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holy [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. what is happening right an hour? that news is a stolen plane had crashed after an unauthorized takeoff at seattle airport. good evening. >> video shows the large turbo-prop plane doing stunts. people say a mechanic who was suicidal stole the pain, there were no passengers on board. >> norad responded with f-16 fighter jet. the pierce coin sheriff believes the pilot is the only person who died. the pilot joked with air traffic controllers before saying he didn't want to land. >> i've played video games before, so i know what i'm doing a little bit. yeah, i want to do a couple of maneuvers. >> shoot. 1y509 man, i'm sorry about this. i hope this doesn't ruin your day. i wasn't planning on landing

ilgt. . just that broke guy, got a few screws lose, i guess. nevada knew it till now. >> strange and sad. the map was 29-year-old from fierce county, washington. no one else was involved. >> firefighters are still battling the nelson fire. it started just before 5:00 tonight. >> 1,000 acres have burned and it is 10% contained. our reporter is there with the latest. corner el? >> reporter: it's been a scary night for thousands of residents forced to heave their homes tonight. all evacuation orders have been lifted except here on hancock drive where we are tomorrow. we are seeing new hot spots on this hillside. this is the same area where a major firefighter just happened. firefighters trying to save homes. a wall of flames race down a hill sooild surrounding homes in

the gold ridge neighborhood after fairfield. firefighters confronted the fire before it crossed hancock drive. >> all my springlers are on, front and back. i did everything i can do. >> with when evacuation orders came down -- >> everybody's out. aerve's develop. not too much farther from us. >> you're staying here? >> yes, i am. >> tell me why. >> this is my house. this is where i'm going to raise my kids. sms somebody else's future. >> flames mampd down the hill. earlier our cameras captured the fire moments after it started off interstate 80. within minutes it was fully engulfed helded towards homes in paradise valley. police telling home owners to go. >> they told us we had to evacuate, so it's been -- it's be an experience. this is our retirement home.

i can't afford to have it byrne. >> fairfield high school became an evacuation shuttler. the community making the best of a scary times. >> we're just sitting around starting to have dinner and they told us to evacuate. then we sat in the auditorium down there till they told us to come here. >> flames from the grass fire were still on the move. >> and tonight, that fire continues to smolder on this hill side. cal fire says one structure has been lost. it's unknown tonight if it was a home. one neighborhood in advantageoville was under evacuation orders. that order has been lifted. how the fire started sd still under investigation. live in fairfield tonight, cornell, abc 7 news. >> thank you. sandl is he wh more. >> it is cooler and the humidity has come up. take a look.

it is 72 degrees, 51% relative humidity. the winds, southwesterly at 22 miles an hour. that onshore wind will help raise the humidity overnight continuing the cooling process. still remaining on the brosy side later. it picked up the smoke in the haas tefrl hours. back with full foeflts. dap? >> thank you. we september out an alert at 5:44 this afternoon. enable push alerts for breaking alerts like this one. >> now to a tragedy that claimed two lives today. 346-year-old officer curt grist was killed during a traffic stop on interstate 80 in fairfield. >> reporter: aol procession of police motorcycles led the van carrying the body of the

fallen chp hospital to the coroner's office. curt spent 19 years with the highway patrol. >> it's a tough day. >> this morning, dispatchers began getting frantic calls about an accident on the side of the road. >> westbound 80 per passer by. a motorcycle-involved, possibly a chp motorcycle cop hit while he was on a stop. >> only moments later, disaster. >> for unknown reasons, the driver with a three quarter ton pickup traveled on to the shoulder and struck officer gris. >> in contact with the officer tilt. >> copy. cpi in progress on the officer. >> gris was breathing. they were both rushed to north bay medical center where both

were anoumsed dead.dead.dead.de grieving officers and family received cop dole eppss. >> he loved what he did. he loved being a chp officer, he loved being a chp motorcycle officer. >> officer chris was said to be very active in his community and the schools. he leaves behind a wife and three children. >> show your support for the chp and the fallen officer through this facebook badge we've shared. >> in a stunning mood a judge rejected the two go ship fire fr amendments. they were on trial for 36 deaths in a fire. abc news reporter explains why the judge suddenly changed his mind.

>> following two hours of painful and powerful testimony, the deal was rejected. shocking legal experts and people in the courtroom. >> i would say more than 99 frsz of the time the judge receives pleas. i don't know what happened. >> master tenant of the warehouse. >> he hasn't been remorseful at all. >> it seems top the case that one of these defendants just did not show adequate remorse especially in hi previous written statement. >> while material in court on friday, a franklin written jailhouse statement was -- >> he was projected it on

others. he wants stoemt apology. >> case could go to trial now. prosecutors likely sought the plea deal because of weaknesses in the case. >> it's a hard case to prosecute because of that. >> with the original play deal both defendants would have likely served more than a skbiepd decade in jail. now the next court date ist friday. >> we have of course be covering the fire extensively since it happened in december of 2016. for complete coverage and on all our stories on this subject go to abc7news.com and youp load the app to they were latest updates as the case continues. >> a lantd mark decision with longer effects. $289 million was offered to a

man from monsanto. >> dwyane johnson became overwhelmed with emotion. >> i'm glad to be here to help with this situation after i learned about roundout and all that. >> he regularly used roundup while working for a dprupds keeper. after two and a half years he was diagnosed with knapp hodgkin's lymphoma. >> did you find by clear and convincing evidence that monsanto acted with malice or oh process p press? answer yes. >> today eats decision means hundreds of lawsuits will now proceed to trial. >> you did something wrong and now you have to pay. >> monsanto vowed to fight the ruling. >> we will appeal. this is the beginning of a very, very long process. as i said at the start, the verdict today does not change the science.he decision will bring more attention to the

dangers of the chemical. >> i'm happy to be here to help the cause. >> the chemical is classified ads probably cars know jepic. >> stay with us. lawmakers only. what we're learning about a dmv office. >> when the heart of the park is going to open. >> and see what's

. some good news about yosemite national park. the valley is going to reopen to visitors on tuesday. it's been closed for more than two weeks because of the nearby ferguson fire. this fire has burned nearly 100,000 acres and is 80% contained. >> if you get frustrated waiting hours at the dmv, skip the line. get elected adds a california law enforcement. it exists and serves only a select few people on an appointment-only basis. they include legislators and their staff members. he said the perk frustrates him. >> i'm not surprised that

legislators have given themselves special privileges and perks that typical californians just don't get. >> lawmakers ream voted against a reques to audit the drvegs mv. now the dmv splaps stemmed pd wait time on people trying to get people flying with the federal id law. >> while the music had etched tonight, there are still two more days. wayne friedman has the story. ♪ ♪ >> it's been a happy day from the start. officially the weekend began at noon when micky echo took the stage. some 200,000 fans are expected. >> i used to come here when it was free. >> back again in a ven chew that made making visit.

some of the music i don't know at all but i listened to it before i came to see who i wanted to see. >> you worked at it. >> yes. i enjoy rock 'n' roll and i just live three blocks away so -- >> you were going to hear it anyway. >> yeah. so i might as well come. >> more than music, how about a restaurant row with enough quantity to shame some cities. >> how many burgers will you sell? >> about 7,000 cheeseburgers. >> would you believe this is cannabis? >> try that orange one there. that is our mapped run. >> there was a time not so long ago when cop sert goers fired them up. now it is legal in california. while they didn't sell any cap business for cop assumption here. >> this is a roasted hummus beat dip. imagine walking in from some place else. >> where did you come from? >> houston.

>> do they have anything like this in houston? >> hell no! >> what are you going to tell them? >> they need to come here because it's amazing. >> in gold ech gate park, abc 7 news. >> she'll have stories to tell her friends. >> absolutely. >> how's the weather going to be? >> the weather's going to be fantastic. especially going to outsideland. take a look. paurkt tomorrow foon afternoon. cooler and priestsier in golden state park on sunday. 58 degrees which you expect around this time of year. we have some fog along half moon bay along the coast in monterey bay. that fog is limited but that will be changing. on the satellite picture, moisture was once hurricane john. it's just remnants now. it's heading in our direction in the form of mid and high-level clouds which has been holding

the temperatures up a little bit. temperatures right now, we have 80 still inlamd. feels pretty warm. some areas are mild, so definitely hanging on to the warmth from earlier in the day. i want to show you where the winds are going. it's going to be breezier or gustier over the next 24 hours. as they come across the cool ocean water you'll notice the temperatures will come down this week. we'll show you a retd flag area in effect until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. winds will be playing a role. gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. lower humidity and fire danger' mains high. east bay hills seeing smoke layers. 8 cleanup 08 when the sun went down, added a

fires are still burning. fog expands during the overnight areas. cooler this week. muggier and air quality will improve. first thing in the morning, fog along the coast. a little over the bay. temperature low 50s to the mid 60s. pretty mild start for most areas except for the coast. then for the afternoon, 50s, 60s, coastside breezy and fog. you'll see some sun and high clouds. the upper 90s today will actually come down to the low 90s. i want to renienld you that the perseid meteor shower will be after midnight tonight. smoke, near the fire zones and clouds could play a role in cob securing the view. forecast, more humid but cooler this weekend. download the accuweather app and keep track of the temperatures as long as you want. next week, 80s inland for a change.

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. good evening. return of chucky. job gruden back on the sidelines for the first time in a decade, leading the raiders into nair first preseason game in oak. gruden loves the fans in the black hole. firing things up. beast mode, it's gone. 60 yards. he's still got a lot of speed. what a way to start this game. called back holding on, the rookie, colton moore. conor cook to johnny holton for a 41 yierd gain, setting up a fold. he was 11-19 with 1 h 1 yards. carr, chilling. cook scrambling and finding ryan

switser for a 10-0 score. raiders hold on 16-10. gruden's still thinking acts that t.d. that was called back. >> i was really ticked off after that was called back. i mean, it just got to the stadium. i just called my fourth play. anyway! >> you knew they were -- >> chucky came out for a brief moment tonight. >> good fun. >> as in fliem. an jells honoring vlad pleer guerrero. southern california native going deep. his parents were in the stands watching. still in the top of the first. man on for crush. chris davis high, deep, aloha means goodbye. the as are up 3-0 and are up nothing the rest of the night. lieu trevino normally thelights out. that is the game winner.

an jells win it 4-3. jiemts and pirates. gaylord80th birthday is in a month, they celebrated tonight for some reason. >> giants put up three runs, which was newsroom for them. buster posey was huh 4 in the fourth inning. not just all in that inning but up until the fourth inning that made it 6-1. the then 9-2. the 90s giants break the ten run mark for the first time until over a month. a rough afternoon for steph curry in hayward. jethro! anytime i hear ellie may, i think of jethro. >> 1 over on the front 9. it was in search, the whole afternoon. shot an 86, finished 17 over

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tv's number one daily viral video show "right this minute." something's smoking on this driver's dash. >> pull over and get that thing out of your car. >> the terrifying device suddenly erupts into flames. >> no way. dad's listening closely. >> what do you want for lunch. >> he seems a little unsure but he quickly realizes what's going on. >> find out the special reason behind his sweet response. >> ooh. >> awe. >> villagers maneuver through mangroves to free a whale of a creature. >> they don't give up. they keep working. >> watch their hard fight to get out of this tough spot. >> i don't even know how it got

there. and that dude's got some slick moves. >> it looks like he's floating. >> see the street show capturing everyone's attention. >> buy me those shoes. i'm pretty sure it's in gear head 101 chapter 5. when the car starts to run hot, you're probably going to have some trouble with the car. but i don't think this is covered. these people are driving down the road. okay, that's fire. >> from the phone? >> yes, the phone is on the dashboard. it's the phone that explodes and catches fire. >> up on the dashboard it's hot, those electronics overheat and the lithium-ion batteries in there have been known to have problems. >> and that's what some people are saying online. >> oh. >> no. >> no way. >> girl, pull over and get that thing out of your car before you lose the whole car. >> her husband says they changed that battery out in february. they went to one of those mobile phone repair services, they got

a new battery. they went back to the company and the company said, we'll give you a new battery but we're not going to give you a brand-new phone, you'll give yu a used phone. >> you can't alter your phone. that's why they won't give you the new phone. they're only responsible for the original condition and that's why it leads to this. >> your legal analysis is correct. >> that's former phone sales, okay. >> their liability ends right there with the battery they say they are not paying for damaged dashboard. >> now this happened in wichita, this car -- >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> it just caught fire from the was no photo bombs here. you can see residents running to the scene with fire extinguishers and trying to put it out. they realize it's useless so they run back and watch with the rest of the neighborhood as firefighters show up a few minutes later trying to put the flames out. here's what it looks like later

with the flames all put out life is so sweet and it's important to be able to take in all the sights and sounds. that's elmer. >> can you hear my voice? >> of course he can hear you, doc, don't you see how haes he's responding? >> that's me talking? >> he seems a little unsure, but he quickly realizes what's going on. >> there you go. >> and this video was taken three years ago when he was 85 years old and they just recently shared it to youtube. that's his wife marlene next to him. and ernie, his son is also there in the room. over the years his hearing started to fade and it caused him to slow down, step back and retreat a bit. he had hearing aides and they told him about cochlear implants. he was apprehensive but did he have surgery at the university of miami. here is he weeks later having it turned on. what's happening is they're testing it. >> now. >> now. >> okay. >> he was repeating what the doctor's saying. >> this reminds me so much of my

dad. i wish i could do something like this for him. >> what do you want for lunch? >> what do you want for lunch? >> so now they ask what he wants on his pizza. this happens. >> what do you want on your pizza? >> ooh, dad. >> oh, man. >> he's so emotional he leans over and lays his head on his wife's shoulders. >> somebody give him a kleenex. that one's been worked over. >> he's wiping his tears and his wife is patting his back. i think it's finally hitting that he can have his life back. he can hear. his friends and family speak to him. >> you've waited a long time for this, haven't you. >> oh, elmer. >> he's excited, he's just crying with excitement. >> in addition to all of that he's now gained for confidence. they tell us that this cochlear implant is a blessing in more than one way. because marlene who has been if her dad's ears for years has now

been diagnosed with parkinson's so now he's able to take carry of her and he's able to speak to his friends and family on speaker phone. >> something so simple means so much to all of them. well, had is sure to spark some internet debate. is it round or is it square? >> oh, no, you know, stop it. no. >> artists and puzzle maker tony fisher created this mug that appears to be square at certain angles but appears to be round at others. >> it's >> he's made this but i want to see the apologiles. >> it's kind of like the earth, it looks flat but when you're up in the sky we all know it's round. >> looks to me like the mug itself is square, but it has curves at the top of the mug on each side. >> yeah, that's the hard edges

on the top side. >> oh my goodness, i think that's it. >> it's elevated in some areas and concaves in the other side. does that make sense? >> perfectly clear to us as to how tony did this. >> either way, he's got us kind of puzzled. wildlife definitely depends on humans to help them out every once in a while. like in this video. >> oh my gosh, it's still alive. >> poor bird probably swooped down as this car was going across the road. >> exactly what happened in the is in california. the female that was driving this car said she was going about 55 miles per hour when this hawk flew straight at her and unfortunately got its head stuck in the front of the car. >> the fact that this thing is still alive is remarkable. >> no doubt about it. she doesn't know how the heck to help this thing so a stranger fortunately also pulls over and he gets to work and takes paintbrushes and wiggles them around his head and somehow that

helps dislodge the hawk. >> holy cow, he's beautiful. >> eventually it does start spreading its wings. and once it gets its composure and feels better, the hawk is off flying again. >> that's pretty impressive. >> wow. now, in this next video from indonesia, this pilot whale also needed the help of humans. whale swam away from the open water and ended up stuck in these mangroves. they're cutting away them to free the whale. they're working incessantly to make sure he's covered in water. and while it is skarp because this thing is moving abruptly at times, they don't give up and keep working and eventually they ended up saving four whales. >> i don't even know how it got there. >> they believe the whales were looking for food and that's how they got stuck. >> unusual to see a whale stuck in a situation like that. >>