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tales of kindness. we were welcomed into the home of perfect strangers who acted like we were family. they gave us their beds, their food. they cooked for us. when i ran across them and heard their story, there wasn t any, you know, thinking about it. it was you re absolutely staying at our house. we re taking care of you guys. that warms your heart. joining us now is the mayor of colorado springs. welcome. good morning. president obama plans to tour the scene of the fires today. will you meet with him at all? yes, i ll be meeting the president when he arrives here, and then we will give him a tour of the damaged area. will you be asking him for any federal help? yes, i will be, to whatever it s possible. we have a real disaster here and really appreciate the president coming to see us. what do you need? well, we re going to need, if he can, some financial resources to rebuild. we ve lost a lot of infrastructure here. and of course a lot of homes. ....
better. behind me, you see the foothills of the front range of the rockies. we re at the air force academy airfield where u.s. forest service is using their air assets, staging air fueling here, sending them to the fire lines to battle the blaze. spot fires on the eastern flank have been less this morning than yesterday. that s good news. that s where the most populated areas are for colorado springs. that s what made this fire so remarkable, kyra. colorado springs as you know is the second largest city in the state of colorado, a huge city. the subdivisions bank up against the front range, and that s where all of the damage was. 346 homes and counting. most destructive wildfire in history. and less than 18,000 acres burned. not huge when you look at the rest of the fires burning in the state, but obviously too close to home, coming down the front range, into the highly populated area of colorado springs. the president is coming in for a visit. what do you know about ....