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Mountain hot shots who perished this weekend in the yarnell hill fire. i just can t imagine how the families and the friends that knew these individuals feel. our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the brave firefighters who were out there. this is one more reminder our first responders put their lives on the line every single day. reporter: we learned all of their names, their next of kin having now absorbed the terrible news. the average age, just 27. young men like kevin woyjeck, whose dad is an l.a. fire captain. wade parker, engaged to be married. sean misner s wife is pregnant. andrew ashcraft has four little kids. his wife is doing her best to keep strong for their kids. she is the best person i have ever met. and reporter: the nightmare began friday evening when lightning ....
Mckenzie and wade parker followed in their father s footsteps of becoming firemen. andrew ashcraft has four little kids. he was the best person i ve ever met. he gave all [inaudible] mourners continue to lay flowers and hang american flags in front of the prescott fire station in honor of those lives lost. meantime at this hour, the deadly wildfire is still burning out of control. it is still zero percent contained. anna kooiman joining us live this morning. thank you, anna. such a horrible story. for more on the anatomy of that wildfire, let s head to maria molina. we know in this particular wildfire, it is believed that fire started by lightning. did you know that actually up to 90% up to wildfires are actually manmade? ....
0 tonight in arizona s deadly wildfire still burning out of control. 19 bodies have now been recovered, 19 heroes now identified. the first two people to question george zimmerman take the stand for the prosecution. question once again, did strong cross-examination turn their testimony to the defense s advantaging? another compelling day in court. we ll tell you about it. and later to egypt, a leading newspaper saying egypt is on the edge of a volcano. that s what it looks like tonight. millions protesting against the government and the clock now ticking before the military steps in. we begin tonight with the breaking news. all 19 firefighters killed in the yarnell hill fire still burning out of control north of phoenix. they ve all been identified and taken to the maricopa medical examiner s office in phoenix. 19 members of an elite team called hotshots, the granite mountain hotshots based in prescott, arizona. every member but one pr risched. more how it came to this terrible day. ....
0 going to be an injection of muslim brotherhood leadership into the arab world. people were predicting this was the beginning of the long talked about caliphate in the region. things have changed. the people of egypt want this thing called quality of life. they didn t like islamic laws being implemented. they didn t like the fact the economy was in the toilet, education was nonexistent and tourism insreubl. now they are calling for the president to leave and the military weighed in and they put the president on a deadline to meet with their opposition, especially emphasizing the youth who they say brought on this continuous state of revolution. gretchen: he s not going to do that. he s saying i was democratically elected to run this country, and so he s rejecting what the military is asking of him. i think it s fascinating because remember when this happened, guys, we talked on this couch about is this what the people of egypt want? do they want somebody like president morsi to lead ....
0 right now still a lot going on in arizona. people coming to grips with this terrible tragedy, and, you know, this town is really trying to move forward afterp an unimaginable loss, thomas. what are they saying about weather conditions as they get back out there? well, you know, yesterday there was some monsoon winds may have flared this up. right now, there s still hot, dry conditions, and the firefighters hope to be able to make some headway on this fire today. really it s anybody s guess right now. still 0% contained and really don t know when they re going to be able to get ahold of this thing. nbc s gabe gutierrez reporting. mike, there s one guy out left out of 20. 19 out of 20. i personally have almost no frame of reference for tragedy. we re used to reading about fires and firefighters responding in large cities but the explosive action of that fire like a bomb exploding involved, means that this ultimatum will be met one way or another because this is the way that t ....