. >>> i want to bring in wade ward, a spokesman for the prescott area fire department. close friend of chris mackenzie, he joins me by phone. wade ward obviously as the governor said there, quite appalling and devastating tragedy has be fallen the area today. and these firemen, these hotshots to lose so many in one incident like this, a terrible blow for you? >> yeah, it's an absolutely horrible situation, tragic for all of us. >> in terms of the investigation into what happened, do you have any more insight into how they found themselves in an awful situation? >> no, at this point the fire is still under investigation. unfortunately, now we have three incidents in our hands, we're dealing with an active fire that's still growing. and we have an incident within the incident and we're trying to deal with the investigation of how this happened. and we're dealing with our families here at home, so this is compounded for us, and it's a very tragic situation. >> how much does this fire -- the scale and power of it, is it exacerbated, temperatures could go as high as 102 degr

joining us is wade ward. a spokesman from the fire department. wade, are you with us? >> yes. >> good morning. thank you so much for joining us. first of all, we're so sorry for your loss. >> i appreciate that. >> i understand that these men were part of a hot shot crew. this is a devastating loss for your community. i want to ask you how you are all doing at this hour. >> that's a difficult question to answer at this point. for myself, i'm still in shock. unfortunately, trying to do a job that i hope that i never had to do. >> there's been an outpouring of support. earlier today, we heard that the president called these men heroes. you knew these men personally. what could you tell us about them? >> i can tell you they're a very elite group of men and sometimes women. they were all men on this crew. that are highly trained. and the only thing i can say is that, you know, obviously, the accident is under investigation. but had to be nothing less than the perfect storm, especially for these guys. they're very cautious. very high trained. and for them to be in a situatio

earlier we spoke with a public information officer from that city, wade ward, on how they're trying togedy. >> something completely unexpected and tragic happened. these guys are very highly trained. they have very good situational awareness. and at this point i can only tell that you it hyou that it h perfect storm for this to happen. not only are these guys a family, but the entire prescott fire department is a family. these guys are no different than our brothers and sisters that ride on the trucks, they have a specialty job that they do just like everybody else does in the fire department. and it's very difficult for us at this point. >> the firefighters in arizona are looking for some relief this week. but the deadly heat is expected to continue. >> and in other parts of the west also suffering from triple digit temperatures, 115 degree heat blamed for the death 6 of elderly man in las vegas found inside his house that didn't have any air conditioning. >> and record breaking complains in california forced at least six runners to be hospitalized there. >> and maria melina joins us

we're joined by wade ward, he's the public information officer. to you and everyone in the area. it must be such a horrible reality to be waking up to. 20% of the fire department just gone in one fire. i guess first i want to get your thoughts as we're looking at images of this team, just your thoughts on what your community is dealing with this morning. >> like you said it's not reality for us yet. it hasn't even set in. it's a tragic moment for in the only the prescott fire department but the entire city of prescott as well as the fire fighting community across the country. >> i want to ask you about the crew. i heard one person say when you ask about these firefighters you know them or you know somebody who knows them. that's how tight knit this community is. what can you tell us about this team? >> i can tell you like you've heard. it's a very elite group of people that are highly trained, highly motivated, very fit. they know exactly what they're doing. they're situational awareness is at the highest at all times when they're on the line. we

ward and ciara. so join us then. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our first guest, one of the most snappy dressers, from the nba champion, miami heat, please welcome dwyane wadee ] >> i'm good, man, how y'all doing? >> jimmy: congratulations, it has been a good week for you? >> it has been all right. >> jimmy: have you slept yet? >> i actually have. >> jimmy: after three, it has got to be less exciting after the third one? >> no, not less exciting, you have to be smarter. >> jimmy: how is that? >> sleeping, getting sleep. team gets sleep. >> jimmy: you stayed up pretty late that first night, though, i would imagine. >> yeah, the first night i stayed up until about 8:30 -- i couldn't go to sleep, i was pretty juiced. >> jimmy: we have pictures from that night, you, lebron james, drake, the rapper up on stage, how did he wind up on stage? >> drake was all over the place, he was like the point guard. he is a big fan and friend of us guys. so he enjoyed it with us. >> jimmy: you cannot be seen in this picture because you're behind the pizza box. someone had pizzas delivered to the show? >> well, you know, after winning the championship last year, we were starving