If youre smart enough, you can figure out where that is. Its all bailable to be bought and sold legally in the us. So this is an attempt to sort of claw back some of that security. And it comes amid really strong concerns in the administration and on capitol hill about chinese surveillance. In particular, given tensions between the us and china, john all sean lyngaas. Thank you so much for that report. Keep us posted we lost everything. That is what one person in texas just told us this morning as wildfires are scorching the Texas Panhandle, people are being formed forced to flee, and crews are battling against at least five fires. We are standing by for the arrival of hunter biden on capitol hill after fierce negotiations she he is set to testify shortly in the Impeachment Investigation into his father new findings about marijuana and the risk of heart attack and stroke ok. Baldwin with john berman, sara is off today. This is Cnn News Central all right, we do have breaking news. We just got word that the Smokehouse Creek big fire in texas is the second largest wildfire that that state has ever seen. It is growing and growing quickly. Hundreds of thousands of acres have been scorched homes and buildings destroyed. We just spoke to a childrens pastor, a church that has been sheltering more than 200 people she said several have told her, quote, we have lost everything and we just got some new Scanner Audio in from fire crews. Listen to this multiple fox we cant hold it out of there lets call out. We have too many spots you pull out, everybody pull out and listen to that, listen to that, we cant hold it the fires they are growing in size now, more than 500,000 acres and you just heard it there. It is 0 contained pained. Now emmer look, amarillo, texas is home to a Nuclear Weapons facility as of now, theres no fire on the property of that plant. The flames did get close overnight and the plant was forced to evacuate for a time. It is back to a normal schedule now one rancher told cnn that there was no time to evacuate the animals before the fires arrived, they tried to corral the cows as the flames rushed toward them, you can see some of it there with us now, cnn Meteorologist Derek van dam, cnns lucy kabanov. He was in amarillo lucy, lets start with you with the situation on the ground. What are you seeing . What are you hearing . In amarillo . The visibility is extremely low. The areas full of thick smoke that burns your eyes at burns your mouth. This is one of the safer areas residents who can get here from neighboring counties are being asked to evacuate to shelter here, there was a neighborhood here in amarillo that was also evacuated. That evacuation order. Now lifted the Cognitive Dissonance of covering a higher in such cold temperatures its certainly a thing, but its really needs to you need wins that are fueling more than five, or at least five. Wow iran in the surrounding areas, as you point out now, the Smokehouse Creek fire, the second largest in Texas History. So many of the areas impacted crews on the ground, struggling to get these blazes under control. And i actually want to play a little more of that Police Scanner sound from the Borger Police and fire departments, it really gives you a sense of how terrifying these moments are. Take a listen what recourse that have long histories im copying unit fire was coming to you want water in these are truly terrifying situations and we spoke about the city of fritch last hour, which had asked residents to evacuate last night, natural gas was turned off there. This warnings officials are Dana Facebook post that they need a massive 75,000 volt industrial generator to help get their water backup because the power is out this is a really scary situation theyve got a 2000 acre blaze and then theyre also impacted by the Smokehouse Creek fire. And so a lot of the residents are struggling with a scenario theyre in canadian texas also, One Motel Owner told cnn that it looks like armageddon. There was light. Does and smoke all over the area. She had to evacuate. She had to shut down her motel so many different places mens couldnt get out in time and so they had to shelter and local churches and local gymnasiums and local schools. We are hearing from the Weather Service that the winds are supposed to be a little bit more tame today but that does not mean that folks are in the clear. Again, those wildfires spreading. Texas doesnt have all of the resources that it needs to get them under control quickly. All right. Lucy kafanov in amarillo, keep us posted there. And as lucy noted, the Smokehouse Creek fire is just one of several fires burning now, that one alone, 500,000 acres, 0 contained in the second largest in texas state history. Lets get to Derek Van Dam for an update on what we might see over the next few hours, derek yeah, john, a half 1 million acres burned from this one fire that started on monday, but really exploded overnight, 500,000 acres is the equivalent of burning the size of manhattan 23 times. That puts it into perspective how large this fire is you can see it from space. You can see it from satellite imagery. And i think whats important to know is this 0 containment extremely erratic Wildfire Behavior on the ground as we speak, this information of 500,000 is nude. Us, just within the past five minutes. So we actually have to update this graphic to show that the new placement of the Smokehouse Creek fire and Hutchinson County has bumped from the fifth largest in Texas History to the second largest. Those records go back to 1988, so several years, but look at this erratic and extreme fire behavior, literally jumping over some of the roadways. I mean, look at that flame, reaching the other side. So there is nothing to stop this fire. And there was actually a plane that was flying over the Texas Panhandle overnight and you saw the full scope of these fires burning out of control. This is really interesting as well. We came across a satellite imagery, this blue line, im depicting here is actually a cold front and notice the hotspots, those are the ongoing fires across the Texas Panhandle. The wind was blowing out of the west to the east at 50 miles an hour yesterday, once that cold front came through, it changed the direction the wind from the north, and it allowed that fire to take advantage of the dry fuels on the ground. And start more fires further south. So it made it that much more difficult to fight the fires on the ground. We heard the firefighters pulling back and retreating because of these erratic fire behaviors, it will continue to be smoky in and around amarillo today, you can imagine that dense fog and smoke we sought and lucy shot just a moment ago. But whats interesting is we can actually forecasts us out into the future. Notice the change in the wind direction, more of a southerly flow. So itll take that smoke northward through the Oklahoma Panhandle and further north, were going to see temperatures warming backup with that suddenly flow. So perhaps we reintroduce the Potential A Fire behavior and fire weather towards the weekend thats something still to be considered. All right, john, some terrifying images there, but a really interesting and informative way of looking at it all. Derek van dam thank you very much okay. So this morning were looking at a Pivotal Moment in the republican Impeachment Effort against President Biden to hunter biden, his son is headed back to the hill this time he is going Behind Closed Doors to take questions from lawmakers. Some of the very same lawmakers moving to impeach his father. Cnns Paula Reid On Capitol Hill for for us for a look at what is going to happen. Theres been such a lead up and back and forth to get to this point, paula, what do you think is going to happen today . Kaitlan this is a make or break moment for gop lawmakers who so far had provided no clear evidence of their allegation that President Biden benefit did from his sons foreign business dealings. And hunters deposition today comes just two weeks after an informant at the heart of these allegations, who claimed that the biden bidens received millions of dollars in foreign bribes was charged by the Justice Department with lying with fabricating that story. Now republicans are trying to brush that off they head into todays deposition. But kate, we werent even sure they were going to be able to ask biden questions Behind Closed Doors because since he received this request, hunter and his lawyers have made it clear they wanted to testify publicly because they were concerned about selective leaks and the gop lawmakers would try to spin whatever he said so todays appearance, the fact that he is sitting for this deposition in prior that came after two significant concessions from republicans. The first is that this deposition will not be filmed. Notable since other witnesses had their depositions filmed. And also theres the issue of the transcript. Now, were told that both parties will receive it at the same time and its going to be released to the public week expect very quickly possibly even within 24 hours. Again, these were concessions made to a these concerns about selective leaks. But kate, as seen over the past year or so, hunter biden with his new lawyer, abbe lowell and kevin morris. They have taken a much more aggressive approach to House Republicans to hunters of detractors. You seen them show up on announced on a hill twice in the past few months as they were negotiating this appearance. And well see the approach they intend to take today. Yeah. I mean, it still remains a question while we hear from hunter biden, his his attorneys before they go in. I mean, all of this has been so kind of wait and see. We will do exactly that together today this morning. Its good to see you, paula. Thank you. John this morning, the first attempt by the Biden Campaign to men the phrase in the coalition revealed in michigan overnight, President Biden did win the democratic primary easily, but more than 101,000 voters voted uncommitted, largely to protest us support for israels war against hamas. The new Campaign Response is quote, President Biden shares the goal of many of the folks who voted uncommitted, which has an end to the violence and a just and lasting peace that is what he is working towards. As for donald trump, while he is win in michigan, was his biggest primary victory yet it is worth noting. He still lost a greater share in his party and more votes in his party. Then President Biden did overnight with us. Now is cnn political commentator and cofounder and editorinchief of the dispatch. Jonah goldberg. Joan, lets look at this from a glass half empty perspective from both campaigns. Who would you like to be more or less this morning, President Biden, having lost 100,000 votes to not commit it or donald trump, who continues to lose Hundreds Of Thousands of votes, albeit fewer Percentage Points that he did before. Its nikki haley yeah, its a good way. Its a good way to ask the question i got to say, i think biden comes out marginally better if were just confining things the significance of michigan, right . Because look, the people voting noncommitted are uncommitted, are voting on an issue. They very clear about that theyre honest about that nobody disputes that and we can have arguments about the merits of the issue or the policies of the issue. But its an issue biden can change the politics and or his positions on an issue in the republican primary, the issue is donald trump. And if theres one thing we know about donald trump is he cant change himself. And so it is more revealing of the divides in the Republican Party than it is revealing of the divides in the democratic party. The fundamental divides, right . If biden changed his position tomorrow he could get most of those noncommitted people back. He would lose other people. But the point is, is he has Maneuvering Room while donald trump, the issue is donald trump himself and we know the guy cant change, you cant pivot to being president ial. Hes a known quantity and thats a really daunting prospect for trump. I think, you know hearing from democrats what they see most concerned about isnt necessarily the era of american vote per say, which i think they perhaps expected to have struggles with in michigan you can overnight. But its young people, its the areas around university of michigan at ann arbor. Those counties, those college counties. If President Biden cant galvanize support among young voters, how much of a problem is that for democrats in november . Yeah, i think thats a huge problem you know, michigan has the most Arab Americans, Muslim Americans in any state. Its very fairly concentrated population. Its one of the only states were Arab Americans and Muslim Americans outnumbered jewish americans, for example and but Young America is like in many ways the core of the Democratic Coalition particularly when you talk about the people with, with the passion, the organizers, the leaflet hand or outers, all those kinds of people, those are Progressive College kids. And hes in real trouble with those guys. And i suspect a lot of them will come home when you get closer to the election and donald trump is more the focus of the conversation. But if he cant shore that up, its very difficult to see how he puts together a coalition in these swing states that he needs to win jada, i love history and i love elections history more than anything. And i was fascinated to read a column you wrote comparing nikki haley to pat buchanan, which is something that i think on paper, not a lot of people would do. Why are you making that comparison . Although i did do it on paper so look, i mean in 1992, im old enough to remember republicans, the pundits, the Political Class freaked out when pat buchanan got about 38, 37 in the New Hampshire primary married challenging and an incumbent president George Hw Bush began stayed in the race till the end. He averaged about 22 of the republican vote through all the primaries. And lots of people believe that would be cannons primary challenge is what doomed George Hw Bush, his reelection efforts. Similarly in 1980 at ted kennedy did something very similar with similar numbers to jimmy carter and he lost in 1980. The relevance here is nikki haley is in no way like pat buchanan in terms of her policies, or politics. But she has outperforming so far patrick began in 1992 and lots of people, myself included almost every analyst ive seen has compared trump to essentially a quasiincumbent 100 name id controls the party ran as an incumbent, didnt do the debates now obviously hes not an actual incumbent, but he kinda serves as one in part because as a former president who says he didnt lose the last election, the party just sort of rallied around him and nikkis numbers. If Papi Cannons Numbers were indicative of incredibly weak incumbent and hw bush then nikki haleys numbers have to be pointing towards a certain weakness in donald trump, even if he isnt a full fledged incumbent. Yeah, one difference might be between 1980, ted kennedy, 92, pat buchanan, and today, i cant imagine nikki haley getting a Speaking Slot anywhere near the convention this time around this summer it comes to what it jumps to pass. 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