♪ politics, a pandemic and the post office, americans are expected to vote by mail in record numbers this november, now, the u.s. postal service says it might not be ready. also, travelers, between france and the united kingdom face new quarantine rules this morning. we get reaction from london and paris. plus, some patients are recovering from coronavirus, so why are many still feeling the effects months later? these stories are all ahead this hour. live from cnn world headquarters

in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom." 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia. thanks so much for joining us. the u.s. presidential election is just months away, as this country struggles with a worsening pandemic. and american voters are being put on notice that mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted in november. that warning comes in a letter from the u.s. postal service to nearly all 50 states. greatly compounding the issue, post office hours are being cut back, and hundreds of high-speed sorting machines and thousands of public drop boxes have already been taken out of service.

the postal service now says it will stop removing the boxes in western states until after the election. democratic lawmakers, as you might imagine, are furious, and again, demanding answers from the head of the postal service louis dejoy. we've now learned the agency's inspector general has begun a review of dejoy's policy changes and ethics concepts. for more about this, abby phillip is in washington. >> reporter: after months of railing against mail-in ballots that they claims will hurt republicans -- >> mail-in voting is going to be the greatest fraud in history of elections. >> reporter: president trump now admitting this week that he wants to hold up funding for the postal service to gain a political advantage in november. >> they want $25 billion, billion, for the post office. but if they don't get those two items that means you can't have

universal mail-in voting because you're not equipped to have it. >> reporter: in may, trump installed louis dejoy in m mid-july and the agency and the mail delays could have on the election. earlier this month, trump met with dejoy in the oval office about a meeting that the white house said about congratulating him on his appointment in may. two days later, dejoy met with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer in a contentious meeting where democrats demanded an end to the cutbacks. >> we're not going to stop fighting until state election systems and the post office, which is part of the getting the mate there on time get the resources that they need. >> reporter: jut days after that, dejoy announced a major restructuring of usps jobs which some democrats called a friday

night massacre. >> i didn't speak to the postmaster general of the post office. >> reporter: over at usps, the warnings are filing up. >> when you start making threats you're not speeding you. the process. i'm a 31 year postal employee. i've never seen this in place. >> reporter: sending all states including battleground states like pennsylvania, income income and minnesota warnings that ballots may not be delivered in time to meet election deadlines, sending election officials scrambling to determine if and how they can change their deadlines. and cnn is now learning that usps is now removing hundreds of sorting machines across the country, responsible for processing millions of pieces of mail, ahead of an election that could see historic mail-in voter

turnout. all of these prompting a rebuke from democrats and republicans. >> now is not a time to be cutting back services. i do disagree with the president on that strongly. the postal service is absolutely essential. >> what we've never seen before is a president say i'm going to try to actively kneecap the postal service to encourage vote and i will be explicit about the reason i'm doing it. >> reporter: the postmaster general responded that it resulted in, in other words, delayed mail all over the country. and with all of this happening, more states are turning primarily for mail-in voting for the general election. the latest new jersey. and in pennsylvania, state officials are willing to accept ballots postmarked by election day, a change in position prompted by concerns over mail delivery delays.

and president trump now appears to be walking back his opposition to funding the postal service telling reporters at a briefing at the white house that he would be willing to fund usps to the tune of $25 billion if democrats accede to his demands of other forms of funding in the coronavirus stimulus bill that is under negotiation on capitol hill. abby phillip, cnn, washington. mail-in voting has been in use in the united states for many years, but president trump's senior adviser and son-in-law is now suggesting it cannot be done in this upcoming election. here's how jared kushner explains it to. >> what you're basically saying is to, you're rely on the

federal to run an unprecedented system isn't a very inefficient way. i think what you're seeing on both sides is say lot of posturing, you're seeing it from what president trump has said and what everyone wants is a fair election where we know what the rules are. >> well, this election is taking a step forward. presumptive democratic nominees joe biden and kamala harris are preparing for an unprecedented national convention this coming week, almost entirely virtual amid this pandemic. here's cnn's jeff zeleny, more about it. >> joe biden and kamala harris appearing together for the third straight day on friday in wilmington, delaware, certainly getting a feel of one another as they were signing their paperwork to get on the ballot in all 50 states and the district of columbia. this is all leading to the democratic national convention which is scheduled to start

monday. it was scheduled to take place in milwaukee, now it's going to be virtually in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. certainly everything about this campaign is different. it's going to feature speakers weighing in across the country as well. senator harris will be delivering her acceptance speech on wednesday. the former vice president will be doing his on thursday. one thing that this new democratic ticket did not do on friday was again talk about president trump, clearly wanted to turn a page from that. but when asked directly about that, senator harris said this. >> i'm signing this in this race with that guy right there and we're going to get it done. >> with the controversy stirred up on the right, about whether she's eligible to serve run as vice president and serve as president. the issue, here, senator harris,

of course, she was born in oakland, california, the daughter of immigrants to the united states. she is eligible to run for president. but president trump was certainly raising this question at the white house. senator harris for her part not weighing in on that. certainly, as this week ends for the new democratic ticket, raising a record 48 millions in the first 48 hours of their campaign here. so, now, with about 85 days or owe before election day, this race now is fully joined between the democratic ticket and the republican one. jeff zeleny, cnn, washington. >> let's talk about these developments with inderjeet parmar, he teaches politics in london and a visiting professor at the london school of economics. good morning, inderjeet. good to have you on. >> thank you. >> let's begin with mail-in balloting. the president's misstatement there in the previous report, is mail-in balloting on the line

here? >> well, he seems to be making it so by defunding the post office, having many -- some sorting machines removed. and i think this kind of aligns with the broader voter suppression and voter restriction strategies that republicans have largely championed for a long time which undercuts the voting rights act of the 1960s. i think the idea is to try to trim down. reduce the turnout and trim down the voters against the republican party in key areas, and thereby affect the election. >> we're seeing leaders like joe biden and hillary clinton saying that trump is trying to steal the election and will refuse to accept defeat. i want to continue by saying hillary clinton said she wasn't trying to scare people, but that in her words trump would not go

silently into the night if he loses. he's going to try to confuse the american people, she said, even perhaps bring lawsuits. >> absolutely, i think that is correct. i think if you like, going back to february when there was a question to jared kushner could the election be delayed because of the global pandemic, he was ambivalent on that front. president trump said he lost the first two years to the inquiry, he wants extension on that. and i think even more than that, he helps to explain the way in which he's handled the global pandemic himself within the united states. he seems to have done the exact opposite of what right wing supporters thought he might do which is rise above the contention of the parties and ability as a unifier for the

country. many people thought he would take that opportunity because that would make him that kind of great leader which is what he wants, and therefore, in november, he'll be far more tractive as a candidate. he's done the opposite. it could well be that he refuses to accept the election result, and mobile even mobilizing the last part of the law enforcement and armed supporters as well. >> this year's political conventions promise to be like none before due to the pandemic. cnn will bring you full coverage. the democratic national convention begins this monday. and the republican national convention begins august 24th. california hits a grim coronavirus milestone, even as the white house speaks with its optimistic tone. we'll have the latest on the pandemic coming up here. also, new rules in effect for travelers coming from france into the united kingdom. we'll show you how some tourists

from britain scrambled to get home. a live report from paris and london after this.

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cases. california, the most populous u.s. state has hit a milestone number of infections. but the white house is trying to sound a positive note. for more, here kyung lah. >> we currently have three candidates in phase three clinical trials and are pace to have more than 100 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year. >> reporter: although the reality of clinical trials shows it will still be months before americans have a safe vaccine. in china, earlier results suggested that vaccine treatment in stage one and two trials may be sage and produce an immune response, news that comes at the end of a very long back-to-school week. >> it was terrifying. it was my worst fear. >> reporter: for a child, quarantine, says this georgia

mother across five states. at least 200 covid-19 cases have been reported in schools. the head of the cdc says reopening schools can't be done quickly. >> yeah. we don't want to pressure anybody. our guidance -- the timing of that has to be decided one school at a time. >> reporter: given what he's seen, this arizona teacher says he's quitting. >> we weren't given the option to teach from home, no. it's a small room. there's one exit. the ventilation is not all that great for schools. it's not a good situation. >> reporter: but the trump administration continues to insist schools reopen. the radiologist has to back up the president's own theories is driven by this belief. >> we know that the risk of the disease is extremely low for children, even less than that of seasonal flu. we know that the harms of locking out the children from school are enormous. >> reporter: while covid does

rarely kill children, they can infect their homes and community. the spread of covid in california is slowing. but the state reported a grim marker, more than 600,000 cases, the most of any u.s. states. >> there are actually much higher in underserved and disproportionately affecting people of color and latinos here in california. >> reporter: nationwide cases are trending down in most states, seen here in green. but in the last week, the u.s. reported more than 360,000 cases and the death toll continues to stand at more than 1,000 lives lost every single day. in three weeks, predicts the cdc, between 180 and 200,000 americans will have died from co-credit. >> right now, we're not even getting close to driving it down. what we're going to do is level off the high 40s cases per dane. and post labor day, an explosion

of cases. >> okay. so, outside of the u.s., here an issue that some folks in europe are facing, people traveling from france to the uk must now quarantine for two weeks, or face a hefty fine. that new rule was announced late thursday. it went in effect just hours ago. some tourists from britain were left scrambling and lines of cars backed up, friday, at calais and other ports. uk authorities say the change prompted by a spike in french covid cases. >> i think it's a good idea. a lot of people aren't traveling. and sometimes, a lot of people, i'm sure aren't wearing masks. so it's not a bad idea. but it's the confusion for most people. >> we have reporters in both countries to talk about this sudden change. scott mclean is in london and our jim bittermann in paris.

hello to both of you. and good morning. first to you, jim. talk about the efforts, some have been frantic, for people to get out of france and get home in time. >> reporter: well, natalie, it wasn't exactly a stampede, but it definitely was a surge yesterday as a number of people were trying to head for the exits and the exits here include the euro-star trains and the ferry crossing across the channel to england. and the feral operators, for example, were saying they were going to handle somewhere between 900 to 1200 people this weekend. and they doubled the number of reservations. so there definitely was an upsurge in people coming out but basically it's too late now to avoid that quarantine in england. and as you mentioned, the reason for that is this uptick and the surge of number of cases here in france. france had been going on pretty well since may 11th.

they lifted the restrictions that had been on. but then in the last few weeks, and now in the last three days, new records have been set each day, on the number of cases being reported. new cases being reported. yesterday, for example, there were 2,846 new cases reported. that was more than the day before. so, as a consequence now, there are new restrictions coming on here in france, both paris and marseille which are localized hot spots, the police authorities are imposing new restrictions. and it means that people out walking, also jog, any outdoor activities in the areas covered by this have to wear a mask. and it's something new. it's like the parisians have experienced this before in the old days, back, when they were

confined to homes before the restrictions were lifted on may 11th. but it's something that people have to go through, apparently. and the police are saying this could either be expanded further to include all of paris and maybe other towns as well. natalie. >> this goes to show you how quickly things can flip with this virus. let's go now to scott mclean, you're there in london for us. talk more about the united kingdom, taking this step against france. scott. >> reporter: yeah, so, the prime minister has insisted all along that the government needs to be absolutely ruthless when it comes to deciding which countries would be required to quarantine and which countries would not be required, meaning that he wanted to take the politics out of it and focus solely on the numbers and he wanted to make good in being ruthless when deciding that france would be on that list of mandatory quarantine, one of the most popular destinations for british travelers.

now, we just talked to some of the people on the first arriving here, to come from paris, and the quarantine came into effect about four or five hours ago now. and as you can imagine, there were not very many passengers on that train. we only spoke to french travelers. and what they told us sort of illustrates some of the problem around the enforcement of this quarantine. most of the people we spoke to were coming to visit family, all of them for less than two weeks. so the reality is they're going to be spending time with the family that lives here who have no mandates to actually quarantine. and so, you can understand how that may end up spreading the virus. it's kind of counterproductive to what the quarantine is meant to set out in the first place. the enforcement of it in the uk has been extremely lax. so there's probably nobody coming to knock on their door to

make sure they're maintaining the quarantine. some of them saying they're only going for 24 hours saying they're not going to leave their hotel. but again, if no one is enforcing that, it's hard to say what these people might do. clearly, for british people and people abroad, it puts a damper on the tourism industry and travel industry. one airline lobby group called it another devastating blow for an industry that already is going through some historic times, natalie. >> absolutely understand that. let's go back to you, jim, can we expect to see any retaliation from france over this? >> reporter: i think you definitely can, natalie. two french ministers said yesterday in fact there will be reciprocal action, but they have not specified exactly what kind of reciprocal action they're going to take, whenever people coming from traveling in from great britain will be required to quarantine for 14 days. and the fact is, it's just as

was being pointed out, it's a question of enforcement. basically, you don't know how to track down these people. the french don't have the mechanisms in place to really follow-up on any enforcement. so it's more or less voluntary. but people are nonetheless being restricted. and the whole mask-wearing thing is definitely being enforced by police authorities who can fine people up to 138 euros. natalie. >> jim bittermann and scott mclean in paris and europe. thank you both. we turn back, 600,000 cases there and states facing an uphill battle from the virus. we have a live report from l.a. also -- >> it wasn't until about, you know, i was generally doing better that i started to notice a lat of the other symptoms.

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♪ welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, i'm natalie allen. you are watching "cnn newsroom." we appreciate it. coronavirus numbers just keep climbing here in the u.s. the nation's most populous state california now leads the u.s. with over 600,000 infections. it is the first state to cross that mark. the situation prompting an

announcement from the state's governor. he said on friday that more than 96% of california schools will start the year online. the united states is now reporting 5.3 million coronavirus cases, and more than 168,000 deaths. california has the most cases in the country, now surpassing 600,000, as we mentioned, and 11,000 deaths. cnn's stephanie elam reports, though, the surging numbers maybe on the cusp of slowing. >> reporter: california is the first state to surpass 600,000 cases of confirmed coronavirus. however, there are signs that things starting to look better. for one thing, the state has been working through this backlog of cases announcing the final batch of those cases on friday. so, overall, the state announcing nearly 8,000 cases, but of that, more than 4400 of them were from the backlog, which means the majority of this

group, or the backlog, still, 3500 or so cases is higher than what the state would like to see. taking a look at hospitalizations and icu admissions both of those numbers down in the double digits percentagewise on the last 14 days on average so better numbers there. worth noting, the positivity standing at 6.2% over the last 14 days on average. but if you look at the seven-day average, it's at 6.5%. so what this means is that there's still plenty of virus out there that could continue to spread here within the state. and this is also why, governor gavin newsom has said this is not the time to ease up on any of the measures that have been put back into place here in california. to stop the spread of the coronavirus. and to that end, he did say that about 96% of students in the state will begin the school year remotely. stephanie elam, cnn, los angeles. the united states, mexico and canada have agreed to extend

their mutual border restrictions through september 21st. they're also trying to stem the flow of coronavirus cases traveling into their countries, agency the u.s. and mexico struggle to contain this pandemic. cnn's matt rivers discovers, though, travelers on the southern u.s. border are finding ways to get around those restrictions. >> reporter: here at the border between the u.s. and mexico, it is still officially closed to nonessential travelers. u.s. and mexico agreed to put in those restrictions back in late march. there are some exceptions, though. for example, for things like commerce, if you're a health care worker, if you're a returning citizen, you can still cross. but technically, for everyone else, it remains shut. remember, this is usually an area that people routinely go back and forth from country to country for any reason, for shopping, for going out for the night. for example, when we went into

mexico by car, we simply drove in. no one spoke with us, no one checked what we were doing. later by foot, we simply walked in, no question. here in tijuana, we spoke to multiple people here, americans who admit they had were here for nonessential reasons. and at the border, you can see there's a ton of people lining waiting to get in the u.s. when you get to the u.s., you do face immigration officers. you can imagine the rules are difficult because they're just relying on people to tell the truth. and that's a big deal because we know the more the people move around the greater for the virus to spread. we know that car traffic at the border is down about 50% compared to this time last year, but still, the latest data shows that in may alone more than 1.3 million people crossed this border. that's thought to say that mexico is responsible for spreading this virus. this is more just a reflection of what happens when people travel. it's worth noting that our temperatures only got checked when we came into mexico.

there were no sanitary measures when we went into the united states. the trump administration has said it's trying to prevent the spread by closing the borders at least from this border, from what we've seen, there are a lot of loopholes that people are clearly taking advantage of. matt rivers, cnn, on the u.s./mexico border. >> let's talk about these developments with sian griffiths, she's the chairwoman of the inquiry in the outbreak. thank you for coming. let's begin with the united states continuing to be in a bad place. 200,000 deaths may occur by labor day. as of two days ago there had been more than 1,000 deaths per day, and that's more than two weeks. what is your assessment of the situation for the united states? >> these figures, obviously, they're worrying and more needs to be done to stay on top of

this. because the unfortunate thing about this virus, it's continued to spread globally, but particularly within the u.s. you'll see from the experience of europe that lockdown is really essential for controlling the numbers. health has to take precedence over the economy. once we get on top of the disease. once you're on top of the disease, once you've got it down to reasonable levels that can be monitored and then you can act on, then it makes it a much easier situation to handle but it does seem that the biggest mistakes are really worrying and worrying for the rest of the world. >> as we remain the most affected country in the world, students are headed back to schools. already there are outbreaks at two dormitories in a north carolina university. is there a safe way to reopen colleges here this fall? what do you expect? >> i think if we take measures

to make sure the hygiene is there, make sure of social distancing. okay, it's going to be difficult, but you've got to do it. you've got to social distance. people need to wear masks. people going back need to wear masks. and not necessarily the younger school children. the whole theory about bubbles for teaching, the whole thing how much can you change the way you teach to decrease the risk of transmission all of those measures need to be taken into place because actually going back to school is important, not just for education, the social development and community development and futures of our children. >> the long-term effects of coronavirus can be devastating for those whose symptoms drag on months after they contract the infection. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta talked with some of these patients as they struggle to cope. here he is. >> four months later, my stomach is not what it used to be. >> i've been treated as covid

for 97 days. i'm pretty much in the throes of it. >> reporter: they are known as long haulers, diagnosed with covid-19, but months later, still experiences symptoms. >> everything from blood clots, seizures. tremors. i have a lot of neuropathy. i don't have control pretty much of the left side of my face. and some issues with memory loss. >> reporter: 50-year-old michael reagan had always been on the go. rock climbing, scuba diving, just like that everything change when did you first feel sick? >> well, on march 22nd which was a sunday, i woke up in the morning, i was unable to catch my breath. i went into the bathroom and i coughed up blood. >> reporter: reagan ended up the same day at lenox hill hospital

in new york city. at the time, in the spring, it was the epicenter of the u.s. coronavirus pandemic. >> i remember seeing stretchers come in with lots of people, people gasping for breath. >> reporter: this symptoms, dire. >> my blood pressure was out of control. it was 200 over 100 and something. my heart rate about as high as 200 beats a minute. and i was gasping for air. >> reporter: fortunately, after five days, reagan began breathing more easily with the help of medication. he never went on a ventilator. but he spent the next two months in and out of the hospital. >> we realized that the patients don't really fall into the black and white, where some patients are sick and then they get healthy again. and then some patients are sick and then they die. >> reporter: dr. chen is medical director of the center for post covid care for the mt. sinai health system, a first of its kind in the country, focusing on

recovery. for the first several months doctors have just been trying to figure out this disease. but now the long-term effects are also proving equally mysterious. >> if you have shortness of breath, we're looking to see whether we see something on c.a.t. scan or we see something through pulmonary function testing to see specific organ damage. the reason we break this down is because we need to look at it physically to see what the virus actually does to your organs physically. >> reporter: the cdc estimates 35% of adults are not back to normal, two to three weeks after testing positive. still experiencing difficulties breathing. nerve pain, or even memory loss or brain fog. a study of 143 italian patients found that 87% of them reported having at least one lingering effect, 60 days, after the onset of their first symptoms. >> is there some way of predicting who is more likely to

have these persistent symptoms? >> i would presume that if you had a pre-existing condition, that the infection with the virus can worsen that condition. but again, we're also seeing patients who were previously healthy but their symptoms have also persisted throughout their illness and beyond. >> reporter: it's truly a medical mystery that dr. chen and michael reagan hope is solved. >> when i was in the throes of fighting covid, i was only focused on breathing. i was scared to go to sleep because i would stop breathing. it wasn't until, you know, i was generally doing better, that i started to notice a lot of the other symptoms, and i know other people must feel the same. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. next here, we're going to get an update on the situation in lebanon, people there are enduring even in the wake of that devastating and deadly

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♪ lebanon received delegations from the u.s., france and iran friday in the aftermath of last week's deadly explosion in beirut. the western officials called for a reform-oriented government in the country. but iran's foreign minister said that is up to the lebanese who aren't just battered by the blast but a faulting economy and, of course, a pandemic. even so, as our ben wedeman reports from beirut, people are hopeful that they and their city

will rise again. ♪ >> reporter: beirut, glory from ashes to beirut. aligned from a civil war era song by the great lebanese singer. a haunting song of loss and despair but not defeat. the people of this city have seen the economy collapse, endured the coronavirus pandemic, unrest and now this. yet now is not the time to compose beirut's obituary. in the neighborhood next to the port, this man and his son prepare a broken statue of the madonna. news of beirut's demise has been greatly exaggerated. >> she always dying, people think she's dying but it's not

true. she will always rise. she will always rise. >> reporter: the blast badly damaged thousands of homes and livelihoods, killed almost 200 and wounded over 6,000. the scars from this disaster run deep. this woman shows me her children's bedroom, mine in addition the wall. she refuses to surrender lebanon to the political leaders who have driven it to the ground. why should our children have to emigrate, she asks? right now, i can pack up and leave, but why? should we leave this country to the crooks and thieves while they watch us without shedding a single tear? not a single tear. sonya and her family have lived in this house for 45 years. she refuses to leave and will somehow repair the damage.

as broken as we are, we'll stand up again. this soil is not theirs, sonya says, referring to the politicians. these stones are not theirs. they are ours. ♪ >> reporter: the song ends with the words "you beirut are mine, you are mine, embrace it." ben wedeman, cnn, beirut. >> inspirational resolve from the people there in beirut. next here, a huge fire is sweeping parts of southern california, at the same time that the state is seeing a searing heat wave. derek van dam is with us for more about it, next. the audi a6. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer.

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a huge fire has charged 17,000 acres in northern los angeles county in california. and it is only 12% contained. the flames erupted wednesday and had been spreading due to hot, dry conditions. we're talking hot. surrounding areas are under evacuation orders. and on friday, a stage three

emergency, the highest level, was declared, due to increased use of electricity that has not been done in almost two decades. and means the state's 40 million residents could face rolling blackouts. our meteorologist derek van dam is joining me now to talk about the fire and sweltering heat. and who wants to have a rolling blackout when air conditioner is needed, derek, hello. >> yeah, that's when consumption is at its greatest, natalie. it's important to note that the outages that they've experienced in california is not like a public safety shutoff that they used last year to prevent electrical sparks that could cause fire in extreme weather events like high fire danger incidents. this particular outage is used to reduce the strain on the

grids. there are a number of things that people can help with the cause here. just shut off unnecessary appliances and electrical outlets and shut off unnecessary lights that you're not using as well. we have 80 million americans under some sort of heat alert right now. you can imagine the amount of demand that requires to cool the home so people can stay and get the relief from the 00 heheat t have experienced. it's not gone away anytime soon. we have the potential for 90 high broken for portions of today and next week. it's not on the southern parts of the country. it extends to the south wewest. some of those valleys in california could top 120 this afternoon and tomorrow. excessive heat continues over the western parts of the country, but, again, it is creeping into the northwest.

places like portland, seattle, you will not be spared with this extreme heat. trimle digits for portland. 95 degrees for seattle. you factor in the excessive dry conditions on top of the heat, and that's a recipe for disaster, of course, we have extreme drought conditions from colorado to utah into northern california, unfortunately leads to scenes just like this. this is the lake fire. and some of the latest updated information that we've found from cal fire has 12% containment. but look at that, 17,000 acres, over 17,000 acres burned. by the way, this about is 40 miles to the east of los angeles. at one point, the lake fire there was consuming 66 acres per minute. that's equivalent to a football field over 1.2 seconds. so that was rapid, explosive growth, not just in california. we've got fires in colorado, the grizzly peak, the pine and

cameron. zero percent containment for several of them. we've seen pictures on social media, there's a hazy smoke, unfortunately, leading to that air quality in this part of the u.s. as well, natalie. so certainly concerns to think about. thank you. commemoration and remembrance around the world. ♪ >> the united kingdom marking japan's surrender 75 years ago effectively ending world war ii. britain's secretary of state there for defense ben wallace laid a wreath in london, a symbolic tomb for the uk's war dead. also a somber anniversary in japan. here the emperor.

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