. >>> in northern mexico, at least >>> here's your first dish of politics. snowden answered questions during an online chat monday and said that former vice president dick cheney calling him a traitor is a mark of pride and that, quote, it's the highest honor you can give an american. >>> one of the miss u.s.a. pageant contestants was asked about the snowden claims. >> i think the society that we live in today it's sad that if we go to the movies or to the airport or even to the mall that we have to worry about our safety. i would rather someone track my telephone messages and feel safe wherever i go and feel like they're encroaching on my privacy. >>> voting rights groups are applauding the supreme court's ruling that says that arizona cannot demand proof of citizenship from people voting. >>> former illinois congressman jesse jackson jr. will be sentenced july 3rd for looting his campaign treasury of about $750,000. jackson's lawyers asked the court to send him to prison first if he and his wife sandy get time behind bars and that's the morning dish of scr

. >>> in northern mexico, at least one person has died due to excessive rain throughout the weekend and monday. they've received over 17 inches of rain, about 60% of the season's annual rainfall. it has left at least 40,000 people homeless. more rain is expected for the region. >>> and now for a look at the weather closer to home, nbc's bill karins is here. >> good morning. we had some downpours around here, but nothing like that. the dallas/ft. worth area, you've been getting and seeing noormus lines of thunderstorms overnight. one was right over the top of the desoto sl desoto/dallas are. it's very warm, very humid. eventually, these showers and storms will be in atlanta. it looks like right during your morning rush hour. there's many other areas, too. right off the coastline of south carolina. we've got showers and storms, light rain heading across tennessee. here is how the weather map will be for this afternoon. about half the nation with the chance for showers and storms today. temperatures will be warm and muggy, all the way from the mid-atlantic to the northeast down to the deep

the three mothers traveled to northern mexico and that's how the meeting took place but with the bars in between them. >> how many people are in that situation where they are separated from their parents? >> the migration institute did a study and say nearly 1.8 people under the age of 30 would qualify under the dream act which has failed several times in the senate. a lot of questions where do they come from. three out of four come from central america and mexico. there are immigrants from africa an asia but most of them from mexico and central america. >> what is the dream act? you look at the expiration of the executive order. what happens after that expires? >> really somebody has to do something after june of 2014. otherwise all these kids are eligible for deportation if there's no bill. if immigration reform fails in congress. they're literally in limbo. they only have 12 more months for something to happen. >> i imagine those three that you featured in the piece are lucky because they were able to be reunited with their mothers there. how would that happen? would someone have t

down through the mississippi river valley and all the way back across area of texas down towards northern mexico with this. we will see a few tornadoes today but you mostly pretty significant wind and hail today. tomorrow, across the northeast. all the big cities tomorrow getting in on this from d.c. through baltimore, philly, new york city and much of upstate new york and northern new england. guys? >> thanks, rick. >> meanwhile, take a look at this. a meteorologistis meteorologise weather channel was hurt after the tornado hunt car in which he was riding was thrown some 200-yards. the suv they were riding in was caught up in a storm near el reno. they were wearing seatbelts and they were able to walk away from the banged up vehicle. a weather field team has been in the field -- a weather team has been in the field for most of may. this is the first time they have been hurt chasing storms. you think that the storm chasers are immune or bulletproof. they are not. >> you see the tanks they end up driving. we have them here on the plaza and we have gotten tours of these things. rick talking about

mexico. the forecast has already proven true in southern california and northern new mexico. a fire north of los angeles has spread to nearly 41 square miles. and is threatening hundreds of homes in two subdivisions, 2,000 firefighters are on the line. in new mexico two separate wildfires totaling at least 14 square miles have forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes am back from his unannounced trip to sir why, senator john mccain thinks the country's civil war is inching closer to a turning point tonight. on "face the nation" today, mccain told bob schieffer the forces of president bashar al- assad are gaining momentum. >> hezbollah has now invaded, the iranians are there, russia is pouring weapons in. and anybody that believes that bashar assad is going to go to a conference in geneva when he is prevailing on the battlefield, it's just silly to assume that. >> so you think he is now has the upper hand. >> we are seeing, unfortunately, a battlefield situation where bashar assad now has the upper hand and it's tragic. >> reporter: what can we do, senator? some people say

. >>> in northern new mexico, fire crews are working to contain two large wildfires. 1 fire has burnedmore than 14 square miles. it downed power lines, sparked it a week ago. the second fire also burned through 14 square miles. special jets and helicopters were sent there. part of an aerial assault. >>> as the first tropical storm of atlantic hurricane season is expected to make landfall this afternoon. as andrea churns, people along the gulf coast of that state are preparing for torrential rains and flooding. filling sandbags yesterday trying to prevent the damage they saw last year from tropical storm debbie. with wind speeds topping 50 miles an hour and several inches of rain, this storm will be felt across a broad area. >> let's check in with accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. we are tracking our first tropical storm of the season here, tropical storm andrea. winds fairly negligible with this storm. as far as impacts go, we'll see some soaking rainfall, though. it will move north and eastward. moving over northern florida late

rolling police cruisers chase after a 22-year-old man through highways and country roads in northern new mexico. the pursuit is not only dangerous, it's violent. >> shots fired. shots fired. >> i heard an officer was injured. that's when i noticed sergeant faulk had blood coming from the area of his face. >> in may 2007, sergeant jackie bud in aztec, mexico, is the first backup to respond to an incident that begins in a nearby town. that's where lionel gets into a confrontation near a laundromat and local police are called. >> he and his party were trying to leave in a vehicle. a bloomfield officer approached him in an attempt to stop him to find out what was going on. shots were fired at bloomfield police. a taser was deployed and at some point he was able to drive out and around partially taking out a fence and then drove out to third street and headed north. >> by the time budd gets to the scene everyone is gone. budd rushes to catch up with the suspect who has two others in the car with him. as he closes in on them, he notices the rear passenger door opening. >> i see a head poke out. sure

stillñhave it down across areas all the way down throughout much of texas, towards big bend and northern area of mexicokansas and through that mid mississippi ryver valley and ohio river valley. stretches up towards detroit. sunday towards the northeast. neither as significant as today but a threat for tornadoes continue with us for the next two days also. >> shepard: i know it is may and approaching june now tomorrow. this is the time of year when it happens. maybe it is because of social media order rest but this teams like more activity than is common. >> these is vice president really strong tornadoes and -- have been really strong tornadoes. when the jetstream hits the high pressure it can't continue to move in a straight fashion. it buckles up to the left and makes a leftward turn and it has been doing that right in the central plains for the last three kay days. the same pattern that we had set up last week. a very significant turn to the jetstream. that jetstream is where the strongest winds are high up in the atmosphere and that is what storms develop. that has been continuing with us for days

mexico. it does look like it will track over the northern part of florida. the florida panhandle by this afternoon. by 2:00 a.m., here's the position. it will have 40 to 50-mile-per-hour winds. the main threat is heavy rain. the latest track takes it along the atlantic seaboard. the most likely track is the red line. the position by friday afternoon is going to be near the mouth of the chesapeake bay. here's washington. does look like it may be near ocean city by sunset on friday. 2:00 a.m. position on saturday is right here off cape may, new jersey. coming close enough to us to give us moderate to heavy rains during the day tomorrow. this afternoon might get light rain and tonight. highs in the 70s. those downpours tomorrow maybe an inch or two of rain and blustery winds and then maybe some lingering showers through midday saturday. some sun back saturday afternoon. partly cloudy on sunday. highs upper 80s and maybe an afternoon thundershower. small chance of that. greater chance of storms around on monday and into next week. and earlier this week that gorg

mexico. more heavy rain and severe storms across the northern plains and down in towards the great lakes region. flash flooding is possible from wisconsin into iowa and down into northern portions of illinois as well. could get 100 to maybe 150 -- 50 to 100 i'm afraid, sorry, millimeters of rain in the next 24 hours. and that could definitely cause some flash flooding, which is very serious stuff indeed. staying unstable untowards the northwest all the way down into northern california for the next couple of days. meanwhile critical fire weather, no rain, very low humidity, gusty winds and the heat in the four corners. all right. on into europe we go and more storms here. severe ones have been interrupting in northern portions of the balkans and we're expecting heavy rain, possibly flooding rain as parts of poland, chezech are public i very unstable. this coming downright towards the south is clashing with the heat coming up from northern africa. 37 in athens. we've got 30 in madrid. 38 in lisbon. as the temperatures drop off you can see the difference there. 14 degrees in vienna. this is where

able to provide grant authorization to many small predominantly hispanic communities across northern new mexico that are in these areas where these waterways have been carved through our mountains, through our watersheds, provide opportunity for small farmers, rural communities all across new mexico. for many years local farmers in new mexico have been asking for an amendment that would allow community ditch associations to access funds. it is a century's old irrigation system still in use today providing opportunities for many private landowners all across new mexico and southern colorado. the landowners, the ditch association, is in charge of maint tainting the irrigation which requires work on the ditch on private land. these small community ditch associations do not have the authority to levy taxes, and that's why i'm asking members to please consider and offer your support on this amendment today. members who are watching and tuning in to c-span this morning as well as offices, please take a look at this amendment. we need your help in new mexico, and our farmers would certainly appreciate

mexico. health officials issued an advisory for people living in the northern parts of the state because of thatmoke you see there. it is affecting the air quality. so far the thompson ridge fire has already scorched 4400 acres in santa fe national forest. only 5% contained. >>> we now know 19 people died from the tornadoes and flooding in oklahoma. the severe that swept through friday with the widest tornado ever recorded. officials say the twister in el reno, oklahoma, was 2.6 miles wide. the winds topped 250 miles an hour, making it ef-5 tornado, the highest rating for tornado. the tornado in moore, oklahoma, was the same strength. >>> two back-to-back tornadoes, that's unusual, isn't it? >> yeah, but unfortunately the tornado activity is now waning and we won't see any more huge ones like that for the rest of the season. here, well, we have had some gorgeous weather. this was the view up on skyline drive yesterday. you could see for miles and miles and miles. spectacular visibility. post your pics to weather@nbcwashington.com. now, first light of this day showing up. a few high, wispy clouds

i would like to thank the firefighters in battling the two wildfires in northern new mexico. time and again those on the front line as well as those on the lines have acted admirably and those who vol untiered and lent a helping hand and our displaced friends and neighbors, god bless you and thank you for your hard work. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment to help our communities prepare for wildfires. and i thank the chairman and ranking member for their work in this important area and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman may not reserve. mr. lujan: i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. carter: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: this bill provides 2.5 billion for grants. this is $400 million above the president's request for fiscal year 2013. $35 million above fiscal year 2013. this bill prioritizes funding, consolidation in this bill forces the secretary to examine the intelligence and risks and where it is ollars needed most. high-risk it is to urban are

tropical storm andrea pelted florida's northern gulf coast on thursday, the season's first tropical storm was churning in the gulf of mexico where warnings were in effect. there are reports of tornados touching down, including one that damaged several houses in palm beach county. more tornados are likely into the southeast coast into friday. it's going to move along the eastern seaboard for the next few days. it should lose tropical characteristics by saturday. but it's going to stay near the coast. so storm surges and rip currents, and high waves, all of them are going to be a very big issue for the next several days. now talking about heavy rain, we're expecting an additional 150 millimeters of rain or 200 millimeters of rain in florida and over 100 millimeters for a wide area of the east coast of the u.s. and canada. the system is expected to converge with this system over the mainland u.s. so widespread rain is in the forecast for the next several days. another area we're watching is the texas panhandle and new mexico. but on the backside of it, dry and hot. it's going to go up even more into your saturday. up towards

northern california, huge base in arizona, people coming in from mexico and malaysia. >> the larger comic-con event in san diego kicks off on july 18th. >> still ahead, one of america's favorite super heroes is back. man of steel hits the theaters this weekend. what's it like playing superman's parents in the film? we sit down with diane lane and kevin costner with all the details. and before we go to break, fox broadcasting is promoting a new fall comedy "dads" by offering viewers in the d.c. area free golf. the first 150 dads visiting top golf can hit balls free of charge, simply by mentioning dads on fox. and you can get a sneak peek at the new comedy and head home with their very own "dads" branded golf balls. stay with us.  >> in this morning's buzz bin, kim kardashian has a new role. she's a mom. she and kanye west welcomed a baby girl yesterday in los angeles. the baby was born five weeks early but the mom and baby are doing well. the baby's name has not yet been released. >> what kind of man do you want to grow up to be, clark? whoever that man is. >> superman is ba

mexico. here is the latest track. does look like later ashore later today across northern florida and moving along the atlantic seaboardide anywhere of this zone here perhaps as close if it takes the left track we could get heavy rains in washington but right now the most likely track is red line as of friday at around -- i should say saturday morning. position at 2:00 a.m. friday afternoon it may be around the mouth of the bay. that's going to be the time when we'll have the heaviest rains. heavy rains likely tomorrow. 1 to 2 inches. blustery wind. it does move out friday night. here's how we look hour by hour throughout the day today. clouds around this morning. highs reaching upper 70s this afternoon. some showers likely moving in from mid afternoon into this evening. not a direct effect from andrea but we'll feel that off and on during the day on friday. highs in the 70s. maybe a lingering shower saturday morning depending on how quickly it moves out. sun back saturday afternoon. drying out on tuesday and wednesday next week. i'm back with another andrea update in ten minutes. first 4 traffic with danella. >> watch

mexico. about 50 homes have been evacuated as the two blazes expand in the northern part of the state scorching a combined 9,000 acres. officials say severe doubt conditions not seen since the 1950s -- severe drought conditions not seen since the 1950s are fueling the fire. >>> people still unaccounted for after the latest violent storms in oklahoma. friday's tornadoes and floods killed 13 people in the el reno area there. more than 100 others were injured. in some cases, people sought shelter from the tornadoes in drainage difference only to be swept away by floodwaters. >> my dad got a phone call that he was missing and so he came down here to help look for them. >> among those killed were veteran storm chasers tim and paul samaras and carl young. the remnants of the storm then moved up to new england knocking out power in thousands of homes in vermont, new hampshire and maine. >>> work crews are cleaning up after an oak tree fell in a park in willow glen park in san jose. it split in half saturday afternoon at willow street injuring two people. half of the tree fell on parked cars. you can s

mexico. health officials issued an advisory for people living in the northern part of that state because of this. see all that thick smoke there? it's affecting the air quality. the thompson ridge fire has already scorched 4400 acres in santa fe national forest. only 5% contained. >>> set veer weather that swept through oklahoma killed 19 people. friday's storms created the widest storm ever. they say the twister in el reno was 2.6 miles wide. the winds topped 295 miles an hour, making it an ef-5 tornado, the highest rating. last month's tornado in moore was also the same strength. >>> other parts of the midwest are dealing with flooding. this is alton near st. louis. residents packed up and left town. the missouri river breached a near nearby levee. >>> our local weather and traffic every ten minutes on the 1s. >>> storm team meteorologist tom kierein talking about cooler morning but a beautiful day ahead, tom. >> look at that sunrise. looks like a painting. here's another view of the sky from our tower, our sky watch camera up about 300 feet up, looking off to the east. you can see a beautiful

mexico moisture that is cawell, this tropical depression now. this is tropical depression 2 and it's bringing lots of rain over northern guatemala but this is going to stay away from usp we don't need anymore -- us. we donned need anymore rain. we will see rain with showers and thunderstorms coming in and we have a surplus now. abc2's most accurate future trend goes into motion picking up on scattered showers and storms as we go throughout the day. but they will be more widespread for today. so we won't get off like we did yesterday with an isolated shower and thunderstorm. lots of sunshine yesterday. we won't be so lucky today many we will have to wait until thursday and friday when we see more sunshine in the forecast. today, the high temperature coming in right around will #-- 83 and by lunchtime 81. less humid heading towards the end of the week. let's check the traffic with lauren. >> reporter: well, unfortunately we have trouble in baltimore city. there is a crash downtown right on east fayette street at president street. jfx will be free of delays nothing to get in your way. tunnels also going to be moving along. we are looking at 55 miles

mexico and the rainfall could be 250 millimeters of rain. flooding and land slights will be a major issue. happening across the mid-western states and the northern plains and central canada. isolated tornados likely and the main threats will be large and strong winds and also a heavy rain. across the south, we have seen lingering rain across the florida peninsula, but dry across the southwest. temperatures will be cooling down to 18 degrees in vancouver as well as seattle. warm across the northeast at 27 in new york city and 28 in washington, d.c. finally in europe after causing serious floods across the west, the lingering storm system is moving towards the northeast. for part was germany and the low countries. nasty weather will affect the pe flans on friday. a ridge of highway pressure system is causing lots of sunshine. 31 in vienna and pud best on friday. here's the extended forecast. # >> a reminder of the late story. investors started what could be a big day on the market. they have seen colleagues on wall street struggle through the worst day of the year. the dow jones industrial average tumbled more than 350 points. the federal reserve

mexico today. it's not well-organized, but numerous showers and storms around the center of low pressure and it will likely move across the northernpart of florida towards charleston by about 8:00 a.m. friday. 45 mile per hour wind. very soaking rain along the path of the storm. then the remnants will be up by ocean city late friday and this red stripe we see for the forecasted rainfall, easily two and a half may be 4, 5 inches of rain the path of the storm. it will be weaker once it gets here, but the remnants of andrea will bring us rain on friday. a couple of scattered showers tomorrow afternoon and rain chances starting to increase. a surge of tropical moisture comes into the area friday afternoon. it pulls away on saturday. we will see a little sunshine mixing and on saturday, but as you can see the chance for a few showers to start the weekend. afternoonrrow with showers a possibility. small craft advisory on the bay. highs around 70 in the mountains. eastern shore, temperatures a little warmer, but there is also the chance of showers and storms beginning tomorrow afternoon and friday. the heaviest rain for ocean city friday

mexico was started by lightning nearly two weeks ago. it's now grown to 57 square miles. another tragedy is unfolding this evening in northerne maybe a thousand people have died in a monsoon. have a look at this. a truck tumbles into a gorge. thin a car was swept away by floodwaters. houses slid down cliffs and into rivers. the indian army has sent 10,000 solders to rescue victims. of all the queen's horses, this is the first to win the biggest race of all. that story is ahead. ♪ hands, for holding. ♪ feet, kicking. better things than the joint pain and swelling of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. if you're trying to manage your ra, now may be the time to ask about xeljanz. xeljanz (tofacitinib) is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz is an ra medicine that can enter cells and disrupt jak pathways, thought to play a role in the inflammation that comes with ra. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers have happened in patients taking xeljanz. don't start taking xeljanz if yo

the members of that commission will be from states that are affected by, or on mexico's southern border and some on the northernt's talk to governor jan brewer a republican from arizona joins us now. senator mccain says in five years maybe there is a commission. what do you think so far? how do you feel about this border surge amendment and how the states concerns are being considered here? 0. >> let me begin by saying, jenna that i'm really, really am claiming victory for arizona in records to the border surge. i was writing to the federal government and to senator schumer way back in june of 2010 in regards to the border surge that we needed to see completed before we moved forward. so today hopefully that will get out of the senate and we can see that they are going to move forward. so i'm very pleased about that. my concern, of course, as always has been is that we don't want to have the same situation that's happened in the past, we need to see that the border is under somewhat of some type of operational control before anything else, i believe should get passed. jenna: what about accountability there? i d

members of that commission will be from states that are affected by or on the mexico southern border and some on our northernagain, you're confident that with this corker-hoeven amendment, that this thing will have the support in the senate to pass. what about the house? what are you thinking about its prospects there? >> first of all, this legislation already had enough votes, like 60 or 61. but we need as many as possible, particularly republican senators, to send the right message to the house of representatives. so in the house of representatives, i don't know. i can't predict. i do know that congressman paul ryan, our former vice presidential candidate, has come out in support. there are many who are in support of it. but we're going to have to do a job of convincing a lot of people. and we're going to have to enlist the help of the business community that we supposedly represent, we republicans, because the business community is solidly behind this legislation because they know how badly it's needed for america. and so we're going to have to enlist a lot of forces, including our evangelical community w

fire crews are trying to contain out of control wildfires in new mexico. 50 homes have been evacuated as the two blazes expand in the northern part of the state scorching a combined 9,000 acres. severe drought conditions not seen since the 1950s are fueling the fires. >>> seven people remain unaccounted for this morning after the latest violent storms hammer oklahoma. friday's tornadoes and floods killed at least 13 people in the el reno area. more than 100 others were injured. in some cases, people sought shelter in drainage ditches, only to be swept away by floodwaters. >> my dad got a phone call that he was missing. and so he came down here to help look for him. >> among those killed were veteran storm chasers tim and paul samaras and carl young. they died when their car was hit by the twister. one of the bodies was found a half mile from the vehicle. bay area red cross chapters have sent members to oklahoma to help with relief efforts, and the remnants of the storm moved into new england knocking out power to thousands there. >>> today arborists will examine what's left of an old oak tree that split in half in san jose.

northern idaho. >> picture-perfect in the northeast, with low humidity and temperatures in the 70s. it will be 95 and above for parts of southern california, nevada and new mexico80s across the ohio valley. >>> coming up after the break, new trouble for one of the nfl's rising, young stars. details straight ahead. >>> plus, how to get an iphone 5 for free. a popular trade-in deal is coming back. >>> what james gandolfini meant to cable tv and the industry as a whole. the short answer here is a lot. >>> welcome back. interest rates are going up. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the fed will begin scaling back its stimulus program of buying up bonds later this year. the program has kept interest rates at record lows. but bernanke says the economy is clearly on the mend. mortgage and car loan rates are expected to rise as a result. >>> and the fed's plan rattled investors. and stocked plunged on the news. all fell on how smoothly those interest rates will rise. >>> best buy is bringing back the popular iphone trade-in deal. beginning tomorrow, until next saturday, you can turn in an iphone 4 and 4s and get an iphone 5. >>> men's warehouse has fired its f

in northern california a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning also the cause of another growing wildfire near kingston, new mexico. early a devastating fire season not showing any signs of slowing down. >> let's see where things stand now. mickey trost with the division of fire prevention control joining us live from colorado springs. give me a sense of what the situation there is this morning. we've been hearing overnight zero percent contained and some weather conditions that are perfect for fires. what are you seeing there right now? >> here at the black forest fire we are seeing smoke still coming up through the air, the state office of emergency management is activating the state emergency operations center this morning to support the five fires that are occurring right now in the state of colorado. >> we're going to show these five active fires now. they multiplied in just hours on tuesday, the big meadows fire, the royal gorge, the black forest, in el paso county and a couple others, you can see where they are. so what is your biggest obstacle at this point? >> you know, there are a couple things they are

mexico. it will have zero effect on the lower 48. veracruz getting heavy rain this morning. the story throughout the next two to three days, heavy rain in the northernlains. could have some severe weather. maybe isolated tornadoes. right now some strong storms heading up towards the canadian border in montana and north dakota. and just south of fargo, some very heavy rain. this afternoon, the concern will be damaging wind, hail and a few tornadoes. this will continue through the overnight hours. fargo, duluth, minneapolis, sioux city, omaha, des moines, waterloo. i think kansas city you'll be okay. the eastern seaboard for our last full day of spring looks absolutely gorgeous today. enjoy it because it looks like the heat and humidity is coming back in a big way towards this weekend and all during next week. so 81, low humidity from d.c. to new york, up to boston. should be beautiful in the eastern seaboard. enjoy it because this low humidity stuff, it's not going to last. >> that's fine. i'm just preferring anything over rain, bill. thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," much more on the life of james gandolfini

in northern california a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning was the cause of another fire near kingston, new mexico. and earlier, not showing any signs of slowing down. well, this fire has already taken out or damaged dozens of homes, no official count right now. one of the big challenges today is resources with several fires burning throughout the state. they have to get more folks in, i'm sure that will happen today. right now, christine, this fire has zero percent containment. >> whoa, that's not good. dan, not everyone heeded evacuation orders, right? some people are having trouble getting out. what are officials telling them to do now? >> reporter: well, i have to tell you, their experience with wildfires in this area, so people generally have a good sense of when to stay, when to leave. at this point, they're telling folks, if you haven't left, now is the time to really -- stressing that people need to take this fire seriously. hopefully, more people do that today. we don't have a precise number in terms of the number of people who stayed in their homes but apparently there are a few who stay

in northern california, a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning also the cause of another growing wildfire near kingston, new mexico. in early and devastating fire season not showing any signs of slowing down. and live now in colorado springs this black forest fire. it's believed it has destroyed or damaged dozens of homes at this point. this fire is not contained at all, zero percent. five fires raging throughout the state of colorado, as you can imagine, resources are stretched a bit thin. carol, the big priority is making sure you have enough firefighters on the front lines so they can effectively battle this blaze. carol? >> dan simon reporting live from colorado springs this morning. >>> walgreens paying a record fine of $80 million to settle claims it knowingly allowed drugs like oxycodin to hit the black market. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us more. really? >> really. this all circles back to a distribution center, carol, that is located in jupiter, florida, which received bigger than usual orders of prescription pain killers from half a dozen pharmacies located in the state. walgre

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northern border. there are several amendments from our colleagues from new mexico to help facilitate cross-border travel and commerce. the list includes an amendment by senator brown to ensure the border fence is constructed with materials made in america. i mean, who could vote against that? the list contains an amendment by senator cochran and senator landrieu. she's the chairwoman of the subcommittee on homeland security. it requires increased reporting on the eb-5 program, something that should be a no-brainer. the list contains two amendments championed by senators klobuchar and landrieu and coats to ease the process for international adoptions, a humanitarian measure that should get strong bipartisan support. these are just a few examples of what we have in here that we've all agreed should be able to be passed. i wish the list were longer. earlier yesterday morning i learned there were republican objections to a number of democratic amendments that had been on my list, including several that had republican cosponsors. i was surprised to hear there are concerns about several of these amendments. o

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northern afghanistan. for anyone who doubts that, i urge you to give our ambassador to mexico a call who is our number two guy in afghanistan last time, was there a couple of years ago. but as i said earlier, those blimps, they are old in terms of the technology, but we can hang a lot of stuff, a lot of surveillance equipment on them and they do great work. in some places, they will make a lot of sense. in other cases, maybe not so much. but the department of homeland security needs to be able to swiftly put in place tools like blimps, factors on the ground that change when they see the need for new approach to securing certain portions of our borders. i don't think that we ought to be hamstringing them with mandates that make them less effective in carrying out their missions, including requiring additional fences in the area where the fencing really doesn't make much sense. in a lot of place it is does. 600 miles or so it does. and there are some more place that is it does, but there are also some places where the more spence tiff drone, the land-based cameras, they have helicopters with the right kind

northern ireland right now. both leaders there to attend the g-8 summit. this is their first face-to-face meeting in over a year. the last one, you may recall, was in mexicons that came out of that meeting was that it was awkward, and it was a little bit tense, so now you can only imagine here we are a year later, and both men have the hot topic of syria on the table and how to deal with the civil war that's taking place within that country. bashar al assad is the leader of syria and has the backing of russian president vladamir putin. president obama and his administration just last week made the decision that they will be arming the opposition right now, and basically what that means, according to the "new york times," that small arms and ammunition, possibly anti-tank weapons, will be sent over to syria and the opposition but not any anti-aircraft weapons. that is a big deal because that really doesn't -- that makes them more, you know, a david against a goliath, the weaponry that syria has been getting from russia, but it remains to be seep exactly what will come out of this meaning we do know both sides have been willing to work and arrange a syrian

to see pretty heavy showers across west texas and eastern new mexico, which is really outstanding news. they desperately need rain. northerneally warm but quite nice. the big problem is out across the southwest with those high temperatures again pushing records all across the colorado river valley, death valley in towards phoenix, tucson, everybody in the triple digits and high or triple digits. send it back to you inside. >> thanks so much, rick. lets get to headlines now, tell you what's happening in the news. fourth of july sparking new fears. fbi warning state and local law enforcement agencies need to be on the lookout for fireworks used as bombs. boston marathon bombs used powder from fireworks used in the deadly attack. police want people to be on alert in large crowds home grown terrorist have opportunities to cause more harm. deadly crash in turkey. it appears to run a light in a popular resort area and veer across a busy road before flipping over and hitting a light pole. two people on board were killed. several others suffered minor injuries. the cause of that crash is still under investigation. >>> lady gaga sp

to the mountains in northern california, where i'd spent time with agents working to eradicate marijuana plantations. >>there is a long tradition of growing marijuana here in mexico this is where a lot of the methods were perfected. this scene looks very familiar same set up, same equipment as we see in the marijuana grows in california, likely because it's the same people. they're just growing it north of the border. (vo)as mexico's cartels grow in power officials in the us are beginning to see evidence of their tentacles stretching across the border. coming up-- i head back to california where law enforcement is cracking down on traffickers. >>maybe the next few hours some guys that are living the big fat life abusing us their life's going to change manos aribe! get your hands up! cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is

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knowing specifics in northern minnesota, i can say that is an enormous issue not raised the eight a lot of attention, that is ubiquitous across much of the west, whether you're in new mexico or utah or nevada and have situations where your estate plan strecker boarded through federal lands and it's a very large resource efficient the issue and some of the tools that we typically use to consolidate into land swaps and other game are limited in that case, particularly the land and water conservation fund is the tool we can't use to purchase state lands. i propose reauthorizing overseas for about 10 years and resulted in higher disposal rate that blm, but also something we could use to resolve these conflicts and focus resources back on high-value lands. but i would be curious if you have any sort of concerted effort and i would encourage you to get this issue it's due while you're the secretary because it is something that is faster for a long time and leads to a lot of unnecessary management and resource conflicts between state and the federal government. >> i very much appreciate your support of reauthorizing. i think that's a useful tool to search in the past would be ho

situation in northern minnesota i can say that is an enormous issue that is not received a lot of attention but is ubiquitous across much of of the west whether you are in new new new mexico or utah or nevada. you have the situations where you you have state lands checker board approved federal lands and it's a very large research efficiency issue and some of the tools that we typically use to consolidate and to land swaps and other things are limit to do in that case particularly the land and water conservation fund. we can't use emergency plan. i propose -- which resulted in higher disposal rates at dom and also a something we can use to resolve these conflicts and focused those resources back on high value lands. but i would be curious if you have any sort of concerted effort and i would encourage you to give this issue is due well you are the secretary because i think it's something that has led to a lot of unnecessary management and resource complex between the state and the federal government. see i very much appreciate your support. i think that is a useful tool that has worked in the past and would be helpful to have in the future so thank you for your support the