this is ktvt we are watching there. it s unclear if it s a funnel cloud. it appears to be. but is that unusual in the dallas area not to have the underground fat silt? it seems there are lots of houses and facilities that don t build the basements. in general in texas and those areas you don t have basements. some of the areas closer to hill country you get basements. out in the mid-cities where you have a newer area, majority of texas houses don t in my experience have basements. megyn: it happens a lot of times in the south given the weather periods. for some reason they can t put gas lines down. so you have more electric, electric stoves. megyn: on this live feed we are
speech and is speaking at a plant in iowa that makes conveyor belts and then he will go to a facility in vegas, the university of michigan ann arbor. four of those states are must wins. arizona is on the president s wish list. only one state matters for the gop primary race. rick santorum with a state rally. newt gingrich spoke at a forum called univision. likely florida voters monday and tuesday and after the republican debate, romney is on top by seven points but 6% say that they are unsure. santorum and ron paul are far behind fighting it out to third. egyptians are marking the first anniversary of the start of the historic uprising at a scene like this in cairo s tahrir square seem commonplace? they fear there is little else to show for their efforts. mubarak is on trial for his life and democratic civilian government is far from complete. in a daring helicopter move, the navy s.e.a.l.s rescued two aide workers. they fought their way into the somali compound and some of
there are several departments responding to the fire. still attempting to put it out. all of our employees and anybody who was visiting the plant at the time the fire began has been evacuated and accounted for. so that was obviously our first concern. everybody is out and safe. i want to ask about this wedgeworth elementary school which is in that area. so if everyone is safe, does that mean that the school has been closed or where are the students at this point? that i don t know. they re not in visual range. we are next to a college that has been evacuated. as far as the elementary school, i don t know the status but i do know they are upwind from the fire so any of the fumes and smoke are all being directed the opposite direction of the school. can you help us understand what caused this and how it got so big so fast? no, i m sorry. we don t know that at this time. can you give me an idea of what type of gases are in the air and how dangerous this might be? i m
suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. this time it happened like, now. before we knew it was coming, it was taking time. a brush fire overran several homes and this church in oklahoma city. crews say the fire, it is contained, but they re working hard today to make sure it doesn t flare up again. irene, long gone, but folks are still feeling miserable in parts of the northeast. forecasters say the pasaeic river in new jersey has peaked but it probably w
bit so we can see how close the police officers are to him. again, we have seen many, many chases over the years. we seldom see a motorcycle involved in a chase. it makes it difficult for police because, let s face it, a motorcycle gives this guy a lot more flexibility to get away. i mean now the speeds have picked up dramatically here, and again this is ktvt, no it s actually ktvt, is that right? that s our affiliate down there in texas, and the motorcycle here apparently is the guy is not wearing a helmet, going at high rates of speed, and now we are kind of looking for some information on exactly what this guy is wanted for. remember, a lot of car chases, the cops have the benefit of being able to maybe contact the person who is driving on a cellphone. that is clearly not going to work this time. this guy is kind of taunting, back and forth for the past several miles, giving police ample reason to go after him,