the more serious fires are northwest of port worth it is called the possum kingdom of fire.hat is where a group of consumers found ourselves a little bit too close to the famous flames commute hours. --one thapeople that were in a canoe had to leave their gear behind. also in the town of brad was left in smoked ruins. most of th dwellings were burned to their foundations with the exception of this woman. >> diskette out of here! look at-we just got out of here. >>catherine: with they're trying to make a stand sang " hell's gate. >> it is so dry, there is no moisture. in the ground temperatures the temperatures can reach excessive temperatures. the fire down below. >>catherine: to they brought light drizzle to that erupted held a little bit. today brought a light drizzle to that erupted helped a little bit of those fires are still not contained. >> it is gorgeous right now, with no drizzle right now. patchy fog for late tonight and early tomorrow. partly cloudy skies for your friday. this late system moving in and it is going to be just light rain. for we do have chances for

the wildfire claimed another like a volunteer >>catherine: the governor has proclaimed a possum kingdom is where they found themselves too close to the flames. when that crested at a nearby hill. the head to paddle to safety leaving their equipment behind. this left a trail of smoking ruins. most of the town's buildings burned to their foundation but not where the seven year-old ken mackey has lived. >> 71 year-old-- >> we just got out of here. >>catherine: not far away, firefighters tracking to make a stand. this rd is appropriately named hell's gate drive. >> difficult to stop. >> the ground attack could reach 3000 degrees. >> with new the ground-tent and reached the amount of 3000 degrees! the ground- temperature can reach 3000 degrees. >>catherine: today that light drizzle helped but they're not contained. bp has the first anniversary by filing more lawsuits. the business partner causing the explosion of the ora oil rig and even countersues. president obama is promising to hold bp accountable. the 11 deaths from the explosion. bp has pledged $1 billion to restore natural resources i

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. >> reporter: chief ronnie ramft has been battling the ravenous possum kingdom fire, which consumed at least 150 homes. how quickly can an area like this go up in flames? >> in minutes. >> reporter: this area is usually green and lush in the springtime, but just look around. the drought has turned this into a tinderbox. this part of west texas usually receives about eight inches of rain in a six-month stretch. this year it's received less than an inch. there are now at least 22 major fires ravaging the texas heartland. there are 1,800 firefighters battling it from 34 different states, but still no end in sight. >> any time you have a drought situation and you get into another situation where you have high winds, obviously, that's a dangerous combination and that's what they've been fighting in texas. >> this has been the largest fire i believe texas has ever seen. the size, the scale-- you're fighting a monster. >> reporter: now, there is that slight chance of rain in the forecast, which would most certainly be a welcome relief for folks here, but would also bring new worries. the r

there's a lady on youtube, and she rehabs possums. >> hello. >> hello. >> learn how to give your possumve and beyond. she does massages. holsten's on dental care. she goes above and beyond. i will tell you these people -- all of the animals are not releasable. these are not animals she brought in from her backyard. here's a little bit of her advice. >> look. we againstly lay our opossum down. >> you couldn't pay me to touch a video. >> let me share my video, because we're almost out of time. one of our colleagues ross sent me this the other day. i love dog, i love cats. check out what happens when this pit bull puts his nose up to the cat. the cat turns around and, look at that. look at that. >> three lefts to the head. >> wow. >> it gets worse. now, but what i love about this video is this pit bull turns the other cheek quite literally. he's such -- whoa. he's such -- >> whoa! >> by the way, i want to point out that the cat clearly is not using its claws. the dog is not hurt, but i love that video. it made me almost fall out of my chair when i saw it for the first time. anyway, we're o

one fire west of fort worth damaged or destroyed 150 homes around possum kingdom. just last night, 400 people were evacuated from the town of palo pinto. looks like texas could use a little rain. >> they sure could! they have been in a drought for quite a while now. and yeah, terrible fires there but here in the bay area, that rain is coming again. would you know it, folks? we have some more showers of course running well above the average for rainfall around the bay area and in the sierra nevada. and they are still charging us more for water! can you believe that? clouds outside now, scattered showers continuing out there. just beginning to pick up now. we have another wave of moisture moving onshore now and that is bringing with it some more light scattered showers. these are really hit-and-miss showers moving by. you can see one toward livermore now just south to san jose. and along the peninsula more scattered showers there. another band of moisture making its way onshore. parts of the north bay, petaluma, you have some rain there. in sonoma light scattered sho

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s a possum kingdom lake, has burned 150,000 acres and destroyed around 100 homes. >> this is my house up in here. >> it doesn't look like anything's left here. >> i didn't get anything out of there. >> 40 years of marriage, of our personal stuff. >> reporter: as the fire spread to neighboring counties, hundreds of people there and inmates at the county jail were evacuated. the wildfires have claimed two lives this month. a firefighter died wednesday, 11 days after he was critically injured, battling a fire near amarillo. sadly, his death came on the same day a funeral was held for another firefighter who died friday. higher humidity, cooler temperatures and lower winds contained the flames. alex stone, abc news. >> so much devastation there. now, fire crews are hoping today's wetter and cooler weather will give them a leg up in battling the flames. >>> in other news this morning, the president is on the road in california today, where he will attend a fund-raiser in san francisco. while mr. obama is trying to sell his plan to cut federal red ink, he's also looking to raise big bucks f

. >> reporter: wildfires reached 70 to 80 feet in this recreational area called possum kingdom lake just 75 miles west of dallas, ground zero today for this inferno. the flames destroyed 50 homes, charring as much as 120,000 acres and doubling in size overnight. >> we have wildfires every other year that we consider big, but this one out here is catastrophic. >> reporter: sheriff brian wells tells us he hasn't slept in days because of the fire. >> all we can do is feel helpless and write their numbers down and their information. and if the home does burn we know where they are. >> reporter: all of this black area around me was farmland that's been scorched by the fire. and look at the fuel for this fire. all of this dry brush and grass. more than half of the state of texas is in extreme drought. it's the worst drought here in 44 years. hundreds of firefighters are battling all over texas-- from the air and the ground. but high temperatures and strong winds are whipping up the flames. >> it can move about 30 miles per hour. i mean, it's covering several miles within several minutes. >> re

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the confederates 8 possums around the campfire. the -- ate possums around a campfire. yankees did not know what it was. here is an animal as a naked feet, and naked years, and naked tail, and when the young are born, after 12 days that are bought naked and highly probable, here is a set immobile in northward. -- moving not -- here is an animal moving northward. i think it as a carbon dioxide signal. if we ought to search for jeans, we ought to search for genes that give humans the carbon dioxide signal because we do not have it. if we start tinkering around, that would be a good place to start, but i fear we will not start their care we will start with genes that more profitability -- there. we will start with other genes that have more profitability. we are now adding genes to plants that you and i are heating to be more resistant to pesticides and herbicides, and we are seeing those deployed on agricultural lands in this country and elsewhere, and that is a troubling trend, i think. it is being done without the kind of research that it should have, and frankly, there

the more serious fires are northwest of port worth it is called the possum kingdom of fire. of consumers found ourselves a little bit too close to the famous flames commute hours. >> we just have to get out here with buckets of water. >>reporter: --one people that were in a canoe had to leave their gear behind. also in the town of brad was left in smoked ruins. most of dwellings were burned to their foundations with the >> it is hard to stop. >>reporter: the ground temperature was reaching 3000 degrees. >> the one a double exception of this woman. >> we just had to get out of here! >>catherine: with they're trying to make a this road is appropriately named, hell's gate road. >> it is so dry, there is no moisture. in the ground temperatures the temperatures can reach excessive temperatures. the fire down below. light drizzle did help. (music) >> this is a gorgeous shot of downtown san francisco. overnight those winds pick up and even patchy fog. partly cloudy conditions. attempts to warm-up just a bit. by friday night, that tends to warm-up just a bit. showers coming in the l

>> right here at the zoo we worry about possums, in the wild, there's not much to worry about.ll their times up in the trees and people are the greatest cause of their decline right now. burning of forests to make way for more people. >> is this joey on display? can the public see it at the zoo? >> she is. they're both on display in the window exhibit for everyone to see every day from 11:00 to 4:00 p.m. >> are you going to name her? >> we are. we are going to have our zoo fest auction next month at the zooand that's where she'll get her new name. >> heather, thanks so much for coming on and sharing the story. the new joey koala, we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >> all right. >>> and now here's jenna. >> lester, thanks. >>> this morning dressing for every occasion. for women looking to find the right trend for their special event this spring, look no further from the designs from christian soriano. his fashions have graced the carpets. we get to have him join us this morning for the perfect looks for our next big event. christian, good morning. thank you for being with

. >> reporter: firefighters have been battling the massive possum kingdom fire for a week. on thursday, they finally got some relief in the form of cooler weather and a light rain. how tired are your folks? >> just about dead-tired. >> reporter: he leads the volunteer fire department here. just 25 members. most haven't slept more than four hours a night in a week. ♪ two firefighters have died battling blazes across the state. more than 1 million acres have burned in drought-stricken texas. that's an area the size of rhode island. >> the last six months, it's been the driest on record since the early 1900s. >> reporter: hundreds of firefighters from across the nation have come to help. so has this massive dc-10, part of an aerial assault that may finally be working. finally cooling down hell's gate and so many other parts of the state. the two firefighters who were killed have both been volunteers but now they have plenty of professional help. nearly 2 housh,000 firefighters dozens states are here and now mother nature is helping too. >> that is good news. thanks, ryan. >>>

they evacuated their homes near possum kingdom lake late thursday, bringing their young sons and pets, but leaving some family members behind to protect their property. >> it's still scary thinking that it's going to get our home, everything we have and own is in there. >> reporter: with the wind blowing up to 60 miles per hour, you'd think the fire would be predictable. but it's not here. with the wind blocked by a tree line the fire is actually moving up, against the wind. roadblocks have kept residents from knowing for certain if their homes are among the more than 30 destroyed already. fire officials said 275 people have been evacuated but more are leaving as the fire continues to spread east. >> they're now checking everything out and watching the fire. it was probably about 1,000 yards from the back door. >> reporter: jason allen, cbs news, new graham, texas. >>> it is eight past the hour. here's rebecca. >> russ, thank you. turning now to politics. congress finally passed the deal to fund the government for the rest of this year. and then they immediately launched into a heated

at possum kingdom lake, west of ft. quarters of the state is facing severe fire risk. alex stone, abc news. >>> the fbi's investigating a bomb plot at a denver-area shopping mall. investigators released surveillance photos of this man late last night as a possible suspect in the case. two unexploded pipe bombs were found after a small fire broke out inside that crowded mall. the mall was just a few miles from columbine high school where of course 13 students were killed 12 years ago yesterday. >>> two western photojournalists have died in libya. the first western journalist killed in the fighting there. tim hetherington was a co-director of an oscar-nominated documentary about u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. it was based on a report that he had worked on for abc's "nightline." and also killed in the besieged city of misrata was chris hondros of getty images. >>> misrata has turned into a bloody standoff between the rebels and government forces. libya's third largest city and a deep sea port. misrata is still in opposition