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California and arizona, building several buildings and forcing thousands to evacuate. blistering heat and high winds make the situation worse. will carr is live in santa monica with more, how significant are these fires? reporter: rick, they are very significant. the heat wave continues to fuel the fire, we learned that governor of california issued a state of emergency for the while fire to the north it is threatening 5400 structures. here in southern california we have two wildfires that have ...

60 summer camps in one area. thats a lot of children. will carr is with us. reporter: parts of the southwest are continuing to deal with eastwarding heat. we d with seering heat. we broke a record yesterday. in santa barbara county they are battling two fires. the whittier fire broke out and destroyed homes and trapped almost 80 campers. they were surrounded by flames and kids had to be bussed out of the area. the whitner fire burned 780 acres. the nearby fire burned 23,000 acres. at least 200 p...

>> there are more than 40 wildfires raging across every western state right now and really perfect conditions to fuel the fires. strong winds, low humidity and as i mentioned it is hot, searing in the triple digits. >> really hot because the valley is hot. he jumped in a pool or you find the one area thats not so hot. and then you pray that whether it gets better next week. >> the good news is that temperatures are expected to drop about five to 10 degrees over the next 24 hours and firefighters...

Protect toms end of the containment numbers this weekend. there is good news in colorado. evacuations have been lifted by fire burning two miles north of the popular ski area in breckenridge. firefighters on the ground have run into favorable conditions that have allowed them to increase containment to 25 percent. theyre not taking any chances. >> we have had 11 firefighters fatalities with trees coming down and hitting people.>> that certainly is a concern for every firefighter in the western u...

>> the north koreans have called it a provocation by the gangster like u.s. imperialists, thats us, thank you. arthel? arthel: lets bring it back home now as wildfires burning out west across several states, crews in the air dropping flame retardant over the mountains in colorado, where some evacuees have just been allowed to return to their homes near the breckenridge ski resort only to be warned to be ready to evacuate again. will carr is picking up the story from los angeles. this has got to ...

For a suspect who they say started several fires and then fired shots at a responding federal officer. thankfully that officer, shannon, was not hurt. >> shannon: will carr, thank you for the update. >> eric: presidents voter fraud commission has hit a bit of a brick wall. as defiant states refuse to turn over personal information for voters. one official calling that part of the request a fantasy. is it? well have a fair and balanced debate next. >> shannon: plus a major change that could chang...

When a person clicks the link, the criminals can steal personal information. security experts are warning people not to open anything that comes from an unknown number. also do not install any apps that come through a text message. instead, install them directly from the official app store. now this wildfire alert. the feds report more than half a million acres are burning in wildfires across the u.s. its an area about 2/3 the size of rhode island. most of it is happening out west, where crews...

World would be prohibited for letting people in. this is about setting a standard that goes back to the previous administration that countries who are not going to cooperate with the united states to let us know who is coming in from those countries particularly refugees. only appropriate when we look at the horrific things that have happened in europe and other places around the world that we want to know who is coming in. >> important to point out that people with valid visas or green cards ar...

Across this holiday weekend. three of those people died. police say they have seen them drop in shootings from july 4th to last year. the city has a new gun violence strike force but also brings in federal atf agent to help fight the crime that some say has been out of control. arthel: thousands of protesters taking to the streets nationwide along with democratic lawmakers, urging the congress to impeach president trump. will carr is live in los angeles at the latest development. what can you te...

Allowed entry into the u.s. weve got will carr on this. hes got more from los angeles airport known as lax. whats next in the legal battle against this travel ban? >> well, laura, most likely a federal judge will rule on hawaiis emergency motion. now, its important to point out that that federal judge is the same judge who issued a scathing rebuke of the initial travel ban back in march. now, the difference now, though, is that this version of the ban is scaled down. much more watered down than ...