Of the dry fuels, the hot weather, low humidity and the wind. Over 1000 personnel are assigned to this fire. Over 120 Fire Engines are on the line, 12 caretakers including our large air tankers. Weve had to minor injuries, numerous structures that have been destroyed. Reporter and so, all of this speaks to the amount of resources that firefighters have now sort of, pushed toward trying to slow this down on any sort of front. There is good news, its certainly a lot cooler than it was, humidity has increased, the winds have died down. Conditions are much more favorable to firefighters getting in there, the problem is that a few minutes ago, the fire is so huge, it is burning in areas with little to no Fire History which mean theres fresh, Bone Dry Fuel sitting on the ground. Its almost like a runway to push into new communities. And that is the immediate worry. Firefighters are doing all they can, working 24 hours a day on this thing to try and push it back. One thing i will say, that gu
Hes my guest. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. The Breaking News, general Milley Wasnt alone. As calls grow from Mark Milley to resign over revelations he contacted a top chinese general twice in the final months of donald trumps presidency to reassure beijing the u. S. Would not attack china, were learning Mark Esper also took extraordinary steps at the same time. A former senior Defense Official says that the chinese were so concerned about the rhetoric coming out of trumps White House last year that esper, the Defense Secretary had a top deputy, not milley, a top Deputy Back channel beijing telling them they were in no danger of being attacked. That is the exact same Thing Milley said and weve learned today that milley conducted his call to the top chinese general in consultation with and with the approval of Secretary Esper. That call from milley was on October 30th of 2020. And there was one more call after that. This a call from milley to the same chinese general
What the organizer is claiming to cnn. Plus, the fda about to decide whether you need another covid shot. And it is expected to get contentious with Dueling Data and a president who already tipped the scales. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start today with heartbreaking and sobering and, frankly, infuriating testimony on capitol hill. Four star u. S. Gymnasts talked about how the fbi grossly mishandled the case. But they also made it clear there is a long list of adults who failed them. To be clear, i blame Larry Nassar, and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. Today i ask you all to hear my voice. I ask you please do all that is in your power to ensure that these individuals are held responsible and accountable for ignoring my initial report, for lying about my initial report, and for covering up for a child molester. This is arguably the biggest scandal in the history of athletics. A Justice Department Inspector Generals Review found fbi offi
Married celebrating her oneyear anniversary, and now to see her gone, you know it was avoidable. This is the real part of the story. These are real people and the people who knew them as we have seen in some of the stories we have done for you are sometimes their Family Members speaking out, and here we have a pastor speaking out and the reality is about Human Lives and not socalled politics. Theres a growing backlash to people playing politics, and its republican governors and others who have stuck by policies proven to fail and now is costing lives. In u. S. We are at February Levels before the vaccine was available to every one and everywhere. The Delta Variant is seemingly everywhere. Republican leaders are now under fire often by their own constituents including independents and republicans for banning Safety Precautions that work, indeed that work in other places, because they are the places that try them. Florida break its own record in covid infections, and a federal judge bloc
Even larger, more Progressive Bill through reconciliation. Thats a special Filibuster Proof Maneuver that requires a simple majority for passage. In other words, without republican support. Meanwhile, the senate continues to work on Voting Rights. The Judiciary Committee met saturday with a former trump d. O. J. Official and a key city in afghanistan just fell to the taliban. That will be of key concern to the senate foreign Relations Committee where my first guest is a member. Joining me now is Senator Jeff Merkley of oregon. Senator merkley, thank you for coming back to the sunday show. Youre welcome. Good to be with you. All right. Lets start with infrastructure. Will i understand Senator Haggerty of tennessee raised objections, i think put a hold on proceedings because he wanted to go back to regular order. Will things get back on Track Today . Yes, were in a 30hour Period before our final vote from being held, a simple Majority Vote on the substitute amendment. But then face the c