attacks. former first lady barbara bush is resting at home tonight after pneumonia put her in a texas hospital for a whole week. a family spokesman says the 88-year-old is doing great. we wish her well. workers approved a new contract by a narrow 51% vote. that agreement means that boeing s triple 7 x, largest twin engine jet in the world will be built in washington state. but leaders for the machinist union had called on members to oppose the deal. dominic denatale has more. this bass a razor thin call. majority gained by a tiny count of 600 in favor. the ballot with 24,000 votes cast, the deal was universally unpopular with workers. those who voted for it largely felt obliged to keep jobs in puget sound where boeing is the biggest corporate employer. i think it s worth the gamble.
controversial statements in gq magazine over race, homosexuality. but it remains to be seen if the network can mend fences between the show s supporters, critics and civil rights activists. dominic denatale is live in los angeles. got one hell of a job on his hands trying to reunite everybody. the justification of why it s being a u turn hasn t been clear on its reasons for it. let s take into account the duck dynasty is the channel s highest rated program and set a reality show record for cable with nearly 12 million viewers for its fourth season debut this past summer. so clearly a lot for it to consider. in a statement that still shows that a & e executives really are not at ease with phil robertson s comments, it had this to say late yesterday. duck dynasty is not a show about one man s views. it is a show about family, a family that america has come to love. they come together to reflect and pray for unity, tolerance
spraying needs to be done to tackle the problem. they ve already got federal government money to cover 75% of the fire s cost, and that cost right now stands at around $89 million, but because of the risk to the water supply and the possibility of a higher number of mudslides due to the scale of this fire, it s likely to be an expensive natural disaster. back to you, kelly. certainly understandable. dominic denatale, always good to see you. now for a check of some extreme weather moving across the country, including a heat wave that is expected to send temperatures soaring well into the 90s. meteorologist janna steen is live in the fox center with more details. up in the 100-degree range. look at kansas city right now. 100 is the current temperature. chicago, you re at 76, but we ll warm up in the next few hours to the 90s. still feeling like summertime
look, we can do a whole hour on this, but we don t have that kind of time. we do appreciate both of you coming on of the fair and balanced, thank you both. rick: when we come back, the latest on a young girl fighting for her life, in need of a lung transplant. days after a judge steps in to cut red tape to save her life. her family talks exclusively to fox news about their ordeal. julie: new developments in the deadly shooting spree in california. dominic denatale is live. the police are saying the gunman was carrying 1300 rounds of ammunition on him at the time in what they describe as a premeditated attack. we ll have all the details after the break [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain. and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard.
you know what? that s 6,000 more than when we were putting this newscast together a few hours ago. larger than the island of manhattan, triple digit temperatures, a sharp shift in winds helping to fan those flames overnight and into today. at least five structures destroyed. people in thousands of homes have been told to leave. dominic denatale with more. that s right. that 25,000 acres estimate actual very a very rough figure, according to officials. they say that actually it s difficult for them to calculate because the fire is moving so fast and the smoke is hugging the ground so tightly, they just can t measure it or put it on a map. they hope tonight they ll be able to get the helicopters back up and use infrared technology to find out just how much the damage really is. what has taken them by surprise is these wind gusts we ve been getting, up to 40 miles an hour at one point. one hitting us as we speak.