he you know, 28 of the nation beef supply comes from route where i am the texas panhandle and, i'm in a county that's called hemphill county, canadian texas county seat. it's about 30 miles by 30 miles. the county's perfectly squares, so 900 square miles and a little over 600,000 acres in our county alone, over 450,000 acres has burned up. and the way this affects the nation and affects people is the cattle that these ranchers have, have, have greatly been burned up and so this is going to hurt our beef supply, going, going forward in the nation to go along with other catastrophes around the nation, bloc of major drought that's been going on the last ten years in the west that's going to diminish our beef cattle supply you know, one of the things omar that people need to understand is are cattlemen they are the best stewards over there. land and their animals of any people on planet earth? and these cattle are not just cattle, there family to our ranchers. and so the ranchers feed their cattle before they feed themselves. and it's, it's a real tragedy for our ranchers. it's not only t

but the texas panhandle is relatively inactive from this. but we expect subsequent systems to drop south, bringing some rain, even some snow showers up to the texas panhandle. that itself doesn't help too much, but at least some colder air. but conditions remain quite dries. the beautiful pictures, east bay shoreline all lit up now and some shredded stratus, as you can see off towards the distance for us, some rain showers will continue up in the north bay kind of coming and going and coming and going while we see some variable clouds to mostly cloudy through most of the park throughout the east bay's, you will notice. and then that low finally makes its past towards our south, up in the north bay to that some of the pocket to watch out for timing wednesday afternoon evening. maxim. daytime heating might have a bit of a rumble of some thunder going on. so both here and from santa cruz mountains down in monterey bay might have some more action to look out for winds reflecting the traverse of this low coming in from the south. they pop a littl

he lost everything now there are actually a number of wildfires, burning in the texas panhandle. the largest the smokehouse creek fire has scorched more than 1 million acres in texas and more than 30,000 acres and neighboring oklahoma. utility officials say they'll need to rebuild more than 100 miles of power lines all right, and up next the road to the white house apparently goes straight through the border >> biden's conduct >> on our border is by any day and phoenician a conspiracy to overthrow the united states of america >> donald trump is focusing his sights and attacks on joe biden using border security pretty the prime is path to reelection. that's coming up, stay with us >> backroom deals, cic a fares bribery, corruption, prostitution >> there's so much more to the store. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper tonight at nine on cnn every parent knows when it's time to go into protect mode >> adding >> lysol, laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of illness causing bacteria curia detergents leave behind. plaintiffs good sanitized is better >> take a pea-sized amount, apply

before heavy smoke and flames continued to choke the panhandle in texas. in the lone star state that it has a torch more than 1 million acres so far the fires only 50% contained. governor greg abbott says hundreds of structures have so far been destroyed joining us now mayor of amarillo, texas and the panhandle for the great plains meet. mayor, thank you for joining us. what is the situation on the ground right now and how do you see it? >> yes, sir, thank you for having us here today to be able to continue to discuss everything that is going on here. we have a few updates year to date we did have two flareups out there today. crews are spun up everyone is taking care of business today they have already suppressed both of those the winds are blowing 20 -- 25 miles per hour. right now we really need is we need these winds to calm down so we can continue to contain in contained incombat these fires. eric: the pictures we are seeing are so striking and horrendous. what is it like to go through this? what is that light for the service to deal with this and for

and northwest oklahoma. -- texas panhandle and northwest oklahoma. yesterday, one of the biggest fire events in texas history, more than one million acres of texas land burned. from the start i directed my team to help protect people in the communities threatened by these fires. in response to specific requests from the state, we've already had more than 500 federal personnel here working on fire suppression. that includes depliment of 100 federal firefighters and more on the way. as well as dozens of additional fire engines, air tankers, small planes, helicopter, help fight the flames. and fema has already guaranteed that texas and oklahoma will be reimbursed for the cost of keeping folks safe. we're grateful for the brave first responders risking their lives to save others. and we urge, we urge folks to listen to the warnings from local official, listen to them. i've flown over a lot of these wildfires since i've been president. as a matter of fact i've been in a helicopter in the northwest, southwest, flown over more land burned to the ground, all

the deadly fires burning across the texas panhandle. families left with no place to go. re than a million acres now destroyed. maria villareal in texas tonight. >> reporter: tonight a new wild fire triggering the evacuation of another town in the texas panhandle as firefighters race to contain the largest fire in state history that has killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes. officials temporarily evacuating texas sunday. crews battling wind-fueled flames from the ground and in the air. five wild fires scorching more than one million acres, hitting cattle ranchers hard. shea mezner owns the bake shack in texas helping coordinate hay donations from across the state. thousands of cattle have been killed, potentially impacting the nation's beef supply. >> over a million acres has burned. there is no grass on the ground for them to eat, so hay is of dire importance. >> reporter: if you don't get the hay to the livestock, what happens here? >> the meat market dies. >> reporter: and tonight word of the first lawsuit, a woman suing power company excel saying a wooden p

in the texas panhandle, a tornado touching down, damaging the roof of this hospital in perryton. all patients and staff have been accounted for in southern california. storms dumped quarter sized hail, and in the midwest, blizzard conditions, more than a foot of snow is possible. from nebraska to minnesota. >> and in january, i said the same thing. i said, you know, in march we're going to have a big snowstorm or something. >> and here we are in the east, tens of thousands of power outages after nearly three feet of snow fell in parts of northern new england and outside philadelphia, a desperate search for six year old lenasia brooker swept away in a rain swollen creek. officials say they've now transitioned to a recovery effort. >> i've been here. sleep. i can't eat. only thing i'm thinking about is finding her. >> meanwhile, in florida, thunderstorms, flooding and strong winds shutting down. day one of the ultra music festival in miami. and this terrifying moment in saint petersburg. the wind slamming a kite surfer into that pier. he was later said to be in critical but stable

and across the texas panhandle, concerns are mounting about the cost of rebuilding.of the losses won't be covered by insurance. stephanie sy has our report on the long road ahead. stephanie: the largest wildfire in the state's history continues to spread across the texas panhandle, leaving behind devastation, crop destruction am a dead livestock, leveled buildings and houses. in fritch, texas -- home to roughly 2,000 residents -- angela and shane grisham lost their house, pets and belongings. they didn't have time to save much of anything except their five kids. shane: we had about 20 minutes to get out of there. as we, as we were packing, doing our thing, just throwing things , what we could get, in the trunk of the car, it just started raining down. just burning ash. and the smoke came across the front yard. so i told my wife, i said, we have to go now. that's it. that's all we can get. stephanie: with only the clothes on their backs, they took shelter in a motel before getting into an airbnb. shane: i want to say it was two days later when they finally let us in b

total devastation in the texas panhandle. concern there this weekend as wildfires are raging on. at least two people have died. the smokehouse creek fire, now the largest wildfire in texas history. nbc's morgan chesky is in the hard-hit stint, it texas for us to talk more about. this most of the states cattle ranges are in the impacted areas. what can you tell us about that? >> yasmin, the destruction, the damage, the impact is in every single direction in the texas panhandle. the cattle industry has been particularly hard hit. the overwhelming majority of cattle ranges are up here in the texas panhandle. ranchers are still going through how many cattle they lost, or trying to find places to take cattle. i want you to hear what one had to say outside of canadian, texas about this incredible impact. take a listen. >> our range land here in my county, over 400,000 acres, has burned up due to this wildfire, including many our cattle lost in that wildfire. these ranchers have not only lost their factories, their mother cows, they'

the ranchers in this area actually 85% of the cattle in texas is raised here in the texas panhandle. so it's been an emotional and a finance will impact for so many in this community as they try to grapple with what's going on here and what they're going to have to deal with over the next couple of months and maybe even years. there's really jessica, camila bernal. >> all right. thanks so much for that reporting from texas. coming up next to aid from above the us makes humanitarian airdrops inside gaza for the first time since the start of the war there. and there are reports tonight that israel has quote, basically accepted a cease-fire proposal but will hamas agree as well >> details next >> this is the big dam >> that dough >> i am an unholy terror. but lately it's just a ruse. >> i can't let them see. i'm happy. it's prime video. >> all my shows and movies are here. it's nonstop, joy boundless math convulsions of prevalence >> so nice >> boston >> all your streaming and one app with one password prime video, bind your happy place. i brought in a >> juror max protein with 30 grams

devastating wildfires burning through the texas panhandle could >> get even worse this weekend, dry and windy conditions threaten to fuel the flames. and texas governor greg abbott is warning people to stay vigilant. >> no one can let down, but down their guard everyone must remain very vigilant. winds are going to pick back up the right elements for a fire will be around and as much as everybody has gone through this we all of us must remain vigilant to make sure that all the steps are taken so that we continue to prevent the loss of life the wildfires have already killed two people demolished hundreds of structures, and burned over 1 million >> acres to become the largest wildfires in texas history. cnn's ivan rodriguez is in fritch texas. so i've been what are the conditions looking like where you are this morning? >> i'm victor kristen were really anticipating those drier temperatures, those winds to pick up as well. today was really wide. officials were really pushing toward in terms of the amount of damage that can possibly come from these weather conditions now, today where i'm s

i mean, what should people in the texas panhandle in particular be preparing for this weekend? >> well, we've had a break over the last 48 hours. winds died down. we had a little blanket of snow, but that's all over it did allow firefighters to get in next to the fire as far was so intent, you couldn't get the fire trucks anywhere close to fire. so that's why this big fire is only about 15% contained so we're looking at how bands again and the 40 miles an hour to mars is 50. so it's been very devastating we've lost over 500 structures. we'd that over 120 miles of electric lines burnt and on the ground that means he's people have no electricity. there's no water to pump for the livestock. there's no grass, there's no water for all the lies thought, we've lost over 3,000 head, which is a very small number that will double or triple easily. we've got cattle that we're going to have to euthanize because the damage to their who's there, others. we'll just we'll just have to put them down. we've got seven grain and seed dealers that completely lost everything completely wiped out. we

there were actually a number of wildfires burning in the texas panhandle. the largest the smokehouse creek fire has scorched more than 1 million acres in texas in more than 30,000 acres in neighboring oklahoma. utility officials say they'll need to rebuild more than 100 miles of power lines cnn's camila bernal is in fritch, texas as residents, they're trying to pick up the pieces >> it's >> been windy, it is >> hot, a lot hotter than it's been over the last couple of days and it's dry conditions that are making it extremely difficult for firefighters in this area that are still battling the largest wildfire in texas history? we containment is still very low, so there's a lot of work to be done. and in the meantime, you have that grieving process beginning for a lot of the families that have lost everything that cleanup process. and like you're seeing here behind me at the johnson house and it's been difficult to do that cleanup because the winds have been so high. but nonetheless, you're seeing them right now as they're trying to sift through that debris, t

but there are new fire threats in the texas panhandle and more snow in the rockies. details now from accuweather's melissa constanza. melissa >> rhiannon. good morning. the winds dying down, but the temperatures they are headed up. in fact, more than 20 degrees above historical average. if you like spring, we're headed into the mid 60s for new york city, when we should be in the mid 40s. this time of year, however, problems arise in the plains where the winds are ramping up ahead of the next storm system, so fire danger will persist in the texas panhandle. but this next storm system also bringing snow to the rockies. places like denver, 6 to 12in of it. rhiannon. lionel. >> all right, melissa, thank you. well, the forecast calls for nearly 80 degrees and sunny today in miami beach. no surprise. >> almost always beautiful in miami beach. but there are not as many spring breakers there to enjoy it. city officials and business owners say new measures meant to crack down on past chaos are actually working. they say a viral ad about the area's plan to break up with spring

and pick-up locations around the state, and delivery points up in the texas panhandle. 'll find is our star program which is a grant program, state of texas agriculture relief. it's not taxpayer dollars, it's good people, you know, wanting to help out, so we take money from individuals, groups, corporations, companies, whoever. and we put 100% of that back into the farmer's pocket to help them rebuild. buy new wire, posts, put a barn up, things that insurance doesn't carry. we recently had a generous donation of $500,000 from heb, one of our local grocery chains here in texas. the third thing is, and it's relatively new, but always bothered me, sandra, highest rate of suicide are the veterans and the farmers. so there is a 988 suicide line but they don't understand farmers or agriculture, so i've set up my own, my folks have 300 hours of training in mental health for agriculture issues. they know resources that regular line would not know, you know, assets are at the usda for low interest loans, livestock indemnity grants, they can send them to my agency, texas departmen

booking.com booking.yeah >> a fiery mess at the texas panhandle right now, out of control fires, andnue to consume more and more land. reich rick reichmuth from the weather center. >> the texas panhandle, 140,000 acres, windy dunes fire and a smoke house creek over a million acres burned. 90 miles long from one side of this all the way to the other side. that's the path of this storm, of this wildfire that's burned. it's grassy area, this isn't like tree forest fires, this is grassy area, catches on fire really quickly. a million 50,000 of those, those acres are in texas alone and this makes this the largest fire ever in the state of texas and one week ago, the fire hadn't even started yet. take a look what happens today and tomorrow. fire conditions are critical. we're going to have very low humidities. we're going to get really strong winds and we have temperatures that are incredibly warm for march second. take a look at the temperatures across the high plains. 67 in denver. the panhandle of texas temperatures pushing to 80 degree mark, really warm, really dry, really windy condit

. >> john: firefighters in the texas panhandle battling wildfires, including the largest in the state's texas is already facing a lengthy recovery, we already joined in the next hour here on "america reports" but first casey stegall is live in dallas, he's covering this. how are the weather conditions impacting efforts to fight the fires? >> john, they are finally able to get a little bit of an upper hand on the situation. the critical fire danger weather is moving its way out of the region across much of the texas panhandle today and they hope to get more containment of the blazes with the cooler temperatures and also the lower winds speeds that will help them in order to continue fighting on the front lines. a new fire did break out over the weekend taking aim at sanford, but evacuation orders have been lifted, east of amarillo, the fire is 50% contained according to text a and m, and smokehouse creek is partially contained, burning over 1 million acres, 500 structures have been lost since the fires broke out early last week. >> by the time i got there, and got back over here, everyth

in the texas panhandle, they are battling the largest wildfire in the states history.day, the fire has killed at least two people and scorched 70 now hundred square miles of prairie and destroyed up to 500 structures. in the mountains of northern california and nevada, the biggest storm of the season has knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes. up to 10 feet of snow is forecast for higher elevations. donald trump won the missouri republican caucuses today. in michigan, he won all 39 delegates. idaho republicans hold their caucuses tonight. tomorrow brings a three day series of contests, including super tuesday, when almost two thirds of delegates are up for grabs. nikki haley has yet to win any primary or caucus. a self-described geriatric starlet has died. she was a textile eert, interior designer, and a late in life and fashion model with an eye-catching andudaciously clashing style. she was the subject of several museum exhibitions, a documentary, and several ad campaigns. she also worked on several restoration projects. she was 102. still to come, scientifi

we've got red flag warnings in effect for the oklahoma and texas panhandle is because not only do have the wind, you have incredibly low relative humidity, only about 15%. and that's what's going to keep these fire conditions pretty healthy. over 1 million acres have already burned in parts of the texas panhandle that fires only 15% contained at last check. and like i mentioned, the fire weather conditions do continue as we go through the weekend today. and again, there you see tomorrow. >> all right. elisa raffa for us. thanks so much for that update. and let's talk more about those texas wildfires in texas, at least two people are dead as that smokehouse creek fire becomes the largest in that state's history firefighters are racing to contain the flames. it's already burned through 1 million acres it's only up to 15% contained and strong winds and higher temperatures which could fan the flames on the way, as lisa just laid out for us cnn's camila bernal is on the ground in the scorched city of fritch, texas. camila, i'm looking behind you. there is just not nothing left. tell us more

alerts now, we want to take your, the vast destruction caused by wildfires, burning, and the texas panhandle right now, firefighters are facing gusty winds and higher temperatures in their effort to control what's now the largest wildfire in state history, the so-called smokehouse creek fire has killed at least two people burned hundreds of structures and killed countless livestock, more than 1 million acres have burned, and it still just 15% contained. i want to bring in cnn's camila bernal in borger, texas. so camila, what is the situation like there now and i know you've been there in the area over the past few days. what have you seen? >> hey omar yes. officials saying that the fire has picked up because of the wind, the heat, and the dry conditions here in this area in the texas panhandle. but what officials are saying is that they were able to keep that fire from growing dramatically. so that has been extremely helpful in terms of those fires the fighting efforts. now there's still working around the clock, whether that's fighting those flames or working to help the community rebuild,

the panhandle is where the majority of cattle in texas are raised.e feared dead. >> that was my front door. >> reporter: tyler mccain's family got out just hours before their home burned to the ground in fritch in the center of the panhandle. tonight the family is staying in a home offered to them by a stranger on facebook. >> we're in an airbnb until monday. after that we have to figure out what we're doing. but day by day, you know. >> reporter: while they're still assessing the damage here in fritch, these wildfires have now grown so large that a federal team is on its way to take over operations starting tomorrow morning. norah? norah? >> dave sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood change

incredibly dry >> well, the dry air and high winds will make an already terrible situation in the texas panhandlenow, more than 8 million people are under red flag warnings for critical fire danger stretching from texas all the way to iowa and western illinois. but it's not just the dry conditions threatening to make the work the worst wildfire in texas history even more dangerous. it takes this fire official told cnn that because the reagents are above average rainfall over the winter there was more grass, meaning more fuel for the fires to burn. there actually a number of wildfires burning in the texas panhandle, the largest, the smokehouse creek fire. it's only 15% contained well in mexico that campaigns for the next presidential election have begun done that includes two candidates who could become a nation's first female president. ahead of this summer's election, candidates are pledging to cut down and widespread corruption. and deal with a rampant crime problem. cnn's gabriella frehse is in mexico city with a closer look. >> for the first time in mexico, a woman could become precedent next

committed federal assistance to help those affected by the deadly wildfire burning across the texas panhandle. >> that wildfire, now the largest in state history, according to the texas forest service. it has now burned more than 1 million acres across the panhandle and into oklahoma. it is only 3% contained. at least two people have been killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. more are threatened. thousands of cattle have also died. the fire is one of the rare winter wildfires burning in the texas panhandle. >> all right. we got a few scattered showers out there right now. the heavy stuff kind of just moved through the central bay in the last half hour or so, and it's still continuing into the south bay at this time. you can see the line like, if you look this line right here, that's that's the pretty much the delineation of the front, i would suspect. and that's where the strongest dynamics are right now. everything behind it is more widely scattered. we've seen up to 2/10 of an inch to a half inch of rain to over a half inch of rain in the marin county watershed. most of us, like

it is 1 of 5 major wildfires furiously scorching a path of destruction across the texas panhandle. >>had to watch from 3 miles away as -- as our neighborhood burned. >> reporter: two people have now been killed, including 83-year-old joyce blankenship who was found inside her home north of amarillo. the panhandle is where the majority of cattle in texas are raised, and now thousands of livestock are feared dead. >> i run to the door and i see, it looked like armageddon. >> reporter: this morning, first responders worked in snow and freezing temperatures. residents are now returning to what's left of their homes and lives. >> that was my front door. >> reporter: tyler mccain's family got out just hours before their home burned to the ground in fritch in the center of the panhandle. >> [crying] i want our house. >> you want your house? >> reporter: mccain posted his 3-year-old daughter's emotional reaction on social media. in a home offered to them by a stranger on facebook. >> we are in the airbnb until monday. after that, we gotta figure out what we're doing. but day by day, you know?

we have critical wildfire weather across the texas panhandle, across oklahoma. both on saturday and sunday as windy conditions are going to continue to help these blazes spread. those are your weather headlines. for now, i'm tossing it back inside to you, carley. >> carley: adam, thank you so much. we have a fox news alert to get to here. house republicans releasing the transcript from hunter biden's closed door deposition. the president's son doubled down that his father was never involved in his business dealings. according to the transcript, hunter says he put his father on speaker phone in front of business associates claiming he always answers the phone when his dad calls. of the president's son even brought up his battle with drug addiction and claims his dad never received any payments from a chinese-owned firm. a millionaire con woman pleads guilty after scamming the military out of more than $1 million. the doj says former army employee janet mellow created a fake business in 2016 that was supposed to help children, instead she used the funds to support

everybody, on those devastating texas wildfires that are blazed through 1 million acres in the texas panhandlest six days. the largest in the state's history. i want to go straight to nbc's morgan -- who is standing by force an emerald, a texas, with the very latest on this. where are we, morgan, talk to us? >> hi yasmin, great question. we are here at the command post in amarillo, where fire authorities have gathered to plan out their plan, in trying to tackle these multiple blazes across this vast texas panhandle. as it stands right, now he's -- the largest, burned more than 1 million acres, still only 15% contained, to slight north of us, the windy -- that has significantly more containment. but the bad news today, yasmin, is that the wind is back with a vengeance. temperatures are even warmer today than they were yesterday. and that is why people all across the panhandle are -- i want you to hear with the fire chief instant, at texas, where this largest fire is believed to have began, had to say. take a listen. >> it's inevitable that we are going to get another -- ? you >> believe that? >

the texas panhandle still seeing several large wildfires this morning, as well. rnor greg abbott saying as many as 500 structures have already been destroyed. >>> let's turn now to the forecast and the fire fueling the heat in texas, the massive storm in the west as well, and somara theodore tracking all of it for us this morning. somara, good morning to you. >> somara: good morning, whit. so, that is a powerful storm out west. as faith showed us in the visuals there with the strong winter component, look at the satellite and radar, lower elevations getting the rain and mountains getting slammed with snow. that's led to blizzard warnings through the sierra nevada and farther east the fire weather alerts we're monitoring and that happens to be the second largest wildfire in u.s. history. more on that in a moment. for now we want to time out this storm. okay, so here we are starting saturday morning. we're getting rounds of snow, rounds of rain moving through the afternoon on saturday. by sunday, that's when it begins to taper off. but we still could see some scatte

in the texas panhandle, a tornado touching down, damaging the roof of this hospital in perryton.patients and staff have been accounted for in southern california, storms dumped quarter sized hail, and in the midwest, blizzard conditions, more than a foot of snow is possible. from nebraska to minnesota, we have winter storm warnings in the pink blizzard warnings and winter weather advisories pretty much all across minnesota. >> and in january i said the same thing. i said, you know, in march we're going to have a big snowstorm or something. >> and here we are in the east, tens of thousands of power outages after nearly three feet of snow fell in parts of northern new england and outside philadelphia, a desperate search for six year old lenasia brooker swept away in a rain swollen creek. officials say they've now transitioned to a recovery effort. >> i've been here asleep. i can't eat. only thing i'm thinking about is finding her. >> the same storm system that brought that tornado to the texas panhandle is now moving east through arkansas, louisiana and into mississippi later today

further east in the texas panhandle, strong winds fueling the largest wildfire in the.tate's history. more than a million acres destroyed by the smokehouse creek fire. as many as 500 structures destroyed. the national interagency fire center says the fire has spread to oklahoma. chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york among the devastating wildfires in texas, a miraculous story of survival. >> one woman narrowly escaped her house after it went up in flames, and she says she had only seconds to get out. >> it wasn't seconds and it was at my back door and i was trying to get dog kennels and i couldn't. i. had to leave, and then i had to drive through fire to get out of there. i was going to die just horrifying. >> she managed to evacuate the region with thousands of others. officials say the smokehouse creek fire is now the largest and most destructive fire in texas history. it's already burned through more than 1 million acres in the northeastern texas panhandle, and is expected to spread. as you just heard, it was 15% contained as of this morning. now, the countdown to supe

. >> reporter: tonight, the texas panhandle engulfed in a deadly ring of fire as firefighters race to beat back the flames of what is now the largest wildfire in the lone star state's history. the smokehouse creek is the biggest of four active wildfires ravaging the state it's already burned through more than a million acres, leaving apocalyptic scenes like this in its wake entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble. for paul blankenship, home won't ever be the same the flames took his mother, joyce. >> they had already blocked the roads off, so, i wasn't able to get in there to her. >> reporter: the colossal blaze is just 3% contained today, a surreal scene in fritch, texas freezing temperatures led to a snow flurry coating the ashes. it's a help to firefighters still extinguishing hot spots, but the weather may not stay helpful for long >> it's basically a product of low relative humidity, dry fuel conditions, and really, really high winds. >> this was my art studio. >> reporter: it's already too late for melanie. her home is gone now, she's worried about the historic hotel she manages.

hundreds of additional firefighters are helping in the battle against several wildfires in the texas panhandle. the smokehouse creek fire, the largest wildfire in the state's history, has burned more than a million acres, destroyed hundreds of structures, and killed at least two people. the fire is 15% contained. farmers and ranchers have also suffered major losses. >>> coming up, a dangerous fire near detroit. officials are warning of debris being projected into the air. >>> and a deadly plane crash. a small plane burst into flames in an emergency landing near an interstate. eadly plane crash. a plane burst into flames after crashing onto a street. rich is being able to keep your loved ones close. and also send them away. rich is living life your way. and having someone who can help you get there. the key to being rich is knowing what counts. mucinex nightshift starts working at bed time to fight your worst night-time symptoms. how could you? and leaves your system fast. by the time you wake up, you're ready to take on the day. try it and feel the difference. mucinex nightshift, it's comeback

this morning, the texas panhandle now a charred landscape. the scope of devastation captured from the air showing the sprawling terrain turned into scorched earth. >> it is everywhere you go. >> reporter: the city of stennett, texas, unrecognizable. the smoke house fire that ignited on monday burned more than 1 million acres and becoming the largest fire in texas history. crews coming in from out of state to help. with warmer temperatures and high winds expected to move in, fears are mounting that hot spots could light up the terrain. >> everyone must remain vigilant. winds will pick back up. the right elements for a fire will be around. >> reporter: officials say fires across the state are responsible for at least two death and destroying as many as 500 structures. in canadian, texas, jim lost his entire ranch. nearly 200 cows gone. >> you take care of the animals when they are sick. >> reporter: we met melody across down. >> this was a two bedroom. >> reporter: the fire spared the hotel she manages, but not her home. >> what was it like when

it's already burned through more than a million acres in the texas panhandle and crossed over into oklahoma. at least two people are dead. that fire only 3% contained. it's one of several wildfires burning in the panhandle right now. >>> russian opposition leader alexei navalny will be laid to rest in moscow later today amid tight security. the funeral will take place at a church on the outskirts of moscow. he will be buried at a cemetery nearby. his allies accuse the kremlin of blocking a separate civil ceremony, memorial service that would be happening there. navalny, a fierce critic of russian president vladimir putin, was 47 years old when he died mysteriously last month at an arctic prison colony. the kremlin denies state involvement in his death. >>> now to the fallout in gaza over the deaths of more than 100 and a sramble near a humanitarian aid trucks. israel says that many of those killed were trampled in a stampede for food, and that its troops only fired when they felt endangered by the crowd. imtiaz tyab reports from israel, and want to warn you some of this video might be tough

. >>> tonight, two very big fires burning in the texas panhandle have merged into a million acre mega-blaze that's killed at least two people. the death toll could grow. while containment is only 3% tonight, lower temperatures and even maybe some snow are starting to help them out. >>> when a tesla driver was speeding the wrong day down a utah highway, a cop put his own life on the line to stop it. the officer says he did it to prevent the tesla from causing an even bigger crash. he has since been released from the hospital, and the tesla driver wasn't hurt, but was arrested on suspicious of driving under the influence. >>> back in the bay area, police say a man who stole almost 60 bottles of booze did a bad job of hiding the evidence. when they pulled him over last week, he had 14 bottles in his backpack alone, another 44 strewn about in the back of his car. it was enough to line this entire bus bench and stock a full bar. police believe it came from multiple stores. >>> a lot of people think being a journalist is a glamorous life. i assure you not really. especially when you draw the shor

impact steve patterson, nbc news, truckee, california >> reporter: i'm morgan chesky in a scorched texas panhandle where heartbreak stretches beyond the burn scars. >> we had to watch from three miles away as our neighborhood burned it was pretty awful. >> reporter: for a closer look, we joined rancher jason abraham flying over hard-hit canadian >> i know the people that live there, and i knew the people that lived there before these people lived there. >> reporter: the town of 2,000 now facing a recovery that could take years >> there's nothing you can do with a fire like this. >> i can't believe we didn't kill a whole bunch of people. >> reporter: authorities say the fires are responsible for two deaths and destroyed at least 400 buildings. >> that we face enormous potential fire dangers as we head into this weekend. no one can let down, let down their guard. >> reporter: as tuesday's inferno moved in, steve raider captured this video determined to save his home today he returned to a total loss >> what finally made you decide to get out of here? >> i was going to di if i didn't walk away. >> yo

so many here in the texas panhandle and here in canadian texas, the flames may be out for now. but that smoke marks so much loss for so many here. this home reduced to rubble in just a few minutes as a result of this historic blaze. higher temperatures and winds expected back today as officials stress to everyone that this fire fight is far from over. this morning, a fiery nightmare sweeping through texas where smoke-filled skies and flame torched prairies are re-writing history in the state's panhandle. the smoke house creek fire swelling to more than a million acres, stretching from new york to philadelphia. from above, the devastation even more jarring. many homes now smoldering piles of rubble. and huge swaths of farmland left charred and blackened. smoke house creek, the biggest of four fires in the panhandle where many just had minutes to evacuate. >> people didn't really have time to grab anything. >> no, they didn't have anything. people lost everything. >> reporter: paul blankenship now facing unthinkable loss. his mother joyce killed after flames swelled her home. >>

and then even into sunday, we have red flag warnings in effect for 13 million people from the texas panhandle where camila just was into the oklahoma panhandle, even stretching into western kansas and nebraska. another so a red flag warnings in iowa and missouri. here's a look at those fires more than 1 million acres burn in parts of northern texas would only 15% containment. you could see the burn scars from satellite that's how large the area is. the satellites are up in space. and we can see the burn scars on the ground. so the ground is very dry and scorched the air is very dry. look at the relative humidity values through tonight and into tomorrow, really only about ten to 15%, 20% top. so the air is very dry, then you have the winds that are kicking because of the storm that's bringing blizzard conditions to california. you're looking at gusts upwards 30, 35, even up to 40 miles per hour from alice we'll kirche to amarillo and then headed up into the central plains. so that's going to leave us with a critical fire weather outlook for today and tomorrow in the areas that have already had

out even further since the largest wildfire that broke out two weeks ago, roughly across the texas panhandle. we know that as the smokehouse creek fire, still not 100% contained just yet, so embers are still burning within that area the only conditions separating this event from two weeks ago is the wind. it is slightly lower than what we experienced a couple love weeks ago, but still prominent enough to support widespread fire growth and because of the drying out of the vegetation, this means that it is another dangerous, potentially dangerous fire weather day across the texas panhandle. this is all being fueled by a large storm system that's bringing multitude of threats including snow. in fact, we'll be measuring snowfall in feet across the foothills of the colorado rockies and into the palmar divide, denver metro and the denver international airport the potential exists for nine to 12 inches or more of snowfall that will impact travel along interstate 70, the eye 25 court order dangerous conditions really cranking up on thursday, lasting through friday. it's a multifaceted storm system t

will decide whether he failed to store the gun safely >>> more fires continue to rage in the texas panhandle, now claiming two lives the smokehouse creek fire, the largest in the state's history was only 15% contained as of yesterday. >> we're not used to the conditions having lined up like they did this week with the high winds and the low humidity for such a long event. it was all just lined up to be the perfect storm. >> burn scars from the blaze are now visible from space this satellite image shows the city of fritsch before the wildfires, and now blackened earth. authorities say the cause of the fire is under investigation. but a new lawsuit alleges xcel energy, a utility company, is to blame for the smokehouse fire. according to the suit, a wooden p pole that wasn't properly inspected snapped off at the base, causing the power lines to hit the ground and ignite a fire xcel says they are cooperating with the ongoing investigation >>> now to steve patterson who has details on a different type of disaster. the snowstorm that pummeled the sierra nevada. >> reporter: an entire region diggin

this rain and snow and then you have these catastrophic wildfires that are ripping across the texas panhandle right now at least 2 people have been killed. homes are in many have been destroyed already by this massive fire at biggest fire in the history of texas, which is hard to believe at least 3, a different wildfires are burning across the state. officials are reporting that there unfortunately is no end in sight. many are fearing things could get worse this weekend with ferocious winds are forecasted to return to the area. the humidity levels are super low and the conditions are just right for this fire to rage. >> other news tonight, the cdc changed some guidelines when it comes to covid-19 and how to handle it. they're saying we can handle similar to the flu. dan kerman reports. >> the centers for disease control says those who test positive for covid-19 no longer have to isolate for 5 days. they say if you test positive, but your symptoms are mild in improving and you're fever-free for 24 hours. you can return to work or school, but some things are changing and what's not changing is

down to the texas panhandle, where they had that massive texas fire, the biggest in history there. red flag warnings are up tomorrow. and we likely see critical fire danger through much of the east. here in the east, could be on the dangerous side. david? >> david: rob, thank you. >>> we turn now to that horrific crash. there is news coming in tonight of an awful crash, a collision between a school bus and a tractor trailer. both vehicles erupting into flames. both drivers were killed, along with three children on that bus. abc's alex presha tonight with what authorities have just now revealed. >> reporter: tonight, a horrific crash scene along this illinois highway, after a semitruck collided with a school bus, killing five people, including all three preschool-aged children onboard. >> route 24, school bus/semi accident. at least one vehicle on fire. >> reporter: it happened 60 miles west of springfield. police say just after 11:30 this morning, the bus crossed the line into oncoming traffic and then into the path of that truck hauling sand. >> the bus was traveling west on route