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Including the delta variant, slowing manufacturing activity. elizabeth holmes, she went from the cover of magazines as founder of the blood testing startup theranos to the defendants table in court where the trial starts today. how did she get there? dan simon has more. >> this is the little tubes that we collect the samples in. they are about this big. >> reporter: she was the darling of silicon valley. her technology billed as a revolutionary breakthrough and it made elizabeth holmes a media...

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Climate change. cnns dan simon is along the deserted main drag in south lake tahoe. have firefighters been able to at least keep the flames at bay up against these strong winds? >> reporter: well, first of all, jake, the fire is getting dangerously close to the south lake tahoe community. its just about a couple of miles away. and at this point crews have been able to keep those flames in check. and at certain times theyre actually getting assistance from some of the local ski resorts that have ...

Urging people who evacuated not to come back for as long as they can so that crews can get as much of that work done as fast as possible. ed lavendera, cnn, la place, louisiana. the lake tahoe region is normally a popular tourist attraction right now. instead more than 50,000 people have been told to evacuate because of a wildfire near the california/nevada border. the fire is being fueled by dangerously dry conditions. dan simon reports. >> reporter: we are looking at a potential worst case s...

Packing up her belongings. >> were all packed up, ready to go to reno. we have friends in reno. so well figure it out. >> what is going through your mind? >> everything, our hotel, our whole town, our jobs, everything. >> reporter: california officials have been predicting an active and challenging wildfire season. of course weve seen that and more. caldor is the number one firefighting priority in the country, so the race is on to save this and other nearby communities. dan simon, cnn, south la...

>> reporter: the caldor fire has been and remains the number one fire fighting priority in the nation, so this is not about resources. this is about the wind and dry fuel and the historic drought weve been experiencing in california which, of course, scientists say is driven by climate change. kaitlan? >> theyre worried how to control because those are very big questions. dan simon, thank you very much. and cnns coverage continues right now. thank you for joining us this morning and letting me...

So that is a definite sliver of good news. but people here really bracing for what is going to take a long time to get things back on normal here in these smaller communities surrounding new orleans. >> ed, thank you for that. the u.s. fighting climate disasters on multiple fronts. hurricanes in the south, drought and wildfires in the west. more than 53,000 people are facing evacuation orders in california because of the caldor fire, it has already burned nearly 200,000 acre as it bears down o...

This fires been going for almost three weeks now. firefighters are getting tired, theyre getting drained. theyre busy at their home departments and then theyre coming out here on top of this. theyre definitely getting fatigued. >> reporter: and you just feel for all those firefighters, many of whom are working 24-hour shifts. you can see that things remain very smokey. its also deserted. most of the people who live in those communities did heed those evacuation orders. its having a devastating i...

It. >> reporter: if the fire does not significantly advance tonight, i think folks mere will be breathing a big sigh of relief because the wind is expected to be much calmer tomorrow, and we know when things are not windy, thats when crews really begin to make some good progress. jim, we should point out the caldor fire has been and remains the number one firefighting priority in the nation, and it will remain that way for the time being. so this is not a resources problem. this is about the win...

Season, and it has been everything like that and more. of course, this fire, this caldor fire driven by the winds, but were also talking about an historic drought in california, also driven by climate change. of course, authorities, experts tell us that those two things are related. this fire just 16% contained, and it has already charred more than 191,000 acres. the race is on now to save all of the communities in and around lake tahoe. ana. >> such a tragedy. dan simon, thank you. thank you ...