the fire has now burned more than 54,000 acres, a steep increase from this morning when firefighters said the fire was 30,000 acres. containment has fallen from 10% to just 5%. 94 structures have been destroyed and officials say another 80,000 structures are still threatened tonight. also today authorities evacuated another 90,000 people from sonoma county bringing the total number of people evacuated to 180,000. here s a look at the evacuation zone. you can see the evacuations stretch from healdsburg down to santa rosa and then all the way to the coast. we begin our live team coverage tonight with ktvu s jana katsuyama. reporter: we just got an update. the wind gusts have been pretty intense here. i understand from one of the officials here that the fire has already jumped font road. up the hill we saw about 15 minutes ago a number of vehicles coming out of shiloh ridge and dashing south down font road because in the past 10 minutes there has been an emergency alert immi
amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. political heavyweights hit the campaign trail this weekend hoping to drive turnout. we ll hear their closing messages. and champions once again. the houston astros claim their second world series title in six years. of course cory wire is standing by with the highlights. and nobody won the power there ball jackpot. and jack dorsey is apologizing to employees. what he had to say in the wake of thousands of layoffs. welcome to a new week. thank you so much for waking up with us. we re grateful that you re starting it with amara and i and i m grateful that she didn t win the billion plus dollars in the jackpot. i was going to share with you. i m pretty sure i would have been up here by myself if you won. that s true. lots of news. first, just two days and counting until the high stakes mid-term elections. the candidates and their heavy hitters are out in force on this final weekend of campaigning, hoping to rev up their suppor
it is wednesday, october 12th. i m christine romans. president biden says he believes russian president vladimir putin is rational. mr. biden said putin s objectives invading ukraine were irrational and a serious misjudgment. do you think putin is a rational actor? i think he is a rational actor who s miscalculated significantly. so if he s not rational no, i didn t say he s not rational. you said the speech. i think his speech, his objectives. i think he thought they would welcome him with open arms. this is home for mother russia and i think he totally miscalculated. cnn s jasmine wright is live in washington. what else did the president have to say about putin and ukraine? reporter: obviously the president warned of catastrophic mistakes and miscalculations. president putin continues to make these nuclear threats. as the u.s. grows more concerned while looking at the escalations happening in ukraine caused by russia. he warns of armageddon. take a look at
issue may be infrastructure. crowds of tourists checking in at hotel lobbies are here to see cuba before mcdonalds and starbucks beat them solid. this hotel is booked solid for the next three months. it s a little bit difficult to get a room here. [ laughter ] reporter: this director of a charter company is recommending to book six months to a year in advance. we doubled our booking from 2014-2015. we had, i would say an 80% increase on how many cars, coordination of travel and in 2016, we are looking at incriminating from 15-another 45-50%. wood just signed a deal in cuba. marriott also has the green light. there s a sense of history here, of culture, of architecture, it s close, so people want to come. we would obviously like to be here when they come. reporter: all of this is trickling down to the private sector as well. this couple moved here from italy where they run a restaurant out of their home. i have seen many change ins the restaurant business here in cub
president obama did talk about the stark differences between the two countries. he talked about differences in democracy and human rights. but there s the other side. there s the poverty side of cuba that many people believe that president obama will not see while he is here. despite that, many people here still have a lot of hope. despite the protests by some in cuba, many cubans believe president obama brings hope. cubans like 72-year-old dora. translator: when i was born, the u.s. and cuba were one. reporter: she@ welcomed us into her neighborhood showing us just how difficult her life has been for her and her family in her small home where the walls are very narrow. her kitchen is small. she has no fridge, a sink with no faucet or running water, and a tiny stove. and the only running water is used for the bathroom and to clean, but she is still hopeful because she remembers the old cuba. translator: we are one government. everyone got along. i don t understand why