underneath. make sure you have your water with you. then ride it out. erickson was careful not to comment on the actions of the granite mountain hot shots. he says if the fire is that violent, if there is enough fuel near you on the ground. and if it is that incred and i believe that dry and the fire is moving that fast, it may be so hot that this won t provide that radiant heat blockage. so far it appears between the fuel on the ground and the fact that the yarnell hill fire changed directions so quickly and moved so fast at that moment, the shelters deployed just couldn t protect the 19 men. brian todd, cnn, skull valley, arizona. you want to tune in later as we re remembering the hot shots, the 19 fire fighters killed in arizona. indeed. that program is called true heroes. it is today at 3:30 a.m. eastern right here on cnn if are you in the united states. international viewers will be getting out of programming at that time.
texts his wife this picture as they get ready to continue their battle with the yarnell hill fire. the last known fire of the granite mountain hot shots before the fire blew up killing 19 of them. the anatomy of the fire, the specific events causing the tragedy are still under investigation. what we know so far, officials believe the fire started the afternoon of friday june 28th with a lightning strike near yarnell. officials say because the weather in the region has been consistently so hot and dry, because livestock grazing in the area has been limited, once that lightning bolt struck, there were plenty of fuels like this on the ground that would have enabled the fire to spread so quickly. what are those fuels? shelby erickson with the highland fire district that battled about 400 wildland fires says fires in this area feed off dry grass and shrubbery. and the needle accumulation or leaf accumulation and over years that breaks down actually starts turning into dirt essentially. th
0 let s get to work. the fourth of july, the united states celebrating its 237th independence day and the birth of democracy, the statue of liberty standing as a symbol of freedom. tonight of course fireworks will light up the skies but as this country celebrates another country struggles with a difficult transition to democracy. we are of course talking about egypt, fireworks also lighting up the skies and tonight a democratically elected president is out, a new president is in, the country s future uncertain. hello, everyone, i am fredricka whitfield. and we would like to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. political uncertainty gripping egypt after the kpreert series of events yesterday. the question in cairo, a day after the military koup, now what. the head of the country s supreme constitutional court was sworn in as the interim president today after the military deposed president mohamed morsi. according to morsi s muslim brotherhood he is
this picture of crew makes. the last known picture of the hot shots before the fire suddenly blew up killing 19 of them. the anatomy of this fire, the specific events causing that tragedy are still under investigation. officials believe the fire started the afternoon of friday june 28 with a lightning strike near yarnell. because livestock has been limited once that lightning bolt struck there were plenty of fuels like this on the ground that would have enabled the fire to spread so quickly. what are those fuels? shelby erickson who has battled about 400 fires says fires in this area feed off dry grass, shrubbery. needle and leaf accumulation. the top layer is the needles and leaves that have just been
underneath. make sure you have your water with you. then ride it out. erickson was careful not to comment on the actions of the hot shots. he says if the fire is that violent and enough fuel near you. if it is that incredible and that dry it may be so hot that this won t provide that radiant heat blockage. so far it appears between the fuel on the ground and the fact that the fire changed direction so quickly and moved so fast at that moment that the shelters deployed couldn t protect those 19 men. this is cnn breaking news. and we have just received a statement from president obama on the historic developments in egypt today, the removal of the egyptian president mohamed morsi. it is a carefully written out statement. i am going to read it to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. the statement from the president