Update, and well speak with a lawmaker representing one of the hardesthit districts. And the case biden is making for his economic plan as well as efforts to combat the climate crisis. Details on a Search Warrant were learning the Special Counsel investigating donald trump got for the former president s twitter accounts. And new Development Related to Georgia Election interference case. All of these stories are coming right into to cnn news central. One hour from now, official will hold a News Conference and the big island. And winds continue to spread. Josh green, who is back to the fate after cutting hi vacation short, says he expects, quote, some lot of life due to the fares. Right now theres still thousands without power. Hospitals are overwhelmed with burn victims, multiple evacuations and Rescue Operations underway, including The Coast Guard rescuing at least 12 peoples, this after they jumped in the ocean trying to escape the flames. The thing is the hurricane is to the south. T
the firsthand accounts. i fear the worse that some were not able to make it out of their homes in time. what contact have you had with the federal government? what else do you need? senator mayorkas called a little while ago and pledged full support of the agency s the coast guard was literally pulling people from the ocean. fema has already given the green light so we can get more fire fighting resources. we re going to need everybody we can to fight the fire, but it s the long term, for the people who have lost everything, their homes, clothes on their backs. generational business that is no longer exist today. we are going to make sure we pull every resource possible from the federal government to stand by and support our community through what will be a long and difficult time.
republicans. the 1 trillion dollars legislation will fund roads and broad band. the california governor newsom surveyed the fire out west. he said the forest service is underfunded and calling on the federal government to provide more fire fighting resources. warning wildfires could get more intense and destructive. back to hannity. sean: now ask yourself if the biden administration really cared about containing covid, no problem with the restrictions on you. now if they cared, would they be letting our borders be wide open? and be letting illegal immigrants stroll across the
on the updraft and produces enough electrical discharge it could create lightning and creates the potential for further fire spread. the national wildfire alert level is at its highest it s ever been this early in the season in the past decade so it is just incredible how much resources we are putting into the over 70 wildfires that are burning out of control at the moment. as we go forward into the peak of the season, september to october into california, we are going to potentially exhaust all of our available fire fighting resources, why we re so concerned. western u.s. 95% in drought conditions, exceptional dlout across the great basin. there is rain in the forecast. look at the visible satellite, some of the ongoing burning fires from oregon into central and northern california, de degrading the air quality as it billows out smoke from the west to the east.
zoraida, thanks so much. there is a lot of news developing at this hour. straight to mikial for the latest. fire crews reporting good progress battling the beaver creek fire near sun valley, idaho. the fire scorched 106,000 acres and is at 30% containment. meantime, an out of control wildfire near california s yosemite national park is threatening thousands of structures. in all nearly 50 major fires are burning in 11 western states stretching fire fighting resources to the limit. ft. hood massacre suspect nidal hasan begins his defense today. the former army psychologist faces 13 murder counts and a possible death sentence for the 2009 shooting rampage at the texas military base. a court hearing for a vanderbilt football player and