equipment to overheat and helicopters are put down to cool off and a dramatic step back as far as fighting the fire. reporter: they also say some of the bulldozers are breaking down and that is critical to cutting fire breaks or fire lines. the smoke. it s something. go ahead, that is the mood. it is not supposed to look like that right now. so much smoke throughout this area that now that orange color and makes it very difficult, as you can imagine, for these firefighters on a daily base to reckon with all of this. fires throughout northern california and this having burned more than 83,000 acres. it s killed five people. you have a matter of 536 homes completely destroyed. back to you, martin and christi. paul, thank you very much.
naval mite. it is featuring russia s newest warship and experts say could have features that are an advantage over u.s. navy ships. cnn s senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen is live in st. petersburg for us this morning. the weather looks lovely for a boat parade today. fred, president putin has promised there was not an arms race between the u.s. and russia. yet, we see all of of this hardware. reporter: it is a nice day here and for the naval day parade. you re right. both president trump and president putin want to prevent an arms race but the russians didn t tone it down here at this naval day parade we saw today. i was only a couple of feet away from vladimir putin when he was giving his speech when the parade started. he said two things that were interesting. he said russia s he believes their navy was strong and had to russia help fight terrorism but also to achieve parody and also
and then you re right, we may never be able to determine that, but we have determined the fact that he tampered with the tape in the sense that he abruptly, mid conversation, turned it off. reporter: now the cohen camp is responding by mocking giuliani. a source close to michael cohen said this to our colleague jake tapper. you mean rudy is floating wild speculation as if he were unhinged? obviously, it s a lie. shocking. trump has largely invoicing speaking out on the cohen controversy and instead he is touting academic growth figures and unveiling his plans to campaign extensively for republicans in the fall. then he have to answer the questions about his lawyer when he meets face-to-face with the italian prime minister tomorrow at the white house and perhaps see him address this controversy
that may not stop trump from slugging down on dozens a day. reporter: talking about grasping at straws? have you heard the juiciest part of a trump-cohen tape. get me a coke, please. reporter: incontrovertible evidence of a thirsty president living up to his reputation for daily consumption of 12 diet cokes. that s 144 ounces of president fuel. reporter: you d be surprised how many tweeted my favorite part is when he yells get me a coke, please. others ranked it up there with, mom, the meatloaf, from wedding crashers . reporter: there were comparisons to jfk. my fellow americans ask not what your country can do for you, ask get me a coke, please. reporter: one thing got the most comments that even critics found pleasing.
nearby. is the president saying anything about what rudy giuliani is talking about? reporter: well, president trump is staying quiet on this weekend here in bedminister, new jersey, as his lawyer is out defending him against these bombshell new allegations about the trump campaign s contacts with russia. rudy giuliani had already accused michael cohen, trump s former attorney, of being a liar after cohen signaled his willingness to tell investigators that that trump had advanced knowledge of that trump tower meeting involving his son donald trump jr. and a russian offering dirt on hillary clinton. but last night, giuliani accused cohen of tampering with a recording of a 2016 conversation with then candidate trump. now we should note there is no evidence that the tape was actually altered but this is what giuliani had to say about it. we have to hope it exists. this could be a recording of a recording. we are not sure yet. that, they can probably determine.