12 Million Acres Burned Across U.S.
COSTELLO: I want to take you right out to the streets of New York City. In the middle of that crowd of reporters is Donald Trump. You see his hair there? Yes. His head sticking out there. Yes. He reported to jury duty, and as you can see, most of the crowd consists of media, but there are some people just taking pictures. And you can see the -- see the young woman in the striped shirt, she's very happy, she got a picture of Donald Trump. In a moment, he will walk to the top of the stairs to this courthouse and he will turn and waive like a true politician. He said on Friday that he thought the summons to serve on a jury would be kind of fun, although he has missed five summonses in the past. He was actually fined $250. But as you can see he did indeed show up for this summon. There he is walking to the top of the stairs. And I'll just let you enjoy the pictures for a moment. All right. So he's going to turn, he's going to wave to the crowd like the true politician that he is becoming.</s>COSTELLO: And then he will go to join 700 other people who also have been summoned to jury duty. We'll keep you posted. In other news, we're keeping a close eye on a story unfolding in Thailand. A CNN crew in central Bangkok is reporting that bomb squads are on the scene of an explosion and actively working to diffuse a bomb. According to various media reports at least a dozen people are already confirmed dead, many more are wounded. It is not clear who is behind the blast but witnesses say the blast appeared to target a shrine that is often visited by tourists. CNN is working to nail down the newest details. Of course we'll bring you any new developments as they come to us. Fast-moving wild fires across a dozen states have now blackened more than one million acres. And it's getting worse by the minute. Triple digits heat and severe drought make this fire season one of the worst in years. The situation so dire that 4,000 California prison inmates have been enlisted to fight the flames. Even Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are sending firefighters. Chad Myers is covering this for us this morning. Hi, Chad.</s>CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hi, Carol. And behind me is the rain expected over the next 120 hours. Not a drop where we need it. Sure, there will be rain in the plains but not where it's -- not where the fires are. The fires here, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and there's going to be a little bit of wind in Wyoming today as next storm system rolls on by. This is a serious situation. And if you go back all the way to the beginning of the year, there has been 10,000 square miles burned across the United States. That is larger than the state of New Jersey. That is larger than the state of Vermont or New Hampshire all bigger. That has much -- how much land has burned out there to the west. So, here is the real problem, the problem is that it has been drought. There has been drought for so long from Seattle to Missoula, to Central California. I know we focus a lot on California and how much drought there is there but it has been dry all across. Exceptional drought across the areas here from California through Arizona and even into parts of Nevada. Look at Death Valley today. It will get to 120 degrees. I know, it's Death Valley and it's not humid but that's not the heat index. That's the real temperature, 115 in Blithe. It was 117 in Phoenix on Friday. It will be 111 today. The problem is it's not cooling down at night. Temperatures are very, very warm. So, even Salt Lake City at 91, Las Vegas 111 degrees. You want to go outside? You walk down the strip in Las Vegas it's going to just -- it will be stifling there. Palm Springs 114. Carol, remember the temperatures you always see are in the shade. If you are standing in the sun or on asphalt, those temperatures will be warmer than that -- Carol.</s>COSTELLO: All right. Just awful. Chad Myers reporting live for us this morning -- thanks so much.</s>MYERS: You're welcome.</s>COSTELLO: Still to come in</s>THE NEWSROOM: Donald Trump gives us new details about the immigration plan. A border wall? Deporting 11 million people? Hmm, that's just the beginning.