security from an approaching caravan. saturday night live faces a controversy head on byin ting the guest they made fun of to come to the show. and pausing to honor america s bravest, many of whom gave the ultimate sacrificen a solemn veterans day. early today starts right now. i m marlie hall. i m phillip mena. this morning wildfires a devastating parts of northern and southern california. with about 15,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders. two fires are burning outsidef los angeles. the woolsey and hill fires. and in the north, the camp fire has now matched the deadliest fire in state history. an additional six human remains were recovered, which brings our curre total to 29. two more deaths in the woolsey fire bring the total number of people killed in the state to a least 31. but it is the camp fire that is proving to be the most devastating. it s burned through 111,000 acres and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and businesses.of cials say it s just
parts of northern and southern california with about 15,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders. two fires are burning outside of los angeles, the woolsey and hill fires and in the north, the camp fire has now matched the deadliest fire in state history. an additional six human remains were recovered, which brings our current total to 29. two more deaths in the woolsey fire bring the total number of people killed in the state to 31. but it s the camp fire that s proving to be the most devastating. it s now believed to be the most destructive in california history, burning through 111,000 acres and destroying more than 6,000 homes, businesses, and other structures. officials say it s just 25% contained. about 52,000 people have evacuated in butte county with more than 200 still unaccounted for. some of those people may be in shelters and unable to contact family. nbc s steve patterson is in paradise, california, one of the towns hardest hit by the camp fire. steve,
security from an approaching caravan. saturday night live faces a controversy head on by inviting the guest they made fun of to come to the show. and pausing to honor america s bravest, many of whom gave the ultimate sacrifice on a solemn veterans day. early today starts right now. i m marlie hall. i m phillip mena. this morning wildfires are devastating parts of northern and southern california. with about 15,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders. two fires are burning outside of los angeles. the woolsey and hill fires. and in the north, the camp fire has now matched the deadliest fire in state history. an additional six human remains were recovered, which brings our current total to 29. two more deaths in the woolsey fire bring the total number of people killed in the state to at least 31. but it is the camp fire that is proving to be the most devastating. it s burned through 111,000 acres and destroyed more than 6,000 homes and businesses. officials
together from the charter school where that alleged attack happened on that girl nearly a week ago. the school claims it learned after that arrest that almost none of the school s employees had been fingerprinted or had their backgrounds checked. ian is live in the news room. ian, some of these people were fired. that s right. and no one on the schoolboard would say why, citing it s a confidential personnel matter. all three of the employees fired, including the suspect, jonathan chou, were assistants at the school. the decision what is announced at the sparks schoolboard meeting tonight. parents there upset more wasn t done to protect their kids. i was shocked. and then i was angry. i m angry because the school didn t communicate to us that they didn t do background checks, they didn t communicate to us that fingerprinting wasn t done. the board addressed the status of school employee background checks tonight. the principal says all of them are now in and the county w
reporter: police are still on the scene, such a tragic situation. people coming here to work out at the gym when this happened. it happened 6:30 right behind me. police say an elderly woman was trying to park in front of the gym in one of the parking spots when she had pedal confusion, meaning she hit the gas instead of the brake. she drove her mercedes suv 60 feet into the gym where there was a fitness class going on. everyone who was injured was in that clasp this happened lifestyle in livermore. five were treated and released from the hospital with moderate injuries, and one woman was killed, 49-year-old woman from livermore, her name has not been released today. police are still on the scene, trying to figure out what happened here. quite chaotic. glass everywhere, people trying to help the injured and, you know, the fire department arriving. reporter: the 80-year-old woman behind the wheel was not injured, and she has not been cited. the d.a. will make that decisio