ROBERTS: And breaking news out of Australia this morning, where the country is facing its worst wildfires in history. So far, the flames have killed at least 130 people and burned through more than 800 homes. Crews on the front lines describing the destruction in southeast Victoria as, quote, "something of a holocaust." Officials believe some of the fires may have been deliberately set. Rob Marciano is at the weather center in Atlanta for us this morning tracking the weather here at home and overseas down there in Australia. And, Rob, 130 people dead in these fires? How does that happen?</s>ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Well, to start with, they had like a two-week long drought there, John, and in some cases, temperatures got up well over 110 degrees. That has since come to an end, but obviously the drying out and the heating up has had a bit of a big effect. Here's the continent. Fires on the eastern slope. By the way, the northern part of Australia undergoing floods, mostly due to La Nina. La Nina not really having effect down across the south, but certainly, that heat and, of course, it is summer time down there right now, not helping matters. But it is slightly cooler now than it was about a week ago.</s>ROBERTS: All right, Rob, thanks so much for that. It's 45 1/2 minutes now after the hour. Stay with us.</s>COSTELLO: Storm brewing for a senator. First linked to the D.C. Madam. Now, drama with a porn star.</s>STORMY DANIELS, ADULT ENTERTAINER: I'm always up for a good fight. Politics can't be any dirtier a job than the one I'm already in.</s>COSTELLO: Will Stormy, the porn star, really run against him?</s>CLANCY DUBOS, POLITICAL EDITOR, "THE GAMBIT": You're going to need somebody better than a porn star or a lap dancer or a sex worker to nail David Vitter.</s>COSTELLO: You're watching the Most News in the Morning.
Australia Facing its Worst Wildfire in History