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good morning. thank you very much for being with me. i m carol costello. yosemite on fire. san francisco on alert. a 144,000-acre wildfire is threatening yosemite national park and communities surrounding it. fire has burned to the northwest section of the park, a remote wilderness area. it s also raising concerns for one of the nation s largest cities. san francisco s main water supply is in the path of that monster fire. cnn s nick valencia is in groveland, california, with more. good morning. reporter: good morning, carol. we re just outside of groveland just near yosemite national park where the fire is raging on the western edge, still away from the heavily visited areas. anybody who s been to the iconic park, you mate know what i m talking you might know what i m talking about. this part here is where the flames did damage. it scorched the ends of these
wow. that s kind of creepy. wow. the california international guard is making retardant drops at the astonishing rate of 3,000 gallons in five seconds. the air war supporting boots on the ground against the rim fire, which has burned into the northwest section of yosemite. in the meantime, 200 miles west, the city of san francisco is keeping a close eye on this fire as it threatens the reservoir which supplies more than 2 million customers with water. nick valencia is in the gateway community of roseland, which is also threatened by this monster fire. good morning. carol, this massive fire has completely reshaped the lives and landscape of this community and day after day, it s been extremely difficult for these firefighters to keep the fire from growing. thousands of firefighters are battling the massive blaze raging out of control in california s sierra foothills. tens of thousands of acres scorched, none more iconic than
there in california. a bit of hope for that monster fire that s burning in and around yosemite national park. fuelling the flames, marched toward the possible yosemite valley. nick, you have containment, it s up to 7% today, but we had 5% yesterday, 3% before, it just really makes you think it s going to be a long struggle here. reporter: the smoke is still very thick this morning, and one of the main priorities for today is to make sure that fire doesn t encroach any further into yosemite national park. this is the time of year yosemite park is usually packed with tourists. about 40 miles from the heavily visited yosemite valley, fire crews are dealing with this. yosemite is certainly iconic
the 17-year-old, charge is just being an accessory. accessory. apparently, he will be tried or proceedings will be in adult court. i believe he is actually charged still as a minor. only one we have not heard the name. sure that s the case. all right. well we are going to find out later this morning, how much time a former army private will serve in a military prison for leaking classified information. bradley manning faces up to 90 years in prison for handing over reams of government secrets to wikileaks. he was convicted last month of 20 counts including six espionage act violations. and computer fraud. fire officials say massive wildfires burning across nine western states are straining resources pressing spending past $1 billion for the year. the monster fire in idaho s posh resort country there, upped the national wildlife preparedness level to five. that s the highest in five years. the beaver creek fire grown to 160 square miles and evacuation of 1,200 homes. to so