♪ breaking this morning. a huge wildfire rapidly spreading this morning in southern california and it's burned cars and forced people to run for safety as others scramble to save their homes. also breaking this morning. new details about the gunman who killed four marines in tennessee. investigators now zeroing in.

>> a minor traffic violation and a woman winds up dead in her jail cell three days later. police say it's a suicide. her fame says, "no way." this is cnn breaking news. we are so grateful to have your company with us. good morning, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. a pleasure to be with you this saturday morning. breaking news. a wildfire racing across a california freeway. here are the latest pictures into our newsroom. the scene still very active as crews battle this advancing blaze, burning about 3,500 acres now. new information about evacuations this morning. this was the scene last night. look. unbelievable. have you heard of anything like this ever happening? let's switch to the picture, guys. you got people running from their cars up the side of a mountain to escape the raging flames here. and this morning, the images of

the charred just frames of the cars lining the roads. dozens of people running here. dozens of cars were set ablis along with several homes. thankfully, though, no injuries. the fire still spreading. witnesses reported seeing smoke. looked to be a mile away. and then the fire grew four times its size in less than an hour. paul is in san bernardino this morning. get us up-to-speed on what is happening now. >> stand by. you're next. go. >> reporter: the cahon pass behind me open to traffic both directions.

the a brush fire jumped the freeway. cars were stopped on the freeway and many of those stopped cars, about 20 of them in all, catching fire here with the people who are in those cars having to literally run for their safety. now they said 20 vehicles in all. that included a semi and a car carrier. also a boat burned up in this fire. now, no one was hurt right here. there were some minor injuries. the fire department telling us early this morning there was a firefighter who suffered minor injuries. what happened after that is the blaze raced up the hillside and toward a city of fieldin. it was an unbelievable scene here. let's hear from some of the people who fled from this blaze on the 15 freeway. >> reporter: at first, it was a little -- okay, it's going to take care of it and it will be put out but as it got closer and

closer, we panicked. >> we couldn't get out. it started that end and then it started to slowly move forward and then it jumped a lane. >> reporter: -- we are seeing the pictures here from yesterday. we have covered, of course, wildfires every summer it seems like there's some that are coming up. now with california in that drought, more frequent. but the fact that people had to run from cars and then the question, where? >> where, that was the first thing i said this morning when we got in and looking at these pictures and you see people on the side of the freeway and they are walking and you think where on earth are they trying to go? >> we have lee byer with us with the san bernardino county fire information officer for the u.s. forest service.

thank you, mr. byer, for being with us. we are looking at the cars being burned. can you give us an assessment of where the fire stands right now? >> our latest estimate, we are still at a little over 3,500 acres and still 5% contained. >> i'm sorry. can you repeat? is it contained at all? >> it's at 3,500 acres and 5% contained. >> 5% contained, good to know. you know, we know this is not necessarily new to california. authorities there are so adroit at giving warnings, at closing roads. do you have any idea for us as to how this could have happened? >> no. the fire is still under investigation, so we still haven't determined the cause. >> the cause of the fire. but how is it that it was able to jump on to this freeway?

as i said, california authorities, they are so skilled and adroit at stopping traffic and recognizing when there is a danger. why was this so fast moving that perhaps nobody could catch it before we are seeing pictures like this? >> well, we know california has been in a four-year drought, and there is a shield for it to burn. the wind didn't help, thus, going 15 to 20 miles an hour, so that is how it raced and jumped up and went up and threatened homes and people. >> we were talking a couple of minutes ago about people abandoning their cars and running on the freeway. where did those people go? >> they went north of the fire and south of the fire. >> but, i mean, was there a shelter that was set up? were there emergency vehicles there to pick them up?

>> no. they just kept, you know, running on foot and so they were clear of the fire danger. >> lee byer, we appreciate that. one last question. what are we hearing about any other evacuations? >> still have the same evacuation order in place, so residents are still evacuated at the local high school. >> thank you for the latest update there from california. you take good care along with you and the crews out there who are working so hard to try to get this thing under control. 5% containment and 3,500 acres now and those cars still sitting there on the frevert eway at th hour. a deadly rampage that left four marines dead in tennessee, electronics now, including a

cell phone and computer belong to mohammad abdulazeez is en route to the investigation. they are focusing on a trip he made last year to jordan. a long time friend tells cnn that something happened over there and that the shooter was different when he came home. investigators want to know if abdulazeez came in contact with any extremist groups and if that could have motivated thursday's attack. cnn's sara ganim has the latest for us. >> reporter: motive is the main focus of this investigation. the question hasn't been answered yet. why did he commit this horrific act? this guy does not have a social media presence and investigators look to when they are investigating links to terrorism. he also was not on any u.s. terror watch list. this morning, here in chattanooga and nashville where

this man worked, they are looking into whether or not he got these guns legally, if he purchased them, if he is the one who purchased them and they are calling local gun ranges to see if anybody around here recognized him practicing at any local gun ranges. we also know that local authorities are looking into whether he was staying at a second resident. where he worked is two hours where we are where the shooting happened and where his family lived. the home was searched two hours away from where he lived. was he commuting? looking into whether he had a second residence there. he called in sick and took days off the days in which this shooting occurred. take a listen to the latest. >> reporter: cell phone video captures the intense gun battle between abdulazeez and chattanooga police.

officials say the 24-year-old engineering graduate had a handgun and two long guns, including an ak-47 style rifle when police killed him on thursday and wearing a vest to carry extra ammunition. >> some of the weapons were purchased illegal and some of them may not have been. we will examine that. >> reporter: authorities are trying to figure out abdulazeez went on the killing spree that left four marines dead and three others wounded. was it a lone wolf attack or terrorism? >> we will continue to investigate it as an act of terrorism until the proof shows us otherwise. we will let the facts and the evidence lead us where it may. >> reporter: officials say there is nothing to attack the attacker to isis a long time friend said abdulazeez changed spending time in jordan. something happened over there. he never came close to me like

he did before he went overseas. the friend went on to say i'm sure he had something happen to him overseas. new details are emerging about abdulazeez family and background. he worked as an engineer at a nuclear power plant in ohio in 2013 and dismissed after ten days. his latest employer in franklin, tennessee, said he called in sick monday and tuesday and was scheduled to be off wednesday and thursday, the day of the massacre. meanwhile, his father was the subject of a post-9/11 probe into donations he made in an yaev overseas charity but never charged with a crime and then the mother filed for diverse accusing the father to be physically abusive to her and her children. the case was dismissed. context is important.

the case was dismissed after abdulazeez father agreed to go to counseling. it alleges he not only abused his wife but also his children. victor? >> sara ganin, thank you for that context. we will take a closer look at these new developments with our experts coming up. also new this morning, investigators are zeroing in on a trip the gunman made to the middle east. take you live to jordan where federal agents are searching for a motivate. nick paton walsh is there with the latest. we will remember the victims of this tragic shooting, including a vigil held last night in chattanooga. other news we are following this morning as well. including a deadly attack in a market in iraq and dozens people killed when a car bomb exploded. we will have details for you ahead. and new this morning, hundreds of people on the streets for new calls for

justice, one year after the death of eric garner who died at the hands of the new york city police officer. plus, family members are demanding answers after a woman dies in her jail cell. what happened to sandra bland? guards call it suicide. her relatives say, no way. >> every one of us felt like we lost a part of ourselves. it's hard. it's going to be hard for a very long time. >> we will give you the new details we have learned about this investigation and why the fbi is involved now.

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is the chattanooga shooting the latest in lone wolf attacks? before we left for the break we knew new details about the shooter's past and what we want to focus on now. let's talk with cnn contributor and co-author of "isis inside the army of terror," michael weiss. let's start with the long time friend of abdulazeez who said he changed after this trip to the middle east. he says, quote, something happened over there. he never became close to me like he was before he went overseas. he was back to jordan as recently as last year on the left we have got a picture here we will pop up in a moment. abdulazeez in '11. on the right a picture taken just three months ago. the details become clear after an event like this, but any red flags here? >> well, a trip to the middle

east can mean, you know, almost anything. but given now what we know that abdulazeez was capable of and what he, indeed, perpetrated, yeah, i wouldn't be surprised if he immersed himself of -- when he was there. no lack of that in jordan it's worth mentioning and no link to any known franchise in isis, the founder of isis was from jordan, he was from a palestinian refuge area. he brought with him contacts he had made. so it's quite possible that he was radicalized or that he was somehow converted into a jihadist. the photographs, yes, he has grown this sort of long beard, which, you know, to the average

viewer seems dispositive, although i must say -- in terms of the abusive background it's slightly new. we usually don't see this with acts of terrorism. one thing of the so-called underpants bomber who tried to blow up a plane several christmases ago he linked with the aqap lead cleric. his father was a well-respected minister. >> in 20if you add to that they say his father was investigated for funding terrorist operations but then was cleared, i mean, when you start to add this list

of details, is there a time in which in this chronology that someone should have flagged authorities? >> well, this is almost the impossible thing to say in retrospect, right? any one of these scenarios or any one of these circumstances in the life of a young man, you know, might have amend to nothing, right? it's just an aggregation. we don't know. we are living in a way you can google your way to jihadism. you can become self-radicalized and listen to the sermons and the statements that are issued via the internet, so it's very difficult to say at this stage, you know, was it because he had a father who might have should have flirted or dabbled in islami islami

islami islamist yi islami islamist ideology? what fits a pattern he came from a middle class background and he is fairly well educated and had a degree in engineering. had he a criminal past and some run-ins with the law and dui. he was growing newspaper a teenage american environment in the southern suburb. we see this all the time. you know? it's almost out of central casting. jihadi john who brutal beheaded isis victims had a similar backed with his father a taxi driver in a london suburb. it resonates this guy was not from a poor or impoverished background. >> you have these substances

involved in the past couple of months. thank you. ahead, we take you to jordan where federal agents are searching for potentially the motivate. the other thing we are watching very closely this morning is this breaking story out of california. let me show you some of the pri pictures. this wildfire is spreadi ining rapidly. we know homes are in danger. we will have the latest. stay close for that. the manhunt for el chapo. several sections with the prison break of the one of all the world's drug traffickers. ensure. take life in. we are beginning a journey, we are bound by nothing. technology empowers us to achieve more. it pushes us to go further.

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look at this picture as people are running from the flames. can you imagine being in the midst of all that? this was a desperate scramble to get off highway 15 in california last night, as that rapidly moving wildfire spread and continues to do so, by the way, today. homeowners in san bernardino here playing defense. the blaze known as the north fire is targeting new homes. it's 3,500 acres and 5% contained at this hour. . we wish the best to all of those who are working hard to fight it. for the weather conditions, let's bring in meteorologist ivan intraecabrera. i have to imagine the weather is not helping.

>> not helping. the fire jumped the interstate. you hear the cars explode with the gas in there. it is 5% contained but here is the thing. they have opened the highway. so there's traffic moving in other directions. they have done a fantastic job of at least containing the fire right around the highway so cars can get through. my concern is because of the winds, it will get a little gusty this afternoon between 15 and 20 miles an hour. they don't have complete containment. some of those embers could get picked up by the winds and get deposited into some more brush and another fire going here so we have to monitor that very closely. there is some rainfall coming in. the problem with that, we will have lightning there as well. >> oh, no! >> so we will get more containment later this afternoon. i-15 at least reopened in both directions. >> did they collect those vehicles? or they just move them on the side of the road that were

burned out? >> they had to get them out of the way somehow. >> that's impressive. very impressive. ivan, thank you so much. >> thank you, ivan. the search for answers in the chattanooga shooting. investigators now zeroing in on a month's long trip that abdulazeez made to jordan and whether that could have played a role in thursday's tragedy. calls for justice one year after the death of eric garner following a confrontation with new york police. coming up, what the community is doing to remember garner today. stuck out on the range? nowhere to rest your beard? choose from thousands of hand-picked hotel deals at the very last minute. only on your phone. only from priceline. you forgot the milk! that's lactaid. right. 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so you can drink all you want... ...with no discomfort? exactly. here, try some...

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to the latest development now in this search for answers in the deadly shooting of four marines in chattanooga, tennessee. the federal investigators are now in jordan focusing on a trip mohammad abdulazeez made to that country last year. the trip lasted the better part of a year. a friend tells cnn that abdulazeez wasn't the same when he returned to the u.s. >> cnn is able to cover this story like no other network. we are live inside jordan right now where senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is joining us. nick, what have you learned so far from this investigation this morning? >> reporter: we know he went for a period in 2014.

he made numerous trips using his american passport. in 2014, it appears the major person he was visiting here was his uncle. now, of course, people will be scouring his movements here, cell phone records perhaps, computer records to see who else he may have had contact with. and also, most importantly, whether or not he stayed in jordan that whole time. it's said to have been as long as seven months he was here last year and left plenty of scope for him and most likely to across north to south and possibly headed east into iraq, that is perhaps more viable route. but also entirely have left the area altogether and maybe traveled to yemen. there suggestion that may have been a destination for him. people of palestinian heritage, many refuge have documents. they are trying to work out who

he spoke to and exactly where he was during that period of time. >> nick, we appreciate it so much. thank you. >> let's look at a few of those avenues. with us is lieutenant colonel bob mcginnis. you just heard all of the reports and angles that will be analyzed here. which of those avenues is most important to you? >> well, certainly, victor, if he has traveled to a place like yemen or syria or even into northern iraq where the war continues to rage, you know, it's possible that he had contact with some isis people or other groups. clearly jordan is in a bad neighborhood. and if you don't go to those countries, you could have people that are refuges or perhaps fighters left and regrouping and preparation to go elsewhere. it's hard to know. once the facts come in and once all of the signal intelligence

comes in and so forth, we will have a better picture, but right now, it's very fuzzy. >> let's stick with your analogy jordan is a bad neighborhood. if he stayed there in jordan, who has strength there? inside jordan. >> you've had, obviously, isis people there. you had al qaeda people there. your previous guest indicated an al qaeda sympathy in part of jordan. if you do polling in jordan, you find there is a significant group of people that have sympathy for a lot of the international bad stuff that is happening in the region. of course, the palestinian refuges, they have been there since they were kicked out of i'll in 1948. it's a calderon.

that is one of the reasons the uncle of this young man will be interrogated and questioned and try to find out where perhaps he went. if the took him places and perhaps planted ideas. seven months is a long time in jordan, especially if you consider some of the influences that he may have come across. >> lieutenant colonel bob maginnis. thank you for joining us. we will have more on the marines who were killed and our panel will weigh in on the challenges of preventing attacks like this from happening. to eastern iraq, where at least 86 people were killed and 116 others wounded in a suicide car bombing at a busy market. isis has claimed responsibility for this attack in a predominantly shiite town. hundreds were shopping for items

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look at the hundreds of people village the pews on friday. yesterday, of course, remembering the four u.s. marines who lost their lives in this week's shooting rampage. chattanooga mayor and the tennessee governor and senator bob corker all speaking at the baptist church and calling for the community to stay strong, to stand together, and to answer hate with love. >> we are still learning more about these four shooting victims. the youngest, 21 years old. let that settle in for just a second. 21. two years out of boot camp. the others all, you know, risked their lives serving their country in iraq and afghanistan. >> and they were killed at home where people say you should be

safe and feel safe. >> should be. >> here is their story. >> reporter: gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan earned two purple hearts fighting the war in iraq. saluted today in the city of springfield, massachusetts. >> my heart went to my toes and said my god. i suppose which things hit home close to this area, it affects you a lot deeper. >> reporter: he was our hero, never be forgotten, thank you, tommy, for protecting us one wrote on massachusetts. from the massachusetts governor charlie baker. terror comes home to massachusetts. god bless tom sullivan and his family and his friends. sullivan's last day of duty spent in chattanooga, tennessee, at the naval marine reserve center. his marine brothers by his side. sergeant carson holmquist a decorated marine from wisconsin served two tours of duty in

afghanistan before he was killed here at home. he leaves behind a wife and son. the youngest victim, 21-year-old lance corporal skip wells graduated three years ago from high school in marietta, georgia. service was in his family. >> i mean, he loved this country. you know, his mamma, his mamma served in the military. i believe she was a marine also. so i figured he just wanted to follow in her foot steps. he was in rotc in high school. he loved that. i just think that is a calling that he had. >> reporter: wells recently took a trip to disneyworld with his mom. she says, my son died doing what he loved for the love of his country and his family. a decorated 11-year veteran who served multiple tours. staff sergeant david wyatt is pictured with his two children. there is no sleep tonight, someone writes. wyatt was from arkansas, but he lived in chattanooga, where they are honoring the fallen and the families left behind.

>> our thoughts and prayers going out to all of those folks today. thank you, so much, alexander field. probably a story you've probably seen on facebook or twitter. did sandra bland commit suicide or is there foul play here? >> we have reviewed the video and at no point during the video does anyone go through that cell. >> when you think through the circumstances that ven sharhave shared with us to this point, it's unbelievable and unimaginable to wrap our minds around. >> we will take a look at the 28-year-old woman's death coming up in a moment. out on the range? nowhere to rest your beard? choose from thousands of hand-picked hotel deals at the very last minute. only on your phone. only from priceline. listerine® total care strengthens teeth, after brushing, helps prevent cavities

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what happened to sandra bland? the question her family and friends are asking right now. here is the back story. bland was arrested after a routine traffic stop just outside of houston, that was last friday. then three days later, she was found in her jail cell dead. investigators say bland committed suicide, but her family, her family does not believe that. of course, they are questioning that and so are a lot of people on social media. the news of bland's death, i mean, this was gone viral. i'm sure you have seen it. a #what happened to sandra bland and what cnn's ron young is trying to get an answer to. >> reporter: sandra bland was moving from chicago to texas to start a new job and to start a new life. then she was pulled over by police and everyone wants to

know what happened to her after she was taken to jail. a traffic stop for an improper lane change leads to a tense struggle between sandra bland and a texas trooper. >> you just slammed my head to the ground! do you not even care about that? i can't even hear! you slammed my [ bleep ] head to the ground! >> reporter: 28-year-old bland was arrested and taken to jail for assaulting a public servant. three days later, she was found dead in her cell. >> the female jailer that had to be on duty at the time ran into the kitchen area, went back there to offer to see if she needed to go outside for recreation and that is when the jailer found her. of course -- hit the intercom. >> reporter: texas sheriff officials say bland took her own life. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: but there is a growing concern by her family and friends that something about her death doesn't add up.

>> it is unimaginable and difficult for us to wrap our mind around the sandy that we knew, for this to be characteric of her. >> reporter: a video from sandra bland's facebook page shows the young mental discussing her mental state a few months ago. >> i am suffering from something that maybe some of you all may be dealing with. it's a little bit of depression, as well as ptsd. >> she may have been suffering from -- with the motive for a suicide. >> reporter: but for family members, the thought that sandra bland would commit suicide is something they are not willing to accept. >> based on the sandy that i knew, that's unfathomable to me. >> reporter: her family from chicago has flown to texas and want to talk to investigators. investigators now say they plan to talk to the family to give them the information they need so everyone can come to a

conclusion about what happened to sandra bland. >> ryan, thank you so much. joining me now is criminal defense attorney eric guster. what does the legal recourse that the family has at this point? >> several things the family can do. one problem the jailers have is they have a duty to protect every inmate from themselves and others. so they are supposed to check in on the inmates and make sure this person is not harming him or herself and make sure that they are safe. with this yun lady dying in the jail area care is a big problem for them. the thing that sticks out for me this was a traffic ticket. this wasn't a kiddie porn case or a rape case someone what accused of. this was a traffic ticket which makes zero sense as to why someone would take their own life and that is why so many people have a problem with it. >> why she would be in jail three days for that.

what really stands out for you in this case as it does for family and friends? what can't you get away from? >> when you someone who didn't put on a traffic signal, there is no reason for them to be taken into custody. how did it get to that level? the sandra bland was telling the plivers you're pushing my head into the concrete, you're hurting me, stop. it looks like to me it shows a prelude to murder. this person was being harmed by the police and luckily there is a cell phone video to show that this has happened. one of the reasons that people are very concerned with police and don't believe police is the walter scott case. without video of the police actions, then that narrative would be exactly what the police officer wanted. >> right. i want to stop you quickly so we can show our viewers what you're talking about here. we have more of this cell phone video of sandra bland's arrest

and let's listen here for a second. >> [ bleep ] you just slammed my head into the ground! do you not even care about that? i can't even hear! you slammed my [ bleep ] head to the ground! traffic ticket -- traffic signal -- thank you for recording! >> again, eric, what is the first thing that you think of when you see that and you hear it? >> i want to know why. why it dit escalate to that point and why did it get to the point where a young lady was being pushed to the ground and handcuffed and being hurt, obviously, by the police officers and they seem like they didn't care. that is exactly the problem that so many people in the community have with this case. and other cases where we see police being overly excessive

with force and arrest. that is why people are concerned to get answers and why luckily the fbi is involved to investigate. >> i want to ask you about that in a minute. i have to read this from the sheriff's office. it says any loss of life is a tragic incident and while it is being investigated conducted by outside agencies, the waller county sheriff's office will continue to observe the daily operations of the jail to always look for improvements and/or preventions of these incidents. >> we all know sometimes police officers and police agencies will protect their own. that's what a lot of people are concerned about. i had a case once where the police agency did not give us the full video involving an arrest. so we don't necessarily trust them with cases like this because it could be a situation where they are protecting their own and protecting themselves

from any kind of liability. so it's very important for an agency that doesn't have a dog in the fight that is a federal agency that is much higher than them would come in and fully investigate, find out the holes in the case and ask questions. >> eric guster, always appreciate your voice. thank you so much. >> thank you. let's take a look at other stories making news right now. watch. what do we want? >> hundreds of protesters in the streets of new york city to commemorate the anniversary of the death of eric garner. one year ago, he died after being place inside a choke-hold by a police officer. a grand jury planned to indict that officer but a federal probe is ongoing. seven people who worked in the maximum security prison that held inmate el chapo guzman have been charged in connection with his escape. this as mexican officials reveal on the night guzman escaped, it

took 18 minutes for guards to arrive at his cell after they lost sight of him on surveillance video. up next, we will take a look at the escape route he took, along with the new arrests in this case. turning to sports. tiger woods, rough golf season continues it seems to get worse. the look on his face is there for a reason. this time, of course, it's at the british open, across the pond. not even close to making the cut. he begins to take shots from aarp, some are wondering if it's time for him to retire. >> let's talk about it. coy wire is here. >> it's a highly debatable topic. do you finish on top or walk away when many think you should. he has seven holes left to play. he has to birdie on five of those holes to make the cut at the open. he has come out and said this is his favorite course. some golfers have to play today

because they couldn't get that second round finished at st. andrews. tigers needs to birdie five of the last seven holes to make the cut. he hasn't won a major tournament in seven years and he will have missed the cut in three of his last four majors if he doesn't today. it begs the question should tiger woods retire from golf? we want to know what you thain why. tweet us. we want to use your comments as we continue this conversation later. but it's tough to walk away from a dream, especially one you've had since you were a child and it becomes your passion and then becomes you. maybe that is why he is continuing to stick at it. >> i asked if it's an ego thing or what do you want your legacy to be? >> we have seen a lot of professionals who have been great. mohammed ali was the greatest but continue to fight long after it was plausible he would win a bout against some of his competitors. >> last year tiger was ranked number one in the world and now 241. it's tough to see. seems like he is on a slippery

slope and we will see what people think. should tiger woods retire and why? we want to know what you think. >> we know so many times even just regular folks retire and you go, hey, i'm bored and you find another job and you think what else he would do. but with that ego, do you want that to be your legacy? coy, good conversation. thank you. so much more news to tell you about this morning. >> a lot going on today. next hour of your "new day" starts right now. as it started to get closer, we panicked. >> got bigger and bigger and came to us. >> got out and started running up the hill. >> it is stunning. a wildfire out of control in california jumping the interstate and forcing people to abandon their cars and hundreds of them running into the mountains to get away from those flames. new information about the shooter who gunned down four

marines in chattanooga. why a friend of mohammad abdulazeez did it. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good to have you along this morning. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christi paul. a wildfire jumps on to a california freeway. we want to show you some of the latest pictures we are getting into our newsroom right now. the scene as you can see there is very active. crews are battling into the early morning hours for them on the west coast. flames breaking out in san bernardino county yesterday, growing four times its size in less than an hour. just to give you some perspective there. in all, some