Wildfires. Only 3 of the disaster has even been searched. The governor calling it A Fire Hurricane that spread faster than a mile a minute. Now a new lawsuit gets the states main electric provider. Hours from now the District Attorney set to begin presenting her case to a grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials. It could take months or years to figure out why. The raid of a newspaper Head Quarters in kansas is raising serious concerns over First Amendment rights. Police seizing everything. Also the lapd says a mob of people stole 100,000 worth of merchandise during a daytime robbery. Well show you what was caught on camera. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Theres a lot of news, but were starting with
Forecasters warned about such powerful wind gusts. new york times is reporting that firefighters had to cope with hydrants that were running dry. an official says backup generators maintained the supply, but water spewed out of melting pipes leading to low pressure. listen to the governor of hawaii. when the winds rose up, gusting as high as 81 miles per hour, fire spread rapidly, we believe between 60 miles per hour and 80 miles per hour across that part of the island and that meant that fire traveled 1 mile every minute. that level of destruction and fire hurricane is something new to us in this age of global warming was the ultimate reason that so many people perished. you can hear the governor calling this a fire hurricane. the flames spreading a mile per minute. that s faster than anyone can
A person working on a repair project may have been the cause of a Santa Rosa fire. The fire department responded to the blaze in the area of Stony Point Road on
In california history. but if not for the pure heroics of helpers both in and out of uniform, the death toll could have been so much worse. like butte county sheriff s deputy palmer lee, who activated his body camera. that s not good. not sure he would even survive. can we get in? he honestly believed he was recording the last moments of his life. and in his mind, he thought that perhaps the video would survive. but somehow, all first responders survived. i found an elderly woman standing on the side of the road, and i only found her because i got tangled in some power lines that i had to cut. and somehow, they helped the city of 27,000 evacuate or shelter in place, surrounded by blowing flames, on gridlocked roads, and thanks to melting pipes, no water. as i opened my door, the
Gentleman who activated his body camera. not sure he would even survive. can i get in? he honestly believed he was recording the last moments of his life. in his mind he thought perhaps the video would survive. reporter: but somehow all first responders survived. i found an elderly woman standing on the side of the road. i only found her because i got tangled in some power lines that i had to cut. reporter: somehow they helped the city of 27,000 evacuate or she shelter in place, surrounded by blowing flames, on gridlocked roads and thanks to melting pipes, no water. as i opened my door, the embers are blowing inside my truck, thinking my truck is going to catch on fire. shut the door. run to the screaming i hear, an elderly couple, cuddling each