rate and was getting out of control in eastern Tennessee. Soon after the run, the local officials began cleanup and recovery work in the region.

Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner said that discussions of reopening the resort city on Friday are underway. Werner said that the city has been shut since Monday night and reopening it soon will give the residents and business owners a first look of the damage that has been inflicted by the fire.

Werner has himself incurred a huge loss in the fire where he lost the home he had built himself along with all the seven buildings of his condominium business.

"I really can't dwell on it that much. I think of others that have lost theirs, and it keeps my mind off of our problems. It'sWashington (CNN) In Donald Trump's administration, the President may be the only person not talking about Russian sanctions and the country's response.

The usually loquacious Trump has been markedly mum on Russia's decision to expel hundreds of United States diplomats from the country, declining to use a series of events, his active Twitter account or his pen to respond to the action. That silence comes as the Trump administration considers when to sign bipartisan sanctions on Russia after the Senate and the House overwhelmingly approved the measures in July and sent the bill to the President's desk.

White House officials say Trump intends to sign the bill, but is currently working out legal questions regarding the sanctions before he does so. It is unclear what those legal questions may be,