nbc's janet shamlian is with us tonight from the fire line in caddo, texas, west of fort worth.anet, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the fire in this region has doubled in size over the past 24 hours. and even with more help arriving from all over the country this is an uphill battle. unrelenting wildfires, the likes of which texas has never seen, are hungrily consuming the state. more than a million and a half acres so far, with no sign of slowing down. >> you don't ever want to see this. you know, this is like a once in every 50 years type thing, and you hope it never happens again. >> reporter: the fires have been growing in size and number for weeks. but today new complications. as temperatures hit the 90s and gusting winds kicked up significantly. >> with these strong winds and these warm temperatures that just adds up to just what a wildfire needs to really take off. >> reporter: the smoke can even be seen from space. the satellite image from a few days ago shows a number of hot spots spread throughout west texas. on the ground you can see the extent of the

between the west texas crews, and the crude that traded in london, right? >> right. the simple way to think about it is the input cost is related to the west texas cost. and the price they can charge at the pump is related to the spread. and the wider the spread gets, the more profit they can make. that's what has been going on. >> we've seen gasoline prices begin to level off. from the point of refiners, is that a negative? >> no. even if they maintain themselves here, they'll really be minting money. the refin ners are just making money. >> and that's one of the reasons why you're going to talk to us about three stocks you think will do very well as investments. they all trade on the new york stock exchange. chevron, co conoco phillips, and hess. what do you think they have going for them. >> that's right, susie. what's happened is that these down-stream results tha they're going to report starting next week are going to really surprise the analysts, and i think they're going to surprise the street. that's because they've had such a terrible time in the refining ma

. >> reporter: west texas has been a raging inferno for weeks now. parts of 36 counties are on fire, burning with such intensity that teams from half a dozen agencies have been brought in to help on the ground and in the air. for the second time, crews from the national park service, the forest service, and the bureau of land management joined local crews fighting the fires that have burned more than 1 million acres across west texas. s a possum kingdom lake, has burned 150,000 acres and destroyed around 100 homes. >> this is my house up in here. >> it doesn't look like anything's left here. >> i didn't get anything out of there. >> 40 years of marriage, of our personal stuff. >> reporter: as the fire spread to neighboring counties, hundreds of people there and inmates at the county jail were evacuated. the wildfires have claimed two lives this month. a firefighter died wednesday, 11 days after he was critically injured, battling a fire near amarillo. sadly, his death came on the same day a funeral was held for another firefighter who died friday. hi

entering the bunker. >>> a massive wildfire is now burning -- burning out of control tonight in west texasnd could worsen because of dry windy conditions. the blaze has already charred more than 61,000-acres and tonight it is zero percent contained. about 100 members of the texas forest service have been fighting that both from lands and the air. two unoccupied homes have burned and some livestock have also been killed. but so far no animals are sleep threatened. >>> tomorrow portions of the great highway will be closed from slope boulevard to lincoln way. the event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. free bike rentals and free bike repairs and free wall mural painting are all a part of tomorrow's festivities. sunday's streets is held the second sunday of every month from april until september. for a list of other events taking place around the bay area go to ktvu.com and click on the weekend extra tab near the top of the page. >>> the port of san francisco staff has made its pick for the company that will develop pier 70 area at the naval shipyard. they recommended the forest city company to crea

burpininn >> alan: firefighters from 25 states are battling more than a dozen wildfires across west texas. a fast-moving fire charred thousands of acres. widespread electricity outages have been reported after several power poles burned down. the initial fire was started by a cutting torch being used on a pipe. hot and windy weather combined with dry shrub and grass are making it hard for firefighterss to gain control. in iowa it's been declared a disaster zone. a tornado tore threw the town last night. the dabbling is extensive, and the entire town is without power after the natural gas has been shut off. the national guard has been send -- sent to the town. >>> let's talk to leigh. >> leigh: the wake of the tornado is huge. very tranquil here. >> alan: to the contrary. >> leigh: a lot of sunshine today. temperatures warmed up in most locations. a beautiful shot from the high definition sutro cameras. sfo reporting westerly gusts up to 25 miles-per-hour. even concord report something gusts up to 20 miles-per-hour. so, definitely the onshore influence is with us. here's current temperatur

the texas fo >>> a wildfire in west texas has scorched more than 50,000 acres, burning two homes. luckily, nobody was living there at the time. the texas forest service is fighting the fire by air and on land. tanker planes have been dropping thousands of gallons of fire retardant. the flames keep spreading, because conditions are very hot and dry there. it's an area between lubbock, texas and abilene. so far, no towns are threatened. no word on when that fire might be contained. >>> back to our weather around here, sun is shining, but don't be fooled. it is chilly outside. >> it is cool, definitely frost down to the south, across monterrey county. with those fires, very strong winds across the desert southwest, fueling the flames. of course given the wetness this winter, we'll have a lot of growth this spring. >> such a catch-22. >> we'll be looking at high fire danger late this summer, as we have no fire danger today to speak of, as clear skies and cool temperatures prevail out there this morning. looking from our vaca cam, we see just that. jumps to the south bay, a little haze

more than 60,000 acres are burning in west texas. flames have destroyed 20 homes in fort davis, 200 miles southwest of el paso. firefighters from 25 states are helping out but can't use air tankers to drop water because of wind gusts as high as 50 miles-per-hour. >>> another reminder high fortunate to be in the bay area. another beautiful day. but there's chance of rain in the accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. leigh glaser has that. first, a big decision facing kate middleton, her hair still up in the air. >> my hair is fine. seven different players were among the leaderboard, tiger woods among them, but a man named charl proved to be the >> alan: in less than three weeks prince william and cate middleton will mary in westminster abby. the best list is final, but there's still a lot to be settled. >> at the wedding, not one, not two, but four of williams' ex-girlfriends will be there and a total of two of kate's ex-s, and also guy richie, who will have to leave his girlfriend at home because his invite doesn't have a plus-one

. >> firefighters battling massive wildfires in west texas are getting help from california.crews from the sierra national forest are currently in texas work twrorbg put out a fire that has burned nearly 150 square miles and destroyed at least 160 homes. meanwhile, a storm brought cooler temperatures and humidity to the fire lines. >> mike nicco scrions us now and has the forecast. >> see all the sunshine out there already. >> beautiful, we love it. >> after a chilly morning. >> even colder one tomorrow because of the lack of clouds. you can see a few clouds but i think the dry weather is enough for 36 to 48 hours, we'll talk about how it may or affect your weekend. >> thank you. aul all right. hail to the queen. queen elizabeth celebrated her birthday today. >> and why a baby's temperament can reveal about issues they will face later in life.  >>> "time magazine" released hundred most financial people and britain prince william and kate middleton, mark successor bird and michelle obama and oprah. on financial royalty. queen elizabeth turned 85. >> they handed out spe

. >> firefighters battling massive wildfires in west texas are getting help from california.ire crews from the sierra national forest are currently in texas work twrorbg put out a fire that has burned nearly 150 square miles and destroyed at least 160 homes. meanwhile, a storm brought cooler temperatures and humidity to the fire lines. >> mike nicco scrions us now and has the forecast. >> see all the sunshine out there already. >> beautiful, we love it. >> after a chilly morning. >> even colder one tomorrow because of the lack of clouds. you can see a few clouds but i think the dry weather is enough for 36 to 48 hours, we'll talk about how it may or affect your weekend. >> thank you. aul all right. hail to the queen. queen elizabeth celebrated her birthday today. >> and why a baby's temperament can reveal about issues they will face later in life. [ woman ] everybody's looking for deals these days, and i'm not talking about saving a dollar off shampoo or two-for-one tacos or something. i'm talking about paying less -- every month. like this deal. [ male announcer ] call today

he might tell us a little about the scandal at west texas state school that is really feel this issue. >> welcome to the scandal broke in the news media in early 2007 and is a sex abuse scandal. as we say here right now, the last major figure in the scandal is on trial, four years after that scandal to give you an idea how long it's really been going on. in this case, a cup of administrators that one of the facilities and a remote area in west texas were coercing behaviors in using their powers as administrators. this went on for years and was basically covered up by higher-ups within the state agency that oversaw the institution and was finally late davenant publicized. >> what is a super predator? >> super predators for those coined in the mid-1990s by criminologist named john julio and was originally intended to mean kids who kill without remorse, without consciences sort of randomly come to really capture that some of the popular movies of the period slake natural born killers. in the mid-1990s the oversaw a really a national panic over violent juvenile crime and that word became

firefighters from two dozen states are battling dozens fired fires in west texas. it has destroyed 20 homes in fort davis, 200 miles southeast of el paso. it's pushing flames across shrubs and grasses. yesterday the winds were too strong in some places to launch an aerial fire fighting attacks. so they couldn't be used because of the winds. >> now that mike is back, nice weather and few sprinkles. >> sprinkles in the north bay, a better chance on wednesday. then we have some warm weather, not quite as warm as we turn the calendar and set some of those record highs but it be back in the 70s. some of those pictures out of texas, look familiar. i don't think we'll have to worry about that anytime soon. live doppler 7 hd, the time of the year when the cold front cannot make it down into the bay area with any type of vigor, most of the rain falling up around crescent city and heading over to redding and possibly reno and tahoe in the form of high elevation of storm. 50s in oakland, fremont and antioch. mid to upper 40s whether you step outside. monterey bay, mid to uppe

. >>> firefighters from 25 states are in west texas tonight. they are battling more than a dozen fires that have already scorched some 50,000-acre. one in the fort davis area has destroyed 50 homes. other fires are burning in mostly rural areas. the worst single fire day one firefighter says he has ever seen. >>> the danger with tornadoes in the midwest. this one caught on camera last night near mapleton, iowa. a witness says it appeared to be a quarter mile wide and on the grounds for nearly a mile. some of the worst damage happened at a turkey farm. most of the builds were killed or left in shock. this is the damage done to the town. about 20% of the business district is leveled the mayor said. many of the century-old trees that gave the town its name were uprooted. the weather service confirmed at least four other small twister senior. >>> meteorologist lawrence karnow here. you're talking about a storm but nothing like that. >> nothing like that at all. a few clouds off the coastline. this storm as it comes onshore falling apart. turned out

. >>> firefighters from 25 states are in west texas tonight. they are battling more than a dozen fires that have already scorched some 60,000-acre. one in the fort davis area has destroyed 50 homes. other fires are burning in mostly rural areas. one state forestry worker says it is the worst single fire day he has ever seen. in the midwest the danger was tornadoes and this one caught on camera last night in iowa. a witness said it appeared to be a quarter of a mile wide. some damage was to a turkey farm. many of the birds were killed or left in shock. this is the damage done to the small town of 1200. the mayor of mapleton says about 20% of the business district is leveled. made of century-year old trees. the tornado was just one of several reported in iowa last night. the weather service has confirmed at least four other small twisters. >>> this is point when i usually complain about some aspect of our weather but when you see that we have nothing to complain about. >> we got a lot of sunshine this weekend. still looking at a pretty good eveni

in west texas, our state reps, their districts may be 500 miles from one end to the other. and you have to drive because there's not airports available in the rural towns and communities. so people need to be able to drive to get there in a timely manner. >> the bill to okay this 85 mile an hour limit still has passed one hurdle. it heads to the state senate and the governor. >>> up next tonight, here comes the bride, and the next time we see her, about a billion people will be watching. >>> unlike the wedding of charles and diana, this groom isn't the next in line for the throne, and this bride has been living with this groom, by the way, for a while in a decidedly present-day british relationship, but like charles and diana, because of that thing so many americans and other people around the world have for british royalty, their wedding 18 days from now will be a global event. today was their last outing before the big day, nbc's michelle is in london for us tonight. >> reporter: bring on the worst of weather and britons still turn out by the hundreds for a glimpse of wil

there are nine wildfires across west texas this evening. the fires have burned close to 150,000 acres thus far. now to news from the nation's capital. in the battle over spending and the deficit, the white house says president obama will submit his own long-term plan for cutting the budget by mid-week. this as members of congress on both sides prepare for fights over raising the ceiling on the national debt. whit johnson has more. >> reporter: the government may have staifd off a shut down, but a deal to cut $38 billion does little to solve this, the ticking national debt, now dangerously close to its $14.3 trillion limit. to deal with that and long-term deficit reduction, the white house announced that president obama will lay out a plan wednesday. >> i think his belief is it has to be a balanced approach. it has to be serious. it's got to put us on a firm fiscal trajectory that the country needs to grow economically. >> white house senior adviser david plouffe says the president is exploring savings in medicare, medicaid, defense spending

the weather conditions continue to be fairly dry in extreme west texas. red showers and thunder showers, in east texas. in the borderline between, there could be dry lightning. that could kick off more fires in that area. we're watching this carefully. albuquerque at 81. midland at 85 degrees. look at the big wet spot that is the nation, all the way to atlanta, all the way to north florida, as well. that's where there will be heavy rain in places like cincinnati, >>> and here's a look at what's ahead on the "gma morning menu" -- $240,000 house for $50,000? okay. but pay attention. there's some things you need to know before you look at these bargains. we'll tell you right here on "gma." >>> plus, death threats against a 13-year-old girl behind the internet sensation "friday." she's 13 years old. "gma" will look into this. i cannot even believe that's true. >>> plus, the extreme prom. we'll take a look at the parents who are taking part in a $4 billion prom industry. we'll be right back. some say i'm bold. i say i'm free. i wear what i love, because express

this part of west texas usually receives about eight inches of rain in a six-month stretch. this year it's received less than an inch. there are now at least 22 major fires ravaging the texas heartland. there are 1,800 firefighters battling it from 34 different states, but still no end in sight. >> any time you have a drought situation and you get into another situation where you have high winds, obviously, that's a dangerous combination and that's what they've been fighting in texas. >> this has been the largest fire i believe texas has ever seen. the size, the scale-- you're fighting a monster. >> reporter: now, there is that slight chance of rain in the forecast, which would most certainly be a welcome relief for folks here, but would also bring new worries. the rain could bring thunderstorms and lightning, which could spark more fires. harry? >> smith: seth doane, thanks. a second round of tornadoes has cut across the nation's midsection, part of a powerful storm system moving in east tonight just days after deadly twisters hit the south. a church was ripped open by one o

. >> reporter: and water is not enough to douse the west texas wildfires. firefighters from 25 states are battling the flames. >> it could be one of the worst grass fires in the state for a number of years. >> reporter: some parts of the fire are zero per cent controlled. emily schmidt, abc news. >> and that huge front that unleashed the tornadoes is moving east now. >> we turn now to accuweather's adrienne veilleux. who joins us now with the details. good morning. >> thank you, rob and peggy. and the severe threat will continue for the rest of the day, extends from western pennsylvania into louisiana. however, think the greatest threat will lie within the tennessee river valley. we'll see a lot of damaging storms, bringing with it gusty winds and large-size hail. certainly be safe out there for the daytime hour the daytime hours. cooler air is moving in. peggy and rob, back to you. >> all right, and "gma's" team of reporters is in the disaster zones this morning. for live updates on the tornadoes, fires, and floods. >>> it's hard to believe but it's been a

more than 60,000 acres are burning in west texas. the flames have destroyed 20 homes in fort davis, 200 miles east of el paso. firefighters from 25 states are helping out, but thisy can't use air tankers to drop water because of wind gusts as high as 50 miles per hour. >>> steve jobs has finally said okay. coming up, details about the project some thought would never happen. and also ahead, the next step in video games, making them sound as good as they look. and the penalty women are now facing for wearing a burka in france. that's next. >> and hi, everyone. i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. the clouds are starting to move in across the bay area. we have our eyes on a cold front up along the north coast, and it will bring us a chance of sprinkles tomorrow. we'll look at my accu-weather seven-day forecast#t#t#t#t#t#t#t >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> at this hour in japan, there are somber observances marking one-month since the devastating earthquake and tsunami. the nation stopped about 30 minutes

as we mentioned earlier, we're still seeing severe storms from west texas to atlanta. d.c. and also philadelphia. drenching downpours in new york and new england. showers from orlando to miami. also, a few feet of -- a few inches, rather. >> don't say feet. >> a few inches of snow across northern michigan, wisconsin and minnesota. also, in the northern rockies. showers from northern california to portland. >> a dry 56 in seattle. 66 in sacramento. and 91 in phoenix. 40s in fargo, chicago and the twin cities. 72 in new york. that sounds nice. 82 in atlanta. 86 in the big easy. >> we may get a little rain. but as long as it's warm, we'll take it. >>> coming up next, today's anniversary of the disaster in the gulf. how much oil is still out there? >>> and it turns out, "happy days" aren't so happy. some cast members launch a major lawsuit against cbs. >>> and protective measures for one gun-toting texas grandma. >>> overseas stocks are surging this morning after strong earnings from several u.s. companies. tokyo's nikkei average jumped 1.8% today. hong kong's hang seng climbed

unrest in the middle east and in north africa weakening dollars also contributing to the growth west texas crude is now over one hundred eleven and a half dollars per barrel while brant crude is over one hundred twenty four and a half reports say an oil field in libya has been damaged this is fueling concerns civil war may destroy the country's war facilities european markets are trading in the black ahead of the u.s. opening you can put see. point nine percent in the back germany's dax is point six percent higher in russia same as when the last looked at it last hour mining sectors also leading on higher gold silver and copper prices therefore we're seeing kazakh miss and b.h.p. billiton gaining around two percent that's our airspace and defense sector also is posting gains with the systems and rolls royce group. you have to gains here in moscow another hour to go yes and bisects are trading positively on this final day of the week and energy majors are leading on both. trades about of course one hundred eleven dollars program if you like this week so going to get some individual share mo

and china however the unrest in the middle east and africa is still supporting crude west texas intermediate light sweet is over one hundred eight dollars a barrel brant blend is trading at around one hundred twenty two and a half dollars now let's have a look at how the stock markets are performing at this hour here in russia markets continue to slide following the decline in the price of oil in new york ny xix is losing over a percent so is the r.t.s. with energy majors the biggest right now let's look at some individual share moves here look who is shedding a one point three percent profit taking ross now to maker and i'm k.'s down more than one and a half percent after its last year's net profit missed expectations alcohol producers sinar g.e. also posted net profit below forecasts with the chairs around one percent of my six . markets in europe slide into the red sea u.k.'s footsie showing a quarter of a percent and germany's dax is down point seventeen percent shares in german construction group dropped over five percent of its want of losses and its australian unit. and as we've been

and china however this still support coming from the unrest in the middle east and north africa west texas light sweet is just below one hundred and nine dollars per barrel brant is just below one hundred twenty two. let's look at the stock market starting with the u.s. markets that opened on a positive note on a decline in georgia this claims tech shares are leading the way on the dow well consumer goods are lower. european markets managed to reverse after a positive opening in the u.s. the u.k. footsies up point one percent the dax point two percent shares in german construction group hochtief drop however over five percent after warned of losses at its source trailing unit. and finally here in russia the markets in the fear final twenty minutes of trading and they're still in the red so both the r.t.s. nice exotic lining half a percent energy majors are the biggest drag on lower oil prices let's take a look at some of the stocks lukoil is sharing point eight percent of m.k. down one point two percent the steel maker is down after its last year's net profit missed expectations taking stu

and china however the unrest in the middle east and africa is still supporting for west texas intermediate light sweet is over one hundred eight dollars per barrel almost on a nine brant is still around one hundred twenty two dollars per barrel. all right the russian stock markets are continuing to slide following the decline in the price of oil in new york my six is losing ground half a percent so is the r.t.s. pretty much energy majors being the biggest drag or second look at some of those stocks luke oil is shedding how much of point eight percent this hour this is of course the same the same situation for ross nafta on the back of low oil prices steelmaker m.k. is down more than one half percent after last year's net profit mr expectations then alcohol produces synergy also oppose the net profit below forecasts with its shares down around one percent half a percent on the market. and european markets are also sliding into the red quite flat right now for two years down point one percent dax is down just a notch shares in german construction group dropped over five percent after it warn

ongoing unrest middle eastern africa weakening dollar is also contributing to the growth of our west texas crude that new highs almost two hundred twelve dollars per barrel. france is trading at one hundred twenty four hundred twenty four and a half reports say the oil field in libya has been damaged and concerns the civil war may destroy the country's oil facilities european markets are trading in the black you're going to put so use trading point nine percent higher germany's dax point six percent the mining sector is leading the high of gold silver and copper prices cataclysm b.h.p. billiton all up more than two percent the south aspace sunderbans second also post gains with being a e systems rolls royce group but two percent here in moscow both p.r.c.'s and the my sexy have a good start the final day of the week we are seeing the obvious a nice but up one point four point seven percent respectively and as you majors are leading the way is take a look at them very quickly gas problem one of the biggest gainers more than one percent one the half percent lukoil more than one percent but t

and a west texas firefighters have their hands full with an out-of-control wildfire. the blaze has burned more than 125 square miles. it's been burning since wednesday. but firefighters have none of it contained thanks to dry and windy conditions which are also expected today. >>> ledgendary film director sidney lumet has died. he made classics like "12 angry men" and "the verdict." he was nominated five times for an oscar and received a lifetime achievement award. al pacino tells nbc news lumet was, quote, the kindest man i've ever known. lumet was 86 years old. and finally if you have big bucks, you may be able to buy a piece of liz taylor luxury. christie's auction house says it has reached an agreement with taylor's family to sell her prized jewelry collection estimated to be worth $150 million. her collection includes some of the world's most opulent diamonds. christie's will sell some of her art, clothing and other memorabilia. dates will be announced later this spring. that is the news. lester, jenna and janice, back to you. jenna, i guess we can go shopping af

. >> reporter: in west texas, it's wind whipping grass fires. this one burned out of control for the fourth straight day. 2,500 acres now scorched along with at least 20 homes. >> it could be one of the worst grass fires in the state for a number of years. >> reporter: in north dakota, the problem is water. near fargo, where the swollen red river crested overnight, they are using sandbags, clay levees, even plywood to hold back the water from five rivers, all now running out of their banks. in some places, it is not enough. which house is hers? >> the last one on the end. >> reporter: we found joellen harris, visiting from south carolina, standing at the edge of the water that swallowed her sister's neighborhood. >> i was thinking, oh, my friends back at work would never believe this. >> reporter: this is your place? >> yeah. >> reporter: this is how rig and his neighbors on west 15th avenue get home. >> probably be, i thought that was the worst one until this one hit. >> reporter: their homes are now islands, surrounded by sand bags and high an

to a thirty mile high brant crude is still cost over one hundred twenty dollars a barrel while west texas intermediate is a fraction over one hundred and eight dollars a barrel in a western ad and says there's enough global spare capacity to cover lost production and north africa and the middle east the price still carry a high political risk premium. i think it all depends on how isolated events in the middle east and north africa becomes because at the moment if you look at the countries where you've had you have protests and where there was no we have a war libya egypt toppled but if you're looking at the countries of currently and have had some kind of turmoil you look at about five point five million barrels a day if production were to hold completely close more or less or put spare capacity at this point of time so for me you know in theory you could argue that you know they can put on the town where peacefully and so the battles to market but at the same time one has to remember that even three months ago regimes like to egypt from one and the libyan one who considers me still this

another fire in west texas was 60,000 a. it destroyed 40 forms. a third blaze as well. is expected to respond to help the people displaced by the fires, texas is getting help from firefighters from several neighboring states. flooding in north dakota, several roads in a dated, this guy is driving and a tv to get a browned.around. over the weekeny were stockpiling sandbags tried to get water from getting into homes. the river will keep rising due to more rain. iowa the aftermath of a tornado that touched down and left a big path of destruction. backed down trees are ripped apart homes. mableton damage will be into the millions of dollars. the entire town is without power after its natural gas service has been shut off. the national guard has been sent to help the town. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. the skies are brightening on this monday morning. >> darya: the latest out of libya khaddafi is in talks for an immediate cease-fire. the he has assured that he is trying to get a ceasefire. they met wit

that's true but we have a crushing delivery point for west texas intermediate school and yet we have oil trading up and hundred dollar plus range that doesn't make any sense that you have a glut of supply and at the same time you have a price starrer those who've been so good together well i think i'll try to unfriend says they're there and it is a delivery on that but i do hear your point i hear your point it's a great point so what do you think related just to get you quickly on because of course the top of mind of the u.s. budget crisis right now what do you think is the biggest concern facing the u.s. right now is that this kind of short term budget deficit issue that we're looking at or is it the bigger picture fundamental inability to get the house and order as far as the budget is concerned with these are the data these are the are bigger spending issues and you have to pull ones back on the camera because we're arguing over a fraction of one percent of the budget for this year the truth of the matter is we need to find five hundred billion dollars worth of cuts this year five

the fires burned up to 125 square miles in west texas.ond wildfire has forced some evacuations. >>> hundreds took to the streets in san francisco to honor the late cesar chavez. ♪ [ music ] >> it was the 11th annual festival. chavez, a mexican american fought for workers rights,. >> cesar chavez is a role model, someone who sacrificed his life for the rights of workers, and is an inspiration to us all. >> chavez died in 1993. >>> the 20th annual special olympics northern california track and field meet. the event is at carton field on menlow school campus. opening ceremonies are set for 10:00 a.m. this morning. >>> a basketball clinic has raised thousands of dollars for charity. it was a benefit game at lainy college yesterday. the event was organized by the oakland police officers association and the best route foundation. a nonprofit set up by nfl player davon bess. he is now a wide receiver for the miami dolphins. >> i wanted to show the support and love for our local high schools. i know they may be losing their sports programs becaus

. >> firefighters from more than two dozen states are battling dozens of fires in west texas. it has destroyed 20 homes in fort davis. hot windy conditions are pushing flames across shrubs and grasses that have been par pd by drought >>> 5:50 let's make it. welcome back to mike nicco who has a look at our forecast. >> thank you very much. pretty nice look and we do have improving warmth i should say over the weekend. we have a couple of chancess of light showers. it is april and are transitioning to dry weather. we are looking at financial district to the bay bridge all the way over to emeryville. as you step outside, it is still in the 50s around san francisco, oakland, fremont, antioch. we have 42 in santa rosa. everybody else in the mid to upper 40s. 40 around gilroy. so cooler than average with sprinkles possible in the north bay. kind of breezy also along the coast and some of the highest elevations. another chance of showers, probably a better chance on wednesday. then that warming trend to through, friday, saturday and sunday. compared to average today with 3 degrees co

more than a dozen fires are burning across west texas and officials say putting them out could get more difficult because of dry, windy conditions of the biggest wildfire has grown to 7 san joaquin acres and punishing across three counties. another has spread to more than 60,000 acres and has already destroyed about 20 homes southeast of al poose. people in a small iowa town spent most of the day surveying damage and cleaning up after a tornado ripped through the town of mapleton, drying homes and buildings. officials estimate that 20% of the town was flattened. no serious injuries have been reported. serial other twisters also rumbled through the state yesterday. iowa's governor immediately declared a state of emergency. >>> nothing like that happening around here. let's check in with mark tamayo. >> that is right, we warmed up nicely this weekend with temperatures back into the upper 50s to low to mid-60s. >> the overall western washington pattern is going to be a couple of shower chances we're tracking even as we head into your monday. right now on the maps i can show you on live sto

. >>> firefighters in west texas are bracing for a tough battle today. a massive wildfire has burned as much as 125 square miles. and the situation could worsen because of dry, windy conditions. two homes have burned down and several communities have been told they may have to evacuate. >>> and a second person died from a shooting at a party outside of philadelphia friday night. eight others were wounded at the party hall which was filled mostly with teenagers. the shooting is said to have started after someone set off a firecracker. one suspect was arrested and charged with murder. >>> four people in california are lucky to be alive after their small plane crashed into a storage facility on saturday. the plane reportedly lost power as it prepared to land and burst into flames after going down. three passengers walked away with only minor injuries, one, though, is listed in serious condition. >>> and a freak sandstorm in germany led to a massive pileup on a highway involving at least 80 vehicles. 8 people were killed. and dozens injured. it took all day

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there's another fast-moving fire in west texas that spread to more than 60,000 a..ce, that his torch 71,000 a.. the met is expected to respond to this disaster. a wild fire in florida at near the everglades as crews are battling a fire. keeping an eye on the brush as this fire broke out west of fort lauderdale. officials say no homes are threatened. no injuries reported. >> darya: from the fire to the flood, several roads covered with water people had to use whenever they kate. this guy used in a tv. even about to get to their homes. this is in fargo, volunteers worked through the weekend putting up sandbags to try and keep the water from getting up any higher. they expected the river to keep rising. another inch of rain is expected to hit. bnp one of the big stories that we're following the deliberations have resumed in the barry bonds case. barry bonds is now in court we will have the latest trip the morning. >> darya: traffic center with george, talking about a hot spot but it's in the reverse commute direction. >> george: all of the westbound lanes of 92 or bloc

land management joined local crews fighting the fires that have burned over 1 million acres across west texas after months of drought nearly three quarters of the state is facing severe fire risk. alex stone, abc news. >>> the fbi's investigating a bomb plot at a denver-area shopping mall. investigators released surveillance photos of this man late last night as a possible suspect in the case. two unexploded pipe bombs were found after a small fire broke out inside that crowded mall. the mall was just a few miles from columbine high school where of course 13 students were killed 12 years ago yesterday. >>> two western photojournalists have died in libya. the first western journalist killed in the fighting there. tim hetherington was a co-director of an oscar-nominated documentary about u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. it was based on a report that he had worked on for abc's "nightline." and also killed in the besieged city of misrata was chris hondros of getty images. >>> misrata has turned into a bloody standoff between the rebels and government forces. libya's third largest city and a deep sea

. >> reporter: in west texas, it's wind whipping grass fires.ut of control for the fourth straight day. 2,500 acres now scorched along with at least 20 homes. >> it could be one of the worst grass fires in the state for a number of years. >> reporter: in north dakota, the problem is water. near fargo where the swollen red river crested, they're using sandbags, clay levees, even plywood to hold back the water from five rivers, all now running out of their banks. in some places it is not enough. which house is hers? >> the last one on the end. >> reporter: we found jo ellen harris visiting from south carolina, standing at the edge of the water that swallowed her sister's neighborhood. >> i was thinking, oh, my friends back at work would never believe this. >> reporter: this is your place? >> this is my place, yes. >> reporter: this is how rick zeist and hi neighbors on west 15th avenue get home. >> it was probably -- i thought that was the worst one before this one hit. >> reporter: their homes are now islanded surrounded by sandbags and high anxi

temperatures well over 100 in west texas. rain through the great lakes. more wet weather in the pacific northwest. showers make it to southern california. a slight risk of strong storms in the central mississippi river valley. right about on track with seasonal averages, as a matter of fact. we have a couple of weather makers, we are sandwiched between systems. a coastal to the south and this morning into northern california now. we jumped into the 50s, we jump into the upper 60s this afternoon. 61 in san francisco, 69 in los gatos. big drop in temperature tomorrow. 66 degrees, gusty winds and thunderstorms. >>> and that's your latest weather. >> thank you so much, al. up next, how to wear the hottest spring trend. that's after t es 3q ( woman ) even with an overactive bladder, i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare, because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. ( announcer ) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle, and is prove

also hot and dry in west texas where they are still battling those wildfires. >>> well, three bird eggsorida. they're in a nature center now, but this was not before a scrambling contractor tried to help them. >> that's right. a nest containing the osprey eggs was found atop a crane last week in the port of tampa. the osprey is actually a protected species. the crane owner wanted to do the right thing, so he contacted authorities and then waited for federal permission to move the nest. he is still waiting, but last night he and a member of the audubon society relocated the eggs anyway. good for him. >> yeah, they'll do all right. >> yeah. >> we're going to take a quick break and be right back with more of "world news now". ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol to advil. to learn more and get your special offer, go to takeadvil.com. take action. take advil. >>> welcome back. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> there you go. >> when we were young chocolate milk of course was always a special treat, but now is it actually making kids fat? >> yeah. what do you t

severe storms from west texas all the way to philadelphia.winds and a chance of tornados. philadelphia, d.c., charlotte, atlanta and birmingham, some heavy rain across new york and new england. more snow in the upper midwest and the northern rockies. >> you're just saying that because my husband is out of town, right? >> no, he's a good boy. >> a hot 91 in phoenix. mostly 40s from fargo to chicago and 72 in new york. 82 in atlanta and 86 in miami. >>> well, we're not sure if it's a bouncing baby boy or girl but it's now engaging the public in a game of peekaboo. >> so cute. take a look at this. a baby wallaroo -- that's just fun to say, a wallaroo at the oakland zoo. was actually born about the size of a kidney bean back in august but they generally develop in their mother's pouch for about ten months. that's a long time. >> a long time, poor mama. a wallaroo is a cross between a wallaby and a kangaroo and this one could venture all the way out of that pouch went next few months. >> yeah time to least pouch. >> grow up, kid. give mama a break

bush went to saudi arabia and urged the saudis to drive the price back up because of west texas was going down the drain. that was then. [laughter] they had enough money in the bank debt they could absorb budgetary deficits much better than other countries for quite some time. and they have the ability to control to a certain extent of the way that would work. the saudis pledged to maintain solidarity within opec, but it would take quite a sustained price depression to cause them any real pain. >> with that, we would like to thank our excellent panel an audience for listening and participating. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> now, a united nations briefing on humanitarian aid to libya. this is 20 minutes. >> valerie and less will have to be out of here by quarter past one. >> i'll just make a very short statement. i am short you have a number of questions. i had just returned from a mission to libya and it visited tripoli and benghazi. my purpose was to secure agreements for establishing a human

. >> mark: dangerous wild fire in west texas forcing people from their homes.r dulles 1/4. this is one of the 21 wildfires burning. hot ashes sparking new fires every day. strange noise caused passenger concern aboard a plane at laguardia airport. it was going to boston when passengers heard a noise in the cabin but nobody could tell what it was. several passengers didn't feel comfortable. it could be a bomb. it was a eight low power on a credit-card reader in detroit it wet from reporting the news to reporting thebecoming the news'a package found the bomb squad took the package include up. no word on whether was explosive. >> reporter: coming up is april 15th, usually are taxes are due today but they are not due until monday. we have last minute tax tips. we see a look at the lake tahoe, a sliver of blue but a lot of white stuff. >> reporter: a quick look at our top stories the giants fan that was severely beaten in los angeles is doing a lot better this morning. he is coming out of the medically induced coma after being unconscious for two weeks. they have re

texas. one fire west of fort worth damaged or destroyed 150 homes around possum kingdom. just last night, 400 people were evacuated from the town of palo pinto. looks like texas could use a little rain. >> they sure could! they have been in a drought for quite a while now. and yeah, terrible fires there but here in the bay area, that rain is coming again. would you know it, folks? we have some more showers of course running well above the average for rainfall around the bay area and in the sierra nevada. and they are still charging us more for water! can you believe that? clouds outside now, scattered showers continuing out there. just beginning to pick up now. we have another wave of moisture moving onshore now and that is bringing with it some more light scattered showers. these are really hit-and-miss showers moving by. you can see one toward livermore now just south to san jose. and along the peninsula more scattered showers there. another band of moisture making its way onshore. parts of the north bay, petaluma, you have some rain there. in sonoma light scattered show

it is a small town in west texas. and the small public radio station was critical in the wildfires, in informing people were roads were closed, giving them evacuation notices. there were often out ahead of the texas department of transportation and letting people know where they could stay or travel. those of the kinds of stations that would be in dire straights without federal funding. it is an investment that the stations leverage for the last of -- the rest of their funding. >> you get $60 to $70 million a year from stations. that money comes from grants, from the corporation for public broadcasting that are set aside, national programming grants, that only can be used to buy initial programming cost to buy programming from the american public media, public radio international, from national public radio. and if the money does not come to the station, the station's ability to pass $60 million on to npr will change dramatically. it will affect new york city. it will affect our largest stations just as much as the sma

couple times a story that i heard about a place in texas -- marfa, texas, and it is a small town in west texas has served by krps, a public radio station, and it was critical in the wildfires that sprang up, in informing people where roads were closed, giving them evacuations notices, and they were ahead of even the texas the part of transportation in letting people know where they can safely travel and where they could not. this are the kinds of stations that would be really in dire straits without federal funding. it is important for all our stations, and as paula, said, it is an investment that stations leverage for the rest of their funding. >> i do not want to leave the impression that npr would be unaffected federal funding disappeared. up to $70 million a year from stations. money stations give to national public radio comes from grants from the corporation for public broadcasting that can only be used by national program. they buy programming from american public media, national public radio, and if the money does not come to the stations, the stations' libby the pass that on the npr w

lehrer and i may be going to people in the know what that is good but it's a small town out in west texas served by a public radio station. nk rts was critical in the wildfires that were playing at being informed people where roads were closed, giving them evacuate and notices, they were often out ahead of even the texas department of transportation and letting people know where they could safely travel and where they couldn't. those are the kinds of stations that would be really in dire straits without federal funding. but it's important for all of our stations. and has paula said, it's an investment that the stations leverage for the rest of their funding. >> i want to leave the impression that npr would be an effective if federal funding disappeared. you i think get 60 to $70 million a year from stations. and the money that the stations give to national public radio comes from grants from the corporations of public broadcasting that are set aside, called national programming grids, that only can be used by national programming, thereby programming from public greater international, on