Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Right now fires are burning from one end of california to the other. The worst of them northwest of sacramento, where at least 24 homes are destroyed. 6,000 structures are threatened. And 13,000 people have been urged to gather up their belongings and head to safety. In all an incredible 9,000 firefighters are working more than 20 fires across the state. But the socalled rocky fire has proven the most dangerous and confounding, tripling in size over the weekend. Nbcs joe fryer is there with the latest. Reporter good evening, lester. You can see we are surrounded by smoke from the rocky fire. 2,500 firefighters are now on the ground here, and weve heard from veterans whove been doing this 10, 20, even 30 years who say they have never seen a fire behave like this one. The villain of Northern California is a massive agile wildfire that refuses to be contained. Conditions that w
Place. He barely squeaks in. The latest Monmouth University survey released today also showing donald trump with 26 . Casic makes it into the top ten. We could get several more National Polls between now and when fox news is going to make their debate decision. Tom foreman has more. And joins us now. Reporter i can guarantee you everybody in washington is looking at this tonight. Yes, only ten of the 17 candidates get to be in the race. Fox hasnt told us specifically which polls they will rely on. We have taken the new poll from fox that you just mentioned. Folded it into our National Average of polls, what we call the cnn poll of polls and we we can say with pretty good probability who will be on the stage. Up top, donald trump, jeb bush, and scott walker with double digit. They are all in. The next level down ted cruz at 7 . Ben carson 6 . Mike huckabee at 6 . And then the last group, rand paul at 5 . Mark oo rubio, 5 . John casic, 4 . And Chris Christie sweeks in at 3 . Based on thi
Good evening, im kate bath baldwin in for erin burr net. Out front tonight, trump is a noshow. At this moment nearly all of the republican president ial candidates you are looking right now at live pictures they are gathering on stage in New Hampshire. It is the first time that were seeing so many of them on one stage together. You see them all right there. One notable exception you will see as this camera pans is the republican partys frontrunner donald trump, who chose to skip it even though he is now topping the polls in the granite state. A new poll just released is showing trump with a clear lead in New Hampshire, 24 of republican support. This is the first time any of the republican candidates has held a statistically significant lead in this important first in the nation primary state. And nationally trump solidifying his lead as well. A fox poll also just released showing trump with 26 support. His nearest rival, jeb bush at 15 a. New Monmouth University poll shows trump now ho
After they first said i do. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight erica hill. Good evening. In less than 24 hours, the size of one of the largest wildfires burning in california, the rocky fire has more than doubled. 73 square miles scorched. Two dozen homes are gone. More than 12,000 residents told to evacuate. Dry conditions and shifting winds are not helping the nearly 2,000 firefighters now battling just this one immense blaze, which is still only 5 contained. Of course, it is not the only fire burning tonight. Across the state, more than 20 major fires continue to spread. Nbcs gada schwartz is in clear lake, california for us tonight. Good evening. Reporter erica, good evening. This is a fastmoving fire that is incredibly unpredictable. You can see the smoke billowing over the ridge and fire crews preparing to hold their lines. From the sign and bring it to me. Reporter fighting fire with fire,
Although i know you want fireworks, though. It might not happen. Im not looking to hurt anybody. Im not looking to embarrass anybody. If i have to bring up deficiencies ill bring up deficiencies. Certainly im not looking to do that. Id rather go straight down the middle. The other seven candidates take the stage earlier for what Lindsey Graham calls the happy hour debate. He describes it in emojis. Lets bring in sarah murray in washington to tell us more about the big happenings on thursday. Reporter you hit the nail on the head. I think everyone is wondering how much drama there is going to be in this prime time debate. Donald trump doesnt want to go after his rivals on the stage. Weve heard from other candidates and campaigns that their goal is not to go after donald trump. Its too risky to try to go after him because if you try to hit that bamll and you miss it could be really embarrassing. I also think you should not discount this 5 00 p. M. Prime time debate. There are a lot of ca