This is Aljazeera America good morning live from new york city im randall pinkston. Thousands of firefighters are working to contain hundreds of wildfires burning across the state in california. Theyve burned more than 100,000 acres of land, destroying homes and roads along the way. We have more. Fires are burning all along the west coast but the worst hit area is northern california. The largest fires burning north of San Francisco where it has destroyed two dozen homes. Day and night firefighters are racing against the clock trying to contain wildfires blazing in california, washington and oregon. Doomsday, thats what it looked like. The flames are fueled by lightning, trees and high temperatures. We have seen a couple of spot fires and those escalate, got pretty big and took up the mountain. Firefighting planes are making the rounds, including dc10 tankers releasing fire retardant. An Evacuation Order has been issued north of San Francisco. One resident is temporarily camping in an
This is the new live from coming up in the program the fall of ice shelves declared capitol rucka is near fighters are expected to leave overnight. At least twenty people are killed in a truck bomb explosion in somalias capital mogadishu. Final rallies ahead of sundays vote in australia could see the country turn to the right and the worlds youngest leader. Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is expelled from the oscars a cademy after allegations he raped and sexually harassed women for decades. I say is on the verge of being pushed out of its selfproclaimed capital in syria rucka Officials Say the remaining members of the armed group are expected to leave the city as part of a deal brokered by tribal leader. Yes but the fighters are taking civilians with them as human shields the u. S. Led Coalition Says it isnt involved in the negotiations but believes it will save lives isolated rock in two thousand and fourteen and soon swept across iraq seizing control of a large swathes of the co
Will add that theres the m forces medley, when you hear it played, they asked members of each branch of the military to stand up. Sometimes you see men and women in uniform stand up and you see people dressed like you and me and they stand up when you realize that veterans are everywhere. We say thank you to them. We should do it every day not just on veterans day. Im excited about our interview later with john preston firefighter who has become a musician, he is a vet and all his work that he does to raise awareness and action. We will talk to him about women and female vets who are taking their own lives after coming home from overseas and battling i believe we are going to a barbecue where they are giving away free food to veterans. Good things happening in south city and all around the bay area. Great things in San Francisco last night where 40,000 people packed at t park to see the band together bay area concert supporting victims of the north bay fires. Work together to help peop
Cruz. 64 for a high there. A beautiful afternoon with mid60s. Rain will come back. Not everyone is going to be see it. Your monday morning commute is looking a little sloppy. Ill have the details in a few minutes, chris. Lisa, thank you. The end of an era for the old bay bridge. This morning, caltrans blew up the last two piers of the old bay bridge, finishing the project a year ahead of schedule. Youre watching video of the final implosion that happened 30 minutes ago. Caltrans demolished 11 piers this year. Chp officials closed the bay bridge to traffic as a precaution. You can see traffic is now moving in both directions. There is a slowdown in the cash lanes. Tomorrow marks 81 years since the bridge first opened. They zoomed through many east bay communities a few weeks ago. This weekend, hundreds of motorcyclists may cause problems again. Police say social media has tipped them off there may be sideshows with people coming from all over the state. Abc 7 News Reporter katie utehs h
Want to call it that. Ten year note, man getting closer and closer as well. To the shorter term, in terms of the spread there. As you see, were at 2. 2. Crude is down after what had been a little bit of a rally of late. You can see also as well brent cruise down. Lets get to the big road map. It does start with the trump slump. As you just saw futures are pointing to another lower open and investors are wondering about new political turmoil. What it will mean for the gops pro growth agenda. Plus, the president takes to twitter calling the fbi and congressional russia probes quote, the greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. Cisco, it warns, shares fall. Company announces a weak outlook and about 1,100 job cuts. Ceo Chuck Robbins will be with us in ten minutes from now. Well talk to him about that. And including perhaps what was less spending than they had anticipated from the fed. A lot of problems there. Yeah. We have a lot to get to. Futures of course lower in a day