the blaze is centered in the hills around palmdale, about 35 miles north of downtown los angeles. the fire has scorched more than seven square miles, fed by heavy brush and dry grass. about 1200 homes in leona valley and part of palmdale are under mandatory evacuation orders. we just packed up our valuables and we have our grandchildren with us and we re on our way to a friend s house. i have to get gas before it burns all up. and i m on empty. didn t plan for evacuation today. the fast-moving blaze has destroyed at least two buildings but crews haven t been able to tell if there s homes or buildings on many of the ranches in the area. at least 500 firefighters are battling the blaze. so far there have been no reports of injuries. now to the firestorm of controversy over arizona s new immigration law. the state is asking an appeals court to lift a judge s order blocking the most controversial provision. that judge is reportedly getting death threats. the outrage conti
outburst. survivors of a deadly bear attack relive a horrific ordeal. i screamed and she clamped down harder and i screamed some more and she was shaking me and she was ripping me out of the tent. and california burning. thousands of acres charred by wildfires and now thousands are fleeing their homes. good friday morning, i m chris jansing live from msnbc world headquarters in new york. as you can see, it s a very busy start to the weekend. we re starting with a critical number. just released on the economy, a key indicator of growth. the gdp. trish regan is live at cnbc headquarters and, trish, stocks are down at inmoment, but the dow is up 7% for july. what s happening? i like the way you look at the glass half full there, chris. well, the good news is, you re right. stocks have improved over the course of this month, but the reality is investors are very nervous as a result of this gdp number which measures the overall growth in the economy and the number you ju
oprah: yes? really? so at first i was really grossed out, but oprah: how did you bring it up to her? i don t remember. i had some friends that did it. i think it was actually showing the products that first let her know that it was ok, when we saw massive amounts of just bread still in packaging and she s i m ok with that. oprah: yeah. so where does your money go? what do you spend your money on? you re n money on? you re not spending it on food, unless you have to. yeah. we try to live very, very simply, and we don t spend a lot on ourselves, and we are very happy with having a little. and so we like to make it a priority to share a lot of our money. a lot of that comes from our christian values of sharing and generosity, and so we do give a lot, and right now a lot of that s going to pay off the mortgage, so trying to get out of debt and remain out of de debt. oprah: oh, good. good, good. so, i understand you, lisa, had a meal with them i did. oprah: out of
it s juicy. they are building up the hype. do we care about american idol ? no, absolutely not. no. but curt, our producer, cares very much about it. he loves ellen. damages with the stars beat him a couple of times last year. once we start bringing in ocho cinco and all these crazy personalities, it got good. look at you. we got like the little celebrity gossip chap here going. i m a bravo fan. [ laughter ] those reality shows, terrible habit. out on the roads, overall we have been seeing really nice traffic pattern. our 5:00 hour not too many issues out there. westbound highway 4 we are starting to see slowing on our sensors westbound and actually this is kind of unusual? slow traffic eastbound highway 4, as well. so not sure what s going on there. we ll check to see if there are any accidents reported in the area so again, a lot of slow traffic through antioch. also westbound 580 out of the altamont pass. just the usual congestion or our traffic se
tonight for the murder of two men. lloyd lacuesta has the story. reporter: hayward s police announcement comes after two weeks of investigating what they call a double execution style murder. police say two 18-year-old men were forced to kneel down and shot several times with an assault rifle. a man who doesn t want to be identified told me what he heard on early mother s day. it sounded like an automatic gun. like i said, six shots first. and then another second, another four, and then another six. so it was around 20 shots probably all together. reporter: killed were rafael avila and carlos orozco. police say bonrostro told them before dying that they had been killed in a robbery. an aunt and a mother told to reporters. one relative speaking in spanish reacted to the arrest of the suspects. she said she would like them to suffer the way her ffered. she would like to get life in prison or even death if that s the case. reporter: one suspect is isaiah washington. he