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stand trial in the russian meddling probe, however his charges don'tisnvolve time with mr. trump. >> instead they stem from thead millions he while working for the russian-backed government of ukrain. he's accused of bank fraud and tax evasion. this comes a president trump and his legal team continue to push bacagainst robert muellerer's investigation. here with the very latest, tracie po gs. >> reported morning everyone. let's start with that manafort trial. prosecutors will argue that he earned $ million from advising the ukrainian government, allies of russia, and from lobbying for uniteden here inside the states and that he hid that $30 million from the irs so he didn't have to pay taxes. so it's not about russia. it's not about the trump campaign. in fact one in a -- one lawyeri he name russia might not

even come up but here is where it's significant. if he is nvicted and facing jail time t cld be significant leverage to get him to talk about what he knows from being inside the trump campaign. meanwhile rudy giuliani is questioninging whetherhe actual russia investigation should be focusing on collusion. >> i've been sitting here looking at this federal cod trying to find collusion as a crime. collusion is not acrime. >> reporter: meantime back to the manafort tria that cou take several weeks and we're told it could be quite mundane the name russia might not even come up. >> thank you.ne ly 100 wild fires are still blazing through over 1 million acres up and down the west coast. in nevada the perry fire outside reno continueso spread rapidly across more than 42,000 acrers

and is 15% contained. near 20 of those fires are scorching california, leaving resources stretched thin. 1 hundred $50 million have already been spent on emergenc firefighting the dangerous car fire exploded over 103,000 acres and destroyed homes near redding. but thousands more structures threated. >> reporter: this is the fire fight crews are waging on the front lines afterot ripng to redding in northern california. the car fire tore through more than 1,000 structures. at least six have lost their lives. melody bledsoe wrapped a blanket around her grandchildn. >> you can move than family

and then you lose everything on top of that. >> reporter: the inferno so powerful -- their home was incinerated in minutes. >> it took us years to buy this place, first home. >> reporter: the car fire is still threatening 5,000 structures. across california 17 wild fires are raging. outsideosemite a second firefighterer killed in that blaze and now a new threat in wine country. the mendocino complex fire threatening 10,000 structures. >> everything is extremely dry and it's like the perfect recipe for a major fire. >> reporter: the perfect storm for another monster blaze with with perhaps the most dangerous days yet to come. the mendocino mplex fire behaoeupbld me is actwo separate

fires threatening to merge into one. if hillsides would be completely engulfed in flames an local communities would be wiped out. federal judge has ordered all migrant children be moved from a texas facility that used psychootropic drugs on children without their consent. prozack are used as quote chemical straight jack skwt given regardless of condition. the judge said only those who pose a risk are to stay. the attorney general from 20 states in the district of columbia are urging jeff sessioe and m pompeo to revoke permission of a man to nest instructions on the

internet. at least eight of those state attorneys general are preparing a lawsuit to try andtop t instructions from becoming available. the cast of "the guardians of the galaxy" are calling for the directorer to come back. tweets dating back to 2008 contain jokes about child rape, aids, and the holocaust. they write his apology now and from years ago we believe is from the heart. we are winding down july and heading to august and we're certnly feeling like the. >> the tropical humidity is s going toy with us for a couple days here. the rainfall so far has been manageable but the flo threat will increase. watch alabama, north egeorgia,

ountains in north carolina. i think those are the spots we can watch closely. the winds just out of the south how much rainfall are we talkling? the areas of red is two inches. note this is highest totaless and then through the southern appalachians. i think that's our greatestth threat i days ahead. now here's a closer look at your day ahd. showers and thunderstorms right now along the ohio river and in cincinnati. yowlver a chance this afternoon to get a few additional storms and just about everybody from carrya to the southeast that umbrettau just in case today. when we come back, we'll look at the heat numbers in the west. at just 24 yearsold, joshua perry announced his retirement from football after sutain

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this morning, details in the two homicides in the district. and today is the day where the trial of paulanafort begins. sheena, how about the weather? >> today, anoer day lik yesterday. cloudy and showers around as we go throughout the tuesday.

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>> we will start with chuck and sheena. they're here with a look of all of the rain we're getting. >> we' in the rainy pattern again. we had this yesterday. but now, we're seeing fog. >> it rainedt the beach early. as i was coming to to, the sky just opened up. not good. >> no fun forin dr >> we're in fourth place for st fourth-wetuly on adraecord. we have today left. we could inch our way into third place, depending on the timing of the showers. raindy, a little right around virginia. it is a rain-free start, but it is sll wait outside. temperatures mid-60