Uprising. And later, californias Majestic Sequoias have thrived for centuries. Now fires and Climate Change threaten their very existence. Good to have you with us. Later today, u. S. President Joe Biden will tour the devastation left by the remnants of Hurricane Ida in New York and New Jersey. He has already approved federal aid for people severely affected by the storm in both states. Meantime, flooding still poses a danger for areas of the Gulf Coast devastated by the hurricane. More rain and storms are in the forecast for a region thats also under a heat advisory. Nearly 500,000 utility customers face another day of scorching temperatures without electricity. Cnns Martin Savidge is following the Recovery Efforts in New Orleans, including a gruesome discovery made by the citys Health Department. Reporter this is a pod, point of distribution. Jefferson parish around near the airport, just outside the city of New Orleans. As you can see what happens here is the national guard is set up. Youve got the louisiana national guard. Theyre going to basically ask you how much do you need . You tell them, ive got five Family Members. Then you come on down the Assembly Line here and essentially youre going to get two mres per family member. Youre going to get a box of Water Right here. And then after that, eventually down the way, something much needed, youre going to get ice. Its an emergency drivethrough. Its the basics, and people pretty much are coming here every single day. There are many of these set up all throughout the area damaged by hurricanes. One of the big issues in new Orleans Today is talking about the situation that happened over the weekend where the city of New Orleans and its Health Department began Evacuating Hundreds of seniors that were found in at least ten buildings in the New Orleans area. These are privately owned or run by nonprofits and primarily for elderly living. What they found in those units were just deplorable conditions according to the mayor. No airconditioning. People were trapped in the upper floors because the elevator didnt work. Many of the elderly relied on medical devices. They were truly suffering in the heat. So hundreds of them were evacuated and taken to shelters over the weekend further north into louisiana. The mayor is not ruling out that there could be legal ramifications for those who own the buildings, especially in cases where it looks like the staff just simply left the building and left the elderly to their own resources. At least five people were found dead over the weekend, but that number continues to rise. Our thanks to Martin Savidge for that report. Meantime, Louisianas Lieutenant Governor is speaking out about the Hurricane Evacuation that went tragically wrong. You will, of course, Recall Hundreds of Nursing Home residents were moved to a warehouse. We just heard that, that officials say was in deplorable condition. Seven died as a result with five of those deaths classified as stormrelated. The Lieutenant Governor calls the entire incident unthinkable. Were learning about the incredible number i think over 50 calls to 911 of the relatives of those people, cries for help. And to pack that many people into one warehouse is just unthinkable. And how can this happen after weve gone through katrina and had those deaths in the Nursing Homes then and set things in place so this would never happen again . Its just unthinkable. Its embarrassing. And i dont know what you tell the people, these Loved Ones that lost their Family Members because of these horrible conditions and the way these people were handled. The remnants of Hurricane Ida claimed dozens of lives and severely damaged homes in New York and New Jersey. Now residents in those areas need help getting temporary housing and making repairs. Athena jones has our report. Reporter new York Officials and Femas Administrator toured Storm Damage in Hard Hit queens monday as communities across the region begin to put their lives and homes back together after the devastation wrought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. If you drive around queens, it looks like a bomb went off. Everybodys personal belongings are out on the street. We just need someone to help us out. What we saw today was absolutely heartbreaking, the amount of Damage And Destruction that these families have experienced. Reporter state and federal officials say help is on the way with president Biden Set to visit New York and New Jersey tuesday. After approving federal Disaster Relief for five new York Counties and six in New Jersey to help families and Businesses Repair and rebuild. Wethere were at least 50 Million in damages and we anticipate the numbers to go up. But that trigger the threshold that we are able to apply for a major declaration existence. Reporter the true extent of the stormary impact is still being realized. Ida claiming the lives of at least 50 people across the region with heartbreaking stories of loss. New York Police Sharing Video of their attempt to rescue a Queens Couple and their 2yearold. All three later found dead in their flooded basement apartment. Two other queens residents died when a wall in their home collapsed in the flooding. At least four died in pennsylvania, and at least 27 people lost their lives in New Jersey where Governor Phil Murphy toured flood damage, telling reporters he plans to ask the president to provide federal Disaster Relief to more counties. There were 15 other counties in New Jersey, and were in there fighting on behalf of any of those other counties that were impacted. Reporter state and local officials now focused on how to be better prepared for the next storm by improving infrastructure and putting better Warning Systems in place to alert people of the danger. We have seawalls that need to be raised. We have, you know, sewers that were built 100 years ago. We really need help from the federal government to get back on our feet and get ready for the future because we cant abandon communities. Reporter the federal Disaster Assistance to individuals and businesses includes grants for temporary Housing And Home repairs and lowcost loans to cover uninsured property losses. Mayor Bill De Blasio saying the city plans to send teams to go Door To door in all affected areas to mac ke sure people sig up for benefits. The United States marked the unofficial end of summer over the weekend, but the countrys Covid Crisis is far from over. The u. S. Is now averaging nearly 164,000 new cases each day, and the sevenday average of new cases monday was more than 300 higher than Labor Day last year. Hospitalizations and deaths are also up compared to a year ago. On average, more than 1,500 people are dying from covid every day here in the United States, and the cdc says that number is likely to rise. The country is also in a worse position than it was at the start of summer, and thats adding new pressure on americas plans for Vaccine Boosters. Cnns Nick Watt has our report. Good mornin. Reporter summer is over. This week in the northeast, many schools start back, but ominous signs from the south, kentucky schools opened already and already one in five districts have closed at some Point Due to case counts, quarantines, or just lack of staff. We have a Record Number of kentuckians in the hospital battling covid, in the icu battling for their lives. Reporter and theyre overwhelmingly unvaccinated. South carolina has among the lowest Vaccination Rates in the country and the highest infection rate. Well have another uptick with the universities opening up. Well have a further uptick with the schools not having masks on, and well have Labor Day travel on top of this. So, yes, there will be a further uptick. Reporter meantime, more data that Vaccine Booster shots are now necessary due to the Delta Variant. The data from the israeli studies are that theres a rather substantial diminution in protection against infection and an unquestionable diminution in the protection against hospitalization. Reporter with a booster, that protection bounced back and then some. The plan was to start third shots here in two weeks, but it might only be pfizer that rolls out then. Moderna is delayed by a data review. Weve got people that are well beyond six months that are 60 and older that need the booster shot, and we cant give it to them because were being held up by, you know, the nation and on the federal level right now. Reporter more evidence boosters are needed . A Beginning And End of summer comparison. Four times the number of people in the hospital with covid19 now. Average new daily cases up over 800 . Back then, we were losing an average of 594 lives a day. Now, 1,561. The difference, fewer mitigation measures and delta. We need to rev up our game around getting unvaccinated persons vaccinated. Reporter worldwide, officials now watching the mu variant, not a threat, not yet, but could partially evade the current vaccines. The virus will continue to mutate until we have a level of immunity in our communities around this country and around the world. Reporter now, Israels Health Chief has been asked to address Fda Vaccine advisers here in the u. S. That theyre meeting next week and present more data on those boosters. But meantime, more than a quarter of eligible americans still havent had their first vaccine shot. Nick watt, cnn, los angeles. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is set to sign a controversial new Election Bill into law today. It restricts early voting, establishes new i. D. Requirements for mailin voting, and allows for an increased number of partisan poll watchers. Democrats call it a belated attempt to suppress the minority vote. Republicans claim the new restrictions will make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. U. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland is pledging to protect womens clinics in texas that may come under attack. Its part of a Justice Department Effort to counter the states controversial new ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Garland plans to use the face act, which stands for freedom of access to clinic entrances. It prohibits the use of force, intimidation, and interference outside clinics. But cnn legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers says the effort may not be a success. It is unusual for the Attorney General to need to weigh in. In our system, its the courts that usually block laws that are blatantly and clearly unconstitutional, which this law is. So its really unusual for the Attorney General to have to say anything. I think its important given the supreme Courts Refusal to block this law that he does do what doj can do. The problem is the face act, which is the act that he referenced the doj would be utilizing resources to enforce isnt really a good fit for this because its designed to stop people from blocking access to clinics. Its not really designed to stop people from Filing Lawsuits that req. I think doj should do what it can. The problem is they very cleverly drafted this law so that the f. A. C. E. Act doesnt really apply very well to it. Last week, the u. S. Supreme court refused to block the Texas Abortion Ban from going into effect. Well, still to come this hour, on patrol with the taliban in the streets of kabul. How life is changing for the millions of people in afghanistans capital. Plus he just explained that they begged for their life and that he shot and killed them anyway. This former marine is accused of killing four people he didnt know, including a 3monthold baby. 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The taliban also claim they have taken control over the final stronghold of resistance, the panjshir province. But the leader of the national resistance front, an antitaliban group, says the fight is not over yet, and he is calling on afghans to jouin a national uprising. We are now learning the u. S. Helped four american citizens flee afghanistan over land. A State Department Official says its the first time that has happened since the withdrawal of u. S. Troops one week ago. So a lot to cover here. Cnns Anna Coren has covered afghanistan for years. She is following all of these developments and joins us live with the very latest. Good to see you, anna. I do want to start with these Street Protests under way right now in kabul. Brave women getting out there on the streets, stating their case to live their lives freely. Talk to us about what youre learning about these protests and how the taliban is likely to respond to them. Reporter thats a very interesting point, rosemary, because we dont know how the taliban is going to respond. Looking at the images coming to us from kabul, some of these taliban militants are looking quite overwhelmed. On the weekend, we saw those protests of a handful of women, and it was brutally put down. The Taliban Hit Out at a number of those women. Today, rosemary, we are seeing thousands of people take to the streets, not just women but also men speaking out against this taliban leadership, speaking out against the pakistanis. There is a feeling that pakistan is meddling very heavily in afghanistans affairs. You hear chants of supporting the people of panjshir, which is this last stronghold, if you like, of the resistance, the antitaliban movement, which has now fallen to the taliban. But were hearing from its leader, ahmad massoud, saying he wants there to be a national uprising. Perhaps that is what we are seeing now on the streets of kabul. The images coming to us are really quite extraordinary. There are women who are yelling at these taliban fighters, just wearing a hijab, telling them that, we will not be oppressed. We will not be put down. You know, so much has changed in afghanistan in the last 20 years. These women are educated. They speak out. They know what their rights are. They are refusing to go back to the dark ages. We saw protests in the north of the country, in mazarisharif yesterday, where women were saying, we need to be part of the government. The taliban has explicitly said that will not be taking place. There will be no women in high profile positions, no Women Part of the cabinet. Mazarisharif, were hearing that protests are happening again today. Now, if this takes place around much of the country, what is the taliban going to do, rosemary . I mean there are plenty of journalists. There are plenty of cameras there. There are plenty of people just with phones, you know, putting this on Social Media. The eyes of the world are watching what is taking place in kabul right now. Perhaps this is a first true test of how the taliban is going to handle this very precarious situation. Yeah. As you say, with the eyes of the world watching, and we will continue to watch this too. Anna coren, many thanks for bringing us the very latest on those very brave women out on the streets in kabul. Appreciate it. In florida, a former marine charged with fatally shooting four people he didnt know, including a baby, is being held without bond. 33yearold Bryan Riley told police that god told him to do it. Cnns Randi Kaye is following the story from lakeland in florida. And a warning, the details in her report are disturbing. Hes evil in the flesh. He was a rabid animal. Reporter Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is talking about a 33yearold Exmarine who is now charged with killing four people in a horrific predawn shooting. It was just its continuous, pop, pop, pop, pop. Reporter it happened about 4 30 in the morning sunday at this house in lakeland, florida. In the main house, we discovered a man, a woman, and an infant in the mothers arms, all shot to death. Reporter authorities say the Baby Boy was just 3 months old. Also dead, the babys 62yearold grandmother, who was hiding in her closet in another house on the property. The Family Dog also shot and killed. When deputies arrived, there was a shootout involving dozens, maybe even hundreds of rounds, says the sheriff. Windows and doors were left riddled with bullet holes, and deputies heard a Woman Scream and a baby whimper. He was a coward. Reporter investigators say the suspect was wearing Body Armor but surrendered after he was shot. It would have been nice if hed come out with a gun, and then wed have been able to read a newspaper through him. But when someone chooses to give up, we take them into custody peacefully. If hed given us the opportunity, wed have shot him up a lot. You see, its easy to shoot innocent children and babies and people in the middle of the night when you got the gun and they dont. But he was not much of a man. Reporter when deputies finally got inside, they discovered the bloody scene along with an 11yearold girl who had been shot multiple times but is expected to recover. Investigators say it does not appear the shooter knew his victims. Thats the scary part for me because since it was random, im literally the next driveway, and it could have been it could have been me or my family. Reporter the suspect now faces four charges of murder as well as other charges, including attempted murder. The sheriff says the suspect told them he was a survivalist and high on meth and this terrifying detail. He just explained that they begged for their life and that he shot and killed them anyway. Reporter the suspect served in Iraq And Afghanistan and was a designated sharpshooter. His girlfriend told investigators the suspect recently started to believe he was communicating with god. She said he had ptsd. Ive seen him depressed. And he said, you know, god spoke to him, and now he can talk directly to god. And she said, id never seen that kind of behavior. Reporter according to the criminal affidavit, the suspect told authorities voices and god told him to do it. He allegedly said he shot the infant because im a sick guy, adding, i want to confess all of it and be sent to jail. What makes this even more bizarre is that investigators say the suspect actually came here on Saturday Night hours before the shooting. He confronted a couple of people on the front lawn. He told them that god was speaking to him, according to what the sheriff said, and that he knew of someone named amber who was here who was going to take her life. The people on the lawn said Theres Nobody here by that name. Were going to call the police. Go away. This isnt true. You cant communicate with god. He apparently got so angry, he drove closer to home near tampa, florida, about 45 minutes away, and then returned nine hours later and killed the people that he had met on the front lawn along with others inside this house. Randi kaye, cnn, lakeland, florida. A 3yearold boy who went missing in Rural Australia on friday has been found unharmed. Hundreds of authorities and volunteers organized an extensive Threeday Search for young a. J. A Police Helicopter finally spotted him on monday Drinking Water from a creek in rugged Bush Land about Half A Kilometer from his home. A. J. Is reportedly autistic and nonverbal. His father says a. J. Has a few scrapes, ant bites, and a Diaper Rash but is otherwise okay. A happy ending there. Emergency Pandemic Assistance runs out for the u. S. , but thats just one of president bidens worries at home and abroad. September is set to be his busiest and most crucial month yet in office. Whats at stake just ahead. 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President Joe Biden is suddenly facing rising challenges on multiple fronts. And it all comes with his Approval Ratings falling sharply. Cnns Phil Mattingly reports on what the president is up against at home and overseas. Reporter president Biden Set to return to washington at the start of a critical month. His administration facing a series of major crises, from natural disasters and a foreign Policy Crisis to a resurgent pandemic and critical hurdles to his sweeping legislative agenda. A president facing the ultimate test. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Landing monday in doha. We believe its around 100. Reporter as the u. S. Grapples with more than 100 american citizens on the ground in afghanistan. We are going to find ways to get them, the ones that want to leave, to get them out of afghanistan. Reporter the u. S. Facilitating the departure of four americans through an Overland Route according to a senior State Department Official, but with reports of some americans stuck at an airport ready to depart. Concerns on Capitol Hill about what happens next. Theyre not allowed to leave. We know the reason why is because the taliban wants something in exchange. Reporter a persistent headache for a president facing a tangible dip in approval over the last several weeks. Numbers on the Economy And Handling of the pandemic dropping alongside. A driving factor, the dramatic surge in covid cases. Average daily cases up more than 1,000 compared to the level on july 4th. The first thing we have to do, we cant be having 150,000 new infections per day. Thats pandemic numbers. Thats the first thing. Weve got to crack that one right away. Reporter White House officials saying biden plans to lay out more aggressive steps in response in the days ahead, keenly aware of the direct correlation to a robust economic recovery that is now showing signs of slowing in the latest jobs report. I know people were looking, and i was hoping for a higher number. Reporter the u. S. Adding 235,000 jobs in august, a major dropoff from the more than 1 Million in july, driven in large part by hospitality, services and retail industries sharply affected by the pandemic. Theres no question the Delta Variant is why Todays Job Report isnt stronger. Reporter all as millions face the loss of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment benefits. We have more unfilled jobs in this country than at any time on the record of measuring unfilled jobs. So we think the jobs are there, and we think the states have the resources they need to move people from unemployment to employment. Reporter as president biden ramps up his aggressive approach on the pandemic, expect a parallel effort, White House officials say, in ramping up their pressure to get the president s domestic agenda passed through congress. Over the course of the last several weeks, White House officials, their counterparts on Capitol Hill have been working feverishly to draft the details of the president s 3. 5 trillion expansion of the social safety net. Thats moving in tandem with a 1. 2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. The White House, their counterparts on Capitol Hill, want both across the Finish Line as soon as the end of this month. That is certainly an aggressive timetable, but its one White House officials want to stick to. Theres a recognition inside the White House, inside the west wing, that for their purposes, their agenda, their legislative agenda and what they can do with that agenda in terms of reshaping the economic piece of the country going forward is critical, perhaps the most critical issue aside from covid. Both will be a focus in the weeks ahead. Phil mattingly, cnn, the White House. To afghanistan now, and the taliban spokesman says women are back at work in both Health Care and education, and more occupations will be added soon. But life in the capital has changed dramatically compared to just one months ago. Lindsey hulsome from the uks Channel 4 news has this report. Reporter Taliban Fighters In Kabul freshly arrived from their victory in the panjshir valley. They cruise the streets and rule the roost. Young bucks with newly acquired american weapons. Its their moment, their city, their country. This morning, they raised the taliban flag in the panjshir provincial capital. Theyve defeated the last resistance. The late warlord massoud, the lion of the panjshir, looks down from the walls of the provincial governors office. Back in the 1990s, the taliban never defeated his militia, but today they say they vanquished fighters under the command of his son. At a Hospital Run by the italian ngo emergency, the wards are full of injured people. A few years back, this man was paralyzed by a stray bullet. He was one of the few people wounded in crossfire as the taliban Entered Kabul three weeks ago. Reporter but the legacy of conflict is poverty. About 600 families who fled their homes in the provinces are surviving in a filthy field on the outskirts of the capital. Abdul malek and his family fled backland after his home was blown up in fighting. Everyone wants to tell me their story. No food, no work, sons killed. 5 Million afghans have been displaced in two decades of war. The u. N. Says 18 million, nearly half the population, will need humanitarian assistance this year. Some people here have fled war. Others have fled poverty. But most have fled both. They have lives of terrible deprivation. This camp was bigger about a week ago because some people feel that they can now go home because the war is over. But the people ive been speaking to say they dont dare go home. And although violence may now be decreasing, because of the terrible economic problems that the taliban is facing, poverty is only going to get worse and the humanitarian needs greater than ever. Yesterday the head of the u. N. Humanitarian agency flew to kabul to meet the taliban. I think theyre surprised they are where they are today. I think were going to get quite difficult questions of their capacity to rule in terms of humanitarian issues in the coming weeks. I came here 23 years ago to negotiate the same issues with the Taliban In Kabul in 1998. Theyre different now clearly from then. Theyre making the right noises. Theyre making commitments. But some people say by doing all this, youre just normalizing these people, and it should not be normalized. Reporter the humanitarian community does not recognize. The humanitarian community is focused on one thing and one thing alone, and thats delivering to the people in need what they need at the right time. Reporter every day, hundreds of people crowd around the banks. Theyre not getting salaries and can only withdraw a limited amount from their savings. The middle class are becoming poor, and the poor are becoming destitute. Reporter the taliban are enjoying themselves, but running a country isnt the same as winning a war and forcing your ideology on people wont feed their families. Well soon find out what really matters to afghanistans new rulers. Lindsey hilsum with that report. The worlds medical experts issue an urgent call to action. 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She is the editor in chief of the british medical journal. Thank you, doctor, for being with us. Pleasure. So this united call for action on Climate Change comes from doctors and scientists in this joint editorial, asking officials to do more to address global warming because it is causing serious health issues. But no one appears to be listening with most leaders, of course, focused on the Covid Pandemic right now. How do you draw more attention to this issue during a pandemic like this, and just how serious is this . Well, thank you. I think that the purpose of this editorial, which is an unprecedented event in clinical, medical academics history, is to count more than 200 medical journals committing their willingness to publish the same editorial and really calling on governments to take urgent and fundamental action, as you say, because whats being done at the moment or planned at the moment is not adequate. Weve timed it to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly where countries will be gathering to make their plans for their contributions to the discussions at the Cop 26 meeting in glasgow in november. The aim is to try to influence those delegates and to inform the public in general about the severity of the situation and that doctors around the world and clinical academics around the world are deeply concerned that unless major fundamental changes are made to the way that we live, that 1. 5 degrees centigrade increase in temperatures will will overshoot, and we will be into catastrophic, irreversible Climate Change. Lets talk more about these health issues that the joint editorial warns about, establishing a link between the Climate Crisis and serious health issues. What sort of diseases are we talking about here, and what is that unequivocal science that they point to . Well, so the types of diseases were already seeing or increases in death and early death and ill health are the sorts of things you will have heard about, increases in Lung And Heart disease, Obesiobesity Problems with increases in mental health. These are all things that are well documented around air pollution. Then weve got the problem of extreme heat, which in some parts of the world is making, you know, life almost unsurvivable. You Cant Work in those kind of temperatures, and people are dying in greater number. Then youve got the broader issues that Climate Change, climate emergency is bringing, which are things like the floods in New York, the floods in germany, the fires in western north american, in australia, in greece. These are events that are increasing in scale and in frequency. Were also seeing conflicts over fertile land, over water resources, which are causing large numbers of people to be displaced from their homes and refugee crises are another pressure that the world is having to absorb. So its not just diseases in the kind of purely medical sense. Its major disruption to peoples lives and risk to their lives. And the editorial, the joint editorial in these medical journals points out that current Climate Action is insufficient. So what more do governments, private enterprise, and of course individuals need to be doing to stop this increase in temperature of Planet Earth . Well, i think a lot of the efforts to bring us to net zero as a world by the midcentury are focused on shifting from dirty Fossil Fueldreiven technologies. The sort of things that will be needed to bring that Temperature Rise below the 1. 5 degrees centigrade will be things like rethinking our cities, our housing, our transport, rethinking how Health Systems work, rethinking how financial markets work, and really radically changing the way in which we live and that the benefits of that, i think we shouldnt forget, will be more, you know, better lives in many ways if we can get that right. Better diets, better housing and better better communities compared with many of the illnesses of society that we currently face. Yeah, it is certainly a huge challenge. Dr. Fiona godlee, thank you so much for talking with us. We appreciate it. Thank you. Still to come, we will explain how Climate Change is threatening californias ancient and massive sequoia trees. Were back in just a moment. Yes. Great. How . Uhhh. How long does Credit Repair take . I dont know, like 10 years. What . Are you insane . Whats a good Credit Score . Go. 600. 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Reporter but Climate Change is changing that. Shrinking the giant sequoias footprint. A giant sequoia that was first weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and potentially made it more susceptible to mortality from fire. Reporter the Stag Tree is said to be the fifth largest tree in the entire world. Its lived more than 3,000 years, and yet were seeing that wildfire is threatening these giant sequoias more than ever before. The Cassel Fire was a wakeup call. An estimated 7,500 to 10,600 trees were destroyed in that one fire alone. Reporter started by lightning in august 2020, the Cassel Fire was part of the Sequoia Complex that burned more than 174,000 acres, scorching several sequoia groves. It was devastating, heartbreaking. Everything had been incinerated. It was a field of the worlds largest burnedup toothpicks. Reporter after decades of suppressing forest fire, other trees and brush have grown rampantly around the sequoias. The fires that used to burn every five to ten years in the sierra would just keep down the competition and reduce the fuel naturally. Reporter on land owned by the save the redwoods league, we hiked out to see just how deadly the Cassel Fire was here. For us to see 10 to 14 of the total of giant sequoias alive killed in one year, in one fire, theres nothing to compare that to. Reporter yet fire in and of itself is not the enemy of the giant sequoia. Their cones open up. Their seeds start to germinate after a fire. Reporter so near those lost giants, where the Fire Wasnt too intense, small shoots of hope take root. What i see is a lot of these little Baby Giant Sequoias that have sprouted up since the fire happened. 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