so thelma, mr. sloco and jackie jeres. jackie, update us on the wind. >> reporter: the wind has been the number one enemy today. unfortunately those winds were so strong they had to ground some of the airplanes and helicopters earlier today. they've back up and flying. the winds have been gusting as much as 50 miles per hour and the sustained winds. up neither wallow fire 30-mile-per-hour sustained and around 25 miles per hour down near where thelma is. that's been one of the biggest issues for today. this area of low pressure is going to be bringing in changeable conditions. bringing in those strong southwesterly winds for today. but with this is a trailing cold front that's going to be moving through. by tomorrow it's going to bring in northwest winds. that's actually some good news in the sense that we expect the air to be a little bit cooler. we also expect the humidity to be a little bit higher. so today is as bad as it's going to be getting in terms of those dry, critical conditions. we've got a lot of fires which ar

cnn's thelma gutierrez is on the phone from the sierra vista area, a city that has been threatened by the fire. you're joining us by phone because you and the crew had to physically move from the location where we last saw your live shot, thelma. >> reporter: that's right, fredricka. as a matter of fact, fire officials say it's more of a cautionary measure. they've asked all the residents, all the people who were near a burn area to move out. after all, the wild card in this fire has been the wind, and the winds have been blowing very strong today. now, they asked us to move because what they have done is they have established a line. they're trying to burn out all the fuel on the ridge of that mountain so that when the fire crests the mountain and heads down the hill, that it will not have fuel to continue on. they're trying to hold the line at highway 92 down in this area, fredricka. they asked us all as a precautionary measure to pull back a couple of blocks away. and that's where we are right now. now, all day long the aircraft has been grounded. as you saw, fredricka, we're talki

. >> why don't we do that thelma -- why don't we do that? colleagues, can we take those amendments without objection? those are for the underlying documents, items 14 through 59. with respect to the motion, is there a second? can we have our role call on that motion. >> [calling vote ss] supervisor chu: no. supervisor cohen: no. supervisor farrell: no. supervisor wiener: no. we have 7 ayes, and 4 nos. >> the motion passes. >> i understand there are still amendments that need to be made to the items 10, 11, and 17. those have been circulated. can we take a roll-call vote? can we take those amendments without objection? at this time, if we could take a roll call vote on the entire package of legislation, items 8 through 17 as well as item 59. >> if i could make a final comment, because i want to acknowledge the 14 years of work that went into this, and i want to recognize people who really worked for years on this project. but i want to recognize cherie williams. [applause] many organizations -- mercy, boys and girls condlub, and of course our

fredricka. >> thelma gutierrez, thanks so much from sierra vista. appreciate that. >>> meantime u.s. senator john mccain of arizona is catching some criticism for accusing illegal immigrants along the mexican border for starting some of the wildfires in his state. here's what he said. >> we are concerned about particularly areas down on the border where there is substantial evidence that some of these fires are caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. they have set fires because they want to signal others. they have set fires to keep warm. and they have set fires in order to divert law enforcement agents and agencies from them. so the answer to that part of the problem is, get a secure border. >> senator mccain did not provide any evidence to back up his accusation. his comments are now drawing fire from latino civil rights leaders there. >>> let's check in with our jacqui jeras with more on this very severe weather. you've got extremes in so many different ways. across the map. >> we do. this is one of the worst days that we've seen

thelma gutierrez reports on what has been called the largest human trafficking scheme in u.s.> reporter: this man we'll call boom is a rice farmer, a man that human advocates say became a modern day slave in the united states. >> translator: inside my heart i cry because i sacrificed to come to the united states to work. >> reporter: we tracked his story back to thailand where the average family lives on about 125 a month. we're not using his real name to protect his family he says in 2003 recruiters said that he could earn in u.s. what he made in a whole year in the rice patties of thailand. the recruiter told him that his expenses would be paid for by global horizons, a corporation that supplies foreign workers to american farms under the u.s. temporary agriculture worker program. but he'd have to pay the recruiter about 9300 u.s. dollars up front. so boom borrowed money to pay the fee. then they were flown to the u.s. and their passports were con if i indicated. then they were in containers for days. he was not paid for all of the work he did and his work didn't cover half

thelma gutierrez has a report on how police are cracking down and the people who allegedly sell women for sex. >> reporter: each day this young woman spent hours on the internet posting provocative photos of herself and fishing for clients. people who would pay her to have sex. >> mine used to say barely 18 years old. >> reporter: she worked as a prostitute, but she didn't work for herself. she had a pimp who said a quota of $1,000 a day. jessica told me she was afraid of her pimp if he didn't work, they didn't eat. she once went five days. >> i thought i was going to die of starvation. >> you had to work to get fed. >> to get fed. >> reporter: she's afraid to be identified, because her mimp is a gang member. twoiers when she was a runaway, she became the physical property of a california gang, where prostitutes, are often branded with tattoos bearing the gang's insignias. the lieutenant says they're focusing -- >> we're focusing on the women, the reason they're here. >> reporter: three warring gang factions laid down their weapons to form what investigators say is a profitable busine

thelma gutierrez is live there from sierra vista. what are they up against? >> reporter:ky tell you, it's going to be hot and you can tell, it's already windy. temperatures are expected to hit 101 degrees. if you take a look at the ridge over my shoulder where it's all smokey, throughout is where firefighters had to fight the fire. the primary defense is air defense. the winds are gusting at 150 miles an hour and so aircraft have been grounded. flames raced down steep canyons into grasslands, igniting a ten-foot-high wall of flames. high winds forced the evasion of 7,000 residents who fled with whatever they can carry. >> i may not come back to anything. i don't know. >> reporter: it hasn't rained since december. a drought, high temperatures and strong winds has made the fire disastrous. >> looking up at the mountains. very, very difficult terrain. steep, a lot of canyons and elevation there. very difficult to get fire response in there. that is mostly an air response area. as you come lower out of the mountains, you are talking, you know, oak trees and grass

swift won video of the year at last night's ceremony but one of the bigger talking points is the thelmahe show along with sha nigh -- shania twain. >>> just a reminder of our top stories as fighting continues in libya, western powers and arab nations are meeting to map out a possible future for the country. the talks going on right now in abu dhabi will focus on what libya might look like without current leader moammar gadhafi. more than 1,000 refugees have fled from syria and crossed the border into turkey in the last 24 hours. they've left because of fears they would be attacked by syrian security forces. one student demonstrator told cnn the military is closing in on the city of jisr al shugur, that's where the syrian government says 120 of its troops were ambushed and killed last weekend. >>> here in the uk, another phone hacking scannedle is coming to light. this one involves phone taps of prominent figures including kate middleton, tony blair and prince edward. according to the guardian up in, the alleged hacker was working for rupert murdoch. that is it from the team here on "wor

tell you, joe, it's like we're watching this movie in slow motion, rushing for the cliff in the "thelma million a day. we look at the bad employment numbers. the only thing we can get to jump start the economy and get part of that $2 trillion in cash sitting on corporate balance sheets off the sideline is to put a long-term deficit reduction plan in place. we're seeing moody's and s&p go out there and do the downgradings. this is the most predictable financial crisis we'll ever face and in the meantime the congress man is going through the kind of show bet. th boat. that's why i thinking the group of five or six that we've been working on for months and months, we've got to get out there. >> it's like the hurricane that's been coming to the shore. there's defer station. so what do you guys do to move it forward. >> what do you do in the gauge of five or six? >> i was disappointed about two weeks ago when senator coburn decided to take a break from the group. i thought the final final remaining differences were small. we had 54 senators a couple weeks ago that sent us an attaboy letter.

. >> reporter: for many people, it's their work that keeps thelma on the move.search for a large department store. he definitely sees another move in his future. he needs the flexibility, especially if it would be hard to sell a house. all of that is in my book "smart is the new rich." top stories after this break. >>> i'm jason meraz and we can make an impact by ending modern day slavery. a fishing village largely operated by kids. there's thousands and thousands of children that don't get the opportunity even to go to school. they're forced to work in this fishing industry. i had the opportunity to be out there on the water and participate in these rescue missions. ♪ freedom freedom ♪ >> human trafficking is happening all across the world. the more we have awareness about it, this is something we can overcome. join the movement. impact your world. go to cnn.com/impact. >>> it's go time. i'm christine romens. we're live in new hampshire. gop ready to debate. new polls showing a front-runner has emerged. newcomers already trying to tear him down. >>> trying to c

. >> first things first, thelma said. >> reporter: love is what heals at casa. with just a $500 donation. kathie foster rented a tiny inexpensive house in a rough neighborhood and took in her first child. casa has now expanded to ten houses currently home to some 50 kids, ranging from newborns to teenagers. in all, 3,000 kids have come through these doors. for many, it's their first time living in a safe, stable environment. >> when the kids first get here, what kind of conditions are they typically in? >> a lot of the kids come in just really with nothing. and the moms really have nothing to give them. >> reporter: the ultimate goal? reuniting kids with their families. but if that isn't possible, casa helps to facilitate adoptions. >> after six months coming into casa and the rest is history. >> it changed your life. >> changed my life. >> reporter: will jones came to casa when he was 8. after the death of his mother, he had been abused and in and out of 17 foster homes. but casa broke that cycle, finding him a permanent home and a loving father. >> my dad is p