welcome to msnbc reports. we re going to begin this hour with breaking news out of colorado. officials just finished briefing the public on the latest devastation caused by a fast-moving wildfire. you re looking at some of the pictures showing the scope of the damage from a helicopter flying over boulder county where the fire has damaged upwards of 1,000 homes and burned more than 6,000 acres. the fire has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate. one silver lining, officials said there are no reports of any deaths. they called it a miracle. the damage, however is intense. the governor has already declared a state of emergency. he says president biden has ke declared an expedited state