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To be seen. this will happen after this. but theres still an active firefight going on. cal fire is still at the front lines, battling flames. a lot of work to be done here. >> enjoy your thanksgiving. youre in a place that is a good reminder of why this holiday exists. steve patterson, in chico, california. mark zuckerberg insists hes not going anywhere and facebook can be a force for good. today, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and customer service are ...

Quickbooks. backing you. the calamity from those massive wildfires in california is growing. 79 people are dead in wildfires across the state. 1300 people are missing. the deadliest fire now in state history is the so-called camp fire in northern california. thousands of people are now homeless, living in tents after the fire burned through more than 149,000 acres. its only 60% contained. cnn is in chico, california talking to e vac yaues and what are they dealing with right now? >> we have a ...

Evacuated in the camp fire, and 9,000 or more single family homes destroyed, 12,000 structures. theres a lot of people who are homeless and the specter of rain is on the horizon for wednesday. they are dealing with a lot here. i would say there are hundreds of tents now ringing this walmart in chico, california. theyre really up against it, awful air quality right now. and theres even a flu outbreak in some of the shelters. a lot to reckon with for the people here in chico. by the way, the fire ...

Thank you so much. i got two things. number one, im going to ask for continued prayer because thats what we need. and number two, the town of paradise needs hope and it needs money to rebuild. the best two places to do that are the north valley community foundation, nvcf.org and golden valley bank. you can find it on. all that money will go to the victims of the fire. it not going anywhere else. its not going to adminu dladmi. were happy to have them but were also anxious to get them back where ...

The area of paradise and chico. we have scott cohn standing by in chico, talking to the people who are staying in the evacuation centers, that i would think are very full if not overflowing. im curious about that, with the people who have -- as their lives have been destroyed. is there room for more? are they running out of a temporary, a housing shortage yesterday? >> reporter: the evacuation centers are for the most part full. the sixth one is probably close to it, so were in a situation where...

Back at home and often facing caustic town halls. the comments were at times nasty, including for republican doug lamalsa in chico, california, who drew boos when he told the crowd of several hundred that he doesnt buy that man made activity is responsible for climate change. at an elks lodge session one man reportedly told him may you die in pain over his vote to overhaul obama care. take a listen to this. >> i think our constituents have been misled by a lot of the things going on in the media...

Cal state chico is there, a popular place. in the summertime, its a great outdoors area. these are smaller towns but a lot of folks are here for generations. chicago kois out of the woods in the sense it wont be an issue with the flooding. when you are in oroville, just about everybody went to chico. we cant get a hotel room in chico. we are going to have to sleep in our cars. for 5 miles i saw cars -- cars bumper to bumper. i have never seen that in california. 25 miles of bumper to bumper

Well, taking into account how chaotic and difficult this situation is to begin with. i think ill take an opportunity to invite chief brian up to tell you about whats going on in chico in terms of the evacuation centers. we have a number of them open. our evacuations are continuing and we are moving into a situation where we have law enforcement resources, law enforcement resources patrolling the various areas that have been evacuated to insure the community is safe and those places are secured. ...

Their lives. >> i watched him on fire before i kicked out the window. there were two, michael and madeleine, they were engaged, they died on impact and i saw that happen. >> meanwhile, we are back here live at the cal tran maintenance facility. youre looking at that bus. the ntsb said it has the black box that they will be analyzing. and theyll be looking at the scene closer, why there were no skid marks from the fedex truck, and also how the bus reacted. we understand there were about 145 feet ...

That is -- there is no indication that that criminal act was motivated by anything related to this particular incident. i have also spoke to the chief michael bryant of the chief of police department. he assures me there is no rioting or looting or anything of that nature going on in chico. he has plenty of law enforcement officers in the city of chico to assure peace is being kept. i think that any time you take on a situation like this where you seek to evacuate thousands of people on very sho...