Sleigh. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. Right now a series of wildfires whipped by powerful winds is blazing across the southern california. The state of teenage has been declared in ventura county. The sight of the first and largest blaze now charring almost 60,000 acres and growing. The fastmoving inferno has forced tens of thousands to evacuate the area while hundreds of animals are caught in the fires path. Nbcs jay gray has more from the ground. Reporter the fire fight continues overnight. The smoke an orange glow in the california hills, a clear indication Mother Nature is still winning the battle here. It continues to challenge us. Our fire is over 50,000 acres and still growing. We have a mandatory evacuation in the areas around the entire fire. Reporter tens of thousands of rushed to safety including john and letha who were able to save their pets, but little else. Our whole lives were wrapped up in that house. Everything its all
He continues with the Florida House speaker Richard Corcoran who discusses the impact of Hurricane Irma on the states finances. Host good morning. It is wednesday, december 6, 2017. The house and senate returning today as they were to stave off a Government Shutdown that would begin just after midnight on friday. Unless a spending deal of is reached, we will talk about where negotiations stand in this morning, but we are less than a week away away from a december 12 special election in alabama. Republican congressional leaders split on whether to support republican roy moore and after steve bannon rallied support last night for the former judge who has been accused of Sexual Misconduct, we are opening phone lines to republicans only in this first hour to hear from you about your support or opposition to roy moore. Phone lines are open and republicans who support roy moore, 202 7488000 is your number. Those who oppose, 202 7488001. Alabama republicans with any opinion on roy moore, 202
Musical guest, wiz khalifa featuring ty dolla ign, and the legendary roots crew. Questlove 783 steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] oh, wow. My goodness, looking good. I see you up there. Hey welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. This is it, baby. [ cheers and applause ] youre at the right show, this is great. Thank you for being here. Well, the big story here, the internal National Olympic Committee Just announced that it has banned russia from competing in the 2 2018 Winter Olympics because of doping violations. [ audience ohs ] or as putin put it, hello, donald, its time to return favor. [ laughter and applause ] yes, lets get going. Thats right. Russia was banned from the olympics. But russia doesnt mind, they said theyll just invade some other teams. [ laughter ] they dont care [ applause ] its very interesting. Athletes from russia can still participate, but they wont get credit for winning any medals. Yeah, olympic events that dont ma
Sleigh. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. Right now a series of wildfires whipped by powerful winds is blazing across the southern california. The state of teenage has been declared in ventura county. The sight of the first and largest blaze now charring almost 60,000 acres and growing. The fastmoving inferno has forced tens of thousands to evacuate the area while hundreds of animals are caught in the fires path. Nbcs jay gray has more from the ground. Reporter the fire fight continues overnight. The smoke an orange glow in the california hills, a clear indication Mother Nature is still winning the battle here. It continues to challenge us. Our fire is over 50,000 acres and still growing. We have a mandatory evacuation in the areas around the entire fire. Reporter tens of thousands of rushed to safety including john and letha who were able to save their pets, but little else. Our whole lives were wrapped up in that house. Everything its all
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