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The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Devastation. House after house after house in this neighborhood unable to survive. Lets give you a sense of what it was like when the fire roared through here. Flames swirling in high winds and hot temperatures, Wreaking Havoc on the Northern California landscape. The aptally named car fire which was first sparked by a vehicle ravaged the reason since monday, doubling in size over the course of the week and is still growing, deadly, out of control. Charred dozens of acres and structures as firefighters try to contain it. Neig...

>> they continue to work very hard. this is a constant in and out battle. very have been having to do it since the day got started. >> talk to me about how this is a constant battle just when something bigger is depressed, then a smaller fire pops up. what are your team members up against? >> as you said before, the triple digit temperatures, low humidity, topography, and the fuel type they're dealing with, especially throughout california. the vegetation is so dry, it is so receptive to fire. these fires all produce spot fires out ahead of the main body by ember cast. when they touch, they st...

Ventura county fire department, have you seen anything like this in your career? >> numerous fires but generally not lasting as many days with the current weather conditions and expected weather forecast what it's going to be. being as dry as it is and the challenging wind makes it challenging for us. >> reporter: as i said off camera, you are not just firefighters, you are residents in this county. you are the men and women of ventura. when you look around, look at this. these are some of the firefighters catching short break from their duties. look at them and the looks on their faces. i kno...

Of us from beijing. take a look, a sneak peek at one of the rehearsals. the folks running this show are hoping for a big surprise, hoping for the 15,000 member cast to keep it a top secret in the world of social media rob simmelkjaer will anchor our olympic coverage on msnbc. he is back from london and is going to give us a little bit of a sneak peek of what we can expect tonight. we don't know so much about the rumors, because there are tons. we can't parse the facts from fiction. but do we know who will be lighting the cauldron? >> we don't know. they have done a good job of keeping this a s...