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Welcome back. hundreds of volunteers lending hand to crews while they get a hand on a massive fire out there. officials say the blaze has scorched more than a quarter of the national park since the fire began there three weeks ago. some rain over the weekend has also provided help in battling the wildfire. though not completely successful. officials say it is now mostly under control. >> with that, let's turn now to nbc meteorologist. >> can you do that video. show the beginning of that video again. i've never seen fire crews using a leaf blower. >> is that what that is. >> yes. light? >> yes....

Risk, it could also be dangerous to put laptops and other electronic devices in checked bags. >> that's exactly right. i've been talking to some israeli security officials who argue that, look, you could still have a cell phone detonate or have some trigger that detonates the laptop and it's actually further away from people, from flight attendants or the pilot being able to get the fire out. so there's going to be risks to any security measure. and i think what's sort of -- the burt den on this administration is to explain to the american public, let alone the global community, why this actio...

This. fits no model. no specific threat yet a very hasty immediate rollout. and yet still giving people three days to implement it. fits no previous security rollout i've ever seen before. and we're dealing with global aviation community. millions of people in the air at any given moment. dramatic impact. >> and potential risk, could be dangerous to put these electronics in checked bags. >> exactly right. talking to israeli security officials who argue that you could still have a cell phone or other trigger that detonates the laptop that's actually further away from people, flight attendants o...

City struggling in america, people in flint for a $38 billion aid package, i'm sure they would take it. >> it's katie. aid packages are passed by congress. >> and signed by the president. >> second, my question is, we have a new president who is coming into office now. the israelis are clearly hoping and i think believe that he will be a better president for israel than president obama has been. my question is on two fronts. how does president trump mitigate the damage from this u.n. resolution? the second question is, how does he navigate what we have now in the middle east with syria, with i...

They find few or none, and we may get more information as we wait for the mayor of oakland to come to the microphones on the right-hand side of the screen. on the left-hand side we're seeing some steel bent. i don't know if it was because of the heat or not. we see other steel, at least when we look at the roof structure that is still in place. what do the aftermath pictures tell you, tom? >> well, it tells me there was a tremendous amount of fire and the guys couldn't put it out. they never want to put fires out from the outside. they want to get in there, get to the feed of the fire and put ...