0 cupp. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. breaking news. another person confirmed dead in colorado. floods continue to surge and there's no end in sight. snth and syria may be moving its chemical weapons stockpile. and the newly wed who pushed a groom off a cliff to his death in court today. at the end of the hearing, she was free. we'll tell you why. let's go "outfront." >> good evening. we have just learned that a fourth person is confirmed dead as a result of the flooding in colorado. the body of a woman swept away from a car has now been recovered, according to boulder county sheriff. i want to get straight out there. anna, looking behind you, floods. i understand people are saying, 80 people are still unaccounted for. obviously the risks are huge. >> reporter: those 80 people unaccounted for, they aren't calling them missing or injured. they believe they may be people still in their homes and can't get out and they don't have cell phone service. so they're remaining hopeful they'll get to those people and everybody will be okay. as we've mentioned, we've received another death hear and adding to the death toll now, a total of four in colorado because of the flooding. you can see this parking lot is actually dray. there is a break from the rain. we even saw some sunshine this afternoon. that's giving residents and emergency responders hope tonight. they were able to successfully get to some of the communities in which residence were stranded for the last 24 hours or more. cities and towns like jamestown where we know of houses that collapsed, huge wall of debris, and feet of flood water yesterday. they were able to successfully get some of the helicopters with the national guard in the air today. and were able to rescue some of those people who were just trapped in their homes. we understand most of them were in pretty good condition. they also used their hey clearance vehicles to get to the town of lyons which was kind of surrounded by flood waters. and we're at the shelter where they brought those people. those residents. some 2,000 of them. they're inside this church. people in fairly good spirits. there is a lot of relive to be back on dry ground. to be able to satisfy some loved ones' faces as they're coming to pick them up. we spoke with one woman lou had really an amazing story. she came hear to visit from wyoming. visit an uncle in lyons. she has a 1-month-old son, ezra. she talked about running out of formula, having no fresh water, no electricity, no phone lines. so imagine the relief when she saw those national guard vehicles pull up. listen to this. >> it felt like it was god, lid rally. there's a way out of here! and it felt like i was trapped. no phones, no water, barely any formula for my baby. barely any food for us. when they showed up and said they're taking us to a shelter, it felt like god saved down and saved us. thing are starting to look up for sure. >> so happy for melinda and her son ezra. you see her smile. i want to let you know, it is not over just yet. emergency crews are in response mode. they're expecting more rain so we'll be watching for more flash floods. >> thank you very much. now our second story "outfront." attacks on america. tonight the taliban is taking credit for a daring strike just outside the american consulate in afghanistan. a state department said it began when a wave of taliban fighters open fire. then a truck bomb went off. miraculously we can tell that you no americans were injured. that comes one day after the leader release ad new rant. this is an audio rant and this one urging terrorists to unleash a stripping of large and small attacks inside the united states of america. >> translator: we should bleed economically economically by provoking to it continue in its massive expenditure on its security. for the weak point of america is its economy which has already begun to stagger due to the security expenditures. >> so just how serious are these latest threats from al qaeda? "outfront," peter king, a member of the committee on homeland scurity. always great to talk to you. let's just get straight to it on this tape from al qaeda's leader. is this bluster or a real threat? >> i think it is somewhere in between. al qaeda is always looking for opportunities to attack us. probably i would say it is a rallying cry for his troops to keep their spirits up and to keep us off guard. i'm not aware of any particular threats out there right now. but there could be. then we have to always assume th that al qaeda is trying to do something. now with the attention going to syria and putin and the rebels, i can see why al zawahiri wants more tang on himself. i'm not aware of any particular threats other than the fact that we have been on our guard against al qaeda in particular. i would say for the last four or five weeks. >> and al qaeda and syria, you mentioned it. you have a said on this program the sples strike. he should strike without congressional approval and if he didn't get it, he should strike any way. now you see with the weapons being moved. negotiations going on. we've got new images from syria that show the ongoing violence and devastation. they come in and continue to be horrible. are you disappointed with the fact that it went from strikes to chemical weapons moving and no time line that is clear at all? >> i would be very disappointed in the president's conduct. certainly tow last ten days. a year for preparing crossing of the red line. john kerry said we were going to war and suddenly the president saying, congressional approval was not involved, trying to get congress involved, and then he went to sweden and said there was no obama red line. there was a congressional red line. and then john kerry said the attack would be unbelievably small. that allowed the russians to come in. after 40 years of the russians being ejected from the process, they're back in and holding all the cards right. now it is a terrible situation to be in. >> the state department said this report on syria will come out on monday from the united nations. and that the u.n. is going to say chemical weapons were used in years. i can't something nobody disputes. this is a big but. that the report is unlikely to assign blame. what is the point of waiting for a u.n. report if it will not assign blame? >> i don't know what the u.n. report will say. i'm not surprised about anything the u.n. does. and to say that chemical weapons were used, everybody in the world knew that three weeks ago. so to me, all the evidence i've seen certainly indicates it has come from the assad regime. even members of congress had a are most opposed to a strike against syria are pretty much acknowledging that the chemical weapons attack came from the regime. the fact is, if this is as bad as the president says, if it was as deadly, that's why you should have acted. >> russian president vladimir putin. he seem to be running the show. the white house has said he owns it. seemingly grateful to abdicate responsibility. maybe there is a clear strategic purpose for that. in the op ed that putin wrote, he said the rebels had used the chemical weapons and of course, he tack the president hold on the concept of american exceptionalism. what do you say to vladimir putin? 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"outfront" now, the owner of six business that's run right parallel to that boardwalk. john, obviously, these pictures that we're seeing are dramatic. the destruction really does look epic. what is the scene actually like when you were there today? how bad is the damage? >> well, it's all gone. probably two buildings structurally sound. the beach comber bar and the saw mill. everything else will have to be taken down to the ground in my opinion. >> it is just incredible when you look at the pictures. aware hearing more than 30 businesses were destroyed in the fire. and i know what you saw, sort of embers that came down around your businesses. it was incredibly freight yeppingial though i know you were among the lucky ones. is there anything that can be salvaged? >> in may area, no. except for those two businesses. >> what happened with your businesses? like i said, you had some of those embers that looked enormous, that were raining down basically on your buildings. >> he was fine. thank god the wind was very kind to me. the other business owners, thank god they stayed on the boardwalk there. a friend of mine put down at least a dozen embers came down on his roof. they were hundred of those small fires. >> good to talk to you. >> i'm glad that you managed to pull through. pretty amazing. now the money and power of twitter. media outlets around the world were totally abuzz about the news. twitter filing for its initial offering. will it flop like facebook or will the tweeters soar? everyone wants to know how they can get a piece of it for themselves. the truth is that most people cannot. there will be a lot of shares. there won't be a lot of share and they'll be sold through private investment houses so the little guy won't get to play very much. that may be par for the course. we've just found out, there are three new varg options for v verified users. saul all users. filtered gets rid of spam. verified limits your fade to just seeing those accounts. at last count there are 50,000 verified accounts on twitter. that may sound like lot but it is not. it is .005% of the total profile on twitter. you heard me right. there is no way to round 005% to want% and that's the club twitter now has. still ahead, the newly wed accused of that you aring her husband off a cliff. why is she free? plus is this racist? and a girl stuck. we have this drama video. that's our shout out tonight.