Where Emergency Workers are hoping for lower temperatures and winds after at least 61 people were killed and as many again injured in a huge forest fire at the weekend. Many died in their cars while trying to flee the densely forested district of pedrogao grande. Portugals Prime Minister has declared three days of mourning and officials expect the death toll to rise as more bodies are found. Paul adams reports. A desperate, sometimes hopeless, battle against nature. Searing heat, strong winds and low humidity, the worst possible conditions. Large areas of Central Portugal now ablaze. This mountainous area is no stranger to forest fires, but these are some of the deadliest ever. The speed and ferocity of the flames catching people in their cars and homes. A woman screams for her house. As the fire rages on several fronts, entire villages have been evacuated. Officials still not sure what remains. Translation we were inside the house, the fire was all around us. The firefighters came to
as well, is that right? oh, yes, there is an entire spectrum. there are 11 candidates standing for this round, 11 candidates. two will go into a second round two weeks after this. so, it s really, they re all the way from a trotzky candidate as you mention marine la penne on the far-right. we re paying attention to the fact president trump they haven t officially endorsed, but president trump has said la penne would make a good candidate. president obama is making a phone call. does it mean anything in paris and france for the vote? well, first of all, you have to understand, it s very interesting. i m not sure that president trump recognizes the fact that the day after he launched the missiles into syria, marine la penne came out with a statement saying that she was very disappointed in this. she was shocked by it. she thought that trump was no
the russians realize that the attack itself was a rude awakening, and they have many cards to play, not just in north korea and syria, but the rest of the middle east, as well. also when it comes to syria, there s this interesting story about congresswoman gabbard who went out a few months ago and had a meeting with bashar al assad i m sorry, i m going to have to toss it to sean spicer. he s stepping on our conversation. but stay with us, guys. we will come out of this on the other side and debrief everything that is going on in the white house today. here s sean spicer. to host the swearing in of associate justice neil gorsuch. his confirmation was the c culmination of a process the president started almost a year ago when he released his list of nominees for the supreme court. in september, he released a
what message is that sending to north korea, and is it sending a message to china, as well? the carl vinson strike group was supposed to do to australia. instead it went to the korean peninsula, on the sea of japan. china will take some confident from that. this is a warning to north korea. but in 2010, the u.s. was going to send the george washington, another nimitz class carrier sbosh into the yellow sea. china was opposed and we didn t do it. this is going to be an issue going forward. the carl vinson could easily go to the yellow sea if the trump administration wants. they said they ll act alone if the chinese don t help them. was this unilateral missile strike in syria a message that we will say it and follow up with actions?
they go hand in hand. will we be building a coalition? again, i think if you look at who is not with us, it s a pretty small group. not a group that too many people are looking to bring on board. you ve got iran, syria, north korea and russia on one side of this. that s a pretty small group. president trump has spoken out extensively about russia and assad in syria. does the president consider assad a criminal? i think right now the focus is twofold. one is defeating isis and the second is creating a political environment necessary for the syrian people to have a new leadership there. i don t think that there s i can t imagine a stable and peaceful syria where bashar assad is in power. i think we all recognize that that happens and there can be a multi-pronged approach. we are ensuring that isis is