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behind one of the most iconic movie themes of all time announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening ancient history is facing an immediate and uncertain future tonight in one of the most cherished slices of america a wildfire roaring through parts of california s yosemite park, threatening hundreds of giant sequoias some more than 2,000 years old. tonight crews literally using a network of sprinklers to create humidity around the towering trees to give them a fighting chance. remarkable imagery revealing the spread and intensity of the fire, which doubled in size over the weekend. the fire fueled by the severe drought now affecting over 97% of california, along with extreme heat which is not just making things difficult in the west, but extending all the way to the gulf coast, leaving 36 million under heat alerts. miguel almaguer is in the fire zone tonight with late details. reporter: exploding in size again overnight, yosemite s washburn ....
Whether it becomes a tropical system or not, it will drop anywhere from three to five inches from louisiana all the way to the panhandle of florida. lester al roker, thank you. we ll turn to big development in the january 6th investigation. a judge today denying a request from steve bannon to delay his contempt trial after the trump insider made an about-face and said he was willing to testify. ali vitali is at the capitol. reporter: top trump ally steve bannon still in the legal crosshairs tonight after a judge ruled his willingness to testify before the house january 6 committee will not delay his trial fo contempt of congress it comes after that stunning reversal from bannon to cooperate with the very committee he had previously stonewalled and ridiculed. the j-6 committee is totally irrelevant. reporter: federal prosecutors arguing bannon s about-face over the weekend was little more to change the optics of his contempt on the eve of trial bannon has remained defiant whil ....