This is Aljazeera America good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Thousands of firefighters are working to contain hundreds of wildfires burning across the state in california. Theyve burned more than 100,000 acres of land, destroying homes and roads along the way. We have more. Fires are burning all along the west coast but the worst hit area is northern california. The largest fires burning north of San Francisco where it has destroyed two dozen homes. Day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington and oregon. Doomsday, thats what it looked like. The flames are fueled by lightning, trees and high temperatures. We have seen a couple of spot fires and those escalate, got pretty big and took up the mountain. Firefighting planes are making the rounds, including dc10 tankers releasing fire retardant. An Evacuation Order has been issued north of San Francisco. One resident is temporarily camping in an
And yet, the former district attorney, who was his prior mentor, of course, Lynne Abraham, along with this other lawsuit, finally says she believes he should be out. Why do you think they went to this unprecedented step, she and mr. Sprague . Why do you think that Seth Williams is willing to combat them, i guess, and not just resign . And do you think itll work . Well, i think most of the preeminent ethics lawyers in town have said theres no legal basis for putting him out of office, so im not quite sure why theyre doing this. I mean, im sure that they must have consulted with them. So theres some publicity, and there may be outrage. I dont know. I mean, seth has brought obviously himself to a position where he is i wont use the word disgrace. People are innocent until proven guilty. There have been many people calling for him to step down. That might be the right thing to do, but its his decision at the end of the day. And i just and i also think that they should have called for him t
Church in pakistan. More than 100 were wounded. 600 were inside the all Saints Church when the explosions took place. The focus in washington this week is on the possibility of a government shutdown. The house passed a measure to Fund Government programs beyond the september 30th deadlines, but without funding for the president s haeth care reform law. Those are the headlines. Remember, you can get the latest at al jazeera. Com. Millions who need assistance now. We appreciate you spending time with us tonight. Up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. Why l. A. s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the Entertainment Industry there. Next. The u. S. Has put a strike on syria on hold, but a more brutal battle maybe dawning between rival rebels in a multidimensional civil war. There are at least 1,000 factions and many linked to alqaeda. Senator john mccain has long assaults more support for the syrian army. The overwhelming majority of the Syrian People wa
rex tillerson providing for a cold welcome ahead of his trip today. new questions whether russia new syria would launch the komodo the hack but a heads up, james rosen is live, he will be back in a second in washington, we are having some technical difficulties. the question is whether the russians were given a heads up and the bigger question did they notify the syrians about moving aircraft off the are strips. plus this. pope francis keeping his plan for we today visit to egypt following the deadly palm sunday attacks on christian so he can get a peace conference days after twin bombings killed 40 people celebrating the start of holy week. according to the vatican this trip is aimed to show solidarity with christian minorities in egypt. isis is claiming credit for both church explosions. we now know the name of the soldier who gave his life in the