good morning, america. wildfire evacuations. 7,500 people forced from their homes in northern california as wind-whipped flames torch homes and cars. plus, the scorching heat wave. triple-digit temperatures straining the power grid. holiday crush. americans on the move the last big summer weekend. can the airlines struggling with staffing and scheduling issues handle it? plus, is your vacation rental safe? >> they don't make smoke alarms in off white. >> what to look for. inventory list. the full roster of documents seized from mar-a-lago and now the new questions about 90 empty folders.

urgent search for a missing jogger apparently kidnapped during her morning run. the car police are trying to track down. nuclear plant inspection. russian tv releasing video showing international inspectors at that ukraine power plant. the concerns they're raising. ready for liftoff. artemis 1 set to launch hours from now. the historic moon mission and what it means for space exploration. uvalde strong. after a summer of grief, the community comes together to celebrate the high school football team. the special ways those lost were honored. ♪ i'm the greatest ♪ and final twirl. serena williams going out like a champ. the epic three-set, nail-biting battle and her message to fans. >> i'm just so grateful to every single person that's ever said "go, serena" in their life. >> the gracious words from her opponent.

lara live from the u.s. open. good saturday morning to you. whit is off this morning, but we are very happy to have trevor ault here with us. >> great to be back. what a treat. >> yeah, it is good to have you. i feel like we just saw you. >> right? >> lara spencer also joining us from arthur ashe stadium just hours after what turned out to be the final match for serena williams at the u.s. open. she's got a look at the emotional night and the tennis legend's tearful thank yous and her message to fans. >> an unbelievable career and, of course, it's also a busy travel holiday weekend. we have millions of americans taking to the roads and to the skies ahead of labor day. but we start with that exploding wildfire in northern california forcing thousands of people from their homes and the record-setting heat wave there making fighting the fire even more of a challenge. abc's alex presha joins us with from weed, california, with

more. alex, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. take a look behind me. this dodge truck completely burned out. the bumper is actually melted. the structure behind it completely destroyed. this mill fire has already torched so much in this community. it's why california governor gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency to help fight this fire. this morning, the fast-moving mill fire leaving destruction across northern california. the flames destroying multiple homes and vehicles as the fire explodes to almost 4,000 acres. this video taken by firefighters rushing to respond, traffic out of town backed up as nearly 7,500 residents try to flee. overnight governor gavin newsom issuing a state of emergency to support crews battling the growing flames. this as temperatures continue to rise in the state increasing the risk of power outages and heat-related illnesses. >> if you see anybody with any signs, even a little nausea or your friend complains that they

have a headache, if you know you have an older neighbor next door, go check in on them. >> reporter: and in southern california, the city of glendale dealing with another scorcher. if you had any plans of doing any sort of outdoor activity not in the shade, good luck. we're on this basketball court and the temperature coming in at 135 degrees. this family visiting from tucson with advice on braving the triple-digit temps. >> hat, sunscreen, proximity to water, le a splash pad this year, and the kids always bring their water bottles, so ice water is a must. >> reporter: the heat is especially dangerous for those working outdoors, and with californians tempted to blast their acs, los angeles area officials issuing multiple flex alerts asking people to practice energy conservation at home. >> we want to make sure that we're getting transformers to our districts as close to the customers as possible so that if there were to be an outage, they're not waiting for supplies, that the supplies will be ready for them. >> reporter: and, janai, back here in weed, this mill fire 0%

contained. a red flag warning issued as firefighters prepare to battle winds higher than 30 miles an hour. janai? >> wow. all right, alex, thank you for that update. now let's get the latest on those red flag warnings that alex just mentioned in northern california, and the heat for the holiday weekend. danielle breezy from our nashville station wkrn is here. danielle, that heat is not what they need. >> no, not at all, janai, and, unfortunately, you can see we have red flag warnings in effect from northern california all the way up to north dakota. where that fire is burning today, wind gusts could be in excess of 30 to 35 miles an hour plus, it's just so dry. not good for the spread of fires. now we are also talking about record heat, right, we do, unfortunately, have record heat again today. we've been having it for the past couple of days. we have excessive heat warnings in effect and advisories in the pink and orange. triple-digit heat is expected today and continues into tomorrow and into early next week. we could set records not only in reno but salt lake city and even san diego. back to you, eva. >> all right. thanks, danielle. now to the holiday travel on

this last big weekend of the season. concerns about delays and cancellations after a difficult summer at airports across the country and around the world. abc's mola lenghi is at jfk with the latest. good morning to you, mola. >> reporter: good morning, eva. on this labor day weekend what is expected to be a busy labor day weekend, the unofficial end to summer. millions of americans squeezing in one last trip, one last getaway before the end of the season. nearly 13 million americans are expected to travel this holiday weekend. that's according to the online travel booking website hopper. this comes as the embattled airline industry is struggling with staffing and scheduling issues causing unprecedented flight delays, cancellations and, frankly, just a lot of unhappy passengers. if that isn't enough, this week airline pilots have been picketing at 14 of the nation's busiest airports, including jfk, complaining that they have been pushed to their limits, overworked and exhausted since the start of the pandemic. now, the airlines stress the pilots who are protesting are

off duty, so the flights and the schedules will not be impacted. now, this week the department of transportation pressured airlines to announce plans for how they will accommodate customers who face those canceled or delayed flights. the d.o.t. launching online dashboards with information for travelers. now, as far as this weekend goes, the worst might be behind us. monday is still expected to be another busy travel day. some good news in all of this, drivers who are hitting the roads, you can expect a little relief at the pump. the national average for a gallon of gasoline, at least the regular gallon of gasoline is down to $3.79. trevor, that may still sound high, but it is significantly less than it was earlier this summer when we were right around the $5 mark. >> that's right. a buck 50 less a gallon. mola, thank you. next the new details about the government documents seized at mar-a-lago. it includes dozens of empty folders marked classified. abc's zohreen shah is at the justice department with the details of the full inventory that was unsealed.

zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, trevor. this is now the clearest picture yet of those 11,000 top secret documents taken from the white house, but in some ways it raises more questions than answers. this morning, those unsealed court records raising new questions about what happened to thousands of classified documents at mar-a-lago. over 11,000 documents were seized by the fbi according to the detailed property list. 48 empty folders were labeled classified. 42 empty folders were categorized as return to staff secretary/military aide. top secret documents according to the inventory were found in boxes with things like newspaper clippings, clothing and gifts. >> so, one question now is, where are those classified documents? that's now an investigative thread we should expect the department of justice is running down right now, and those documents could be with the archives now. we don't know, but ultimately

now they need to determine what was in those folders. >> reporter: sources telling abc news investigators are worried classified documents might have been mishandled and placed outside mar-a-lago. those next steps could include the doj interviewing or re-interviewing people involved in packing or moving boxes. this as trump's former attorney general bill barr appearing to side with the fbi when asked about their unprecedented mar-a-lago search. >> well, it's also unprecedented for a president to take all this classified information and put them in a country club. how long is the government going to try to get that back? you know, they jawboned for a year. they were deceived on the voluntary actions taken. they then went and got a subpoena. they were deceived on that, they feel, and the facts are starting to show that they were being jerked around. >> reporter: another big question, if a federal judge will appoint a special master. that's essentially a third party that would oversee the documents between trump and the doj. janai?

>> all right, zohreen. and at the same time, two trump white house lawyers appeared before the federal grand jury investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol friday. pat cipollone and his top deputy, patrick philbin, meeting behind closed doors about efforts by former president trump, allies and supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 election. cipollone questioned for nearly three hours is the highest ranking trump white house aide to appear before the grand jury. this morning, an urgent search is under way for a woman from a prominent memphis family kidnapped while jogging early friday morning near the city's college campus. police are appealing to the public for information. abc's faith abubey has the report. >> reporter: this morning a search is under way right now in memphis. a mother of two apparently kidnapped during her morning run. her family now offering a $50,000 reward as the manhunt gears up. >> abduction earlier for ms.

eliza fletcher. >> reporter: 34-year-old kindergarten teacher eliza fletcher seen in the surveillance photo on a jog friday around 4:30 a.m. near the university of memphis. police say this dark suv approached her and forced her inside. >> the real key to the case right now based on what we know would be the vehicle. if there's something unique about the vehicle, a scratch, a dent, an odd paint color, anything that you can tell the public that would potentially bring somebody forward. >> reporter: her family reporting her missing just hours later when she didn't return home. police saying they found her cell phone and a water bottle in front of a home nearby. >> want to find her. we don't know. we don't know what's going on, but everybody is desperately looking for her. >> reporter: abc news affiliate watm confirming the woman is the niece of the city's chief legal officer and the granddaughter of a prominent businessman and philanthropist. police at the woman's home seen collecting a laptop and an officer photographing a white wagoneer outside which was later

towed away. >> it's quiet, peaceful out here by the university. this is very rare. >> reporter: and, trevor, her family issued a statement saying in part, we look forward to eliza's safe return and hope that this reward will help police capture those who committed this crime. trevor? >> it's a really frightening story. faith, thank you so much. next to the economy. is one of the last pieces of the puzzle before the fed meets later this month. abc's business and economics correspondent deidre bolton has more on what this report shows about the u.s. economy. deidre, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. u.s. employers added a healthy 315,000 jobs in august with companies hiring the most workers in business and professional services, health care and retail. now, the unemployment rate unexpectedly rose for the first time since january, a six-month high. rising unemployment usually cause for concern but not this time, economists say. most see this month's increase as a positive reason with more people coming off the sidelines looking for work.

in answering the question why now, it may be the higher cost of food and rent that is making people want to work or people feeling more secure with covid-19 risks fading, but the end result more people can work and want to work. more people working means businesses have a larger pool of candidates to choose from. some businesses have been having a ton of trouble finding workers. now they may be able to fill their positions, and that allows growth. a larger supply of workers also means employers can offer attractive pay, but not get into bidding wars for prospective workers. wage growth held steady in august. that will reassure the fed that the rate hikes are working to cool the economy in a measured way. that is the idea. back to you guys. >> all right, deidre. the economy certainly on the minds of many americans, this as the midterms are fast approaching. ohio voters are weighing their choices in one of the most closely watched senate races in the country. so, what issues matter most to them? abc's mona kosar abdi is in columbus to find out.

>> reporter: on and off the field, ohio state football has an unmitigated grip on the buckeye state. every fall here in columbus, fans paint the town scarlet and gray in a grand display of commitment to the team. and this weekend is no different as the buckeyes set their sights on defeating notre dame. but this solidarity displayed in the state's capital a far cry ohioans i spoke to say from the divisiveness shown when it comes to politics. >> 100% it's divided. >> reporter: a key issue top of mind for many here, the economy. >> when i came here originally, this was an affordable town to live in, and a lot of the neighborhoods here in columbus that were livable and affordable are no longer affordable. >> reporter: ahead of the midterm elections, another polarizing issue voters say is driving them to the polls is focused around women's reproductive rights, an issue

also taking center stage in the state's high-stakes u.s. senate between democratic congressman tim ryan and trump-backed author j.d. vance. >> a lot of women don't even know they're pregnant until after six weeks. i think that is beyond cruel. >> reporter: following the supreme court's decision to overturn roe v. wade, a restrictive abortion law went into effect in ohio, essentially banning abortions around six weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. since the dobbs ruling, ohio has seen a female voter registration increase of more than 6% according to "the new york times." and on the heels of a 20-year-old unarmed black man shot by a columbus police officer while in bed, his family calling on protests this weekend to remain peaceful. one mom we spoke with says that officer involved shooting incident makes her concerned for her own son's safety. >> i'm afraid every time my son at any age for our black children, we have to teach them there is a different set of rules governing them versus

their counterparts. >> reporter: and a number of students i spoke also mentioned president biden's student loan forgiveness plan. one osu senior i spoke with said it doesn't nearly go far enough while one osu parent i spoke with said it's not fair to those who have paid back their student loans. back out here live you can tell the party has already started. despite the political divisions, today it is all about ohio state football, guys. >> and no matter how you feel about the buckeyes, you know they like to have fun on football saturdays. mona, thank you so much. we head overseas now and turn to the war in ukraine. the white house is asking congress for additional funds, $13 billion for military aid for the country. that's as inspectors get a look inside the power plant. the facility reportedly taking on some damage. abc's tom soufi burridge is in ukraine with more. >> reporter: this morning, the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog warning of grave risks from fighting near the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. a team of inspectors getting an

up and close tour of the facility for themselves. witnessing the damage. >> i was able to see myself and my team, impact holes, markings on buildings of shelling, so which means that the physical integrity of the facility has been violated, not once, but several times. >> reporter: staff from the agency staying on site to assess the safety of the plant amid a highly unpredictable situation. and overnight the white house asking congress for an additional $13.7 billion in aid to ukraine to fund more military equipment and intelligence support. >> you have air for how long? >> 30 minutes. >> reporter: meanwhile, ukrainians training for a disaster. with fighting intensifying

around the nuclear plant not far from here, the risk of a nuclear incident is very real. monitoring radiation levels with high-tech equipment, sasha's task in the event of a nuclear leak. most people would be trying to get out of this area. you guys are going to be staying. >> yes. this is our job, and we stay to the end. >> reporter: well, overnight president zelenskyy praising g7 leaders for agreeing to put a cap on the price of russian oil saying the sanctions will limit the flow of money to moscow. trevor? >> all right, tom, thank you. and let's get a check of the weather now. back to you, danielle breezy. good morning. >> good morning, guys. i got to tell you we've had real wild weather. this waterspout actually formed yesterday. this is over in hilton head island in south carolina here. wow. scar we are expecting rain and storms for the holiday weekend, unfortunately, and could see 1 to 3 inches of rain. basically this goes from new

england all the way down to the gulf coast, so whether you're barbecuing, going to the pool or the lake, the beach, you'll want to check your local forecast of what's going on. that's a look at what's happening around the country. here's what's happening where you live. so we are talking about a mixed bag of weather. it's dry out to the west but storms out to the east. >> and some storms down in florida, which is where we're turning next. the expected liftoff, thank you, danielle, of nasa's artemis 1 mission is just hours away following a five-day delay. it's the first step toward putting us back on the moon with, of course, an eye towards

mars. and abc's gio benitez is at cape canaveral where tens of thousands of people have gathered for that launch. >> reporter: this morning, we're just hours away from what nasa hopes will be a launch for the history books. artemis 1 standing by ready to roar off into the cosmos and send a spacecraft around the moon and back. nasa administrator bill nelson watching the weather. >> i know what august is when it comes to rainstorms so with a little guarded optimism. >> reporter: but monday's scrub wasn't because of the weather. >> a scrub for today. >> reporter: one of the engines on the new sls rocket, the space launch system, didn't cool down to the proper temperature. nelson says it was just bad data, not a bad engine. > you follow the physics instead of the sensor, particularly because this is a test sensor. >> reporter: now nasa believes the most powerful rocket in the world is ready for liftoff to

send the uncrewed orion capsule around the moon and back to earth to test it for astronauts like anne mcclain, who is in line someday to go to the moon. >> i'm excited i'll be able to see something i've never seen before. the american people and the international community have committed an enormous amount of resources to this program, and we at nasa have a responsibility to get it right. >> reporter: today's launch window opens at 2:17 eastern right in the middle of college football. >> i expect that a bunch of college football fans are going to be cheering at the top of their lungs when they see this artemis flight take to the heavens. >> reporter: and if that happens, of course, we will bring you the update during the game this afternoon right here on abc. but if for whatever reason artemis 1 cannot launch, the next opportunity is monday just after 5:00 p.m., guys. let's cross our fingers. >> put that energy out there. we want it today. we want the launch today.

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following on this saturday morning. happening right now, authorities on both sides of the texas and mexico border are searching for additional victims after at least eight migrants died while trying to cross the rio grande. u.s. border patrol agents say a total of 53 migrants have been detained. mexico says it took 39 others into custody. also right now, a disturbing pentagon survey finds sexual assault in the u.s. military is up by 13%. the report shows that some 3,600 incidents were reported last year alone. >> and new york city is suing starbucks. the city's department of consumer and worker protection says a longtime barista and union organizer was wrongly fired after the starbucks where he worked decided to unionize. we do start with the g.o.a.t. serena williams thanking a packed crowd at the u.s. open as she calls it a career. the tennis champ losing her match overnight, but she didn't go down without a fight. abc's lara spencer is at arthur ashe stadium where it was one

epic battle. lara, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yeah, she fought with everything she had until the very last point, and when it was over, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. 29,000 adoring fans watching as the legend said, thank you. she might not have won the match. but she left the game she changed as a champion. >> i'm just so grateful to every single person that's ever said, "go, serena" in their life. i'm just so grateful because -- yeah, you got me here. >> reporter: competing against a woman 11 years younger than her in an electrifying battle. >> so you can hear the crowd. it's absolutely deafening. it is awesome. >> reporter: lasting three grueling sets, over three hours

long. >> serena just ramping up the aggressive playing, just crushing the ball. >> reporter: even towards the end when the raucous sold-out crowd of more than 29,000 went nearly silent after ajla tomljanovic took a commanding lead. >> she missed it. >> reporter: there would be one more ball. >> at age 40, battling a 29-year-old. >> reporter: one more point. >> i can only imagine what's going through her head. >> reporter: one more shot at glory. >> even somehow down 5-1 in the final set, the legend grows. >> reporter: fighting off six match points before saying good-bye to arthur ashe stadium with another standing ovation. >> thank you, daddy. i know you're watching. thanks, mom.

oh, my god. but it all started with my parents, and they deserve everything, so i'm really grateful for them. oh, my god. these are happy tears, i guess. i don't know. and i wouldn't be -- i wouldn't be serena if there wasn't venus. so, thank you, venus. >> reporter: even her opponent had difficulty saying good-bye to the woman who calls herself just serena. >> i think she embodies that no dream is too big. and it doesn't matter where you come from, you know, the circumstances, you can do anything if you believe in yourself, you love what you do. i will definitely miss seeing her on the court because it will not be the same. >> reporter: it will not be the same without her. tennis will not be the same without serena williams, and after playing the way she did here at the open at a level that seemed to surprise even serena herself at times, she was a

little less definitive about whether this was really it. on court right behind me she said, never say never, but those who know her best say she is done. she is ready to start the next chapter of her life. to talk more about serena's final match is the woman who has been by her side all week long, rennae stubbs, six-time slam winner herself, serena's great friend and on-court adviser throughout this. i have to ask you, rennae, what's it meant to you to be on this final leg of the journey with your friend serena williams? >> yeah, it's been an emotional ride, hasn't it? since that moment of sort of helping her and stepping on the court with her after that loss in cincinnati, you know, my goal for her was to come here and play her best tennis as good as she could play with -- considering she's barely played in a year. it's been an incredible moment for her to step onto this court over the last week and really give the show that we've all seen, and she deserves, and last night was indicative of that over three-hour match. she fought as hard as i've ever

seen her fight. it's the longest match she's actually ever played here at the u.s. open, and she gave it everything she could. she will look back on this and probably hope she could have won in traight sets. she had that opportunity. served for both sets in a lot easier situation. but the fact, lara, that she fought as hard as she did at 40 years of age in front of this crowd last night, as i said, was indicative of her as a person and as a champion. >> you've been great with us all week and telling us she keeps saying, it's just gravy. it's just gravy. well, it was gravy for us last night watching her defend set point, match point. i mean, that was an unbelievable moment, and you said to me, that's just classic serena. >> yeah, it's classic serena that she didn't want to go down without a fight. you know, down 5-1 in the third, not looking like it was going to be her night, but she kept hanging in there and hanging in there and hanging in there. it's just, again, didn't want to say good-bye. every single point was amazing and, i mean, i give so much credit to ajla tomljanovic. i said that in the coverage last

night with espn, how much -- you know, i know her really well, ajla, and she handled that moment so well last night and played some of the best tennis i've seen her play in years. just the effort, i mean, these volleys she pulled off last night -- >> unbelievable. >> it was just, you know, it was just -- it was just so much emotions in the match, and the fact that serena kept it together as well even towards the end, and it was just a beautiful -- i think it was a beautiful sendoff for her considering where she was last year being so injured, and we weren't sure if she was going to play at all. and the fact she came back at wimbledon with no matches, barely any practice and got a couple of matches in before here, she put herself on the line over the last couple of months. you know, everyone expected her to win every match, and, you know, we were all realistic about her chances having not played a lot of tennis. but the fact that she played so well here at the u.s. open and gave the crowd what they wanted, that, i'm really happy about. i'm really happy she played good tennis to finish off her career on this amazing court. >> now, what's next for serena, for you? >> a little bit of karaoke

tonight. she said that in the press conference. it's celebration time now. she wasn't in the celebratory mood last night because she still lost a match, and that still hurts but -- and it was a long day, it's been a long week. and she's had some really late nights, but i suspect it'll be another late night tonight of a lot of fun with everyone that's in town, all her friends. she likes karaoke, so i think that's what's going to happen tonight. >> a little competitive karaoke i hope? >> a little competitive -- yeah, but, you know, no chance i'm winning that competition, i can tell you that. >> she'll even win that. >> she'll even win that, yeah. so it's been a ride, lara. i mean, i've been so blessed to be a part of this little journey with her, this celebration of her career and was stressful at times up there in the crowd watching, but overall what a joy it's been to be around her. >> rennae, it's been a joy talking to you all week, and we watched you on the court with

her every day and you kept her positive. you should walk away knowing you made a difference. >> well, i hope so. i haven't gotten a lot of sleep over the last week, but neither have you. you've been here also celebrating this great champion, and there was a lot of tears last night after the match. we all got together as a group. but i said to her, you know what, where you were last year, this is a moment that you should savor and enjoy it because you deserve that, and she got that love. i've never heard the entire crowd screaming serena, serena, serena. i mean it was a chant going on last night. it was an incredible atmosphere, and i hope she remembers that, that love more than anything after last night. >> rennae stubbs, we thank you so much once again for your time. i know you do have a day job to get to, so we will let you do that. we thank you so much. now i'll send it back to you all in the studio. >> it is certainly the end of an era. lara, thank you so much. what a joy for all of us to get to experience the career, the legend that is serena williams. >> right, and the impact she had on tennis and on women's sports. >> beyond it too. transcended tennis to be sure. thank you very much, lara.

we want to get another check of weather now. we'll head over to danielle breezy once again. >> yes, i will tell you the atlantic is getting very active. we now have two named storms that we're watching, danielle and earl. by the way, july and august, we had no named storms, so things are getting very busy. let's take you to earl. it's a tropical storm right now, winds at 40 miles an hour. it's going to go north of puerto rico. could bring some flash flooding as well as some damaging winds from the outer bands. we've got danielle that will strengthen to a category 1 hurricane. that's a look at what's happening around the country. here's what's happening where you live. here's what's happening where you live. yeah, danielle, a fish storm, not doing anything. >> got to be careful with danielle. >> got to give it to her, all right, trevor. >> i tried. >> danielle, thank you so much. i'm sorry.

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coming up on "gma" in our coming up on "gma" in our second hour, our "gma" cover story, jane fonda sharing her cancer diagnosis and treatment this morning. age -- and then whit and his wife get a tennis lesson from the man who coached venus and serena williams. we'll show you how they did. she's a natural. we'll be right back. she's a natural. we'll be right back. >> new developments in the shooting of 23 month-year-old jasper wu in oakland. chp release the photos of the car they believe was involved in that shooting that killed little jasper on 880. the cars are a 2007 to 2010 gray

infinity sedan. you will remember jasper was strapped in his car seat in the backseat of his mother's car when the stray bullet hit him. the chp is asking anyone with information to call their tip line. the information is there on your screen. a silicon valley tradition will take place next week unless the people at apple have any tricks up their sleeves. apple is hosting an event at the cupertino headquarters. the company has remained quiet about what will be revealed but september is normally when they debut the new iphone. the next version would be the iphone 14. lisa, we are tracking that heatwave this morning. lisa: nice out there right now, warmer day today. you can see the fog from mount tam. 65 in oakland. san jose, 66. 59, half moon bay.

63 by the delta. still a sea breeze throughout the afternoon, but this morning, anywhere from five to eight degrees cooler. we are looking at highs near 100 today inland. upper 60's at the coast. excessive heat warning coming into play for inland valleys tomorrow with the warm weather spreading across the bay over the weekend. liz: thank you. next, the milli fire is taking hold of siskiyou county. the latest from fire crews on

building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. a state of emergency declared as the mill fire burns in siskiyou county. it's 0% contained and has exploded in size forcing thousands to evacuate is now at least 20% contained and the holiday heat wave is coming the preparations and what you can expect this weekend. good morning everybody. it's saturday september 3rd. i'm liz croy, so we have a lot to get to this morning. so lisa, let's start with a quick look at the weather. and of course the heat wave we're tracking this holiday weekend. good morning. good morning. dangerous heat is on the way, not today. we will have elevated fire danger and we have a spare the air alert today. the fog is not with us this morning. so temperatures are already beginning to climb, but today is going to be