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his new reporting. so, ryan, this is significant. obviously. why these five lawmakers specifically? why are they being subpoenaed? >> reporter: well, first of all, victor and alisyn, before we get to that, i do want to tell you that the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy, just walked by us here on his way into the house chamber and was asked about this new subpoena for the first time and told reporters that he simply hadn't seen it yet so he didn't have anything to respond to. that's the first response that we have had from any of these republican lawmakers that have been subpoena...

That's pretty much all that's left. across the street, there's a porsche, and look, come over here. no matter how many fires i cover, this never ceases to amaize me. you'll see in a neighborhood, once house completely destroyed, the house next door is completely fine. embers can fly and hit one house and not another. i mentioned the winds, but here, the winds are not the issue. the issue is acres and acres of dry brush. back in january, 1% of the state of california was considered to be under an extreme drought. we got new figures today, it is now 60% of california is in extreme drought. it is...

Dehydration. this firefighter leant a helping hand and this cyclist gave water to a koala who couldn't drink enough. >> anyone got anymore? he is thirsty. >> reporter: as many as 8,500 koalas may have already died in new south wales alone. a national crisis at new years. fireworks amidst the firestorm. australia is uniquely vulnerable to climate change this past year it recorded its driest spring and just a few weeks ago, its hottest day ever on record and next year could get even worse peter? >> just a heartbreaking crisis matt bradley, thank you. now to washington, where there are new divi...

Tomorrow. and wednesday, a moderate risk, this has apparently only happened ten times in the last ten years, i can't recall the last time i saw a moderate risk on day three. that's a huge indication of how significant this outbreak could be as we head into that day. here's some of those numbers i was talking about. over the last six decades, the month of april alone, the most tornadoes we've ever seen was back in '74 of 267. numbers are preliminary, we still don't have them out so far for this year, but we think it's going to be between 200 and 275, carol. that's going to rival it, maybe beat ...

Welcome to "american morning." it's tuesday april 19th. good morning. >> good morning. i really would have thought after all of this faa stuff that there wouldn't be another air traffic controller caught doing something they weren't supposed to be doing but yet again, we have another one. >> he was awake, but not necessarily -- >> not watching the planes. >> up first, talking about texas. and one firefighter describing it as hell on earth. close to 250 homes have now been reduced to piles of ash across texas and another 8,000 homes are in danger as flames race across most of the state this mor...