mary joyner is fighting back tears, telling us how her beloved 92-year-old aunt violet begged to be rescued from the home they shared in phoenix, oregon. >> she kept calling me on my cell phone at work, yelling at me to come get her, and i kept telling her, "i can't come get you, auntie vie, they won't let me in. just get the hell out of there." >> reporter: but the fire spread too fast, destroying hundreds of homes, including mary's. her grief unbearable, as she heard her aunt's last voicemails. >> i had my son take all those messages off. every time i close my eyes, that's all i hear or see. >> reporter: officials in oregon warning of a mass fatality incident. the flames incinerating at least six towns. >> we are hearing reports that as the winds start to move back onshore, we may have gusting starting this afternoon. we're very worried about that. >> reporter: seattle, san francisco, and los angeles are all reporting some of the worst air quality in the world. check out the view out the window of that thick smoke. it looks like a fog in los angeles county. at least 100 fires burning in a

manner very much in his sights was choice he called it the choice made fresh allegations against joyner saying that china had locked out all its domestic trouble but encouraged people to leave china and spread the virus certainly in a very short speech of president trump china who very much seen the. the target of that speech the chinese premier is not someone who often comes to new york for his speech every leader now can speak because they're all speaking capitals so you actually even though they're recorded speeches you have it on president did roster of speakers during this week's general assembly and he was very much stress in the context of the 75th anniversary of the u.s. and global cooperation and china he said prepared to play its part and encouraging other countries not to politicize issues that i'm sure if he was able to react to president trouble is how he would describe the trump speech we heard earlier. ok james. that's the u.s. china tensions playing out at the u.n. then let's talk about what turkey's president richard type one had to say a very long speech he took a loss

joyner says we try to fund. one else seemed wrong why don't we all just don't hold. any of these yet to shape our. become educated and engage with equals betrayal. when something any find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. more opposition arrests and the country's strongman leader on xander looks appears to find and says he's there to protect what's been built. also this hour caught in a vicious circle as germany demands russia investigate what happened to opposition leader alex in the fall meet with moscow in turn calling on berlin to share its data berlin though decided to send it straight to the global chemical weapons watchdog instead. and the oscars change its rules warning only diverse films will win best picture from 2025 but our debate from anger about the ethnic minority.

in oregon, mary joyner is fighting back tears, telling us that her beloved 92-year-old aunt violet may not have made it out. >> she kept calling me on my cell phone at work, yelling at me to come get her and i kept trying to tell her i can't come get you. they won't let me in. i said just get the hell out of there. >> reporter: with the flames comes that toxic smoke that's blanketed the west coast, smothering several major cities blocking out the sun and posing serious health risks for millions of people. in san francisco, residents are urged to stay inside. the air quality in portland, the worst in the world. >> the debate is over around climate change. just come to the state of california. observe it with your own eyes. >> reporter: senator jeff merkley describing what he saw to george sunday on "this week." >> george, it is apocalyptic. i drove 600 miles up and down the state. i never escaped the smoke. >> reporter: firefighters on the frontlines are dealing with their own losses. this fire chief losing everything in the holiday farm fire, her home and her fire station. all a casual

mary joyner talks about the last moments she shared with her aunt before the flames took her life. >> oh, she was crying and yelling at me to come get her. i go, i can't. i can't come get you. they won't let me in. >> reporter: on top of her tragic loss, the fire took mary's cherished memories as well. my pictures.g, all my familymyhf baby pictures of all my kids. i have a new granddaughter that i adore. i lost all my pictures of her. just everything. >> reporter: from above los angeles, smoke is choking the air. the fires from hundreds of miles away are polluting the skies, creating unhealthy air quality conditions for millions. check out the view out of the window of that thick smoke. it looks like the fog of the beaches off the los angeles county. smoke from the flames traveling east, to reno, nevada, and as far north as canada, as while cities like portland and seattle have some of the worst air qualities in the world right now. check out the sky in vancouver with that orange haze making it hard to see anything at all. the devastation on the west coast will now prompt a visit from