where if you still need an evacuation center to go to, where you can go, www.cbssf.com. captio nsored by cbs >> quijano: fleeing the flames. tens of thousands of californians are forced to evacuate as wildfires destroy hundreds of homes and threaten many more. >> this is the stuff you have nightmares about. >> quijano: also tonight, this is how you get to the front line at breakneck speed to avoid isis snipers. >> quijano: an american in the war against isis. mike hogan from phoenix, >> mike hogan from phoenix, arizona, who was a waiter before he came here six months ago. >> quijano: a chinese farm product that needs plenty of sun but not a drop of water. >> i've been taking my time. ♪ i feel like i made up my mind. ♪. >> quijano: and the song that is striking a chord with people in crisis.

>> it was so moving, it was very powerful. this is the "cbs evening news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. this is our western edition. much of california is on fire tonight, or at risk of going up in flames. red flag warnings meaning conditions are ripe for wildfires are up all over the state. more than 20 major fires are burning. 15 of them started in just the past 24 hours. and they are moving quickly, fueled by strong winds. they have already burned more than 70,000 acres, destroyed 1,500 homes and commercial buildings and forced 20,000 people to evacuate. here's mireya villarreal. >> reporter: in southern california this afternoon several hillside homes went up in flames pushed by strong santa ana winds. firefighters are making a desperate stand to save others that are burning. it is just one of several wildfires that is overwhelming

the state. the worst in northern california's wine country which broke out late last night, home after home completely engulfed. some burning to the ground before firefighters could even arrive. >> i just saw flames up on the hill behind my house. >> reporter: the fire was fanned by nearly 50 mile per hour winds and raged through several towns in napa and sonoma counties. it was well after midnight when many homeowners got the urgent call. they had just minutes to get out. >> i want to evacuate. >> reporter: patients from two hospitals were also evacuated as flames grew close. and this is what alyssa o'gorman saw as she fled her home in calistoga. >> it is just my neighborhood in flames, completely in flames. >> reporter: by day break the extent of the damage became painfully clear. entire neighborhoods overrun,

little left but the smoldering remains of hundreds of homes, block after block reduced to rubble. today as the fire kept growing, it threatened even more communities. residents like david rojedas tried to salvage whatever co, just seconds after he fled, his home caught fire. yet another total loss. ten deaths are attributed to the wildfires in california. in santa rosa, several buildings and houses are on fire. when we turned the corner, this building fully engulfed in flames. firefighter say their resources are spread thin but the winds should die down overnight helping them get a handle on the fires. elaine. >> dangerous situation, thank >> quijano: dangerous situation, mireya, thank you. in las vegas today people who survived the massacre began retrieving the personal items they dropped as they ran for their lives. and the sheriff gave us an update on the investigation of the shooting that left 58 dead

and nearly 500 wounded. jamie yuccas is in las vegas. >> reporter: las vegas sheriff joseph lombardo said today the shooter stephen paddock shot hotel security guard jesus campos before he started his assault. >> he was injured prior to the mass volume of shooting. >> reporter: stephen paddock can be seen in 2011 incident at the cosmopolitan hotel where he slipped and fell and later failed a lawsuit against that hotel. for the first time we hear the gunman in his own words in a deposition obtained by cnn. paddock said he gambled all night and slept all day. sometimes wagering up to a million dollars a night at various nevada casinos. he took valium for anxiety. at one point he calls himself the biggest video poker player in the world. the 64 year old gunman has been described as quirky and a narcissist. officials say that he meticulously planned the shooting. on "60 minutes" sergeant joshua bitsko, officer david newton and detective matthew donaldson were

the first to arrive on the 32nd floor using the stairwell. >> he had screwed shut the door with a piece of metal and some screws. >> in the stairwell, in the stairwell out to the hallway by his door. >> he knew we would be coming out that dr to gain entry into his door. so he tried to barricade it as best he could. >> reporter: we've also learned that law enforcement sources are looking into whether paddock practiced shooting just two days before the attack at an informal shooting site near mesquite, nevada, only 90 minutes from las vegas. >> quijano: jaime yuccas, thank you. president trump failed campaign to repeal and replace obamacare has shown he can't afford to lose a single republican vote if he is to get his agenda through congress. but that didn't stop him from picking a fight with a key member of his own party. here's margaret brennan. >> a great friend of mine senator bob corker. >> reporter: president trump and tennessee republican bob corker were once on friendlier terms but yesterday the president

lashed out claiming the retiring senator had begged for his endorsement and did not have the guts to run for re-election. the president falsely said corker was responsible for the horrendous iran deal, corker shot back, "it is a shame the white house has become an adult daycare center, someone obviously missed their shift this morning." that appeared to refer to chief of staff john kelly whom corker had praised for bringing order to the white house. >> secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and chief of staff kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos. >> reporter: the feud comes as the president is set to announce his new iran strategy and will need the buy-in of corker, chair of the senate board relations committee. in a phone interview late yesterday with "the new york times," corker said mr. trump acts like he is on a reality show. >> we could be heading towards world war iii with the comments that he is making. >> reporter: corker added that the president had urged him not to retire.

the senator has criticized mr. trump before, particularly after he commented on white supremacist violence in charlottesville. >> the president has in the yet been able to demonstrate the stability or the competence that he needs to demonstrate. >> reporter: the vice president defended president trump today against what he called empty rhetoric and baseless attacks. but elaine, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell struck a very different tone calling corker a valuable team member who will be key in upcoming budget negotiations. >> quijano: margaret brennan, margaret, thank you. the head of the environmental protection agency declared today the war on coal is over. scott pruitt told an audience in kentucky he plans to repeal an obama-era rule that limits carbon emissions from power plants that burn coal. china, on the other hand, is doing the opposite. ben tracy reports coal is on the

way out, solar power is coming in. >> reporter: on a farm in northern china they are planting a new crop. nearly 200,000 solar panels in the heart of coal country. in the south, china just flipped a switch on the world's largest floating solar installation. built on top of a lake created by an abandoned coal mine. projects like these help china double its solar capacity last year. it is now twice as big as the u.s. capacity. nearly half of all the new solar installations in the world are now happening here in china. and they're doing it quickly. greenpeace says they are installing the equivalent of a soccer field full of solar panels every hour of every day. >> we have 28 solar power plants in operation in china. and three more are under construction. >> reporter: maggie qiu is executive president of panda green energy. it has installed enough solar panels to power more than 40 million homes.

>> why are you building so many solar farms. >> we intend to bring the better future to our next generation by using such clean energy, reducing the air pollution. that's the company's mission. >> reporter: it's also the government's mission. it's spending hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize renewable energy as china tries to wean itself off coal, still its dominant power source. and the reason for it's notoriously toxic air. but china now produces two thirds of the world's solar panels and has become a major competitor for the u.s. solar industry which employs a quarter million american workers. ben tracy, cbs news, datong, china. >> quijano: one of the most talked about plays during sunday football was sent in by president trump executed by his vice president. the president says he asked mike pence to leave the colts/49ers game in indianapolis if any players kneeled during the national anthem.

they did. and he did. here's julianna goldman. >> reporter: more than a dozen san francisco 49ers again took a knee prompting vice president mike pence to leave after the national anthem and immediately send tweets that seemed teed up for a hasty exit, even with prepared graphics like this. "i stand with president trump, i stand with our soldiers and i will always stand for our flag and our national anthem." simultaneously the president was tweeting that he asked mr. pence to leave if any players kneeled. but there was hardly an if yesterday. n.f.l. players protesting racial injustice by taking a knee originated with the 49ers former quarterback colin kaepernick, press traveling with the vice president were kept in vans instead of accompanying him into the game as they normally would have if he were planning to stay. >> it appears that the entire trip to attend the game was designed in order for vice president pence to walk out. >> reporter: critics like john

woenderlich of the sunlight foundation say taxpayers bore the cost including at least $120,000 for air force 2, las vegas to indianapolis, to los angeles, but that's only a fraction. secret service agents swept everyone at the stadium with magnetometers. advanced teams needed hotel rooms and transportation. >> when there are issues so serious, it seems to strange for presidential attention and public funds to be used to weigh in on the actions of private citizens in the n.f.l. >> reporter: we spoke to one republican involved in past presidential travel who said this likely cost more than $1 million. the white house says mr. pence had been planning to go to the game for weeks and claimed he actually saved flying costs by not going back to d.c. in between las vegas and l.a., elaine. >> quijano: julianna goldman, julianna, thank you. u.s.-backed forces maybe just days away from victory in raqqa, the syrian city that isis

considers its capitol. the terror group once ruled over large portions of iraq and syria, the areas in green. after three years of fierce battles, isis control has dwindled to the areas in red. holly williams got a rare look inside raqqa. >> reporter: under the gate to raqqa's old city the bodies of five dead isis fighters rot in the desert heat. they were killed a week ago according to these american- backed militiamen, one of them still wearing a suicide belt. the stench of death is everywhere in raqqa, and so is fear. this is how you get to the front line, at breakneck speed to avoid isis snipers. there is this thud of u.s. coalition air strikes. but we saw only sporadic fighting because isis with as few as 250 fighters remaining in the city is pinned down.

we're about less than a hundred yards from the hospital. that is what is left of the main hospital and other buildings close by. and they have human shields. in this broken city, it's thought there are still around 2,000 civilians. america's allies on the ground are out for revenge. many have lost family members to isis. and with them is an american volunteer, mike hogan from phoenix, arizona, who was a waiter before he came here six months ago. have you killed any isis fighters during the action that you have seen? >> no, between you and me, i'm hoping to. i have had friends die here. i want to get even before i get out of here. >> reporter: they've already retaken clock tower circle where isis acted out its perverted interpretation of islam. this place used to be a landmark in a peaceful city. then isis turned it into a killing field.

hasan sherif is a taxi driver who just escaped from the city. he told us about the yazidi women, a religious minority captured by isis as sex slaves and auctioned off in the middle of the city. they would shout "$100 for this one," he told us. they did it to terrify us, to show they could do it to us if we didn't obey them. there have been 75 u.s. coalition air strikes in the last two days alone. according to a senior u.s. official. preparing the ground for a final assault on raqqa, elaine? >> quijano: holly williams in syria tonight, holly, thanks. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," once his biggest supporters, hollywood stars are condemning harvey weinstein. supporters, ho6llywood stars are condemning harvey weinstein. instein.

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downstairs. >> reporter: and what happened. >> he tried to kiss me. and i pushed him off, politely. and that is when he seemed to get angry or annoyed. and told me to just stand there and be quiet. he exposed himself, and he basically pleasured himself and when he finished, i said to him "are we done here, can i leave?" he said yes, "let's both leave." and he walked me back through the kitchen and that's where i met up with a friend. and i got out of there. >> reporter: if he is listening right now, what would you want to say to him today. >> i hope that he knows that you cannot go around treating women the way you did for as long as you did, and never pay a price for it. you know. you reap what you sow.

>> reporter: we reached out to weinstein's attorney multiple times and have not heard back. sivan said the last time she heard from weinstein was the day after the dinner party. she claims weinstein called the tv station, asked her out on a date and elaine, she says she declined. >> quijano: disturbing allegation, jericka duncan, thank you. coming up next, one mrs. trump versus three mrs. trump. versus three mrs. trump. it's having the confidence to create the future that's most meaningful to you. it's protection for generations of families, and 150 years of strength and stability. and when you're able to harness all of that, that's the power of pacific. ask a financial advisor about pacific life.

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a song's unlikely rise to the top of the charts. unlikely because the lyrics include, "i just want to die today, i just want to die." but don't let that fool you. it is really a song about hope. here's michelle miller. ♪ i've been running low. ♪ taking my time. ♪ i've feel like i made up my mind. ♪. >> reporter: a song about a desperate caller contemplating suicide is resonating with millions of listeners. ♪ i just want to die. ♪. >> reporter: and saving lives. that's because the song's title "1-800-273-8255" is also the phone number for the national suicide prevention lifeline. >> this is about so much more

than entertainment. >> reporter: logic, a rapper and songwriter originally from gaithersburg, maryland, came up with the single's concept, a person in despair reaching out to the hotline for help. i just want to die. ♪. >> reporter: in an upcoming segment for "cbs sunday morning," logic told us he's never thought about committing suicide but he has experienced first hand what it's like to feel hopeless. you said that you struggled with anxiety. >> yeah, for sure, 100%. i was in the worst place of my life. i was happily married and yet i was unhappy. >> suicide prevention center crisis line. >> reporter: since the single's release back in april, calls are up 33% at crisis hotline centers around the country. john draper is the director of lifeline. >> if you show people positively coping through suicidal moments, researchers show that that can actually save lives and reduce the suicide rate. ♪ my life don't even matter, i

know it, i know deep down i'm hurting ♪. >> reporter: lifeline's call volume soared even higher after logic's recent performance at the mtv video awards, he shared the stage with dozens of people personally affected by suicide, rosie chin was among them. chin's ex-boyfriend committed suicide two years ago and she struggled with thoughts of taking her own life. >> it was so moving. it was very powerful. he just couldn't stop crying. >> i just wanted them to know that they weren't really alone. >> i want to be alive. >> reporter: michelle miller, cbs news, los angeles. >> quijano: powerful and important message. that is the "cbs evening news," i'm elaine quijano in new york. i'll see you tonight on our streaming news network, cbsn. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. at least 10 people have been killed.. fast moving wildfires exploding across wine country forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. at least 10 people have been killed and the firefight has just begun. >> at least 15 fires are burning out in control in napa, sonoma, mend even owe and lake counties incinerate -- mendocino and lake counties incinerating tens of thousands of acres so far. allen martin is live at a mobile home park that's been destroyed. >> reporter: i've been here all day, the journey zen mobile home park and all of a sudden in the last 30 minutes or so it's gotten eerily quiet. there was a lot of noise here all day. the high pressure gas line was roaring. they extinguishes that about 30 minutes ago. the pg&e crew successfully turned off the line, so they've left.

i don't hear any air support. i don't see any fire trucks moving along mendocino avenue. it's just very strange because when you look behind me 100 out of 160 of these mobile homes behind me are melted down to the frames and even the frames have melted in part, too. everything people own, i see exercise equipment, washing machines, barbecues, trucks. i see some cars that somehow survived in the middle of all the ash and metal that's twisted and blackened and all of a sudden as gray as the sky is everything on the ground is kind of that same ashen color. it's either a dark brown, black or gray. it's just very sad. a few people have come in to try to go through their belongings to see what they can pull out of there that survived. they're coming out with maybe a handful, maybe a bagful of things. this is just one