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Cnn's dan simons has more. >> reporter: as we all know, these fires are the new normal in california. we are covering the sand fire. this is the biggest wildfire to impact the state this year. you can see some of the charred landscape behind me. at this point it's charred about 2,200 acres. what was especially noteworthy is over the weekend, pge cut off power to about 20,000 customers because the area was under a red flag warning which signals fire danger. obviously the utility is under tremendous pressure after its transmission lines were found to have caused the campfire which destroyed the ...

>> the number of missing people, where does that stand tonight, dan? >> reporter: right now, anderson, it is at 400. that number continues to change. it is a very scary number. we now know this is the deadliest fire on record in california, and unfortunately it's probably going to go up. it's something that we should keep in mind is that this fire swept through the community in the middle of the night. we know when covering natural disasters, whether it's a hurricane, a tornado, a wildfire, for some reason people are not able to evacuate at night or choose not to evacuate we're seeing the -- a...

The fire fight could get worse over the next couple days. dan simons has the latest. >> reporter: we're on the front lines as firefighters try to keep another town from burning. the fire is coming up this hill. you can see the flames below us, the smoke is billowing. >> small spots only do two or three feet. >> in the hills above calistoga, it is a race to keep up with the flames. endless fuel makes it a daunting task. >> it's steep, rugged, there's a lot of thick vegetation. there's winds, spot fires burning everywhere. >> reporter: a half mile down the road, the fire has done just that. inch...

All right. take a look at these live pictures coming in from the white house. we're told fairly soon who's press secretary sean spicer will take questions from the media. we'll have coverage when that begins. in the meantime, president trump is calling it commonsense. he's talking about his proposed travel ban which is now in the hands of the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco. the three-member panel will hear arguments later today, 6:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have live coverage of a that in "the situation room." let's talk about that. the reactions we're getting from the white hou...

You will not want to miss that. hearing from survivors held hostage at planned parenthood for hours, one 22-year-old ka a kantnia, she's he pregnant, went in with her boyfriend to get an ultrasound. i want to bring in dan simons. you spoke to this incredibly brave woman. i want to play the interview and talk with you on the other side of. let's take a listen. last thing i recall was he was paying for the service, card was declined, and from there he went outside and within 25 seconds i heard gunshots. >> when you saw the gunman outside, what did he look like? >> like he had no remorse and ...