we're waiting for president obama and german chancellor angela merkel to hold a joint news conference in the east room of the white house, possibly major developments regarding the future of the war in afghanistan to be announced. embattled leader mo maqaddafi vows he will stay in power until he's dead, this after rare daytime nato air strikes in libya's capitol city around his compound. we'll have a live report just ahead. also, high winds fueling a fast moving wildfire in arizona. forcing turns of -- hundreds in the town of grier to pack up and get out in a hurry. our own anita vogel has the very latest on those fires from our west coast newsroom. anita. >> reporter: well, hi there jon. it's not just that one town of grier, it's several small towns along eastern arizona. in fact late yesterday governor jan brewer had to declare a state of emergency for those affected areas. now, we're talking about flames that have scorched more than 240,000 acres so