We begin this morning with dozens of raging wildfires that are wreaking havoc out west. Three firefighters in Central California were hospitalized for injuries as crews rushed to rescue people trapped by flames. Officials are urging thousands in oregon to evacuate as unprecedented wildfires rip through the state. In fact, its getting so intense, firefighters are even being urged to leave some areas. Hurricaneforce winds are making it hard to combat the outofcontrol wildfires in washington state. So far at least 330,000 acres have been scorched. That is more than what burned in each of the last 12 fire seasons. Danya bacchus is in tollhouse, california. Tell me fire crews are working to get an upper hand here. How are they dealing with the fires . Reporter good morning to you, annemarie. They are working around the clock, nonstop to try to get these fires contained. Unfortunately, it doesnt seem to be happening yet. In fact, firefighters saying that they do not expect to have this creek
Some paurtds of the marine layer will undercut a lot of smoke today and try to keep us in healthy air. And keep our temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Happening right now thousands of pg e customers are the dark thi might not be on until tonight. Look at the outage map. Pg e cut the power in nearly two dozen counties bause of the high fire danger. Purple k5i9indicates the Public Safety power shutoffs. Yoristoga say it was necessary because of the high winds. At one point, there were half a Million People in the dark stat restore power once the sun com high winds and dangerous heat flames. And listen to this number so far this year wildfires have burned about 2. And when we care to the same time last year we are looking at 118,000 acres. What a difference. Yesterday, Governor Newsom said he has had it with people who deny Climate Change. I have nopatience and i say this lovingly, as someone who prides himself being open to argument but i quite literally have no patience for Climate C
A super tanker off the coast of sri lanka its carrying 2000000. 00 barrels of oil. And it has one of the worlds lowest ages of consent to look at the fight to protect girls in the philippines. Commemorations have been held in lebanon marking the exact moment one month ago that a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut people paused in a moment of remembrance at 6 o 8 pm thats the time almost 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate ignited in the citys ports sending a devastating blast wave across the city more than 200 people died and thousands were wounded lets go live now to beirut aljazeera is zenyatta is the senate will talk more about that ongoing rest. Behind you in just a few minutes but 1st talk us through what happened an hour ago during that commemoration. Lebanese that marked the one month since that explosion at beirut ports which really changed the lives of so many people in this city damaged and destroyed neighborhoods some 191 People Killed 7 people remain missing 6
Flames shooting from their plane midflight. U. S. Open shocker. The worlds number one player is thrown out after his ball hits the line judge in the throat. What Novak Djokovic is saying this morning. And on patrol, the goat that broke into the Police Patrol car and took a bite out of crime literally. Good monday morning, everyone, and happy labor day. We begin with a new state of emergency in five counties across california because of fires raging through the state. More than 2 million acres are burning so far this year. Thats a record. One fire this weekend trapped 200 people. They had to be airlifted to safety. And now authorities are warning conditions could get even worse because of recordbreaking heat. Abcs faith abubey begins our coverage. Reporter this morning, a new state of emergency in Southern California after a wildfire exploded to more than 70,000 acres in just days and a terrifying glimpse from inside this inferno in fresno revealing smoke so thick, it blocked the midday
Hes ordered hoffas all me to be ready for combat is the e. U. Prepared sanctions against better russian officials. And days after he became japans longest serving Prime Minister in emotional shinzo abbay says hes resigning for health reasons. Tens of thousands of people have filled washington d. C. s National Mall to rally for racial equality and criminal Justice Reform the march on washington also commemorated the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther king jr as i have a dream speech the demonstration had been dubbed the get your knee off on next march echoing how george floyd was killed by police in may the u. S. Has been gripped by racial protests since his death on the outrage fled again this week after another unarmed black man jacob blake was shot in the back 7 times by a Police Officer leaving him paralyzed its natural widman is the sister of jacob blake and she addressed the crowds telling americans to stand against oppression without chaos and violence america. Your reality is not