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Depositions and took testimony. so, this department of justice and the attorney general refusing to even acknowledge that there may be an issue here that rises to the level of a special prosecutor, really left us no choice but to have the closed-door taking of depositions and taking of evidence. what we now enter into is the public phase and the great thing about this is, like the closed-door sessions, republicans, minority members, will be seated at the table. they'll be able to ask questions. they'll be able to put together a list of people that they wish to subpoena. the president, unlike t...

Of them all over the state. behind me, i mean it looks peaceful because everything's gone. i mean, take a look at this. this is the hillside fire. essentially, the hillside it burnt down on. you can see this is all charred out but it's gone and raced all the way down overnight in a very, very, very quick time. 200 acres into this neighborhood. we can show you what happened down here. more heartbreaking, obviously. take a look here. this house, firefighters have a hose on it but it's already completely gone and charred out. this is one of six houses in this community alone. 500 homes had to be ...

That right there is our own steve patterson diving for cover as he was caught in the path of an air tanker covering the wildfires yesterday dropping flame retardant literally on our correspondent. fires are continuing to burn out in california and they're being fueled by some pretty fierce winds. earlier today, residents in san bernardino were ordered to evacuate before dawn as the hillside fire moved towards neighborhoods. joining me now from san bernardino, california, is nbc news correspondent steve patterson. steve, you know, it looks sunny and relatively peaceful behind you. is that how i...

Steve patterson. steve, the scene looks calmer both from a fire and a wind perspective than it was yesterday when we were talking to you. boy, boy, that looks like a wreck behind you. >> reporter: it is an absolute wreck, ali. and i think it speaks to what is the most terrifying thing about anybody that lives in california. is that this scene could be any community across essentially the entire state. you said it, these cluster of fires up and down the entire state of california, incredibly, entirely wind-driven, breaking out overnight. in this case, the hillside fire, this was an absolute dag...

Standing here in so soon, california, a little town in solano county. you see the wind picked up. back here live this morning the wind where i am standing has died down. and sonoma to my west the winds of not died down as much which is why they have new evacuations. behind me you see the active flames. what is wrong with this despite it being on fire, you see it spiking into the sky. all it takes is a little wind and you will see these flames stoked 20 or 30 feet into the air. on other hillside fire continues to expand. right now we are told these fires are 0% contained. this is the active fir...