05/20/16 05/20/16 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from toronto, canada, this is democracy now! >> more than a century ago, a great injustice took place. on may 23, 1914, a steamship vancouver. on board were 376 passengers of sikh, muslim, and hindu origin. those passengers chose canada. when they arrived here, they were rejected. -- a century ago, canadian prime minister justin trudeau apologizes for canada's history of discriminating against south asians in what is known as the komagata maru incident. a century ago, the premier of this a white man's country." we will speak to filmmaker ali kazimi. then we look at the recent 15 day occupation of a canadian office overseeing indigenous affairs office here in toronto. comes together to tell you, in your face, you have got to respect this. we're humans. every single one of us are humans. private property on stolen land. amy: it was led by black lives members -- black lives matter members in toronto. addressing youth suicides and first nation committed these. we will look at how the movements are working together her

all just be okay with it. canada used to be america's dorky friend who wore beaver hats and always asked do you want to hang oot. but during the 8 decades since this election has been going on, canada got [bleep] hot. and now america a theirsy, especially because if honey glazed hot wing shrek donald trump gets elected, clean water becomes our new currency. now canada is opening their borders and legs to entice us with a new dating site called maple match. yeah. get your maple leaf together and just go to town. >> yeah. >> take it easy, eh. >> chris: for americans who want to avoid trump years and they said they want to go mount the mounties, this website is for you, maple match makes it easy for americans to find the ideal american partner to save them from the horror of a trump presidency it says right here on their site. so comedians, we have been practicing all show, what the canadian pickup line you would use on maple match, yes, jay. >> you like hockey because i want to put my biscuit in your basket, eh? >> chris: why are you looking at high, jon. >> pretty big response there

hasan minhaj reports on the first of a two or part series. >> canada, from their awful beer to their god-awful canadian tuxedos, they've got a lot to apologize for. but now they have a new reason to say sorry and it's coming to destroy america -- (in canadian accent). talking about syrian refugees. >> thousands of syrian refugees entering canada will sneak across the bored and some be i.s.i.s. supporters. >> there is little we can do to prevent refugees from permeating our border and coming in. it's very, very, very scary. >> very, very, very scary. canada's prime minister justin trudeau allowed 25,000 of these potential terrorists into canada and they're going to transform canada from this to this. winter is coming! it's up to me to stop it. luckily, i had allies across the border. these canuts crr doing something about the invasion and more pissed off than any canadians i had ever seen. >> people are really upset. good. we're demanding the immigration minister bring in more refugees and do it quickly. >> you want more refugees? absolutely. we have thousands of people across t

♪ >> the wildfire ripping through canada's oil fields. about a million barrels of production in danger. one of opec's most venerable aside as saudied arabia looks to different future. china's export is rising. global demand for goods holds up. is 8:00 in dubai. in london. this is bloomberg markets middle east. a couple of major stories are going to drive the markets. the oil minister in saudi arabia stepping aside. in the fire in alberta. the oil volatility during his time at the tops he didn't live through two dollar oil. this is the kind of twenty-year tenure that the next man can actually look forward to. issue is about continuity and we will bring in our managing editor. what happens in opec. check in on the time of day. a little bit of stability. exports rising ever so slightly. what is the drivers of going to drive the campaign. breaking news from afp what will happen with oil. let's get into the market is. the market closes wednesday night. dubay was down by 4/10 of 1%. the aex was up by 1%. thee seeing more discussion dollar was up over 1%. in the united states we have a

oil is on the rise. expanding wildfires in canada knock out one million barrels a day of output. saudi shakeup. the kingdom replaces ali al-naimi with khaled al-falih as its new oil minister. he promises to keep pumping in a bid to break the -- and channeling churchill. david cameron speaks of memories of the wartime leader as he presses the case of keeping britain within the eu. a warm welcome to "countdown." i'm anna edwards in london. .anus: i'm manus cranny and by i suppose there is only one thing from rock -- my region to your chart. anna: let's talk about what's happening with the oil price. how this has rallied since february, wti oil rallying more than 70% from the almost 13-year low reached in february, rallying now, really based around the canadian fires, the fires raging and although to -- alberta. there are other factors at play. we have seen a big shakeup at the top of the saudi oil administration. is something that anyone involved in the oil industry needs to be aware of as well. manus: it does indeed. that whole conviction trade about what happens with ali willimi

war hawk party, they really wanted canada. they saw canada as an adjunct of the united states. they sell it for a couple of reasons. a lot of french people. the french ruled canada or a good portion of it up until the end of the seven years war when england defeated france and took over all of canada. at that time it was called upper canada, montreal, quebec city. the thought was the french will rally to us because we are good friends. if we can spark a war with the bricks, we will go after canada and that exactly what happened. james madison declared war, the regular army deployed. a couple of horrific losses in the west to start the war. everyone else can of massed up on the canadian border. we called out the militia. the new york militia showed up in beautiful blue hunting frocks which had frills along the shoulders and sleeves. they were trimmed in red. every militiamen had his musket and bayonet. many had rifles. there were two full battalions of new york rifleman. they got to the st. lawrence river and said no thanks. [laughter] they would not cross. new england refused to fig

administration that when the president meets with the presidents of canada and mexico that he raise fentanyl to the highest level with them and is thehem know that that threat to our country, and the same thing is true in any communications with the chinese government. it has to be at the highest level. >> it is an important issue in the northeast in the country, and we will welcome our next panel. we keep the record open for a few days. if you receive any questions and writing, if you could respond as quickly as possible so we can close the record, but we thank you both for being here. l reintroduced the members of our second panel. whichjacobs of florida, will be the site of the pro bowl . maybe you can give us an update on that. mr. stephen dudley, codirector of insight crime. mayor, if you're ready for your testimony, we look forward to hearing you as well. thank you for being here. you chairman rubio and for calling this very important hearing and allowing me to share a local perspective. the conversation has been informative for me and everyone here. a little background on orange to th

let's check oil, $44.27 down 0.1%. nicole: the raging fire in canada burning an area the size of new york city as canadian officials begin airlifting people to safety. lauren: the shares rocket after charlie gasparino reported the government is close to ending its investigation. nicole: a triple overtime thriller in the hockey playoffs, the game ended a few hours ago. find out who came out on top at the kentucky derby. we have the odds on favorite to win. nicole: it is 5:01 am, friday, may 6th. your first look at what is moving into the markets, the latest breaking news, what to expect for the day ahead. >> paul ryan is not ready to support donald from. >> not ready to do that at this point. i hope to. what is required is we unify the party. the bulk of the burden on unifying the party comes from our presumptive nominee. nicole: republican national committee chairman rights priebus has a meeting with paul ryan. >> donald trump and paul ryan our meeting next week to talk about these things, people are not going to be instantly onboard. everyone has a little bit of to going to come tog

been at its peak-- at its peak-- a 1,150% spike in americans goog ling, "how i can move to canada?" yes, this is a real thing which i'm sure canadians are loving. i bet they're like, sure, we're all slippery hosers until you run into trouble, 'eh? what's that about?" and you realize you can't just move to canada. canada actually has requirements to immigrate. they want people with ph.d.es or people who are business owners or people who are stanley cups. you can't just move to canada. look, if you're really trying to escape a mad man i'm not sure moving to canada gives you enough distance from a trump presidency. like if jeffrey dahmer was your roommate, moving next door wouldn't be much better. we escaped. what's going on over there? what's he cooking? smells good. >> audience: oooh! >> trevor: look the notion of escaping a trump-pock lisp by leaving america is dumb because many of the forces that gave rise to donald trump is being felt all over the world. immigration pressures, terrorism, a struggling middle class. these are all the indgreetients necessary fair trump outbreak, an

lot including what continues to go on in canada with the fire that was threatening the oil sands, it seems to be a little more under control. we did see oil hire earlier and then it took a leg downward just before 8:00 a.m.. that is now under $45 per barrel. given support to stocks and then it melts it away. you look at some of the oil producers, the biggest oil companies and not just producers but services companies, you are seeing a slump in the various stocks. that is a push downward. also gettingrkets some help from what we saw were losers last week. quite apple is one of them. over the past few weeks, we have seen apple selloff in a decided fashion. it is bouncing a little bit this morning up .5%. analysts say stocks oversold after the slump we have seen, and amounting to just 13%. it happened over a couple of weeks. gotrgan was a stock that beaten up last weekend is coming back today. i mentioned health care was doing well, getting swept up in that. it reports earnings tomorrow. the ceo in the financial times is defending allergan, including its half them and after the sales de

: officials in canada said they may have reached a turning point that threatens oil production. lauren: in nba playoff cleveland cavaliers advance in finals and thunder even series with san antonio spurs. nicole: it's 5:01 a.m. we welcome you to fbn:am, welcome to fbn:am, first look at morning markets, breaking news and what to expect for the day ahead. lauren: donald trump walking back his tax plan. the wealthiest individuals would get a tax break. trump says it's going to be a different plan by the time it gets negotiated. >> i came up with the biggest tax cut by far of any kind today and i put it in, but that doesn't mean that's what we are going to get. we have to negotiate. the thing i'm going to do is make sure the middle class gets good tax breaks because they have been absolutely shun. i'm going to fight for business, for the wealthy, i think frankly it's going to go up and it should go up. lauren: open to increase minimum wage throughout the primaries he had been against raises it. we can hear from trump himself this morning on fox business network. he will be with mornings wi

moving to canada. i love canada. >> dishing the donald, they are joining a growing list of celebrities who will move to another country if trump is elected president as is expected, the donald had the response. >> has no mojo. >> we have a list of celebrities. >>. >> i love it. well, now i have to get elected. now i have to get elected because i'll do a great service to the country. >> i know another thing, he's good friends with whoopi goldberg, and maybe you can implore her to move to canada if trump is president. >> just my advice to the actors who threaten that, don't miss -- the country's one thing, the candidate, even the presidency is another. the country is the country. you love the country. the candidate will be fine once it he or she becomes president. the nation will be just fine. don't threaten to leave because people will say they will pay your ticket. >> exactly. >> they need to stick to entertaining. stay out of politics. it's not worth it. you got to get a kick out of trump for saying, hey, i got to get elected now because we have to move whoopi out. this ma

. >> they will not nominate donald trump. i'll have to go to canada. >> reporter: his next challenge transforming from a brawler to a coalition builder, bringing the fractured gop together. >> i'm confident i can unite much of it. but honestly, there are some people i really don't want. >> donald trump has the biggest upside and the biggest downside of any candidate i've ever seen. you don't know which one will dominate. but his track record so far is pretty astonishing. >> reporter: trump igniting a firestorm on social media. many republicans burning their party i.d. cards. conservatives today facing an existential crisis. >> we have to decide now, are we going to move forward and do all we can to help donald trump, or are we going to recognize that without that, we'll have a democrat president? >> reporter: many expressing concerns about trump. >> some of the things he said about women, and about muslims, and about religious freedom, i just can't support. >> reporter: trump's success going forward likely dependent on his ability to dial back the harsh rhetoric. trump, the front-run

canada, tens of thousands fleeing as the wildfire burns out of control. >>> plus the powerball jackpot to $500 million, star wars day in their own special day. "early today" starts now. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt. donald trump is now the presumptive nominee for president, after ohio governor, john kasich, officially suspended his presidential campaign. >> i have always said that the lord has a purpose for me, as he has for everyone. and as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith that the lord will show me the way forward. >> while there were some republican voters burning their registration cards in protest of trump's ascension, establishment spent the day by his side. john mccain, rob portman, susan collins, hailey barber, offering support to the presumptive nominee. however, two former presidents will sit out on the sidelines. former presidents bush 41 and 43, both republicans, say they will not participate in the upcoming election. since the first time since his own presidency, george h.w. bush will stay silent in the oval office. donal

here are watching and learning from that fire in canada. >>> also, get ready, your pg&e bill will soon be going up significantly. >>> plus, not worth the risk. the zika virus provides a change-up for major league baseball. >>> and good afternoon, i'm meteorologist, we'll have what this means. san francisco's city attorney is revealing details of a new lawsuit against the nation's largest "for-profit" art school. >>> san francisco city attorney is revealing details of a new lawsuit against the nation's largest for profit art school. dennis har remember ra claims the academy of art has illegally converted 23 apartment and hotel buildings into student housing taking away hundreds of potential affordable housing units in the city. that's why the city is now suing the school. san francisco wants the academy of art to pay potentially tens of millions of dollars in penalties and restore the buildings back to residential use. attorneys for the school say only seven buildings are in dispute and they say the school didn't apply for stozoning chan because it was dealing with a spike in enrol

nominee for president. >>> a mass exodus from a catastrophic fire in canada. tens of thousands are fleeing as the wildfire burns out of control. >>> plus, the powerball jackpot rose to half a billion dollars and the obamas celebrate "star wars" day in their open special way. good morning. thanks for joining us today. i'm betty nguyen. donald trump is now the presumptive nominee for president after john kasich officially suspended his campaign. >> i always said that the lord has a purpose for me as he has for everyone. as i suspend my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith, that the lord will show me the way forward. >> while there were some republican voters literally burning the registration cards in protest of trump's ascension, the establishment joined trump's side. mitch mcconnell, john mccain, susan collins, haley barbour and mike huckabee and others all offered support to the presumptive nominee. however, two former presidents will sit on the sidelines. former presidents bush 41 and 43 will not participate. a spokesman for the elder bush said, quote, for first tim

, donald trump is the republican nominee for president. >>> tens of thousands in canada are fleeing as a wildfire burns out of control. the powerball jackpot grows to nearly $500,000. and president obama celebrates "star wars" day in his own special way. good morning, everybody. i'm betty nguyen. >>> donald trump is president. after john kasich suspended his presidential campaign. >> i have always said that the lord has a purpose for me, as he has for everyone, and as i spin my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith that the lord will show me the way forward. >> well, there were some republican voters literally burning the registration cards in protests of trump's nomination. the following and others all offered support to the presu presumptive nominee. two will sit on the sidelines. president bush 41 and 43 say they will not participate in the upcoming election. elder bush tells nbc news, for the first timece presidenc presidency, george h.w. bush is planning to stay silent. >>> as you try to appeal to the entire country, do you stand by them? do you stand, for example,

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biggest challenge comes 16 years after she gave birth. >>> entire towns being evacuated in canada because of this massive wildfire. we talk to a wildfire expert that says fires this size are something we all should prepare for. >>> so with mother's day sunday, we set out to meet amazing moms in the bay. >> claudine wong talks to a mom that says her biggest challenge did not come until 16 years after her son was born. >> i am joined by an author of four books and a consultant and the mother of ryan and your story inspired the book and it is still remarkable and i wanted to share it with the viewers because it is just so much about the world of moms. tell me what happened. >> my son when he was 16, he is 25 now. he fell off a skateboard and suffered a severe traumatic brain injury. with every tragedy, there is a silver liner and the silver lining was that i got to be a mother all over again because when he awoke from his coma, he was like a baby. he couldn't speak. he couldn't walk. he couldn't swallow and so instead of approaching him the way i always had which was like the super f

. whether you are in europe, united states or canada or japan, really competent forecasters are using all those models. r forecasts are not popularity contests. it is actually a scientific judgment about the strength and weaknesses of each of them that lead them to give you their forecast guidance. >> i would like to thank you for joining us today. if you have follow-up questions, you can e-mail a set in ws. pa at noaa.gov or find us in the >> madam secretary, we probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. >> now a discussion on what has been affecting americans ability to move up the economic ladder. from washington journal, this is under one hour. host: frank buckley, what is the premise of your book, "the way back: restoring the promise of america"? book, "the way back: restoring the promise of america"? guest: we have changed as a country. we were the country of that, wherever you came from, you had the chance to rise. now it seems that is broken. now we are not that country. , theu look at the numbers way a lot of people cut them, that count

losses in canada and nigeria. the energy consultant phil verleger joins us. we talk about supply disruptions in canada and nigeria, they grabbed all the headlines, but it goes further than that, doesn't it? canada is new, nigeria's new, but -- venezuela is in it, as well. 1.8 or 1.7. it looks like we have drawn inventory globally. the industry is behaving that way. prices will keep going up as long as we keep drawing inventories. they won't go far because inventories are so high. we have about 500 million is fiveof oil, and that or six days of global consumption, which will take a year or two. if we keep cutting production, just like a drought affects the tornadoesorn, or affect crops, energy is just the new corn. if you think of it that way, it becomes less interesting. joe: you mentioned venezuela and production numbers there are probably lower than people think. it seems the day after day you hear more stories about that economy going into disarray. are you concerned that supply is going to drop even further? philip: i think it will drop a lot further. i put this on my website

. >> more than 80,000 people have left fortmc murray, fire in canada, telling you about the past couple of days, has torched 6100 homes and other builds, what people in our area are doing to help. >> we'll there and help them. for the mcmurray. >> traveling to canada to help with the raging wild fire, those volunteers will leave from philadelphia around 9:30 this morning, and they're going to the massive wild fire in albert, a canada, now destroyed more than 2,000 homes and buildings, more than 80,000 people have had to get out of the area. fire officials still expect it to be months before that fire is actually out. >> that town is basically gone. it is called fort mcmurray, and there is no one left in there. 90,000 people, close to 90,000 people used to live there. they're all gone. >> can you imagine everyone coming back at once and trying to rebuild? >> it will take years. look at that. well, thank goodness our people, people from our area, good enough to go. people in kentucky, more tornados last night. it was kentucky's at the turn yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening. >> so

with canada. lee cowen found one little slice of america that is completely inside our northern neighbor. the sound of distant deer hunters is about all you will hear along this remote tree-lined corridor. a stretch of the longest land border between two countries. on one side, canada. on the other, the u.s. but this lonely spot is also the gateway to an american geographic oddity. minnesota's northwest angle. on a map, it looks as if some one put a substantial part of minnesota in canada. by mistake. in fact, it was a mistake. made in 1783 during the treaty of paris. the border drawn between the u.s. and britain was suppose to cut through lake of the woods at a northwest angle. hence the name. problem was the map the founding fathers use of lake of the woods was completely wrong. the lake actually looks like this. they were way off. but that weird boundary bump stuck. ever since, the angle as locals like to call it has remained an outlier. there is no fence. no guard. no official looking anything. no official look anything, until you come upon this shed, called jim's corner. it

>>> good morning. crude climbs. prices rising on a raging wildfire from canada's oil sands and a cabinet reshuffle in saudi arabia. >>> market alert. chinese stocks dropping on weaker than expected trade data. should investors be worried about the economy all over again there? >>> and the race for the white house, why donald trump says he's open to raising taxes on the rich. it's monday, may 9, 2016. "wor "worldwide exchange" begins right now. ♪ >>> good morning. happy monday. welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen. >> was that song slightly sped up? this is a remix. >> it's all your energy. >> we better be suped up on what the markets are doing. the futures are pointing to a positive open. we are not seeing quite as many gains in europe but still gains nuns. the d nonetheless. we saw about 80 points higher about half an hour ago. the s&p called higher by 6 points. the nasdaq by 16. the dow and s&p made it two consecutive weeks of losses, albeit small ones last week. the nasdaq and the tech sector suffering a little bit more. the ten-year note on the jobs note

aquatic invertebrate life on which these birds depend. >> in canada, where neonicotinoids are widely used on crops, dr. christy morrissey is also finding high levels of wetland contamination. she focuses her research in canada's breadbasket, the prairie pothole region of saskatchewan, where agricultural land is laced with potholes, small temporary ponds fed by snowmelt and rain. >> in 2013 we found up to 90% of the ponds that we sampled in spring, even before the farmers were out seeding, had detectable levels of neonics in them. but our peak concentrations occurred after seeding, not surprising, particularly after rainfall events, at levels that were, you know, upwards of, uh, 3 parts per billion, which is well known to affect aquatic insects. >> with over 40% of the cropland in canada's prairies treated with neonicotinoids, the impact on aquatic insects and the animimals ththat rely on them r food could be significant. dr. morrissesey's study y is the first to look into this issue in canada. >> we have a field study that's trying to understand how neonicotinoids potentially get int

. >>> to canada where the raging wildfire is driving one of the largest evacuations in north american history. more than 80,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in the heart of canada's oil fields and thousands more are today if conditions are safe enough. the fires have burned an area larger than new york city. at this point officials say the only thing that will stop this fire is rain. air tankers just aren't doing the job. >> dramatic scenes there in alberta, canada. >>> dramatic scenes south of the border. to another huge fire at a houston warehouse this morning. it is finally out. the video shot by drones shows the thick black smoke and flames shooting dozens of feet into the air. but now officials say pesticides and other hazardous chemicals got into the water supply nearby and they're warning residents to stay away. here's abc's matt gutman. >> holy moly. >> reporter: that towering firestorm at this warehouse complex near houston -- >> there's another one. >> reporter: starting as a house fire. 20 minutes later the four-alarm fire exploding setting off this chain re

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. first up, we are looking at that rather worrying situation in alberta, canada, those wildfires continuing to rage, and the fallout for the oil industry. that wildfire has grown in size in the past 24 hours or so. it's having an impact on oil markets. this as the fire is ranging -- raging new the heart of alberta's oilsands industry. although oil facilities are not directly in the path of the fire, several firms have curbed their production. delano d'souza has more details. canada's leading experts is at stake. forced evacuations have led to the shutdown of nearly 800,000 barrels of crude production at major energy producers, including royal dutch shell. the province of alberta plays a vital role in the canadian economy. it is in the city of fort mcmurray where nearly half of the barrels of oil produced in the country come from. canada ranks fifth in the world in terms of oil production, and oilsands where fort mcmurray sets have been dubbed the country's greatest buried treasure. oil sand is a naturally occurring petrochemical. it can be transformed into other petroleum product

to genocide. as the supreme court of canada ase in thea major c matter of upholding the constitutionality of our anti-hate legislation. the court said that the holocaust did not begin in the gas chambers, it began with words. judgment, where a rwandan had come to canada in 1992 and sought refugee status in canada. day, the courthe ordered his extradition back to rwanda. he had said, how can i, on the grounds of incitement to genocide? his argument was, i came to canada in 1992, i was seeking refugee status. the genocide in rwanda did not begin until 1994. how can you convict me? the court held that the very incitement of genocide constitutes the crime under international law. whether or not acts of genocide follow. view,ortant, and in my compelling precedent, in terms of combating state sanctions. i might mention, because i think it is important to do so, that we are on the eve of the 22nd anniversary of the rwandan genocide, that began on april 7 in 1994. i say this because what makes the genocide in rwanda so unspeakable is, not only the horror of the genocide itself,

the massive wildfire that's engulfing canada's oil-rich province of alberta, disrupting production and sending ripples through the global energy markets. oil companies are evacuating workers, shutting plants or reducing production. the disruption sent oil prices higher initially, above $46 a barrel. but when reports came in that some production may be returning, the gains were paired, settling up 1 with respect to just above $44. dierdre bosa is in wood buffalo, alberta, with more on the blaze, the thousands displaced, and the damage it's done. >> reporter: clogged highways. an overwhelmed airport. and an entire city evacuated. this is ft. mcmurray, the heart of canada's oil fans. and it's on fire. as of this morning a total of 49 wildfires raged in alberta over more than 300 square miles. >> our thoughts are turning to our friends in alberta. obviously ft. mcmurray being evacuated has been extremely difficult, not just for the province and officials but for the folks who live there. >> reporter: strong, shifting winds are making it difficult to control the the blaze and its widening e

jose, devin fehely, kpix5. >>> coolerwet sir helping firefighters in canada get a handle on a massive fire there. it has been burning nearly a week and scorched 400,000 acres. the fire was expected to double in size over the weekend and reach the saskatchewan border but the winds change. the temperatures cooled and it is giveing the canadians hope. the area around fort mcmurray has been evacuated. it is the most destructive fire canada has seen in recent memory. >>> and the same storm system that caused storms in california has whipped up a dozen tornadoes in colorado. this one a half mile wide. it tore up about ten miles. at least five people were hurt when trailers were tipped over and electric lines came down. >>> the clock is ticking for north carolina leader to reverse the state's controversial bathroom law. it requires transgender people to use bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificate. the u.s. justice department says it is a civil rights violation and if the state and the university of north carolina don't lift it by tomorrow, attorneys will take legal ac

. >>> new video tonight of a man sprinting to his car and flooring it out of fort macmurray, canada, as wildfires approached his neighborhood. it is one of many white knuckled alberta. they are describing it as hell on earth. 1600 homes have been torched here. it's the largest wildfire in canada history. wow, those are dramatic pictures. >> extremely warm during the winter. they have been extremely dry. they have seen temperatures near 90. we haven't seen that here. >> in alberta. >> they have been here 90 degrees. you can see what is happening. the same system bringing them warm air is bringing us the cold air from canada. this time of the year it is koold cool air but if was two months ago it would be 40s today around 60 the northeasterly wind, that northeast wind, that's the thing that keeps the cool air in and keeps the clouds in and showers and drizzle, as well. temperature-wise in the low to mid-50s everywhere, that's not going to change a lot o. a few showers an town. to the best west, front royal area, this is an area where we see heavy rain and where we have seen it off and on

forced to run from their homes as a raging wildfire sweeps across fort mcmurray in alberta, canada. look at this time lapse video of the fire which has already burned 250,000 acres so far. canadian officials are warning it could double in size by the end of today. we are following the story from new york and have the latest. >> for some perspective, at 390 square miles, this wildfire is 17 times the size of manhattan, new york city, six times the size of washington, d.c. and what canadian officials are calling a national emergency. this is happening in alberta, canada. the wildfire engulfing and surrounding the city of fort mcmurray in northwest -- the northwestern part of the country. it's an area with the third largest oil reserves in the world. it started on tuesday and since then, some 80,000 people have been forced to evacuate, but now officials are reevacuating some 25,000 residents who fled to oil industry worker camps north of the city in convoys and by helicopter. high winds have shifted this fire unexpectedly and firefighters have been fighting all week, some in 48-hour s

devastation in western canada could burn for months. what's fueling it coming up. >>> people walking around without an umbrella on the delaware river front. showers are moving through this morning, but the steady soaking is gone. that is good news and it is going to be a breezy and brighter day for mother's day. >>> i posted a picture on facebook yesterday, the sun peeking out of the clouds. i was so happy to see them. >> reporter: whoever thought sunshine would be breaking weather news. >>> we need it. >> reporter: it's been 11 straight days days of cloud cover. we have not seen the sun. that will change today after a couple of morning showers and brief downpours, especially north and west. the sun will shine brightly this afternoon it will be a spectacular finish to the weekend stay patient, we have an hour or two to go and the skies will brighten up. up in the lehigh valley we're seeing downpours. we'll zoom into upper bucks and montgomery county this is lehigh and north hampton county east of allentown along interstate 78. heavy showers and downpours, take it slow it is marching