. >> it actually has eaten a lot. why is it in a tree, you ask? i don't know. maybe it's eating squirrels. >> i've seen some -- rats with long tails. >> he's trying to get it off the tree but it won't go. >> hopefully it doesn't switch from well, the problem is i thi the homeowner doesn'

currently, there are hundreds of firefighters working to obtain more blazes in central and eastern arizona. this represents just a fraction of the thousands of first responders and firefighters who risk their lives each and every day battling fires across the country. the u.s. fa supports these individuals. they don't take the responsibilities lightly and i as an authorizer and neither do i. the testimony of our witnesses this morning should help the members of the sub committee understand the priorities of usfa. in order to better enable the continued efforts to reduce fire death website injuries, and property loss. we thank our witnesses for being here today. i recognize the lady from indiana mrs. edwards for her opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for calling the hearing to exam the activities a preen priorities of the united states fire administration. very pleased to welcome chief mitchell and other witnesses here today so we can hear more about the vision for the administration particularly pleased to welcome my good friend kevin 0'connell as as well as our o

that's at 1:30 eastern here on c-span3. right now arizona senator john kyle delivering the commencement address at arizona christian university in phoenix. he spoke about his faith and advised graduations that preparation for whatever life brings is indispensable to success. the commencement took place at scottsdale bible church in scottsdale, arizona. it's about 15 minutes. >> and i would say thankfully so. good morning, graduates. and good morning, proud maems of graduates, members of the faculty and administration of this fine biblically integrated education. confession is good for the soul at that time on that top 100 list, i ranked just below lady gaga. i had to ask who lady gaga was. well today you celebrate. and your sense of accomplishment in earning your degree is justified. you've completed a crucial phase in the beginning of life learning. and i'm sure that you join me in thanking all of the people who put their faith in you. your family. your professors, your other mentors. as one of america's best educators booker t. washington

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arizona is currently battling four wildfires in the central and eastern part of the state. we had a wallow fire last year and we continue to see this. can you give me some insight on why are wildfires becoming a more significant threat? is it forest management policy such as ensuring that we are keeping fuel low and trees thinned to a healthy level or patterns of development because people are moving closer to forests or a combination of both? >> thank you. i would say it's a combination of both. i'm not as well versed on the fuels management program that they have, but i can promise you that as we grow as a community, we're reaching out into areas that were never designed for fire trucks to get into and take care of. as we expand the size of our cities or the movement out into the urban interface area we just increase the number of buildings that are going to be hurt during the wild land fires. i believe it's both, but primarily the way that we're managing our growth. >> okay. thanks. chief mitchell, do you have any thoughts on why they're becoming more significant? >> aga

as you know, arizona is now battling four wildfires in the central and eastern state. we had the wallow wildfire last year and we continue to see this. can you see this, kind of give me some insight on why are wildfires becoming a more significant threat? is it forced management policies, ensure that we're keeping fuel loads low and trees thinned to a healthy level, or patterns of development because people are moving closer to forests, or is it a combination of both? >> thank you. i would say it's a combination of both. i'm not as well versed on the fuels management program that they have, but i can promise you that as we grow as a community, we're reaching out into areas that were never designed for fire trucks to get in to take care of.

west texas and eastern new mexico will have thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail. it will be hot in southern arizonaeastern california with highs near 110 degrees. >>> in sports, a big night for the nba's biggest star. before the heat took on the pacers in miami, lebron james received the regular season mvp trophy, his third in four years. then to business, james driving the baseline for a reverse layup in the third quarter, scoring with a fast break jam in the fourth, as the heat opened the seern conference semifinals with a 95-86 win. >>> in memphis on their third try the l.a. clippers finally clinched their first-round series against the grizzlies, taking control of game seven in the fourth quarter. the clippers won 82-72 and will take on the san antonio spurs in the western conference semifinal. >>> now to baseball and a mother's day slug fest around the majors. in arlington, the rangers' nelson cruz hit a third inning grand slam home run down the third baseline, making it 6-2 over the angels and texas won it 13-6. >>> in miami, bottom of the ninth inning, the score tied 4-4 after a blown save b

private nonprofit right next door to us and then along the eastern edge of fort island the uss missouri sits within 1,000 yards of the uss arizona memorial. and that is open to the public. and lastly on fort island the place of the naval air station at pearl harbor, we have the pacific aviation museum that has artifacts from that world war ii period and aircraft that represent not only world war ii but all the way going up to the gulf war. within the confines of pacific historic sites you can learn a lot about pacific war history. thank you for coming today and seeing our new museums that demonstrates that the national park service and its world war ii veterans have brought this story together to reflect to the public that visits here the sacrifices and also the history of the pearl harbor attack and the war in the pacific. >> american history tv is marking memorial day 2012 with programming featuring the stories, recollections and memories of america's veterans. known as decoration day until 1882, memorial day is observed annually in the united states on the last monday of may to honor all americans who have died in all wars. t

private nonprofit right next door to us, and then along the eastern edge of ford island, the "uss missouri" sits within 1,000 yards of the "uss arizona" memorial. that is open to the public. and lastly, on ford island, the place of the naval air station at pearl harbor, we have the pacific aviation museum that has artifacts from that world war ii period and aircraft that represent not only world war ii but all the way going up to the gulf war. so within the confines of pacific historic sites, you can learn a lot about pacific war history. thank you for coming today and seeing our new museum that demonstrates that the national park service and its world war ii veterans have brought this story together to reflect to the public that visits here the sacrifices and also the history of the pearl harbor attack and the war in the pacific. >>> throughout the weekend here on american history tv on c-span3, watch personal interviews about historic events on oral history. our history bookshelf features some of the best known history writers. revisit key figures, battles, and events during the 150th anniversary of the civil war. visit college cla

arizona. out to the east, still looking unsettled along the atlantic coast. driving up for northeastern parts of the united states. eastern canada and southeastern parts of the u.s. will continue to see thunderstorms on thursday. here are the temperatures. 39 in phoenix. you can see the heat spreading up into central canada. 31 in winnipeg for the high on thursday. into europe we go. more wet weather coming into the british isles. hail in scotland in the last 24 hours. it will be gusty and wet here of the we have another series of systems moving from scandinavia done to the baltic peninsula. actually this low in particular heading over the adriatic sea. that will up the risk of flash flooding. that system will come in to turkey for friday. warm to the east. 25 in moscow. 22 in kiev. 12 and low teens for berlin as well as vienna. 31 in madrid. a new system bringing temperatures down on thursday. here is the extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour. a judge will lead a caretaker government in greece through the next month. there will be an interim prime minister before the round of elections. he headed the council

wildfires are becoming a more significant threat to it as you know, arizona is currently battling the wild fires in the central and eastern part of the state and we had the fire last year and we continue to see this. can you say, give me some insight on why are the wildfires becoming a more significant threat? is a forest management policies such as ensuring that we are keeping fuel low and trees than? to a healthy level or patterns of development moving closer or a combination of both? >> thank you. i would say it's a combination of both. i'm not as well first of the fuel management program that they have, but i can promise you that as we grow as a community, we are reaching out into areas that were never designed for fire trucks to get in to take care of. so as we expand the size of the cities or the movement out into the urban interface area, we just increase the number of buildings that are going to be hurt during the wildfires. so i believe it is both but primarily the way that we are managing our growth. >> thank you. chief michel, you have any thoughts on why they become more significant? >> again, i'm not as famil

west texas and eastern new mexico will have thunderstorms with heavy rain and hail. it will be hot in southern arizonaeastern california with highs near 110 degrees. >>> in sports, a big night for the nba's biggest star. before the heat took on the pacers in miami, lebron james received the regular season mvp trophy, his third in four years. then to business, james driving the baseline for a reverse layup in the third quarter, scoring with a fast break jam in the fourth, as the heat opened the seern conference semifinals with a 95-86 win. >>> in memphis on their third try the l.a. clippers finally clinched their first-round series against the grizzlies, taking control of game seven in the fourth quarter. the clippers won 82-72 and will take on the san antonio spurs in the western conference semifinal. >>> now to baseball and a mother's day slug fest around the majors. in arlington, the rangers' nelson cruz hit a third inning grand slam home run down the third baseline, making it 6-2 over the angels and texas won it 13-6. >>> in miami, bottom of the ninth inning, the score tied 4-4 after a blown save b

eastern on hln. >>> firefighters struggle to contain a raging wildfire in arizona that's threatening a town.ale announcer ] we began with the rx. [ tires squeal ] then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. see your lexus dealer. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] >>> breaking news now. two more letters filled with white powder show up today. police are offering $150,000 reward for a clue to find the person mailing these envelopes. it's happened 20 times. the powder has turned out to be harmless. police believe the same man filled envelopes since 2008. >>> police escorts this morning after gunmen aimed a rifle at children getting on board the bus. wusb reports a note dropped at the scene might help them figure out who the gunman is. a rifle was ditched in a nearby yard. more than 0 officers going door to door asking for help. >>> lawmakers passed a new bill aimed at improving the state's immigration law. they arrested demonstrators. >>> a huge wildfire in ari

arizona. today some of that heat begins to spread. we'll be 93 in denver and 93 in dallas, so, you know, willie, this is probably the worst of it this week. the easternboard will start to clear out a little bit after that. >> let's hope you're right. ugly out there. bill karins, thanks so much. >>> to sports now, the thunder with a chance to clinch its spot in the western conference finals in front of the home crowd hoping to get past kobe. third quarter, kobe with a steal, coast to coast for the dunk. lakers up 2 at that point. kobe had 42 points in the game and 0 assists. his 13th career playoff game with 40 or more points. later russell west many brook, deflection and a steal. and the foul to give his team the lead part of a 14-3 run for the thundz their turned this game around in the fourth then kevin durant sinks the three with a hand in his face. that was a double digit lead for the thunder at that point. the lakers never recovered. westbrook and durant combine for 53 points. 9 thunder advance with a win and see the top seeded spurs who have an 18-game winning streak dating back to early april in the western conference finals. that should be a

eastern and visit the rediscovery lab at 2 and then join in the conversation with william kelso answering your questions live saturday. >> earlier today the justice department announced a lawsuit against arizona's maricopa county sheriff's office and its current leader. this stems from allegations that the sheriff's office violated constitutional rights of citizens, particularly hispanics courtesy of k tv k in phoenix, this is half an hour. >> good morning. i am tom perez, the assist apt attorney general for civil rights at the united states department of justice. today the department of justice did something it has done only once before in the 18 year history of our civil police reform work. we filed a contested lawsuit to stop skrim to her and unconstitutional law enforcement practices. in our police reform work we have invariably been able to work collaboratively with law enforcement agencies to build better departments and safer communities. maricopa county and maricopa county sheriff's office and sheriff ar pile have been a glaring exception to our. they have proven elusive here in maricopa county n june 2008 the department of justice began its initial inquiry into allegations that montgom

arizona immigration laws. later, in washington post columnist will continue the spotlight. that is live tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. we will look at the current state of politics and the economy in europe. we will hear from a state department official about u.s.- europe relations and the recent nato g-8 summit. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. it is good to welcome all of you. phil, welcome back. i think you all know that till gordon was a distinguished member of the brookings community for quite some time. even more to the point, he was the founding director of the center for the united states and europe. i might add is also a great pleasure to see the french ambassador here this afternoon. thank you for the support that you gave 2 brookings, and that your predecessors gave to fiona hill, was -- and she would be addressing you from this lectern at the date of this conference, but she was locked into a commitment in beijing. but i want to assure you on behalf of brookings and the united states and europe that this does not represent a strategic pivot on the part of the institution or

arizona, nevada and utah. we have red flag warnings in effect out here. keep that in mind if we have any wildfires they will be spreading quickly because of those conditions. otherwise across the easterne have rainfall to talk about including us in new york city where we could see over an inch of rain and thunderstorms could be possible as well. some of it coming down across portions of new england in pennsylvania we will continue to see that through out the day today. possibly tropical waves as well. >>> a young actress from the hit sitcom modern family revealing she just receive add new kidney from a member of her family, her dad. sara highland admits she has to hide the pain of her disease on the show. >> i try and make it so that haley is always sitting down. if you notice she is sitting down a lot, texting, reading something. >> when haley walks up the stairs that's like my workout for the week. >>> doctors performed the transplant last month. highland is now recovering and says she is doing fine. >>> brett michael's tony award headaches comes to an end. they settled the lawsuit with the awards show after this on stage mishap in 2009. >> michaels claims he was not told about the

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arizona. hello to our viewers there kpho, 65 degrees. again, we are talking 11:34 easternd view it. will-t will be mostly clear, cool at 65 but a perfect view of that super moon. again, your humidity is so low, crystal clear outside. that's a quick look at one portion of the country. here's a closer look at the weather for your weekend. >> announcer: this weather segment sponsored by macy's. >> all right, everybody, a great saturday. jeff, over to you. >> thanks very much. >>> are we criminalizing kids? in the early 199 0z the federal government allowed schools to create their own police forces to make sure students and teachers are safe. but some think this kind of policing has gone too far. according to the new york daily news police here in new york arrested on average five school kids a day and it's happening all over the country. you might wonder whatever happened to sending students to the principal's office or calling their parents. in some spots, the approach seems to be, call police first, ask questions later. yes, even kindergartners are not immune. last month a

now, introduced by arizona congressman trent franks who would fine anyone who has an abortion sought based on the sex or gender of the child. a vote is expected around 2:00 p.m. easternoriginally this bill included a provision based on race-based abortions. oppone opponents were against the name the susan b. anthony. now it's called the prenate tall act. joining me is congresswoman sheila jackson lee. they say oefd abortions based on the predicted sex of the fetus, they're limited. they're also inconclusive. so why do you think republicans are bringing this bill up now. >> well, thomas, thing the next act be dragging women out of parent rooms into the streets and screaming over their bodies as they get dragged out of getting access to women's health care. that's what i feel like is occurring today with the legislation that is on the floor. thomas, first of all, there is bipartisan unilateral and unanimous support that we should not have agenda-based abortions for the sake of getting one gender over another. that's a hue maven thing that we shoumtd get involved with. this bill is a direct intrusion into the relationship between patient and physician. we lielz that the

eastern part of the country with drenching rain and flooding from michigan to maine and all the way down to miami. also, stormy along the gulf coast, the southern half of texas, new mexico and arizonagusty winds in the northwest. >> 75 in salt lake city. 84 in sacramento. kansas city up to 71. minneapolis, 67. chicago, even 60. 70s from new york to atlanta. 84 in new orleans. >>> well, many of us have captured our picture perfect prom moment, all the smiles and you are dressed to the nines. but apparently some teens in wisconsin didn't get the kodak moment they were hoping for. >> this is pretty funny. this is what happened when nearly 20 high school seniors decided to pile on to a wooden pier to have their picture taken before the big dance. well, yeah, the pier suddenly collapsed leaving most of them soaking wet. thankfully no one was hurt. those girls were mad about their hair. >> the teens didn't miss a beat, though. they tossed the wet clothes in the dryer, dried their hair, touched up their makeup and made it all to the prom with a memory of a lifetime. >> you want your prom to be memorable. >> that's a great story. >> they'll have a great story for many years. look on the br

. >>> at 6:00 eastern, we'll be joined by the ceo of the san francisco aids foundation and former mayor of tempe, arizonapolitical calculations involved in the president's decision to publicly support same-sex marriage. >>> texas teen busted for trying to rob a police station. but he claims it was all just a big misunderstanding. records show 18-year-old keaton manuel walked into the station demanding money saying he had a gun. >> i had my hands just like this over the counter. i said where your money at. then i said, no, i'm just playing. >> it's not a laughing matter. when you tell someone you have a gun and you are acting nervous and have your hands concealed with a towel, what is a person to think? >> it turns out manuel didn't have a weapon but prank or no prank he faces several charges and he remains in a dallas county jail. bet you he didn't think it would end up like this. surveillance video at a gas station in cleveland capturing an attempted robbery on tape. a guy tries to rip a woman's purse off her arm. the victim fights back. a gas station employee sees it, gangs up on him, sits on his head

eastern shore. accused of abusing a german foreign exchange student who lived with him and his wife eight years ago in federalsburg, maryland. restrictions was serving a 25-year sentence at a federal prison in arizonadmitted to abusing boys dating back to the '70s. >>> 5:46. a campaign consultant accused of using robo calls to suppress black voter turnout is expected to return to the witness stand in his trial today. jewel i can't say henson worked for former maryland governor bob ehrli ehrlich's campaign. prosecutors say henson used automatic calls to tell voters that democratic governor martin o'malley already won the 2010 election so they did not need to vote. henson said his calls weren't meant to keep block voters away. >>> what a difference a year makes. virginia governor mcdonald's popularity has taken a tumble in the past few months. 56% of virginians approve of the job he's doing, according to a new poll, down by 6% from a year ago. 35% of people surveyed disapprove of his performance. that is a 9% increase from last year. this year's heated legislative session which included debates over gun control and abortion rights bills might have contributed to his sagging approval numbers. >>> the