Down on the side of the road. engine fire, setting up sparks and igniting what is called a monster. it s so erratic and volatile. firefighters are having a hard time beating back the flames. it s killed six people, including two firefighters and it s wiped out entire neighborhoods and whipped up a fire tornado that terrorized the community of redding. shepard, that smoke that you saw hit any face is the wind changing directions erratically. that s what s causing these firefighters a lot of challenges. overall, the state has spent $119 million just on fire suppression. not the cost of the two structures that has been lost. that s almost a quarter of the fire budget and we re a month into the budget. shepard? shepard: thanks, hillary. a priest on board a plane that crashed in mexico says the weather was so bad, he thought the pilot might call off the flight. that s what he told one of the
Derailing the gravy train. you said it couldn t be done. but guess what? we got it done! reporter: he championed segues in fighting for the little guy. vowing to keep taxes low and continue cutting red tape. saving taxpayers from getting burned, his fire truck prop, which the fire union called tasteless. giving cuts to the fire budget. ford insisted he s proud of his public record and this is a personal one. i have experienced how none of us can go through life without making mistakes. and when they occur, we learn a lot about ourselves. humility. the kindness of people and the spirit of second chances. and second chances are something the crowd is more than willing to give. they don t care about the scandals of the past year. as long as their tax dollars
Derailing the gravy train. you said it couldn t be done. but guess what? we got it done! reporter: he championed subways and fighting for the little guy. vowing to keep taxes low and continue cutting red tape. saving taxpayers from getting burned, his fire truck prop, which the fire union called tasteless. giving cuts to the fire budget. ford insisted he s proud of his public record and this is a personal one. i have experienced how none of us can go through life without making mistakes. and when they occur, we learn a lot about ourselves. humility. the kindness of people and the spirit of second chances. and second chances are something the crowd is more than willing to give. they don t care about the scandals of the past year. as long as their tax dollars
Our federal budget has been all used up to fight the wildfires across the country. what s interesting we actually haven t had that bad of a fire season compared to the last two years. only burned half the acreage. i don t know who is making that fire budget. as far as the fires burning right now 51 uncontrolled wildfires, all across the west. 14 of those are burning in idaho. we re at the peak of our wildfire season and they are busy out there and it continues to be hot and dry and that s where the drought is too out west. as far as temperatures, we hit 90 yesterday in new york city and chicago. first time in a month. it s the middle of summer. today another warm humid day, much of the country but we ll deal with afternoon thunderstorms. we ll get airport delays today late this afternoon, hit or miss storms around new york airports, d.c., philadelphia and down there with our friends in atlanta. looks pretty good for your travel considering it s the middle of summer. you re watching mo
We ve burned more than 7 million acres across the country. in states like utah they spent $16 million they normally spend 3 million. washington state spending nearly 20 million, they normally spend 11. montana says their share of the fire budget they ll spend $25 million this year. the good news for those states is the night is i getting shorter, humidity is coming up. in california when those states fire season comes to an end california s fires kick up. we have a ways to go out here in the west before the rain comes and the fire season ends. bill: be patient, be safe. adam housley out there in california. the pop up showers here in the afternoon, it s really hot in charlotte throughout the day. they could use some of that out in california, but for the moment it s not going to happen. martha: they sure could. they ve had a tough summer and our thoughts are with them out there. they ve lost a lot of firefighters as well. how about this question, the relationship between president obam