reporter: hi, soledad. yeah, this fire has really amped up in the last just couple of hours. a fire official told me less than an hour ago if he told me an acreage amount, it would be wrong in ten minutes. it s advancing 10,000 feet every hour. the last four days this has been burning, they counted on the wind to at least burn it in towards the interior of the forest and away from populated areas. just within the last half hour, that has completely changed. the smoke is now coming towards us, towards the city of colorado springs. now, it doesn t seem at this moment there s any real danger to the city itself. but so far as of a couple hours ago, they miraculously i think not lost a single structure. i was in the interior of this fire and they had fire lines around individual houses and every single one them had held. this is going to make it a lot more difficult with this change in the wind direction. that s what prompted that additional evacuation of 7,000 people, soledad.
lines with the fire fighters who is battling the waldo canyon fire right near pike s peak. hey, jim. reporter: hi, soledad. yeah, this fire has really amped up in the last just couple of hours. a fire official told me less than an hour ago if he told me an acreage amount, it would be wrong in ten minutes. this fire is advancing at least at 2,000 feet every hour. the last four days this has been burning, they counted on the wind to at least burn it in towards the interior of the forest and away from populated areas. just within the last half hour, that has completely changed. the smoke is now coming towards us, towards the city of colorado springs. now, it doesn t seem at this moment there s any real danger to the city itself. but so far as of a couple hours ago, they miraculously i think not lost a single structure. i was in the interior of this fire and they had fire lines around individual houses and every single one them had held. this is going to make it a lot more diff
good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, capitol hill s dangerous game of jenga. we re going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to find ways to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion or face automatic across-the-board spending cuts equal to that amount. now, those automatic cuts are designed to hit in the worst places. places that you would not make quick cuts to solve the spending problem. poorly designed, on purpose. bipartisan reports say those cuts could cost over 1 million american jobs. but instead of that terrible situation forcing congress to say, you know what, we re going to find a better, smarter set of cuts, we can cut th
in other words, ask for your green card, say, during a traffic stop. if they reasonably suspect that you re in the country illegally. that court let that part stand but left it open to challenge once the law actually goes into effect. the white house first expressed concern the ruling keeps the cloud of suspension over people who look like foreigners. then late today went further. saying the federal government would not become a willing partner in arizona s efforts to arrest undocumented people. as for governor romney, he said in a statement this. i believe that each state has the duty and the right to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failled to meet its responsibilities. nothing really specific. and keeping them honest, nothing on the campaign plane, which was heading to arizona. he stayed in the front of the plane away from the press. he let a staffer handle reporters who were trying to get some answers. listen.
anybody s ever said to me, piers. the question i had to ask. how many times has he been in love? i m just giving you the answers that are going to make it all okay. don t screw with this, okay? this is piers morgan tonight. . conan o brien is very tall. he s very talented. he s very irish. he s also perhaps the funniest man with red hair on the entire planet. he s also an ordained minister and arthur of what s been voted the fourth funniest simpsons episode of all time. thank you so much. you didn t even scratch the surface. i have a high fall setto. i sing like an angel. i m hairless. there s many things. i m aerodynamic. there s nothing i can t do. what is the genuinely weirdest thing about you that nobody knows? wow, that s a good one. the weirdest thing about me that nobody knows. i can be amusing at times. seems to have escaped people s notice. you don t do many interviews. i don t do a lot. i ve been trying to lure you for like 18 months. i ve appe