fire. right now, more than 13,000 people have been evacuated because the fire threatens their homes across drought-stricken california more than 20 large wildfires are burning right now. the governor declared a state of emergency clearing the way for more resources to come in and fight the flames and that includes helicopters and air tankers. in all, in california, 9,000 firefighters are now on the ground. they re hoping that slightly cooler temperatures today will help them make more progress. back to you. yeah let s hope for that indeed, joe fryer, thank you. we have a developing story out of memphis this afternoon. cops have identified a suspect in the death of a police officer over the weekend. now, they re on the hunt to track him down. nbc s adam reiss in memphis for us. adam, how goes the search? reporter: luke good afternoon. police and u.s. marshals on the hunt for tremendous mail wilburn, armed and dangerous. they say wanted for first-degree murder.
served ten years in prison for a bank robbery charge. the officer is patrolling by himself. approaches a car illegally parked. doesn t realize it, he s interrupting a drug deal. the person in the car wilburn jumps out, confronts him. a struggle and wilburn according to police shoots him several times. wilburn and the driver flee the scene leaving bolton on the ground to die. several people try to call 911 but could n t get through until someone uses his two-way radio to reach and call out for help. police officials say it s all for less than two grams of marijuana. when you look at this individual you re looking at a coward. to show you how senseless this is, this is less than 2 grams of marijuana. a misdemeanor citation. reporter: now there s a $10,000 reward for wilburn s capture. now, police officials here say this is exactly why the car, when you pull someone over so