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california. displaced victims of the deadly camp fire may be forced to evacuate for the second time. this time from large tent city due to the pockssibility of flooding rain. the death toll stands at 76 with three more across the state in other fires. more than 1200 all set across the state are still missing. the camp fire which is still burning northeast of sacramento has torched over 149,000 acres. that s the size of the entire city of chicago. joining us now scott cone in paradise. it s a town that s been burned down by flames. scott, when you and i were talking yesterday, there s also the concern of missing and be very interested in where we re at with that right now. the number has gone up by 300. reporter: right. the authorities are cautioning us not to put too much into
contained, it could be a matter of weeks because you are talking about actually putting in those containment lines, those fire breaks or whatever you could do around a huge area and the fire is continuing to spread in the north and west. so even as they lift evacuations in some parts of ventura, they re putting in new evacuations approaching the santa barba santa barbara county line so it is a moving target. and folks loving warm weather but the converse is connect there in ventura, california. scott, thank you so much. the fallout continues as a wave of sexual harassment has forced three members out of congress and blake farenthold is facing an investigation and one of his gop colleagues is calling for him to resign. what affect could this have on the roy moore alabama senate seat. i just got my cashback match,
need to invest in our whole infrastructure, as well as our energy and means of storing. reporter: the president has declared a disaster area in the fire zone but that involves assistance after the fact and the governor said there needs to be more investment before the fact and more fire prevention and resources to battle the fires. the fire fighting budget in california is pretty much tapped. scott, in some cases the containment is in the teens, 15, 16% as you ve been reporting and it changes. when is the next where the light at the end of the tunnel when they might say we ve made it. reporter: well it depends on which fire you are talking about. because we have half a dozen fires burning in california. this is the big one sh the thomas fire that is 148,000 acres just by itself, bigger than the city of chicago. we re at 15% containment and by the time that they get it fully
snow. more than 382,000 homes and business in the south do not have electricity. palestinian mahmoud abbas will not meet with vice president pence this month. his diplomatic advisers say the u.s. has crossed red lines on recognizing jerusalem as israel s capital. and president trump toured the mississippi civil rights museum and he honored martin luther king jr. and med ger evers and james meredith from the university of mississippi. let s get to california. firefighters battling the wildfires there. they ve been burning more than 270 square miles since monday. president trump has declared a federal emergency in southern california to allow the federal government to give assistance. scott cone is live from southern california and while we re seeing snow on the east coast and hitting 209s in the midwest, you are in the 80s over there. this is not good for what
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