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Western africa traditionally cross in this area because they have known individuals previously who have cross in this area. they say the community across the border is relatively safe. so traditionally it's because of word of mouth. >> now, there is still nearly 12,000 migrants at that bridge waiting to be processed by u.s. immigration or authorities. the head of u.s. homeland security plans to travel himself to the border to assess the situation. cnn's rosa flores takes a look at the desperate living conditions at this migrant camp. >> reporter: i've never seen anything like this in the unite...

Meaning conditions are favorable for the spread of wildfires. the warning affects about 6 million people and includes the dixie fire, which has already burned nearly a million acres. crews are also battling a fire in the sequoia national park, an area where some of the world's largest and oldest trees are located. officials hoping to avoid a repeat of last year, when thousands of sequoia trees were destroyed in an especially bad fire season. let's bring in cnn meteorologist jean norman now. when it comes to all these fires, what are you seeing? >> michael, the situation couldn't get any worse ...

Acres that are not contained. you see how close they are to the forest. that's why we saw scenes like this develop toward the end of last week. officials wrapping the giant trees, which are basically nearly as tall as the statue of liberty. now, of course the forest is home to thousands of trees, and because of the increase in fires that we've been seeing, they're at greater risk from fires thanks to climate change. prior to that, they hadn't quite been seeing so many problems with fires. in fact, in 2020, the castle fire killed hundreds of trees in that area. over the weekend, we watched some...