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7 degrees in pittsburgh. by wednesday afternoon, its only going to feel as warm as the teens from d.c. to boston. dangerous cold. david? >> all right, the single digits. were ready. thanks, rob. i think. and to the wildfires in the west tonight. still growing, despite calmer winds, and the thomas fire in particular, its now the fifth largest in california history. and the new concern tonight, we told you that firefighters have been digging those fire lines to halt the flames. but now the fires...

Are just savage. >> 6,000 fire personnel and aerial drops. this fire, the thomas fire, continues to grow. now the fifth largest wildfire in recorded california history. this is december. theres no other fires in december in the top 20. this is their rainy season. and they cant get control of this blaze. it is 240,000 acres. and it continues to spread. there is no rain in the forecast for the next seven days. the humidity is very low. well continue occasionally to get gusty winds. thats just maki...

Say we need someone who appeals and can bring out voters on election day. which is as david just said, women, younger voters. if they cant do that, they have to rethink what theyre doing in 2018. the last time the democrat was elected to the senate. >> its been a while. >> richard shelby, who then became a republican. >> stand by, theres more breaking news were following were going to go live to the fire lines in california. where a blaze is spreading tonight. its a pill that treats plaque psori...

Already scorched. 700 structures destroyed and now the first fire represented fatality, a 70-year-old woman has been found dead along an evacuation route near the thomas fire. as tsome families return home t find out what if anything is left, the high winds remain a major threat today. well take you live to the fire lines in minutes. but first to alabama and last minute push on right now for votes in the states hotly contested senate race with just three days left until the election, both campai...

Living in japan but others may fear retaliation against their families by the regime if they applied for asylum. >> probably a good fear. some japanese citizens have suggested they are worried that some of these fishermen are really spies. could that be the case? >> its certainly possible. they have a well-documented history of kidnapping japanese citizens but its unlikely they are infiltrators. if north korea really wants to plant spies in japan, they would use better boats to insert them, not ...

Fatalities, but there have been numerous ambulance could to scenes, people are trapped by fire. its burn, almost right down towards the water and towards the oaks. so heres the map. this is the critical and extreme fire conditions. heres santa barbara, the area of concern is right in here near ventura. gusts 30 to 40 and the problem that theyre going to seet the winds are up high. they stay pretty high. there is 40 and 50 to the purple and the pink. this is all the way into thursday morning the ...

Because the forecast is calling for the wind to pick up. you know that the wind is not good for the firefight. it fans the flames. it creates the blowtorch effect that laid waste to this neighborhood, coffee park in santa rosa on sunday. what theyll keep doing is cutting these fire lines so that the fire cannot jump from one set of vegetation to the next. and they need to do that before the wind picks up. its supposed to get windier as the day goes on into tonight and into tomorrow. so once agai...

Hes calling this the worst series of fires in the napa valley history. new we are talking about as you mentioned the death toll now rising to 15 people. we have seen it rise from 10 to 11, to 13, now 15. we are talking about more than 2,000 homes and structures spread out among eight counties that have been devastated or destroyed. and we are talking about people now under mandatory evacuation. we are talking about shelters that are full. we are talking about schools that are closed down. we are...

Amount of money. >> molly: that was a beautifully done story. the historic photos were incredible and i think the most fascinating part was not just the ingenuity that was shown there and rebuilding the community, the engineering feats involved, but i cant help but think, this is more than 100 years ago. it had such a tremendous impact on generations of families. >> jon: we are so fortunate and so blessed today to have the satellite imagery, we know these days when hurricanes are coming and we c...

And so we just cant find any more resources here in northern nevada. theyre either committed or the jurisdictions cant spare them. >> reporter: the conditions today not getting much better. there are parts of nevada that will be in the triple digits, shannon. >> shannon: how about the situation in arizona, are they making any progress? >> reporter: well, yes and no. there are more than 20 fires burning in arizona right now. and then theres this. fire in parker, arizona, sparked by fireworks, a v...