attack has been literally all day long. it s been constant since we ve been here now for hours. as new spots try to pick this up. this is right over the reagan library, by the way, which has sort of been cordened off as a little more of a safe zone. but again, nothing is safe when you re talking about wind as powerful as this. they ve now got 5% containment on it. sounds like a small number. that s actually really good progress when you re talking about winds that are blowing this heavy with fire that we ve seen in pockets spread out all across here. it is not one solid fire that they re just concentrating on. it s these little pockets that are sprouting out everywhere depending on where those embers fly. and again, all it takes is a good gust of wind and you got a brand new problem, ali, back to you. steve, i know your mother watches this show from time to time so on her behalf, i m just going to tell you stay safe, my friend. i know you know your job but stay safe. steve patterson
it doesn t translate as well on camera but the wind is nearly blowing us sideways. we have to brace every couple seconds when a good gust comes. so you can only imagine what the guy in that chopper or the woman in that chopper is up there doing right now trying to keep a line on where they need to drop and douse those hot spots next. because of the wind as well, the hot spots pick up the embers, packet of embers, maybe just one or two, blow it across the valley, and you got a brand new fire. there s still fresh vegetation and fuel where that chopper is right now. you can see in the foreground, though, a lot of this is already completely charred and burned out. that is what firefighters are sort of i guess counting on at this point is that there s not a whole lot of vegetation to burn upwards toward this way. although, again, you get a good gust of wind like this, you get a good tree or bush, and then you have a whole new fire that you re dealing with. over my left shoulder, i m not sur
say the germans recognize that. but ironically, the communique also indicates both the u.s. and europe are worried the other will cut spending enough to trigger a global recession, and it warns against doing so. jon? jon: wendell goler, thank you. jenna: turning back to the economy as wendell just left us off there, brand new numbers on the job market showing we have the fewest job openings in five months. right now if you re looking for a job, you re competing against four people. that s a tough environment. for context, during normal times there s one job opening for every two people who want a job. during the depths of our crisis, there were nearly six people competing for every one job. so if you re looking for a job, you re competing against four people. we are seeing, of course, some improvement in the job market, but as we take a look at those numbers, there s still a ways to go to back to what was once considered normal.
evacuated. officials say it could be months before people get back into their homes. that is because of downed power lines and other issues. a whole list of things that have to be done before that can happen. and what we definitely want to avoid is getting people back into an area where we can t call them again to tell them to come out. reporter: and south of denver and west of colorado springs the springer fire is at 0% containment right now. this fire began on sunday and has grown and spread quickly. firefighters are working round-the-clock in this state. that is because there are currently four wildfires burning in colorado and the colorado department of public health and environment has issued a couple of warnings because of all the smoke and pollutants in the air. there is wildfire smoke advisory for in effect for areas downwind of the high park fire. experts are telling folks to stay indoors if the smoke gets thick in their neighborhood especially if they have heart disease o
mountains west of colorado springs. that fire growing to nearly a thousand acres since sunday. so far zero containment we re told. folks there are waiting for the signal to pack up and get out. we ve lived up here 10 years. we went through the hayman fire. when you go through that, you put things together. certain things, pictures and albums and things like that, guns. we have, some of those things. those are all set aside in place and you load them up. jon: alicia acuna is bracketed now by those fires burning to the south and to the north. she is live in denver with the very latest. alicia? reporter: jon, we ll begin with the high park fire burning near fort collins. the work continues to preventing movement of the fire lines and more air support has been requested. the high park fire has byrned estimated 58,778 acres. fire crews are holding the containment lines in part because the wind and temperatures were not as bad as predicted on monday. hundreds of people remain