california. the wildfire in and around yosemite national park has burned through 192,000 acres. the fire continues to grow, but it is not spreading as quickly. a drone joined the fight from the air. it will likely take three weeks before crews can get that enormous blaze fully contained. unreal how big that fire is. that there s 30% containment is progress. let s get the latest on the weather out west. indra petersons has that. the good news is we do not have the red flag warnings. the temperatures in the 70s. the biggest threat today is the dry lightning. we are going see winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. the big problem in that area is the terrain. we are talking the steep cliffs out there. it s difficult for firefighters to get in where they need to get. you can see the white here, it s
to say it s a vast wilderness is an understatement. you are searching via horse back, on foot, helicopter. how are you doing it? reporter: every way that you just mentioned. every resource possible. we re doing it from the air and on foot. it is rugged terrain and deep woods. a lot of steep cliffs. that does add to the challenge of this search. okay. thank you so much. we look forward to having you keep us up to date. . let s go to the weather and the threat of major flooding again. one person died after heavy rains in colorado triggered floods and mudslides. cars being swept away. much of the rain fell in an area scorched by a wildfire last
valedictorian. a sharp kid. is a sharp kid, i should say. father says that he does not want to believe his son is gone. but all signs pointing to a very ominous conclusion. you mentioned steep cliffs. any around? is that a possibility? it is a possibility. it s also a possibility initially his parents thought he might be kidnapped. but this is an area that s relatively safe. a tourist center. a tourist destination. it s not a type of place in ecuador where somebody would be kidnapped for ransom. local firefighters that have grown up there told the father this is a safe place. we ll keep looking for your child. his father s holding out hope. is the rest of the family. as the neighbors and family in oklahoma city, a lot of people invested in this kid. i hope they find him. speculation continues to swirl around new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez and his possible involvement in a murder. police have not yet named him as a suspect but he is not in the clear. susan candi
megyn: there is bad news on top of tragedy this hour as a storm tracks straight toward the italian coast as rescue teams struggle to find survivors in the wreckage of a massive cruise ship. we ve got new images from the search teams inside the ship as they search countless cabins and narrow corps terse, they can hear the creeking steel and know the ship can move at any time. joining me now in ian mcdonald. thank you so much for being here. how dangerous is this recovery mission, this rescue and recovery mission that the divers are going through right now? it s very challenging. i m sure they re taking all precautions, but they re really in a very challenging situation, and there are things that could go wrong. one of the things that makes diving in the mediterranean so spectacular is you have these steep cliffs where it goes from shallow water and drops off to hundreds of feet deep, and that
are missing is not yet clear. because there is some discrepancy between the lists of passengers and staff. that the costa cruise has given to the authorities. so, there are still about a number between 50 and 70 people missing. they could as well not be dead. hopefully. they could as well still be on the island. maybe having slept in a hotel and not being alerted that most of the other passengers were brought to the italy. or eventually being held in a hospital. do you know, the people are there members of the cruise line who are there helping these people? are they getting the directions and the information? because many of these people lost everything they have, their identities are on that ship. their cell phones, the ability to communicate. who s there helping them? the costa the cruise company is helping them. we also have information that they re helping because apart from their goods, most of them left on the vessel, on the ship, also their documents. and some