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Questioning his loyalty, even as a purple heart recipient. It was too much even for some republicans to bear today, and they said so just as the democrats laid out the roadmap that may result in articles of impeachment. Tonight well tally up the extent of the change within the gop and well ask how putin is likely viewing all of this. And far from politics tonight, the concern is life or death in california, where a historic warning has been issued because of whats about to begin tonight as the 11th hour gets under way on this tuesday evening. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news hea...

This month's Snapshots in Time column looks at Hopkinsville Fire Department run records and what they reveal about one night in October 1924.

California, is nbc correspondent jake ward. jake, what's the latest with the tamarack fire? >> reporter: geoff, federal officials who saw lightning touch down on july 4th said we're just going to watch this fire, we're not going to intervene. then on friday it went from just a few hundred acres to about 6,000 acres. as of this morning, more than 20,000 acres are on fire. the good news here is this fire is behaving that fire behaves here in california. it's actually part of the ecosystem. most of the vegetation we see around here, as devastated as it looks, has actually survived. you can see le...

California. >> reporter: chris, you're absolutely right. we're looking at the very beginnings of what scientists forecast will be probably another record-breaking fire season. the tamarac fire burned 18,000 acres, sweeping through this portion where we're standing. most of these trees have survived, which is good news. this one behind me of course did not. the fabled widowmaker which a tree burns from the inside and then collapses. the good news overall here, chris, is that when federal authorities saw this lightning strike on july 4th it set off the beginnings of a small fire and they decided...