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anecdotes. it s fun summer reading for political junkies. also we ll be updating our website while on vacation so please check it out. thanks for being part of our program today. i will see you next week. captions by vitac www.vitac.com 20,000 acres have burned and 10,000 homes are in danger. the latest on southern california s savage wildfires. and a terrifying ordeal ends with a joyous reunion. three boaters are rescued after a week-long ordeal. and did britain give up a terrorist to cash in on an oil deal? a british newspaper reports touches off a furor. you re in the the newsroom where the news unfolds live this this sunday, august 30th. i m fredricka whitfield. the perfect storm of fuel, weather and topography, that s what we re saying about the huge wildfires burning in central and southern california. one blackened more than 20,000 acres so far. it s only about 5% contained and it threatens 10,000 homes in los angeles county. southern california officia
thanks so much. cnn newsroom continues with melissa long. good morning. have a wonderful fourth of july. thanks, t.j., brooke. troops in afghanistan take a hit from taliban fighters, the bold attack at a coalition base in eastern afghanistan. it left two americans dead and four wounded. the u.s. had to call in airstrikes to crush the two-hour onslaught. dozens of insurgents were killed. the assault as u.s. marines launch a major offensive in helmand province. except for one fire fight that dragged on for hours the marines say they have run into spotty resistance from the taliban. the u.s. is setting up small bases and plans to hold the territory. troops want to destroy the opium producing poppy fields which helps fund taliban attacks. joe biden is spending the fourth of july with troops in iraq. he was around about swore in about 200 of them as new citizens. u.s. troops pulled out of iraq s big cities leaving the iraqis in charge of their own security. because of yo