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what he said on the stand, swering his own attorney >> goodevening. and 's great t have you with us here on a tuesday night. and we beginere with the stunning image coming in from tennsee. several marir fueled by 60-mile-peur winds, and we the fires are now turd deadly. it i hard torasp the true scope o this dist, just look thrghhe windshield of e on boid of the ad. by flas cabiflames creeping towards a itl.rveillance camera ctu anden sta troopers guiding families ay fromheir homes through the thick ske andle trees. linzie janis leadi ofom tennessee tonight. >>itas! hit thgas!>> repr:ight, the rac toscape e flam. >> , go, go, go, go! >> reporter: embs flying over >>hat [ bleep ] going m

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the six suivors sitting, and how d they survive when so many others perished? >> so the tail o the get hitting that mountain. and david kerley, w covers aviation for us, there wer som members of that team that did not boa that flight? >> reporter: two members, actually, vid, bause o injuries, stayed home. and were dejected, they were in the locker room today, having lost t majority of their te. also theach's son was supposed to be on the plane. he forgot his passport, he too survived.reole in that communit the two team members lrning of david,hank you. we aoo have new repoing tonight o that ho attac. th student who csh into a night,sis is n callingage th a . them onefthque, but this evening, the video of the attacker just a few months herea.elebting his graduion so, what or who got t him? here's abc chief igative

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