i'm paula newton, and you are watching "cnn newsroom."irefighters in the western united states are really hoping for that break in the weather finally as they battle wildfires that have scorched a record 4.7 million acres. firefighters are burning in a number of states, and they have now killed at least 28 people. tens of thousands, meantime, have been ordered to evacuate. in california, three of the five largest fires ever are burning at this hour. california's governor says the severity of the wildfires is unlike anything the state has ever seen. gavin newsom has a message for anyone who does not believe the science behind climate change. >> the debate is over around climate change. just come to the state of california. observe it with your own eyes. it's not an intellectual debate. it's not even debatable any longer what we are experiencing, the extreme droughts, the extreme atmospheric rivers, the extreme heat. you've seen the images now strewn across the rest of the globe, these orange glows, the quarter inch thick snow that is these

i'm paula newton, and you're watching "cnn newsroom." nearly 200,000 americans dead from coronavirus, president trump has held yet another indoor campaign event. just a few hours ago he rallied thousands of supporters in henderson, nevada, outside los angeles -- pardon me, las vegas, ignoring warnings about social distancing. but here's the thing. he's also violating the state's ban on gatherings of 50 people or more. many in the crowd, as you can see for yourself, not wearing any masks and certainly not social distancing. a cnn medical analyst predicts people will die as a consequence of the gathering. now, the trump camp's last indoor rally back in june led to a surge in local virus cases. now, in the coming week, the u.s. political environment really starts to get down to crunch time. early voting in the presidential election begins in four states, and president trump's overall approval rating at this moment, according to some polls, is still stuck in the low 40s, hurt in large part by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. now, a

. >>> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i'm paula newton. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> u.s. president donald trump meets with officials in california in the hours ahead on those record wildfires, nearly 100 blazes are burning at this hour right across the western united states. more than 4 1/2 million acres in several of though states burning. 33 people are now confirmed dead. that number could rise as searchers get into more communities. democratic presidential candidate joe biden will address the fires later from delaware. these are the region's worst wildfires on record and we're just at the start of the peak fire season. cnn's paul vercammen is in southern california where tensions are high and resources stretched way too thin. >> reporter: the foothills northeast of los angeles, arcadia, this is the bobcat fire. it's burned 33,000 acres. and if you look behind me, they're trying to douse these flames right now with water drops from helicopters. the air is so bad, not only is it unhealthy beyond belief, polluted up and down the w

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