seven houses and 5% contained, it started on saturday more than 2000 people of vaca waited. joe vasquez has been in shasta county all day. among the 1400 firefighters in the area which spoke to some they are focused on the fire because of the intensity and the fact it is unpredictable. a ponderosa fire started with lightning strikes saturday morning and grows and intensifies the area is rural and rugged a challenge for firefighters. inside the fires on the battle several enemies it is a wooded area surrounded by brush and going against the wind. the wind gusts the at times spreading the flames devastating and said the folks along ponderosa way to the brunt of the fire some homes burned beyond recognition save the occasional kitchen appliance some are over 100 years old the what went up the fire moved on but i can still the still feel the intense heat you can see the damage along ponderosa way this tractor, the wheels from the tractor melted off you can see the roo
good evening, in a moment, we ll talk about the potential hurricane that might be heading for florida just as the gop convention is scheduled to start next week. first, let s talk about the storm that enveloped the gop today, days before their convention. it starts with that missouri congressman running for senate who made comments about rape that the head of his own party calls biologically stupid, ridiculous and bizarre. today his party, even mitt romney tried to get him to get out of the race, told him not to come to the convention. this is a very unwelcomed drama prior to the party s big show. he says he s not bulging. it s where we begin tonight with andrea mitchell 37. reporter: todd akin was out of sight. fighting back with a tv commercial. rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way, and for that i apologize. reporter: today he raised another issue sure to offend many. telling dan in a loesch that women lie about a rape to get an abortion. i w
main street. two people were on the bridge at the time, just what they were doing there in the middle of the night is part of the investigation. both were pinned beneath the train and died on the scene. 21 rail cars, all carrying coal, jumped the tracks. some flew off the bridge and landed on parked cars down below. residents here are used to the sound of passing trains, but this was quite different. it is the loudest i had ever heard the train and it was straight screeching. and i thought to myself, it sounds like it s derailing. and i went to bed. my coffee table was like shaking. and i was just like, okay, that s not normal. but this is awful. it just looked like mass mayhem. it looked like when i was a little kid and i would run the train off the track and everything just ran every which way. reporter: police have closed off a long stretch of main street, and it could be a day or two before they reopen it megan mcgrath, news4. police now have the car believed to b
his career. blows me away. i have a 22-year-old son. imagine how i feel. the passenger suffere serious injuries but is expected to be okay. dwoming this morning the laurel police officer accused of slapping a man is now on administrative duty, according at naac chapter president ross. he said that officer is now off the street and is criminal investigation has been opened as an addition to a $3 million lawsuit filed by the victim in this case, the accuser at least. we are working to get a comment from the city but it has not yet responded. time to get a first look at the forecast. starting off very cool and refreshing. low humidity. tom, more of this august weather. feeling like fall again. yeah, we have a calendar confusion. it feels more like a september morning than august. good morning. yeah, starting off with cool temperatures. a few clouds drifting over the metro area and points east. west of, it s clearing out over the mountains. parts of the shenandoah valley.
than a week before the republican national convention. governor romney s vice-presidential pick, congressman paul ryan and president obama in key battleground states that could decide the election the battleground states will be the focus over the next several weeks. we re glad you re with us where every you are today. i m jenna lee. jon: i m jon scott. governor mitt romney on a fund-raising trip to texas today but his running mate is make his first campaign appearance in pennsylvania. it is a key swing state as jenna was mentioning with 20 electoral votes up for grabs. moments from now paul ryan is expected to take a the stage in carnegie, where he will address steel plant workers. the president goes to ohio and nevada. yesterday mr. obama made himself available to the national press for the first time in months and responded to governor romney s claim that he gutted work requirements for welfare recipients. everybody who has looked at this says, what governor romney is sa