which had the budget and the city's budget czar for the day and that has won an award for the north california planning association for the public education tool. and expect that she will be back as we have the final investment scenario presented to the public and we will reencarnate that tool. i will conclude my remarks and be happy to answer the questions about anything thatdy not highlight. >> okay. thank you. director. comments or questions? >> to public comment? >> this item it now open for public comment. >> goods morning chair avalos and fellow commissioners my name is jackie sacks and i am a member of the citizen's advisory committee and as far as the geary brt situation is concerned as you know, i was one of the individuals, or many individuals who not only wrote prop b, but help to reauthorize prop k which is what you are working with now and what i told you last year before you went on, before you went on your summer recess, and i am going to tell you again. i suggest that all of you read the final report of the geary transit traffic force report that was published back in 1990. and

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. >> this just then, firefighters here in north california has a mass of brush afire.is an aerial video of what is now known as the summit fire. it has destroyed nearly three dozen acres in riverside county. it is only 35 percent contained. people living in the area were evacuated wednesday. hundreds of firefighters are battling the fire on ground and by air. >> a shooting in san francisco leads to a police chase that ended near candlestick park. the shooting was reported just after 2:00 a.m. this morning on 19th and mission streets. this triggered a manhunt for three suspects. police caught two of them, but the upper one is still on the run. one victim with a gunshot wound was taken to the hospital. >> a vote today will determine what the plans for a new planned parenthood clinic and south san francisco 04. the planning commission will vote tonight on whether to grant a conditional use permit. the conditional use permit is approved, the clinic opened within a month or two. if the boat is a pill, the city council will have to hold a second boat at a later date. >> toda

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you can see most of the moisture remaining over the north edge of california. we will continue to get the southern edge as the storm continues pushing to the east. last 12 hours, this is all i could find in the way of accumulation. when i come back, how long the rain is expected to last. it will be winding down tonight. i will have what you can expect for tomorrow coming up. >>> we have a new photo of the man who turned himself into police after a crash that left three dead. ktvu's rob roth is live at the scene of the accident. rob? >> reporter: hillside remains close as investigators are still on the scene. tonight the driver of one of the cars is in custody facing vehicular manslaughter after an accident that left three people dead. >> reporter: there isn't much left of this car cut in two during a horrific accident. it happened after 7:30 a.m. this morning. the car crashed into another car. the three passengers died at the scene. they are identified as jonathan jade mouton, raul valdes and rosa maria falla. >> the car reended the green -- rear ended the gree

. >>> a 5.7 earthquake hit north california about 8:45 last night.was about 150 miles north of sacramento. it rattled homes, set off car alarms. so far no serious damage or injuries have been reported. >>> president obama could deliver the defining national security speech of his time. but, he had trouble finishing his speech, thursday, thanks to a heckler. >> ma'am, let me finish. >> when we -- we went -- >> is that the way we treat -- >> he went -- >> that will make us safer here at home. i love my country, i love the rule of law. >> part of free speech is part of you being able to speak, but also you listening and me being able to speak. >> about 100 prisoners are on a hunger strike right now. they want to lift a moratorium on transferring them to yemen and other places. >> swift action for boy scouts to allow openly to become scouts. gay rights groups praised the move but say it didn't go far enough. some conservative groups immediately denounced it. >>> ahead on "starting point." an unforgettable image. who is he, and what drove him to allegedly

aftershocks still rattling north california after a 7.2 earthquake.al quake was felt 150 miles away in sacramento. >>> the head of the irs' tax exempt office has been put on administrative leave. lois lerner felt the irs targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt status. she told the house committee she hasn't broken any laws or irs rules and refused to answer any more questions invoking her fifth amendment right. >>> an emergency landing closed both runways. this video taken from inside the british airways plane. officials say an engine problem forced it to return to lon less than 30 minutes after taking off for norway. 75 passengers and five crew members have evacuated on emergency slides. three people were treated for minor injuries. >>> many of us could see a rainy memorial day weekend. showers and thunderstorms expected from the northeast to the ohio valley, into the south. east coast beaches will see clear skies and summer-like temperatures, though. much of the west coast will be dry. >>> the grieving, of course, continues in moore, ok

occasionally these showers skirt by north western california. sunny and breezy. windy for some. stay cool. and what is interesting there is a stronger low poised to move in next monday or tuesday. and then i might talk about rain but only 60s or low. 70s as far as everybody here. really cool pattern for many just staying below average. should be closer to about 80 for some. and along the coast should be closer to mid 60s or 70s around bait. we're not going to warm up any time soon. high clouds and cooler pattern into the weekend. >>> time is 5:41. he resigned from congress but anthony weiner says he's coming back. >> i know i let a lot of people down. >> why he wants another chance. what he wants to do and will he be tweeting during his campaign. >>> a new proposal for events in san francisco that could make the cost of your ticket more expensive. >>> good morning highway 4. it looks like it's off to a good start. we'll tell you more about the traffic. ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ >>> good morning. a

this comes a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with north korea. the california base says missile lifted off this morning. and later splashed down thousand of miles away in the pacific. the tests are aimed at making sure the weapon systems are accurate and reliable. the missiles are designed to deliver nuclear weapons. >> catherine: there's still no word on who bought that winning 590-million dollar powerball ticket in florida. saturday's powerball was the largest single powerball jackpot ever. it all goes to one very lucky winner in zephyr- hills, florida. that's a small town east of tampa. the winner has 60 days to claim the prize. tonight's jackpot is roughly and remember you can watch the weather forecast for you on our 24/7 bay area news channel. >> still in breezy expecting clear skies. thursday cool and breezy with plenty of funds 9. memorial weekend milder and pleasant with slight change of monday night's showers. we will talk mor mountain view 64, not but of 64. most of us are in the '50s fairfield and give san mateo 5358 degrees for santa rosa. seabury'

north-western california is waking up to some shower. the futurecast does not show much. by noon, just some light rain on napa, fairfield, vallejo. light rained today. the showers will taper off by 4:00 p.m. we could see some getting close but not much will occur. overnight, over santa rosa. the focus on the afternoon highs for today. temperatures will be cooler than what we experienced a yesterday. castro valley and oakland and as we take a look at the peninsula. another day of cooler weather. san bruno, 64 degrees. and if you like the '70s it the self-bay. cupertino. south bay --. and as we turn our attention your kron 4 7 day around the bay on settled will continue but sunshine and warmer weather is on the way. in terms of traffic there is nothing going on. many people are off today. we are expecting holiday light. the san mateo bridge is also moving decent. the golden gate i do not even see a car. and we turn our attention to the traffic maps. everything is looking decent from the east shore freeway. hercules towards berkeley. westbound towards the caldecott tunnel. >

north bay hills. but, there's that big pattern change coming. it's already happened in southern california. the winds are shifting back on shore. we'll talk about when that will happen here to reduce our fire danger. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, paul. get ready to play some football. some super bowl football here in the bay area. this florida lobbyist reaction says it all. lawmakers fumbled. miami's big for the big game today. kit doe says it's not a done deal for us just yet, but getting to look pretty good, kit. >> that's because it's not looking good for miami. they have 2 1/2 weeks to gather about $350 million to renovate their stadium. that's why the mayor here in santa clara says he's walking around with a spring in his step. the chances of super bowl l coming to the new stadium has never been better. but, you're not popping corks just yet, but where are you in that champagne analogy? >> i have taken the foil off the cork. so started to twist. i have not put my thumbs on the bottom of it. after the 21st, hopefully i'll have good reason to do so. >> i would characteriz

wise are hot temperatures that could impact the drive heading into southern california where we have a major fire there north of los angeles and headed into southern california. 40s and 50s right now, but looking at the afternoon temperatures, you are looking at the temperatures in the 80s in the triarea, and look at the numbers tomorrow. fire danger throttling up to start the weekend and saturday highs in the bay area upper 90s. we will look at the full forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, rob. 4:32 and this is more breaking news. this is a story in san francisco where the fire investigators are look into the cause of an early morning restaurant fire. chez spencer restaurant had the fire break out this morning. this restaurant if you are not familiar opened in 2002 and famous for the wood burning oven. no word on the extent of the damage. >>> you will see more police presence on the streets as starting yesterday. the special operations unit will deploy 12 additional officers for a total of 29 metro officers everyday. and monday, 24 officers will be called back to duty. and they will be deployed to known

this comes a month after the test flight was postponed cause of tensions with north korea. the california-based as missile lifted off yesterday morning and there splashdown dollars of miles away in the pacific. the test are aimed at making sure the weapon systems are accurate and reliable. the bizarre designed to deliver nuclear weapons. >> there is still no word on who bought the winning $590 million power ball ticket in florida. saturday's power ball was the largest single power ball jack pot ever. it all goes to one very lucky winner in zephry hills, florida. that is a small town east of tampa. the winner has 60 days to claim the prize. the jackpot for the last night's drawing was roughly $40 million. let us look at the bay area weather. >> temperatures right now in the '40's. we are seeing that in the rt temperatures will continue to drop over the course of the next couple of hours. we will see sunshine into the afternoon. it will be windy at times. a few low seventies for your inland spots however, most of us in the '60s. >> looking at current conditions 44 napa. 47 is a number for v

. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life

look at national forest around san clarita, california. north and west of l.a.ly close to power transmission lines. pilots saw sparks at one point. they tell us los angeles newsroom more danger than any people are really. updates as we get them coming. in we are watching the severe weather across the central part of the united states as well. that's a weird looking picture out of kansas city. but we're watching the whole region with choppers up across the area oklahoma and missouri and beyond. severe weather in parts of the middle of the country. rick reichmuth coming up inside fox report. lightly better day on wall street after the dow's triple digit drop. all tire despite weak economic reports. the dow up 22. nasdaq s&p also in the green. this comes even after the commerce department revised growth rated of the nation's gross domestic product down 2.4%. measures the value of the economy's total output of goods and services. not so much good news on the jobs front. first time claims jumped unexpectedly last week by about 10,000. the fox business network's peter

this comes a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with north korea. the california- based says missiles lifted off yesterday morning and later splashdown thousands of miles away in the pacific. the tests were aimed at making sure are accurae and reliable. the missiles are designed to deliver nuclear weapons. there is in the penalty phase of the jodi arias trial say they are deadlocked. after several hours of deliberating yesterday, they told the judge that they cannot come to a unanimous decision on whether she should get the death penalty. the judge ordered the jury to try and agree more in the hopes of breaking the deadlock. deliberations will resume this morning but it's a deadlock holmes, a different jury will be chosen for that phase of the trial. arias was convicted of killing her former boyfriend in 2008. >> a new report by the centers for disease control and prevention reveals there has been a big drop in teen birth rates. some experts call the findings startling. nearly all states in the u.s. showed a significant drop in teen pregnancies over five years. sp

california. a fire is growing quickly now, fortsing evacuations in the mountains north of los angeles. >> this fire burning along california aqua duct and rows of high voltage power lines, we saw some popping in the flames. electricity has been rerouted away from those lines and take a look. we have video to share with you showing the structure burning to the ground here, the fire charred about 400 acres. that is the only structure we know of that has burned. >> let's show you another live look. 20 miles per hour winds are pushing flames, only about 150 acres burned and now, remember, they're estimated it to be 400 acres so it's spread rapidly. we'll continue to monitor this fire for you and update with you developments here during this hour and on twitter on abc 7 news bay area, so please, stay tuned. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> fire conditions here in the bay area are about to hit the danger level as well. >> yes. abc 7 news is here now to explain why. sandhya? >> yes. we're looking at live doppler 7 hd now. skies are clear, we're looking at increasing fire danger. we're going to see winds b

. >>> a little tail end of the system is moving towards california up towards shaster and north and i know we get the e-mails and that's where the low is. very strong and then it is a season which has been very dry and if it did not have a breeze it would be even colder, sunshine and chilly low answer we'll see 60s and lower 70s and it is not going anywhere and it will eventually eject out of here and them are near there and if you are headed in that treks 50s 6 evers and 70s. redwood city 68 and a half moon bay really cooled off. mostly sunny saturday. high clouds, it looks like a stronger system to the north. this -- this morning a painted pony has been wandering around the neighborhood and now it is in the care of contra costa animal care services. it was spotted at a home on ripley avenue. people showed a photo of a man riding the pony which looks similar to the one found yesterday and the three month old is peel being called jillian. she donated and is privileged she can help out the zoo. >>> a school field trip took a deadly turn. >>> and the safety changes made on a roadway whe

problem, too, if you're heading ag cross to the north bay, across the golden gate bridge to the tiburon wine fest bal where the amgen tour of california adds more congestion heading to the north bay. if you're heading to the if ininitial line for that race, you can completely stay clear heading towards santa rosa. use the east shore freeway through berk lay. join up with 101 and head to santa rosa. that will allow you to stay clear of this madness we're talking about in the city. you can visit the city another day. a more relaxing day. we'll send it back to you. >> as mike mentioned, the final leg of the amgen tour of california kicks off at the marina green, but yesterday reports of a suspicious package near the route prompted police to shut down and evacuate a large section of downtown livermore. the package was found in a dempster that was supposed to be empty on second street. what was inside turned out to be a box of postcards. the scare went two to three hours of lost revenue for downtown businesses. >> it's scary because we think about that just the other night, we think about what happened in boston. anytime you have any kind

. >> california's monterey shale has about as much oil as they have in north dakota.'s another state that could be a major oil producer. let's not forget by the way, melissa, despite what is going on in north dakota, which is a fantastic story, bigger story in the last five years texas has doubled their output of oil. adam: and then just a few days after that, we see this. a tale of two oil states ed tomorrow appears in the "wall street journal.". interesting, well-done, melissa francis and "money" team. southern illinois is looking at getting in on the fracking action. it is on the verge of a possible oil boom as local lawmakers drill down on regulations. so is illinois the next center of the fracking boom? joining us steve moore, you saw from the "wall street journal's" editorial board. thank you for joining us. and ronald duncan from the university of illinois. all of you welcome. let me start with you, mr. duncan, i imagine that the issue being debated in illinois is fracking and economic boom versus potential environmental consequences is that accuratee >> that w

california. a fire is growing quickly now, fortsing evacuations in the mountains north of los angeles. >> this fireaqua duct and rows of high voltage power lines, we saw some popping in the flames. electricity has been rerouted away from those lines and take a look. we have video to share with you showing the structure burning to the ground here, the fire charred about 400 acres. that is the only structure we know of that has burned. >> let's show you another live look. 20 miles per hour winds are pushing flames, only about 150 acres burned and now, remember, they're estimated it to be 400 acres so it's spread rapidly. we'll continue to monitor this fire for you update with you developments here during this hour and on twitter on abc 7 news bay area, so please, stay tuned. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> fire conditions here in the bay area are about to hit the danger level as well. >> yes. abc 7 news is here now to explain why. sandhya? >> yes. we're looking at live doppler 7 hd now. skies are clear, we're looking at increasing fire danger. we're going to see winds bringing in warmer air drying o

california. we could see if you rain drops possibly the north bay. 10 percent chance of rain for those of you north of the golden gate bridge. will have more on that coming up in just a bit. i want to talk about current conditions. 58. >> futurecast 4 shows by lunchtime more in a web '80s by your afternoon high. in the central valley we see the red. as we head into the at a clock hour and the mixing of '60s and upper 50s. as we take a look at your extended forecast again, you may need your umbrella as we head into thursday. it should be dry by friday. partly cloudy conditions around the bay area. looking at the weekend, temperatures start to war again. perfect conditions for those of you running bay to breakers. temperatures back in the upper 80s getting close to 90 as we start the next work weeks. >> traffic around the bay area looks good here is not monitoring any hotspot spirit a quick a bridge check to get you out the door. >> a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is increasing. again, the majority of the cars coming from the east sho

. >>> a scary scene last night in lancaster, california, about 70 miles north of l.a. a sandstorm during rush hour. visibility came down to zero and led to multiple wrecks including a 20-car pile-up. sand was carried in by 60 mile an hour wind gusts which made the antelope valley look like the sahara desert at times. >>> we learned late today a letter addressed to new york city mayor michael bloomberg has preliminarily tested positive for ricin. a second letter arrived in d.c. at the headquarters building of mayors against illegal guns financed in part by bloomberg. the letter to the mayor apparently contains a reference to the gun law debate. the letter never got near the mayor. there is no indication that anyone became ill as a result of it. it's now all under investigation by the fbi. >>> more fallout tonight from the irs scandal. a legal advocacy group filed suit on behalf of 25 different tea party organizations accusing the irs and top obama officials of violating their constitutional rights. at issue here, the irs admission that it singled out some conservative g

. >> just a short while ago we showed you these live pictures from california, which is north of losgeles. and now authorities are -- basically saying that they need to have mandatory evacuations because the fire has moved rapidly down the hill and this is a very canyon-like area. just for the weather, for those of you not familiar we usually don't have santa ana winds at this point there is only 6% relative humidity. when you couple that with the high winds you can see the result. this is a very heavily populated area of different developments of tract homes and obviously you can see the fire coming right up against what looks like to be a highway. i don't know which highway it is certainly. authorities don't want to have that fire jump that highway. you can see all of that tract home development. it is the main route up into that area. you can see the police car moving up that highway. i would assume they have evacuated the area. it is quite unusual this time of year to have this type of brush fire activity. it usually occurs late in the summer, early in the fall when we get the hi

north of the golden gate bridge. this is what we're watching for right now. showers starting to push to northern california for us. ystem stays to the north about 3:00 p.m. that is the time frame you want to look at when it comes to bringing that barbecue indoors. what i can tell you, great barbecue weather is just around the corner. if you can hold on, it's not going to be that great. hey, the south bay, santa cruz, that's the place to be. winds pick up throughout the day as the system starts to approach the area by 4:00 p.m. we're talking about showers all the way along the coastline starting to move to the south bay. between 4:00 and 6:00 that's when it's not that great outdoors in the south bay then we'll start to see everything lighten up. and be back here in the morning. maybe some drizzle at the coast. about 5:00 p.m. most clear conditions at the bay area. showers come through, they'll keep our air quality nice. pollen levels also expected to drop off. wind kicks up that pollen, the rain lays it down. 71 degrees for livermore, 70 in san jose. here it is. your seven-day forecast. look at that, up to 96 degree

this hottest day of the week firefighters are making progress on fires in the north bay but the situation in southern california is growing more serious. good afternoon, i am tori campbell. >>> firefighters in southern california continue to battle a wind driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres. the so-called summit fire is moving fast through a rugged area in riverside county, 25 miles west of palm springs. it started yesterday afternoon and so far more than 2900 acres have been burned. at least one structure has been destroyed. we checked with cal fire. it says winds are gusting as high as 40 miles per hour, right now, this fire is 40% contained. >>> another fast moving fire is also threatening hundreds of homes in ventura county, the springs fire started at 6:30 this morning there and has already burned several mobile homes. flames are moving down slopes towards subdivisions, so an evacuation order is in place for residents in the area, that includes the smoke choke campus of california state university, channel islands attended by 5000 students. cal fire says 2200 acres have burned and that fire is

a fast-burning wildfire north of santa clarita, california.t has burned 400 acres so far and prompted mandatory evacuations. officials are running power away from the transmission lines that are near the blaze. more than 300 firefighters are working to contain that fire. >>> a u.s. official insists that he was armed with a long object during a fatal confrontation with an fbi agent. he was being questioned about a triple murder in boston and also his relationship with boston bomber tamerlan tsarnaev. in an exclusive interview with cnn's bill black, his father claimed his killing makes no sense. >> my son was definitely unarmed. he couldn't do anything because even two men could easily handle him. >>> toronto's mayor won't quit over the accusation of smoking crack. inhaling from a glass crack pipe. >>> and tonight, a 13-year-old from bayside hills, new york. he won the scripps national spelling bee. here was his winning moment. >> knaidel, k-n-a-i-d-e-l. knaidel. >> and the crowd erupts. in case you're wondering, knaidel is a german word. >>> no

. >>> a phenomenon growing in southern california has spread north. sea lions found orphin. they can't survive alone in the wild so they are getting some human tlc. three female pups are in rehab right now at six flags discovery kingdom in valejo. a record number of pups have been found stranded this year on california beaches. one has taken to six flags, one that was taken to six flags has an injured flipper. >> a lot of the training we do for shows is really fun but a lot of the job we do day-to- day, day in and day out is just caring for these animals making sure they stay healthy. >> experts have been scrambling to find out why the pups are stranding themselves. it's not yet clear what will happen to those pups at six flags once they are nursed back to health. >>> on sale now, a luxury condo in new york city, but the owner is not accepting cash, check, or credit cards. the on lynn marketplace catering to a virtual currency. we'll be right back. ,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know yo

california. two fires are borning north of san francisco, but the largest and for now the most dangerous are burned 40 square miles about 40 miles east of los angeles in banning. it's destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of about 200 others. stacy butler of our los angeles station kcbs reports. >> i thank the lord i wasn't in the home. >> reporter: 53-year-old joe keener had just finished eating in the home he grew up in when the police ordered him out with his dog duke. he got down the hill. he didn't get smoke. >> i had a lot of smoke. >> reporter: he turned his car around and waited with fire crews as flames went toward his home. a neighbor snapped this photo. >> they said, looks like you're going to lose your house. i said, well, nothing i can do. i've about got duke. >> reporter: nothing could prepare him for what he saw. >> it's gone. >> reporter: his moe mother's home was in ashes. >> i'm going to probably cry when the evening hits when i get off in a corner. for the public, you have to carry on. you have to sit and realize this is tragedy, yes, but you've got friends, you'v

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north of the bridge. the tour began last sunday in escondido down in southern california. and by the end of today, the cyclists will have travelled more than 750 miles of california coastlines and roadways. and some scary news from yesterday along the tour route. a chp officer controlling traffic during yesterday's race through contra costa county was injured in a car crash in a motorcycle in marsh creek road when the car suddenly turned in front of him causing the collision. there the officer was airlifted to a hospital in walnut creek. the good news, the chp is doing well and released from the hospital later today. >>> and, of course, we have the beta breakers race going on now through san francisco. with all of these activities going on around the city, the best advice is to leave your car at home. elizabeth wenger with other routes if you're driving in the city today. good morning. we have a couple of big events happening around san francisco that could cause some pretty big traffic tieups. first, the final stage of the amgen tour of california. starts at marina green

california tonight. this wildfire is burning north of santa barbara, exploded across 1,000 acres tonight. dozens of homes are threatened and mandatory evacuation orders have gone out to thousands. >>> significant development in syria tonight. late today they ra . slipped there for a meeting with them, pushing against the regime. we've got more tonight for you. >> reporter: heavy fighting continued in the capital today. as they issued the fresh claims of the chemical attack in the suburbs of damascus as the claims could not be verified. as both sides dug in, they argued about whether or not to slap the embargo and send weapons directly to the rebel. for instance william hey took the lead. >> how long can we go on with poem having every between has ever been shown here. while most of the world, they deny the means to defend themselves. >> reporter: but they met the heavy views of the other european nations that worry that they might end up in the hands of the islamic extremists. many are growing impatient with them reluctant to the armed rebels. they said that europe had an important choice

a wildfire is burning north of santa clarita, california, northwest of los angeles. affiliate kcal of the fires burning dangerously close to transmission lines. 20 acres have so far gone up in flames. there are no evacuations or injuries reported, but you can see how close they are to those lines. large numbers of firefighters have reported to the scene to try to get the situation under control. we will continue to monitor that, obviously, and see if the fire spreads beyond where it is currently. >>> now back to our other breaking news. the weather news. tornadoes in oklahoma and arkansas, part of a powerful storm system across much of the southern plains and mid-mississippi river valley. tom joins us now. you have new information about the damage the storm is doing across the plains. >> yeah. mainly it's been oklahoma and arkansas where we have had many reports, chad myers heading up i-35 to this one near ardmore, south of oklahoma city. but authorities, emergency management personnel in arkansas reporting nine injuries, two victims actually struck by lightning. no