i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. from cnn world headquarters "newsroom" starts right now. >>> thank you again for joining us. our top story is from california. firefighters hoping they have now reached a turning point in their fight to contain a massive wildfire in northern california. in just a week the so-called carr fire has burned more than 38,000 hectares. that's about 95,000 acres. it has destroyed more than 870 structures. and for the moment it's now 17% contained. but it is still burning everything in its path. even this boat dock. >> wow. at least six people have died so far, including two children and their great grandmother. the widowed great grandfather told our dan simon that he spoke to his family as the fire closed in on them. listen. >> i left and went to town. my wife called me, she said, we can see the fire way over there. you need to come and get me. i said i'm on my way. so i just throwed down everything, took off over there. i got on quartz hill and there's two or three or four lanes of traffic c

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. welcome here to viewers in the united states and around the world. the rhetoric escalating just hours ago on twitter. >> late sunday u.s. president donald trump tweeted this in all caps. "to iranian president rouhani. never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious." >> the u.s. president appears to have been responding to this quote from iranian state media, speaking to diplomats sunday. iran's president reportedly said, "mr. trump, we are the honest man and guarantor of the safety of the waterway of the region throughout history. do not play with the lion's tail. it is regrettable." peace with iran is the mother of peace and war with iran is the mother of wars. president trump's top diplomat also taking aim at iran. listen here to the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, what he had to

i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. this is our top story. the rhetoric escalating just hours ago on twitter. >> late sunday the u.s. president donald trump tweeted this. you'll see it's in all caps there. it says, "to iranian president rouhani. never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious," said the u.s. president. >> president trump appears to have been responding to these comments from president rouhani. take a listen. >> translator: mr. trump, don't play with the lion's tail. this would only lead to regret. you will forever regret it. you are not in a position to incite the iranian nation against iran's security and interests. the iranian nation knows its interests and sacrifices to protect them. you are mistaken. >> president trump's top diplomat also took aim

we're live in atlanta, i'm natalie allen. >> i'm george howell. from cnn world headquarters, "newsroom" starts right now. >>> we begin in northern california, thank you for joining us. more lives have been lost from that fast moving wildfire. it has killed at least five people including two children and their great grandmother. president trump declared an emergency in california to allow federal assistance. >> police in that area say they haven't seen anything like this before. the fire so devastating, many people had to evacuate, even prompting a local tv station to pull the plug for safety. >> right now we're being evacuated. that's where we are kind of closing out right now. we are going to leave the station because it is now unsafe to be here. >> you can't believe this is happening in your community. >> that house is my whole life. there is just one thing that is in that house that is not replaceable to me and it sounds silly, but it is a car i had since i was 17. it was my first car. if it gets destroyed, there is no replacing that. >> we did

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. here are the top storstoriys.fire in california killed five people this is one of many wildfires. this one has destroyed nearly 84,000 acres, that's about 33,000 hectares and it is only 5% contained. 38,000 people have had to flee their homes and police say sadly that looting has been reported in some evacuated neighborhoods. >> unbelievable. >>> we now know at least 14 people are confirmed dead and more than 160 people are injured, this after a strong earthquake struck an indonesian island east of bali, not far from a volcano. the magnitude 6.4 tremor damaged more than a thousand homes, but no tsunami advisories have been issued. >> monsoon rains are triggering daily floods in northern india. at least 60 people have died there, dozens injured since heavy rainfall, lightning and flooding began on thursday. >>> egypt's highest islamic authority is set to consider whether 75 people should be sentenced to death. an egyptian court is seeking the death penalty or their involvement in a 2013 demonstration to support the

. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> at 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast we start with the breaking news. you've seen countless times these people running into dangerous situations risking their lives, digging through rubble to save civilians in the syrian conflict. now we know that israel and jordan have come to the rescue of the white helmets. >> this group of 800 syrian civilians, including members of the volunteer rescue group have been evacuated now, we are told, to jordan. israel says its military completed this effort at the request of the u.s. and european countries. >> let's get the latest live in jerusalem. oren lieberman on the story this hour. and oren, these civilians in the white helmets are now safely out of syria. are we hearing any news, any reaction to this breaking news we're following? >> reporter: we absolutely are. and as you said there are was an international effort to arrange this operation. an incredibly sensitive operation

. >> i'm natalie allen, we are wide aweek. wide awake. >> stay awoke. >> stay awoke. >> "newsroom," we think, starts right now. >> 5:01 on the east coast the top story the u.s. president, before he took office, we now know his former attorney secretly recorded his client discussing a playmate to a former playboy model. >> karen mcdougall said she had ap affair with mr. trump in 2006. he denies that. the recording was made with michael cohen about two months before the election. >> it was one of the many times the fbi seized earlier, when mr. trump found out about the tapes, he said, quote, i can't believe michael will do this to me. jessica snyder explains what we know so far. >> reporter: michael cohen secretly recorded multiple conversations and those tapes are now in the hands of federal investigators. two months before the election, cohen reported a conversation with a payment with karen mcdougall. mcdougall claims she had a nearly year-long affair with the president right after melania gave birth to baron in 2006. >> i wa

i'm natalie allen. and this is cnn kwz newsroom." our president donald trump is at the resort, probably glad to be out of washington. for the past few days, reporters have peppered him with questions he clearly is not interested in answerin answering. >>. >> mr. trump has his former attorney to thank for all this. cohen this tweak threw his old boss under the bus, claiming that then candidate trump did know and approve that 2000 meeting with russians is the trump tower. he chose to express himself on twitter, once again, denying about knowing about the meeting and suggesting cohen made up the claim because of his own legal problems. if cohen is telling the truth, it could be politically devastating for this white house. for more on that. >> reporter: michael connow claiming that donald trump knew in advance of the june 2016 trump tower, where russians were offering dirt on hillary clinton. sources say cohen is prepared to tell special counsel mueller what candidate trump knew and when. >> it's a bombshell, if it is true and cob rated

i'm natalie allen. here are our top stories.ighters are working against hot and windy conditions to try to control the carr fire in northern california. two people have been killed since the fire started monday. it is only 5% contained and has already coupled nearly 50,000 acres or almost 20,000 hectares. u.s. president trump says there is no truth to the accusation he knew in advance of a 2016 meeting with russians at trump tower. mr. trump suggested his former attorney michael cohen made up the claim because cohen is under criminal investigation. >>> russian president vladimir putin says he is ready to visit washington. however, that invitation has been pushed to next year by the white house. mr. putin also invited the u.s. president to moscow, but says any meeting between them must have what he calls necessary conditions. >>> new data shows the u.s. economy grew at its fastest rate since 2014. in the last three months, the annualized u.s. gdp was 4.1%, that surge is a result of a number of factors and let's look at them. busi

i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell. good to have you back. >> "newsroom" starts right now. and our top story, before donald trump became president, his former attorney secretly recorded him talking about a payment to a former playboy model. mcd one of many items th seized from cohen. when mr. trump found out about the tape, he said, quote, i can't believe michael would do this to me. >> and all this of course comes as a welcome distraction for the president following backlash from his controversial summit with the russian leader last week. this story however, it is still unfolding with more details likely to come out. jessica schneider explains what we know so far. >> reporter: michael cohen secretly recorded multiple conversations with donald trump sources tell cnn. and those tapes are now in the hands of federal investigators. two months before the election, cohen recorded a conversation with donald trump about a payment to mcdug al who claims she had a nearly year long affair with the president right after melania ga

. >> and i'm natalie allen. and you're watching "cnn newsroom." >>> at 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast, president donald trump has a busy week ahead of him. >> on monday he's expected to take questions from reporters in a joint news conference with the visiting prime minister of italy. mr. trump will likely be asked about his latest twitter rant against the special counsel, robert mueller. the president now claiming mueller has multiple conflicts of interest in the russia investigation. >> in addition to that, there are still questions about the tapes the president's former attorney just released as well as mr. trump's threat to shut down the government to get funding for his border wall that he said mexico would pay for but in fact he means the taxpayers will pay for. >> cnn's boris sanchez is traveling with the president, or he was in new jersey. he has more on mr. trump's twitter tirade. that's hard to say. >> reporter: cnn has reached out to the white house to get clarity on specifically what president trump was referencing when he mentioned business conflicts with the s

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i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell.e united states and around the world. the rhetoric escalating just hours ago on twitter. >> late sunday u.s. president donald trump tweeted this in all caps. "to iranian president rouhani. never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death.