republican bill they say restricts the voting rights. have tested for covid. officials say they were fully vaccinated. 300 people are dead and dozens missing after catastrophic flooding. rescue crews are searching for survivors. in some regions electricity and gas is cut off. utility lines are down, making communication impossible. i m ashley strohmier. with dan bongino. dan: welcome back to unfiltered . texas democrats in washington d.c. in order to try to kill an
possible, as our derek van dam has the latest. and we re seeing the same as well. monitoring the northern and central sections of the state, today and into the day on sunday, get this, nearing hurricane force for many locations. i want to take you to sonoma county where we have the fresh batch taking place. i want you to see the transmission lines. the utility lines with the fire directly below it. and there s no wonder that they are preemptively turning off the electricity in some of these locations. nearly 2 million people will go dark. or will probably go dark to prevent utility lines from sparking additional fires in the dry brush below. you know, that s not great for the residents that will lose their electricity. but regards, it s a great preventive measure to prevent any additional fires to spark up here. get to the graphics. you know, you can see this from space. this is the kincade fire.
already underway. off in the distance you can see utility trucks. they were reinstalling some utility lines that were knocked down during the storm. as we walk over here, you can just see the devastation, the remnants of mobile homes, metallic walls and roofs blown into the trees. here is a mattress that was in one of the bedrooms just in the middle of this tree that was knocked down here. we re seeing similar scenes throughout lee county, alabama. a portion of the state where forecasters now believe was a powerful ef4 tornado packing winds of 170 miles an hour came through here on sunday. again 23 confirmed fatalities. as of yesterday all but six had been visually identified. however, the coroner was optimistic that fingerprints would be able to establish
know, air from this fire that s 200 miles away, to give people an idea what is going on in northern california. so first thank you to the firefighters who are helping folks and the first responders. but there are a number of things at play here. one historic drought in california. two, the inability to address climate change. also, development and high risk fire areas and utility lines that are close to trees and high winds, dree brings from trees hit those utility lines and set the area a blaze. those all have to be addressed. but that s something that has to be done thoughtfully with presidential leadership and local leadership and not assigning blame or trying to insult the victims. well, look, the governor of california and the president, they have put on a united front during this visit. very core dal. that hasn t always been the case. do you see this as a sign of a new day, perhaps a sign the