[Sciutto:] The death toll still rising from the wildfires burning across California. Now at least 58 people are dead and more than 300 still missing.
[Harlow:] Fifty-six of the victims have died in the Camp Fire. That is the fire raging in northern California that's been burning for a week now. Crews face the very challenging search for victims, for remains and the effort to try to identify the bodies. Let's go to Scott McLean. He joins us in Paradise, California. And, Scott, every time I say that, it just sends chills up my spine because, you know, look what has happened to Paradise. What can you tell us this morning?
[Scott Mclean, Cnn Correspondent:] Yes, Jim and Poppy. And let's not forget that there is a wildfire that is still burning and only 35 percent contained. And that number hasn't changed since Tuesday. The focus here, though, rightly so, is on the death toll. It is now up to 56 people. And perhaps more concerning, there is a list of 300 names that the sheriff's office has compiled of those people who have not been accounted for. Now the hope is that most of those people will be found safe and sound in one way or another. But obviously the death toll is almost certain to rise despite that. Authorities, literally hundreds of them, are going through, combing through the twisted metal and the ash and debris to try to find any human remains they can. It is painstaking and very slow work. It could take several weeks. And some bodies may not be found at all. And because this fire came through here and burned so hot, well, authorities are having difficulty even identifying whether the remains are human. Listen.
[Sgt. Steve Collins, Butte County Sheriff's Investigations:] We're trying to determine the difference between human remains and non-human remains. Because it can be extremely difficult in these fires to make that differentiation for those of us that are untrained.
[Mclean:] And so the sheriff's office is asking any family that has family members who are missing to go and get their DNA swab taken at the sheriff's office in Orville. And one more thing to mention, Jim and Poppy, and that's that lawyers for 22 people who had their homes destroyed in this fire have filed a lawsuit against the local power company, Pacific Gas and Electric. Now the fire was sparked near transmission lines that they had been working on just 15 minutes earlier. The official cause hasn't been determined, but that company says that if it is indeed to blame, well, it doesn't have enough insurance to actually cover or pay for the damage that this fire has caused, which is estimated at around $7 billion.
[Harlow:] Wow.
[Sciutto:] Yes, it wouldn't be the first fire caused by transmission lines. Scott McLean, thanks for staying on top of the story for us there. Just hours away from a ruling in CNN's federal lawsuit against President Trump and several top White House aides. We're going to get new insight, next.