could potentially face criminal charges in the months ahead. and the u.s. intelligence community is now tasked with investigating the origins of covid-19. president biden wants answers to specific questions for china in the next 90 days. let s start our coverage this hour with cnn s dan simon joining us from san jose near the scene of the latest deadly mass shooting here in the united states. we just got another update from local officials a little while ago. give us the latest. hi, wolf. this is a very large crime scene. you can see investigators behind me at the rail yard continuing to process the scene. this shots breaking out about 6:30 in the morning. at around that same time, wolf, fire crews in san jose were responding to a house fire. a house that belonged to the shooter. how that wraps up into this overall investigation really remains to be seen, but the
state are still fighting four huge wildfires. officials say wildfires have burned through 170,000 acres and driving hundreds of people from their homes. about 80 homes have been destroyed and cell phone services has been knocked out in the area. we have much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right now. hello again, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. here are the top stories we are following in the cnn newsroom. armed rebels interfering at the crash site of a malaysia plane blown out of the sky. their leader denying accusations today that they removed bodies and destroyed evidence. but ukraine isn t buying it. why they believe ukraine believes russia was involved in taking down that plane. plus, new details on the 298
here but we re not sure if it s a trend or just, you know, a blip. and we ll see what happens this weekend. certainly something to keep an eye on. mark potter, thank you for joining us from mcallen, texas. take care. fire crews in washington state are fighting a wildfire that is zero percent contained and has grown to over 18,000 acres. over 250 firefighters are working to contain the flames that could be a major problem in the pacific northwest through the weekend. we are looking at this to be a major concern because the heat is so intense out in that part of the country. temperatures are running about 10 to 15 degrees above average and the brush is dry. there hasn t been any rain there for a long period of time. so that is going to help fuel these fires. the kids are asleep. look what i got. oh my froot loops! [sniffs] let s do this? get up! get up! get up! get up! loop me! bring back the awesome. yeah! yeah! yeah! with the great taste of kellogg s froot loops. follow your nose
california. smugglers threw 250 overboard. isn t it legal in california. no, that is colorado. spotted, bales were burned. can you imagine? just breathe deep. everybody was happy going home that day. go have pizza. speaking of burning, fire crews in south florida are working to completely contain a brush fire blamed on a lightning strike. the 100-acre blaze is not threatening homes, buildings, half contained because of the smoke from another fire nearby. alligator alley, a key highway in the region was closed. the last two mornings. a look at your hump day weather. warm and dry for the west coast. dallas, oklahoma city, little rock expect heavy rain. few showers across florida. another day of colder than usual temperatures for the northeast. midwest warming up. warmer than usual pacific northwest. portland near 70 degrees. we really do mean nearly had
isn t it legal in california. no, that is colorado. spotted, bales were burned. can you imagine? just breathe deep. everybody was happy going home that day. go have pizza. speaking of burning, fire crews in south florida are working to completely contain a brush fire blamed on a lightning strike. the 100-acre blaze is not threatening homes, buildings, half contained because of the smoke from another fire nearby. alligator alley, a key highway in the region was closed. the last two mornings. a look at your hump day weather. warm and dry for the west coast. dallas, oklahoma city, little rock expect heavy rain. few showers across florida. another day of colder than usual temperatures for the northeast. midwest warming up. warmer than usual pacific northwest. portland near 70 degrees. we really do mean nearly had baseball immortality last night. on just the second full day of