the wildfires that are raging across southern california, infernos on the sides of highways and fears for old neighborhoods in los angeles. so this is a very broad but deeply-felt hit for the 5700 men and women firefighters that are there trying to stop this. it's bad enough when fires rage uncontrolled across empty land, it's a lot more chaotic and more dangerous when it's in people's backyards. paul: all right. alicia. >> this is a hit to president trump who has named mick mulvaney acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau which this week has initiated all of the ongoing investigations and suspended a fine against a small mortgage servicer that had driven it out of business under richard cord ray, his predecessor. paul: so things getting done. kate? >> this is a bit of a hit and a miss for pat gone that that used