Los Angeles: Five people are dead and thousands have fled homes

Firefighters in Los Angeles are experiencing a shortage of water and are resorting to taking water from swimming pools and ponds.

Several world leaders have rebuffed Donald Trump's increasingly expansionist rhetoric after an unwieldy press conference yielded threats of force and promises to rename geographical features.

Thousands of well-wishers have filed past President Carter's casket in the Capitol Rotunda.

(Pic: The sun shines through smoke above ruins of homes from the Palisades wildfire; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)