central los angeles combines south central los angeles home was combined with downtown los angeles homelessness we're talking about 20000 people skid row. exists within the center of power in los angeles and i think it's important to note that skid row thievin in los angeles california is a well kept secret this is the epicenter this is the epicenter of poverty and if you can't fix it here you can't fix it any. of. the largest amount of homeless people are african-american children because of you render why and why many homeless and she has 3 children what happens is there's not a lot of housing for women and children so the woman goes into transitional housing by herself and those 3 kids usually get split into different foster 0 homes and at that point they may never really see each other as a family again and and that's the most one of the most heart wrenching things because the kids will tell me i had my little 16 year old boy and you know boys are supposed to cry 0 and i saw a tear about to form a design he said mi

is that is going to include south central or south los angeles? >> absolutely it will, and including in your district, congresswoman. so it is interesting that you talk about the $13 billion which should not raise eyebrows and it is a sad commentary when $13 billion going the raise eyebrows and the city through hhh and h, have raised $4.5 billion in housing money and services money, and we are 3% of the nation's population. if you do the math, we should have $120 billion just to match what we have raised locally. so your ambition is not only impressive, but it should be looked at as a start, because if you are matching just what l.a. has done, the federal government would put in $120 billion. not every city has homelessness population of ours, so maybe, 40 or $50. and so the hhh is the largest measure to be passed in the house by the voters and it is leveraging $5 billion of housing from people looking at shipping containers and innovative ways to do it cheaper and faster to new apartments for the folks who have the deepest need and the triple dia

traffic but with new access to transportation, crenshaw district, chinatown, other parts of south los angeles experiencing extreme displacement. for those fortunate groups who were able to purchase and own their own homes, the grandmothers, the big mommas, they have lost their home. when they pass away, their home is often sold. it's too valuable for the family to hold onto. those families -- those houses transition and those families will never be able to come back into los angeles. [ applause ] also, just the attack on black owned homes in general. the lack of access to credit and the targeting through predatory home morning loans and so forth has created the circumstance in which we see now in which black homeownership has been devastated in los angeles. and when you talk about big momma's home was the refuge, right? it was the place where people who had been evicted, maybe they were formerly incarcerated, maybe they otherwise lacked housing, those children, those grandchildren could go to big momma's house to live. but now she does not have those homes, so many of our community members do

los angeles county missouri and. her. arms while. i try. to. call hollywood often looks to south central for inspiration from those that live must go from so. sets are made. like 3 generations. you got the old gee you got the homie you got the little home you know say. for instance like this is a little homey writing to me. and i'm homey. you got the old geezers order to me you know to me. so. i got 3 generation to hang on to me as made. right now we're in the imperial course housing projects you know and so p.j. crips on the east side. you know what i mean is based in watts which is cool going to oun unable. to. put out any given said anything can happen. you know it might be all laughing again right now for a game. and 5 minutes later i am but i am going to. some people feel. that the gang of. some people you know really don't have family that they can count on and want to over so again give them that support you know stability to make you feel like you know they got from the town i am. when you join again it's like. everybody saw in the us where come from so was like if i hang

economic growth and development back into this community because of the fear and i feel like south los angeles has just been left and pushed to the side since the 1965 riots and that i don't believe there's been enough time in dedication and passion income compassion and fight for equality to build this community we need to get past the riots kind of a weird thing to say because that happened a long time ago it's been 20 years since the last one but the riots of 65 riots the 92 riots left a huge scar in this community they left a scar in this community that has caused a business not to be able to come back. until we can bring business back to this community it can thrive there isn't a sit down restaurant in watts there isn't a movie theater in watts we do not have a y.m.c.a. or a boys and girls club or a large community center where a child can go after school to receive tutoring in sports and an afterschool program on a larger scale and every other store i mean given street unwinds is either a liquor store or a funeral home or in a church. when you might. you know. that was going to. get me i

. >> another wildfire exploded overnight forcing mandatory evacuations south of los angeles.ck smoke can be seen billowing over the area. >> this new fire comes as authorities issue a warning that they've never had to issue before. overnight new wildfires erupting in southern california. this fire south of los angeles forced evacuations with flames fueled by the strongest winds to hit this area in more than a decade. the situation so dire the national weather service issued an extreme red flag warning for the first time ever. the winds so powerful, it blew over big rigs. >> the heat is intense. the wind is enormous and it's fueling that inferno. >> reporter: gusts topping 70 miles per hour in simi valley as the so- easy fire ignited wednesday coming within 30 yards of the ronald reagan presidential library. >> you could see the flare-ups here as well as it's inching closer and closer to the library. >> reporter: the landmark is where the former president and first lady nancy reagan are now buried. inside the building air force one and a dozen people sheltering in place as fla

they take the entire city of los angeles and then they concentrate the stops that are created in south angeles in the very heart of where they have a crime problem where there might a be 75 or 80% black. so, if you're looking0% for blak suspects, you should stop black suspects. we're not going to let this go because this is going to be the raging debate and people will suffer because of these stupid decisions. mark, thank you very much, speaking of california, very business under minding the second moment. friday, he signed a sweeping gun control measures and making it easier for the state toep confiscate people's firearms. coming to estate near you if th democrats that same day, he sent a bill win in november. requiring abortion bill took students on campus. all right, dan, i would say you want to see with the democratic party is headed it over country is headed under their leadership, look at aoc plus three or california. am i wrong there? >> no, you're not, i feel bad for some of the good conservatives who live in california. n i gave a speech out there a little while ago, and it wa

los angeles. the challenge firefighters had getting it under control tonight. >>> a large fire in south los angeles tonight and a huge response from firefighters. the flames erupted tonight at a power distributor. it was a challenge for firefighters because of water pressure issues and because an electrified fence it was difficult to access the fire. no injuries have been reported. >>> the federal reserve cut interest rates for for the third time this year and they said even though consumer spending is strong there is concern about the effects of the trade war with china on u.s. businesses. >> is this an investment and exports remain we can manufacture output has declined over the past year. sluggish growth abroad in tray developments have been waning in these sectors. >> although this is meant to boost the economy by encouraging more borrowing and spending by businesses and consumers. chairman powell also suggested he doesn't expect to make any more cuts in the near future. on wall street today stocks closed broadly higher and the dow was up 115, nasdaq up 27 and s&p set another record with a gain

>>south los angeles where crews are battling a massive pallet fire, you know wooden pallets you see huge flames here and firefighters now are trying to get as much water on this thing is possible. fortunately this is in near any open space it's a large commercial property. just north of the one oh 5 north of compton. but firefighters now the focus is making sure that the flames don't spread to nearby businesses and power lines obviously they've been dealing with the santa ana winds and the southern california region, the winds have not died down for them as they have for us so we'll keep you posted there. meanwhile for people returning to their homes in sonoma county a lot of people unfortunately have a big mess to clean up do they ever and on top of that. >>crews are still battling an active fire conference michelle kingston has the story now from calistoga. >>we're really looking good and we think we're making a with this fire. firefighters working hard. >>and by foot and in the air but still hot spots in properties smoldering in calistoga power lines also down along the road. tangled

wildfires raging in the north and in the south outside los angeles. and now news of a major tropical storm threat. >>> those major wildfires burning out of control. mandatory evacuations. the race to escape, as homes go hundreds of firefighters. and dangerous winds expected into if the weekend. >>> the other major headline. that tropical threat, set to combine with a powerful storm system. high winds and heavy rain expected to slam into e u.s. then up through the midwest, into the northeast just as we start the weekend. rob marciano times it all out. >>> the breaking headline late today. a judge ruling the justice department must hand over grand jury materials from the robert mueller investigation to the democrats. >>> tonight, actress felicity huffman, out of federal prison early. what we've now learned. >>> harvey weinstein, attending a performance in new york city, when he's confronted. how this played out. and anger on that video. >>> is president trump's company about to sell the lease to the trump d.c. hotel? >>> and the other d.c. mystery tonig

commercial property in south los angeles. officials say they're trying to keep the flames from spreading to nearby businesses and power lines. so far there are no reports of any injuries of course you know there are several fires, wild fires also burning in southern california right now we will keep an eye on this one and bring you any updates. >>all right back here closer to home as we mentioned genie blamed for at least cau ht for causing at least 5 different bay area fires in the past week all of this. despite several rounds of power shut off said authorities at pg e said were aimed at preventing wildfires younie said today that it restored our to 242,000 customers and will continue working on. >>a restoring power to everyone who's been out. well for sale of the sacking was at pease uni's news conference today she joins us live now with more details tale us. >>well still around 120,000 customers are without power tonight and again despite these preemptive power shut off. some people. she's the pg e is still being blamed fo

. $960 million lien on a single house in south los angeles. so this is where we are at. people who looted us during the obama years are now running the country, and that is why the book is called "homewreckers." amy: what shocked you most? >> i think the thing that shocked me most was how many of these good ideas were proposed and how much they were ignored over more than 10 years, and that there really is no reason that we hahave to be in this situation we in now. amy: i want to thank you so much for being with us. we will do part two and post it online. aaron glantz is a senior reporter at reveal from the center for investigative reporting. his new book "homewreckers: how , a gang of wall street kingpins, hedge fund magnates, crooked banks, and vulture capitalists suckered millions out of their homes and demolished the american dream." that doesn't for our show. happy birthday juan gonzalez! ,happy birthday. juan: we are getting old. getting older than we thought. miguelppy birthday to nogeira. congratulations to our producer tami woronoff and her husband david rowley

you know it's difficult to get in and out of south central los angeles and it's it's just a violent area that the level of violence that people live with is an example entirely unacceptable when i was a little girl my parents took me to vietnam when i was in saigon during the tet offensive i was not as afraid in saigon with bombs dropping every day from dusk till dawn as i was when i came back to los angeles because i was the victim in los angeles i didn't feel like i was a victim in vietnam and the level of violence i feel is just the same really even though they don't declare it to be a war zone it isn't worth the. cameras in the public housing developments there was great disdain in the community didn't want the cameras there there's already bars on the windows and some of the developments and the community perspective was already living in a prison when you drive by our community it looks like a prison and now you're adding video cameras and now you're watching us and being brothers always watching us we just want to feel like we're a normal community but on the other hand the camera

. >> reporter: further south in los angeles, the getty fire swept through some of the country's most exclusive neighborhoods early monday morning. >> it was really scary because i thought what if the fire could catch on our house. >> reporter: among the thousands of residents who had just minutes to flee, arnold schwarzenegger who called firefighters the true action heroes. >> folks are going to be out of their homes for a while. it is an inconvenience, but it's a necessity here. >> reporter: more than 1,100 firefighters battled that blaze there the ground and the air. >> they were literally overwhelmed. they had to make tough decisions on which houses they were able to protect. >> reporter: california's utility companies say they could again cut power to about two million people up and down the straight to prevent more fires. the state of california is now launching an investigation into what it says is pacific gas and electric's overreliance on power outages and the risks to human life that they pose. pg&e admits two fires that broke out sunday near san francisco may have been caus

news desk and we have the latest on a domestic dispute at the home of a former tv star in south southern los angeles. the person that stabbed her was shot and killed by the police and a disabled elderly man was taken to the home. this was apparently the home of ron eli. he was the star of tarzan, the television series back in 1960s. they do not believe that ellie was involved in the stabbing. but we don't know what his situation was when all of this broke out. so the police still on the scene. so we're waiting for more information. i also want to let you know another breaking development that we're following right now. an earthquake just hit the philippines. it was a 6.4. and we're working to get more information on that. i'll be back with more. >>> pg&g said it identified more than a hundred incidents of damage. wind knocked down tree limb into power lines and knocked some lines down all together. in santa clara, county a tree plan much knocked wires down into a house. these are potential sources of wildfire ignition. they continue to expect 25,000 miles of lines. >>> near this 40% of stanford unde

continues to burn just to the south of where the point of origin where the fire is actually located. the latest information, 10% containment just north of the los angeles. the immediate threat across the south, the southern portions of california, we're in a brief lull. good news, the santa ana winds have started to relax. the local name for the winds in the central part of the state, diablo winds have started to pick up. we have fire conditions with gusts over 70 miles per hour. humidity less than 10%. and and dry vegetation. that's a recipe for disaster. you can see the computer models picking up some of the strongest gusts later tonight into sunday. that for the sacramento valley as well as the foothills of the sierra nevada mountain range outside of lake tahoe. from san francisco into the redding region. we have high wind warnings and advisories. gusts 65 to 70-mile-per-hour in higher elevations, gusts in the valleys, 45. it's incredible to see the amount of large wildfires that have burned across the western u.s. we're seeing clearly the fingerprint of climate change taking place across the western u.s. if you just look at the millions of acres bu

we have been monitoring the sandal settle ridge fire in northern los angeles south of ntsaare destroyedth 7500 acres have burned. 100,000 people have evacuated the area. the mayor signed an emergency declarcathn anaturllceeds.d on start the governor signed a couple of gun bills today. >>> one will limit the purchase of semi automatic rifles to one per month. another will make california the first state to allow employers coworkers and teachers to ask the judge to take away someone's firearmsif they bere toltod beevthlie biedll t the new laws take effect in january. >>> california has outperformed the rest of the nation because of our gun safety laws and reducing the gun murder rate. substantially. compared to the odtion. > a new concussion legacy foundation is> tonight to ents avoid youth tackle football. by comparing it to smoking cigarettes.>>> tackle football is like smoking. the younger i start the longer i'm exposed to danger.>>> the campaign is called tackle and wait. the goal is to get kids to play flag football until they are at least 14 years old. in order to lessen the risk of

los angeles. it burned 4600 acres near interstate 5 south of the grapevine. you see the inferno.yed, thousands of evacuated from remaining homes. here in the bay area the winds are dying down. let's check in with kari. >> our winds shifted farther south. we're waking up to some chilly temperatures, a live look outside in san jose, with the sunrise and temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. headed up to 80 degrees today, slightly normal than normal. antioch high of 83, 83 in napa while san francisco will reach up to 77 degrees. as we go into the next several days, there will be a slight cooldown, and it will turn more breezy on sunday, and we'll see some more pleasant and fall-like weather going into early next week. san francisco reaching 77 today but we'll see some low 70s by sunday, and 60s next week. how are the roads moving, mike? >> better. 101 nicely past our camera, north of 680. oakland still slow, back at the capitol expressway, back up at the recovery. nice flow around the bay, better news across the san mateo bridge as that days disabled vehicle cleared over the la

the front lines of the kincade fire, those the challenges facing firefighters, and further south, in the los angelesa, we are joined by jason from nbc news. jason, good to have you with us. how bad are the wilildfires whee you are right n now? jason: t the getty fire, next to the getty museum,m, northth of x airport, it t is prett bad, abot 600 0 acres, andnd you can s the blankeket of smoke behind me, yu can tataste it and smell it, a d it is bad. it gets inin youour throat. ththe high winds are really keeping this fire going, and firefighters arthritisis everything at it. they have got planes, water dropping helicoptersrs, ground crews, and they are trying to keep this thing down, because the winds are really expected to kick up later this week. brent: what about the neighborhoods there in the greater l.a. area? i knew earlier today, lebron james tweeted he had to leave his hohome. he had to find a place to stay for the next day. that is just one example of someone who has had to flee their homes. how bad is it for ththe rest o f the folks where y you are? jason: s so about 300000 peoplee evacuate

also, environmental racism, reverend al, that would see children in south central los angeles have aapacity as children in santa monica, california, because we have legalized toxic pollutant chemical plants in our community within breathing space of where our children play and go to school every day. so when i argue genocide that has been legalized, i'm looking at how the legal system continues to sanitize all these injustices. we always seem to be no matter what the situation is, getting the most of injustice and the least of justice and i think this is done intentionally, reverend al. >> all right. well, the name of the book, again, is "open season legalize genocide of colored people" and people need to read it for themselves. pastor tatum certainly leading the fight that you're going to be hearing more and more about around what is going on in ft. worth. we should not let it just go unresolved. ten shootings. i appreciate you, pastor tatum and attorney crump. up next, my final thoughts. stay with us. my final thoughts stay with us so i can buy from enterprise car sales and you'll

challenges facing firefighters in sonoma county which is north of san francisco further south in the los angeles area we're joined tonight by jason kemp a donya of n.b.c. news radio jason it's good to have you with this talk to me about how bad are the wildfires where you are right now. and the getty fire which is next to the getting museum in the supposed at a basin just north of l.a. and they're important it's pretty bad it's only about 600 acres but as you can see the blanket of smoke that's behind me you can taste it you can smell it and it's bad it gets in your throat and i winds are really keeping this fire going and fire crews are given everything they've got at it they've got big airplanes water dropping helicopters ground crews and they're just trying to keep this thing down because the winds are really expected you can complain of this week and what about the neighborhoods there in the greater l.a. area i know earlier today le bron james tweeted that he had to leave his home because of the fire he couldn't find a place to stay for the next day i mean that was just one example of someon

. >> a major earthquake, an earthquake which was felt from oakland to sacramento, as far south as los angelesines have ruptured. you can see this building is collapsed. they don't know if people are still in there, or if they aren't. >> an entire section of the bay bridge has been lost. >> downtown section of santa cruz is basically gone. >> the loma prieta quake was a magnitude 6.9. it left 3800 people injured, 63 dead, 16,000 homes uninhabitable. as bad as it was, experts say loma prieta was just a warm-up. >> the first thing for people to realize is that loma prieta was not the big one. >> so what will it be like when the real big one hits? where is the biggest danger? and are we ready? >> it is going to be the challenge of all of our lives when we have this earthquake happen here. >> i'm drew tuma with abc7. standing in the middle of the incredible beauty that makes the san francisco bay area so special. what you might not realize is the samet create our gorgeous bays, hills and valleys also make our region what some scientists call a tectonic time bomb. power of the san andreas fault exp

. >> to the south in los angeles, daylight revealed damaged homes near thehed hillside famed getty artsex. the los angeles mayor warned that smoke clearing does not mean the area is complety >> i'm sure we have gotten phone calls and hadat convens of people saying there is not a lot of smoke, it should be fine to go home. i want to continue to tell people to listen to the professionals and the firefighters who are askg you to stay away and mandating you >> stay away. sp wind eeds are expected to peak with gusts over 80 les per hour in both ends of california. >> the mayor of los angeles says the getty fire was started by a tree branch blown into power lines during high wind. the lines are operated by the los angeles department of water and power. a bloodbath overnight in iraq sparked one of the largest antigovernment protests yet. masked gman shot dead 18 people at a tent encampment. hours later, thousands of people packed the main square in d bagh police fired tear gas. in geneva, a u.n. spokesman called the reports particularly disturbing. >> we call on the authorities to launch inves

california have driven thousands of people from their homes threatening areas in the south of the state near los angeles and north of san francisco forecasters are warning that gusting winds could fan the blazes a crossbow drive bushland in both regions. and government protesters are returned to the streets of the chilean capital santiago there were clashes with police despite a cabinet shakeup by president sebastian pinera cabinet ministers were replaced as the president sought to calm unrest that is left at least 17 dead. at least one person was killed in move and dozens more injured when a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines several government and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire most of the world's quakes take place. authorities in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activists joshua wall from standing in the next months local elections mr wong claims to be the only candidate to be disqualified electoral commission says he's nomination is invalid because it contravenes election laws that ban promoting self-determinati

california have driven thousands of people from their homes infernos threaten areas in the south of the state near los angeles and in the north and san francisco forecasters are warning that gusting winds could fan the blazes across bone dry brush land in both regions. at least 6 people have been killed and dozens more injured when a powerful earthquake struck the southern philippines several governments and residential buildings were badly damaged the philippines lies on the pacific ring of fire that's where most of the world's earthquakes take place. right now to syria where the ceasefire brokered by turkey and russia has officially ended russia's foreign minister says kurdish forces have withdrawn from the border area earlier than planned kurdish militias have agreed to retreat from the area under the deal struck last week turkey says it will verify the withdrawal. with joint patrols with russian troops syrian forces have clashed with turkish bath rebels in the region for the 1st time since on or launched his offensive against the kurds earlier this month the 2 sides traded fire near the border town of ros

have driven thousands of people from their homes the infernos threatening areas in the south of the state near los angeles and in northern california around san francisco forecasters are warning that gust wind could fan the blazes across bone dry brush in both parts of the state. the fight against doping in sports will soon be led by a man from poland his name is witold banca he would become the new president of the world anti-doping agency wada in january is most pressing concern will be the russian doping scandal which has severely damaged what is reputation in an exclusive interview with g w news he gives us his thoughts on the challenges that lie before him. this is the man charged with solving sports doping crises vetoed banquette takes over as president of the world anti-doping agency at the start of 2020 with a lengthy to do list and we need to increase the controls of calls and we need then to doping playing sports we have state countries without anti doping policy without controls in africa country and we have only won the credit. however budgets of about 36000000 euros leaves little room for bui

california have driven thousands of people from their homes threatening areas in the south of the state near los angeles and north of san francisco forecasters are warning that gusting winds could fan the blazes across bone dry bush land in both regions. and at least mountain climber has broken the speed record for conquering the world's 14 highest peaks normal persia climb the mountain service 6 months in 6 days the previous record was about 80 years old 40 at least 8000 meters high. horses in hong kong have barred prominent pro-democracy activist joshua walker from standing in next month's local elections mr wong claims to be the only can to be disqualified the electoral commission says his nomination is invalid because it contravenes election laws that ban promoting self-determination for the chinese for the semi autonomous chinese territory. and the chance of britain holding a snap election in december have increased as opposition leader gerry corbin says his party will now back the idea prime minister boris johnson has been pushing for an early poll since coming to power in july he believes he can

quick update on day two of the getty fire, burning south in los angeles. about 650 acres, just 5% contained. schools there are closed, and thousands also remain evacuated. fortunately, in all of these wild fires burning up and down the state, no one has died and it appears everyone has been accounted for. harris? >> harris: claudia, thank you very much. we are learning the second-in-command to isis leader b19 has been killed in a separate attack by u.s. forces inside syria. a senior u.s. defense official is calling this "significant," saying it will even isis leadership vacuum in syria. however, despite that news, defense secretary mark esper is warning the security situation on the ground remains complex. >> al-baghdadi's death will not rid the world of terr it will certainly send a message to those who would question america's resolve, and provide a warning to terrorists who think they can hide. >> harris: of course, that is the pentagon briefing we took live yesterday. what are your thoughts at this point in terms of the politics now for the president w

oktoberfest celebration in southern california injured several people in huntington beach south of los angelessformer exploded in an underground electrical vault during an oktoberfest celebration at the old world village around 8:00 last night. the village was evacuated. two firefighters and two other people were hurt. witnesses say there were three explosions initially sending a large fireball into the sky. southern california edison is trying to figure out what caused the explosion. >>> hong kong was taken over by massive rallies and protests that turned violent once again. the pro democracy activists are upset over a newly instituted ban on facemasks, but thousands of people took to the streets appearing to defy the ban by wearing masks. >> reporter: demonstrators taking to the streets of hong kong sunday for the third straight day in defiance of a ban on facemasks. all this is a bid from ban was high court. however, the court did agree th of october. >> this is a very brave move by a high court because obviously i think they also see that this case raises extremely important constitutional

it happened in long beach just south of los angeles, the police chief describing the scene is horrificblood everywhere. investigators say they don't know if the shooter was acting alone but that he shot at people from an alley behind the hall. there were about 30 people at the party, no word yet on a motive. the death of millionaire and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein was likely a homicide and not a suicide. that's according to dr. michael barden of former new york city chief medical examiner who has worked on a number of high-profile crimes. he's investigated cases involving o.j. simpson, president kennedy, martin luther king, and do england page star aaron hernandez. >> there are three fractures in the hyoid come of the thyroid cartilage that are very unusual for suicide and more indicativef strangulation. in fact at the time of the autopsy the doctor of the autopsy wasn't, didn't think there was enough information to say suicide so she put pending further study. >> back in august the current chief medical examiner ruled out foul play and said epstein hanged himself but dr. bo

straight out of compton, a 3.7 earthquake struck a little after midnight centered in compton in south central los angeles. so far there are no reports of any damage. >>> all week long we've been looking back at the loma prieta earthquake after 30 years, many of you have lingering questions. >> we took them to an expert. vianey arana talked with a seismologist. >> if you live in california, the threat of earthquakes is very real. we wanted to give you the chance to ask a seismologist and here are the questions our viewers asked via social media. our most popular question, is there such thing as earthquake weather? >> we looked at the weather patterns and when the earthquakes occur, we looked around the world and we didn't see anything. so there is no such thing as earthquake weather. >> reporter: she says many times people remember how the weather was during major events, such as earthquakes, and that connection is what makes it part of your story. remember that although earthquakes cannot be predicted, we can always be prepared. you can find emergency information on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> thanks

fire crews are battling flames burning close to a neighborhood in fullerton south of los angeles. >> another new fire erupted near the reagan presidential liary fire crews have been battling to keep the flames from reaching the structure. they've gotten some help from goats that chew through brush, creating a virtual buffer zone around the property. fire quickly exploded in size, driven by unprecedented winds north of 70 miles an hour. abc's marci gonzalez has the details. >> reporter: new wildfires erupting in southern california. fanned by the strongest winds to hit this area in more than a decade. >> winds are just blowing through here like you would not believe. >> reporter: gusts topping 70 miles an hour north of los angeles in simi valley as the so-called easy fire ignited wednesday morning, coming within 30 yards of the reagan presidential library. >> you see the flare-ups here as well as it's inching closer and closer to the library. >> reporter: firefighters saving the landmark as air and ground crews work fiercely to protect we just -- we can't always be in the right pla

. >> reporter: and to the south, in los angeles, daylight revealed damag homes and scorched hillsides from a fire near the famed getty arts complex. l.a. mayor eric garcetti warne that smoke clearing does not mean the area is completely safe. >> i'm sure we all have gotten phone calls saying and having conversations with people saying "well there's not a smoke, it should be fine to go home." i want to coinue to tell people, listen to the professionals and fire fighters who are asking you to stay away yoand mandating stay away. >> reporter: wind speeds are expected to peak with gusts up to 80 miles per hour overnight, on both ends of california. for the pbs newshour, i'm stephanie sy. >> woodruff: in iraq, a bloodbath overnight sparked one of the largest anti-government protests yet. the killings happened inal karb where masked gunmen shot dead 18 people and wounded hundreds at a tent encampment. hours later, thousands of people cked baghdad's main square, as t police firr gas. in geneva, a united nations' spokesman called the rbaorts out of k "particularly disturbing." >> wcall on the

we're hear from vr pacheo, 24-year-old from south central los angeles. >> so i really likes the plans of folks like senator sanders and warren, i really appreciate their, you know, focusing on lower income communities, communities that are only experiencing mass gunootings, experiencing daily gun violence throughout the community, and that are historically not tcused on when it com these issues. >> i want us to talk about the intersection of gun violence. i think that is a very important thing. the intersection of gun violence of mental health, with police brutality, with crnai justice. it's a multi-facetted issue so it should address every side of gun violence, not just mass shootings or the kids from parkland, but the churches, concerts, streets and the cities. >> that was delaney tar, frorm parkland, florida, one of the co-founders of march for our lives. they have some differences, but coming together and agreeing on a lot of the broad strokes of gun control that one thing in common we heard not only amongnd the ates but among the activists here, they feel, in order to get meaning