Firefighters battling a National Wildfire in yosemite on high alert. The california rim fire is now the largest in history. This morning, firefighters are being told to protect yosemite at all costs. Nbcs jay gray is near the wildfire in tuolumne, california. What are the challenges they are seeing today . Reporter good morning. The same as theyve been. Rugged terrain, high winds. Like so many in the area on edge as the rim fire winds gusted. As the fire continues to grow this morning, so does the army of teams pouring into the Northern California mountains to battle the massive blaze. All day every day. All night long. So were up to more than 2800 personnel on the fire. Its the number one fire in the country right now so theyre giving us what we need. Reporter air strikes, hotshots along the leading edge of the flames. And heavy equipment digging out fire lines, moving out dried trees and other potential fuel for the flames. Were trying to save the public, save these dwellings and hou
Front lines battling whats called the rim fire. Its 7 contained. Strong winds are expected to fan those flames. Not a good situation. Rescue Officials Say 4,500 homes and businesses are in harms way as the flames edge closer to civilization. People in that area obviously very frightened. Im trying to keep my kids calm and not have them too worried about whats going on up there. You can actually see planes from our house now. Hopefully it doesnt go there. So far its safe. Bill what have you learned about that, dominic . Reporter 15,000 acres have been burnt bad. The white wolf area popular with campers have been closed down. 13 camps have been burnt to the crowd. One Campground School for 50 years. We also understand that the Central Valley could be experiencing some smoke. The Central Valley of yosemite is the most iconic of all National Parks in the United States and fire officials are saying they are under pressure to protect that valley. Its a national treasure. Its a lot of pressur
This study revealing what americans really think about the state they dont live in. Which one has the rudest or hottest people . Straight ahead. Fox friends begins right now. Good sunday morning. Tucker is back. Yes, i am. Welcome back. Thank you. I was only gone a day. Were you in the one of the hottest people states or rudest people. Virginia, its for lovers. Dropping his daughter off at school. Was that difficult . First daughter to go to college, first child . Yes. Did you tear at the dorm room dropof i didnt do a tear. Did your wife . Yes, my wife. No, shes so totally put together and happy. I was happy. Youre not worried about this daughter . Im not worried in any way. Dont mess with tuckers daughter. We have a jampacked show but first some headlines. Lets get you started. While you were sleeping firefighters in texas battling these flames, an out of control fire at a recycling plant. It started about 7 00 last night. At this hour were being told the fire is now finally out. The
we know why one boy turned himself in and one went on the run? you know, i m not too sure, but this is what i can tell you. adams kinard was on probation. so i don t know if that had something to do with it. they both have past assault charges. from what i ve learned, demetrius glen, according to reports, a couple of years ago there was a pretty vicious fight that happened involving either a bat or a stick that had nails on the end of it and someone was beat. so there was a list of charges he pled out on. he was convicted of fourth-degree assault, riot, obstruction after attacking the person, a few things like that. also earlier in 2013, february 9th and march 18th, demetrius glen was charged with third-degree malicious mischief and march 18th driving without a license. has not gone to court on those particular charges yet. then keenan adams kinard also
16-year-old keenan adams kinard is being held on $2 million bail right now in spokane, washington. the other suspect, demetrius glen, also 16, appeared in court yesterday. he turned himself in last week. joining me now, investigative crime reporter and correspondent for deadline crime with tamron hall. good to see you there, michelle. good to see you, richard. they plan on trying both of them as adults. what are the circumstances around that decision? you know, i think in this particular case i can only assume. i did just speak with the prosecuting attorneys office. they said adams kinard will appear in court this afternoon first. that s the first thing. the second thing is that i m sure they re taking into consideration the brutality of this crime, how this veteran was allegedly beat with large