popularity continues to grow i mean i grew up in paris and i remember when i was a child the national front was really a marginal party that didn't have much support and now it really has become they think france's third biggest party why do you think you've become so popular now. the third maybe even the second maybe even when the european elections come around the number one party i think we're really moving towards taking power that's what i want you know i'm not here is a bystander i'm here to come into power and apply the ideas that are mine and that i can see are already being applied in other countries around the world i think it's just a matter of it all coming together since a lot of french people are starting to realise that everything's a national front predicted came through on the subject of the risks with immigration on the economic model but it's been imported from and imposed by the united states meaning the older liberal model which destroys economies and denies the people the riches that they have selves have created and denies nations their sovereignty their you are and s

yes well i mean if the board if first of all if the national front party members trust me enough to invest in me as a presidential candidate. and want to know for sure. and i think that we're going to take our i think we'll make it in the next ten years which means that might be in two thousand and seventeen or it might be the next time. the system thought up by the union for a popular movement the socialist party established system is clearly collapsing and i spend my whole life working on what have been the next day by why. i mean on rebuilding a system that is respectful of democracy respect of justice. all of these aren't things to which all means the freedom of the people. on the envelope and likes to say that things are go and get rich pressure then under sarkozy because things back then were so bad that he can only make a bit of a progress. the reality is that things are getting worse and worse and these two movements managed to turn one of the world's richest countries france into a bankrupt country with a rocketing unemployment rate with poverty that continues to rise and a real f

this is clearly a publicity stunt using the national front slogan and the government should be ashamed to bring that back in to public use. >> what is your take? >> i agree with it a lot of what he has just said. we also have to remember that we are in this situation because of the inefficiencies and ineffectiveness of a home office in the u.k. border agency as it was before. we have so many people waiting in the backlog because of the system is inefficient and ineffective. this campaign is totally and utterly ridiculous. based on evidence that every seems to be able to get their hands on. and when parliament itself has said that it is not 100% clear about the immigration figures of people coming in and out of the country, it is ridiculous that we are facing a campaign on rumor and your site -- irsay. -- and here say. to this goingtion around certain neighborhoods with a couple of vans that say "go home"? i agree that the plot are going around, and for that matter, that 3,000 pound bomb, relativelyhese are trivial and piecemeal things. it leaves a bad taste in one's mouth. i think ther

there are fundamentalists just like anywhere else you have people we have in england we have the national front which is nothing to do with religion but it's a militant organization or a party which is against foreigners against blacks etc etc so you have among the arab countries and among the muslim countries indeed some there are some criminal elements but i'm talking about the overwhelming majority of people and systems they never had anything of that there where sometimes lack of consideration say for the christians it's very difficult to imagine a christian becoming president of egypt for instance there is no law against that there is nothing stops anybody but there is a general acceptance you wouldn't. ok michael you want to. go to michael. i would like to and i'd like to underscore was service saying because if if on a regional basis and again because of outside interference if syria were to fall now the christians that and all the minorities that have been that al assad has been protecting it's going to be an absolute disaster that's going to a fact all the minorities and particularly t

the national revolution front wants all of its fighters to be freed before talking to the government.was the first person to be allowed inside the person. >> reporter: every day this woman goes to see her husband in prison. >> translator: there is no justice anymore. when we analyze what happened to anwar, and try to dig deeper, it is not possible to get justice. >> reporter: anwar is sentenced to serve 12 years in prison for belonging to the national revolution front, which has been fighting for a separate muslim state in southern tie lan. his supporters say the evidence is far too week to support such a tough sentence. this is the first time that authorities have allowed the international media to see for ourselves what the conditions are like. prison officials asked us not to show any of the convicts' faces. one the leader of an armed group, says he doesn't regret his actions at all. >> translator: my responsibility is controlling the military operations, and i would like to tell the government if they want to do peace groups, don't just do it with one group. it wouldn't work. >> r

meanwhile, the national salvation front spoke to us. >> what's going on in cairo is ok, demonstrationests that are very peaceful and we hope they will continue in the peaceful movement. the presence of the security is that, a few moments ago, we have witnessed some incidents that we feel sorry about. people who are just trying to fire, again, at the police station. we hope the demonstration will go peacefully. we don't accept any violence. let me say that it's not a coupe. the people are not going to do a coupe. the people say we want egypt to be free and independent and to behave in a certain way, so the people are saying its word. after that, we have the roadmap that is quite clear. we need to follow it and commit ourselves to this roadmap. we welcome any faction to join the people. >> so that was from the national salvation front, speaking to me a little earlier on. these are the live pictures right now we are seeing. you can see a few looks like a couple of hundred protestors from this vantage point here out on the streets demonstrating, so that's the scene. to take a look at what

. >>> al jazeera has been given access to the national revolution front.is the first foreign reporter to be allowed inside the prison and sent us this report. >> reporter: every day this woman goes to see her husband. he is one of about 60 men imprisoned here. >> translator: there is no justice anymore. when we analyze what happened to anwar and try to dig deeper, it is not possible to get justice. >> reporter: anwar is sentenced to 12 years in prison for belonging to the national revolution front which has been fighting for a separation muslim state in thailand. his -- this is the first time that authorities have allowed the international media to see for ourselves what conditions are like inside thailand's version of guantanamo. we were asked not to show any of the convicts faces. this man says he doesn't regret his actions at all. >> translator: my responsibility is controlling the military operations, and i would like to tell the government that if they want to do peace talks, don't just do it with one group. it wouldn't work. >> reporter: even if it o

we have the resignation of the with the national salvation front and the opposition groups -- he resignedecause he would not take the responsibility. he did not want to give the security forces a blank check. there are the first >> that you can see in the fault lines, deliberately supporting the military to. so, could egypt be heading to civil war? the latest developments suggest there is that ainge are. at a meeting in berlin on saturday with his counterpart -- he condemned the spiraling violence in cairo. an urgent appeal for dialogue. >> there was a grim assessment of the events in egypt. the possibility of civil war and the spiraling death toll. urged a switch from confrontation to dialogue. they admit that this won't be easy. >> the goal is to begin a political process where all sides come together to chart the direction of the country. that we allant engage in open dialogue with each other. that means providing leaders of parties that have been jailed the opportunity to rejoin the political process. >> qatar often acts as a mediator in solving regional conflicts. before the ouster o

members and supporters of germany's far right national democratic front of rallied outside a mosque in leipzig chanting maria not sharia protesters urge the government to stop what they call a foreign infiltration of german society meter counter-demonstrations for more than a hundred fifty leftist activists stage and nazi protests. germany set to spend nearly a decade collecting hundreds of tons of gold which is kept in u.s. vaults the bullion withdrawal comes at a time of growing pressure from sees double euro zone economies and an additional push from those who believe america's already scattered berlin's wealth is going to teach accounts got the story. behind these walls is one of the most secretive organizations in the world u.s. federal reserve website to audit them hits the wall this place is impenetrable for three years the u.s. federal reserve has been the place where many countries of the word a big chunk of their nation's wealth as the country's weathered different waves of economic crises now mean instability the federal reserve seems to them like a more or less secure place

violence just this week we've heard one of the leading liberal figures who heads up the national salvation front which is the kurdish liberal forces has resigned following the violence we expect to hear the kinds of attacks like it goes on and there are more fatalities. at this point we know that the unrest is spreading all across the country and the entire country in fact is enduring more trouble what more can you tell us. absolutely it's not just the capital which the moment is a somewhat of a war zone there's also been reports of fatalities now to the north in the nile delta and yet which is the governor as we go. at the time it's monday which is near put saif in addition there are clashes in an exam to have as well as tom says he was seeing this kind of violence spreading everywhere as the supporters of mostly either an altercation is with the with the police or with residents of the area so really what this is coming off the back of is of course wednesday's very bloody crackdown by the security forces on to sit ins inquiry which we saw violence once again spread across the country it's quit

close contact with the military generals in egypt and other opposition leaders from the national salvation front now what we see is that intervention will fire back at them either way the people that evolution's assets are gone but in egypt to spend a lot bill over that is inevitable today. you know the radical cleric in saudi will more or less say that the saudis drones have betrayed islam and other. cleric and clergy in the gulf will inevitably go again those more not for that obviously we've got these clashes going on between the pro and anti morsi supporters on the protests as well the police have been authorized to use deadly force do you think the average person there on the street understands the external factors that are having an influencing hand as you said kuwait and saudi arabia. well not everyone definitely is on the same page and they don't understand the ramifications of what has happened what has happened not only will have this and into some perhaps of the war but also that we've seen the need of being a menu to being unique understand the united states. a state has a sense stat

liberal parties and actually an artist they say the latest news account was the head of the national salvation front which is once which is the largest religion that refuses and ones that many position and quits after this you know huge amounts of violence and there was again a lot of condemnation from the brewers in multiple countries in saying this but it's has to stop and security forces must behave with restraint so the security forces are going to have to do it quickly and stop the violence and behave a little bit better and meanwhile the misspoken that support is allowing to remain on the streets from cairo thank you. well if you want to access what bell trues been signal for you can on launches of breaking developments from the heart of egypt's deadly find her twitter dot com slash fell through. and people been uploading videos of egypt's kotak seems online in this video you can see on you tube you apparently see people trying to escape police gunshots by using ropes to clamber down this bridge on the street below indeed some people apparently so desperate they simply jumped despite what's be

that journalism schools around the country teach their students to report about, national security has not been a frontner issue. >> that is why they launched the national security initiative in 2009. the reporting project is part of it. >> it is a way to find new and better, more innovative ways to understand the issues, training young journalists and working journalists on how to cover these complex issues in a challenging media environment. >> i hope that what is important about this project is to show issues of national security that might surprise people. >> each year there will be a different topic with a different title. the first one was global warming and the national security implications of climate change. >> 10 students interviewed 200 national security experts over three months, traveling to the arctic circle, bangladesh, peru, n.c., and texas. here are four of their stories. >> our story took a look at the cia's center for climate change and national security, which grabbed headlines when the national security of registration kick it off in september of 2009. >> having covered the cia for

offices and now even the united nations headquarters a nuvi leaked document reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s all out spying effort . platts says libya months two years since the fall of gadhafi we report on how the government is a reversion to the colonel savage method is to crush dissent while the countrysides in chief in economic turmoil. live from moscow this is our cio it's me tom would say it's good to have you company with us the soft and let's take a look at the bulletin by the authority of the united nations appears to be facing

front of your home. pg and e held a national safe digging event in front of a home depot. the goal is to educate, do it yourselfers and contractors on the importance of calling 811. >> what happens is, the company called u.s.a. north comes out and mark all the utility lines for free. that way you avoid things like this happening, where you have dig ins. it can create a public safety issue. >> 811 hot line is available to homeowners, ease ease excavators. >>> kpix5 shows us how fighting that citation just got harder. >> reporter: before it comes to this, parking officers have one more step to take. a picture of the infraction in action. in san francisco, they are using little machines to write a ticket and take photographive evidence. >> this is a logical progression in energy that gives both parties information about what happened. >> because the city that is infamous for handing out parking tickets has a lot of drivers contesting them. >> we put a lot of resources into the hearing process. >> there are so many complaints, one driver started keeping track. creating watch.c

two thousand and eleven which promptly demanded a halt to that snooping elsewhere on the national security front. bradley manning the soldier who was found guilty of leaking seventy five. pages seven hundred fifty thousand excuse me of classified government documents to wiki leaks was sentenced this morning to thirty five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge in the military many will be eligible for parole and could conceivably be out of prison in a little more than ten years you'll also get credit for the three and a half years that he's already spent in custody take a look at a clip manning's attorney speaking after the sentence was handed down. i want to share with you. peacey manny's statement that's part of this request. so we'll read it to you it was not until i was in iraq in reading secret military ports on a daily basis that i started to question the morality of what we were doing it was at this time i realized that our efforts to meet the risk posed to us by the enemy . we have forgotten our humanity as manny prepares to spend the next several years of his life behind bars his

and you get a thunderstorm popping up behind the nation sty front. and it can drop a lot of water like we saw in colorado. something to look for in the pacific northwest. it's nicer in the northeast. let's look at a live shot of new york city. 72 early this morning. low 70s is where we start. we end up much less humid. it was nasty. i don't like to give my opinion on warmth in the summer. it was gross. the kind of thing you can't do your hair in. boston, 80 today. 83 is average for this time of year. albany, you're going to have a nice day, too. a little below in some spots. and less humid. same deal on the east coast of the great lakes there. back here, a stationary front. and dallas, ten days of 100 or above. they may slip below that as we go into saturday. >> we're starting a new segment. it's quiz dan and bianna time. it's all about clouds. >> this is a classic alta stratus. >> dan likes to put together his words. that's a shelf cloud, my friends. >> i was just using the french term that ron used earlier. no? >> we'll try next time. >> that didn'

front your home. today pg&e held a national safe digging day event in front of an east palo alto home depot. the goal is to educate do-it- yourselfers and contractors on the importance of calling 811. >> what happens is that the company comes out and they mark the utility lines for free on the job site. that way you avoid things like this happening, where you have digs that can create a real public safety sis issue. >> the 811 hotline is available to homeowners and contractors who plan to dig, etch caviate or drill fred hutchinson everyone hates to come back their car and find a ticket on the windshield. kpix anne mac makovec shows us. >> reporter: in san francisco they are using these little machines to both write a ticket and take traffic evidence. >> this is a logical progression in technology that gives parties more information. >> the city infamous for handing out parking tickets has a lot of drivers contesting them. >> we do put a lot of resources into the hearing process when people have complaints. >> reporter: there are so many complaints that one driver started to keep track, we sp

decision he makes about the decisions that he makes about our foreign policy is with our national security interest front and center. >> now, the white house national security staff put out a statement this evening saying the president will continue to consult with u.s. allies but there is no mention the u.s. will go along with international partners. the next step comes when administration releases it's intelligence report on the chemical weapons attack to the public. the white house has hinted the president may make another statement on syria and presumably a window for action opens up this weekend when u.n. inspectors are scheduled to leave syria, but the u.s. appears to be ready to move before any further action at the u.n. they want to send a signal not just to syria but the world about the use of chemical weapons, piers. >> thanks very much, indeed. joining me now is senator john mccain. senator, thank you for joining me. why are you so credit kill of the president's actions so far in reaction to syria? >> well, first of all, we have watched syria evolve into one of the great humanitarian tragedies

. >>> now, for a check of today's national forecast. a cold frontmoving into the upper midwest, bringing showers and thunderstorms. damaging winds and hail are possible from south dakota to missouri. clouds and showers are also moving into the northeast but most of the west should be dry. >>> all on the "cbs moneywatch," the end of a family dynasty at the "washington post" and jetblue goes upscale. ashley morrison is here in new york with that and more. good morning, ashley. >> and good morning to you, alexis. >>> well, the news in washington is the newspaper. "the washington post" has been sold to amazon founder jeff bezos. bezos paid $250 million for the "post" and other company newspapers. "the post" has been owned by the grant family since 1933. like other newspapers, it's been losing readers and advertisers to the internet. bezos is buying "post" as an individual. amazon will not be involved. >>> asian stocks are mostly lower after disappointing earnings from toyota and honda. hong kong's hang seng lost more than 1% while tokyo's nikkei added 1

we're on the front lines of the all-out battle to contain the giant wildfire raging in yosemite national park. how this fire is creatings it own weather and now jeopardizing rows of giant sequoias, the symbols of the park system. >>. ♪ when will i hide below >> a singer silenced as linda ronstadt says she has parkensons. why she can no longer sing, and why it took eight years to diagnose nose. >> cry for help, a boy hearing robbers breaking in and alls 911. >> i'm going to have to whisper because they are coming here. >> what the dispatcher told him to do next. >>> and the running of the bulls comes to america. this morning, the backlash and the thousands of adrenaline junkies in virginia who decided to go for it anyway. >> good morning, america! >> from abc news, live from new york, this is "good morning america" with dan harris and bianna golodryga. >> good morning on this very busy sunday. we want to get to the top story this morning, the wildfire raging into yosemite national park. >> morning, it's threatening homes as well as the city of san francisco's water and power supply in a s

nations. on the political front, we are building a multiethnic, multiparty democracy with respect to the rule of law. our democratic process is moving forward at a strong and steady pace. our local elections took place in april of this year. there will be regional elections in september of this year, and our legislative and general elections will take place next spring, 2014. which will determine our national leadership, and that will be a very important thing to watch. we have a government of national unity. now all the communities purchase of eight in the workings of the -- artistic page in the workings of thegovernment and of the parliament. yes, we have differences of opinion, as all democracies do, but we are working together. slowly but surely, our efforts are achieving results. we are promoting human rights. there have been violations, which we had met, but there are -- which we admit, but there areconstant efforts to improve on that and to be responsive. and also the freedom of expression and advancements of women. --ere have been demonstrations and sit in thein iraq and many province

and flames in the west and flooding in the nation's mid-section. a storm front has stalled, dumping rain on five states. in tennessee, some folks climbed on to their roofs to escape the rising water. at least two people have drown in missouri, their cars swept away by floodwaters. one was a four-year-old boy and they're still looking for his mother. lindsey graham gramson of our cbs affiliate is in jerome, missouri. how significant is the damage? >> floods have ripped through the southwestern region of the state. the four-year-old boy was trapped in his mother's car as waters rushed in. authorities continue to search for the boy's mother. this area has seen as much as 15 inches of rain in the last two days alone. the t river here in jerome crested at 32 feet, its highest level ever recorded. up to 40 homes have been completely flooded. we spoke with residents who had to evacuate their homes. >> not knowing, i think, is probably the hardest part because you know how to react or which way to start when you know what you're dealing with and when you don't know what

. >>> baseball a's and the rangers today in front of a national audience and a rivalry turning bitter. heavyweight announcers joe buck, tim in oakland, 28,03004, and here we go. a two-run shot. the ashths's score three runs in first six pitches so they were in control. scary moment here, though. oh, that's the catcher steven vote getting hit in the back of the head on a back swing. >> we talked earlier. >> shaken up a little bit. stayed in the game briefly but left. jerry parker hasn't lost since late mae. six innings. six strike outs, and from there, enter the bad boy. that means the closer is in. brett, ball mour came in a little chin music. a 1-2-3/9 and the a's win it how about it. edward. >> you play to win the game. hello. >> yeah. well, the a's leading 3-2. they added innurns. try to kweet and lay down the bunt. pitcher matt garza not happy with it. in fact, had choice words, as well. treated that her husband shnt the last person to respond to getting called name ts, so gore yard he fired back. he said, quote, where i come from, if my wife spoke up for me, get your husband his

so on the racism front don't tread on the national rights of the international front. you can take the a human rights violator to the criminal court. so the right of the international law that is a big struggle in america that has to be daring liberals. we are more apologetic and a little more forthright in the defense of international law despite the fact that bin laden was whoever he was, that there was so little thought america about the judicial assassination and the sovereign countries just because the pakistani government didn't launch a major protest to expose the ambassador doesn't mean that americans should sit back and say sometimes the means or okay if the end is good. my question is was the end of good? is assassination evergood and i think there is too much latitude that has to be confronted people don't come front liberals in america that's related to drones which is another issue you talk about. that isn't about yemen and afghanistan. that is an american story that an american people have said it's a clean way to conduct the war. that means american libe

decisions he makes about the decisions that he makes about our foreign policy is with our national security interests front center. >> just to follow up on that quickly last night in the mbs interview, he said that there is a chance that chemical weapons might be turned against the united states and i was just curious, he said that was part of his national security deliberations. did does he really this i that syria is capable of launching chemical weapons at the united states? what does he mean by that? >> i think what we're very concerned about is the willingness the assad regime demonstrated to use chemical weapons. it is apparent that they did so on the night of august 21st on a large scale that had horrific results. it is also been assessed by our intelligence community, something we talked about a lot this summer, that there have been a number of other occasions admittedly on a smaller scale but important nonetheless where the assad regime used chemical weapons. we know they're sitting on a large stock pile of chemical weapons. they have demonstrated a willingness to use it. they -- in violation of c

on one hand it has called for multilateral engagement on the diplomatic front through the united nations to show the displeasure toward any side of ad hoc or military intervention in the crisis. at the same time, it has urged international parties to go through the u.n. and try to resolve the conflict dramatically -- diplomatically. it has been dragging its feet on a conference that never happened between the rebels and geneva. it has not come up with what should be done. >> a talk with the head of national coalitionthe. -- the head of the syrian national coalition -- >> [speaking french] >> we must do everything to reach a political solution. but this will only be possible if the coalition is capable of presenting itself as a viable alternative, with a strong- arming. -- with a strong army. we will only manage this if the international community is able to put and end to this cycle of violence. this chemical massacre being just one example of this brutality. >> here is more on that meeting earlier this thursday. >> the meeting between francois hollande and the opposition leader is likel

. >> look at this, the former line backer chase thomas hoping to play in front of the raider nation on friday. he was claimed off waivers. thomas on drafted free agent was a two-time first team selection during four years on the farm. he was really good. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. nice to see chase thomas with a shot with the raiders. >> and hopefully the raiders will have a good season as well. >> let's hope so. >> a popular new website is asking the age old question. >> are they legs or hot dogs? we'll explain wake up weather. still high fire danger. red flag warnings for the north bay mountains and the interior valleys. slight chance of thunderstorms tomorrow especially in the morning. mild temperatures, 50s, 60s. mike niko will be here at 4:30 to 7:00. >> thanks. >>> are they hot dogs or hot legs? >> a new blog that has gone viral. it is asking just that question. >> you have probably seen pictures like this on facebook or instagram. people lounging on the beach or some other exotic locale, but are those legs hot dogs this. >> the tumbler blog h

he's live near the front lines in the stanislaus national forest where fire crews have their hands full tonight, ken. >> reporter: frank and julie, we have a front row seat to the power and devastation of this fire. that is still burning out of control just outside of yosemite national park: you look over my shoulder, the flames are burning about a half mile to 3/4 mile away from us. fires generally lay down at night and that has been happening here but every once in a while we'll see what is called torching where individual pine trees or groups of trees will suddenly burst into flames and believe it or not in the middle of all that flame, the orange area that you see on the side of that mountain lies highway 120 and that road of course is closed. we want to show you some pictures from earlier this evening. these photos were shot about an hour ago so the intensity of the flames as they are burning even after the sun went down. as i mentioned fires generally lay down at night. in this case there's still very intense flames burning 60, 80, perhaps 100 feet into the air even after nightfal

. >> look at this, the former line backer chase thomas hoping to play in front of the raider nation on friday. he was claimed off waivers. thomas on drafted free agent was a two-time first team selection during four years on the farm. he was really good. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. nice to see chase thomas with a shot with the raiders. >> and hopefully the raiders will have a good season as well. >> let's hope so. >> a popular new website is asking the age old question. >> are they legs or hot dogs? we'll explain wake up weather. still high fire danger. red flag warnings for the north bay mountains and the interior valleys. slight chance of thunderstorms tomorrow especially in the morning. mild temperatures, 50s, 60s. mike niko will be here at 4:30 to 7:00. >> thanks. >>> are they hot dogs or hot legs? >> a new bg it is asking just that question. >> you have probably seen pictures like this on facebook or instagram. people lounging on the beach or some other exotic locale, but are those legs hot dogs this. >> the tumbler blog hot dog legs are used fo

offices and now even the united nations headquarters a newly leaked document reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s all out spying effort . as libya since the fall of gadhafi we report on how the government is reverting to the colonel's methods to crush to send the country into economic turmoil.

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offices and now even the united nations headquarters said newly released documents reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s on our spying assets. as libya marks two yes since the fall of gadhafi we reported on how the government is reversion to the colonel's. to send all the countries lies into economic turmoil.

and you get a thunderstorm popping up behind the nation sty front. and it can drop a lot of water like we saw in colorado. something to look for in the pacific northwest. it's nicer in the northeast. let's look at a live shot of new york city. 72 early this morning. low 70s is where we start. we end up much less humid. it was nasty. i don't like to give my opinion on warmth in the summer. it was gross. the kind of thing you can't do your hair in. boston, 80 today. 83 is average for this time of year. albany, you're going to have a nice day, too. a little below in some spots. and less humid. same deal on the east coast of the great lakes there. back here, a stationary front. and dallas, ten go morningt isarm and muggy on this saturday morning and since it is arty in the mim- 70s. we've got dew pois up in the 70s, a little less as we head towards the north. we've got some shower activity we could have a shower late this afternoon. 93 yesterday. we hit 90 today. tomorrow, partly sunny, quite warm a few >> we're starting a new segment. it's quiz dan and

he's live near the front lines in the stanislaus national forest where fire crews have their hands full tonight, ken. >> reporter: frank and julie, we have a front row seat to the power and devastation of this fire. that is still burning out of control just outside of yosemite national park: you look over my shoulder, the flames are burning about a half mile to 3/4 mile away from us. fires generally lay down at night and that has been happening here but every once in a while we'll see what is called torching where individual pine trees or groups of trees will suddenly burst into flames and believe it or not in the middle of all that flame, the orange area that you see on the side of that mountain lies highway 120 and that road of course is closed. we want to show you some pictures from earlier this evening. these photos were shot about an hour ago so the intensity of the flames as they are burning even after the sun went down. as i mentioned fires generally lay down at night. in this case there's still very intense flames burning 60, 80, perhaps 100 feet into the air even after nightfal

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