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Directions and cause more fires. in northern california same story with the wind. this is the third major wind event we've had this week. local experts say they have never seen anything like that. of course we're still dealing with the kincade fire. right now the fire has consumed more than 75,000 acres and still going, wolf. >> at least a million people i take it, dan, will be without power, is that right? >> reporter: that is exactly right. this is really an unprecedented event as well. this will be the fourth time in northern california that pg&e in less than a month has cut the power and w...

Protection. now they're trying to cover the sleeping embers so they don't reignite when the high winds return tonight. >> it only takes one embetter to blow downwind and start another fire. embers have been known to travel several miles. so we're very concerned about toeupbt's wind event. >> reporter: winds of santa ana, what do they really mean? basically dries out all the fuel moisture, if you will, making things more susceptible for fire. all, it pumps more oxygen into the fire, bill. that means it blows hotter and faster. >> bill: thank you william la jeunesse. want to bring in a professor...

It's an area that was evacuated, then yesterday, mandatory order was lifted. it's heavily populated and hasn't burned in several decades. the people who were allowed back home were basically told to be ready to leave tonight just in case. there are currently 21 shelters spread out throughout the county with the capacity of 5,000 people. but, bill, many, many more than that remain evacuated. >> bill: i have to imagine folks are frustrated with the power outages. what are you hearing on that front, dan? >> reporter: pg&e is the largest utility in the country. right now it seems they can't win. i...

So many people being impacted by these fires, millions of people have their power cut. some have gotten the power put back on but we expect more power outages tomorrow. the misery continues but the good news is after tomorrow's wind event we expect to be calm or the rest of the week. shannon: thank you very much. did joe biden commit a deplorable 2.0 blunder? first foreign policy analyst walking back a washington post column he wrote on the suicide of isis terrorist abu bakr al-baghdadi. originally he wrote the assertion that abu bakr al-baghdadi died as a coward was contradicted by the fact t...

Impacted by the fires. millions of people have had their power cut. some have gotten that power put back on, but the winds kicking back up tomorrow, we expect more power outages. the misery continues, but the good news is after tomorrow's wind event, we expected to be, the rest of the week, shannon. >> we sure hope so, dan, thank you very much. -- biden wa 2.0 blunder? that is next but walking back to "the washington post" column he rode on the suicide of isis terrorist, abu bakr al-baghdadi. in his original column, the assertion that baghdadi died as a coward but in any case contradicted by t...