behind one of the most iconic movie themes of all time announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening ancient history is facing an immediate and uncertain future tonight in one of the most cherished slices of america a wildfire roaring through parts of california s yosemite park, threatening hundreds of giant sequoias some more than 2,000 years old. tonight crews literally using a network of sprinklers to create humidity around the towering trees to give them a fighting chance. remarkable imagery revealing the spread and intensity of the fire, which doubled in size over the weekend. the fire fueled by the severe drought now affecting over 97% of california, along with extreme heat which is not just making things difficult in the west, but extending all the way to the gulf coast, leaving 36 million under heat alerts. miguel almaguer is in the fire zone tonight with late details. reporter: exploding in size again overnight, yosemite s washburn fire i
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x ed to 231231. this situation room with wolf blitzer welcome to week nitric six cnn are they dueling canaries in the coal mine? i, michael smerconish in philadelphia. this week came to different events that might forecast the outcome of the 2024 american election. first, the elections in europe that leaned right. and second, the arrest of eight foreign nationals believed seem to be affiliated with isis, who entered via the mexican border. i have amazing expertise on hand to discuss each kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato at richard clarke, former adviser to three us presidents. first to the eu elections last weekend, which saw right-wing populist parties score big wins driven in part by board what or politics and inflation? far-right parties won 134 of the european parliament s 720 seats forming a substantial block against mainstream parties, assembling coalitions that are needed to pass laws. the right gain significantly in the union s three biggest countries, fr