Home. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. Dry and powerful winds are kickinguf agaiing up again in nn california, creating blowtorch conditions. The state is a multifront war zone. A growing number of outofcontrol fires, 22 at latest count have, burned more than 170,000 acres. Since sunday, at least 21 people have been killed. Nearly 400 have been reported missing. More than 3500 homes and businesses are wiped out. Carter evans begins our coverage. Reporter amid yet another day of burning homes and towering flames, cal fire chief did not mince words this is a serious, critical, catastrophic event. Reporter this justreleased dash cam video is from a Sonoma County patrol car, a deputy driving through the flames. That hellish view is also what california Highway Patrol paramedic whitney lowe saw from the sky. He air lifted 44 people to safety, but one man refused to leave his elderly parents. Thats when it became real. These are people who think theyre neve
Tonight, the president firing back. General mattis weighing in, too. And ten students charged in the alleged hazing death of a fellow student. Using the code words bible study. Good evening and its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. And we begin with the fire disaster unfolding in california tonight. At least 22 wildfires are still burning. They are growing. And threatening more homes. A short time ago, the entire city of call stow ga ordered to evacuate. And look at these new images this evening, of the desperate escape from the flames in santa rosa. Holmes, cars everything burning along the way out. The destruction so complete, whole neighborhoods turned to ashes. More than 3,500 homes and businesses now gone. Tonight, the death toll is climbing and hundreds of people are still missing. Abcs matt gutman leads us off from santa rosa tonight. Reporter firefighters on the front lines are pushed to the limit. Nearly helpless against their enemy the wind. These fires are just
Right now on the russia controversy. Well go there live in a few moments. Major banks out with earnings. Jpmorgan with a quarterly beat stronger loan demand offset a decline in trading revenues. Citis results also above consensus, helped in part by lower costs and better than expected trading revenue they both mentioned brexit a year ago, jim. Really helped trading and yearonyear comp is tough joe asked me earlier which is better and i went with citi no slight to jpmorgan, their quarter was excellent, too theres fantastic growth how about this statistic you know that jamie dimon bought back 4. 5 billion worth of stock, even though the stock is up at 97, scitigroup had every line item better than expected citi gave what was considered an analyst day. And i sat down with mike korbat, the ceo on analyst day, skpeman everyone told me, pie in the sky, he exceeded everything that he said. It is a best in show situation theyre buying back 60 billion worth of stock walmart buys back 20 million
Protege ben affleck facing questions. What hes saying about his own inappropriate behavior. And no longer a boys club, the boy scouts an historic change saying they now accept girls for the first time in more than 100 years. Now the girl scouts firing back. And we do say good morning, america, and the girl scouts just released a blistering statement. Boy, they sure did saying the boy scouts, a house on fire and a whole lot more. More on that coming up. First the threat from those massive wildfires in california. It is growing right now. At least 22 fires burning, thousands more were forces to evacuate. Californias top fire official is calling this a critical catastrophic event saying the fires are burning faster than firefighters can run. The scale of the damage is coming into focus right now. Look at this drone footage showing the town of santa rosa is laid to waste right there. Our Senior National correspondent matt gutman is there. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, george.
Questions. What hes saying about his own inappropriate behavior. And no longer a boys club, the boy scouts announcing an historic change saying theyll now accept girls for the first time in more than 100 years. Now the girl scouts firing back. And we do say good morning, america, and the girl scouts just released a blistering statement. Boy, they sure did saying the boy scouts, a house on fire and a whole lot more. More on that coming up. First the threat from those massive wildfires in california. It is growing right now. At least 22 fires burning, thousands more were forces to evacuate. Hundreds of people are still reported missing. Californias top fire official is calling this a critical catastrophic event saying the fires are burning faster than firefighters can run. The scale of the damage is coming into focus right now. Look at this drone footage showing the town of santa rosa is laid to waste right there. Our Senior National correspondent matt gutman is there. Good morning, matt