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Battling impossible conditions. california passing the grim milestone of 2 million acres burned -- a record. the dolan fire in monterey county nearly doubling in size overnight. moving so quickly, 15 firefighters were forced to deploy fire shelters. these are only used when their lives are in immediate danger. tonight, at least two taken to the hospital, one of them in critical condition. and its not just california. fires now burning in nine western states. this fire in oregon easily visible fr...

Acres, fueled by high temperatures and strong winds in an already dry environment. the largest fire tonight outside fresno, called the creek fire, has raced through mountain communities, torching homes. and over the weekend, dramatic rescues of campers trapped in an area surrounded by flames we begin with national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: its moving at break neck speeds firefighters rarely see, exploding across the sierra national forest, californias creek fire generating so m...

A wider threat to the public. at kesgrave high school, where the injured 15—year—old is a pupil, police were also present, as shocked parents picked their children up after lessons. my wife was shaken up by up it, so ive decided to come down here, and i wanted to stand outside to make a point to say im not scared and i will stand up to these people. the bbc understands the 15—year—old was hit with a single shot from an unmodified firearm, and although extra police patrols have been laid ...

Supposed to be, messaging about the economy in midwest and pivoting to this latest round of rhetoric that the president clearly wants to have a go at. thats the balancing point. the approximate is killed at twisting a news cycle and putting it where he wants to go. he would rather talk about this than the actual out come and whats going on now. the reality of pandemic and the economic recession. >> 100%. thank you so much. harris isnt alone in wisconsin today. vice president pence stopped by lac...

Destroy this economy. okay. were going to talk a lot about that press conference. theres a lot of other news. in wisconsin, vice president pence and senator harris are holding duelling events this hour. pence is touring lacrosse and senator harris will appear at a traping center in milwaukee. joe biden continues to hammer the presidents reported comments denigrating members of the arms services as losers and suckers. here is part of his conversation with union members and veterans in pennsylv...

Everywhere. >> you are always going to have that in the back of your mind. >> what he did was obsessed over el chapos whereabouts. >> i would dream about it. he totally consumed my life. drew hogan on the hunt for el chapo started far from mexico killing field. a small town in the midwest where he played high school football and dreamt of going into law enforcement. >> your first shot of carrying a badge was at the local sheriff department. >> correct. that was all i wanted to do from an early a...

Combat this? >> yeah. the area that the fire is in, you know, a little higher elevation so the heat is a factor because it is hotter and dryer. this weekend weve had the higher temperatures throughout all of california and so it does help when we do have those lower temperatures. >> just where you are, weve seen evacuations. what will come next will there be more evacuations? where do you go from here? >> i can give you a new update. we had this update an hour and a half ago. we updated it to 73...

What do you think will come next? will there be more evacuations? how bad is the situation now, in terms of containment and where you go from here? >> absolutely. and i can actually give you a new update. we have this update about an hour and a half ago. we updated it to 73,278 acres with 0% containment. >> wow. >> and as far as evacuations, we have evacuation orders and warnings in place right now. so we have two different sides of the fire that we are, you know, in charge of. we have what we c...

Billowing towers of smoke. the most experienced fighting force in the world experienced with knowledge telling us that in the last seven years to ten years, the number of fires that are larger are growing as well. so, again, when you look at the red flag warnings here, this is interesting. from border to border, 90% of california red flag watches and warnings. but notice colorado and wyoming, the same states with red flag warnings also have winter storm warnings, also have freeze warnings. take ...

You know, temperatures, you know, its been throughout all of, you know, california. and so it does help when we do have those lower -- lower temperatures. >> hmm. a climate researcher at ucla said the state may set a record for the most acres burned in the modern era, maybe by today, in fact. so from your perspective, how bad has this year been and how hard is it to cope with this when it seems like, i mean, every year it seems like were setting new records. >> yeah, well, actually, thats absolu...