We want to get together with some developing news with firefighters on the scene of a destructive fire that thankfully is now under control. Start to the a 15 this morning in oaklands chinatown but quickly went to five alarm. This is that 7th and webster street. It appears to have started as a Dumpster Fire and then spread to the twostory building. It has restaurants and stores there on the ground level and the building runs along two thirds of that block. Everyone made it out safely and firefighters were able to keep those flames from spreading to the neighboring buildings. In this densely packed area. It did say that we have the personnel that we were able to get out of the building to the fire under control. To that many bodies. Ted cruz going through the bottles, which for us, that is not a normal fire, we normally go through one or two bottles and tanks and had firefighters going through four of them this morning before they go no injuries were reported in the cause of the origina
County. There was more of a positive tone in the News Conference that wrapped up 20 minutes ago. Cal fire says because the storms did not cause major fire activity, they have turned a corner and have a better handle on the fires. They made Good Progress on all areas of the complex. There priority is the palisades up to the lake county line. They are trying to get a fire line connected to gain more control there. The lnu lightning complex fire is over 500 square miles. That is three times the size of san jose. Containment grew to 22 . 871 to structures have been destroyed. It has been an exhausting last several days. Theres a message from the front line. Everyone on the line is extremely tired, but working incredibly hard. I had an opportunity to see folks out on the line. I can tell you how much joy it gives me to see the smiles on their face. Were going to stop right here and toss it over to governor gavin newsom who was holding a News Conference. Eve attend a state. You will see some
biden administration on the defensive. plus, we re live at the cnn weather center. how climate change is destroying homes with extreme weather across the u.s. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says more than 1,000 towns and villages have been retaken so far from russian forces. he says the russian military is paying heavy price for its aggression. translator: russia has lost almost 27,000 soldiers, many of them young conscripts. russia has lost more than 3,000 tanks, armored combat vehicles, a large number of conventional military vehicles, helicopters, drones and all of its prospects as a state. ukraine also says russian troops continue to retreat from around the city of kharkiv in the north. further south, ukraine claims it successfully blocked a russian advance at a key river in the donbas. ukraine says it destroyed more than 70 armored vehicles including tanks and multiple failed
committee investigating the house insurrection. five congressmen are subpoenaed including kevin mccarthy. and new evidence of possible war crime in ukraine. an exclusive on the general who ordered some of those acts of brutality. announcer: live from cnn. russia is reacting to finland s announcement that it homes to join nato with threats of retaliation. former president dmitri medvedev warns that it would strengthen its western flank. they called it a radical change in policy and a treaty vial participation will bring consequences. philipish leaders say their finnish leaders say it is a drastic change in the security environment after ukraine. helsinki admits there are no direct military threats right now and its extremely long border with russia is secure. finland has been a member of the european union since 1995. for years we ve been a very close partner to nato. so in that sense, this will not be such a major one and maybe it is not as big as people might think.
the center of our galaxy the first image of it ever captured. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the nationwide shortage of infant formula is growing more acute tonight, leaving more parents in a desperate hunt for the nutrition their babies need. with the percentage of out of stock product climbing, president biden is vowing to step in, meeting today with industry leaders and announcing a series of measures to increase supplies. the white house vowing to cut the red tape. saying the use of the defense production act to increase formula availability is on the table. a tool most recently used to speed up delivery of covid related health supplies tonight, the shortage being felt across the country, but the crisis has become especially urgent for certain vulnerable groups of children jo ling kent has late details. reporter: tonight, the biden white house under growing pressure to act, with millions of families unable to get infa