ridge. it makes a real believer out of you. it s very convincing that something very serious has s. happening. in southern california, the u.s. marines sent in helicopters to help battle wildfires, threatening hundreds of homes. fire officials say rescuers had to air lift at least one person to a nearby hospital for severe burns. and two major fires in the northern part of the state have scorched some 7,000 acres. and the rain could be months away. adam housley leading our fire coverage tonight. where is the biggest danger now? all across us shepard right now, tender dry, and extremely hot. right now the main danger is in the washington state area due to the winds you spoke up. oregon, colorado, nevada, arizona, new mexico, montana have major fires burning. washington are where the winds are stoking those fires in already extremely dry conditions and hot weather. you mentioned the fire is 85 miles or so to the east of seattle on the east side of
this one is big. another battleground state, a judge refused today to stop a new voter identification law from taking effect. and many believe t could effect this election. eric shawn is in our newsroom. eric, explain what happened. yeah, shepard, opponents of voter id which require a photo id if you want to vote. they say it will disenfranchise voters and the he elderly. judge rejected that refusing to grant injunction to stop the law. robert simpson declared voter i.d. is reasonable. and he said any voter who may not have a photo i.d. they can still vote by fricial or absentee ballot. in its decision to vote to vote in person every person must present photo i.d. that can be obtained for free it does not expressly disenfranchise any group of electors. the statute gives poll workers another toll that the person voting is who they claim to be. i am confident that this
authorities went in. they did not do that. even back in 1984 when a young police officer, a woman called evan fletcher was shot dead by a gun fired from within the libyan embassy. even in those circumstances, the british police did not enter that embassy. so this would be amazing if they did so this time. shepard: it really. would this sounds as if this is about one thing, you know. about this ecuadorian leader who hates the united states. it s not this administration. it was during the last administration and the one before that and the one before that jackety jackety yack hate the u.s. this is about sticking a thumb in the eye of the u.s. if he gets the chance. raffle is a president who within days of taking office back in january, 2007, said that he would no longer allow the u.s. to run drug interdiction operations out of ecuador s air base. that was a very important drug interdiction headquarters for the united states. i traveled down to ecuador and
leo johnson and is he recovering from a gunshot wound to the arm tonight. he is also being hailed as a hero. i would say in this case the security officer here is the hofer, as far as i m concerned. he did his job. i mean, person never made it past the front door. president obama was notified of the shooting this afternoon, expressed concern for the injured guard and said violence has no place in our society. g.o.p. candidate mitt romney issued a similar statement and added he is appalled by the shooting. shep? shepard: steve harrigan on scene in d.c. tonight. the air force reports its test flight of a i met steve centanni. my bad. the air force reports test flight of sophisticate super sonic aircraft did no go as plan. the vehicle broke apart after less than a minute. we have a picture of the so-called wave rider, this is before the launch, obviously, it s attached to the air force b-52 bomber. we have a closer look. military officials say they
or in school now or they have to have served in the u.s. military. and they cannot have any serious criminal records. these are young people who studied in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods, they are friends with our kids. they pledge allegiance to our flag. they are americans in their heart, in their minds in every single way but one. on paper. some people have asked if i will let stand the president s executive order. the answer is i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president s temporary measure. as president, i won t settle for stop gap measures. shepard: clearly this ha s. happening three months before election day with both parties battling for the votes of latinos. the new rules do not give illegal immigrants a chance at becoming citizens. that is not possible.