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might's ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. >> i'm standing right in front of the grizzly giant and we've got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. >> i'm pamela brown in washington. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special trees? >> reporter: well, we just have heard that the fight is going in the right direction, but ...

state department is rejecting steve bannon's sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. here's the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. what's more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court filing also reveals that former president trump's attorney justin clark was interviewed by fbi in...

A roundup of the days events. Service all go dark . Abcs will carr from california. Reporter tonight, an allout battle on the front lines of the holy fire. The blaze exploding overnight and still out of control. This is a frightening fire. It has just erupted. Now that its gotten so big, it is so difficult to defend. Reporter now threatening critical communication towers. Authorities telling residents to get out now. There is a major air attack going on right now, planes flying by, Dropping Retardant all throughout this area. We met a group of neighbors, including darla stewart, anxiously watc...

Tonight, Emergency Evacuations. Families running from their homes as flames move in quickly. More than 100 firefighters battling the raging fire in los angeles. And were live on the scene tonight. The devastating tornadoes and new Violent Storms today. Its now confirmed an ef3 tornado touching down in dallas. Winds up to 140 Miles Per Hour and tonight, in memphis, the images of passengers running for cover at the memphis airport. Ginger zee is standing by. An American Airlines jet forced to divert on its way to philadelphia, members of the crew and a passenger overcome with fumes. And the othe...

The concern is over the weekend during just a 24-hour period, this fire exploded, more than doubled in size, and the heat that is helping drive that fire, well, that is forecast to continue over the next few days. now, what you see behind me, those are not clouds. that is smoke. we've also seen a lot of action from the air, we've seen 737s dropping retardant to try to contain the fire. the firefighters on the ground, some hot shot crews are digging trenches around the grove to try to protect those trees. now, these trees, some of them have bark two feet thick, so they can withstand regular fir...