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. we've been talking about this throughout the evening, this terrifying scene that is unfolding outside denver, colorado. take a look at what's happening in fueled by high winds. the fires have forced thousands of evacuations. the national weather service calls these fires life-threatening. no lives reported lost as of yet. but colorado's governor has declared a state of emergency for boulder county and i'm joined now by our meteorologist karac karen mcbegin mismcginnis. this is really scary what's happening in colorado right now. what's the latest from this region and how weird is it to see...

Going to be important for anyone with details of the facts and circumstances of january 5th and january 6th to share them with the committee. people, especially lawmakers, should be willing to do this voluntarily. but as we have seen in -- >> do you think it would behoove kevin mccarthy to -- i don't mean to cut you off. i'm very short on time. do you think it would behoove hum to do it voluntarily? >> i think anyone with information should share those details voluntarily, yes. >> congressman aguilar, we appreciate your time. >> have a good new year. >> you as well. we want to turn now to th...

Severe weather threats from the west to the south and midwest. we're also tracking a new round of torrential rain, snow and ice across california. about 50 people rescued from the flash flooding in malibu campground today. we'll get to rob marcian in a moment on the dangerous conditions heading into the new year. but first, abc's will carr leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, powerful winds gusting over 100 miles per hour, fueling multiple fast-moving grass fires in boulder county, colorado. >> this is in the worst possible spot during the worst possible wintertime drought. >> reporter: the ent...

Not really a radar. there's no rain there. it's all downsloping winds and they're gusting at times to 100 miles an hour. and there you can see some of the images now. hundreds of homes destroyed. entire subdivisions wiped out. two cities, the city of superior and the city of louisville were told to evacuate. this was about eight hours ago. we saw the winds kick up rather fiercely. to the equivalent of hurricane-force winds and above. category 3. here's some of the wind gusts that we've seen. 1 115-mile-an-hour winds. and the sheriff of boulder county said, you can't fight these fires. they sta...

The teenager considered armed and dangerous. and america strong tonight. a graduation story to remember. good evening. thanks for joining us on a busy thursday night. i'm whit johnson, in for david. and we begin tonight with that breaking news. life-threatening fires breaking out in boulder county, colorado, at this hour. the governor declaring a state of emergency just a short time ago. residents forced to evacuate with almost no notice. the images just coming in. drivers blinded by thick smoke blowing across the roads. powerful winds downing power lines, igniting fast-moving grass fires....