but the weather is still stormy. they are expecting more thunderstorms throughout the day. that is affecting the search although they do have hundreds of rescue workers and volunteers working through the rubble, hoping to find more victims and survivors, and people who are unaccounted for in this storm. the images are just amazing. thanks so much, jennifer. now it a s a completely different story in northern california. one of the infernos believed to be the worst so far in what already has been a devastating fire season. the so-called valley fire is tearing through small communities. nearly 600 homes have been destroyed. more than 6700 or 67,000 acres have burned, and they are not anywhere near containment. the fast-moving flames also claimed the life of a 72-year-old disabled woman who couldn t get out. others escaped but they don t know if there will be anything to come back home to, like this one person who breathed at least
out here, eight people have been confirmed dead but the search continues for five other people who are missing and there is more bad weather expected today. however, there are hundreds of rescue workers searching for those that are missing. we ll have more on this story coming up in the next hour, because we have an update on this story for you. it has to do with the deadly accident this morning, about 20 minutes, an update excuse me, deadly accident happened this morning in houston, texas. we have two high school students who were killed, two others and the bus driver seriously injured after their school bus crashed on their way to school this morning. according to police, the car may have hit the bus after swerving to avoid another car, causing the bus driver to overcorrect and go over an overpass. the ntsb is currently investigating. another story that we need to update you on, one we have
big, but never with this many people, of course. as it stands right now, one woman and four children are still missing. rescue workers helped panicked passengers forced to escape from stranded vehicles like the one you re seeing right there. we have the very latest on this breaking story. where do we stand on the search for the missing? reporter: well, it rained all night, even as search and rescue crews were out looking for possible survivors and victims of this flash flood. like you said, there are still five people missing, unaccounted for. of the dead, just to give you an idea, six were found in utah, two others were found miles downstream in arizona all from that same car. three people were rescued by two cars hit by a wall of water in hilldale. those two vehicles carrying women and children on their way home from a park yesterday afternoon. 16 people in. of the missing, one is a woman, the other four are children. they have swift water rescue teams out there in the creeks
but the same department and yesterday as you mentioned 10:15, walked into professor schmidt s office, casually killing him as he worked at his desk. good news here is the lockdown is over. classes are expected to resume tomorrow. but many here wondering why it happened. why one professor could kill another beloved professor. they were both really well liked here. thomas? msnbc s adam reiss there on the campus of delta state university, thanks so much. we want to shift attention and switch to other story that is caught our eye and share them with you, and it s a moment to show you now where president obama welcomed the naacp uconn women s basketball team at the white house. he picked the huskies to win the tournament filling out the bracket in march. a military dad surprised his little boy. take a look at this. reacted with the giggles. on his birthday. this adorable video clip is now
cain unavailable to achieve that? one thing i learned from a story this week is no republican woman or african-american has ever won a primary or caucus. like in the history of the country, period. this is hard for fiorina and carson to do. that said, i think carson is doing well in the polls now and i don t know if the evidence is there yet to win any caucuses. because we don t necessarily know we know he is surging in polls right now. does he have the ground organization in states like iowa, states of new hampshire, hard to win the states in terms of building your campaign now. and that s what i don t necessarily know about yet of carson and the second thing is he s never had anybody really attack anymore in this campaign yet. he compared obamacare to slavery a couple of years. soy think when the candidates and the media really start scrutinizing carson, this s the next question. can he maintain the popular support when people look at the