Looks like one massive smoke and flames. You can see it working its way up the hill. Get clear! major: hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazing fires while residents face destruction and loss. There is nothing to look at. It s the foundation. That s all that s left. Major: the cbs evening news starts now. I m major garrett in for norah o donnell. California s largest wildfire of the year is 0% contained and tearing across the northern part of the state at a ferocious speed, driven by unpredictable winds. At this time on wednesday, the park fire had burned about two square miles. 48 hours later, it has exploded, burning more than 250 square miles. That s five times the size of san francisco. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as the flames allegedly sparked by an arsonist, ripped through homes, buildings, and cars be at fires are burning across the west and into canada, where a monster wildfire there has destroyed about a third of the structures in the resort town
Us versus donald trump, this campaign is about what we fight for. This campaign is about two different visions for our nation. One where we are focused on the future, the other focused on the past. Vice president kamala harris at the first rally of her presidential campaign speaking to an energized crowd in wisconsin. We ll have much more from her event in just a moment. Meanwhile, it could certainly be a contentious day on capitol hill where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is set to deliver a joint address to congress amid the ongoing war in gaza. And we ll bring you the latest fallout from the assassination attempt on donald trump after the director of secret service was grilled by lawmakers this week. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 24th. I m jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. A busy news day, and we ll begin here with vice president kamala harris who held her first rally of her 2024 presidential campaign yesterday just
20 years ago i was a senior at the university of miami getting into the shower. I remember complaining about how tabloid the today show was that day, wishing for something more substantive. I got out of the shower, turned up the tv, and the north tower of the world trade center was on fire. What were you are doing when you heard the news? would you recognize who you were then or the country we lived in? and what have we gained after 20 years of war? what have we lost? are we safer now than we were then? people have been asking those questions throughout the day, taking perspective on this 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. Memorial ceremonies took place across the country today. It was a chance for family members to honor their loved ones and for the nation to honor its promise to never forget. Today president biden visited the sites of all three memorials. He started in lower manhattan alongside former presidents clinton and obama. He joined a wreathlaying ceremony at the
Of those leaders who will meet with the president, baltimore mayor brandon scott, that s coming up in just a moment. At the meeting at the white house, president biden will give his first formal address on crime, he ll appear alongside the attorney general and outline five steps aimed at curbing gun violence from funding to new officers and new equipment. To community solutions like new job opportunities and summer programs. And also offering help for people just getting out of prison. Politically, though, the president is walking a tight rope here. Crime rates are rising since the start of the pandemic and there is growing certain about violence in some of america s cities. But the spike in crime follows a yearlong reckoning with the role of law enforcement. And there is less appetite especially among the president s space for the kind of posturing when we saw when crime fights back in the 1990s. Kicking off the our, mike memoli, and retired police chief, msnbc analyst carmen best. Mi
this legal whiplash. plus, just moments ago, new york s attorney general responding to donald trump s claims that he can t pay his $464 million bond. is his real estate empire in jeopardy? also ahead, absolute immunity? donald trump previews his argument to the supreme court name checking one justice in particular. and later, a victory for the maga movement in ohio, trump s candidate winning the state s rowdy primary. what it could mean for the fight for senate control in november. thanks for joining us on this wednesday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news out of texas, and an intensifying court clash over a controversial new immigration law. an appeals court now set to hear arguments this morning on the law known as sb 4, which would allow local police to arrest anyone suspected of crossing the border illegally. now, the court scheduled today s arguments and paused this law just hours after the u.s. supreme c