tonight, but that is still a moving target. live from the road, amy ang abc newslive at 3:30 hollyfield, abc 7 news. eastern. more developing news this morning, wildfires ravaging the breaking news in america west coast including california this morning, state of and overnight new evacuations emergency. tens of thousands of people near oroville north of forced to flee overheight as new sacramento as the big bear fire wildfires erupt on the west coast. explodes in size. heavy winds turbo charging the flames threatening an entire this video shows how intense the city. a fire crew in california forced to take shelter. conditions were as people were trying to make their way out, trying to get to >> uncontrollableatr changes an there wind picloth on hold a major covid vaccine is halted because of safety concerns. what we're learning, plus the long-term damage caused by coronavirus. nearly half of patients in one area still not fully recovered months after getting sick. the unexpected announcement from the justice department. how it's trying to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a woman who

claims president trump sexually assaulted her. back-to-school frustration. the glitches, delays and cyberattacks plaguing remote learning on the first day of class. where the jobs are. as millions of americans try to find work, new details on the good paying jobs available. no college degree necessary. and sleeping for success. what your favorite sleep position says about you and your position says about you and your potential for success. good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news. the historic wildfire spreading on the west coast overnight. >> oregon's governor has now declared a state of emergency. evacuations have been ordered in medford as fire threatens the city. elsewhere in oregon new video shows flames engulfing several buildings in mill city. hundreds of fires are burning in the pacific northwest. >> in california, fierce winds

overnight have been fanning dozens of wildfires. crews in one area have been forced to take shelter. one fire is burning an area the size of new york's central park every half hour. >> the fire and smoke are turning the sky yellow as far away as yellowstone national park. abc's megan tevrizian begins our coverage. >> reporter: this morning the firefight on the west coast growing more difficult by the hour. in oregon a state of emergency declared as 36 wildfires burn across the state. a live stream from the city of medford overnight showing flames burning multiple structures. >> the west side of diamond off kings has been evacuated. >> moving pretty quickly. >> reporter: evacuations in the area made more difficult after the fire closed interstate 5 at the california border. firefighters dealing with the strongest winds of the season in california from so-called diablo winds in the north to santa ana winds in the south. >> we've got firing burning from in the north part of the state

all the way to the mexican border about 800 miles between the furthest distant fires. >> reporter: strong winds combining with record heat and dry conditions fueling at least 25 large wildfires in california alone burning more than 2 million acres. >> historic is a term we seemingly often use here in the state of california, but these numbers bear fruit to that assertion that this is historic. >> reporter: this smokenado spotted east of san diego spinning off a wildfire as it scorches 17,000 acres. this from a smoky bay area where residents are facing a 23rd consecutive day of spare the air alerts meaning wood burning areas are prohibited. farther south a firefighter in critical condition this morning as he and his crew were overrun by flames in big sur. officials say the firefighters were defending a fire station when they were forced inside their emergency shelters,

a duel layer blanket meant to deflect heat as seen in this video. one of the largest fires burning in the state near fresno now scorching more than 160,000 acres. abc's kaylee hartung is there. >> these trees are acting as dry fuel, and as you feel this wind kick up, you understand why authorities say the creek fire is uncontrollable until the weather improves. >> reporter: a massive rescue effort still under way late tuesday for more than a dozen people trapped by flames. one woman desperately waiting for her husband and two sons. >> so i'm just anxious for them to come home and for me to see them step off, then i can breathe. le denof anima e california >> just incredible there. megan, thank you. a major development in the race to develop a covid-19 vaccine. one of the leading vaccine trials is now on hold because of an unexplained illness raising safety concerns. meanwhile, with coronavirus outbreaks in other parts of the wbe-state to require visirs

travelers to fill out registration forms. abc's faith abubey joins us with the latest on this pandemic beginning with that vaccine news. faith, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kenneth. there's a lot of pressure right now in these companies to produce a vaccine. but a temporary hold in a large medical study like this one is not unusual. late stage human trials for a promising covid-19 vaccine at the university of oxford now temporarily on hold. astrazeneca, the drug company behind it, saying it is a routine action for safety reasons after one of their volunteers suffered a potentially unexplained illness. the drugmaker still hoping to minimize any potential impact on the trial time line while ceos of nine major drug companies in the race for a vaccine promised to not rush production but to rather let science win. at least 30 states are now

seeing a surge in covid-19 cases as deaths in the u.s. hover around 190,000. >> we've seen this dramatic spike. >> reporter: the mayor of athens, georgia, among many fearing a return to campus is contributing to the rise in cases. >> we're in much worse shape entering the fall than we were entering the summer. we're probably going to see a lot more case as head. >> reporter: colleges like the university of rhode island cracking down on large gatherings like this. at nyu students will now be required to do a weekly self-test. >> i guess it makes us feel safer that they're being pretty strict. >> reporter: meanwhile on the campaign trail, the president still dangling a vaccine ahead of election day. >> so now they know we have it. it's only a question of weeks. >> reporter: and accusing democrats of playing politics by adhering to strict covid-19 guidelines. >> on november 4th every one of those states will be open. they're doing it for political reasons. >> reporter: the biden campaign releasing this new ad attracting

attacking trump's handling of the pandemic and laying out three steps they say will ensure a safe and effective covid-19 vaccine. >> we need to get control over the virus. donald trump failed. joe biden will get it done. >> reporter: on, senate republicans are getting ready to unveil a slimmed down covid-19 relief bill worth roughly $300 billion, but the democrats say it's, quote, laden with poison pills and headed nowhere. kenneth, mona. >> faith, thank you for that report. new jitters on wall street after big losses tuesday. the dow sank 632 points, and the nasdaq fell more than 4%. concern about a spike in covid-19 and the upcoming election are partly to blame. tesla was among the tech stocks hit hard. stock futures overnight pointed to a higher open on wall street today. now to rochester, new york, and a shake-up in the police department in theakie prude's ath. a deputy chief and two deputies are

retiring and two other deputies and another commander are giving up their ranks. he refuses to allow outside entities to destroy his character. the family calls the shake-up a necessary step. in the race for the white house, president trump and joe biden are neck and neck in florida. a new poll shows they're tied at 48% among likely voters in the crucial battleground state. after reports that his campaign is running low on cash, president trump says he is willing to use his own money. one day after the president accused top officials at the pentagon of wanting to do nothing but war the army's chief of staff said they only recommend sending troops into combat as a last resort. president trump has been under fire for comments he allegedly made disparaging u.s. troops. he issued another denial last night. >> no, they make this stuff up. they make it up. they make stuff -- it's called disinformation. they give a phony deal out. they did it two days ago with the military. there's nobody loves the military more than me, so they

make -- they make -- you know, i was very lucky, though, i had 15 incredible american patriots that came by and they said, he never said that. they were there. >> he also took aim at vice presidential nominee kamala harris saying it would be a, quote, insult to the country if she became the first woman president someday. joe biden is heading to michigan today to unveil a plan to bring jobs back to the u.s. time now for a look at your wednesday morning weather. snow in the rockies will be matched with record low temperatures this morning. higher elevations of colorado and wyoming could get 18 inches of september snow before it's over. hurricane-force winds were the problem in utah. gusts over 90 miles per hour brought down trees and power lines. checking today's conditions, 63 for a high in salt lake city, rain and cool temperatures in the upper midwest. 80s for much of the east coast, showers in the mid-atlantic. heavy rain in parts of texas.

coming up, an unusual real estate listing. the home built completely underground for extra security. but first the woman accusing president trump of sexual assault responds as the justice department makes a rare move trying to take over the president's defense. and back-to-school frustration. the cyberattacks and glitches now plaguing remote learning.

back now with a new shark sighting off cape cod. this great white was spotted only ten feet from the beach in provincetown. a witness said the shark was about 13 feet long. local experts say peak shark activity lasts through october. the justice department is trying to intervene in a lawsuit by a woman who claimed president trump raped her back in the 1990s.

e. jean carroll filed the defamation suit after the president denied her claim saying, quote, she's not my type. new york state courts turned down trump's request to delay the case. now justice department lawyers want to move it to the federal court. they say the president was acting in the scope of his office when he denied the allegations. carroll responded tweeting, i and my attorney are ready. so is every woman who's ever been silenced. so is every american citizen who has been trampled by bill barr and the justice department. she ended with, bring it. we turn to the big frustration for teachers and students on the first day of school. remote learning has been plagued by glitch, delays and even cyberattacks across the country. this morning, millions of students preparing for another day of school after a first day of classes unlike any other whether in person -- >> we gotod moh li >> reporter: -- or online. >> it's been bad. >> terrible. >> reporter: students are facing new challenges as the summer

break ends amid a pandemic. in houston the website for the largest district in the state crashed for hours delaying the start of the school year for more than 200,000 students. families were given a different link to access the portal until the problems were resolved in the afternoon. >> in this unprecedented school year, we must maintain -- must remain flexible and quickly adapt to changing conditions and circumstances like we noticed this morning. >> reporter: near norfolk, virginia, technical glitches for thousands of students taking classes virtually forcing them to wait more than one hour to start classes in multiple schools. to use the family computer because zoom was not installed on her school issued laptop. >> i would have figured everything would have kind of been planned a little bit more better. >> reporter: school in hartford, connecticut, will start today one day late because a cyberattack caused a major outage tuesday. >> can't get into the parent --

the parent board. they said the school had to put me into the parent board. i called the school, left voice mails, sent emails, no response. >> reporter: this mother playing the role of tech support and teacher's aide going out and buying books so her son could learn on the first day of school. >> i've been doing division, multiplication. >>ou cyberattacks affected 89 s systems in the last year. coming up, good paying jobs without a college degree. the nfl season kicks off tomorrow. the number of fans that will be in the stands.

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>> we're seeing lots of demand for software i.t., really jobs that are helping us figure out how to work from home, school from home, et cetera. a lot of these jobs don't require four-year degrees. a lot of companies that we're seeing that are hiring, we see it with instacart, ibm, spacek, they have a lot of jobs right now that they're hiring for. >> coming up later on "good morning america," an announcement from amazon will about thousands of new jobs. a warning about the upcoming flu season, doctors are urging everyone to get a flu shot. earlier i spoke to dr. imran ali about what we need to know. we started with that headline this morning about a covid-19 vaccine. let's start with the news on the oxford vaccine trial stopped due to safety concerns. what do you make of this? how concerning is it? >> well, i'm not that concerned because we do see phase 3 trials of any drug or vaccine temporarily halted when a

patient or a volunteer gets a serious adverse reaction. this does not mean that the other people who have already received the doses will not be monitored, it just means that we're not going to administer any more doses at this time, so it can potentially delay the results by a couple weeks. >> we're being told it's more important than ever to get the flu shot this year. talk about that importance, also where arne when people should get one. >> this is very important because there are -- there is some evidence that you can be infected with both covid-19 and flu virus. so it's really important because if you get infected, co-infection can cause worse, worse problems, so we really need to get flu out of the equation by get that flu vaccine, and they estimate, the cdc estimates you should get it by the end of october. >> we're learning more about the long-term effects of covid-19 can ha what are you hearing about the impact on the lungs? >> so i just want reviewed a study coming out of austria which looked at patients in the

icu with very serious covid-19 disease, and up to 12 weeks later you still had that lung damage causing significant shortness of breath and difficulties just doing regular tasks, but the silver lining, kenneth, here is that people who went to pulmonary rehab after the icu stay did significantly better. >> and, doctor, tomorrow night the nfl season kicks off. the kansas city chiefs will welcome about 16,000 fans into their stadium. only a fraction of the capacity urugs angatherhe numbers.d by ff >> what's very important to understand that, you know, congregating in general is not safe. here is a different situation because they looked at the entire venue, and they have enough adequate areas for people to social distance and to wear masks, which are really the most important things to do to prevent viral spread. >> our thanks to dr. ali. coming up, your favorite

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making news at 34:27, light out. more than 150,000 people in california are without power right now. and they want to know how long it will last. and a new wildfire forces evacuations as much of the west coast is burning. this new video just in. and a father and son from san jose among the hundreds of people rescued from this raging wildfire in sierra. they call it the most frightening experience of their lives. good morning, everybody. it is wednesday, september 9. a lot to get to this morning. but first we want to check in with mike nicco for a look at what the conditions are right

now. >> canky bri ki bring good news table? the wind advisory expired overnight. still a little gusty in the hills. but thatinds tapering will continue especially after 8:00 hour. and santa cruz mountains are out of the red flag warning. the rest of us still in it in the north bay hills. so still the critical fire conditions right on the threshold through the early morning hours. and then the rest of the day, we'll talk about more comfortable temperatures as the heat eases once again and hopefully this will be our last spare the air day for a while. even though i am watching friday and we'll show you that coming up. the 100s are gone. and tens of thousands are waking up pg&e cut the power as a precaution because of the high fire danger this week.

and amy hollyfield is live in the north bay where a lot of areas there are affected. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, we are headed up that way to see how people are doing. we're on the road right now. we do know that sections of napa and sonoma county are still in the dark this morning. neighborhoods ined very dark la you could also hear the hum of generators has many bought them to power their homes because power outages are so common now in late summer and early fall. pg&e shut the power off because of the hot and windy weather. residents say they are doing what they can to get through. >> our coffee maker does not work inside and so we went to him because his coffee maker works. and we can go to him and

makes our cough he fffee for us. >> just one day at a time and trying to make the best of it. >> reporter: about 5,000 customers in napa county and 17,000 in sonoma are without power. pg and e says once the weather improves, they inspectbly happe