BLITZER: A fire charred the roof and top floors of the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. The fire is now contained, but we have some I-Reports to show you. Let's go to our Internet reporter, Abbi Tatton -- Abbi.</s>ABBI TATTON, CNN INTERNET REPORTER: Wolf, this is what people were seeing as they were being evacuated from the Monte Carlo Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip earlier on today, looking up and seeing the roof of the building on fire there, the facade as you can see and pieces of burning debris falling down to the ground there. That was up close 300 feet away. But this could be seen for miles around. These are pictures from Adam Shafer, who is in Henderson, Nevada. That's 10 miles away. And you can still see it clearly. A great account coming in from Chris Gagen, who sent us this picture. He was working next door in the ESPN Zone at the New York New York Hotel. He said it smelt like burning fabric. There was glass shattering, falling to the ground, but that it was very orderly and the security personnel did a great job of getting people into neighboring buildings. CNN.com/ireport -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Abbi, thank you. John McCain isn't the only McCain who likes straight talk. Listen to his mother talk about Republican conservatives.</s>ROBERTA MCCAIN, MOTHER OF JOHN MCCAIN: Yes, I think holding their nose, they're going to have to take him.</s>BLITZER: Will the base Republican hold, though, warm up to McCain if he wins the nomination? The best political team on television will consider if McCain's mom knows best. Plus, it's a big slap at Rudy Giuliani. We're going to tell you about the endorsement he didn't get and why the Republican who actually got it doesn't want to talk about it. And a mayor's racy text messages come back to haunt him and could -- could -- lead to perjury charges. Stay with us. You're in THE SITUATION ROOM.
Fire Ravages Las Vegas Hotel