might s ancient sequoias as wildfires close in. i m standing right in front of the grizzly giant and we ve got a sprinkler system set up in front of it. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we want to take you right now to mariposa, california as evacuations are under way as fires threaten the ancient sequoias. our nick watt has just arrived on the scene. nick, how serious is the season there, and what are they doing to protect these incredibly special trees? reporter: well, we just have heard that the fight is going in the right direction, but it is still a huge fight. the flames are within a mile or two of mariposa grove which is home to about 500 of these giant, beautiful, ancient sequoia freeze, so the way that they are trying to contain the fireworks the way they are trying to keep those trees safe, they have 360 personnel on the ground, including hot shot cruise who are digging trenches around mariposa grove, a kind of break to try to
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pat cipollone who spent hours with the house select committee friday. committee members say they will air clips on that interview. he was able to provide information on basically all of the critical issues that we are looking at, including the president s what i will call dereliction of duty on the day of january 6. steve bannon says he is willing to testify now. this after former president trump lifted a claim of executive privilege. he is set to appear in court today a criminal contempt charges filed after he ignored a congressional subpoena. let s bring in host of the podcast that said. good to see you this morning. as we look at what is potentially what we will likely learn more about at the hearings what are you most interested in? we are up to part six and seven of the seven part conspiracy outlined on day one. these parts are trump assembled and summoned the mob and directed them to go to the capital, and then stood by and did nothing while they ransacked the cap
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