leland: even by trump administration standards the white house palace intrigue plots are reaching fevered pitch with multiple reports, the chief of staff john kelly is actively working to oust the president s son-in-law adding to the fire, the wall street journal with this editorial, the white house family business, the new york times jared kushner flames out, both attacking kushner over accusations of using his white house position to help his family business. to weigh in on that national editor of accuracy and democratic strategists, glad to see you both, thanks for being with us. carrie, first to you, so many folks in washington like to talk about this and love to watch and
the democrats, we have a circular firing squad. bret: tied, tutorial race in virginia on tuesday. byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner , and byron? boy, is the president enjoying this. this is the continuing rift of hilary-bernie that has not healed and doesn t appear it s going to heal any time soon. and to have a person of the stature of donna brazile, this is not a bit player coming out and saying this. she was the woman who was elected to try to heal the party after debbie wasserman schultz flames out, the day before the democratic convention. for her to come out and saying that this was a rigged game and also do two things, also, she not only throws debbie wasserman schultz under the bus, she runs over her multiple times.
searches for people in burn areas. this satellite image just published by nasa gives some sense of the huge extent of the fire, some high clouds obscure parts of the burn area. but you can easily see the long trails of smoke that run from north, south near the coast. for more let s turn to cnn s dan simon on-the-scene of the heart of california s wine country. reporter: we re on the hill of calestoga, and firefighters are doing everything they can to keep that town safe. we spent some time with had crew, went along for for ride along. at one point things got very dangerous. we saw the flames hop over this natural barrier here, highway 29. saw a lot of urgency. firefighters did everything they could to get those flames out. they did, but the situation remains dangerous for that city. calestoga still under a
smoke. reporter: christina and dave, we are in the hills above cal stoega, the town known for its wineries and spas. and firefighters are doing everything they can to keep that town safe. we went for a ride along. at one point things got very dangerous. we saw the flames hop over this natural barrier here, highway 29. firefighters did everything they could to get those flames out. they did, but the situation remains dangerous for that city. still under a mandatory evacuation order. the whole situation remains precarious because on friday night the winds expected to kick up. expected be about 40 miles an hour. in the meantime for those reported missing, numbers continue to fluctuate, but right
here s the scene right now in new york city. we re going to go live to the streets of d.c. leland: and thousands of homes are threatened by a major brush fire in florida at this hour. take a look at these pictures from southern florida, now the national guard is heading in to help put those flames out. leland: one week from today marks president donald trump s 100th day in office. we know he s headed to pennsylvania for a major rally next saturday. meantime though, the next seven days promise some really big challenges; the threat of a government shutdown and now talk of possible votes on health care reform. add to that the president catching his own staff by surprise with a promise of a tax reform plan sometime this coming week. kristin fisher inside the press briefing room where the president s staff is, shall we say, definitely working through the weekend. reporter: yeah, i think