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are burning now. if you are notified by emergency officials to evacuate, please do so immediately. you may not gate second chance. announcer: this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. live look at the city of new york and you see those two beams the the tribute of light this morning after 9/11. good morning to you. we re starting with the dangerous and destructive wildfires that are burning across the western part of this country. more than 100 large fires are burning across 12 states right now and around 28,000 first responders and support personnel are battling those in the west. fires in california alone have burned more than 3.1 million acres. that s an area twice the state of delaware and we know at least 26 people have died in these fires since last month. sadly officials are preparing for the possibility of more. not just the flames that are are creating the threat the entire west coast is under air quality alerts and now there s ....