i was in this coffee shop in colorado. it was during christmas time in denver, colorado. i was writing, working on one of my books, and our struggling with an idea of how to find a job i want to make a difference. i was asking all these big questions that i think my generation is asking. asking these questions, i start to notice there is a gentleman who is probably in his 30's and he is making drinks and talking to a lot of people. i start to notice that as people get their drinks, and this is a crowded christmas coffee shop. it is packed. when people get their drinks, they are not leaving. they are getting their drinks and staying in the line and they are all waiting there. i'm like, what is going on? why are all these people with their drinks but they are not leaving? here, everybody. it was starting to make me nervous. i was feeling claustrophobic. then i started to realize why all these people were waiting there with their drinks. they were all waiting to talk to the barista that was making their drinks. as he wasned to him talking to customers, he was asking, how is

i was in denver, colorado.was during christmastime and i was riding and working on one of my books and i was really struggling with this idea of, man, how do you find a job you really love? want to do something i'm passionate about, make a difference. i was asking all these big questions that i think my generation is asking, but as i'm asking these questions, i start to notice that there's this barista, this gentleman in his 30s making drinks, and he's talking to a lot of people, and i start to notice that as people get their drinks, and this is a crowded christmas coffee shop. i mean, it is packed, but when -- when people get their drinks, they are not leaving, so they are getting their drinks and they are staying in the line where you usually get your drinks, and they all have their drinks, but they are all waiting there, and i'm like what is going on? why are all these people with their drinks, but they are not leaving, you know. it is so packed in here. get out of here, everybody. you know, it was starting

that's the mountain areas, weston colorado. eastern colorado has two insurers. up and down the front range corridor we range from 2-6 so the denver metro area has the most counties and they have 4- 6. very much depends and correlated with population. >> i think there's a general sense that we want competition in the market. those are folks that i spoke to who indicate having one insurer was sufficient. there was an option for people. the question depends on the perspective you are asking about. it's a good business model for medicare. >> paul? >> thanks. how many years -- about many of the plans of the individual market -- in minnesota we have the indemnify plan. i was in the impression given the data on the proportion nationally, the individual plans in the exchanges -- i thought it was highly managed environment. is minnesota unique or is that something across the country? >> no, i may have used the term loosely. i wouldn't say minnesota is unique. if it is a narrow network, that is by a simple component. there is still negotiations -- a lot of the -- that the

that is a lot of the areas in western colorado. eastern colorado is mostly two insurers. up and down the front range corridor, we range from two to six. so like the denver metro area has most counties there have four to six. so, yes, it very much depends and it's mostly correlated with population. >> so i think there's a general sense we want competition. that said, folks i spoke with seem to indicate having the one insurer is sufficient. we didn't have any bare counties. so there was an option for people. it's a really good business model. >> paul? >> i'm paul ginsburg. something you said about the many of the plans and the individual market in minnesota are very passive plans. i was under the impression of the proportion of the individual plans and the exchanges in the narrow network that i was under the impression this is a highly managed environment. is minnesota unique or is that something across the country? >> you know, i may have used that term loosely. but i wouldn't say minnesota is unique. that is the sole managed component and they're still negotiating discoun

that's the mountain -- a lot of the areas in western colorado, eastern colorado is mostly two insurers. up and down the front range corridor we range from two to six. so like the denver area has -- most counties there have four to six. yes, it very much depends and it's mo mostly correlated with population. >> so i think there is the general sense we want competition in the market, but the folks that i spoke with seems to indicate having the one insurer was sufficient. we didn't have any bear counties so there was an option for people and there's also -- i mean, your question depends on who's perspective we are asking about. if you're medica it's a really good business model. >> paul. >> thanks, i'm paul ginsburg. you said lynn blewett about many of the plans in the individual market in minnesota are kind of indemnity-like plans, passive plans. given the data on the proportion nationally of individual plans in the exchanges through a narrow network that i was under the impression this was a highly managed environment. is minnesota unique or is that something across the country? >> you

[laughter] familygo back to the and the mountain town of colorado -- in the mountain town of colorado that would be charged $30,000. that is the problem of very sparsely populated rural areas, and we have got a lot of those in this country. if you were designing a system that was basically sticks with the -- if you are amending the affordable care act lot, -- a law, what would you do to mitigate this problem but -- of sparsely populated rural areas? >> one thing colorado has considered is combining the state into one rating area. the bulk of our population is along the i-25 corridor, but if you go into the mountains or into the eastern plains you have much more rural areas, you know, you are hospitals, not as many -- fewer hospitals, not as many providers. area, the our rating rates are all over the map really. the mountains and the eastern plains are really high. there was a study on it should we merge everybody into one rating area, and they actually came out and said note, -- no, because there was too much resistance to it along the populated area. everybody there said that means o

in particular - the colorado springs - based 'sertanker'.0- thousand gallons of water or flame retardant in a matter of seconds. but instead of getting used in colorado... it is in california. connor wist reports. an intense process - in an already intense wildfire season.today - we we went to colorado springs to get your questions answered about why this aircraft is on hold for drops on wildfires in colorado. bob soelberg/sr. vp, global supertanker services, llc"they are relying on and have agreed to accept the california carding process."here's how it works - the state of colorado does not have its own process to check aircraft and flight crews...known as carding.this is done every year.so - colorado depends on the u.s. forest service or in the most recent case - cal fire.without either of those entities the state wouldn't be able to use the super tanker in the first place.bob soelberg/sr. vp, global supertanker services, llc"there's nothing that stops colorado right now today from calling cal fire officials and say hey i need the aircraft

lamborn of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 996, the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado. mr. lamborn: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. lamborn: mr. chairman, the preble's meadow jumping mouse is a tiny rodent with a body approximately three inches long, a four to six-inch tail and long hind feet. this nocturnal mouse lives primarily in stream-side ecosystems in wyoming and colorado. o evade predators, the preble's meadow mouse can jump high. the most famous feet was its leap onto the endangered species list in may, 1998, which has hindered colorado springs, colorado, to the wyoming border. among projects that have been affected is the jeff could he parkway, expansion of the chatfield reservoir and housing developments in el paso county along tributaries among monument creek. builders, landowners have occurred hundreds of millions of dollars in added costs because of this

that's a lot of areas in western colorado. eastern colorado there are two insurers. i went on the front range cord or we range from two two to si. select the denver metro area has most of the counties have four to six. it very much depends and mostly correlated with population. >> i think there's a general sense we want competition in the market, but that said, folks i spoke with seemed indicate just 71 incher was sufficient. we didn't have any very counties. there was an option for people. your question depends on his perspective were asking about. if you're asking about medica, it's really good business model. >> thanks, paul ginsburg. i think you said, lynn blewett, about many of the plans and special market in minnesota are kind of indemnified plans, very passive plans. i was in the impression given the date on the proportion nationally of individual plans exchange the no networks. i was under the impression it was a highly managed environment. is minnesota unique or is that something across the country? >> you know, i may have used the term loosely, but i wouldn

it is my honor to introduce colorado's own senator cory gardner. >> please welcome colorado's own u.s. senator cory gardner. >> good morning western conservative summit, how is everything doing? the one thing i didn't hear him talk about was my student loan. i don't like that much. but thank you very much to all of you for the opportunity to be here today. there is no better place to be than colorado in a great rocky mountain summer! but maybe a great rocky mountain winter or spring or heck this is such a great state. we're glad you are here. thanks to all of you for being here. as we were driving here this morning, i was reminded of my grandmother, a woman named ann gardner, all of her 4 foot glory, she knew that as we were growing up, she grew up in denver, just a few miles away from here, graduated from denver east high school. she knew that my dad would probably never bring us kids to denver to learn to drive in the big city because you all know that i live in that little tiny town. she began to worry about us. she said, you know, i don't think your dad is ever going to teach you

it is my honor to introduce colorado's own senator cory gardner. >> please welcome colorado's own u.s. senator cory gardner. ♪ sen. gardner: good morning wester conservative summit how is everybody doing? i didn't hear him talking about my student loan. i don't like that much. thank you for all of you for the opportunity to be here today. there is no other place to be than colorado in a great rocky mountains summer. but, maybe a great rocky mountains winter or spring or -- this is a great state. we are glad you are here. as we were driving here this morning, i was reminded of my grandmother. a woman named and gardner carried all of her 4 foot glory. she grew up in denver a few miles away there. graduated from denver east high school. she knew that my dad would probably never bring us kids to denver to learn to drive in the big city because i live in a little tiny town out in yuma. she said, i don't think your dad will ever teach you how to drive in the city. so, when we were 15, she brought us to denver. she stopped on the interstate, got out of the car, and she said you are driving.

and rajan adds to colorado tojoin the pressure.s to colorado to join the battle to save the bison. they are magnificent creatures. these are mostly female and they are carving out the moment and they are carving out the moment and they are carving out the moment and the baby bison are so cute. smart luggage is perhaps the most innovative thing to come to carry on since the telescopic handle. when you buy one, you have to be really, really careful. that's because this year select airlines are banning ones without removable batteries, citing fire concerns is the main reason. so if there is no removable battery it is not going on board. so here is our round—up of some of the ones you can take on your holidays. let's start with something nice and simple. this is the away carry on, with a 37 what lithium iron battery located under the handle. that's enough to charge your phone up to five times, using either one of the two full—size usb ports or the micro— usb port under this rubber lead. i quite like this nifty design feature that sees

colorado is one of nine states and the district of columbia, that allows recreational marijuana use. but as barry petersen shows us, the insurance company says the law is on its side. >> they wanted to make sure i get to work safely. >> reporter: erica lee say last cl she had husband, adam, was just like any other. >> two minutes later i felt something rip out of my stomach, and i couldn't understand why he couldn't even stand up. >> that was the moment you think that he died? >> yeah. >> and you felt it? >> i did feel it, yes. >> reporter: the 40-year-old father of three got caught underneath a conveyor belt at the colorado ski resort where he worked as a lift mechanic and died from chest injuries. >> i go to work one day, and he goes to work one day. all of a sudden, he doesn't come home. >> reporter: in may, erica learned she'd receive $800 a month for adam's workman's compensation, about half of what she expected. pinnacle assurance, the workers comp insurance company, reduced the payments because adam had marijuana in his system when he died. how far does that go when you're rai

house of representatives from 193 to 1997 as a democrat from colorado. she was one of only 14 congresswomen. she talks about balancing work with raising a family. her assignment to the house armed services committee, and her experience as one of the founding members of the congresswoman's caucus. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> my name is kathleen johnson i'm with matt wisniewski, the house historian and we're happy to be interviewing former congresswoman pat schroeder from colorado. this interview is from the gener jeanette rankin oral history project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of her swearing in to congress. thank you for coming. >> thank you, i'm delighted to be here. >> we want to start off today just with a few general questions before we get a little more specific. when you were jung, did you have any female role models? >> probably two. eleanor roosevelt. i was raised thinking she was an absolutely incredible woman. and amelia earhart. those wer

we got it through in colorado and we had a lot of fun. we had a group called ladies against women and we had buttons that said, i'd rather be ironing and $0.59 is enough and all of this kind of stuff, and we had little hats and gloves. and whenever a big conservative came we always would come, try to get in the front seat, cheer, want to have our pictures with us, and we carried an ironing board for registration for all of the people that wanted to register. they knew we were putting them on, but we weren't being disruptive so they couldn't throw us out. so i thought we ought to have some fun with this, right. they weren't quite into having fun, but it just -- i never could understand what the hard sell was. no one has ever put time limits on the constitution except for when it was women. it is women, so you only get so many days. so, you know, we just -- we were all very frustrated. liz holtsman was fantastic, you know. she had really won because the gentleman she defeated had been against the e.r.a., and she was kind of our titular lead

the enormous expanse that is the state of colorado.enver, towards the new mexico border and you're greeted by timeless and spectacular landscapes. this is the san luis valley in the south of colorado. classic western terrain with its high plains and the sangre de cristo mountains in the background, gloriously ice capped, and most of them over 111,000 feet high. with the cattle ranching and the incredible wildlife, this is what outdoorjunkies from all over the world come to america to witness. but for a long time there was a classic all—american iconic creature that was missing from this landscape — the bison. 0nce 20—30 million bison, the largest terrestrial animals in north america, roamed across the land, but they nearly became extinct thanks to mass slaughter and habitat loss. by the time old ranches like these were opened in the late 19th century, the number of bison had collapsed to less than 1,000 across the whole of the usa. and, look, down here we've got some old bison hide. whoa. that's thick. but the truth is ranching and cat

i had the air force academy, obviously, in colorado. and, of course, they were all told no, they couldn't go. i would go up there and i would say to the young men, why don't you want women? well, they can wear their hair longer. does it interfere with the mission? no. do you want to wear your hair longer? no. so what's the issue again? >> well, they could wear earrings. can you wear earrings? no. does it interfere with the mission? no. we would go through all this stuff. and it was a very, very long, long time before, you know, we finally could get young women in and they finally opened all the slots, i think, this year. i mean, it has been a long -- but protecting those young lionesses in the military. the sexual harassment that many of them went through, that did go in. you know, i thought it was very important to have women on the committee. >> and there weren't very many of you during your time. >> no, there weren't. the other issue that i did forget about is people forget in world war ii, they commissioned a lot of women to fly acr

what colorado d.o.t. looking at under their roadprogram, great pavement and marking an signage, connect activity, down to rural dirt road may not have cellular coverage. you used to buy a cell phone based on what roads, where that cell phone could work. part of our network will never have those levels of connectivity will be up to as commissioner trottenberg, up to the manufacturers make sure their vehicles can drive on vast majority of our system. >> as we all know, there are a lot of times we go states around the country, we try to use cell phones and they don't work. i just hope, with a lot of people, autonomous vehicles, maybe i take a chance it will work today. okay. thank you, that's interesting. okay, a question if i could for polly trottenberg. how are you today? nice to see you. have auto manufacturers and software developers shared information with you about their technologies reliance on infrastructure in order to safely navigate public roads? and this information seems like it would be vital t

and colorado's got challenges.ince i became attorney general we filed briefs in support of state and local law enforcement in defensive litigation in about 30 states. a number of courts in these cases have ruled in our favor. there's a lot more that we could talk about today. in the trump era we have already seen an historic string of victories for conservatives and the american people. but here's my message. we are going to keep up this pace. we are not slowing down. we are determined to keep winning and winning and winning. are you tired of it yet? not yet. we're going to make this country safer, stronger, more prosperous. we'll protect religious liberty and i'm confident that with your help and support we're going to succeed. thank you all. it's an honor to be with you. may god bless this country and all of us together. thank you. >>> up next here on c-span 3 efforts to combat crime and violence in el salvador as way to reduce illegal immigration to the u.s. then at 8:00, a look at jobs, training and wages in am

the colorado governor is touring the area.t a shooting range using tracer bullets. colorado is using the most resources in history. >> you get this many fires at one time, you stretch your resources. what we saw here in the last couple days is prioritizing those places where we have the greatest risk. >> a growing problem with the folks, folks flying drones over them. cory gardner addressed that today. >> if some moron wants to take a drone above a firefighting operation, they're crazy. they should knock it off and let firefighters do their job. >> and trace, it's so dangerous because these drones force these planes to land and drop their retardant. slows things down. >> thanks. >> trace: we're tracking the extreme temperatures. 112 degrees in the san fernando valley tomorrow. plus, we're keeping an eye on the first hurricane hoff the season. we'll tell you where the storm is taking aim next. ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪ no matter who rides point, ♪ there are over 10,000 a

colorado's biggest fire continues to rage on a month after it first broke out. so far the four wind six fire has scorched 47 thour acres and according to fire officials, it could be another month before they're even close to containment. >>> the 416 fire alone costs more than $26 million to fight and, elaine, it is just the beginning of fire season, a new fire forecast is warning warmer temperatures and limited rain could mean more fires that are even harder to contain. >> thanks. >>> in the bahamas, one american woman was killed and seven others were injured after a tourist boat exploded. officials say there were o ba hhamians. dimarco morris has the story. >> move the boat. >> reporter: they saw a similar tourist vessel in distress. the boat's engine reportedly sploezed causing a raging flyer and black smoke. chris took this video. >> we saw this boat sitting there and i heard this weird noise, and then there was a flame coming up. within 16 seconds. whole boat was caught on fire. >> reporter: the coast board departed from clearwater, florida, after the royal

melissa colorado brings us this report. >> reporter: good morning. we were northwest of redding and quite frankly, there is not much left of this community anymore after the carr fire swept through the area. you can see there is still lingering hot spots in the area. no word yet when homeowners will be allowed back to see if there is anything left to salvage. in redding, we were there as people returned to their homes in the lake redding community. neighbors say their block looks like a warzone after the carr fire crossed the sacramento river and smothered homes in this neighborhood. dozens of families will need to rebuild from the ground up. employees with the city of redding were surveying the property damage counting which home mas made it and which did . neighbors say their hearts are with the family members of the two men killed while fighting the fire and the families that lost everything in minutes. >> my heart is super sad for them, yeah. i should have had that too. i should have been completely burned also. so i feel bad. >> a lot of memorie

i have done a project in -- on colorado writers and there are some delightful colorado writers. jim's mission or's -- james michener's novel. around america selling consciousness expansion without giving thought to the realities. peoplese pathetic thought they could buy peace and understanding for three bucks ahead. their loss and failure is ours too. illusion ofdown the a lifestyle he helped create. a generation of eminent cripples , failed seekers, who never understood the essential old mystic fallacy of the acid culture, the desperate assumption that somebody or some force is tending the light at the end of the tunnel. host: why hunter thompson? tom: i met him and i asked if he would watch monday night football in the mid-1970's. he was a character. the movie was a total flop. although johnny depp had a pretty good performance. hismovie had too much of juvenile pranksters him in las vegas. it was a vegas road trip. my students put me onto hunter thompson's book, they kept urging me and they read it with me. it took me three times to read that book. and my that there is publis

this case came out of the colorado state courts and involved the colorado discrimination statute which said if you are a public accommodation that includes bakeries, retail establishments, that you may not discriminate in the offering of goods and services on various grounds, including at the time sexual or yenation. i should note this was before colorado recognized same sex marriage but it had already changed its public accommodation discrimination statute to preclude sexual discrimination based on sexual orientation. and the bangker, jack phillips,e makes custom cakes in addition to a lot of thing that is are on display in his shop. and a same sex couple came in asking for a wedding cake. and he declined to make a wedding cake for them. there's a lot of disagreement, actually, in the brief set in the opinions of the court about really what exactly went on, what his policy was and what exactly services he refused to provide. but i think this is the understanding on which the court decided the case that he said that he would sell them other item that is he had in his shop. so if they w

let's go on to ellen who is in colorado. good morning. >> caller: good morning. well, in the last five years i have witnessed a significant increase in tourism in estes park which is the gateway to rocky mountain national park. five short years ago our tourism was slightly excess of 1 million tories per year. today it is in excess of 5 million tourists per year. we have tripled the amount of deaths of wildlife in both parts and rocky mountain national park due to animals being, and other species, birds, everything else being hit by vehicles, by tourists who simply don't observe any of the laws that exist in the state and just simply don't care. but in addition to that, to think that there is absolutely no hunting allowed in rocky mountain national park, you are insane. i personally witnessed people in the middle of the summer tourism season hunting animals and rocky top national park. but i've also witnessed it right in downtown estes park. i've seen tourists and locals hunting s in downtown estes par. i have called the 911, which is a joke. they don't respond. i

phillips before the colorado civil rights commission. which is an administrative agency which is going to be surprisingly important in the way that the court decided this case. and the commission concluded that he had violated the public accommodation statute and that he was required to among other things stop doing that and to train his staff not to commit further violations in the future and the colorado court of appeals, the intermediate court in colorado decided to affirm that. the petition for service was filed and it was relisted how many times, john? >> like 14 times. it set a record, yeah. >> so the court took a very long time including like bridging the confirmation of justice gorsuch to decide whether to hear the case. but hear it they did. and the case was briefed on two theories. a free exercise theory and a free speech theory. that the baker argued that the civil rights statute was forcing him to provide goods and services for a wedding with which he had a sincere -- to which he had a sincere and deeply felt religious object

one of the worst fires in colorado. it's one of the worst fires the state has ever seen. destroying more than 100 homes. firefighters close to those flames, you see them there, battling to save the homes still standing. and tonight, heat alerts for 110 million people from coast to coast and for millions of americans, it will feel like triple different temperatures for the fourth of july. abc's clayton sandell is on the scene of the spring fire in colorado. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. is baking and burning. in southern colorado, the spring fire exploding to 80,000 acres, one of the biggest in state history. this cabin, more than one of 100 home homes destroyed. >> it looked like hiroshima had another a-bomb dropped on it. >> reporter: officials say the blaze was sparked by an illegal campfire. heat and dry winds are supercharging 42 wildfires in ten states, including this one in northern california. in the east, an extreme triple-digit heat index from d.c. to boston, where today, they're participating for july fourth festivities and bringing in huge fans to cool the cro

the newest, near aspen, colorado, ballooning in the past 24 hours. more neighborhoods evacuated this morning. and across the region, thousands of people have been forced from their homes. abc's clayton sandell is in the fire zone in colorado tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the western fire threat is growing, flames darting through smoky skies over colorado toward hundreds of homes. >> flames are like 300 feet tall. >> reporter: the lake christine fire, north of aspen, sparked tuesday by people shooting at an outdoor gun range, exploding in the last 24 hours to over 4,900 acres and still growing. flames closing in on this market. nearly 500 homes are threatened here, three destroyed. one of those belonging to volunteer firefighter cleve williams. his sister-in-law lives nearby. her home survived, but she and her family had only ten minutes to escape. >> i grabbed some of my scrapbooks that i have, my baby books from when my kids were little. >> reporter: in southern colorado, the spring fire is now the third-largest blaze in state history, torching an

>> reporter: from the copper canyon apartments in highlands ranch, colorado. waiting for them, 37-year-old army veteran matthew riehl. he has a history of mental health issues. >> matt, come out! matt, come out of the room now! >> reporter: and unknown to them, a loaded ar-15 rifle. >> open the door! sheriff's office! [ gunfire ] >> shots fired, shots fired! >> my name's taylor davis. i just decided i wanted to do more for our community. >> my name's michael doyle. i know i can't change the world, but i can at least change my corner of it. >> jeff pelle. just something i wanted to do since i was little. haven't thought about doing anything else. >> dave buyer. i first got into law enforcement through the military police. i was 19 years old, thought it sounded like a good idea. >> reporter: their graveyard shift had started at 9:00 p.m. on december 30th. it was a quiet night. >> i remember kind of looking forward to that night. get in there, get it done. >> i personally had plans for a new year's eve party, let's just have a good shift, let's be safe. it was a

and new mexico. far across as colorado and new mexico. trolls, people who abuse others online and who try to intimidate election candidates and campaigners, could be barred from public office, the government says. tourists are led to safety as a powerful earthquake hits the indonesian island of lombok — at least 1a people have died and more than a hundred are injured. qatar denies claims it ran a secret campaign to sabotage other countries‘ bids for the 2022 world cup. also this hour — toasting to his upcoming victory. geraint thomas is on the brink of becomig the first ever welshman to be crowed the tour de france champion. and at 4:30 the money clinic travels to miami, to speak to young families struggling with the cost of living. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. fire fighters are tackling more than 100 separate fires along the west coast of north america, from canada down to the us state of new mexico. in california, 40,000 people in a single town have been forced to abandon their homes. the wildfires are known to have killed five

i want to thank my friend from colorado. so, about this huffman safeguard that has been discussed most recently. you know, it's a perfectly good piece of a safeguard framework. if it's accompanied by all the other pieces that went with it. and that were designed to go with it. and that included all the front end protections that were part of the legislation i had proposed but which my republican colleagues did not include in their bill. to make sure that only the right kind of projects, not the controversial ones, were subject to this new grant of authority to the executive branch. that's what this is all about. and simply tacking on one safeguard, which frankly was the flimsiest of them all to begin with, doesn't come anywhere close to addressing the problem. as i've said, instead of a belt and suspenders, it's a single suspender. perfectly good suspender. but try walking around with one suspender all day long and you'll find it not very adequate. this bill recklessly authorizes the de facto privatization of public infrastr

melissa colorado joins us live from redding with continuing coverage. melissa. >> reporter: you know for the last two days we have been driving arnold shasta county. unfortunately a lot of neighborhoods look like this one here in redding. resources are stretched thin. firefighters are working 24-hour shifts. as you well know, multiple wildfires are popping up in northern california. some of the crews here in shasta county, they are now burning mo than it has in years past. >> reporter: from the sky to the cal fire front l no way to miss the speed at which the carr fire is roaring through shasta county. >> i know we say that every year but it's unprecedented. >> reporter: we followed the cal fire crew deep into the canyons of igo, a rural community about 20 miles away from redding. >> right now the conditions are perfect. there is not a lot of wind. that means these fire crews are trying to create a defensible space to prevent the main head fire from destroying that home. >> there will be an end in sight. we will get a handle on this fire. it is going to

colorado is where most of the action is taking place.n burning since june 27th. at 105,000 acres, it's the third largest in state history. rain has helped containment but prompted a flash flood watch. the colorado governor is touring the fires including the lake christine fire near aspen. authorities nearby say they believe this one started by people at a shooting range using tracer bullets. it is still under investigation. he said right now colorado is using the most resources in its history. >> when you get this many fires at one time, you obviously stretch your resources. and i think what we have been doing i think what we saw here in the last couple of days was prioritizing those places where we have the greatest risk. >> reporter: in utah, it's the dollar ridge fire east of provo that's already taken 90 homes and threatens at least 1,000 more. also at risker, oil, natural gas and power infrastructure. and along the oregon- california state line, one person has died as a new fire popped up in the last 24 hours shutting down parts of

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hundreds of homes have been evacuated in colorado where one fire has scorched more than 23,000 acres. crews in utah are working to contain multiple fires, and california's wine country faces red-flag warnings. >>> it's deadline day for thousands of people left homeless. when brutal hurricanes devastated the u.s. mainland and puerto rico last year. fema is ending the program that provided temporary housing for those survivors. now the big question for so many of them is, what's next? nbc's maya rodriguez reports. >> reporter: when hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico nine months ago -- its 155-mile-per-hour winds ripped through homes and lives. david o'meara and his families are some of the thousands of puerto ricans left with nothing, who fled to the u.s. mainland after the storm. they found a temporary home at a motel in suburban orlando, paid for by fema. >> i don't have family in the states. it's very hard. >> reporter: but the program that helped david and nearly 25,000 other survivors of hurricanes maria, irma, and harvey, ends today. in a statement, fema said the program was