2000 structurehave been destroyed. At least seven people have died as a result of the fires an were injured. Fires like this seem to be a new normal in california with significant delays coming almost every fall. Climate change has made weatherb more unpredi and led to hotter and drier conditions and Housing Developments have pushed to fire prone regions. Should we plan to live with this devastation and air quyeity for many s to come . Is there any way out . Joining the is Scott Stevens a professor at uc berkeley. We have seen several instances in which e devastation from wildfires has become personal including the santa cruz firefighters who lost their own homes this year. You are also facing concerns about a rucamp you what is the latest . This is in a little town lled meadow valley. We have a camp there we have used for 130 years now for an undergradue course and there is a fire called the bear fire to the south that has been moving in our direction. We have been watchiit carefully.
at every single stop now, reporters are looking, is he interacting with the crowd? is he take shaking hands, tae staying long enough? if you re advanced staff, you have to stay at least an extra 30 minutes to show, hey, he likes people. i saw tweets, what pizza is he having? is he talking to voters? do we have a timetable as to when other candidates will jump in? rumors about tim scott, mike pence and others. i think tim scott will come in. may 22nd is the date where they re circling. you ll see his super pac get bolstered. mike pence also in the next month. those are the two main candidates. national political correspondent for axios, alex thompson covering a lot of ground. thank you for being here. thank you for all of you for getting up way too early on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now. we must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent year. the time for excuses is over. if we get distracted, focus the election on
more on those headlines in a moment. first, let s round up the sports news. what are fans making a chelsea of today s appointment? england s women have the chance of lifting more silverware later when they take on brazil in the finalissima, a match between the european and south american champions at a sold out wembley. our sports reporterjo currie is there for us now. the world cup will be with us before we know it, a big chance for thise england players to impreess sarina wiegman. after a ny after any major tournament the result was a freshening up of the squad and the likes of ellen white and jill scott are no longer around, there are big injuries to players who are not available for these two games and there are players in the euro squad who have not been selected so there are opportunities for new players coming in to try to impress a sarina wiegman, heading out to australia this summer, but tonight will be a massive occasion, some players potentially making their debuts
temperatures today are considerably lower for many in the south. in fact they are a little bit lower in the north, pleasant if you have the sunshine and just a gentle breeze, but we could still see 27 28 in the next hour or two in the south. 0vernight temperatures will fall away to a more comfortable level, even more so than last night in the towns and cities but further north, rain to come and that may affect st andrews tomorrow morning before the sun returns. temperatures lower overnight, we have two or three more comfortable nights, if it s safe to do so perhaps the opportunity to let the windows open and get rid of the residual heat. the weather fronts are with this in the north tomorrow, so a different complexion to the weather. although the rain clears to northern ireland in northern ireland, some of the patchy rain could get into the north of wales, the midlands, even east anglia, not very much at all, only dampening the ground and still pretty warm to the south. re
paying the price for a perfect smile dentists warn of the dangers and complications of heading abroad for cheaper treatment. and coming up on the bbc news channel. on the eve of the world athletics championships, we speak to britain s new team captain natheneel mitchell blake. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. rishi sunak and penny mordaunt are still in the lead in the race to become the next prime minister after another candidate was eliminated from the contest this afternoon. the attorney general suella braverman finished last in today s vote among conservative mps, and has therefore been knocked out. the former chancellor rishi sunak was still ahead by some margin, securing 101 votes. penny mordaunt is hot on his heels, also making gains on yesterday s vote, with 83 mps backing her today. and the foreign secretary liz truss is still in third place with 64 votes. kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat remain in contention. the next round of voting is on monday. wi