Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Overnight at least four major wildfires burned out of control in Southern California, one in the heart of los angeles. There is no relief in sight. Conditions today are expected to be extreme. One fire official said gusting 80mileperhour winds could create unprecedent fire danger. About 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and for the First Time Ever a purple forecast has been issued for a wind index. That is the most severe warning. Kenneth craig is there where the most destructive fire is. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning. take a look behind me. You can see what firefighters are dealing with. This fire has doubled in size from yesterday forces more people out of their homes. As thousands continue to evacuate, thousands of miles of fire, this man was trying to save a bunny from flames alongside the highw
Wildfires burned out of control in Southern California, one in the heart of los angeles. There is no relief in sight. Conditions today are expected to be extreme. One fire official said gusting 80mileperhour winds could create unprecedent fire danger. About 200,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and for the First Time Ever a purple forecast has been issued for a wind index. That is the most severe warning. Kenneth craig is there where the most destructive fire is. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning. take a look behind me. You can see what firefighters are dealing with. This fire has doubled in size from yesterday forces more people out of their homes. As thousands continue to evacuate, thousands of miles of fire, this man was trying to save a bunny from flames alongside the highway. After two days of massive wildfires that have scorched hundreds of thousands of acres, res denltds have been told to embrace for the worse. Its going t
Note those win bars moving in straight out of the west in most case is here, so it is not necessarily the coldest wind but enough to notice it. It is enough to knock back for a wind chill value by handful of degrees. Despite these typical looking daytime highs you have to account for that brisk wind throughout the day in the sunshine, however throughout the day and we will keep that trend at least in the first part but there is a new storm system brewing far to the south and west but that will bring in potential for snow for some, looking ahead to the weekend. In the meantime chill continues to get reenforced, we will let you know, which day we wont break out of the 30s. I know. Katie, thank you very much. So we have live chopper three over an overturned box truck one person here has been transferred to the hospital, yikes, just take a look, ramp from woodhaven road on to i95 south. That ramp is closed to access i95 they have to use academy road. Then we have another accident, involvin
That are exciting. As you know, were going to head to the Golden Globes coming up this weekend. After that were not coming back to new york, at least not immediately. Well tell you about it coming up. Yeah, the whole show is headed somewhere. More on that in a minute. First, lets get right to our breaking news. North korea claiming it has Hydrogen Bomb. If true, it would mark a significant and dangerous advance for north koreas military and a disturbing threat to the region. Lets get right to nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely. Good morning, savannah. No question this was a surprise especially for north koreas neighbors. The worlds most closed country announcing what would be a dramatic escalation in its Nuclear Capability if that is is to be believed. There was a test, bomb . A north korean tv announcer clclms the countrys firir Hydrogen Bomb test and calls it a success. We wont stop our nuclear program, she says, because of what she calls american aggression. [ cheers ] repor
Did it get too personal . Gigantic jackpot. Tonights powerball now up to 450 million, one of the largest ever. The frenzy to buy more tickets could make it even bigger when those six numbers are drawn today, wednesday, january 6th, 2016. And weve got some breaking news out in california. An earthquake, it happened east of los angeles. Happened about 20 minutes ago. Centered north of banning, thats about 85 miles outside of los angeles. Its estimated that the mag fi magnitude 4. 5. No immediate calls or reports of significant damage or injury. Well keep an eye on this. Have a lot more as the developments warrant throughout you can see the map if youre not all that familiar with california. Its east of the San Bernardino area. Again, 4. 5 magnitude and luckily at the moment as you mentioned no major injuries reported. Breaking news out of north korea this morning. Its government claiming a tremor detected there overnight was the result of Hydrogen Bomb test. If true, it would mark a sign