christian family living in arkansas with conservative values. while the show attracted a huge crowd of followers it attracted anger from liberal groups who did not like the values. then the bombshell. someone leaked sealed court documents on josh duggar from when he was a teenager showing josh was accused of inappropriately touching several young girls including his sisters, two of whom we spoke to. the family pointed out that josh had admitted what he had done spoken to police and that an investigation had been completed. he had received counseling and no criminal charges were filed. the damage had been done. the family was under attack and the show was very much in question. so the duggars decided to give their first national tv interview to "the kelly file." they talk about what happened the fallout and the toll on the family especially the two visters who were outed as sexual assault victims. that was a month ago. in the last couple of weeks we got reports the lawsuit against the family was starting to move forward. tlc announced the duggar

we had a saying in arkansas the five most feared words of an arkansas politician are these "will the defend please rise." but in visiting the prisons, one of the things i asked our prison director, i said, how many people are here because of drugs and alcohol? he said in the entire arkansas department of corrections, 88% of the inmates incarcerated were there for a drug or alcohol-related crime. they either committed a crime to get drunk or high or they were drunk or high when they committed a crime. as he reminded me, we don't really have a crime problem, we have a drug and alcohol problem. and so it is that the breakdown of our individual understanding of personal responsibility has a dramatic impact upon how much it costs us as taxpayers. mental health is a huge issue. there are a lot of people we are incarcerating that we should be treating but that's expensive. i would also tell you it's very expensive to continue to have people who come in and out of the system who are very desperately mentally ill and instead of getting treatment for their mental illness, we simply warehouse t

. >>> two firefighters in arkansas are entering a burning home trying to save a mother and baby. seconds afterwards a backdraft blows out the insulation from the house. firefighters were not seriously hurt. the mother and baby though had escaped the home before the firefighters had even arrived. no word on the cause of this fire. >>> it sure looks as if this toronto landmark was on fire. smoke engulfing the cn tower. where there was smoke there was not fire. it was just a rehearsal of fireworks for the opening ceremony of today's pan am games. organizers say they had given advance notice but there was more smoke than expected. >>> mischievous monkey is on the loose at the memphis zoo. the 3-year-old samed zim escaped her enclosure and weighs about 15 pounds and is said to be absolutely harmless. zookeepers believe zim is sleeping in a pipe drain so they're patiently waiting for her to come out hopefully sooner than later. >> escaped? wouldn't you be trying to get out too? good luck to you out there, zim. >>> sports now. some baseball highlights. >> and for that here are our guys

do not have enough trees in arkansas. it is good to take a combination and mixture of these types of fuels. we should put in more effort of making traditional feels more efficient and more effective and more environmentally friendly as well at the same time, researching how to put new technology into renewables and making those more economical in the future. i read an interesting article if you months back where they looked at the state of renewable energy. solar looks like it has got some promises if we move forward. there is great things being doubtless solar. -- being done with suolar but the technology is not they appeared -- is not done yet. a lot of the fuel that we are working with is based on old technology. once we started using other feels, there was not a lot of research done on how to use biomass more efficiently. only start to utilize biomass we went back to the pre-industrial revolution technology and started improving on that. the commendation of using traditional feels will got to make those more efficient

and generally degraded and reviled as okies or ar kis from arkansas. when in truth that word okie should have been and still is a badge of courage. because it stood and still stands for the resiliency of these oklahoma people. and it transitioned right into the next incarnation, the war years. even before we got in the war on route 66 and other places in this country, we were training troops to take on the axis. up in oklahoma on route 66 we trained young british erica debts, 18, 19 years old to fight flash spit fires in the battle of britain. some of them died in air stents up there. if you go up there today in the graveyard, you'll see graves of young airmen who will be 19 years old forever with a union flag by each gravestone. out in western oklahoma ft. reno the graves of young german-italian soldiers who died there of their wounds in a p.o.w. camp during the war. general patent training his desert warriors to take on north africa. and that's who supplied the prisoners for the prison camps the captured troops from north africa, from italy, from sic

that happened in my home state of arkansas. andy long, private first class standing out front of the army recruiting station june 1st, 2009, he was assigned there after having gone through training and having been in combat. he was standing outside as a recruiter and a young radicalized islamic jihadist from memphis who grew up a baptist in a nice neighborhood by the name of what was carlos bledsoe who became abdul hakim muhammed, wet to yemen and came back and became radicalized and his father called the fbi and said i think my son is into something very bad and the fbi didn't take it serious enough and he had several attempts to do some horrible things. he was pretty bad at being a taste. his attempts failed. one of the things he wanted to do was blow up time square and that didn't work. he never got caught. but one day he drove over from memphis, about 2 1/2 hour drive to little rock and took a long rifle and held it outside of his car and fired shots that killed andy long and severely wounded another u.s. army soldier. stan

in deere arkansas. there's no industry there. there's nothing they can do to lower the ozone.real these are unreasonable.erican they put hassles and burdens on nd raise living, breathing americans that get up every day and want to go to work and raise their familiesous and build communities and have a productive life, and these things are just outrageous to some extent. >> we have calls for you.lvan our first one is fromia virginia. this is junior. peopl good morning. go ahead. >> caller: i'd like to askhear you why you are not telling the people about the harp system up in alaska.as fos there's the climate change. and another thing is there's no i do. such thing as fossil fuel. evi you know that as well as i do.e. show me any dna evidence of any fossil remains. there is none. oil, natural gas and coal are hydrocarbons. they reproduce themselves. and i wish you'd quit calling fossilwe fuel. we would have been out of fuel in 1955 if you add it up. now -- all that coal is rotting leaves and twigs that's p

katty: so that is why you are calling from arkansas. rick: just about two weeks ago i filed one of these resolutions in commemoration of the april 27 anniversary of the sinking of the sultana. i don't think that congress has really done much about this throughout the years, as your guests know. there wasn't much appetite at the time of the sinking for remembering these kinds of events. the nation was tired and lincoln had been assassinated. i think as we continue, people don't realize the tremendous tragedy that occurred on the mississippi river. i just wanted to know that it is h.r. res. 329, and people will be a find it online. katty: government, you are calling from arkansas, but how much do people from your area know about the sultana? rick: those people who know about the civil war or who are more historically oriented, they are more aware about it. there are lessons to be learned, as in regards to contractors and contractors who can rip off especially in the context of war. i think it is fair to say that in the states where the su

that happened in my home state of arkansas. a young man, private first class standing out front of the recruiting station was assigned there. yet gone through training. he was sitting outside as a recruiter. a young, radicalized islamic jihadist from memphis who grew up a baptist in a nice neighborhood by the name of what was carlos bledsoe went to yemen and came back. his father call the fbi and said i think my son is into something bad. the fbi did not take it serious enough. he had several attempts to do some horrible things. it was pretty bad at being a terrorist. his attempts failed, one of the things he wanted to do was blow up time square. that did not work. he never got caught. but one day he drove over from memphis, about two and half hour drive to little rock, to the rifle and held outside of his car and fired shots that killed in the long and very severely wounded another army soldier. standing in front of the army recruiting station in a strip's shopping center in little rock arkansas. when this happened the other d

an ef-1 tornado in gentry, arkansas. trees down in kentucky. and so back here in that school, when you look at that damage, it's just incredible that no one was hurt. the students will have to start the school year at another school nearby. david? >> gio benitez, thank you. >>> let's get right to cecily tynan. at our station in philadelphia, wpbi. you were on the phone with the national weather service investigators because of the storm. you're telling me there's new storms coming in this weekend? >> right. the jet stream causing a strong ridge of high pressure, focusing stormy weather across the midwest. potential for heavy rain over the weekend. by sunday, some areas could get more than three inches of rain. especially from indianapolis to lexington. could cause flash flooding. and in the meantime, the jet stream will pull in a lot of moisture to the pacific northwest. this is welcome. it's been hot and dry there. interior sections could get two inches of rain. could cause flash flooding, and it will bring much cooler temperatures. >> and the

on that list tennessee but massachusetts tonight, arkansas. we've reached out to the white house to see what they will be doing as well. thank you. >>> also developing at this hour the iran deal is about to officially hit congress for debate. the 60 day window for the leaders in washington, d.c. whom you elected in your state will get that time to review and vote on the landmark nuclear deal with iran. the countdown starts officially tomorrow. multiple hearings are schedule on capitol hill this week and lobbying both for and against the deal is also well under way. many republicans say i want gives iran a gradual and clear path to a nuclear weapon. secretary of state john kerry defends the agreement. earlier on fox news sunday he said he's hopeful enough lawmakers will see its merits in his view and vote in favor of it. watch. >> we would love to have it approved and hopefully we can persuade enough people. i hope there's enough minds still open ready to consider it on its merits that could be persuaded and we'll work very hard boston us will

mills, who came from rural arkansas 7500 folks. in arkansas. how were they going to get wilbur to get off of the dime and to move the bill? the second problem is, this cantankerous old guy from virginia, howard smith. he is on the rules committee. i cannot get anything through the rules committee. so how am i going to break this logjam? so lbj had a real daunting task before him and overarching all of this was the ama, and the ama would send leaflets to every doctor. you walk in and the first thing the doctor would say, i may not see you next week because of a socialized medicine bill. and what am i going to do? and the patient was sitting there quivering, saying, i cannot see my doctor anymore. but some senior citizens got together, and they said, you know every time a patient walks , into a doctor, let's give them something from the bible to quote back to the doctor. and so, in a moment of concern, when the patient walked in trembling and the doctor presented him with socialized medicine -- the patient would squeak out. in the bible, it is sa

that happened in my home state of arkansas. a young man by the name of anti-long standing out in front of the army recruiting station june 1, 2009. he was assigned there after having gone through his attorney, having been in combat. ease standing outside as the recruiter at a young radicalized islamic jihadists from memphis who grew up a baptist in a nice neighborhood by the name of what was carlos bledsoe became abdul hakim mohammed went to yemen, got radicalized them came back. his father called in the fbi is that i think my son is into something very bad. the fbi didn't take it seriously enough. and hit several attempts to do some horrible things. he was pretty bad at being a care. his attempts failed. what of the things he wanted he was blow up times square. that didn't work. he never got caught in these earlier against the one day he drove over from memphis about a two and half hour drive to little rock took a long rifle, held outside his car and fired shots that killed transix and very severely wounded another u.s. army s

jan morgan, owner of the gun cave shooting range in arkansas joins us now. jan, welcome to the program. i know you decided to ban muslims back in september. why? >> trish, thanks for having me on. i appreciate you giving me a chance to share my side. and you mentioned that a lot of people have criticized. i can tell you overwhelmingly, a number of people around the world stood with us on this. the reason i decided, i'm not in a coffee, doughnut shop business. people in my facility are handling lethal weapons. i am personally responsibility for the safety and security of people in my range. the government is warning americans that there are islamists in every single state in this country who aligned themselves with isis. our government is telling us consistently, we need to expect an attack at any time, anywhere and to be very cautious. so what the government is not telling you, though, is that the root of this terrorism is islam. and dr. jasser who was on the show last week mentioned this is something our government needs to acknowledge and deal with. there

in arkansas trying to rebuild the arkansas democratic party. you get a few electoral votes there it might be the difference. she realizes that's something that obama has not done. he has not done party maintenance well if she can try to expand that map a little bit more perhaps in the long run that makes a lot more sense and then you avoid those issues that the others had in arizona. >> hillary clinton is likely to win arkansas in the general election as donald trump is to win the general election. >> true. >> but this pressure on the left, can she ignore it or is she we talked before about how she tries to find a middle ground, i'll keep an eye on wall street but i'm not going to beat them up. >> bill clinton's electoral gamble back in 1992 was there was a silent majority of the democratic party that was essentially moderate. this angry, liberal fringe, did not represent most democratic primary voters. that worked for bill clinton in 1992. i think the democratic party is more liberal now. the world has changed obviously in the last 20 years. t

back in merchandise -- missouri and arkansas rains and winds. ginger zee is tracking it all. >>> the confederate flag is coming down in south carolina. this has been the subject of a bitter and emotional debate since the shooting of the african-american church in charleston we're right there live this morning with the latest. >>> plus on a lighter note, pop star ariana grande she was caught licking a donut saying she hates america, what she is saying this morning. >>> we'll be celebrating with world cup champs, we have a historic ticker tape parade led by the one and only robin roberts. >>> looking forward to it. >> family in wisconsin is sharing their close call on a thrill ride. the bungee cord the pair was suspended to snapped seconds before they were supposed to be launched into the air. >> there was a lot of what ifs. it could have hit us or friends and families that were nearby. >> if they launched us, and it broke on the way back down it could have killed us both. >> the operator of the ride said this has never happened before, the ride h

then another shooting in arkansas very similar to this at a recruiting center. of course the attack in texas, the machete attack against the nooipd. nypd. we see lone wolfs motivated and directed, and it's very hard to control and stop especially when you have soft targets like these in chattanooga. >> it looks like we're looking for evidence to back up a conclusion that's already reached, that this is islamic terrorism. yet we haven't found evidence yet. correct? >> that's correct. fbi is being appropriately cautious. it's 72 hours in. it is, but what's so frighten to officials, how little of a trail there was before. 72 hours later and we see nothing. that's the speed and rapidity of radicalization for this individual which is very very concerning. it makes finding the next one that much more difficult. >> but if his name weren't mohammed would we say this is a mental health situation? >> we might. the line between meant tally ill and terrorism is a thin one. in this case i think the targeting of the individuals who were in the military, at least some early in

the people know a lot more about arkansas than i wager most americans do. return to bikini or the marshall islands in.roblem with bikini, it's so contaminated with radio act iwaste, the cost of cleaning bikini - if you did not have the issue of climate change and rising scenes, the cost of cleaning it making it if the for human habitation, meaning you can grow your own food, eat the crabs, fine, but the u.s. does not have that money, is not prepared to pay that money to clean up the land, and the bikinians do not have the money in the trust fund. going home is a dream, a dream that is unrealized. >> "america tonight"s sheila thanks. >>> next, the bill comes due. after the bp oil spill, the price to a community and a very big deal >>> later, ageing out - they paid their debt to society, how to find their way back >>> and new on "america tonight"s website now, the courageous 12, an insiders look at the fight for justice behind the walls of a florida police department at aljazeera.com/americatonight. >>> we fast-forward to what is next on the horizonan, five y

the former arkansas governor is with us in the situation room. let's talk about this iran nuclear deal you've been very critical of it opposed to it would it be a game changer as far as you're concerned if as a gesture of good will to the u.s. the iranians went ahead and released those four americans they're holding hostage? >> they should have done that before the united states ever sat down at that table. that should have been a precondition. the other two preconditions should have been that iran agrees that israel has a right to exist. and the third precondition should have been that they end the rhetoric of death to america. if those three conditions were not met, we never should have sat down and even started this conversation. much less ended up with this 159 page agreement which i read and it's alarming, and it obviously has everyone in that nand alarmed from the saudis to the egyptians, the jordanians and most certainly the israelis, but i'm one american who is outraged that this president is so intent on making a deal with people who hav

hood, arkansas, similar to this, the recruiting center, the machete attack against the nypd. we see lone wolfs motivated and directed, and it's very hard to control and stop especially when you have soft targets like these in chattanooga. >> it looks like we're looking for a conclusion this sis lambic terrorism. we haven't found evidence right? >> that's correct. fbi is being appropriately cautious. it's 72 hours in. every indicator is that's what it is but what's so frighten being, how little of a trail there was. 72 hours later and we see nothing. that's the speed and rapidity of radicalization for this indivial which is scary. which makes that person much more difficult. >> it-f his name weren't mohammed, would we call it terrorism? >> we might. in this case i think the targeting of the individuals who were in the military at least some early indicators put it in that lane. of course we vaent shouldn't divide these. often those with mental illness are those attracted to radical ideology. >> you have to say every attack is preventable. we're at the point where we can't prot

plus -- exploded in arkansas with firefighters at the front door. >>> a house in arkansas exploded as firefighters were heading inside and the entire scene was caught on camera. the explosion engulfed the house and reached the street it's called a back draft and it's rare for even trained firefighters to experience, the cause of the fire is still under investigation both the electricity and gas were turned off at the time. >>> thousands of tourists were stranded in indonesia because of this volcano it shot ash and debris 1,000 feet into the air today. five airports were shut down and two have reopened. the decision to open the others will be made earlier this evening. >>> jacob lui -- is cautious that greece will be allowed to stay in the euro zone. greece's proposals will be discussed tomorrow ahead of a summit on sunday. >>> it's a creature we told you about on "action news," the portuguese man o war in delaware and now more sightings have experts sounding the alarm. >> in record numbers, they are washing up on eastern shores, stinging up suspecting swimmers with their venomous tent

. >> arkansas. >> as far away from an ocean coast in this country. it's a typical immigrant story. someone from the marshall islands in was living in oregon found work in a chicken factory, and before you know it 7,000 are there it's a consule general, community event. it's a strong people. the people know a lot more about arkansas than i wager most americans do. >> do they have a desire to return to bikini or the marshall islands in. >> the problem with bikini it's so contaminated with radio act iwaste the cost of cleaning bikini - if you did not have the issue of climate change and rising scenes the cost of cleaning it making it if the for human habitation meaning you can grow your own food eat the crabs, fine but the u.s. does not have that money, is not prepared to pay that money to clean up the land and the bikinians do not have the money in the trust fund. going home is a dream, a dream that is unrealized. >> "america tonight"s sheila macvicar. thanks. >>> next, the bill comes due. after the bp oil spill, the price to a community and a very big deal >>> later, ageing out - th

not asking bill clinton to go to arkansas. the contrast is george bush asking reagan to go to california. the last time a president carry california was when -- a republican president kerry california was when reagan made a last-minute trip. people used to say that is where republicans go to die and reagan said, no, that is where they go to live. reagan at the disposal of george herbert walker bush traveled extensively and made statements and i think it made a difference because in some ways, susan, as you suggested, it was almost a third term for reagan. john: we will open it up to question shortly. i have one more question. we have a mic and we will ask you to identify yourself. so get ready. i'm going to proceed chronologically to the end of the presidency. the president has to turn over the reins to the successor. it was different with reagan you are turning over the reins to your vice president, a member of the same party, but still a transition. with president clinton to the , other party. can you say about the transitio

as governor of arkansas i should tell you those juvenile records should never have been released. that was against the law. somebody did that in flagrant violation of the law. so was i standing by someone who did something wrong? no. i said what he did was absolutely unconscionable. but nothing is unforgivable. >> all right. governor mike huckabee. we look forward to hitting the road with you and the campaign trail and talking to you more. thanks so much for joining us and happy fourth to you and yours. >> thank you, jake. great to be with you. >> check this out. friday night in iowa, this packed house. the biggest single turnout for any candidate on either side so far in the hawkeye state. so reports of des moines register. and who were they there for? democratic contender bernie sanders and he is with us live next. i brought in some protein to help rearrange the fridge and get us energized! i'm new ensure active high protein. i help you recharge with nutritious energy and strength to keep you active. come on pear, it's only a half gallon. i'll take that. yeeeeeah! new ensure act

last night a powerful storm with winds clocked near 70 miles per hour ripped through central arkansas. there is significant damage to buildings, trees, and cars, but there are no reports of injuries. >> in philadelphia last night strong winds and torrential rain brought down a tree. the heavy wind brown rain caused major flooding significant damage, and left thousands without power. there were also major airport delays. >>> well, the breach of a u.s. government computer system we first told you about last month is far worse than originally reported. it turns out hackers stole social security numbers and health histories from tens of millions of people in a second attack. it's believed to be the biggest data breach in u.s. history. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: the u.s. government is preparing to notify 21 1/2 people that their sensitive personal information is in the hands of hackers. cyber criminals stole 19.7 million social security numbers of people who ujds went federal government background checks. another 1.8 million were taken from family and friends of the applicants. th

wilbur mills from arkansas said i think i can get this bill , through because i think it is going to pass 300 democrats and the house. i've got 68 members of the senate, and a number of great senate leaders like harry byrd and others. the climate at that moment was right. the majority in the house. the pendulum had swung in favor of the bill. how do i deal with mr. smith? he will boggle -- he will bottle the bill down in rules. speaker mccormack came up with an ingenious solution, the 21 day rule. which is if you do not get the , bill out of the rules committee in 21 days, it is passed. so, what lbj did, by the depth of his parliamentary knowledge to move away the legal and political obstacles to moving a bill through. remember, you have to introduce a bill, have hearings, it has to be marked up and come out of the committee, then it has to go to the floor. then the senate has to do the same thing. lbj, by his mastery of the political machinery in the house , was able to remove the obstacles. and one final note, he wanted to put a signature around the medicare bill. he called it hr-1

from arkansas. the florida -- the coastline of florida is under immediate threat according to "forbes" magazine the capitalist tool, the presidential candidates from florida can't say a single thing about it. the pope is calling on us. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. whitehouse: may i ask unanimous consent for a closing minute. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: the last thing i'll mention is there is a common thread that links all of this and it is money. the koch brothers are putting hundreds of millions of dollars into this election. one of their organizations one, said it was going to spend $889 million in this election and that anybody who crossed them on climate change would be at and i quote "a severe disadvantage." nice little campaign you got here. hate to put it at a severe disadvantage with my $900 million. so what we have is secret money and threats related to it that are just obliterateing what has been a good republican response on clim

his death took the arkansas river valley as -- shook the arkansas river valley as yet another act of senseless violence that can never be explained, justified, or tolerated. the communities and the entire third district of arkansas mourn the loss of my fellow russellville cyclone and his fellow servicemen. my prayers are with his wife, his two children and his parents lou of st. augustine, florida, and debra of atkins arkansas. may god bless those he leaves behind as they search for peace and understanding through this terrible tragedy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. speaker. the house republicans have had more than 4 1/2 years to craft a long-term surface transportation bill. so their dysfunction and inability to govern is starting to have real impact on hardworking americans and on our communities. they

in to apologies after the former arkansas go arkansas governor and presidential candidate said this. the president's foreign policy is the most feckless in american history. he's so naive that he would trust the iranians and march the israelis to the door of the oven. >> in particular to comments from mr. huckabee are i think part of just a general pattern we've seen that is -- would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad. when you get rhetoric like this it may be gets attention and maybe this is just an effort to push mr. trump out of the headlines. but it's not the kind of leadership that is needed if for america right now. >> the last time the world did not take seriously threats that someone was going to kill massive amounts of jews, we ended up seeing 6 million jews murdered. we didn't take it seriously. the iranian government -- not talking about a blogger -- talking about the iranian government that said it will be easier to take the jews out because they're concentrated in israel. three times i've been to. i know what it looks like. >> presidential candidates have begu

as an eagle scout in arkansas, david wyatt would race up a mountain to be the first on top. he was determined to do his part for our country, found his calling in the marines. he led with courage, in afghanistan and iraq, and with compassion -- as a mentor to comrades with post-traumatic stress. it's said he was a "gentleman and a gentle man." and no one knew that better than his wife, lorri, and their two young children. today, we see, as they did, why a friend would say that staff sergeant david a. wyatt was "the kind of man this country needs more of." back home, carson holmquist was an embodiment of the spirit of grantsburg, wisconsin -- population, 1,300. loved country music, loved to fish, to hunt, to play football. and he loved the marines -- showing up at his old high school in his dress blues. he, too, served in afghanistan; was devoted to his family -- his wife, jasmine, and their two-year-old son. said his old coach, carson "always did the best he could." today, our nation is stronger because america saw the best of sergeant carson a. holmquist. and in his hometow

the question was, what would move wilbert -- wilbur mills who came from rural arkansas, 7500 folks. how were they going to get wilbur to move the bill? the second problem is, this cantankerous old guy from virginia howard smith. he is on the rules committee. i cannot get anything through the rules committee. how am i going to break this logjam? lbj had a daunting task. overarching all of this was the ama, the ama would send leaflets to every doctor. you walk in and the first thing the pace -- the doctor would say, i may not see you next week because of a socialized medicine bill. the patient was quivering, i cannot see my doctor anymore. some senior citizens got together and they said every time a patient walks into a doctor let's give them something from the bible to quote back to the doctor. in a moment of concern when the patient walked in trembling and the doctor presented him with socialized medicine -- the patient would squeak out. in the bible, it is said that cast me not off in time of old age, forget-me-not when my strength fails. [laughter] that little epigram turned the d

this home to a mother and baby in texarkana, arkansas, simply exploded. neighbors alerted the two that a fire had started and they escaped unharmed, only to see their home blow up right as fire fighters started walking through the front door. >> we were in the front room, the living room, making our way to the rear of the house when we heard a boom then the ceiling fell. >> reporter: what he heard was a backdraft. what can cause such destruction? when a fire burns in an enclosed space, it eats up all the oxygen. the flames burn out but the gases and unburned material are still hot enough to ignite. all they need is oxygen. the moment a firefighter opens a door or window the fire gets that oxygen and explodes. and what can you do to protect yourself? >> have a functional smoke alarm and when you get out stay out and let fire fighters do their job. >> reporter: many fire firefighters will go their whole careers and never see a backdraft. >> and the cause of that fire still under investigation. thanks. >>> and now to confirmed tornadoes in the northeast. a s

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