orleans. reporting live send it back to you, dana. dana: great to have you aboard as well. bill: firefighters are racing to put out this fire near lake tahoe, california. live pictures of the smoke and flames today. screen right a wall of fire forcing mass evacuations. called the caldor fire scorched 200,000 acres. 18% contained. more coming up next hour from the american west. dana: taliban celebrating victory in afghanistan. a crowd pouring into the streets apair ntly holding a mock funeral for the united states. we ll have more on that plus president biden looking to turn the page on this foreign policy disaster and resume his push for trillions in new spending. we ll talk about that and more with newt gingrich coming right up.