. >> in the southwestern united states, a huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands of residents in the state of arizona. it has already destroyed some 800 square kilometers of forest. officials say they have not been able to contain any part of it since it broke out a week ago. high winds and extremely dry conditions are making fighting the blaze very difficult. under terms are switching across parts of germany after another day of warm and humid summer weather. it has caused chaos in some places, like here in homburg. roads were inundated.

. >> in the southwestern united states, a huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousasas of residents in the state of arizona. it has already destroyed some 800 square kilometers of forest. officials say they have not been able to contain any part of it since it broke out a week ago. high winds and extremely dry conditions are making fighting the blaze very difficult. under terms are switching across parts of germany after another day of warm and humid summer weather. it has caused chaos in some places, like here in homburg. roads were inundated. more storms are on the way. >> i will be back with our in- depth report on the latest in yemen. stay tuned. >> the column -- the political climate in yemen remains volatile thdespite the departure of the prime minister to get medical treatment. his leaders insist he will be back in office once he has recovered from surgery. rebels are vowing to block his return and they want is with transfer of power. he has refused to resign, despite months of anan- government protests, protests that have killed hundreds across the country. >> for days on en

. >> a wildfire in the southwestern united states is threatening a huge government nuclear laboratory in new mexico. the loss almoss facility has been forced to closed and residents have been forced to be evacuated. >> wildfires have been burning across the certain states for weeks, but now the country's main nuclear laboratory is under threat. the fire is burning out of control in the canyons surrounding los alamos and it's residents forced to leave homes. the fire has been closing in on the los alamos national laboratory which is where the first atomic bomb was built and the country's most important nuclear weapons center and reached the perimeter of the vast site, threatening research labs and nuclear wastes and storage dumps. the flames sparked the spot fire inside the grounds, which was quickly put out. officials are trying to reassure the public that the nuclear material is safe, but it's believed thousands of plutonium contaminated waste drums not contained within concrete structures are close to the fire. >> we have analyzed all of our nuclear facilities. we have analyzed them

united states? >> well, really all depends on where you are. across the carolinas, down into the southeast and across the gulf coast and then back into the southwestern states and up through the inner mount taken west it looks like a hot and dry summer but it looks moister and cooler across the upper midwest and central mississippi valley. >> suarez: the southwest where those wildfires have been so hard to contain has been laboring under a drought for some time. in the near term is there any good news on the way in the form of moister air, calmer winds, maybe even a little rain? >> well, there's a couple of things. for at least through the weekend it looks like the winds will be calmer and that is certainly good news. the monsoon season which is the seasonal rains that set in in july and august and sometimes as early as the early part or middle part of june, the moisture that comes out of the gulf of mexico up the rio grand valley into the southwest there is no sign that that is going to happen any time soon. phoenix, arizona, has only had 1 inch of rain so far this year. they don't get a lot. normally they have up to 3 inches but you can see how dry