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good evening. thank you for joining us. at least 21 people are dead, hundreds more missing, after wildfires swept through california. those fires still burning and growing, threatening more homes and more cities. tonight we're on the ground in one of the hardest-hit regions as rescuers search for survivors and evacuees return to homes that are no longer there. here's abc's matt gutman. >> what are you supposed to do? everybody i've ever known, everybody i grew up with, everybody's house is gone. >> reporter: brady harvel grew up in the heart of what is now a moon scape. in the iraq war veteran's palm is the cherished sliver of steel he came searching for. your personal dog tags? >> the ones i deployed with. all burned up. i gave them to my dad. he had them hanging in his man cave. >> you got goosebumps right now.

it's mind blowing. >> reporter: tonight, house of californians are sifting through the charred remains of their houses. >> here's my neighbor's house. >> reporter: others are still fleeing the onslaught of wildfires which erupted on sunday and have been wreaking havoc on the state since. this dramatic video showing residents fleeing these apocalyptic scenes. >> this is insane. >> this is my neighborhood. in flames. >> reporter: driving through tunnels of fire in search of safety. >> completely in flames. >> let's go! >> at what point did you realize you needed to get out? >> pretty much as i was driving through and patting the other cars and started to get real hot in my vehicle. >> reporter: hospital patients whisked away on gurneys as flamed marched toward them. >> these fires are literally burning faster than firefighters can run. >> reporter: tonight as the inferno continues to spread, prompting more mandatory evacuations, thousands more must make an exodus.

there are still firefighters putting out hot spots behind me at this mobile home park. when you get up close it's gutting to see the burned remains of possessions people probably held most dear. like this king james bible. when you look at the density of the debris here, how hard it is to pick your way through here, you can understand why minutes ago, officials here located a victim and why they tell us that beneath the melted roofs of those mobile homes, they expect to find more. bob tunis' mother's home at journey's end trailer park was in the path of the firestorm. >> woke up, fire engulfing everything, they already evac e evacuated the neighborhood. >> reporter: his mother never may have made it out. his sister sister arriving moments later. over 170,000 acres, fourly four times the size of washington, d.c., have burned.

over 3,500 structures damaged or destroyed. at least 21 lives lost. and hundreds still missing. >> the sky was filled with what seemed like a billion fireflies all the embers. >> reporter: most of the wildfires wreaking havoc in the northern part of the state where there are 19 active fires. monday night another fire broke out hundreds of miles south in anaheim hills. setting the backdrop for these haunting images of disneyland. all of that eye-stinging smoke visible from space. and on the blistered earth, stories of unimaginable loss. >> this is pretty much all that i can see that's left. >> reporter: in napa county, brothers chuck and mike rippy sift through what's left of their parents' home. >> fire doesn't care. >> reporter: they told my colleague nick watt the fire took something from them they could never replace, the very foundation of their family. >> your dad was 100? >> they'd been

she was paralyzed. she had a stroke about five years ago. there was no way she was getting out of this fire. my father was sleeping in a different room and we found him halfway to her room. and so he never made it to her room. but even if he had made it, there was no way he was going to leave her. >> reporter: the brothers now finding solace in their parents' undying love. >> and they died together. they never wanted to leave each other. >> reporter: efforts to track down the missing are under way across the state. and one person who was lost in the chaos was steve liner. we met his brother al who had been searching for him for 48 hours already. >> i am very wor ied about him. >> reporter: they served in vietnam together. al hasn't been able to get into the destruction zone. so we drove him in. >> i've called him god knows how many times. the phones are all down. >> reporter: and then on his brother's street -- >> is that him? >> that's him! i've been looking for two days for you guys!

>> reporter: the worry and wait dissolving into brothers linking arms. firefighters around the state are working nonstop to slow the inferno and prevent further loss of life and property. >> we have folks on the fire lines starting their third shift right now that have not been relieved. >> reporter: authorities warn the death count is almost certain to rise. firefighters are so strapped, they're not worried about the flames inside but what they are concerned about are those embers flying out of it. those embers blasted across northern california by gale-force winds, fitting with this hellscape, called diablo winds. tonight these winds are forecasted to strengthen yet again, up to 40 miles an hour in places. >> you're pushing back the fire and moving on to the next house? >> next house. >> reporter: abc's linzie janis was with some of the firefighters. >> firefighters are desperately trying to protect houses from these flames. these helicopters dropping water on the fire. >>ep

for firefighters, water supply is running low. >> we don't have a lot of water. so the water supply is difficult. so it's just better to let it burn. >> reporter: some residents resorting to fighting back the blazes with garden hoses. >> so sad. it's so sad. >> reporter: and in areas where the flames have been extinguished, residents now face the grim task of returning to lives and livelihoods destroyed. >> this is where all the wines were made and fermented. >> reporter: in sonoma county, one of the country's biggest wine regions, the owner of paradise ridge winery returning to the remains of his building. >> it happened quick. people were evacuated off of our property before midnight. >> reporter: he says he watched the flames engulf the property using a security camera app on his phone. it's still too early for experts to estimate the damage this fire will do to these vineyards. but it has the potential to be fiscally devast

significantly damaged or totally destroyed. at least 11 others have reported damage. in santa rosa, we heard chris pond and her husband mike before we saw them. she was so desperate, she clung to a stranger for a hug. as they frantically search through the rubble for chris' most beloved possession -- >> my wedding ring. >> reporter: her wedding ring. we helped them in that exhaustive archeological dig for over an hour. her shoes melted. our hands burned. >> burnt your fingers. >> reporter: she did find some curios. but not that ring. earlier today, we got a message from chris. she spent another day digging and finally this morning she messaged us that she found that ring. tiny items burnished by fire offering at least a sliver of hope tonight.

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as the harvey weinstein scandal rocks hollywood, we're learning that rumors about his behavior have been circulating for decades. some accusers saying he was enabled by those who turned a blind eye. as their voices ring across america, could this be the dawn of a new era for women in the workplace? here's abc's chief business and

technology correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: it's the fall from grace that toppled a titan. and shook an entire industry. >> bombshell allegations against harvey weinstein -- >> scandal swirling around disgraced movie mogul -- >> now apparent sexual predator harvey weinstein -- >> reporter: new women coming forward with more allegations against harvey weinstein, joining the earlier accusations of sexual harassment and assault, including rape. model cara delevingne sharing her story on instagram of an encounter with weinstein, alleging he asked her to kiss another woman and tried to kiss me on the lips writing she's relieved to share her story saying there's strength in numbers. >> harvey weinstein now is one of a series of men who people thought were too big to confront. we're starting to see support for being able to speak up and speak out. >> reporter: it was this bombshell audio, first uncovered by "the new yorker" and verified by abc, that opened this case up

>> i'm telling you right now -- >> what do we have to do here? >> nothing, i'm going to take a shower, you sit here and have a drink. water. >> i don't drink. >> reporter: the recording of an encounter clen model anna gutierrez and weinstein, from a 2015 new york city police sting operation. the misdemeanor sexual abuse case was never prosecuted. the d.a.'s office saying the audio was insufficient to prove a crime under new york law. today the d.a. defending their decision not to open a case. >> it's obviously sick, but at the end of the day we operate in a courtroom of law, not the court of public opinion. >> i certainly think that it is unusual that after those charges weren't brought, that harvey weinstein's attorney gave $10,000 to the d.a.'s campaign. that seems improper. >> reporter: another accuser, rose mcgowan, who

$100,000 settlement with weinstein in 1997 according to "the new york times," speaking out again following a tweet from ben affleck. the actor writing he is saddened and angry by the allegations, implying he knew nothing. mcgowan firing back that affleck was absolutely aware of weinstein's transgressions. affleck blasted on twitter, from those who recall an incident where he wrote a trl host, hilarie burton, captured on camera. affleck apologized on twitter. meanwhile comedian seth mcfarlane tweeting this blistering joke at the oscars -- >> congratulations, you five ladies no longer have to pretend to be attracted to harvey weinstein. >> reporter: it came from a place of loathing and anger and was in support of his friend jessica barth, who shared her allegations with "the new yorker." weinstein's spokesperson responded to "the new yorker" saying, any allegations of nonconsens

unequivocally denied by mr. weinstein. these abuses aren't just a hollywood problem. >> this kind of leverage exists anywhere where you see a disproportionate amount of power in the hands of men who decide that that makes them entitled to women's bodies. >> reporter: last summer before his death, the powerful ceo of fox news, roger ailes, was forced to resign in the fallout after former anchor gretchen carlson filed a lawsuit against ailes. it allegations he sabotaged her career after she refused his sexual advances. >> you fear that it's going to be your fault, you're not going to be believed, you're going to lose your job. >> reporter: and in silicon valley, a management shakeup at uber amid allegations of sexual harassment against and within the company. how many of you haveharassed ov course of your career? we spoke to working women from across multiple industries late last year, so many sharing this shocking confession. how many of you filed an hr request against your

the u.s. equal employment opportunity commission, nearly 70% of those who experience harassment at work never even talk to a supervisor or a manager about it. and only a tiny sliver of the harassed, just 6% to 13%, actually file a formal complaint. >> women are afraid to come forward when they've been sexually assaulted. because society blames the victim so often. even when the perpetrator doesn't have the level of power and leverage that an industry titan like harvey weinstein might have. >> reporter: something we heard from these women as well. who here was worried about retaliation? and your job? in the case of sexual harassment? >> i sort of silenced myself. i felt in that moment -- i felt like there's an erasure of yourself. >> i really have to think about my values and what's important to me and weigh them against my career. i think that it's --

unfortunately a pros and cons kind of weighing and balancing and i'm concerned with not only being branded but also concerned with somehow coming off as a crybaby. >> reporter: in fact, one study cited by the eeoc finds that 75% of those who do come forward actually face retaliation. actress roseanne that arquette told "the new yorker" after turning down weinstein's alleged sexual advances her career suffered. last night the weinstein company releasing a statement expressing shock and dismay at the allegations of extreme sexual misconduct by weinstein saying, "these alleged actions are antithetical to human decency. these allegations come as an utter surprise to the board. any suggestion that the board had knowledge of this conduct is false." >> i can't imagine that no one knew. some people say it was one of the worst-kept secrets, both at the company and in hollywood. if they didn't know, they certainly should have known. and that's a

well. >> reporter: many within the company have signed confidentiality agreements precluding them from discussing the matter. can the states get around these nondisclosure agreements? >> i am hopeful that there is a work-around here. certainly when it comes to criminal charges, those ndas won't be applicable. >> reporter: the bystanders, anyone who's seen or heard something and speaks out, are the unsung heroes of any case like this. >> when i hear about actors standing up on behalf of the women who have been harassed, i think that takes a lot of courage and strength too and i'm glad to see more men speaking out. >> reporter: and for a woman who's experiencing any kind of harassment, she says remember, you are not as powerless as you may feel. >> the first most important thing is safety. write down, document exactly what happened. document, document, document. we can't keep supporting the silence, because that protects the people who are committing the abuse, not

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