officials say the butte fire that burned more than 70,000 acres and now 40% contained and they are hoping rain later today helps them make more progress. maria is live and we talk todeda cal fire official and they said rain can bring wind which is challenging for us. what does the weather pattern look like? i think the worst would be low humidity, dry and strong gusty winds. but his concern is with some storms we could get winds that could spread the fires. we don t want that. and lightning is certainly dangerous out here across parts of the western u.s. where we have drought condition and dry, tinder conditions out here across many states. the butte fire is expecting cooler temperatures and that is welcome news. the winds shouldn t be too much
restore some engine power to the crippled cruiser. it s carrying about 600 passengers. mostly americans and europeans. it s owned by royal caribbean cruises. gregg: fire crews near denver battling mother nature to contain a massive wild fire. high winds, hot, dry tinder conditions, major concern now. officials say the fire is about 90% contained. but police are warning hundreds of people be prepared to get out on a moment s notice. two people have been killed by the fire. one person is missing. dozens of homes have been destroyed. patti ann: new worries now for folks in oregon who were hard hit by flooding back in january. a flood warning is now in effect for the river near mapleton. folks are watching the water hoping they won t get swamped again. i would be very surprised if it comes in here again. i really hope it doesn t.
vanish, along with it, the weary firefighters are racing against the clock now, pushing against the massive brushfires have that have destroyed almost 2 million acres in north texas. these are just some of the pictures of devastation. they re trying to get the upper hand today. why? because conditions will get dramatically worse tomorrow, with winds gusting up to 50 miles per hour, humidity will drop recip tuesday in bone dry, tinder tender conditions caused by tinder conditions. the firefighters from 33 states join the battle, two have been killed, the rain that helped overnight actually brought thunderstorms that may have also caused more fires with lightning strikes. so jon, it s a devastating situation there in texas. jon: what a mess. looks like it. gregg jarrett, thank you. jenna: big news today, brazen jail break setting hundreds of taliban prisoners free. brand new images of the tunnel they escaped through and the terrorist strong hold of kandahar,