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And its simple. its hot and its dry. when you take record heat, which is what the west coast is seeing this summer, you take record drought, the west coast, calf camp, has seen the worst drought in at least a millennial in the past decade. you put those things together, you get these sorts of massive wildfires. ill tell you, we have such a stark decision before us, and that was set up so beautifully by the exchange we saw before this segment, where we have one president who has recognized that t...

Contain 100 active wildfires across the west coast. at least 35 people have died. dozens more are missing. christina is live in arcadia, california. >> yes, more than 800 firefighters are working this fire right now. you can hear one of the helicopters flying over me. flying into the mountains to do water drops on the flames to get this fire under control. this is one of 94 fires burning in the west. the bobcat fire got larger since saturday burning more than 36,000 acres and forcing vacuations....

Arcadia, this ised bobcat fire. its burned 33,000 acres. if you look behind me theyre trying to douse these flames with water drops from helicopters. the air is so bad, not only is it unhealthy beyond belief, polluted up and down the west coast, but they cant fly the retardant dropping planes or the super scoopers from canada that can drop huge volumes is of water and reload with water from the reservoir, ocean or river. so they are going to make a stand right here because this is the most impor...

Cnns paul vercammen is in southern california where tensions are high and resources stretched way too thin. >> reporter: the foothills northeast of los angeles, arcadia, this is the bobcat fire. its burned 33,000 acres. and if you look behind me, theyre trying to douse these flames right now with water drops from helicopters. the air is so bad, not only is it unhealthy beyond belief, polluted up and down the west coast, but they cant fly the retardant dropping planes or the super scooper planes ...

So it is what its going to be and i am just thankful we certainly do, have watched this so many times and and, lets face it, that we are alive, it gets harder and harder to watch. education is just going to feel we are together. oh, my god! different this year. it is also going lets see it again. we have two. he to be different and scenes like this depending on the age of the kids. are what they have escaped. this part ofjust one really young children will probably be asked to bubble within a ye...

Straight to enforcement. in england, the rule of six will apply indoors and outdoors and in scotland, the six can only be from two households and young children arent counted and in wales up to 30 can still meet outdoors. this is why the government is acting. there were 3,497 new coronavirus cases recorded in the latest 24—hour period. that means the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week isjust over 3,000. nine deaths were reported of people who died within 28 days of a...

San francisco and many other cities up and down the coast. air quality in some areas has been rated unhealthy now for weeks. sites and sounds as firefighters are using controlled burns to fight the joint north complex fire. it is burning in the plumas national forest. lets go to scott cohn from near that fire in berry creek, california. so much going on. so many heroic efforts, scott. what are you seeing today? there are. >> there are three more deaths from this fire. that brings the total to 12...

Where some of the largest fires the state has ever seen have been burning, there has been some cause for optimism — a break in the hot, dry weather on saturday enabled firefighters to make important headway in containment efforts. the president is due to visit the state on monday to see first—hand the devastation the fires have caused. donald trump has said that western governors bear some of the blame for the intense fire seasons in recent years, claiming that poor forest management has ena...

Devastating wildfires across the western united states. almost 100 fires burning, scorching nearly 5 million acres and being blamed for at least 28 deaths. plus, on the other side of the country, sally is churning in the gulf of mexico. evacuations are under way as the tropical storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the u.s. coast. also this hour, thousands rally for president trumps reelection in nevada, as he, again, says a covid vaccine will

If we dont have to rebuild, we still have so much clean—up to do because of the ash. because when we left, like i said, the last time we pulled out, there was almost two inches, so it is what its going to be and i am just thankful that we are alive, we are together. oh, my god! and scenes like this are what they have escaped. this part ofjust one of the more than a dozen blazes in the state that firefighters are working to contain. oh, my god, babe. more than 900,000 acres have burned in orego...