they know. they will not trust leaders in our government. neil: michael, thanks very much. let s go to the former u.s.s. cole commander, commander, we re going hear from the u.s. president in a five minutes. what do you want to hear? the thoughts and prayers of the united states of america are behind those that lost their lives today defending our nation s freedom. it s tragic that civilians died in that. america abdicated their responsibility to provide an evacuation area where americans could go to. they were told to go there. we couldn t safeguard it. we left it to the taliban to do that. these are the consequences. it s one thing for the military to day for a political decision. it s another thing when civilians trust their own government and failed them and leaving them stranded and without the protection that they needed. if we don t extend that
this 911 call. reporter: authorities say sherman showed up at the house after earlier crashing his car into a concrete barrier and abandoning it in this arby s parking lot. today sherman posted on twitter, saying he s deeply remorseful for his actions and that the importance of mental emotional health is extremely real. bill ryder with cbs sports says the incident could have a significant impact on the star cornerback s stellar career. he s played for the seahawks and the 49ers. people who have played with him and know him say it s very uncharacteristic. reporter: tonight sherman is vowing to get the help he needs. anna werner, cbs news, san francisco. o donnell: tonight, amid an outbreak of more than 70 large wildfires in the west, there are fears that the largest one in oregon could merge with another fire. the evacuation area has been expanded around the so-called
just been wreaking havoc across southern california over the course of this week. fires popping up seemingly everywhere across this region. look no further than where our crew is, start with the getty fire in los angeles. then went to deal with the easy fire here in ventura county. the one threatening the ronald reagan presidential library. yesterday in san bernardino dealing with the hillside fire and here on the site of the maria fire smoldering now in the background. people were out trick-or-treating when the fire blazed across the horizon forcing familiars to run back to their homes and trying to evaluate if they d have to run for their lives. 7,500 people in the evacuation area. hurricane-force winds at points this week. and crews say they cannot afford to let these burn just because the sun goes down. they ve been making night
the news is not that bad. the acreage did jump up to 30,000, but that s not that much more than from last night when they had a news conference at 26,000 last night, so a little bit more acreage and about the same number of structures and homes burned. the big story here, of course, the strong wind. a red flag warning is in effect all day today until 11:00 tomorrow morning, and it was a sleepless night for many. firefighters made aggressive attacks on the fire, defending structures as well as contending with downed trees and downed power lines. at the same time that the fire fight was going on last night and continues today, we have the incident commanders at the command post throughout the entire night evaluating the need for additional evacuations. reporter: at around i 4:30 this morning, the mandatory evacuation area was, indeed, expanded to include parts of santa rosa. so now, as you said, 180,000 people have been ordered out of their homes, making it the
trees and down power lines. at around 4:30 a.m. the mandatory evacuation area was extended to include santa rosa. now 190,000 people have been ordered out of their homes making it the largest evacuation ever in sonoma county. with the 2017 fire that killed 22 people are still fresh in people s mind, most appear to be packing up and getting out. the wind has been ferocious at times. one gusted was clocked at 90 miles per hour. the other big angle is a massive blackout as percussion. pg&e has cut power to 2.3 million telephone means in 36 separate counties. the utility was blamed for last year s fire and paradise california that killed 86 people and destroyed 15000 homes. now it s more proactive and strong wind events like this.