Im frank mallicoat. Maria medina is on assignment this afternoon. The president is asking his aides to stay in close touch with californias governor and local officials in extended gratitude to the men and women that are battling the fire. Cbs reporter Chris Martinez is at the fire in lower lake with the very latest. Reporter the rocky wildfire is quickly tearing its way through heavy brush and multiple directions. Blackening more than 101 square miles. This area has never burned before. So the fire is extremely dense and extremely dry. And so thats really fueling pun intended the fire. Reporter the wildfire has destroyed at least 50 homes and other buildings. Flames yum 7d this highway that was acting as a vital containment line. Despite the fires advance no other homes burned but the 13,000 residents who were ordered to leave remain on edge. Its tough. Thinking you know i could come back homeless. But once again, you know as long as im okay, life goes on. Reporter crews say their big
And also the issue of synthetic marijuana. Its known as k2 and spice, and its creating a Public Health crisis. The homeless can buy it at bodega for 1 a packet. I thought i was having a heart attack. Reporter ma man ask this man asked us to hide his face, and he says the drug has a violent reaction, and you can see it here with the reaction from this naked man. Arresting the people becomes dangerous. The individuals on the drug are crazy. They have superhuman strength and are impervious to pain, and the normal takedowns will not work. Reporter the city released the latest Crime Statistics, and according to the numbers, overall crime is down by more than 10 , but homicides have gone up from last year, and thats something we asked mayor de blasio about. Reporter some people look at the statistics and some say the city is going downhill. What do you say . I would say look at the facts and stop the hysteria. Reporter ilana gold, cbs 2 news. Thank you, ilana. Time for traffic and weather on
Weather ahead of us, kind of nice yesterday, few clouds in there. But great temperatures, just lovely time to get outside. I think today we will see little more of that. It doesnt last forever, we do have some Stormy Weather to talk about, too, thats coming, beginning of the week, but lets take a look at the radar right now t looks beautiful out there. Nice and clear as you can see. Few clouds in the sky, thats about it, temperatures right now already in the 70s in philadelphia, 72 degrees, about 61 Atlantic City, six an in reading, mount pocono coming in little cool their at about 56 degrees this morning. So we take a look at the at the first forecast, see the sunshine, stay with us as we roll through the morning, see 70s will turn to 80s as we start to get in about the 11 00 a. M. , noontime hour watch to expect . Some sunny skies, highs mid 80s being comfortable humidity yet again today. Well watch the clouds start to roll in not until late tonight. I think our sunday is looking ver
Paranoid the mansion might be bugged. And the head of the naacp in los angeles stepped down amid questions about his past dealings with sterling. A 17yearold in minnesota is making charges after Police Uncover a masterful plot. Police found three fully functioning bombs and numerous firearms in his home and storage locker. He seemed like a good kid. Youd never expect it from him. And the health of our economy, hittingunemployment hitting its lowest level in two and a half years. Two helicopters were apparently shot down about prorussian insurgents on the rebelheld town of slavyanask. Incredible video of a street collapse in baltimore, maryland after hours of heavy rain pounded the city. Oh my god peaceful may day activities turn violent when protesters began fighting with police in seattle. A royal visit to memphis, tennessee for a wedding. Prince henry and prince harry were spotted at a local restaurant. And incredible footage of a tornado hitting an office building. Gomez reaching up
But there was so much hurt that i was feeling people were calling, so i reached out. I apologized to people for this very picture being on my page. Last night, i finally had a chance to sit down and look at the photograph in detail. It is definitely not me. I can tell by looking addicts. Dana these devoutness coming as a growing number of prominent democrats say the governor needs to step aside. There is no way you can continue to be the governor. He needs to resign. He should remain in the Public Square by explaining and talking and working to heal, but he should do it from a position of private citizen. I think he should resign now. I think the governor should resign. I think he has shown himself sort of irreparably damaged in terms of his ability to govern. I believe hes a decent person, but i think he has to resign. He should resign. I saw the photo after i saw you guys last night. So disturbing, so racist. Dana all right, juan, let me ask you about the governor. Hes in this positi