one was in san bernardino county. we also had allegations of fraudule fraudule fraudulent voter registration. >> i heard when we were at the voter project here at "fox news" investigating a lot of this, we heard about allegations in san diego of signing up illegal immigrants from mexico right over the border. is this where that investigation is leading? we weren't able to follow that up. is that similar to what they investigated? >> what's going on in san diego is a couple things. one already they had a videotape of an acorn worker telling this pimp and prostitute in the videotape how to illegally smuggle i think 13 to 15-year-old girls across the border and then also aside from that we have these girls across the border. we had voter fraud that they sent to the local prosecutor. so the allegations on acorn doing mischievous things is nothing new. we believe from our standpoint when we find out about it we need to have the proper authorities investigate. >> finally the final point, there's also potential issue with th

firefighters will have a tough time battling blazes near the san bernardino valley. look for scattered showers possible in high elevations in the four corners. that is a look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for "hln." >>> wildlife officials in florida are taking bold action against owners of exotic pets. but some say that's unfair. >> i don't feel like the state has any business getting into my affairs. >> how a little girl's death caused officials to crack down and urge people to turn their pets in. >>> there's no question for nfl player kerry rhodes, fitness is a job, on the field -- >> i'm big on the fruit. >> -- off the field, even on twitter. >> a lot of people ask me on twitter to give them workout tips, what do i do, what do i eat? looking to lose 20 pounds over the next three months. that's something you can fulfill because you're trying to do too much. >> rhodes tip number one, map out a fitness plan. >> three sets teven. >> reporter: work slow. >> work your way up, try to get to that point where you can do more. >> reporter: it's all a

the governor has declared a state of emergency in san bernardino county. >>> more than 7 million dosesthe swine flu vaccine are ready to go as the largest prevention program in u.s. history gets under way. health care workers in indianapolis and memphis will be among the first to be vaccinated. >>> a teenager accused of plotting to blow up a dallas skyscraper is back icourt this morning. prosecutors say he thought he was driving a bomb-laden truck underneath the 60-story office building. >>> the supreme court begins a new term today with sonia sotomayor its first hispanic judge. among the high-profile cases a lawsuit seeking to strike down a ban on chicago handguns. >>> and brett favre and the vikings face off against green bay in minneapolis tonight. it's the first time favre is taking on his old team since being traded last year. >> a lot of people will be watching that. >>> well, coming up later on "good morning america" we look behind the troubling new numbers on autism. a government study says there are twice as many cases, but does that mean more children have the disorder? >> so

dry underbrush and thick woods near san bernardino.e than 4,000 people have been ordered to evacuate the area. it sparked to life yesterday afternoon and burned 3,500 acres so far. authorities have ordered evacuations for people in the path of the flames. >> i saw the smoke and it reminded me of the station fire looked just as bad. i knew we were in for a bad one. >> our biggest concern is this fire hits highway 138, more westward. the reason for that is because there is a lot of homes up off highway 138. >> the fire is burning close to interstate 15, a major highway which connects las vegas to southern california. >>> in arizona, a routine burn that got out of control looks like this now. threatening the town known as the gateway to the grand canyon. people in the town of williams are keeping a close eye on the so-called twin fire. it has burned more than 1 1/2 square miles so far. it is being driven through deep undergrowth and pine trees by high winds. about 64 homes evacuated in the town which is about 120 miles north of phoenix. t

it is threatening dozens of homes, and san bernardino county. fire officials say between 4,000 and 6,000 people were told they had to leave. the resort town of wrightwood is under a mandatory evacuation order. it not optional. residents quickly gathered what they could, packed it in their vehicles and got out. >> everything we could think of. clothes, computers. pictures. albums. >> mostly clothes and valuables. stuff from my wife's family. >> we evacuated 40 head from my ranch last night. >> tough time for them. california governor arnold schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency noor county. ten area schools are closed because of this fire. we are keeping an eye on that for you. >>> the man accused of secretly taping espn reporter erin andrews in the nude will go before a judge in chicago today. michael david barrett is charged with interstate stalking, accused of recording videos way cell phone camera through ultra peepholes in hotel room doors. prosecutors say barrett tried to sell the videos to celebrity website tmz.com. the judge is exp

thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate throughout san bernardino county. the fire is only 20% contained right now. yesterday crews had to go door to door, rounding up people. evacuees gathered whatever they could and stuffed them in their cars. >> got everything we could think of. clothes, computers, picture, family albums. >> mostly just clothes and valuables. this is stuff from my wife's family. >> we evacuated 40 head from my ranch last night. >> 7,500 acres are already scorched, three homes are destroyed. officials don't know how the fire got started. it's been burning since saturday. yesterday, winds as high as 50 miles an hour fanned the flames, making it really hard to get a handle on the fire and there could be more gusts today. we'll keep an eye on that. >>> three americans are sharing this year's nobel prize in medicine. the institute that hands out the awards says they won for their work on chromosome research, aging and cancer. the prize includes $1.4 million. >>> the mother who was stabbed and her new baby snatched now has none of her children

when you think of san bernardino county you think of the city. but this is a long, long way away, and it's still in the same county. >> you, in georgia you can drive file miles and get to three our four counties. not in california. >>> president obama meets with c congressional leaders today. top military leaders want as many as 40,000 more boots on the ground. they say the taliban is gaining strength. others say the u.s. can fight this war with more unmanned droned aircraft and special forces teams. >>> the bodies of four of the u.s. soldiers killed over the weekend in a fire fight in northeast afghanistan are back in the states. their flag-draped coffins arr e arrived in america this morning. they were killed on saturday on a remote outpost. two afghan soldiers also died in the battle. outside the white house yesterday several hundred people protested the wars in afghanistan and iraq. it was a peaceful demonstration, though park police say 61 people were arrested because they refused to move back from the sidewalk. cindy sheehan was among them.

three homes have already been destroyed just northeast of san bernardino and dozens of others are threatened right know. people have been taking horses and pets with them as they evacuate. no injuries reported. the fire started saturday afternoon and authorities are trying to figure out what caused it. >>> a fire set on purpose to get rid of forest undergrowth is out of control. it happened 120 miles north of phoenix here. about 1,000 acres have burned, but air tankers are credited for slowing the fire down. dozens of homes have been evacuated. >>> a tennessee mother who was stabbed and had her newborn baby kidnapped got to hold him in her armses again. but their reunion didn't last long. the child along with the other three children were placed in state custody yesterday. child protective services said they were taken for safety reasons but wouldn't explain why the kids were considered in danger. investigators found the baby unharmed in a home in alabama and arrested a suspect on kidnapping charges. >>> the death toll from a pair of earthquakes in indonesia could double. that' the word from

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firefighters going to have a tough time battling some blazes near the san bernardino valley and look for scattered showers possible in the high elevations of the four corners. that's look at your forecast across the nation. i'm reynolds wolf for hln. >>> wildlife officials in florida are taking bold action against owners of exotic pets. but some say, that's unfair. >> i don't like the state has any business getting into my affairs. >> how a little girl's death, though, caused officials to crack down and urge people to turn their pets in. >>> a fabulous vacation may be in your budget this fall. >> you'll find the lowest prices during the first two weeks of november and then during the first two weeks of december. >> reporter: mexico's one destination that cheaper to visit this year. >> fares are down about 30% to resorts like perta vallarta and cancun. in amsterdam, you can get a package deal 33% less than you paid last fall. london, which is always a big favorite, is down 32%. and rome is down 26%. >> reporter: but know how much to spend. >> people in most major cities should be able

. >>> the weather is expected to cooperate with firefighters fighting a blaze in the san bernardino mountains. winds are can'ted to be light and temperatures should only reach 58 degrees. the fire is 85% contained and stopped growing. that's good news there and good news we have calmer winds here after yesterday with trees blowing around and everything, kim? >> not to mention all of the cushions off of our lawn furniture on the weather terrace. i want to give you a quick heads up. weekend is the green festival at the dc convention center. i will be there on sunday afternoon at 3:00 and i hope you will join us. howard and topper and i. click on living green for the entire scoop at wusa9.com. west to northwest winds are at 9, not 45 miles an hour like they were yesterday and humidity is 55%. a trip back in time over the last six hours. beautiful sunrise. now a few clouds outside, bright sunshine. it will be a gorgeous day and not nearly as windy. the big wind maker has pulled away north and east in to atlantic, canada. there's the bin band of clouds from the last couple of frames we saw on the

you the latest on the wildfires that are happening in california, about 15 miles northeast of san bernardino in an area that is called lyle creek, where it started and so far, 1500 acres have burned, 500 firefighters are at the ready. trying to fight this blaze, only 5% contained. as of now, we're going to get an update later in the show and the winds are really an issue. they are reaching 45 miles per hour, and there are evacuations, not only of homes, but also, of rv parks and campgrounds, already 50 homes have been taken from the fires, by the fires, including horses and some pets, but, no other injuries, an update coming up, you are looking again at live pictures of the wildfires in california. talking about afghanistan. and in light of the attack in eastern afghanistan, this weekend, it left 8 american soldiers dead. and should president obama send more troops to beef up the nato forces there? u.s. commander general stanley mcchrystal has said the situation is serious, and thousands of new forces are necessary. it was a big topic on fox news sunday. >> i would support the request if tha

today, cooler weather and high humidity should help crews in san bernardino county. thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate. evacuees stuffing their cars with whatever they could grabbing from their homes. >> got everything we could think of. clothes, computers, pictures. >> mostly just clothes and valuables. >> we evacuated 40 head from my ranch last night. >> all right. at least 7500 acres have been scorched since the fire started on saturday. three homes are destroyed. officials still don't know how the fire got started and yesterday, winds as high as 50 miles an hour fanned these flames. that made it really hard to get a handle on the fire. gusts are expected to be lighter today. >>> u.s. forces in afghanistan have suffered their worst loss sz in more than one year. at least eight americans were killed saturday when hundreds of militants attacked their outpost. the military says the attack was pushed back after a 12-hour battle. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan has reportedly asked president obama for as many as 40,000 additional troops. >> idealy,

wind are fueling a fierce fire bernanke northeast of san bernardino, california. some residents are fleeing the areament so far no injuries are reported and it's burned 1500 acres and only 5% contained at this hour. another fire burning in williams arizona known as the gateway to the grand canyon. ironically a controlled burn aimed at protecting the city from wildfires. more than 60 homes have been evacuated there. air tankers have been helping firefighters push back the flames. rick reichmuth is standing by for a look at today's weather out there. and if it will help. >> well, the bigger problem crossed much of arizona and in towards parts of california is the drought. not that there's any bad fire conditions, but they've got dry conditions there going on really for number of years. it's an el nino this year and generally means we get a lot more moisture during the soun tier of the country, including southern california. that would be very, very good news. no rain for california. no rain for arizona, plenty towards texas and this is where we have a lot of the dro

as many as 6,000 residents are being evacuated in the community northeast of san bernardino as 40 mph winds whip the fire over hills and canyons. the fire has charred about 3500 acres so far and is about 10% contained. it threatens an area from interstate 15 which connects southern california and las vegas. tomorrow a judge will decide whether the man accused of stalking espn reporter erin andrews and secretly videotaping her should be returned to los angeles east a prisoner or remain free on bail. michael david barrett is currently in jail after being arrested on friday. erin andrews, a popular sports broadcaster for the network has been devastated by the ordeal. those are our top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> thank you, julie. last year's historic ruling striking down a handgun ban to the states? talking up the challenge to similar gun laws in the u.s. the story from chicago. >> 76-year-old otis mcdonald is a long-term chicago resident and has seen crime up close. >> somebody was in my garage less than a month ago. police got him. >> mcdonald could have protected his h

flames tearing through the san bernardino national forest. three homes destroyed threatening hundreds more. more than 3500 firefighters now battling the flames. evacuation orders in effect for nearly everyone living near the line of fire. some 6,000 people in all. gusty winds fang the flames but the fire is far from being contained. >> gregg: a little boy reaching no time reaching for the phone when his little sister suddenly had a seizure. he noticed his sister was turning blue. he picked up his own cell phone to call for help. she suffers from frequent seizures or medicine. >> giving that to her and then they noticed she was throwing up so once she was on her side but she was blue, her lips were purple blue. >> gregg: kayman says he stepped up to the plate because dad told him he is man of the house when father isn't home. little sister is released from the hospital and cayman, good for you. >> used the cell phone that his parents gave him in case of emergencies. a 7-year-old with cell phones. >> gregg: it depends on the circumstances. >> j

officials say the 7,000 acre fire currently out there has already destroyed several homes in the san bernardino mountains. on the bright side humid weather conditions should help the firefighters put out that blaze. >>> elsewhere in southern california the chargers took on the steelers on the east coast. we were already asleep last night. pittsburgh goes up 28-0 with a crisp passing like that one to miller. san diego would try to make a comeback but it would not be enough. the steelers within 38-28. and as far baltimore's team it was a stinging loss for the ravens as their chance to go undefeated slips through their fingers literally. here's mark with more. >> good morning. the high flying raines taking on the powerful new england patriots. big buildup leading to sunday's game and it lived up to the hype with a game that helt phycoa playoff atmosphere. the ravens fumbled the opening kickoff and gave the patriots a felled goal but the ravens bounce right back with a touchdown drive caught by this toss to mason who went up and comes down hard but hangs on. ravens take the lead. but that lead was

evacuees were hoping to return home soon, the governor has declared a state of emergency for san bernardino county, waiving the way for additional firefighting resources and aid to victims. teri okita, wjz eyewitness news. >>> right now, crews have the fire about 20% surrounded. the cause remains under investigation. >>> new video has emerged of a powerful earthquake as it struck a hotel in indonesia. sally is live now with the footage and the latest on the disaster recovery. >> reporter: the death toll from last week's 7.6 magnitude quake is expected to be in the thousands. you can see people running from when the quake hit the hotel. the building is completely destroyed. crews are instead focusing on bringing aid to people who were made homeless by the disaster. officials say more than 83,000 houses were destroyed. >> the united nations has said 1100 people died in the quake while the indonesian government puts the death toll at 603. >>> the latest round of fighting in afghanistan has claimed the lives of two nato troopers, including an american. this follows the death of eight u.s. soldi

while evacuees are hoping to return soon, the governor has declared a state of emergency for san bernardinounty, paving the way for additional firefighting victims victim -- opportunities and aid to victims. >>> six have evacuated their homes due to the blaze. 10 area schools were also closed as a precaution. >>> it's the first monday in october. the new term. the justices will decide whether to throw out a prisoner's sex abuse conviction. the man asked police for a lawyer two years before he confessed to another officer. the court will decide this and other cases with the help of new justice sonya sonia sotomayor. the court's first latina justice. >>> president obama greeted doctors from all over the u.s. today at the white house to give a final pitch on his healthcare bill. the president said medical professionals support his proposals, and americans should follow his lead. the last made its way out of congressional committee last week. >>> in tonight's wjz health watch report, the number. american children with autism may be much higher than first thought. two new government studies show

and thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate throughout san bernardino, california, county.rews went door to door rounding up people yesterday. evacuees stuffed their cars with whatever they could and got out of dodge, basically. >> everything we could think of. clothes, computers, pictures, family albums. >> mostly clothes and valuables. stuff from my wife's family. >> we evacuated 40 head from my ranch last night. >> some 3,500 acres have already been scorched since the fire started saturday. three homes are destroyed. officials still don't know how the fire got started. yesterday winds as high as 50 miles an hour were fanning the fla flames. the gusts are expected to be a little lighter today. >>> u.s. forces in afghanistan have suffered their worst losses in more than a year. at least eight americans were killed saturday when hundreds of militants attacked their outpost in the nuristan province. the military says the attack was pushed back after a 12-hour battle. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan has reportedly asked president obama for as many as 40,000 additional t

wildfires burning in san bernardino county and inching towards a popular resort town. thousands have been evacuated and the governor issued a state of emergency. today, the humidity is up and temperatures are down. that is actually good news for the fire fighting crews. >>> new york says it can't afford to be come placent with recent terror plots reveefld so the department of homeland security has given the big apple a grant to istall thousands of surveillance cameras in the financial district. those cameras can zoom in on license plates and scan traffic for suspicious vehicles. >>> coming up next, it wasn't looking too good at the start. the redskins down by 10 with no score at the half yesterday. >> but this morning, the winless bucs are still the winless bucs. we'll hear what head coach jim zorn has to say about the game coming up after the break. you wanted more. you wanted videos and photos... email and broadband. you wanted to run your business from anywhere... and instant messaging to stay in touch with everyone. you wanted apps to find music, news, or the way h

the so-called sheep fire threatens dozens of homes in san bernardino county. that's the news for now. i'm mike galanos.

promoting and sub oning in those cities, -- su borning in those cities, five major cities, including san bernardino and san diego, california, and brooklyn. president obama said he didn't know anything about this 4e knew who professor dwates was he says he doesn't know what was going on in acorn, though i've seen the videotape of the president speaking to acorn, telling them, we've walked this walk together. acorn involved in promoting a whole series of crimes within these five cities, including promotion of child prostitution, illegal immigration, violations of the mann act, helping facilitate mortgages for a house of ill repute and telling them how to avoid taxes, report only 10 cents on the dollar, qualify for the earned income tax credit and for the child care tax credit for little children prostitutes. were these mothers sitting behind the desk at acorn? they're recruiting girls to be prostitutes while girls are being raised in the background. those things happen, with some similarity, in five cities across america. that's not the whole spectrum. the voter registration fraud, the voter electio

a massive brush fire, scorching hundreds of acres and prompting mandatory evacuations and -- san bernardino:30 this afternoon and authorities are battling the blaze and they say it could grow up to 4,000 acres. and, it was a fire set on purpose. then got out of control and now, it is threatening people's homes. fire officials set the blaze to set rid of underbrush, and actually prevent future wildfires, but what was supposed to be a controlled burn, grew wild, as gusty winds fanned the flames and pushed them toward area homes. and, air tankers now have been helping firefighters fight those flames on the ground and we're also told officials evacuated 64 homes, using reverse 911. and that is when firefighters called people at home, to let them know that they need to leave. the fire is burning in williams, arizona, about midway between phoenix and las vegas. and the red cross says volunteers are working to provide food, and emergency shelters for all of those people, forced out of their homes and from arizona and across the country, we are seeing pretty nasty weather moving in. even snow. all

emergency is in effect in southern california where a wildfire has burned more than 7,500 acres in san bernardino county. fires have been threatening the mountain resort community of wrightwood. more than 4,000 residents had to be evacuated. >>> overseas markets are mostly high they are morning. cnbc's melissa lee is at the new york stock exchange in morning. >> good morning, natalie. bank of america's working on finding an emergency ceo pick in case its current ceo ken lewis is forced to step down because of legal troubles. this according to the "wall street journal" this morning. remember, last week lewis announced he would be retiring at the end of the year and he is under investigation by the new york attorney general's office for civil securities fraud. natalie? >> melissa lee at the new york stock exchange, thank you. >>> and an elf taste of winter, sunday in bend, oregon, where more than seven inches of snow fell. it brought down trees and power lines and left thousands without electricity. >>> it is 7:15 right now. let's turn it back over to meredith, ann and al. it's here already. so soo

this broke out friday 16 miles from san bernardino. local roads have been shut down.o structures have burned. it is not clear yet what caused this fire. >> nice cool air has come into the area. in fact, it is a little on the chilly side this morning, but at least fairly dry. wide view of the radar. still shower activity over parts of main. an isolated shower could crop up this afternoon in parts of new england, but it is a relatively dry forecast there. you do see rain in the form of scattered showers over the great lakes. that's actually the core of the storm system that yesterday pushed a cold front through our area. yesterday there was quite a bit of rain down in texas, arkansas, oklahoma, moving in mississippi, alabama. that will stay in the southwest for a day or two. eventually that one will catch up with us. that's where our next rain chance is coming from. not this weekend, not this morning. let's look outside now. it is beginning to bright dwren up with clear skies. 58 at the inner harbor. 96% the humidity. that's a little high. and on the eastern shore there

the so-called sheep fire has burned 12 square miles and threatens dozens of homes in san bernardino countyook at the news for now. >>> tonight, the david letterman scandal. are his interoffice activities turning him into a late-night punch line? >>> then barack bashing -- president obama extended the olive branch to the right wing over and over again and they keep chopping me off. joining me in the studio, the man who is like sarah lee, nobody doesn't like him. fabulous regis philbin. all of that and more from new york york city and the time-warner building. tonight. >>> sex, money, extortion. is this an episode of "law and order?" no -- it's the real life goings-on of "the late show with david letterman." new details are coming tonight including an alleged love nest above the ed sullivan theater. makes sense -- who was a bigger babe magnet than ed sullivan? joining me to discuss this ongoing scandal are comedian sandra bernhard, judith regan, jeanine pirro host of "the judge jeanine pirro show." and the fabulous lloyd grove. welcome to the show. i want to show a picture of this girlfriend

park helicopters spotted the san bernardino police officer and his two fellow hikers. they were on the live for three days. they lit a fire so they would be seen. they survived by rationing what little food they had. how about that. ate story that kept people glued to the tv set for hours as folks talked. a little boy trapped in some sort of runaway balloon. now that we know he's safe still questions about what actually happened. what we're saying about that next. >> you all have a throat say about that heene family and the whole balloon story. this is your views topic. shannon is calling us from colorado. where in colorado? highland ranch? is that close to where all this happened? >> about an hour south. >> okay. go for it. what do you think? >> well, i think the 911 calls sound genuine but it's so much easier to fake the emotion over the phone. personally their reactions on tv to me scream bad acting. par what i expect from somebody on trashy reality shows. i don't buy it. >> not at all? >> not at all. >> leah is calling us from alabama. all right. the sheriff says,