Sleigh. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. Right now a series of wildfires whipped by powerful winds is blazing across the southern california. The state of teenage has been declared in ventura county. The sight of the first and largest blaze now charring almost 60,000 acres and growing. The fastmoving inferno has forced tens of thousands to evacuate the area while hundreds of animals are caught in the fires path. Nbcs jay gray has more from the ground. Reporter the fire fight continues overnight. The smoke an orange glow in the california hills, a clear indication Mother Nature is still winning the battle here. It continues to challenge us. Our fire is over 50,000 acres and still growing. We have a mandatory evacuation in the areas around the entire fire. Reporter tens of thousands of rushed to safety including john and letha who were able to save their pets, but little else. Our whole lives were wrapped up in that house. Everything its all
Sleigh. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. Right now a series of wildfires whipped by powerful winds is blazing across the southern california. The state of teenage has been declared in ventura county. The sight of the first and largest blaze now charring almost 60,000 acres and growing. The fastmoving inferno has forced tens of thousands to evacuate the area while hundreds of animals are caught in the fires path. Nbcs jay gray has more from the ground. Reporter the fire fight continues overnight. The smoke an orange glow in the california hills, a clear indication Mother Nature is still winning the battle here. It continues to challenge us. Our fire is over 50,000 acres and still growing. We have a mandatory evacuation in the areas around the entire fire. Reporter tens of thousands of rushed to safety including john and letha who were able to save their pets, but little else. Our whole lives were wrapped up in that house. Everything its all
Sleigh. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. Right now a series of wildfires whipped by powerful winds is blazing across the southern california. The state of teenage has been declared in ventura county. The sight of the first and largest blaze now charring almost 60,000 acres and growing. The fastmoving inferno has forced tens of thousands to evacuate the area while hundreds of animals are caught in the fires path. Nbcs jay gray has more from the ground. Reporter the fire fight continues overnight. The smoke an orange glow in the california hills, a clear indication Mother Nature is still winning the battle here. It continues to challenge us. Our fire is over 50,000 acres and still growing. We have a mandatory evacuation in the areas around the entire fire. Reporter tens of thousands of rushed to safety including john and letha who were able to save their pets, but little else. Our whole lives were wrapped up in that house. Everything its all
Chuck . Outside this morning it is indeed a clear sky and cold start this morning but dont let the clear skies fool you. Theres rain in the forecast for later on today. You will need the umbrella today. Dont leave home without it. 30 now in gaithersburg. 27 in the panhandle of manassas. A chilly and dry morning. Raindrops on the way and where is that umbrella. If you left it at work on friday, youll be fine, but if you have it at home, take it with you. Hour by hour then, 30s this morning. Cloudy by lunchtime. Showers and a steady rain. Toms back in a few minutes. Were going from good to bad to worse. More on that in a few more minutes. All right. Thank you. 6 01. Were working to get an update on 14 victims recovering from a crash in hyattsville. Neighbors and First Responders describe chaos. Molette. Were live. All thats left at the scene, just bits of debris in the road and a little bit on the sidewalk. We can tell you. Four children, four adults are fighting to survive critical inju
Im pat collins in alexandria. Police are all over the place out here. You see down this road is a playground. A popular playground known as the pit. This morning a startling discovery there. A woman who was out walking her dog found the body of a man beneath a slide in this park. Police were called in. The police are calling this suspicious. Sources tell us that the mans throat had been slashed. Police appear to be treating this as a case of murder. It has really upset this neighborhood. This park is a popular Gathering Place for people here in the Beverly Hills section. This is where they light the Christmas Tree. This is where they walk their dogs. This is where little kids play. This is where they have popsicle parties. Now it appears they have a case of murder. I talked to one resident here, beth lloyd. This is what she had to say. There are bad people who do bad things. Sometimes its by low peoples radar. This is a very popular park. Certainly is. My grandchildren play in it. For