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Yemen to the united states. cnns dan simon is live for us in sacramento. you just spoke with the boys father. do they have any hope? >> reporter: well, jake, im not sure hope is the right word. but this family is doing everything they can to get the mother over to the united states so she can say goodbye to her child before he dies. >> time is running out. please help us. get my family together again. >> reporter: as 2-year-old abdula lay dying in oakland, his mother is thousands of miles away, ...

Nations borders. dan said it, they wont comment on the details of an individual case, including this one. please stay on it and let us know about that child and his parents. two reports out today, showing efforts to influence american politics have not stopped and in some cases the manipulation is happening in real life. not just online. >> plus the president says he may intervene in the case of a green beret, who has been charged with the murder of a suspected taliban bombmaker. well explain ...

Today abdullahs father issued an emotional appeal. >> times running out. please help us keep our family together. as you know, my wife was denied return to the u.s. to see her son. our son abdullah is only two years ago. we celebrate his birthday just two days ago. i am hear today for your support in helping to bring my family together for the one last time. thank you. >> cnn correspondent dan simon is in sacramento. you talked to the boys father one on one. what did he share with you? >> hi, br...

130 people are still unaccounted for. more than 10,000 structures destroyed. most of them homes. >> 8,600 in the camp fire aloned 30,000 acres. we have dan simon who traveled with the national guard who went house to house looking for victims. >> everybody thats involved here has emotional connection to this. a lot of the people that are from this community have directly been impacted by losing their home or know somebody that lost their home. they are housing people who lost their homes. this h...

At this hour, 56 people known to have died in the camp fire in northern california, making it by far the deadliest wildfire in state history. 130 people are still unaccounted for. more than 10,000 structures destroyed. most of them homes. >> the camp fire has estimated to have burned 138,000 acres. it is 35% contained. our dan simon traveled with the national guard who went house to house looking for victims. >> everybody thats involved here has emotional connection to this. a lot of the people ...

>> the camp fire has estimated to have burned 8,600 homes and now 30,000 acres. we have dan simon who traveled with the national guard who went house to house looking for victims. >> everybody thats involved here has emotional connection to this. a lot of the people that are from this community have directly been impacted by losing their home or know somebody that lost their home. they are housing people who lost their homes. this hit hard. >> utility company pg&e could be in deep financial trou...

Hardened in place. we know the weather conditions for the next day or are not favorable. there will be red flags until tomorrow. firefighters have to be standing close watch to make sure that this thing doesnt spark up again. >> thats a perfect example of just how intense that fire was going through. really appreciate it. thank you so much, scott. i want to go to dan simon now in paradise, california, where the camp fire became the states deadliest in history. what are you hearing there? the sce...

Homes. >> just to be surrounded by flames was just unreal. it was literally hell on earth. these things happen and i have been in this community for 15 years and we did have a fire, a pretty horrible fire 13 years ago which we survived, but not to this extent. i would say this is the worst fire in bell canyon history. >> all right, joining me now is cnn correspondent dan simon in paradise, california, and cnn correspondent scott mclean in malibu. scott, first to you. what are you seeing? what ar...

All right. this morning, a grim search in northern california. soon cadaver dogs will arrive in the city of paradise. this as the camp fire has become the deadliest wildfire in the states history. at least 42 people have died in that blaze. >> many of those deaths in the town of paradise. this home reduced to ashes. a mailbox now all that stands remaining. dan simon is in paradise with more. we have heard people say, you know, why would god take away a town named paradise? but there really is sh...

Grocery store. so its going to take a monumental effort to bring this community back. in the meantime, we did get the word that 42 people now have been confirmed dead as a result of this fire. thats a record for the state of california. and the focus today is to go out and try to find even more victims. we know that more search and recovery crews have been brought in, and theyre also bringing in cadaver dogs looking for bodies. one of the gruesome things associated with all of this is many of th...