unprovoked war of aggression in ukraine ambassador julie smith, thank you so much for being with us this morning. we do appreciate your time. we are getting fresh reporting from the fire lines, fast-moving wildfires out of california, a new our of cnn news central starts right now intense whipping when threatened to fuel a dangerous wildfire raging this morning in california, hundreds forced to evacuate and 15,000 acres already burned also, a weekend of deadly shootings across the united states in michigan s families ran for their luck hi is i after gunfire erupted at a community splash pad nine people injured. there. the gunman s motive under investigation this morning and the us surgeon general says he wants to see warnings on social media like the ones you see on cigarettes adding to the pressure on lawmakers to protect children on social media apps. kate bolduan out today, i m sarah saga, john berman, and this is cnn news central a felony conviction in the courtro
tonight, the historic santa ana winds. the national weather service issuing its first ever extreme red flag warning. winds not seen here in more than a decade. and we were there as firefighters work to keep the flames from shooting up the hills in simi valley. coming within 30 yards of the reagan presidential library. this newest fire, called the easy fire, erupting early this morning north of los angeles. this fire has been moving very quickly. it broke out in the middle of the night here in simi valley. they re trying to protect about 6,500 homes now in danger. at least 1,300 acres are already burning. and of course, part of the overall effort, the effort to protect the reagan presidential library. the statue of ronald reagan on a horse right out front. a fire truck and thick smoke just behind it. this is where the former president and first lady are now buried. fires racing up the hills surrounding the library. helicopters dropping water.
three, and four. number two, not so much. and then if you move all the way over to thursday, you can still see that numbers one, three, and four have had extensive damage. number two, not so much. i want to zoom in and show more details of that. what they ve seen when they looked at this is maybe a lot of the physical facility was damage. number two is largely an intact building which means perhaps the electrical lines, the water lines, all the basic working facilities here may still be working. then if you move over to number three. you see tremendous damage here. this is where they focus their efforts. they brought in a water cannon from the police department which nhk said could not fire far enough to reach this while staying safely back from the radiation. there were some fire department like trucks brought in that could fire much further. they were designed to put out, for example, aviation fires, when a plane crashed. they were able to get water on this. we saw the helicopters dr