Past weekend, 20,000 acres burned through brush baked hard by fur years of drought in the west. Thousands of people have evacuated. The red soxy fire is the largest of more than two dozen wildfires tonight out west. Carter evans went to the front lines in lake port, california. The wildfire burning northwest of sacramento exploded over the weekend, scorching 94 square miles, an area larger than the city of seattle. Dozens of air tankers and National Guard helicopters are giving support to 3,000 firefighters below. On the ground, theyre lighting backfires to burn out dry brush ahead of approaching flames that threaten thousands of homes. But huge columns of smoke as high as 35,000 feet are making this firefight especially challenging says battalion chief jeff ohs. Once the energy reaches that level, the column collapses. Thats a big, big problem because then we dont have one direction the fire is going. Its going in several directions. Reporter we saw firsthand how quickly the fire can
Past weekend, 20,000 acres burned through brush baked hard by fur years of drought in the west. Thousands of people have evacuated. The red soxy fire is the largest of more than two dozen wildfires tonight out west. Carter evans went to the front lines in lake port, california. The wildfire burning northwest of sacramento exploded over the weekend, scorching 94 square miles, an area larger than the city of seattle. Dozens of air tankers and National Guard helicopters are giving support to 3,000 firefighters below. On the ground, theyre lighting backfires to burn out dry brush ahead of approaching flames that threaten thousands of homes. But huge columns of smoke as high as 35,000 feet are making this firefight especially challenging says battalion chief jeff ohs. Once the energy reaches that level, the column collapses. Thats a big, big problem because then we dont have one direction the fire is going. Its going in several directions. Reporter we saw firsthand how quickly the fire can
Doesnt target minorities. The verdict, the colorado Movie Theater defendant learns his fate. The fate of john hoaments hoimsw it could change the debate in congress. One year ago, sunday, an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white Police Officer. It ignited a National Debate that continues today. Ferguson becomes the signal of that debate. And the mistrust between police and minorities across america. We take you back to the area it first started it will dee ann eastabrook is in ferguson. Diane. John, this is the weekend that is going to remember Michael Brown. In sunday people are going to gather in the neighborhood that Michael Brown was shot a year ago, they are going to observe a moment of silence at the time he was shot and they are going to march to a niche hig niche higha short way away. Tonight things are very calm in ferguson. So diane, what has changed in the last year . Reporter well, we have seen some change in the last year from a governme
And ambitious. Rose Mark Halperin and John Heilemann and senator Claire Mccaskill when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose we continue with our coverage of the 2016 president ial election. Donald trump continues to lead the republican field. He stayed on the offensive this weekend amid backlash from Republican Party leaders and others over his comments about women. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton proposed a tenyear, 350 billion College Tuition plan that came under criticism from republican contenders including marco rubio and jeb bush. Bush. Joining me are Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, managing editors of Bloomberg Politics and host of with all due respect. Im pleased to have them here at this important moment that big debate on thur night. W
And ambitious. Rose Mark Halperin and John Heilemann and senator Claire Mccaskill when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by additional funding provided by and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose we continue with our coverage of the 2016 president ial election. Donald trump continues to lead the republican field. He stayed on the offensive this weekend amid backlash from Republican Party leaders and others over his comments about women. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton proposed a tenyear, 350 billion College Tuition plan that came under criticism from republican contenders including marco rubio and jeb bush. Bush. Joining me are Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, managing editors of Bloomberg Politics and host of with all due respect. Im pleased to have them here at this important moment that big debate on thur night. W