orchestrating the beating death of his boss in 1987. this hinged on the testimony of one man, justin snead, also convicted in the murder. but snead said he framed glossip according to an inmate who served time with him. and the dead man walking nun has come out against him. again, the execution has been stayed for two weeks. and a critical decision that could really move your money. the question being will the federal reserve raise interest rates for the first time in nine years? that decision comes tomorrow and there is a lot at stake. we ll go over to cnbc and domenick chu watching the markets to give us a briefing on whether or not this will happen. domenick, what is everyone thinking? the jury is still out, thomas. if they raise rates, it will be the first time in nine years, but what would happen if they raise rates is perhaps signal we
hill and continue on. luckily as of now mother nature has given and us a cool offshore wind that has brought in some humidity and better to fire down this evening. yesterday it was making a run to many of the towns in the area to the west. but with the cool air in the night, it is going to the east now and we hope it stays going that way for a little while. domenick, i know without rain humidity is something you can hope for. i understand that in these cases fighting from the fire with the helicopters that drop retardant and water in many cases over the fire helps, but the ability to fight this from the ground, what are the resources available in taking this one down? we have a lot of resources on the fire. 1300 personnel. and the priority for resources is really the people and the residents. so we are allocating a lot of
and bring with them nine helicopters. and the choppers are being used to push back the flames, obviously. sadly, one of the fires has claimed its first victim. 38-year-old dave rule. he has been with the department for 13 years. flags will be flown at half-staff. and the rocky fire is only 5% contained at this point. we ll bring in the public officer here that runs the response. domenick, give us the latest on conditions and where the fire is headed. sure. as you guys said, we are up to 18,000 acres right now. the fire is burning in treacherous conditions as far as the terrain goes. we have a lot of steep inaccessible terrain which causes the fire to make great heeded runs up the aspect of the