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And the costs could go higher if a future congress renews the individual tax cuts, because they expire in 2025. in california, intense winds whipped the huge thomas wildfire along the santa barbara coastline into an even larger inferno on sunday. as of last night, the fire is burning over 270,000 acres, the third the size of rhode island, and is only 27% contained. it remained the third largest wildfire in modern state history. 8,500 firefighters faced gusts topping 70 miles per hour in some spots. winds are expected to ease today, but still no rain in the forecast. >> just terrible there. ...

Savings. he calls the tax bill a trillion-dollar blunder in an op ed. he writes that ceos aren't waiting on a tax cut to jump-start the economy and that it's "pure fantasy" to think that the tax bill will lead to significantly higher wages and growth. he says he's a friend of gary cohn, who is one of the chief architects of the tax reform effort, and he says his friend, gary cohn, is wrong. >> what steve mnuchin doesn't say about high-tax states is those are also blue states, so that's an easy political move for the administration when they're not jeopardized at all. >> this is true. this is t...

I'm cyril vanier. >> i'm natalie allen. here are the top stories. >> the thomas wildfire, the third largest in california's history. huge winds fueled the blaze which burned close to 110,000 hectares. that's almost 270,000 acres. the fire has led to the deaths of at least two people and 12,000 more residents have been evacuated on saturday. officials say thomas is only about 40% contained at this stage. >> the office of special counsel robert mueller is denying it obtained thousands of trump transition e-mails without authorization. lawyers for the transition had complained to two congressiona...

In the back of everyonements mind. they are sensitive to this national media that descended upon the state, particularly right now. arthel: good luck to all of your family there in alabama. and thank you for joining us as a journalist. eric rrp from the south to out west. new evacuations have been ordered overnight for the so-called thomas wildfire still burning in southern california. there are several fires out of control in the southern part of the state. governor jerry broirns calling the smoke, the haze, and the dry conditions the quote new normal. the fire has already destroyed over 700 ...

Being with us this hour live from munich. >> thank you, george. now on the to southern california. thousands of firefighters are working nonstop to fight six different wildfires. they made some progress on friday containing five of those fires. however, the largest fire, the thomas wildfire, it grew nearly 58,000 hectors, about 143,000 acres. at least one person has died from that fire. >> nearly 200,000 people have been forced to leave their homes since the fires erupted this week. some returned only to find their homes gone. almost 14,000 in the area don't have power. we get more now from ...