wildfire seasons on record, it is now oklahoma s turn. the wildfires in more than a dozen counties are primed to get worse from low humidity, high winds and 110-plus-degree temperatures. so far, flames have eaten through 60-plus buildings and forced evacuations. what s worse, investigators believe one of the wildfires is an arson. i spoke earlier with a reporter from our oklahoma city affiliate koco. reporter: initially, they were looking for a man in a pickup truck because someone called in reporting seeing that man throwing wads of paper already lit out into pasture. so, they are still working to determine maybe who that man is, what those witnesses exactly saw. but again, that s so unsettling for so many people here in oklahoma. we already knew the conditions were bad. the governor issued a statewide burn ban and then you have something like that take place. the wildfires are happening as oklahoma is shriveling up under the severe drought conditions that s hitting near
keep the government from defaulting. early this afternoon bulletins went out via the new york times and the wall street journal that president obama and house speaker john boehner were close to an agreement on debt reduction on a deal there, but the white house is shooting those stories down. listen up. the breaking news report that you all probably received is incorrect. there is no deal. we are not close to a deal. the fact is that there is no progress to report, but we continue to work on getting the most significant deficit reduction package possible. you can see that is a flat-out denial from the white house, but keep in mind we had two major news operations reporting pretty much the same thing this a deal was in reach. let s go to kate balduan joining us live from capitol hill. kate, what are your sources saying up there about this? reporter: a couple of things on this. you heard there from the president s spokesman jay carney. we ve, of course, been asking ab
and the tom cruise, cameron diaz movie, knight & day. i saw it. it s a really fun, summer popcorn flick. what do you think it is that s not allowing these two big stars to put it together? i think we re in a different climate now where just because of you have a huge name actor doesn t initially translate into big numbers at the box office. also, tom cruz i think really sabotaged himself with the couch jumping. i m going to go on your recommendation any way. thank you. concert ticket sales are not hot tickets right now. many artists are cancels tours because of their lackluster sales. some industry analysts are calling this the worst summer for touring since the 1990s and they say the economy is to blame, but go see the eagles. they re so good.