suzanne malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for wednesday, august 31st. firefighters are calling in air tankers to battle wildfires outside of dallas. more than two dozen homes have burned in palo pinto county and firefighters say the fire is 25% contained. several hundred people had to pack up and run as fires spread. texas is in the middle of an epic drought and heat wave that is dragging all summer long. reporter: more than 100 homes are in jeopardy and those who lost their homes are devastated. it happened so quickly and i was thinking not again. this time it happened like, now. before we knew it was coming, it was taking time. a brush fire overran several homes and this church in oklahoma city. crews say the fire, it is contained, but they re working hard today to make sure it doesn t flare up again. irene, long gone, but folks are still feeling miserable in parts of the northeast. forecasters say the pasaeic river in new jersey has peaked but it probably w
i ll get a live update from tripoli. in china, vice president joe biden says the u.s. will never default on its debt. i ll have more on what he s saying about the u.s. economy just ahead. and for many members. u.s. military, returning home is just not complete. well, until they get a hero s welcome from man s best friend. their dog. a very special welcome to all the servicemen and women who are watching us right now on the armed forces network. let s get right to it. we begin with libya where moammar gadhafi s government and rebels are offering very different takes on hats goi s w in that country. opposition leaders say they ve taken they are revolution in tripoli. one of gadhafi sons say they are losing every battle. cnn personnel say it seems like some of the most intense yet. before taking the fight into libya s capital, the rebels pushed government forces out of the key city, the oil refinery city of zawiya, about 30 miles from tripoli. cnn filealed this report and
tripoli. will leader moammar gadhafi flee or stay and fight? a man in new mexico rescues a little girl who is about to be kidnapped. being called a hero, but now he could be deported. take a look in the back of that pickup truck. yes, it s a stroller and there s a baby inside. find out what happened next. but first, let s get to libya and the situation their right now. libyan officials are denying that moammar gadhafi and his family are looking to leave tripoli. that as leaders are closing in on the strong hold. one spoke to our sarah seidner. reporter: how long do you think before you are able to push into tripoli? hopefully in a couple of days. reporter: a couple of days? you think it will be that soon? i think so. we are controlling 80%. now if gadhafi is not leaving, he could be planning a last stand in tripoli. our matthew chance is in the libyan city right now. matthew, gadhafi has been in power for 42 years. is it possible he could leave? reporter: i
the capital of tripoli and his final offensive could target civilians. cnn reporters are in libya and join us live straight ahead. social media used for extremely anti-social activity. organizing crimes. so what can police do about it? we ll take an in-depth look at this high-tech dilemma. and a bucking bronco this cowboy will never forget. it was a rough ride with an even rougher ending. we ll show it to you, coming up. but first, this breaking story. two american hikers detained in iran on spying charges, now know their fate. iran state television says josh fattal and shane bauer have been sentenced to eight years in prison. the men were charged with spying and illegal entry. cnn s reza sayah has been covering this story and joins us now live from islamabad, pakistan. so what do you know, reza? reporter: well, we know, according to state-run media, that josh fattal and shane bauer have been convicted and sentenced to eight years. i think this is a verdict that s goi
case from new york. reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, for the hikers, they have not officially he s not officially been told this yet, so he s still waiting for that and until then is withholding comment. and a third american was arrested with fattal and bauer. she was leased last year due to medical reasons. a military jet crashed to the at an air show in the united kingdom. it was one of the royal air force s precision aerobatic team, the red aeros. they were performing at a big aviation festival on the coast. no word on the pilot s condition.