sorry, sonny. john: again, for the younger viewers out there, sonny jergensen, the 75-year-old announcer for the redskins, hall of fame player, he's legendary. >> he's the guy. and you know what? rightfully so. you're going to call out play calling, i understand. if it works, it's genius, right? john: right. >> but i think it goes beyond the fact that that's the play that was called. you have to look at it from jim zorn's standpoint. you look at this redskins team in general, they went out in 2008, they tried to revamp basically their red zone package by drafting three guys in the second round. they got thomas kelley, they got thomas the wide receiver out there, fred davis, tight end from u.s.c. -- or malcolm kelly, excuse me, and devon thomas. they went out and tried to draft guys for that red zone and that red zone has been a problem. their quarterback hasn't been great in the pocket at times this year. i mean he has looked lost in the pocket at times this year. so you, as a coach, are trying to

by the way, tense moments between jim zorn and sonny jergenson. plus who has been stealing this man's golf balls. the answer in 9 sports. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> redskins fans don't boo just because the team is playing poorly. we've seen that before. they boo because they're ex aspirated. tired of see -- ex aspirated. it all came boiling over yesterday. a shower of boos for the redskins as they left the field both at half time and at the end of the game as the fans expressed their frustration against an offense against maybe the worst team in all of football and the players heard those boos loud and clear. >> i can understand the frustration. but don't let your frustration take away from the win. it could have went the other way. >> maybe they wanted to see more points. maybe they wanted us to keep pounding the rams. we got a win. that's what we wanted to do. >> rookie linebacker was not so wise about his comments. he called the fans dim wits. he apologized today realizing he has yet to be active in

sonny wanted to know why zorn would make that decision. why don't you let jason campbell, the quarterback, throw the ball? >> third down. i'm the quarterback or you are the quarterback and you call halfback throwing the ball for me. i'm calling time-out or calling an audible. i'm not letting a halfback throw it. that's what you pay me for. >> that's what i would have to take you out of the game. i would say at's wrong with my play? >> it didn't work. >> no, but i called it to work. all right, we called it to work. it didn't work. there were a lot of plays that didn't work. i would take you out of the game, sorry, sonny. >> a valid question a lot of people wanted to ow. zorn was frank and i thought it was a good response. >> zorn was sticking to his guns. he said he didn't regret the decision because he did think it would work. redskins on the field tomorrow. they will continue working with players to see who is going to fill in the starting role for right guard randy thomas who is out for the season. a decision has not been made. it was ju

and i take you out of the game, sorry, sonny. >> happy times. >> sonny is a legend. >> he's a legend. you would know having spent six seasons in washington. let's start with the zorn/jurgensen throwdown. what is the biggest problem for you? >> where do we start? i think the quarterback now doesn't have a lot of presence. they drafted three guys in the second round, malcolm kelly they g got, devin thomas, fred davis. they haven't produced for them. they have issues in the red zone. >> in the red zone. they have to unleash the quarterback and let him play. they're very conservative with the quarterback's play now. that's hurting them too along with the red zone. >> nothing is working in the red zone. 20 seconds left. team under the most pressure to win week three, you can always hit the line. >> i go with tennessee titans. they cannot go 0-3. >> i agree. they cannot go 0-3 now. that's not good. >> that will do it for this's edition of "nfl live >> welcome to "jim rome is burning." i'm jeff chadiha filling in for jim and i have a great wednesday show. vitali klitschko will join me. san d

i like the design called by sonny dykes, offensive coordinator. >> mike: conan amituanai looking to getn field. and let's go back to the studio for an update. >>> all right, mike, matt winer in new york. for those who missed it. the trojans are off to a 10-0 lead at washington. florida/tennessee tied up at three. gators are knocking on the door. >> mike: and, man, i have an idea. tim tebow is going to be wanting to knock on the door all day long. the screen to grigsby, brought down as soon as he touched the ball. nice play by jeremiah hunter and karl clug came over to finish it off. >> craig: that's a well-designed play. that play, if the offensive lineman picked up the linebacker, we had two lineman standing there. and let the linebacker run right by them. >> mike: that's a ten-yard gain. it will be third and six. arizona had only one good play on offense so far. that was the quarterback draw. scott, protection finally breaks down. takes off again and knocked out of bounds. his dive got him close to the sticks but they're going to mark him where he took off back around the 47 yard line

i would take you out of the game, sorry sonny. >> i don't know. that is good. are not taking me out of the game son. redskins scored a touchdown on less than 45% of their trips inside the red zone since zorn took over. good thing he did not bring that up. senior nfl reporter john clayton is back with us now. rumblings about zorn's job status grabbing headlines in d.c. they play the lion this is week. how much heat on zorn? >> anybody that loses to the lions in the first couple weeks of the season could be in trouble for their job. but i have to think there is uneasiness and so much has to go to the red zone play calling. looking at the fact that they have not been scoring points in 18 games under zorn. they have moved the ball. yet the scoring hasn't been there. there will be more heat on jim. certainly they want him to finish the season and be the head coach. that i have a stretch of a lot of winnable games and can probably go to 4-1 but overall the heat is on and sonny is making it hotter. >> i like that on both sides. meantime the browns scored one touchdown

we don't want to see sonny jurgensen throw passes.o see bobby orr on the ice. >> what is in this for michael jordan? he could beat bryon russell again? >> ok, but in his hall of fame speech jordan was the one who kind of called out russell. russell said i'm here, ready to play. shouldn't jordan step up to that challenge? >> listen, i don't want to see this either. it was unwise for jordan to talk about that and it would be even worse for him to go out and play this guy and find out he was about eight inches below the rim. >> woody paige, your argument you do not want to see old plan -- man score? >> no, i have to look at myself in the mirror every day. >> zack greinke, the royal machine, shut down the red sox for six innings last night and won his 15th game. 15-8, the world's best 1.06 whip and he's 460 with a .64 e.r.a. in his last six starts. does that clinch the cy young? >> no, i got to go with sabathia. he has been more responsible for the yankees' resurgence after the bin be -- beginning of the year. the kid deserves some sort o

. >>> redskins legend and current radio broadcaster sonny jerkenson wasn't shy about telling coach zorne didn't agree with his play calling on sunday. inter-- in a post game interview he told zorn he thought the half back pass portis threw was idiotic. that is what led to the awkward moment. >> i'm calling time out. i'm not letting half backs throw it. that's what you pay me for it. >> i would have to take you out of the game. i would say what is wrong with my play. >> it didn't work. >> i called it to work. i would take you out of the game. sorry, sonny. >> wow. >>> rookie linebacker has apologized for his comments about the boo burst at fedex field. after the game henson called the fans dimwits during posts on his twitter accounts. he apologized and said he is yet to be active in the first two games he probably ought to shut his mouth. >>> williams received a contract extension. he will remain in college park through 2013. the automatic extension kicked in after he set athletic benchmarks. he begins his 21st season at maryland next month. >>> the economy affected many areas of our liv

coming up, a dicey exchange between zorn and sonny. >>> coming up next -- secret interviews of former president bill clinton. what he had to say about the monica lewinsky scandal. stay with us. >>> the information is being published called "the clinton tapes" he talked about those tapes to "usa today." >> chelsey is in there, hillary is in there. i think it's fair to say he's a -- he's nervous. >> nervous now and during the interviews. grant says the president kept copies of the tapes hidden in his sock drawer. you are probably interested in what the president said about monica lewinsky and so was branch. >> i cracked -- i cracked -- i just cracked and i said what do you mean? he said, i felt sorry for myself. it occurred twice, when i thought i had given myself and i thought things were gonna -- i thought we were gonna get over the personal diversions and into the real presidency that i had earned a fresh breath. >> by the way, on this day in 1998, bill clinton's testimony on his relationship with monica lewinsky was released to the public. if you want to read the entire story about

sorry, sonny. >> and he put in billy kilmer because they had juergensen and kilmer. the red zone play calling might be questionable. washington has scored a touchdown on less than 45% of its trips inside the red zone since coach zorn took over last season. that's the fifth worst mark in the nfl during that time period. they scored just two touchdowns >>> more college football news on the way. the current miami hurricanes starting to look like the old miami hurricanes. are they officially back or just better? and arguably the best soccer player in the world, lionel messi, with two great goals on tuesday while his national team may miss out on the world cup. and back to baseball. the giants pretty much in a win or else scenario. especially if the rockies keep doing what they're doing. another rally, another dramatic finish next. you can settle down. you can fire it up. you can tune it in, but it's still not summer... until you bring it out. bud light lime. superior drinkability. ultimate refreshment. a splash of 100% natural lime flavor. one taste and you'll find, the

sorry, sonny. >> and he put in billy kilmer because they had juergensen and kilmer. the red zone play calling might be questionable. washington has scored a touchdown on less than 45% of its trips inside the red zone since coach zorn took over last season. that's the fifth worst mark in the nfl during that time period. they scored just two touchdowns >>> more college football news on the way. the current miami hurricanes starting to look like the old miami hurricanes. are they officially back or just better? and arguably the best soccer player in the world, lionel messi, with two great goals on tuesday while his national team may miss out on the world cup. and back to baseball. the giants pretty much in a win or else scenario. especially if the rockies keep doing what they're doing. another rally, another dramatic finish next. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. >> ♪ i don't think you're ready to go stop me when you've had enough ♪ >>> national league wild card. colorado with a four

that was declared by governor sonny perdue earlier today.ad one difficult request for many of the residents here in the affected area. that is to stay away from their homes. as you can imagine those residents right now are anxious to see what's happened to their homes. they're taking a look at these dramatic pictures on television and want to see what's happened to their home. they have to consider it's not safe at this point. there's no utilities. who knows what's inside the home right now because of all the water that has been going through the house. there are seven people, at least seven people have been reported dead because of that. that's including a 2-year-old toddler who was in a mobile home. and because of the high water and because of the power of that water, that water came in, napped that mobile home in half and opened up that home. and basically pushed the father and the son about a mile down the road. and that father eventually lost hold of his son and he was one of the seven fatalities that have been reported now. we still ha

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temperatures will be in the mid- 80's and sonny through the afternoon with maybe an isolated showers or thunderstorms. it will clear tonight and we will have refreshing year for friday. we will have a seven-day forecast coming up. >>> more speed cameras are coming to maryland, this time along highway work zones. the cameras will be installed starting october 1. one of the work zones will be near interstate 95 intercounty connector interchange in laurel. the remaining work zones have not been released but they are in the d.c. and baltimore region. >>> we are hearing the proposed toll rates for the intercounty connector. the goal is to ease congestion with the controversial east-west route. it may cost drivers more than they expect. this 19-mile road will link i-37 the in gaithersburg to i-95 and laurel. from end to end, the trip could top $6. >> one year from now, this site will be transformed. it will become the first part of the intercounty connector, a 19- mile road by linking gaithersburg to laurel. >> when i initially heard about the intercounty connector i thought it would be 83

. >> reporter: georgia governor, sonny perdue, declared a state of emergency in 17 counties. in carol county, raging waters swept a home off its foundation, killing a 2-year-old, ripped from his mother's arms. she was rescued after three hours in a tree, clinging to her 1-year-old. >> the father was further downstream. and he was lodged or holding on to a limp. >> reporter: in winston, georgia, a 27-year-old left an ominous message with friends, as the pavement washed out from under her. >> she said that the vehicle was being taken by water. that it was starting to take the car. and the last thing they heard was that she was going to float. she was floating away. >> reporter: her blue suv is barely visible under the debris. nearby, search crews uncovered a red pickup. its owner's fate, a mystery. not far away, police found the body of a 29-year-old man. >> he said, i'm on pull mill road. water's flooding in my car. i cannot get it open. he said, i have to call 911. and his phone went dead. >> reporter: survivors like those here in lafayette, work to clean up the damage, as fo

georgia governor sonny perdue has declared a state of emergency in several counties to route the statead for a while. -- is going to be bad for a while. >> the heaviest rain will stay to the west, through the lower mississippi valley. here is what we can expect over the next 48 hours. northern georgia is where we're seeing are flooding pictures coming out of -- that is the hardest hit in the state. just in the northwest pocket, we could see an additional 1 inch to 2 inches. that does not mean we can rule out any downpours. that could further aggravate this system. you can see much of the heavier showers are sitting out west, and i will be the case for several days. but on the radar we see a few showers up in the western pocket, as expected. we are not out of the woods yet, because the forecast for the next several days, taking us into monday, actually, is going to keep a shower chance in there through the weekend. they could have an additional 3 inches to 5 inches. not everyone will get it, but it could be possible. it is still a system to watch. jane? jane: thank you. jon: in new york

. >>> that's sonny jurgenson and in washington, d.c., he's still king and what happened after he called a game away from making the postseason. rangers, fight fighting for their playoff lives. these plays are good. we'll see if they're good enough. anhn

mayor sonny perdue has declared disaster areas in many counties. he needs money to help rebuild and repair roads and bridges as well as paper this massive cleanup effort. debris is everywhere, and it is going to be a while before it all adds up. shepard: when i found out -- when i find out more news, i will bring it to you. another wildfire in california, and this one shot down a college. the flames cover nearly 10,000 acres and are moving north and west of los angeles through the hills. strong, hot santa ana winds are making the firefighters' jobs more difficult. we are told they expect to have the fire surrounded by the weekend, and interestingly, we learned this afternoon that it all may have started from spontaneous combustion of manure. strange, but they tell us is a possibility. we want to get life to the united -- we want to go live to the united nations. president mahmoud ahmadinejad is beginning to speak. >> president, dear colleagues, ladies and gentleman, i think almighty god for granting once again -- i thank almighty god for granting o

i know sonny dykes cops from an offense that does a lot of screen, coordination between quarterback,gnment and backs. he knows what it's supposed to look like and that's not it. that's not happening. >> craig: that's right. >> mike: whatever it's supposed to look like. that's not a picture of it. scott from the shotgun, three-man rush to unload. plenty of time. >> mike: scott hasn't touched it yet. now he does, couldn't find anybody. that defense finally swarmed all over them. christian and angerer. >> craig: scott is feeling the defense. he initially had to crawl on the inside to confuse. he had a flat that's open. i thought he should throw the ball right then. if you go ahead and run it, go ahead and go after him. you know the down and distance is in front of you get it. >> mike: wheat the old saying? he who hesitates gets smacked in the mouth? crier, the put to chaney. paul chaney jr. weighs 225. >> referee: false start, number 2 on the offense. five-yard penalty. style fourth down. keola antolin. >> craig: safe to say this is not what mike stoops drew up in the locker room. >> mi

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zorn has been a hot-button topic this week from his post game debate with sonny jerguson. clinton portis says everyone is under the gun. >> i feel like i'm on the hot seat. i don't know. i feel like i'm on the hot seat. we need to perform as a team. we get booed coming off the feel. i think everybody in this organization is on the hot seat, you know? the owner is on the verge of losing fans. how long before people give up and stop coming? you look the at the players. people want you out of here. you look at the coach, people want you out of here. who is not on the hot seat? until we come out and play to our potential, i think everybody is on the hot seat. >> i've been on the hot seat since the baltimore preseason game. i want to see us come out, fight hard and play competitive. play like you want it. not just go out there and running plays or just doing things to be doing them and hoping someone makes a play. everyone needs to have the mentality they want to make a play any begin time. how you do it is being prepared for it and having the right attitude. set your standards

. >> craig: i got a recommendation for sonny dykes and arizona. line of scrimmage, no huddle. up tempo, change the pace. get out of what you're doing, sitting on your harshes all afternoon doing nothing. it's time to change the tempo of your offense. change it at the line. >> mike: certainly changed something. >> craig: this is working. and, you know, they came into this game, somewhat protecting matt scott their quarterback. but that's out the window. and their back-up quarterback was more of a pack pet passer. something has to change. it's not working. >> mike: they always say, if it ain't broke don't fix it. if it is, you better fix it especially if you're down ten on the road. >> craig: you have seven plays eye iowa and 36. it doesn't even feel that close. an ntonin keeps the feet moving up to the 20 yard line. fans, if you're living in the boston area or where your heart is. logon to espnboston.com for local coverage of the celtics, red sox bruins and pats. espnboston.com, espnchicago.com and coming soon. espn.com for dallas, new york and los angeles. eventually we'll hav

because basically, and it was a very interesting point because sonny was saying how do you rely on someone is not your quarterback. >> as a former quarterback, we want to throw the ball. be the moneymakers. >> exactly but as you said before i think that zorn's response was merited. >> zorn handled it well. >> he did. >>> moving onto the cowboys, man, talk about how frustrating it must have been for them to have this beautiful, new stadium and to go in there and to be tramped to the end by the giants the way they were. take you back down to dallas. the cowboys opening this new billion-dollar texas stadium with all of the pomp and circumstance, in the half former president george w. bush and also former first lady laura bush who were there, threw the coin toss to watch the dallas cowboys play the giants. we go to the fourth quarter. dallas trails by six. but not for long. felix jones would hand off, four seconds to play. giants with the chance to win. and lawrence tynes on from 37 yards out, up and it's good. the giants come back to win the game, 33-31. right in the nick of time. spoiling th

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it's areas like this where sonny purr due is purdue is urging caution. >> in any situation like this, that's where we get most of our fatalities. >> a woman in a minivan was swept off a road when flash flooding trapped her in her vehicle. >> i couldn't see more than three feet in front of me. it was chaos and i can't imagine what she went through. especially in the last moments of her life. >> much of georgia is keeping an eye on the forecast, which calls for more rain in the coming days. 9news now and wusa9.com. >> and that is just one awful reality for that area. meteorologist, topper shutt joins us from the weather center. where is all that rain coming from? >> they have a frontal system that won't move and they have had 12 inches of rain. you get that much rain and you are talking about a significant amount of your annual average. flooding has continued and the problem is, we have so much rain in such a large area over north georgia, over eastern tennessee and western north carolina and it is all going to drain into the various rivers and creeks and lakes and it will take a long t

>> i never would have realized it except in my freshman year in congress chairman sonny montgomery told president's hand. i noticed that three rows down there was no one sitting on the aisle. i asked him if i could sit there and i have been there ever since. >> you have your staff hold a seat for you. tell us how that works. describe the atmosphere on a night like tonight. what is it like being there? >> it is very exciting. is why i want to have the aisle seat and shake the president's hand. any time the president addresses a joint session of congress state of the union or tonight, it is democracy at its best. it makes me feel honored and privileged to be there to represent my district. >> congressman, you are a democrat but we saw you greeting former president bush and also current president obama. you are a democrat, but do you get that same feeling of respect for the office as you greet somebody from perhaps not your side of the conversation? >> well, absolutely. i never voted for any of the bushes, but they were presidents of the united states and it is always an honor to meet the

georgia's governor sonny perdue is asking president obama for an emergency federal disaster declarationlevel of federal reimbursement as the state tries to help stranded flood victims and at least eight people have died in that flooding including a 15-year-old whose body was found in the river and a toddler who was swept away when the family's trailer was ripped apart by flooding water. in addition to some schools closi closing. joining me on the phone is the director for the m. management agency. give me an update. are people listening some i know people are stranded. in it seems impossible. are people heeding the warnings out there? >> you know what? we're still experiencing a widespread amount of rescue efforts across metro atlanta, so we're advising people to stay at home, if possible, and if they do have to make it out, to avoid any standing water, standing or moving. don't take your chances. turn around and find higher ground or clear road. >> what are your big challenges right now? obviously, the first people keeping safe but what are the other big challenges here? >> the biggest

governor sonny perdue has asked president alabaobama to declare state of emergency.n dead, another person's injured. the collision happened in phoenix, arizona, just a short time ago. the car was crushed underneath the weight of that bus. there were no kids on the bus at the time of the accident. the phoenix fire department says the bus ran over that car which had two people inside. one passenger died on the scene. a second person, a teenager, was transported to a local trauma center, in serious condition. we'll keep you updated. >>> a standoff is over at the va hospital in chicago. it ended peacefully after the man who barricaded himself inside an exam room surrendered to police. police say they negotiated with him for about seven hours. the emergency room had to be evacuated once the man went inside. luckily no one was hurt here. one witness who was hooked up to an ekg says he saw the armed suspect after he heard a shot. >> the doctor had just got through telling me that i was okay and they were going to give me some medicine. and then they went out of the roomy wo

. >> sonny twice. >> i married every male member of one family. >> olivia once and riva's sister once told you to stay away from me. >> reporter: it's not just romance that is tangled in springfield, the could-be- anywhere town where the show is set. >> oh, i hate that name. >> reporter: josh, riva and the others have led lives plagued by perils pauline could never imagine. memory loss. mystery diseases. miracles and misadventures are part of their everyday lives. several years back riva drove off a bridge in florida and somehow washed ashore on a caribbean island called.... >> i became the princess there. i married the handsome prince. then the bad brother threw me back into the water from whence i came. that's when i floated up to amish country and i became amish. >> this is real mr. spalding. >> reporter: quite the sometimes whacky plots the show gave us serious boosts as some actors you've heard of including some of the first african-americans on network soaps. that's billy dewilliams in the '50s as dr. jim fraser. >> how good a friend is he? >> just as good as you are. no more, n

governor sonny purdue is asking president obama to declare a state of emergency for the entire area, at least 17 counties, the president has said the request for federal funds to deal with the flooding will receive prompt attention. the flood damage is estimated at $215 billion. hundreds of people flooded in the recent storms have no flood insurance because they don't live in a flood plain. so what's the definition of a flood plain? how do you get covered? hln money expert, clark howard, joins us to talk about what they can do to recover if their loss and how you can prevent something like this from happening to you. clark, welcome, it caught an awful lot of people offguard. >> it is absolutely devastating people's lives. you see the loss of life. but also, the loss of property that's going to take people so long to rebuild from. and what's so awful on the financial side is most of the affected people had no flood coverage. they didn't live in a flood plain in most cases, their lender didn't require it. they didn't even think they should buy it. but here's the truth -- if you live in

georgia governor sonny purdue has declared a state of emergency as heavy rains continue to flood the state. at least six people have been killed, including a toddler who was killed when his mobile home was swept away. northern georgia has gotten 20-inches of rain in the past few days turning normally calm rivers into raging floodwaters. max baucus making significant changes to his health care bill as the committee starts debating the issue today. join us from washington with more on that is kelly wright. good morning. >> good morning. hope you're well. the senate finance committee markup begins at 9:00 a.m. today. it's expected to be a long day of legislative jarringian. having said that, there is talk of more than 500 amendments. but since they have yet to write the legislative text we and they don't know which are how many amendments will actually be applicable to this. but we do know the senate finance committee chair max baucus is optimistic. >> needs a lot of the legitimate concerns that i've heard. the most frequent concern is affordability. we want to make sure that this packa

governor sonny perdue declared a state of emergency. meantime, georgia i-reporter daniel says video and words alone cannot capture the feeling of seeing familiar neighborhoods covered in eight feet of water. yeah. that's the roads and yards. he says he was especially moved by this rescue when someone brought in the a canoe to help stranded residents in snellville. he calls it an awesome experience to watch everyone working together. after leaving this scene, he and his friends followed the yellow river to check out other areas saying the flooding was beyond anything he ever seen. >>> meanwhile, i-reporter eric brown says the sight of rising water in woodstock, georgia, was overwhelming and frightening and admits it was a bit of an adrenaline rush. this video shows a local breaching dam sweeping along mud and trees. several roads washed out. the damage itself, structural damage. >>> and i-reporter rachel says there are no natural waterfalls in her neighborhood but you couldn't tell by looking at this overflowing lake which created an imp

governor sonny perdue declared a state of emergency in 17 counties, asking the president to declare aemptation for people wanting to get back in their neighborhoods and wanting to see what the damage to their homes, but please, please, please safety first. >> the sun has been shining today in north georgia. the first time in a week. even so a good chance for storms will trigger more flooding. susan hendricks joins us from a neighborhood outside of atlanta. how are people holding up, susan? >> reporter: the folks i spoke to seem to have a positive attitude about all this. you mentioned the sun beating down on us. don't let that deceive you. that really tells to story what used to be accessible by car just accessible by boats. the folks who live here really using boats to get their belongings. whatever they can salvage in and out of their homes. i want to introduce you to two brothers who grew up in this area. they're lucky enough that their house is elevated. it's charles and john. charles, you watched this thing literally unfold within hours what did you see. ? >> i started seeing it

georgia governor sonny perdue asked people to be patient. >> i know it is a huge temptation for peopleck in their neighborhoods and wanting to see the damage to their homes. but please, please, please, safety first. >>h, my god. >> reporter: and safety was berry burke's primary concern as he waded through water, finding damage -- >> everything we worked for is gone. it's gone. >> reporter: and also his two little ones, safe and sound. >> i couldn't believe it. everything that we own is fleeting around in there. everything that we own is floating around in there. these cats were clinging on for dear life in there. never seen this before. >> reporter: all right, updating the death toll now, nine confirmed fatalities here in georgia, one in alabama, a suspected fatality in tennessee and still, ann, a lot of people missing. >> all right. ron mott in austell, georgia, thank you so much for reporting on the tragedy there. >>> firefighters are trying to gain control of a wind-whipped wildfire burning in ventura county, california, where the governor has declared a state of emergency. the fire