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mights ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. >> im standing right in front of the grizzly giant and weve got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. >> im pamela brown in washington. youre live in the cnn "newsroom." we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special tr...

state department is rejecting steve bannons sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. heres the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. whats more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court ...

A roundup of the days events. Service all go dark . Abcs will carr from california. Reporter tonight, an allout battle on the front lines of the holy fire. The blaze exploding overnight and still out of control. This is a frightening fire. It has just erupted. Now that its gotten so big, it is so difficult to defend. Reporter now threatening critical communication towers. Authorities telling residents to get out now. There is a major air attack going on right now, planes flying by, Dropping Reta...

Tonight, Emergency Evacuations. Families running from their homes as flames move in quickly. More than 100 firefighters battling the raging fire in los angeles. And were live on the scene tonight. The devastating tornadoes and new Violent Storms today. Its now confirmed an ef3 tornado touching down in dallas. Winds up to 140 Miles Per Hour and tonight, in memphis, the images of passengers running for cover at the memphis airport. Ginger zee is standing by. An American Airlines jet forced to dive...

The concern is over the weekend during just a 24-hour period, this fire exploded, more than doubled in size, and the heat that is helping drive that fire, well, that is forecast to continue over the next few days. now, what you see behind me, those are not clouds. that is smoke. weve also seen a lot of action from the air, weve seen 737s dropping retardant to try to contain the fire. the firefighters on the ground, some hot shot crews are digging trenches around the grove to try to protect those...

Bomber right on queue. we seen helicoptering coming through, super soakers dropping retardant trying to contain this. whoa, its raining down over here. >> that one just caught the edge of the roof here of the reagan library. we are seeing troops -- from the state, something like two dozen different fire departments, county, different municipalities pitching in. cal fire as well. all hands on deck, kate. its amazing. you never know where the next one will spring up. >> you never know, as we have ...

Planes flying overhead. the scene, dropping retardant on a neighborhood now lined with fire trucks below. abcs kayna whitworth leads us off from the scene in los angeles tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the all-out assault, firefighters desperately trying to keep flames from burning down some of the most expensive homes in southern california. residents watching in horror, some with hoses in hand until they, too, run for it. this chopper putting out a fire on the cusp of engulfing a home. seconds ...

Few minutes which should be an encouraging sign. we anticipate literally any moment now to get an update from officials at the scene. >> if you take a look at the aerial, wider perspective on the left, it tells a similar story. certainly not even much smoke to be seen in that shot. although, you can see the carquinez bridge really well in that shot as well. you can see no traffic going by. you see the hell cop tefr, a lot of helicopter runs dropping retardant over the last couple hours. right no...

Service all go dark? abcs will carr from california. >> reporter: tonight, an all-out battle on the front lines of the holy fire. the blaze exploding overnight and still out of control. >> this is a frightening fire. it has just erupted. now that its gotten so big, it is so difficult to defend. >> reporter: now threatening critical communication towers. authorities telling residents to get out now. there is a major air attack going on right now, planes flying by, dropping retardant all throughou...

Size. nearly 30,000 firefighters are battling as much as 100 large fires burning in several states. so far more than several million acres have been scorched. nbcs leanne gregg is in washington where thousands remain under evacuation orders. leanne? >> page, many of those people this morning wondering if they have a home to return to. in the last 48 hours, officials say they know homes have burned. at this point they dont know how many. however today there is confidence about making progress. th...