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House democrat only behind nancy pelosi. hoyer represented a part of maryland south of d.c. he's held that seat since 1981. a huge wild fire rages across the west. one turning deadly near the california-oregon border. alicia acunya is here with more. >> one person has died and we're awaiting details on how that happened. last update, approximately 8,000 acres have burned and the fire is burning near the oregon-california state line. for a while, it shut down parts of i-5. there's red flag warnings right now and they're expected to remain the rest of the day. all of this prompting jerry brown t...

On the map. the state of northern california would go from the baya up to the oregon border. the state of california would be anchored by l.a. along the coast, and then the state of southern california would go from fresno south. joining me now, peggy grandee, spokesperson for the group pushing this. as i understand it, your group's argument, peggy j is california has too many people. the economy is too big. california citizens pay a lot of taxes but don't get enough benefits. a majority of californians, though, 72%, say they would vote against this. make your pitch. how do you convince them? ...

Those vehicles you see down at that end there was a spot fire, a fire that threw and ember over the road and they are trying to contain that right now. rather than try to turn out these fires, they let them burn at a very slow rate as long as the winds works with them so that they can burn out all of that fuel under there and hopefully create a stronger line at the end of the day. this is a massive fire complex. the fire is literally just north of san francisco all the way to the oregon border. this area in mendocino, napa, sonoma county, just fire after fire, and they are all now at the mercy...

Hour. a tennessee girl who vanished more than a month ago has been found, and her former teacher is under arrest. we are expecting a briefing from investigators in about 90 minutes. patrice gallagher joins us -- trace gallagher joins us live. >> reporter: authorities say ely bet thomas is in good condition which is a major relief considering police thought she was in grave danger. they were working under the theory that her alleged kidnapper and former teacher, tad cummins was unstable and armed with two weapons. the two were found inside a house in a town called cecilville up in california, a...

Has been hurt but more than 13,000 people are under some kind of an evacuation order. keep in mind this is one of 21 active fires in the state from burning south near san bernardino to up here the oregon border. conditions in california just about as bone dry as they can be in the fourth year of drought. officials say many of the smaller lightning-sparked fires are out. that means personnel and equipment can be reassigned. bill, many of the crews will head here to california's biggest and active wildfire. the cause of the rocky fire remains under investigation. bill: important stuff. claudia c...