this close and never that big. the whole canyon s going to blow up literally. the whole canyon s going to blow up and we re going to be screwed. dan simon in the fire zone. you re at a checkpoint where folks are hoping to get back to houses there. you heard the woman saying, she thought things were not going to work out so well. is there a certain sense of anxiety as people look to see if their homes are still standing? reporter: there is some of that, suzanne. i think there s also relief that the evacuation orders have been lifted and people can go back to their homes. we re at a checkpoint. you can see the highway patrol officer there checking people s i.d.s, making sure that residents are, you know, going back to the appropriate places. as far as the fire is concerned, suzanne, you said 60% containment. 32,000 achors burn. and the important thing to remember, the fire is burning away from residentle areas.
chad myers was talking about with all these people on the road. by the way, koco is quoting the union city police. so the union city police, according to koco, our affiliate, has confirmed one fatality said to be in a vehicle. we don t know the nature of how this person was killed. but again, with all these people on the highway, you heard it from the governor, i-35, interstate 40, there is just a very an awful lot of concern in a lot of quarters in oklahoma city about what is happening on those highways right now. the highway patrol urging people and i haven t talked to a highway patrol officer who sounded so urgent as the one we talked to early before betsy randolph, urging people if possible, get off those highways whether it s on a service road, however you can, get off them, head east or south, depending on where you are, but you need to get off the highways because it is a very dangerous situation. again, we have one fatality now confirmed. chad myers said to be in a
sir, thank you very much. we appreciate it. d.l. wilson of the texas patrol giving us the latest from the police point of view, from the emergency responder s point of you on the situation in west, texas. we re going to go back to our martin savidge who is there on the scene. we heard from martin just a short time ago. bring us up to date on the new information that you have on this fire and explosion and the aftermath of this fertilizer plant. we re at the command post, set up at a cattle action site. we are told that there is going to be a briefing coming up in the next few minutes. so there is a large gathering of the media here. a whole stack of microphones as we wait to hear the latest information. right now, there are a number of concerns. i think they were expressed by the highway patrol officer, that they are looking for those who still may be trapped or injured.
homeless man taken to panhandling not for money for a job. christopher boyd has been handing out this resume on the streets of los angeles. and paid off. he has reportedly gotten a job with a roofing and building supply company recently. too touche. a texas teen runs away from home to meet one a boy she met playing x box games with online. the 13-year-old finally found in nashville, tennessee, some 800 miles from home. cops say she had stolen her brother s car and her mother s debit card. she was spotted by a highway patrol officer. alli. thanks so much, dave. our next guest would have to agree with president obama. is he one of the thousands of people who had for a while stopped looking for work. joining us now in mark, currently unemployed. one of the 8.1% of americans who are are. is he a far of five. mark, thanks so much for being here. let s hear a little bit of your back story first.
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