canyon is growing. >>> well, a wildfire burning in rugged terrain in a northern arizona canyon is growing. crews intentionally set fires to get rid of fuel to which -- the flames would spread. this tactic called burnout was conducted on the key northern flank of the fire. the fire has grown to at least 16 square miles. so far, no homes have been destroyed. the fire is only 5% contained. >>> electric automaker tesla is eyeing northern california for a new factory. california and four other states are in the running for a new facility to produce the cars lithium ion batteries. now the sacramento business judge is reporting that mater airport is in the running to get the factory. that's just outside of sacramento. wherever it does end up the battery plant is expected to employ about 6500 people. >>> the bay area real estate market is so hot, one couple looking for a home in berkeley resorted to this. check out their home wanted ad. they're willing to pay up to $3 million for a 2500 square foot house. they're putting out the ad after getting outbid dozens of times. >>> cold hard ca

the other in northern arizona in a canyon between canyon in flagstaff.rews have it about 25% conta contained. no injuries in either fire. >>> back home, it was warm. hopefully a cool down on the way. i don't like the het weather. i'm sure lots of you. >> do your wlish be granted. two hoot this weekend. low 90s inland. today, it was a down a little cooler. 91 in walnut creek, bub lynn, 91, palo alto, 88. on this memorial day, you can see plenty of sunshine. and some of the warmest temperatures, in the north day, averaging 82. and the stunning view at this hour, 5:18 tonight. it here, the brilliant blue skies, unlimited visibility and we will see that continue tonight. if you still have dinner plans and you will be eating outside, looks like it's a-okay for that. as we have monday coming, heading back to work tuesday and the hot region of high pressure, the search in heat the past two days, we will see that fade. it's going push to the south and weaken. it's going to be out of the picture here for us. the jet stream, the storm track across northern califor

hundreds of firefighters heading to northern arizona to battle a quick moving wildfire there. the fire is burning near sedona, still not contained. and the blaze stripped in size, fanned by strong winds and low humidity. still ahead, magnets to heal the brain. >> i couldn't do tasks like turn the pages in a book. i didn't have that kind of control. >> we're going to be talking about an incredible medical break through to give hope to thousands of survivors. you're watching aljazeera america. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. and these are your headlines. north korea and south korea exchanging fire on the maritime border, in the latest line of tensions this week. thailand has a coup de ta. ordering anti-government protesters to leave the square. >>> a little aimed at limiting government surveillance, now one step closer to becoming the law. passing the usa freedom act. it would end the nsa phone records. >>> news coming out of chicago regarding strokes. walking again can be a lifelong struggle. but a pioneering study is providing hope. >> i couldn't do this

of control wildfires changing everyone's weekend plans in one of the most beautiful parts of northern arizonacnn's ana cabrera is on the scene for us. what is the latest there? >> well, you can see the fire still burning very strong based on all the smoke and the haze in the air behind me. we had a chance to go into the fire zone to get a better look at some of the firefighting in action today. as this fire has charred now 7500 acres and is just 5% contained. and one of the reasons it's been so challenging for firefighters to get this fire under control is because the very steep and rocky, rugged terrain as this fire burns through some very heavy and dry fuel, a combination of ponderosa pines, pine needles. so they're having to use a lot of the air support, helicopters making huge dumps of water, fire retardant, and they're pucksing their fire lines on the burnout operation. so basically, controlled burns where they're able to sort of get ahead of the fire, put fires there, get the fuel out of the way. and that's going to be the key as this firefight continues, wolf. >> ana cabrera, thanks ve

meantime, in the west tonight, hundreds of firefighters are heading to northern arizona to try to contain a large and growing wildfire that's already forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes and businesses near flagstaff. nbc's miguel almaguer is near the site of the fire tonight. miguel? >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight authorities have pushed us far back from the fronts of the fire. they are concerned about erratic winds. that it will suddenly shift this fire in any direction at a moment's notice. that's not cloud cover behind me. that's a huge plume of smoke so crews are throwing every resource they can at the blaze. feeding on bone dry forest land, explosive because of the wind, it's called the slide fire and it's on the move near arizona's popular slide rock state park. the blaze shooting up steep canyon walls with plenty of fuel to burn. >> the winds have continued to grow and pick up and it's really pushing it quite a bit. >> reporter: with evacuations ordered, a hundred homes, cabins and businesses are threatened. >> you need to grab that picture. >> reporter: the hyde

>> more firefighters are expected to arrive on the front lines of a fast-moving wildfire in northern arizona which has grown to 4,500 acres, ten times larger than this time yesterday. a dc-10 is on stand by hoping to assist. winds kept crews grounded. this morning, hundreds of homes and vacation cabins are threatened and 3,200 residents are on stand by ready to evacuate. >> new details, the prosecution says that the boston marathon bombing suspects could have had help building the bombs that exploded last year. the prosecution says that the brothers used we relatively sophisticated bombs with fuses made from christmas tree lights and remote-controlled detonators from model power parts. hundreds of packages of fireworks remain emptied to create fuel. no powder residue was found in their apartments or vehicles it suggests that others may have helped. >>> wild weather is sweeping across the country and this morning denver is recovering from violent hail and a tornado scare yesterday at home, san jose and san francisco airports saw significant delays on flights to and from denver. >>> here is th

what's being called the slide fire has already burned through more than 5,000 acres in northern arizona. we should learn whether there is any containment. one fire crew says they have making progress. residents are under pre-evacuation notice. >> basically we're just loading up the sentimental stuff that can't be replaced. >> so far no structures have been lost and no jurs reported. we'll stay on top of this for you. >>> cleanup is underway this morning after hail the size of golf balls fell in some areas. i want you to check out this video. that hail shattered several skylights in pennsylvania. many shoppers went running for cover. >> it was crazy. sounded like thor was coming in. all of a sudden he lights started going out, glass was breaking, people running everywhere. we were trying to get people in the store so they wouldn't get injured. >> sounded like thor was coming in is what he said. the hail also pummelled several cars and homes. luckily no injuries were reported. >>> damage control. both congress and the white house are taking steps to deal with the growing white house scand

well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update on the slide fire in northern arizonalagstaff. >>> plus, inventing the next popular casino game. we'll take you to a college laboratory where millions of dollars are at stake. >>> and we'll sit down with top men's designer billy reid. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. >>> good morning, everyone. it's friday, may 23. i'm michelle griego. >> hooray! it's friday! [ laughter ] >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. big holiday weekend, of course. >> right. >> and we need to know our traffic and weather. how are we going to do? >> you guys like fog and drizzle? >> love it! >> good, we have some of that out there right now! [ laughter ] >> fog early on but today we'll have a lot of sunshine in the afternoon. we'll have more on your holiday forecast coming up. >> and in the maze may see in the east bay we have a number of problems, acc

this morning a fast-moving wildfire in northern arizona is threatening hundreds of homes. the fire is burning near a state park between sedona and flagstaff, an area popular with tourists. at least seven square miles of land have burned. the smoky wind-driven fire quickly moved up canyon walls and forced the main road between flagstaff and sedona to close. greg argos of our phoenix station kpho says anxious residents are packing up valuable possessions. >> reporter: we're just three miles from the fire line. thick smoke surround this entire area. there are hundreds of homes and thole a mandatory evacuation has not been issued, for many people living here, they're still packing up and getting out. moments after word broke the slide fire had crossed a nearby wash -- >> it was overwhelming, to tell you the truth. >> reporter: -- hundreds of people rushed out of a community meeting to pack their belongings and evacuate. >> get ready, go home, and git 'r done. >> one of those residents is kelly. >> red sun. that's not a good sign. >> reporter: they grabbed what they could. >> w

. >>> leading the news in the arizona daily sun, containment on northern arizona wildfire implgs up.icials say the 21-square-mile slide fire which started tuesday is now 25% contained thanks to calmer winds. some evacuation orders are likely to be lifted today. >>> and on nbcnews.com, south korea ups its reward for tips on mysterious ferry billionaire. there's a $500,000 bounty on the ferry owner who prosecutors say didn't spend enough on safety. the april 16th disaster left more than 300 people dead or missing. >>> and some other stories we're watching this morning, happy birthday to america's oldest citizen, they call her mother talley and she's 115. she was born in 1899 when mckinly was president. >>> and new rules for self-driving cars in california. among other things there's now to be a person sitting in the driver's seat when the computer takes control. that should help with the minor freak-outs that other motorists have when passing by a driverless car. some say what's the point. >>> in unusual situations -- you don't always get what you expect. >> this is classic. it's one o

northern arizona has about 25% of our normal snowpack.o in addition to the existing drought that has led to extremely dry and very flammable fuels across the forests. >> do you know the cause of these fires because there is some suspicion it could be arson. >> right now it is human caused. however, the exact cause is still under investigation. >> when you say human caused, does that mean some sort of criminal or just the mistakes, somebody threw a cigarette out of the car? what do you mean by human cause? >> it is still under investigation. however, the only other reason that fire start in this northern arizona area is due to lightning and we have not had any lightning in the area. it's human caused but still undetermined at this time. >> it seems to be pretty neearl in the season for these kinds of fires s there anything else going on that you can sense? >> we are about a month ahead of schedule due to the lack of snowpack and ongoing drought, like you mentioned earlier. so this is earlier in the year than normal. but we are prepared for

crews are also fighting to contain a wildfire in northern arizona, building three miles of protection lines to keep the flames from nearby communities. fire started on tuesday in a scenic area between sedona and flag. the firflagstaff. this is about 25% contained. people living within two miles of the fire near the canadian border, crews were able to cut off the gas supply that was needing the fire. >>> a climber is recovering, fell into a pit in the mt. hood volcano on saturday. he suffered minor injuries including a fractured leg. in pennsylvania, one group is challenging the idea that funerals are only for people. a run down house in philadelphia will enjoy a festive funeral before it is knocked down on saturday. >> what? >> yes, it's a strange story tony. the temple university project honest philadelphia's neighborhood. this house was occupied since about 1900 but for the past few months it's sat empty. >> okay, all right roxann, appreciate it. still to come on al jazeera america. as pope francis finishes his visit of the holy land, vandals set fire to the area he just visited. la

firefighters in northern arizona also battling a fire in a scenic canyon.fficials say food and water donation are overwhelming the crews. they say they appreciate the help but prefer donations to non-profits like the red cross. >>> during the president obama's visit to afghanistan, the u.s. accidentally reveals the name of the highest-ranking spy in that country. vé >>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. a lot more to cover this half hour. due to give birth in just weeks a sudanese mother is sentenced to death. her alleged crime marrying a non-muslim. >>> a team of veterans putting their military skills to good use, helping tornado victims rebuild. >>> and the fight against the world cup, why so many brazilians don't want soccers biggest championship in their country. ♪ >>> across the u.s. communities are honoring those who have given their lives in military service. at arlington national cemetery, president obama laid a wreath at the tome of the unknown and hon in order those who have died. >> we pay tribute to the nearl

. >> in northern arizona they are making progress.ire is now considered to be 25 percent contained. today an evacuation warning kochena village. they are being listed. 21 square miles burned since last week. >> today as we honor our heros on the battlefield we cannot forget our heros still at home in other countries. their struggles continued well after war. >> it is easier to see the light now. >> the guerrieros are one family with a free home and way from home thanks to operation home front which provide temporary housing for families struggling to make ends meet. >> every single veteran dealing with pts issue i would say probably 20, 25 percent have some form of traumatic brain injury. >> he suffered from all of that. he was deployed twice to iraq once to afghanistan where he was shot. >> when i first got the call i knew something was wrong. >> it was worse than we anticipated. >> they were unsure of what was going to happen. >> he was rushed to dani to the center. since then he has had 13 surgeries. all the while they are paying t

dry conditions and more crows arriving to foot a wild fire threatening more than 100 homes in northern arizona. the fire that is 0 percent contained broke up yesterday and proven difficult for fire fighters. the investigators say the cause was arson. nsyria is a training ground and their camp lajohn to train officers and fighters and it clearly works. it makes you wonder whether it should be u.s. policy that assad has to go. it gives you clarity about the kind of people that win if assad loses. >>> concerns about foreign fighters including americans flocking to syria what fox news confirmed about those joaning the civil war there. new developments involving a u.s. marine jailed in mexico. what we learned about where he is held. plus president obama breaking his silence on the widening va scandal. and reaction from the law makers. we want to hear from you about how the president has handled the scandal. go to fox news now and get in on the discussion. tigers, both of you. tigers? don't be modest. i see how you've been investing. setting long term goals. diversifying. dip! you got our attention.

. >>> more trues are on the way to battle the wildfire in northern arizona. 100 businesses and homes have been evacuated from the area. the number of firefighters on the scene will double. >>> and in florida one school came up a way to help pay for graduation. manatee high school offered up premium seats for $200 per bench. one bench seats 15 people. the front row sold out in ours and the school is charging each senior $20 to attend their own graduation. >> and they were snapped up. >> yes, really fast. >> i bet that did not go over particularly well with some parents. but you have to make money. budgets are tight. thank you. >>> the united states demanding an investigation into the shooting that the two unarmed palestinians. we're live in jerusalem. >>> and in iran, jailed for, you got it, for being happy. [♪ music ] heartbreaking..." >> to keep me from going to jail, i needed to cooperate... >> see what everybody's talking about the system works... says variety al jazeera' america presents, the system with joe burlinger real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al j

the big story there hundred fz firefighters a wildfire that started in a scenic canyon in northern arizona, prompting residents there in outlying areas of flagstaff to prepare to flee and blanketing the city in smoke. >>> startling new evidence about how many americans are discouraged about being out of work they have simply given up. fox business network peter barnes looks at the numbers for us. >> good evening, bret. five years into the economic recovery, a new survey of unemployed people suggests that more of the nation's 10 million jobless may never go back to work. according to an online harris poll commissioned by the staffing company express employment professionals, nearly half of those surveyed agreed to some degree with the statement i've completely given up on looking for a job. the new survey comes as washington debates renewing unemployment benefits that expired at the end of last year. the survey gives ammo to critics who say the benefits create disinspect r spentives to work. 82% of those getting benefits responded that if their benefits ran out, they would search hard err a

. >>> hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in northern arizona. thousands of residents have been given preevacuation orders. it's burned 5,000 acres. no reports of any injuries. >>> u.s. coast guard announced it will stop the search of four british sailors if nothing is found by friday night. it was sailing back when it went missed. the search was called off late sunday and resumed tuesday. >>> reports say rebels have shot at an election gathering killing 20 civilians. the president was not other at the meeting. the british watchdog says it was carried out by the islamist rebel brigade. >> hostilities are going on all the time. perhaps it was naive thinking they could hold the election process without trouble on the ground. i don't think this was a huge rally. it was what they call a tent set up by supporters who would have gathered in the evening. i'm not sure if there were speeches going on. it was hit by a mor ter by rebels. 20 killed, half civilians and the other were armed supporters of the government. that's not clear. they think the death t

. >> hundreds have firefighters on their way to northern arizona to battle a quick moving wildfire. the slide fire is burning near sedona not yet contained. it tripled in size wednesday. 500 acres burning, fanned by winds and low humidity. the 3200 residents there between sedona and flagstaff are warned to get ready to evacuate. >> we lose it, we pretty much lose everything. i'm not leaving until they kick me out. >> resorts have been evacuated. the cause of the fire unknown. officials believe it may have been man made. >> in colorado, severe storm spawning hail, strong winds and tornado warnings, the extreme weather causing street flooding, leaving cars slipping and sliding on the roads. six tornadoes were spotted across the state. no major damage was reported. that storm also bringing air traffic to a halt in denver. several frontier airlines jets were damaged by the hail. >> that hail looked like bouncing balls. >> severe weather could bring relief to drought areas. >> our meteorologist nicole mitchell has a look at what we can expect. >> the thunderstorms are going through the n

. >> in northern arizona they will lift an evacuation order tomorrow. flames are burning around oak creek cannon between sedona and flagstaff since the fire was sparked last tuesday. the acreage will likely double because firefighters have decided to let the fire burn through rugged unreachable terrain. the fire is only 5% contained. >>> firefighters are going door to door in the oakland hills teaching people about this year's fire denger and making sure their homes are ready for the fire station. they need to have 30 feet of defensive space around their property. it is dry and windy, as lisa has been telling us and that has firefighters on edge as they try to talk with 26,000 homeowners in the area. neighbors have not gore gotten the 1991 oakland firestorm that destroyed 3,000 homes and killed 25 people. >>> here we are 24 years later and, you know, we could have another event like that. you have condition like this. one careless move and we have a ground fire. >> dry brush and weeds around a property could mean a $300 fine for the homeowner if it's no

led to the evacuation of hundreds of homes and businesses and is 450 acres if a state park in northern arizona. it protect out yesterday afternoon. 100 structures including vacation homes and businesses are threatened. officials have determined the fire was human caused. they investigating. 100 firefighter are balancing the blaze. >> now the murder of the wife of michael jace, they are looking into financial and marital difficulty. he confessed to shooting his wife on monday. he recently played a cope -- a cop on "the shield," he filed bankruptcy. he and his wife got in an argument after she picked the sons up from baseball practice. the boys were home. >> knowing their mom is decease asked their father responsible is unfortunate. >> the documents show jace defaulted on a $400,000 mortgage on the south los angeles home. >> two-thirds of americans are carrying hpv virus according to a just released study. this is not cause for alarm because the environmental are yous -- the viruses are mostly design. there are 109 types and only two cause cancer. >>> petco will stop selling dog and cat treats m

. >> firefighters battling a fire in northern arizona. it has scorched 450 hours in slide rock park. homes and businesses have been evacuated, as many as 100 homes are threatened by the flames. a second 200-acre fire started by a burning r.v. is spreading north of phoenix. >> the hot weather fueling the fires could only get worse. we are joined by meteorologist nicole mitchell. >> we are looking long term when we say that. we have had mild relief because of temperature shift in the pattern, but the four corners region versus yesterday, this spread into portions of the southern plains, as well, that fire risk as we get here. it's a temperature drop of 10 degrees in some places, still quite hot in the southern plains, but that pattern shift and winds mean less of a fire risk. all the temperatures are coming in from april. where you see the reds around the world are places that are running above average. if you just look at the united states, some above, some below, not too significant. you look at whole continents like europe, africa and au

mainly northern arizona.reat into southern portions of california where it's been a really terrible situation there. the heat with our ridge that's been in place in those areas, shifting a little further east. the pattern setting up for more of an on-shore flow in southern cal. that's going to bring in nmore moisture which will help the situation here. temperatures are coming down as well, including l.a. we'll be in mid-70s by the time we head into tomorrow. we'll shift that fire threat, critical in nature, a little further east. we've got fire weather watches across parts of arizona and new mexico. >> okay, alex, many thanks. >>> to politics now. new reaction today from a key lawmaker. senator john mccain delivered the gop's weekly address, calling for a complete overall of the v.a. his his criticism follows reports of problems in the v.a. the undersecretary is stepping down. his resignation is effective immediately. >>> officials from the uk and u.s. are meeting today in paris. they're discussing the nearly

. >>> the wildfire sweeping through steep terrain in northern arizona has now grown to 11.5 square milesaff and sedona and flames are a few miles away from homes. fire crews are finally making progress. they expect to announce some containment this morning. >>> let's look at the friday weather. scattered showers and thunderstorms in the northeast. also in the south atlantic coast. the storms in the plains could be severe and that is true for denver down to west texas and new mexico and rain in the forecast for the northwest. >> cool temperatures in the 50s and 60s in the northeast. in the 70s most of the midwest but in the 80s for the south and lower midwest. and around 70 on the west coast. >>> well, bail has been set at $1 million for the california man accused of kidnapping his ex girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter and holding her captive ten years. the woman now 25 has come forward with allegations of her horrific abuse. but as devin dwyer tells us, some are questioning her story. >> reporter: her story sounds like a nightmare, kidnapping, rape, physical abuse over ten years. now reli

>> then we went to the northern arizona prescott va hospital and mel was diagnosed on october 17th, 2011hospital diagnosed him. >> so the problem was with the va hospital in phoenix? >> yes, it was. then we realized he had the bladder cancer, but we decided we would go to the clinic and see whether or not if the va would outsource his operation. met a doctor this who was willing and able to do the surgery. he said, mel, we're very sick, but we can fix you. it took the va in phoenix seven months to approve that outsourcing to get that surgery. >> after seven months, he goes to the mayo clinic to have that surgery and was it too late? >> yes, it was. he said, i'm sorry, the cancer spread to the lymphnodes. >> reporter: tony row served his country as a lieutenant in the air force. he says he's also received inadequate care at the phoenix va. what is going on? >> diabetes, actually right now my ribs are being healed from broke and never treated and same with my left foot. it's horrible. i'm afraid to go to the va. i absolutely will not go to the er. >> reporter: in audition to ailments, he h

. >>> if northern arizona authorities say firefighters are starting to gain the upper hand on a wildfireff. the fire has grown to 7,500 acres with some containment expected. hundreds of firefighters have been working to protect the communities on the edge ofvk- flagstaff with 3,200 residents under preevacuation warnd+cp starting on tuesday at oak creek canyon. the area would normally be swarming with tourists during the memorial day weekend. officials believe the we fire was human caused but have not >>> the question we have: is mike going to stay up to watch the meteor shower tonight? >>> probably not. >>> that is thence i expected. >> it is hard on fridays to stay up late. >> on knows? it will be interesting, the problem is it will not be so bright as the other meteor showers we are used to. give it a try. if you catch pictures tweet us or put them on facebook. we would love to see them, that would be 22 or 23 hours of staying up. >> the winds are at 23 miles per hour in fairfield. so we still have a nation sea breeze blowing through our neighbors. low-to-mid 50's through the north ba

. >>> investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane it crash in northern arizona, killing one person and injuring five others. that plane carrying french tourists and it crashed while trying to land at an airport in page near the utah border. in all seven people were on board when it hit the ground and flipped over in windy conditions. >>> united airlines says a boeing 757 will undergo a thorough inspection after a flight from los angeles to hawaii had to turn back and make an emergency landing. it happened yesterday. united flight 1296 was about 70 minutes into it's journey when the crew reported smoke in the cabin. the plane returned to l.a.x. and passengers were told to put on their oxygen masks and life jackets just in case. two fighter planes escorted the plane back to california. passengers were rebooked on another united flight. >> some debs moments during a little league play in san antonio texas, a a small plane appears to head right toward the playing field, accepting terrified players for cover. we have more. >> this morning parents and little league players in

hundreds of businesses and homes have been evacuated at 450 acres in slide rock state rock in northern arizona it broke out yesterday afternoon. 100 structures including vacation homes and businesses are threatened and officials have determined the fire was human caused but are still investigating. 100 firefighters are fighting the blaze. >> big losses for teacher challengers in yesterday's republican primaries. g.o.p. voters rejected a number of antiestablishment candidates at the ballot box and in kentucky senate minority leader defeated his tea party challenger and reached out to bevin supporters hoping to court some to fight the challenger. the tea party candidates were defeated in georgia, oregon, men and women and idaho. the results suggest that the tea party's influence may not be resonating with g.o.p. voters. >> general motors has announced another massive recall and a new report on cereal. here is the money report. >> topping america's money, more rails from general motors. it involves 2.5 million vehicles, and g.m. has now recalled 14 million cars and trucks this year and more are e

>> more firefighters are expected to arrive on the front lines of a fast growing wildfire in northern arizona has grown to 4,500 acres ten times larger than this time yesterday. a dc-10 is on stand by to assist in the burning. winds kept the volunteers grounded. hundreds of homes and vacation cabins are threatened. 3,200 residents are stand by ready to evacuate. >> the federal prosecutors say the boston marathon bombing suspects pay have received help building the two bombs that exploded last year. the prosecution says that tsarnaev brothers use sophisticated bombs with fuses made from christmas tree lights and remote-controlled detonators from model car parts and hundreds of packages of fireworks were emptied to 80 fuel but no residue of powder was found in the apartments it is suggested that others built or helped the tsarnaev brothers build them. it is suggested that the tsarnaev may have received instructions from a terrorist group. >> today, more thunderstorms are possible in the denver, colorado area, and this morning, colorado springs is recovering from a violent storm yesterday with g

investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash in northern arizona, killing person and injuring five others. that plane carrying french tourists and it crashed while trying to land at an airport in page near the utah border. in all seven people were on board when it hit the ground and flipped over in windy conditions. >>> united airlines says a boeing 757 will undergo a thorough inspection after a flight from los angeles to hawaii had to turn back and make an emergency landing. it happened yesterday. united flight 1296 was about 70 minutes into it's journey when the crew reported smoke in the cabin. the plane returned to l.a.x. and passengers were told to put on their oxygen masks and life jackets just in case. two fighter planes escorted the plane back to california. >> the crew was very professional, they took care of everyone and we got back safe and sound. >> well, passengers were then rebooked on another united flight. >>> two of the members of the university of richmond women basketball programs have been identified as the casualties from friday's hot-a

fox ten in phoenix says hundreds of firefighters pour into northern arizona to battle a wildfire burning in oak creek canyon near slide rock state park. officials say 200 firefighters are already assigned to that fire. >>> fox 45 in baltimore with bees on the loose. delaware officials are telling motorists on a ramp to interstate 95 in newark to keep their windows up and avoid unnecessary stops. a tractor-trailer carrying up to 20 million bees crashed there yesterday. >>> and this is a live look right outside denver from our affiliate there, fox 31. a severe thunderstorm warning for the mile high city. a confirmed tornado was spotted over north eastern aurora moving east at about 20 miles per hour. that was about an hour ago. you can see the red there on the screen from the radar. a tornado warning has since expired. the storms have dropped heavy rain and hail around the denver area, and that's a live look outside the belt way. we'll be right back. now you can have it all with red lobster's new seafood trios! choose one option from the wood-fire grill, one signature shrimp dish, and a pa

investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash in northern arizona, killingrson and injuring five others. that plane carrying french tourists crashed while trying to land at an airport in page near the utah border. in all seven people were on board when it hit the ground and flipped over in windy conditions. >>> united airlines says a boeing 757 will undergo a thorough inspection after a flight from los angeles to hawaii had to turn back and make an emergency landing. it happened yesterday. united flight 1296 about 70 minutes into it's journey when the crew reported smoke in the cabin. the plane returned to lax and passengers were told to put on their oxygen masks and life jackets just in case. two military planes escorted them back to california. >> the crew was very professional, they took care of everyone and we got back safe and sound. >> well, passengers were then rebooked on another united flight. >>> two of the members of the university of richmond women basketball programs have been identified as the casualties from friday's hot-air balloon in virgini

northern arizona people are evacuating because of a wild fire.e started yesterday afternoon. so far it has burned 450-acre. it's being fueled by high winds. right now it's 0% contained. about 100 buildings including homes and cabins are threatened. >>> dry conditions in alaska fueling two wild fires there. right now there are top different fires burning. about 3,000-acres have burned. one of the fires was started by an impropeller i extinguished campfire. the cause of that fire is being investigated. both of them started on monday. so far there are no mandatory evacuations but some people are voluntarily getting out of their homes. >>> netflix is expanding again. they plan to expand to germany, france, and four other european countries before the end of the year. >>>at & t working on an app to help you find your luggage. the app called smart luggage would send you a text from your missing bag. and the tracking app would let you contact the airline directly and arrange to have the missing bag delivered to you. it's not clear how much the tags woul

meanwhile in northern arizona crews say the wildfire expanded to 32 square miles about the size of thety of cleveland. folks in houston breaking for another day of severe storms. emergency workers say a woman died yesterday possibly because of a tree branch that knocked her to the ground and 12 other people hurt. >>> a prosecutor in iran denies that they asked the facebook ceo mark zuckerberg to appear in court. he was concerned about facebook owning apps violating people's privacy. analysts say zuckerberg probably won't show up. >>> coming up in just a moment, why the president said the best military in the world, it's a hammer, but every problem is not a nail. >>> the u.s. military action cannot be the only or even primary component of our leadership in every instance. just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. >> war doesn't solve all problems. president obama today defending his foreign policy and calling for congress to support a $5 billion fund to help fight terrorism around the world. the president proposed the plan during his commencement a

. >>> tonight, firefighters in northern arizona are battling a fire that already consumed close to 5,000cres starting north of sedona and slide rock park. since then it has become an inferno, the evacuations have started. just look at them, thousands out of control. and like them in southern california the fierce wildfire is getting a jump on the fire season threatening lives and property. ana cabrera has more. >> reporter: zero percent contained, ominous words by the firefighters. called the slide fire the blaze near sedona, arizona has already scorched nearly 5,000 acres, the tender dry region is textbook for fires to get out of control. >> fire gets into that steep terrain with heavy fuels and it is wind-driven, it is a bad combination and the potential for a catastrophic wildfire. >> reporter: planes and choppers swoop in, spraying water where hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines battling the fire that is threatening over 3,000 residents. >> it is my home, property and livelihood, everything. >> reporter: frank garrett owns cabins in the area, a popular tourist destination

right around the four quarters region bringing how is frers north to south across northern arizona but back to the bay area, we have high pressure now starting to build in. clearing out the coast and a sign that tomorrow will be a warmer day than the high we saw today which were mainly in the 70s to some low 80s. right now 63 in san jose. a brisk 60 in san francisco and we're seeing the low clouds coming in again, patchy low clouds tonight as the winds are out of the west 20 miles per hour and still cool marine air reaching inland. the marine layer 2,000 feet thick should get squished down to 1,000 feet during the day tomorrow. that will set the stage for a warmup sunday afternoon. the morning, a familiar start. patchy low clouds for the morning. head towards the afternoon, see little less low clouds on the coast. some coastal areas will see some 70s, not just santa cruz but further up the coast. we'll see more sunshine for your sunday afternoon. for the late afternoon hours, we'll hang on to 70s and 80s for most of the bay. sunset at 8:230. breezy and mild. hour by hour, you see the p

the first one in northern arizona and it is fire danger period time of the year there.canyon, 20 miles south of flag staff. the area typically brings in tourists. so far the fire has not destroyed any homes but firefighters say hundreds of structures could still be in the path of this thing. crews are fighting the flames from the ground and the air. you can see that in the video. they say the fire is 25% contained. i have not seep rain -- seen rain in their forecast. >> this one is in alaska. mandatory evacuations where a wildfire has charred more than 240 square miles. about the size of the city of charlotte. hundreds of firefighters battling this. the national guard has sent two helicopters to help. the fire first broke out last week in the kenai peninsula, part of the wildlife refuge. investigators suspect the fire was man-made. that's a heartbreaker. >>> doctors in pittsburgh will try to save the lives of ten wounded patients using a method we have only seen in the movies, sci-fi. suspended an nation. the doctors are removing the patient's blood and replacing it wit

. >>> happening right now, a wind-driven wildfire is blazing across northern arizona forcing vacationers to evacuate. it tore through 400 acres since yesterday afternoon. threatening homes and businesses near sedona. a major highway has been shut down and shelters have been set up. about 100 firefighters are facing hot and dry conditions. >>> another fire danger that would hit anywhere in the country. more than 75,000 house fires break out between the months of may and august. having a smoke detector in your home could mean the difference between life and death. byron pitts tells us what we can do to stay safe. >> reporter: while so much attention has been on the terrible wildfires this season, experts say this summer there's a far graver danger in your own neighborhood, thanks to barbecues and overloaded extension cords and backyard fireworks. nationwide, home fires cause on average 2500 deaths a year, and the warmer weather brings a slew of new concerns. >> fire department. >> reporter: los angeles is responding to record spike in fatal fires this year with this door by door campaign.

it's near slide rock state park in northern arizona. officials are making some steady progress in containing the flames. crews prevented it from spreading towards populated areas. an area three miles long was evacuated but only as a precaution. >>> an e-coli warning is having bottled water flying off the chef. the city has shut off all of its public fountains. >>> as the nation gears up for a weekend of grilling, a massive beef recall is expanding. 11 people in four states have been hospitalized. here's part of a report by nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: just under 2 million pounds of ground beef products traced to wolverine packing are being recalled in 12 states suspected of being tainted with e-coli bacteria. >> consumers are asked to discard it immediately. a second recall is underway for hum mel and dip. it was sold by target, giant eagle and trader joe's across the country. >>> well, pope francis is in the middle east today. the pontiff just arrived in jordan kicking off his three-day visit to the holy land which will include st

we still have some thunderstorms for southern california parts of nevada and also northern arizona.or us, a ridge of high pressure is building in ever so slowly and as it inches closer to us we'll get a little less cloud cover each morning a little more sunshine and temperatures climbing up a few degrees each day but after a couple of days that's a significant change and by the weekend we'll be well above average. so for tonight clouds and fog spreading inland again. if you were foggy this morning, it's a very good chance you will be foggy once again tomorrow morning and that was about 80% of the bay area. warmer afternoon though. breeze from the ocean. just a light to moderate onshore flow. the weekend will be phenomenal. for some of you judging by the traffic heading toward that tow north on 680 today and out of town on interstate 80 you're already taking off and making it a four-day holiday weekend. these are your highs for friday. campbell 84. los altos 77. fremont 77. vallejo 78 degrees. pleasanton 82. pittsburg 85. cooler near the water daly city 66 foggy tomorrow morning. sau

. >>> happening now, six plumes of smoke covering northern arizona this morning as crews battle this fire that has been burning now for two days. happening in the sedona area of slide rock state park. thousands are preparing for a potential evacuation. >> nbc miguel is live this morning. this fire, 4,500 acres now, growing? >> yeah, scott and laura. good morning to you. certainly a big wildfire. 4,500 acres is the last number we were given late last night and in 20 minutes here we expect updated numbers and no doubt that acreage number will certainly climb. this fire is feeding on forest land and much of it to burn here. the conditions here, like they are in the bay area, drought-stricken region. the fire here when it turns on for those hillsides it can quickly explode out of control. some 300 homes are in immediate threat of this fire but 3,000 homeowners have been warned, they may need to evacuate at a moment's notice. crews went door-to-door last night to get those evacuees prepared to leave when that call comes. a trigger point for that fire if it crosses a certain break, they're

. >>> well, crews are finally gaining control of that massive wildfire in northern arizona. in the sedona at slide rock park. boy, big fire. it's been burning now for the past three days. so far it has charred an area bigger than the city of san francisco. officials believe that a person started the blaze, but they've not found that person just yet. hundreds of businesses and homes were evacuated. no reports of any injuries or structures, though, being burned. >>> and another wildfire. this one in alaska. firefighters there are struggling to contain a 63,000 acre fire burning close to a nearby airport on the peninsula. right now it is 5% contained only. no reports of injuries or structure damage there but that fire started four days ago. authorities say it was likely caused by a camp fire. >> i'm no climateologist, but when alaska is on fire, seems to be very strange. >> yeah, very dry out there. in order to get snowfall, you need that dry air. so, very interesting. but, yeah, for us here when it comes to fire danger, we're looking okay. 5:46. as we head outdoors and we get

. >>> happening right now fire crews finally gaining control of that massive wildfire in northern arizona. in the sedona area slide rock park that fire has been burning for three days now. so far it's charred an area bigger than the city of san francisco. officials believe a person started the fire but haven't found that person. hundreds of businesses and homes were evacuated, though, no reports of injuries or any structures burned. >>> new video out of reno this morning. this is something to see. here is this time lapse video showing a wall of dust just devours downtown reno. late last night you can see shrouds all those lights in the dust. really just disappearing there into the horizon. the dust storm lasted about 20 minutes and brought winds with it of about 40 miles per hour. now, this was the first one that the city has seen in more than six years. not too common there for reno to see that. completely dark in the dust. you see that more in arizona. we'll have to ask christina about that. >> if you're still looking for a way to spend your holiday weekend, you might have a free show a

. >> and this morning firefighters are battling a wildfire in northern central arizona. the fire in sedona broke out yesterday afternoon. a hundred homes have been evacuated. at least 450 acres have been burned and part of a highway has been closed. >>> voters in six states cast ballots in primary elections yesterday, but with the got needing just six seats to take control of the senate, this morning most of the attention is focused on three critical races. in oregon, monica wehby won the republican senate primary. her toughest challenge came from state lawmaker jason conger. wehby will face democratic incumbent jeff merkley. and a runoff election will be needed to determine the gop candidate in georgia. and in kentucky mitch mcconnell easily beat off a tea party challenge. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: the senate's highest ranking republican mitch mcconnell cast his ballot. kentucky is one of six states with primaries tuesday. three are likely to play a big role in the battle for control of the senate. >> this is the first time in i don't know how many years that

the northern arizona town of williams has declared a water crisis.illiams relies primarily on runoff, and over the past several months it's received less than half the normal precipitation. residents in the area will be fined for watering lawns or washing their cars with potable water. businesses are even hauling water from outside the town to fill swimming pools. and the largest city in california to file for bankruptcy protection, will ask a judge today-- to approve its plan for reorganizing more than 900- million-dollars in long- term debt. this include in but standing in stockton's way is franklin templeton investments, which lent stockton 35-million-dollars to build firehouses, parks and move its police dispatch center. franklin says the city is offering it only 350- thousand-dollars. hundreds of people fled to shelters as a wildfire threatened an entire town outside amarillo, texas. firefighters believe the but fire has destroyed more than 100 homes. but cnn's andrew spencer reports the fire is now 75- and who wantthe national safety board is i

in northern arizona, fire crews are making some progress.k. >>> as we continue honoring memorial day, he thought about spending the $20 he found in a parking lot on a video game. but instead, he made a very different investment. one in kindness. in honor of his dad's memory, he wrapped the money in this note and handed it to lieutenant colonel frank daley who was eating lunch at the restaurant. it read, quote, dear soldier, my dad was a soldier. he's in heaven now. i found this $20 in the parking lot when we got here. we like to pay it forward in my family. it's your lucky day. thank you for your service. miles eckard. a gold star kid. major dan rooney and his family join us now from the patriot cup in oklahoma. good morning to the three of you. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, thanks for having us. >> good morning. >> myles, i want to start with you. you're at cracker barrel on february 7 and you find a $20 bill there. what are you thinking? >> i was going to buy a video game. >> then once you walk inside, who did you see? >> fran

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ martha: a wildfire forcing people to flee their homes in northern arizonake and heavy flames raging through flagstaff, arizona. firefighters say they believe the fire was caused by someone. the winds now fueling and spreading those. >> i normous flames and all of this happening not far from the site of the deadly yarnell fire that we all remember. it killed 19 firefighters. they were members of the granite mountain hotshots. >> the incompetence and neglect precisely because as everyone of these other scandals unfold the administration mouths words about accountability, talks about responsibility. some people like the secretary of state and even the president says the buck stops here, but the buck stops nowhere because no one pays, no one is fired, no one is demoted. bill: minority leader nancy pelosi naming five to the benghazi select committee. but her announcement not the most enthusiastic saying we have already been there, quote, end quote. 7-5 on the committee. five democrats will serve on the committee. you think it's a positive development. >> i think

a fire in northern arizona now nearly 5,000 a.s is been growing very fast and looking at a time lapse photography here evacuations are underway about 3000 homes are threatened to light the fire and canyons between sonoma and flagstaff. only about 3 mi. from sun's division. their crews have had a liar or a hard time. their concern to some residents and small towns in the area have been very reluctant to leave the forest service believes the fire was caused by a person is not clear yet whether it was intentional. >> : live local outside downtown san francisco agency will cloud starting to push back and the will be warmer though as we head into tomorrow and the weekend a ball will dog: what, what? mattress discounters what, what? mattress discounters memorial day sale ends monday? but mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one "roof." comforpedic, icomfort, optimum, and wow, four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection, even a queen size sealy gel memory foam m

. >> just in, some residents in northern arizona have been forced to evacuate because of fast moving wild fires. that fire fire has burned 450- acre so far and only 20% contained. initial investigation shows that fire may have been caused by a spark from a car. >>> also just h an alaska firefighters battling two fires now. it has burned up to 100-acres so for a and forced some evacuations. the other fire is-ups of miles away -- is hundreds of miles away. the funny river fire has burned 20,000-acres anded so far home owners have not been ordered to to -- leave but that may change. >> japan trying to get a handle at the amount of containment water it has at its plant. ground water now released into the ocean so it doesn't run into contaminated areas. the system has been delayed due to a series of problems. we'll keep you updated on how that continues to develop as well. >>> six states held primaries on tuesday as the they select candidates for the midterm elections. the highest profile showdown pitted mcconnell against a tea party challenger in kentucky with a mcconnell coming out on t