we begin this evening with the still growing political and legal uproar in the state of mississippi. state officials may ask for nation-wide help tracking down some convicted murderers pardoned this week by the outgoing governor halee barber. some victims families are worried and furious. we are in jail now and david is out of jail. we will forever be looking over our shoulder wondering if today is the day that david decided that he was going to finish what he started. cnn s martin savidge is in jackson, mississippi reporting the story. martin they ve been pardoned but now the state says guys you have to come back. do they have to come back? reporter: you know what, that s a really good question that they are still trying to decipher at this very hour, john. last night a judge granted an order that said at least for the time being the pardons that had been approved by former governor halee barber had to be stopped. that s at least those people who were still behind bar
this american morning. good morning. zogood morning alina. it s early. it is early. not so early for you. always great to have you here. carol is off, christine is off. that s right. we ve got you back, which is fantastic. we ve got a really serious situation going on in texas. it s it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we re telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and flames. the flames are sending thousands of people running for their lives, showing no mercy. it s killed four people. hundreds of firefighters are on the frontlines dousing some of the fires, new ones, they re starting new ones hoping to get rid of the bone dry bub brush that goes up in an instant. this is what s left of a ranch in austin, texas. a pile of twisted metal and ash. the texas forest service sa
i am the luckiest person in the world. my family is safe. now i need to check on my neighbors. michelle s home burned in the steiner ranch community northwest of austin. today we are reminded not all fire victims were lucky and we may not know all the dead. the biggest fire has killed at least two people, and two others, a mother and toddler died elsewhere in the state on sunday. today a 100-member search team from texas task force one plans to fan out southeast of austin where authorities fear not everybody fled when the flames approached. take a look here. this is an interactive map you can link to from the website of the texas forest service. it has burned more than 33,000 acres and is 30% contained. this time yesterday it was zero percent contained. and then another fire torched 75 homes and threatens many more. my colleague is watching the battle, and many don t know whether their homes burned or not and may now be getting some answers? reporter: yeah, authorities