attorney concluded the fire was most often caused by the disposal of fireplace ash, a fact she had blurted out to a fire official the morning of the blaze. do you think that became the entirety of the investigation? do you think they just said, okay, it was those ashes. what do you think? reporter: do you think it could have been something else? yes. reporter: and yet, once the house was torn down and the demolition occurred, you really don t have any way to carry on your own investigation into that? no. there was no inventory done of my house, they ve given me no inventory. the house was torn down. they ve taken everything and they don t know where it is. reporter: so even what they demolished and took away, they can t tell you where they took it. no. they won t tell me. i ve asked them. they didn t keep anything forensically out of my house.
romney agreed to two more debates in florida. rick santorum came in third and ron paul fourth. the region got hit by the first major winter storm . new york city and philadelphia and washington were blanketed by four inches was snow. parts of massachusetts saw 10 inches . across the country in reno, nevada. rain and snow helping to stop a dangerous brush fire. the fire is now contained and thousands are now returned to their home. improperly discarded fireplace ash started the fire and leaving 29 homes destroyed . word from penn state, former coach paterno is in serious condition. he s been in the hospital since january 13th. he was diagnosed with lung cancer just days after getting ousted as penn state head coach. his career was tarnished by
in reno, nevada rain and snow helping firefighters battle a devastating brush fire. officials there declaring the fire contained allowing thousands to return home, friday, an elderly man saying he may have accidentally started the fire by improperly discarding fireplace ash. now, back to war stories . by september, 43 sicily was in allied hands. italians decided they d had enough and surrendered but this didn t bring peace, hitler aordered invasion of italy. the battle would be long and fierce. early that september allied
3:00 christmas morning and taking fireplace ash and putting it near the mud room at the back of the home. that s where the fire began. madonna and her companion tried saving the children before rescue crews pulled them away. investigators will re-interview them and go through the inspection records to see if anyone should have legally been in the house christmas morning. andy field, abc news, stamford, connecticut. well, she is obviously in shock. so i think, you know, the investigation is still going to go on. bottom line, perhaps, the takeaway is having the working smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, that sort of thing. pointed out with renovations going on in th they re not certain if there was occupation, certificate of occupancy for certain levels of the home. so it is very difficult to talk to a family member after going through something like that so tragic. so tragic. don t think you want to place blame. you want to make sure something doesn t happen again. you need to k
good evening upon. i m ali velshi sitting in for erin burnett tonight. out in front, campaign is kicking into high gear. candidates are criss-crossing the state, trying to pick up last-minute support for the first contest in the race for the gop nomination. let s go straight to the political correspondt. jim acosta is on the ground in iowa. good to see you. lots of campaign events and everybody is back in the game. a recent poll shows 12% of voters in iowa, still undecided. you spoke with the iowa gop chair about the race. what did he have to say? reporter: ali, basically he said this is a caucus race in iowa that he has never seen before. basically, this is the most unsettled field of candidates that a lot of republican operatives have seen in the state in a long time. if you look at the polling you have three candidates at the top right now. mitt romney, newt gingrich and ron paul, and below them is a medium tier, the other three candidates campaigning in the state, rick