We begin this morning with dozens of raging wildfires that are wreaking havoc out west. Three firefighters in Central California were hospitalized for injuries as crews rushed to rescue people trapped by flames. Officials are urging thousands in oregon to evacuate as unprecedented wildfires rip through the state. In fact, its getting so intense, firefighters are even being urged to leave some areas. Hurricaneforce winds are making it hard to combat the outofcontrol wildfires in washington state. So far at least 330,000 acres have been scorched. That is more than what burned in each of the last 12 fire seasons. Danya bacchus is in tollhouse, california. Tell me fire crews are working to get an upper hand here. How are they dealing with the fires . Reporter good morning to you, annemarie. They are working around the clock, nonstop to try to get these fires contained. Unfortunately, it doesnt seem to be happening yet. In fact, firefighters saying that they do not expect to have this creek
Spread the flames, and at least 35 people have now died in dozens of outofcontrol wildfires burning from Washington State to california. In the small city of detroit, oregon, it looks like a bomb went off. The fastmoving flames have destroyed everything in its path. Laura podesta has been following the story. What are firefighters up against today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. The wildfire forecast today and the next few days includes very hazardous air quality from los angeles to canada. Unfortunately, rain is not expected until at least wednesday. The bobcat fire forced mandatory evacuations yesterday as it moved closer to homes north of los angeles. Greg vanny isnt sure if his 100yearold cabin survived. Like the seven plagues, biblical sense. Reporter the raging tu down west coast and left everywhere from california to canada with dangerously bad air quality. It looks post apocalyptic actually. Kind of spooky. Reporter in northern california, the north complex fire has killed
Of course the daughter of Vice President , but your life and going in at a washington certainly dates back further than when your father became Vice President. Of course he was a chief of staff during the Ford Administration and then, like you, served in the congress. What hasnt been like, kind kind of a lifetime almost, coming in and out of washington with Public Office, either youre in Public Office or a Family Member and then going back to life outside the beltway . Well, i feel like its really been an incredible, incredibly blessed way to grow up. And to have the had the opportunity to sort of see both worlds but certainly many of my earliest memories have to do with my mom and dad and the public service. When my dad was chief of staff for president ford back in the early 70s, my sister and i were young and he would take us down to the white house on saturday mornings to have breakfast with them, and, because you can imagine his schedule was very busy, and we would sit on the floor
Citys ecigarette sales ban beginning next year. And right now politicians past and presence are gathering in San Francisco to take a break from all the election hustle and bustle. It is open to the public. Ktvus christina rendone is live from johns grill. Good afternoon christina. Good afternoon to you both. And it smells delicious. Thats something you cant see on tv. Right across the way over there a lot of people already getting their plates here at johns grill. Its all decked out in red, white, and blue. And one of the big draws is not just the lunch. Its coming to shake the hands of former mayor willie brown. How has this tradition held its importance for you . Well for San Francisco, we are a political town, everybody at every level is involved in one way or another. And we started this many years ago when we wanted to try to have people again to efs Mutual Respect for each other no matter on whos candidacy they were reporting. And it just turned into a San Francisco happening and
Eastern and pacific on cspan. Our guest on newsmakers this week is the administrator of fema, brock long. He has had a career at Emergency Response management at the state level and private sector. He has had quite a year with his with two category five hurricanes, one of the biggest wildfires in history. A category seven earthquake. Lots of calls for your folks to go into action. Let me introduce you to the reporters who will be asking questions. Ron nixon covers Homeland Security for the new york times. Camila dechalus is cq roll calls Homeland Security and immigration reporter. Mr. Nixon, you are up first. Mr. Nixon the question i would like to start with is, i think there are common misperceptions about femas role in Emergency Management and dealing with Natural Disasters. What is femas role and what is the state and local First Responders role . Brick is out for us, please. Laid out for us please. Lay that out for us, please. Mr. Long femas mission is incredibly complex. It is a l