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Crews in hazmat suits are starting to clear out the debris and rubble from californias deadly wildfire, 240 square miles of charred homes and melted cars are all thats left in the town of paradise. that monumental clean-up effort is expected to take at least a year but despite all of that, it could have been worse. cnns bill weir is live in paradise, california, with more. oh, my gosh. the moonscape behind you, it looks like an apocalypse, bill. >> reporter: yeah. this is whats left of a conveni...

Fires but they were always able to stop them on the ridge before they got there. i think it engenders this false sense of security. >> a lot has been viewed that way sort of through the lens of history and now its much more like, uh, we cant really rely on history as a guide anymore. >> i believe that from when i started, the fires that we see on a regular basis are much more -- theyre larger. theyre more destructive. and the future generation moving forward, they have a very dangerous job ahead...

Friends, fanned out across bladen county registering people to vote, requesting absentee ballots then later signed themselves as witnesses. a handful of people signing more than 100 ballots. >> the she she left knee a sandwich from a sandwich shop. >> lacey alisyn wasnt planning to vote until a woman showed up with an application. >> you filled out ray application for a absentee ballot. >> no. she filled it out said she was going to bring it backfare me to sign. never brought it back. >> alisyn ...

This is "new day," december 5th, 6:00 here in washington. a highly anticipated filing from robert mueller spells out michael flynn has given substantial assistance to the russia investigation, so much so that mueller recommends flynn serve no jail time. mueller says flynn helped with three investigations, and two of them are redacted. >> as alisyn said, the

He is one of five trump associates who have pleaded guilty as part of the russia robe. it continues to be a jam packed week for muellers team, they will tell a judge how paul manafort broke the terms of his plea deal by lying to prosecutors, so john and alisyn, still a jam-packed week and a lot more to come. >> jessica, good to have you with us. we are bringing in our panel, david gregory, and karen moss. all the redacted stuff in here, and that fact that theres so much redacted may be the most ...

>> alisyn? now lets talk politics. a new reality in d.c. after democrats flipped dozens of seats in the midterms. will republicans do anything to course correct in january? we have the answer.

Wednesday, and then president george h.w. bush will be brought back to texas for a family, and then a memorial service, and then a train ride will take him to be buried next to his wife daughter. as i mentioned, john and alisyn, this is the beginning of a very emotional week here for the people of houston. >> the adoptive home of the bush family since the 1950s and 60s, and theres so many places in this country that claim president bush. joining us now, cnn political analyst, david gregory, and ...

Is there as well. jenna bush was remembering saying, robin often told her father, i love you more than tongue can tell. >> wow. >> and you captured that and thats why you are seeing such an outpouring of emotion this morning. >> one thing about twitter, alisyn -- >> i am just as stunned as you. i am skeptical but i will take your word for it, because if twitter is changing its tune, then i am open. >> you did something nice. thank you for what you did. these are beautiful, beautiful

Washington where then the casket will be taken to the capital and the president will lie in state there. and then we also are looking forward to wednesday, the state funeral and services that will be held at the national cathedral on wednesday before returning home here to houston, where the city will pay its final respects. memorial service will be held in the same church where barbara bush, his wife, was memorialized earlier this year and then a train ride to his final resting place on the cam...

John, alisyn? >> ed lavandera for us in houston. stay with cnn for this special coverage. joining us now, cnn political analyst david gregory, chief of staff for laura bush and chief of staff for dan quayle in the bush administration and linda chavez. you did work for four years in the administration of george h.w. bush. your thoughts this morning? >> obviously, its a moment, especially with the death of senator mccain earlier this year, sort of the giants of one era -- two eras, world war ii ge...