it doesn't make a deadbeat for southern california. and it weakens a tropical storm by thursday. get spot golf of the california area, moving up to the north. for and that is towards arizona. but i think that they might get closer to at least give them the clouds which would help and add some humidity into the air. >>> and after lucky, well, some of the showers, they would spill over into southern california. at least we got something to go for them and the good news is that it might be the very least they had get the cloud cover. for us tonight, skies become clear to partly cloudy. quite cool. 52 to 62 downtown. winds are northeasterly at 5 to 10. and they had no ac for a month, they were fixed today. good timing, huh? >> yes, perfect timing. >> i'll need the heat tomorrow night. temperatures for the lows, 55 out in rockville out here, and 55 in silver spring. mid-50s there. and some areas, they will probably hold in the low 60s. downtown, maybe them out here also and maybe 61 or so in springfield. but still, a very cool night. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny and cool starts. in

plus dangerously dry conditions, raging wildfires forcing people out of their homes in southern california. >>> and a dog pulled from the depths of an old well, here from the local family who have never been more thankful t >>> a found fair well to an american icon. latest on the funeral of senator ted kennedy and what to expect here in washington. thousands of people have been forced from their homes as a half dozen wildfires now burn in southern california. >>> a big ordeal for this local pooch. firefighters had to make a dramatic rescue to bring him home to safety. >>> welcome back to news 4 today, the weekend edition, i'm kimberly suit ers. good morning, chuck. >> off to a cloudy and humid start. don't count on seeing an awful lot of sunshine onsaturday. we will get a slifr or two of sunshine from time to time. it's going to be more cloudy. temperatures in the low 70s, a few upper 60s on the map. rainfall amounts in the last 24 hours or so have been generally light but parts of prince georges county more than 2 inches of rain. some of those slow moving soakers did leave a lot of rain b

southern california. look at these pictures. the biggest one doubled in size overnight, inching closer to thousands of homes on the north side of los angeles. we will take you there. and new details on what may have sparked the lockerbie bomber's release. but the u.k. may have known about sending the terrorist back to libya. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. need a lift? hey buddy, i appreciate the ride, you know. no problem. ♪ mind if i take a shortcut? yeah, sure. ♪ i knew the subaru legacy was the smart choice... what i didn't expect... was the fun. the all-new subaru legacy. feel the love. jon: disturbing new allegations in the controversial release of the only terrorist ever convicted in the lockerbie bombing. abdul basset al-megradhi got a hero's welcome when he returned to libya after serving only eight years in prison.

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trace: anita vogel live for us in southern california. anit tax thank you.'m trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. screaming and the occasional death threat all part of the new era of town hall meetings in america. democrats have organized a lot of the present meetings to sell barack obama's health care plan. demonstrators have been showing up in force to challenge the lawmakers and the plan itself. and whether these protesters are driven by politics, passion, or something else, there is no denying the effect they have had so far. just watch. >> it reads like something that was brought up in the early 1930s in germany. [shouting] >> conspiracies, i will tell you about conspiracies. trace: those comments during a meeting hosted by iowa senator tom harken. >> i think when people get the right information and they know what we are trying to do and how this is going to all wash out, i think the vast majority of the american people will see this as a good thing. trace: but many dem

at least a little bit of moisture for our friends in southern california.are 155 miles per hour. gusting up to 190. you don't see that too often. another reason i'm showing you is a category five, moving into the baja of california, weekend rather quickly, making landfall between the two or three. then as it moves northward, a possibility that all the moisture here just sort of stays in arizona. some of it will get into parts of southern california and nothing else, it gets the humidity. that's something else that they need to think. you might as well have higher humidity. that'll help with the 35,000 acres that are burning. and the 35,000 acres are like 85% of the districts on fire. >>> and becoming clear to partly cloudy tonight. quite cool. one of the cooler nights. low 50s in the su burns and low 60s downtown. winds are light, northeast at five to ten. most folks in the 60s. and they are 55 at silver spring. 54 out here. upper 60s down towards andrews. maybe 62 or so in alexandria. and well, most everybody in their 50s tonight. tomorrow morning, mostly

. >> fire fighters battling the massive blaze in southern california lost two of their own. >> it happenedre struggling to gain control of the blaze. it is now threatening mount wilson housing transmission lines for major tv and radio stations. >> reporter: the raging wildfires spread ago cross southern california have turned deadly. >> here in the los angeles national forest two of our fire fighters were in a vehicle that went over the side. both of them suffered fatality life ending injuries. >> reporter: their families have been notified but the loss was overwhelming. >> it's a very difficult time. >> reporter: the two men were among thousands of fire fighters who have been battling the intense fire that's said to be spreading in all directions. some 55 square miles have been scorched it 12,000 homes have been threatened. mandatory evacuations have been ordered. >> we tell to you leave your life is in danger. >> reporter: there is dangerous conditions for those not directly threatened by the blaze. the air quality around pasadena was so thick it tkpwroeupbded dc10 tankers with a aerial

ground zero is the angeles national forest in southern california. that's where sandra hughes is tonight. >> reporter: the fire outside of los angeles is a monster that refuses to be tamed, doubling in size overnight. 164 square miles have now burned >> we have not been able to get offenseive with the fire just because it has been so per nickty and angry right now. >> reporter: tragically, the blaze has now claimed the lives of two firefighters, 47-year-old ted hall, a captain with l.a. county hire and 35-year-old-year-old arnold quinones, also with l.a. fire. on sunday, they drove their truck off a treacherous road while fleeing advancing flames. >> please, pray prayers for their family of our two brothers that we lost. >> reporter: but the fire fight had to go on and more than 2500 firefighters are battling the blaze. with smoky skies grounded water dropping aircraft, boots on the ground were the only defense against a 20 mile wall of flames that has destroyed at least 21 homes. >> this thick was unreal, i mean it was a life changing experience. >>

southern california, heard about the wild fires out there.r-hour winds, it will be affecting places like the east end of long island places like hyannis, massachusetts, with flood watches out. a big rainmaker. and a lot of the east coast sees rain today. if you think it is from danny, it is not. it is a whole other system a cold front, it will be pushing through, better day tomorrow than what the east coast has today. >>> you look at this picture and you see a little bit of a cold front ash the northwest. there will be a shower around portland portland, oregon that's part of lonnie's shoutout out to everyone at the oregon international air show, just outside of portland 65,000 people expected for three days of aerial acrobatics and amazing parachute show. thanks to all of our viewers in portland for watching "the saturday early show" on koin. you guys rock. enough of the airplane noises. erica, it is all yours. >> you're impressive. got to tell you. >>> we want to turb ton to a more serious note. the cops that helped to rescue jaycee dugard a

firefighters in southern california are battling a number of wildfires. one of those fires is in the affluent company of rancho palos verdes north of l.a. it's burned at least 75 acres and forced more than 2,000 people from their homes. the fire started late yesterday. high temperatures and low humidity are wreaking havoc with crews trying to contain those wildfires. >>> feeling lucky? how you can become an instant millionaire today. today is the last day of the first week of school in prince george's county where students are not so lucky. why do nearly 2,000 studes still have incorrect class schedules? >> getting tired of the heat? sick of summer? well, take a look at this. snow in august. we're going to tell you where t's already becoming a winter wonderland. >>> weather and traffic on the 1s. good morning now at 6:41. on radar we still have some thunder and heavy rain now in the eastern shore, kent and queen anne's counties, as well as north of baltimore. continuing to move to the north and east. remaining cloudy throughout the region and likelihood o

coming up, look at the destruction of wildfires in southern california and why officials said the firenot the only concern. >> speculator is could drive the price of gold over 2000, there's a real possibility. >> many people investing their money in tangible items like money in tangible items like gold, but is it have you heard about miralax? miralax relieves constipation with no bloating. no cramping. no sudden urgency. announcer: only miralax is clinically proven to work like that. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. >> two firefighters killed while battling the mass of wildfires in southern california. they were fighting flames from the station fire burning near los angeles when their vehicle rolled down a hillside. the fires have burned 18 structures and destroyed 66 square miles in the angeles national forest. the air quality is also an issue. 12,000 homes being threatened by the fire. the crews are worried it will spread to a hilltop with dozens of television and radio station transmitters. police are still not saying much about this weekend mass murders in a georgia

. >> residents are on the run in southern california. here in the d.c. area we are under a flash flood watch. >>> is a grim milestone in afghanistan. august was the deadliest month since the 2001 invasion. an american killed today was the 45th to die, one more than july. >>> tragedy is now touching the virginia tech campus. a passer-by found the bodies of two campers. sheriff's officials say it appears the two had been shot. authorities have no suspects. >>> a young woman held prisoner for 18 years after being kidnapped as a child reunites with her family. police are unraveling the tale of her idol lacing -- tale of her isolation and captivity. >> the happiness of hearing that she had been found alive has given way to horror over what she suffered at the hands of a registered sex offender in the california bay area. >> the hidden backyard had hidden areas where they spent most of their lives. that is where she was bent -- that is where she spent too heavy a decades after she was kidnapped. until earlier this week he was spotted by -- spa and on a college

we will get the latest from southern california as a state of a mercy has been declared. the are also two very lucky people, winners of the third largest mega millions? but ever. we will give you the winning numbers. >>> welcome back to the saturday edition of "good morning washington." the sun is down on the cloud cover is over us and you cannot see that humidity in the air. i am in the gulfport weather center. there's nothing really happen locally. we will have a few showers or to the east. we will have heavy showers associate with the remnants of tropicalepressioren danny. there are a few showers in garrett county buthiotnghi locally. the rest of emth are a aut the eastern shore and into the thoe ds meaotn we are out of the woods for showers and storms throughout the day today. therwie thll be a few sunny bres ere is a chance for a few scattered showers. it is not well as widespread as yester hi wpe todrerail tay hi in the td-80's, 85 a de 85 degrees later this afternoon withewth of os ae scattered thwie ll be more clouds and susu b roughout the day. a ol. front moves

we're talking dew point and humidity levels in southern california. you ready for this? y. nowhere do we feel air that dry in the country like we have it in southern laged flag warning still in effect. >>> that's going to do it for weather. i just want to make one little point here about danny and danny's now just a tropical depression, still a lot of rain for the east coast. we have got flood watches all over the place. it is not even because of danny. danny is being ushered out by another cold front and that has more rain than danny has. a west day for tt day for the e >>> after being kidnapped 18 years ago at the age of 11, jaycee lee dugard finally coming home. but can children kept in captivity ever really find a normal life? a look at what they face after they come home. light & fit has 80 calories versus 100 in the other leading brand and a taste you'll find... [sluuurrrrpppp!] irresistible. light & fit. great taste, fewer calories. all free clear 2x concentrated detergent. all free clear's powerful clean is free of the ingredients you'll find in most detergents: n

coming up on 11 news, wild fire continues to spread across southern california. find out how fast it is spreading. michael vick returns to an nfl game. we will look at how the quarterback performed in his first preseason game with his new team. mega millions fever hits maryland. 333 million reasons to buy a ticket for tonight's drawin >> mourners continue to pay final respects to senator ted kennedy this afternoon. michelle france and has more outside the john f. kennedy presidential library in boston. >> thousands of people turned out. also wide variety of groups represented. all mingling with members of the kennedy family and all still mourning the loss. before the doors of the john f. kennedy library reopened, the lines once again began to build. thousands waiting to pass by senator kennedy's flag draped casket, expressing a special interests and connection to the youngest of this famous political family. >> i think it is just one would say they are privileged family, but they still always remembered everyone. >> senator kennedy's daughter and her children gre

the other big story is the fires that are burning across southern, california.a few fires that firefighters are taking care of. angelos national forest only 5% containment. temperatures still very warm. low relative humidity and breezy conditions unfortunately not helping firefighters at all. we will keep your fingers crossed and thoughts and prayers out to everyone who has friends and family there. >>> for the latest on the growing wildfire in southern, california, we go to bruce hurricane frances h ho i who ih the u.s. forest service. what is the latest there? >> the latest in terms of acreage, it burned 35,200 acres. it is 5% contained so there is a lot of uncontained fire line to be dealt with. >> it sounds like the conditions there are working against crews. how do they surmount a fight back against these blazes with those kinds of conditions? >> that is kind of the nature of the fire fighting community, persevering until the bitter end and they will keep flogging their way through. >> how many people are needing to leave the area? we heard maybe 10,000 hom

family our very best. >> as soon as i see them. >> sam is covering the fast-moving fires in southern californiagood morning, sam. >> good morning again, robin. so nice to have you back. we are in la crescenta, california, by the way. what's behind me is a hill that just burned part of the angeles national forest up against this neighborhood which is very near glendale, california. this neighborhood was evacuated since we've been on the air, by the way. let's show you what it looks like from the air. these fires are just really jumping high. they're high intense flames and the smoke is sitting right on top of these fires so sometimes depending on the angle that the planes and helicopters are coming in, it's very difficult for them to see the areas they need to drop the fire retardant or even the water on top of. we're okay, by the way because we're under the watchful eye of the l.a. county sheriff's department. they said we can stay where we are for the moment. they're staying right over here with me. when they tell us to go we will go but we'll bring the pictures to you this morning. to the boa

. >> wildfires are threatening more than 10,000 homes in southern california. the fires have already killed two los angeles county firefighters who died when their vehicle rolled down the side of a mountain. governor arnold schwarzenegger is urging everyone in the path of the fire to get out while they can, and officials warn that conditions could get worse before they get better. >> if we were to get a santa ana wind event occur, it could blow this fire all over the place and give challenges to firefighters that we're not currently having. but we have our hands full for sure. >> the fires have already destroyed more than two dozen buildings. >> our time right now is 5:06. we have 65 degrees out there. new details in that kidnapping case, that horrible case of a girl who was held hostage for nearly two decades. >> plus, the miracle at sea. where three fishermen were found alive, surviving for days on only crackers and gum. >> and the daughter of a former president has a new gig, putting her in the spotlight of morning television. >>> good morning. dark early on

there were factories in southern california that made cars. those all disappeared, and then we became you have to be a computer scientist or you push members across the counter. those things all changed. you add to this the change that cheif bratton referred to, the preparation of semiautomatic high-capacity firearms and the rise of the lucrative drug industry, the most profitable business in the world. you add all that together and you have got in the case of latina gangs are really harsh crucible. they were transformed, and they were hardened during this. they went from what they were in the '40's to some extent even into the 50's, called fighting gangs. some people even called them tomato gangs. they were called tomato gangs because they stole tomatos from the carts and throw them at its other when get into fights. that changed. they became violent, and it became overtime members of gangs that went to prison primarily for drug purposes. they became as the juices of as education. they became rooted in the community. all kinds of changes. the

. >>> authorities in southern california are trying to figure out why more than 20 horses were poisoned on purpose. apparently they were given leads from the highly toxic oleander plant. officials say employees found the leaves in stalls when they got to work on thursday morning but all of the horses are expected to survive. >>> hello. michael phelps is so big he dised the pope. he was invited to see the pontiff today but he passed. phelps said he really needs to rest before tonight's 100 butterfly final. you would think out of father you would go to avoid divine retribution. last night he went to the final relay record. golf now women's british open, okay trijava enthusiast, her second tournament after giving birth. her apartment just burned down two weeks ago. she's got her golf came together. the hole in one, matthew's tied for the lead. a british soccer team is for sale for $10 million and the owner is not happy. sure he hired a firm to sell the team but he didn't like seeing it on e-bay. he said this is not a second hand bike we're talking about. remember this two years ago at the

it's a side of fashion i have never >> a line of fire across southern california this mourn claimingeveral lives deft trying homes and forcing more evacuations. then miracle at sea. three boaters missi for eight days are found alive surviving on crackers and gum. >> and a tiny to the dream of being the best tennis player in the world. >> it's monday august 31st. >> from abc news this is world news now. >> this little girl trains 3 hours a day. >> does she grunt like the pros. >> not yet. not yet. she's working on it i'm sure. good morning. thank you for being with us this monday morning. >> fire fighters battle the massive blaze in southern california have lost two of their own. >> the accident happed as fire crews are struggling to gain control of the blaze that has burned more than 40,000 acres and threatening mount wilson housing transition lines for the areas major tv and radio stations. >> the major wildfires spread ago cross california have turned deadly. >> in the los angeles mountain forest two of our fire fighters were in a vehicle. they went over the side. both of them suff

it remains the largest of four major blazes going across southern california. bone dry brush make the fight for containment a difficult one. new rounds of evacuations have been ordered and 18 homes are threatened. now that the fire is closing in, this man will leave if he has to. despite calm conditions friday night, the station fire continues to plow across the rugged terrain, and the overnight orange glow is a sign this fire is far from over. the fire is swallowing hillside after hillside. these canyons are so steep and many of them have not burned in decades. the attack continues on the ground, and in the air. >> this is a very serious situation we are in right now. >> reporter: the fight to save homes and for containment is far from over. >>> it's now 9:08. 72 degrees outside. ahead, state lawmakers in south carolina weighing the future of governor mark sanford. why they are waiting to try to kick him out of office. >>> and new developments out of the stunning story out of california, the >>> the california couple accused of kidnapping a girl and holding he

trace: breaking news from southern california. s that there was another earthquake in baja, california. that is right along the border between san diego and mexico. tijuana is the first city to the south. 6.9 was the magnitude of the second earthquake. there was another 5.8 earthquake. 6.9 would be about the size of the northridge earthquake that did billions of damage -- billions of dollars in damage in 1994. no reports of damage or injuries, but we are hearing that some buildings in downtown san diego were shaking. that gives you an idea of how powerful the earthquake was. remember, it is about the magnitude and the moment it hit. if they are shallow, the entire landscape will do something like that. right now is in the middle of nowhere. the information is beginning to come in. in major earthquake striking in baja, california. martha: there is a saying, as california goes, so goes the nation. some hope that is not the case in this instance. california losing half a million manufacturing jobs. once a powerhouse in production, hig

. >> lehrer: eight wildfires burned across the dry hills of southern california today. one of the blazes ballooned to 86,000 acres, and killed two firefighters.iú california governor schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for four counties around los angeles. he urged residents to follow evacuation orders. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our lead story report. >> holman: underneath heavy plumes of smoke, wildfires burned with a fury across california for a sixth day today. at a news conference in los angeles this morning, governor arnold schwarzenegger said the whole state had been impacted. >> fires are burning from the north, the northern border of california all the way south, and from the pacific ocean all the way to the sierra nevada. we have fires everywhere. we have eight large fires around the state of california right now, but the firefighters have fanned out across california and they're doing an amazing job. >> holman: the so-called "station" fire raging 30 miles northeast of downtown los angeles in the angeles national forest, doubled in size ov

for manufacturers relocating, the important southern california market is still close by. the nevada development authority has been making ads like this since the gray davis era, but its revamped its website with a new name, "move to vegas.biz." and it's spending a million bucks a year on what it calls its edgiest campaigning so far, targeting radio and print in southern california, its major feeder market and depending on viral marketing, that is free publicity from news outlets like us. >> it's got to be, because you've got 49 other states here soliciting business. nobody called anybody a monkey, nobody called anybody a pig, and we tried to get some california legislators to be in the commercial, but since they refused, we could only afford the orangutan. >> all right. is it really better in nevada? in this cnbc study of america top states for business, nevada came in 47th overall. 49th in its economy and didn't break the top ten in any category. california, however, came in 32nd overall. 49th, though, in the cost of business. though number one in access to capital. now,

. >> and a wildfire in the hills of southern california. we will have the latest on the efforts to contain the flames. >> chris brown received his sentence in the domestic abuse involving his former girlfriend. hear what the judge has ordered for him as we continue with our news broadcasts. >> things are firing up in the tropics even though we have a quiet seen on hd doppler right now. >> we will update you on an >> we will update you on an accident a announcer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great lease deals. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car you always wanted. scheduled maintenance is included, it's all good. what's the future like? you love your new jetta. and the suit? you like it? no...i love it! ...at the jcpenney lowest prices of the season sale. all arizona tops and bottoms are buy one, get one for 88¢ plus, save on denim at america's biggest back to school levi's sale kids' backpacks are only $11.99 athletic shoes are $38.99 all bath towel

. >>> authorities in southern california are trying to figure out who poisoned more than 20 horses and why. apparently they were given leaves from the highly toxic oleander plant. at a ranch in the san diego area. officials say ranch employees found the leaves which had been mixed with sliced apples and carrots in stall wes they arrived at work on thursday morning. the ranch owner says three horses are seriously ill, and undergoing treatment at an equine hospital. the rest are being treated at the ranch. 30 show horses worth about $2 million live at the ranch most are boarded for clients. >>> hundreds of pounds of explosives were stolen from a storage facility in walla walla, washington. it was discovered when state troopers were doing an inspection. photos were released in hopes someone will tip authorities. >>> we're getting new word that michael jackson was shopping around for a doctor to give him a powerful anesthetic. an attorney for one doctor says that he asked the doctor for the drug known as diprivan. he refused to give it to jackson. a source tells our sister network, cnn, an

the fire there is one of four burning in southern california. and fire officials say they don't know right now how many structures have actually been damaged. hot, dry weather is certainly not helping firefighters as you would imagine. i want to get more on that from bonnie schneider. that's sure making things tough, bonnie. >> we are seeing temperatures in the triple digits, that's unseasonable and very hot for this type of weather. all the areas you see here highlighted in red and that does include areas in and around los angeles, particularly in the mountains and foothills of the region just to the north, just south of oxnard, you'll find that temperatures certainly in the morning, temperatures already at 67 degrees, that's in los angeles. right along the coastline, the temperatures are cooler, but once you start heading a little further inland, we are expecting those numbers to soar with a hot-dry gust of wind. any marine flow coming in, well, to the north we are getting moisture and rain coming up into northern and central california. the p

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the deadliest fire is the one dubbed the station fire, in southern california. 's been burning five days. it has consumed 35,000 acres and destroyed two dozen homes and buildings. two firefighters were killed. to the north, the entire town of auburn, california has been evacuated. that fire threatens to consume the entire town. a mass murder incited george a mobile home has claimed an aids victim. a 90 year-old male died yesterday at a hospital in savannah. seven others were found dead saturday morning. one survivor remains in critical condition. -- it has claimed that ba8th victim. they believe the suspect is still at large. police in antioch, california are expanding their search of the grounds of the couple that kidnapped and raped jaycee lee dugard. they're looking toward evidence that phillip garrido and nancy garrido may have resulted prostitutes in the 1980's. they pled not guilty to a total of 29 counts on friday, including forcible abduction, rape, and false imprisonment. at the international space station the discovery landed. it lifted off friday night

so she's in santa monica in southern california.so we got the company going. >> rose: tell me what this phenomenon means? explain to me the cultural significance of what you just described. and the twhoorld we live in today. >> the way i would describe it is that talent has... knows know geographical boundaries. we're relentless and ruthless about going to where the talent is in the interest of our mission. we've certainly defined ourselves as a global business. if you look at the team, we have a lot of different backgrounds. we've lived a lot of different places. our interest is to create a global service and that doesn't mean that we need to be exclusively located in silicon valley or southern california. so i think the cultural significance is our ambitions and interests are to be a global service. coming from amazon, i know nothing else. the internet is a global service therefore hulu should be a global service. so i think the cultural significance is that we don't worry about things like your nationality and what your passport

. >>> and a fire burning out of control in southern california. thousands of residents forced to leave their homes. but that s not the only threat. why others could be pulled back. >>> also at 10:00, former vice president dick cheney, once again critical of president obama. more on the situation coming up. >>> first, an 11-year-old kidnapped, a man charged withholding her in a back yard prison. but tonight a neighbor's yard is being searched as well. >> an incredible story, keep it here, your watching us we're just getting started. stay with us.  . >>> a massive wildfire gaining ground in southern california right now. thousands of homes are in jeopardy, potentionally right in the path of fast-moving flames besides evacuations and school closings, we're learning about other victims. >> at least two people hurt when they didn't evacuate, got boxed in and tried to ride out the fire in a hot tub. more on the story. >> reporter: across the mountains near los angeles? massive amounts of smoke covering the viscaya skies. the fire out of

." >> a fire broke out saturday night during a major riot at a southern california prison. the disturbance involved about 1,300 inmates in a dormitory-style barrack. tension between african-americans and latino inmates triggered it. more than 250 prisoners were hurt and dozens were treated in hospitals. >> the obama administration is fighting rampant rumors about the president's policies so often spread on the internet. >> now the white house is trying to cool the conversion with its own web strategy. >> reporter: fighting fire with fire one url at a time. the white house has taken to the worldwide web to combat what they call internet rumors about the president and his policies. they've created original videos for the web site and youtube hoping they go viral. on tuesday a white house spokesman posted a video responding to a drudge report story about the president's health care plan. >> there are a lot of deceiving reports now such as this one. this one says uncovered video. "obama explains how his health care plan will eliminate private insurance." nothing could be farthe

. >>> a developing story out of southern california, where wildfires forced thousands of people from their homes. at least 2,000 people evacuated the wealthy community of rancho palos vur days north of los angeles and helicopters are dropping water on the fire. firefighters are struggling to contain the flam th so this is one ofour wildfires burning in southern california right now. >>> folks in northern canada have a different issue. they are digging out from two to three inches of snow. this is the first august snowfall in labrador in more than two decades. kids turned a golf course into a ski slope. let's hope they got in all their skiing yesterday, because the warmer temperatures are expected to melt all that snow today. welcome back to school! >> yeah, exactly. >> any snow days in sight? >> not here. but we may have flooding problems that may cause problems for children getting home from school and getting home from work. we had heavy downpours this dawn. and as we look at the sky over the last few hours, you can see the low clouds racing in out of the northeast over washington.

>> it never rains in southern california. that's a song i can sing over an over. here is covina.ould take you up to the morris dam area. there is the lake right through there. these helicopters have been flying into this lake getting water trying to put this fire out. here is what it looked like in the overnight hours. it is still on fire now. 750 acres as of this morning. it's burned all day. i'm sure we are over 1,000. 600 firefighters on the scene right now. helicopters in the air, phos-chek planes in the air. it is just choking smoke because we don't have any wind to get the smoke out of the way. that's okay. watch what you ask for, right? because you don't want wind. temperatures today may range almost to 100 degrees and relative humidity, rick, could be 6%. that's no help to the fire department at all. >> good stuff. both stories you did involved songs. you sang "it never rains in southern california" and i'll sing "danny boy" as a tribute to the late, great senator kennedy. >>> back to the death of senator edward kennedy, we are going to start by giving you one more look a

jay gray is in southern california with more. jay? >> reporter: hey there, wendy, jim. yeah, and you talked about the state of emergency declared by governor arnold schwarzenegger. at this point even the firefighters saying this is far more than an emergency. conditions here are dire. and they're only getting worse right now. the attack continues from the air and on the ground. >> it's like a war zone. >> reporter: but after six days the army of firefighters working around the clock is still losing the war against mother nature. >> there's really no opportunities to go in there and draw a line to stop this fire so we're trying to contain it best we can but we're really -- this fire is burning wherever it wants to go. >> reporter: some of the most graphic evidence that the fire is in full control is here in tujunga canyon. cinders and ash replacing just yesterday was a community. >> this is usually very green and so it looks like a desert. very sad. this would happen. >> reporter: it's happening across a huge section of california right now. governor arnold schwarzenegge

. >> now 80,000 acres have scorched across southern california. jay gray has the latest now from lake view terrace. >> reporter: the attack continues from the air and on the ground. >> it's like war zone radio and but after six days the army of firefighters working around the clock is still losing the war against mother nature. >> there's really no opportunities to go in there and draw a line to stop this fire so we're trying to contain it best we can but we're really -- this fire is burning whenever it wants to go. >> reporter: some of the most graphic evidence that the fire is in full control is here in tujunga canyon. just yesterday w a community. >> this is usually very green and so it looks like a desert. very sad. this would happen. >> reporter: it's happening across a huge section of california right now. governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency. >> there are fires everywhere. we have eight large fires around the state of california right now. >> reporte the biggest is the massive station fire. it scorched more than

fast-moving flames, destroying acres in southern california. are homes in danger? >>> i'm bob turk. the first warning weather center. nice warm summer weekend. >>> and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories at wjz.com at this hour. for updates on all the day's news, and the updated forecast. log onto wjz.com. >>> tifon last -- typhoon destroyed the homes of thousands of people. the taiwanese president caused the most severe damage to the island in 15 years. a total of 15,000 villagers were ferried to safety. >>> police in southern california have dismantelted a -- dismantled a ring of drug traffickers. the suspects disposed of some of the bodies by dissolving them in acid. the men are also charged with attempted murder of police officers and several kidnappings. none of the 17 men charged have been taken into custody. >>> cooler weather could be helping out firefighters in the mountains of santa cruz mountains today. as john blackstone reports issue the fast-moving fire has forced more than 2,000 people from their homes. >>> winds, moving west across the santa cruz mountains,

last thursday they checked into this upscale hotel in southern california.kins left alone the next morning. her mutilated body was later found in the suitcase in a dumpster. >> her family and friends broke down during the description. >> jenkins is an animal. >> jenkins was arrested in las vegas earlier this year for allegedly punching her, but on the vh1 reality show meg and wants a millionnaire he was every bit the gentleman. >> i decided to appeal to all your senses. >> jenkins' former fee fiance says the man she knew was not a murderer. >> i told police that he was not capable of doing something like that. >> investigators believe he fled to his native canad abandoning this boat at a marina in washington and then crossing the border on foot. if jenkins is found in canada, he would only be extradited to the united states with the assurance he would not face the death penalty. carla wohl, abc news, los angeles. >> very disturbing. >> the search is underway for the wife of a former suburban chicago police officer. yesterday, family, friends an volunteers se

. >>> wildfires forced 2,000 people from their southern california homes. the fire has damaged homes and threatening dozens more. nbc's michael okwu is there. how much damage has the fire already done? >> reporter: well, if you talk to officials contessa, they say it's only been about three residential homes. the damage that has been done in the three residential homes is minor. we may see a different assessment as we get a little more daylight right now, but those are the numbers they are going with. at this hour, 700 homes continue to be threatened. as you mentioned, they evacuated close to 2,000 people here. officially they are saying about 1,500. all of this happened at 8:00 last night. the fire ignited in the canyons, close to the trump national golf club. and also we understand, close to a beautiful nature preserve. 400 firefighters on the ground battling the blaze overnight. they are giving a lot of credit to water dropping helicopters that have been using a night vision to fight the flames, and apparently doing a good job at it. contessa? >> michael

congress started rewarding americans for trading in their gas guzzling cars, home owners in southern california the local power company. >> work if me. it would have gone out to the front. somebody would have come by and hauled it off or can i get $50 for having somebody else haul it off for me. >> reporter: current southern california edison has recycled more than three-quarters of a million refrigerators and says home owners can save on that you are electric bills. clunkersened up here in this recycling plant. all the glassnd republican rubber parts get removed, coolant drained and the boxes end up getting pulverized in a giant crusher and scold as strap metal. >> the most important thing our country should be doing is helping consumers reduce waste and low are their bills actually program like this makes sense from a societal standpoint and from an individual consumer standpoint. >> reporter: last year, this program is estimated to are used green house gas emission as much as removing 8,000 cars from the road. programs like this have kept utilities from needing to build new plants which is g

in southern california firefighters have been working to put out a brush pyre near the angeles crest highway. 20 acres burn said far there. >> the space shuttle discovery launch has been rescheduled yet again. aiming for the launch late tomorrow night. the third attempt to send discovery to the international space station. the managers are hoping the launch at one minute until midnight tomorrow. they considered trying for a liftoff early tomorrow morning. but engineered one -- wanted more time to study the fuel valve problem that scuttled the second launch attempt. aaspttt w first attempt was called off beuse of thunderstorms. when discovery takes off i wusil be carrying an astronaut from our area. retired army colonel patrick forester and graduated from west springfield hi. >>> coming up in our broadcast, government planning to use webcast to distribute important information about the swine flu. >> on the golf course, tiger woods is back. he is doing okay. the redskins competitive on the field and off the field especially when it comes to who is the best dressed. plus, the players l

in the top box, breaking news from southern california. governor schwarzenegger declaring a state of emergency for four counties. the station fire has now doubled in size, to 85,000 acres, with more than 10,000 homes in its path. humidity is low and the worst case scenario is developing, hot gusting winds. in the middle box, new pictures inside the living hell that was casey lee dugard's backyard prison for years. now her captor is being investigated as a possible serial killer. there is word she was employed and interacting with the outside world. and we will soon get a major announcement from gov. pat to do all about ted kennedy's open senate seat. he wants the law changed so that he can appoint an immediate successor. it could have an impact on health care debate. when he speaks, you will hear about it. martha: it was "a terrible decision." that was from the dick cheney talking about the bush -- obama administration's decision to investigate cia prosecutors. he says that this is all political and insists those interrogations' saved coun

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