Good morning. Its 6 01. Im reggie aqui alongside Jessica Castro, mike nicco and alexis smith. Were following a major emergency talking about at least five fires that are burning. Here is a look at where they are. We have been talking about this fire, these fires, since 11 00 p. M. Nonstop coverage until now and were continuing on. Yes, we are sending out push alerts so please follow along if you have your phones with you, if you sign up for push alerts we are trying to get you the very latest updated. The Evacuation Centers keep changing as those continue to fill up and grow as well. There are so many roads stuck. Full closures of 101, state route 37 is closed from 101 all the way over to interstate 80. Major closures across the north bay. And those are the major ones. Small streets are clogged up as people try to get from their homes and air quality issues for the entire bay area. Thats when i knew it was serious when i got the push alert that said 101, it had jumped. Were in for a lo
Safety. Also the Petaluma Community center. There is the Analy High School and Solano Community college in fairfield is a place for shel shelter. Lawrence Cook Middle School in santa rosa. And this is probably the newest one that we have not mentioned yet. This is the Burton Recreation Center and that opened up within just the last half hour. One of those areas that have not seen this morning as of yet any mandatory evacuations. They have been a safe spot for a lot of people. We know that east the Sheriffs Department is heading that direction because they are going to be evacuating that area. As soon as we get more information about that we will let you know. We want to share dramatic video from santa rosa. We are going to get to that video in a second. We want to check in with mike now. How are the winds right now . Earlier this morning the winds were so strong and that was what was fuelling the fire in an unpredictable manner which was a concern. Thats why we had so many evacuations.
Its comprised of three. Here is a look at how widespread the fires are. The redwood complex fire and mendocino has burned 21,000 acres. The sulfur fire has burned 2500 acres and is 10 contained. The pocket fire has burned 500 acres. The tubbs fire has burned 27,000 acres with zero containment. The nuns fire has burned more than 5000 acres and the atlas fire has burned 25,000 acres. The partrick fire has burned 1000 acres. The 37 fire has burned 2000 acres and is 15 contained. Vice president mike pence offer gratitude to the firefighters by pledging federal support to help battle the fires. President trump asked me to come here this morning to assure the people of california that we will continue to work closely with governor brown, the state of california and each of you to support your courageous First Responders and, alongside the families affect did through loss of persons and property in the wake of these wildfires. He said the federal government will pledge more than 570 million t
Money. They are bringing in, um,folks from other countries and not paying the workers, you know, us, who live in the community not paying us a sustaining wage to be on the project. Reporter the eb5 visa is almost 30 years old. It was designed to spur Foreign Investment in rural depressed or high unemployment regions and it does offer Foreign Investors u. S. Residency for them and their families. The congresswoman zoe lofgren says the program has been abused. The way the investment for disadvantaged localities has been administered is outrageous. Reporter the program got headlines recently when the sister of President Trumps son inlaw and adviser Jared Kushner used eb5 to attract chinese investors to a high rise in new jersey with views of manhattan. Its been a flaw that needs to be stopped. Reporter lofgren says previous reform bills have gone nowhere. He is not aware of the silvery towerss use the ew fire to lure investors but e b5 to lure investors but she said san jose would probabl
And the frigid temperatures a wind chill warning kicks into effect starting saturday evening and going right through sunday morning. 40 to 25 below wind chills, dangerously cold, frostbite can occur in about 10 minutes under those conditions. Much more on the rest of the weekend, in a little bit. Shelley thank you, mike. These dangerously cold temperatures may have an impact on a big tourism weekend here in the Granite State. Wmurs stephanie woods live at crotched mountain ski resort tonight. Reporter well, its 19 degrees here right now, but trust me it feels like wind chill. But that doesnt seem to be bothering these guys, they arent scared. Crotched mountain will state open tonight for midnight madness. Skiers and boarders are trying to take advantage of the 12 inches of snow that just fell. Theres no danger of that snow drop down to 11 degrees by the time crotched mountain closes at 3 00 a. M. But skiers and boarders dont seem to mine the cold mind the cold. We were with a school gr