News for monday, august 3rd, 2015. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Wildfires are forcing thousands of families from their homes in california this morning. Crews are battling 21 large wildfires throughout the state. The largest is the rocky fire raging near lower lake about 100 miles north of san francisco. That wild fire exploded in size sunday growing to at least 84 square miles. Air tankers are dousing the flames from above. Lamore abrams of our sacramento affiliate kobr reports. Reporter fastmoving flames continues raging through thousands of acres of dry brush. Tripling in size in just two days. Just how much more the rocky fire will burn is a question no one has an answer to. The fire behavior that were seeing because of the dry vegetation is its historic. Reporter Steve Kaufman is one of more than 2,000 firefighters from around the state on the fire line, but even with the Constant Water drops overhead, it just keeps raging. We havent seen fire really grow
Too far for tv . Big game lack lash. A second american doctor accused of illegally killing a lion using a bow and arrow in a restricted as calls to ban it grow. The american hunters coming to the defense this morning of a sport they love. And good morning, america. Boy, what a rough weekend for millions of americans. Well take a live look. Just outside chicago this morning, the aftermath interest those powerful storms overnight. You see that building right there. Also take a look at this. A large tree right in the middle of a city street completely uprooted right there. Wow. So many wildfires burning right now out west. More than 20 in california, more than 12,000 people forced from their homes and they dont know when theyll be able to go back. More on that just ahead. But we do begin in chicago, site of that deadly tent collapse. Gio benitez is on the scene right now. Good morning, gio. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. Look at this mess behind me. Crews are trying to clean this up
This is the cbs morning news for monday, august 3rd, 2015. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Wildfires are forcing thousands of families from their homes in california this morning. Crews are battling 21 large wildfires throughout the state. The largest is the rocky fire raging near lower lake, about 100 miles north of san francisco. That wild fire exploded in size sunday growing to at least 84 square miles. Air tankers are dousing the flames from above. Lamore abrams of our sacramento affiliate kobr reports. Reporter fastmoving flames continues raging through thousands of acres of dry brush. Tripling in size in just two days. Just how much more the rocky fire will burn is a question no one has an answer to. The fire behavior that were seeing because of the dry vegetation is its historic. Reporter Steve Kaufman is one of more than 2,000 firefighters from around the state on the fire line, but even with the Constant Water drops overhead, it just keeps raging. We hav
A second american doctor accused of illegally killing a lion using a bow and arrow in a restricted as calls to ban it grow. The american hunters coming to the defense this morning of a sport they love. And good morning, america. Boy, what a rough weekend for millions of americans. Well take a live look. Just outside chicago this morning, the aftermath interest those powerful storms overnight. You see that building right there. Also take a look at this. A large tree right in the middle of a city street completely uprooted right there. Wow. So many wildfires burning right now out west. More than 20 in california, more than 12,000 people forced from their homes and they dont know when theyll be able to go back. More on that just ahead. But we do begin in chicago, site of that deadly tent collapse. Gio benitez is on the scene right now. Good morning, gio. Reporter yeah, good morning to you. Look at this mess behind me. Crews are trying to clean this up right now. These storms moving in har
Least once a week for stolen cars and maybe also helpful for us tri anglating positions for fugitives or robberies in progress or even abducted children. The mayor supports the proposal but wants to make sure it doesnt trash peoples rights. I think certainly we want to understand the legal implications, any time youre putting cameras out in public, were concerned. He says Garbage Collection Companies and workers will not be able to access the data. We will only be using the information for stolen vehicles, amber alerts and robberies in progress. Now he says the aclu supports the idea as long as the raiders are used the way police use them. It will be introduced at city hall tomorrow and could be before city council in two weeks. Some Garbage Collection Companies say they saw the proposal, but one of the biggest told me they fully support the idea and are anxious to install the readers on their plead. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. A second case of the plague has been identified and l