summit wasch of this dominated by ukraine, a country not in the nato alliance. much of the talk around a potential new round of sanctions. where do we stand on this sanctions? are they now on ice because of the cease-fire? >> the leaders appear to want to push forward. we heard this from president obama and president hollande and angela merkel that president putin, in their minds, has already earned these sanctions. the only reason we have this cease-fire we have now is because of the sanctions. they feel the sanctions should go forward. they were supposed to get the sanctions this evening. maybe we will get them over the weekend. is, theseon really appear to be sanctions like the ones we've already had. restricting russian companies access to european capital markets are much in the same way we have seen it in the united states. if this now three-hour cease-fire sticks, we could see the sanctions frozen. president obama is putting out, this will be a long process to get to actual piece. -- to actual peace. >> thank you so much. an airport official says to -- wh

an el nino watch wasch, implemented. the warming of the pacific does have a wide sweeping impact on weather. and america tonight's sees some of that underway, out west. coming over the hill. >> while a heat wave gripped southern california, thousands in northern california gold country are braves the intense heat. othernight the fire exploded the angry are blade has now blackened more than 70,000 acres. this shot taken of the smoke filled sky puts in perspective how massive it is. and thousands have been forced from they homes. >> you need to get out of there, and get out of there now, and we had like three minutes. >> i just knew i had to go. >> more than 3300 firefighters are on the front lines battling the place from the ground and air. it is just one burning throughout the state in texas. the ream innocence of tropical storm, in texas possibly hardest hit, downpours of up to six inches of rain in a matter of hours turn roads into rivers. the situation expected to only get worse. >> we are not out of thed woos here. w