>> reporter: this is joe fryer in california, wild fires are tearing through land and getting dangerously close to neighborhoods. . the ground is so dry, fires are moving unusually fast and the warm santa ana winds are still to come. >> if we get to the point where we have a santa ana driven fire, we'll going to be looking at real scary conditions. >> reporter: so far this year, ccfires are burned more t wn 117,000 acres across tha state. the five year average is justi53viacres. since july, $133,000,000 spent on fire fielt ting. the state has called in the national guard. well, the search is on for a

suspect after a de ly bombing ttin bang cog kok. the target was a shrine crowd would foreign tourists next to a five star hotel, exploding that herkight of rush hour. >> there was smoke andal people were screaming and chaos. sglrks they're looking for a tv on closed circuit television. 22 pnople killed nearly 120 jured. also this morning, n focus on 305 of hillary clinton's emails after going through about 20% of her private server so far. they have referred those 305 to the agencies for a closer look. it hasn't been determined if any of them actually contain

classified information and the stat deparsment says they $haven't , en any evidence of neglig ce. her stancy was made clear on friday. e says it is all about pourlitics. >> i've just provided my server to the justice department., but i won't gch downni ythe myd with ghng, i won't play politics with national security. as hillary clint deals with that, trump is facing gop to once again deal in specifics. it's a busy day for both parties for very different reasons. >> reporter: this is going to be a very busy day in politics p. and as you say, donald trump has released those position papers talking about immigration reform and they set a to e. senator lindsey graham calls it

gibberish and jeb bush says he is a bord state governor and a fence along the u.s.-mexican boarder is not feesable. governor scott waurk says it has merit but needs to be adjusted. this has allowed him to set the tone for the campaign and set the agenda and talk about the points he wants to talk about. mean while, on the democratic site, hillary clinton is still deing with emails off of her personal server and the just teden,rtment is looking through about 20% of her emails have been looked through. this has allowed bernie sanders to get an edge up. this has given him a ground and opening to get up there with hillaryclipt clinton. a hacking of the internal revenue service may be much worse.

g an additional 220,000 people may have had information stolen. and now, the number is much higher, potentially 338,000. the irs will begin mailing letters to the new batch of potentially effected taxpayers. a police officer in s fttle go ont quite a spries when he made adtraffic stop. he pulled over this car after he saw them speeding and running red lights but then the driver id that his wife was in labor, they called for an ambulance, but, huh, it didn't come fast enough. you can hear it there, baby girl was born in the vehicle with help of other officers who arrived on scene and paramedics arierv

rived shortly after and both are doing good. and two masked robbers dressed as ninjas entered with a foot long machete and a store clerk had an even bigger sword, at the ready noteless. he chased the would be thieves out of the store and tin police are still looking for those suspects. pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> that'shlike crocodile dundee. interesting stuff. t me yohownyou pict es. scary scenes yesterday, numerous tornado and funael cloud sighting ein colorado. and near genoa, colorado, an hour 1/2 east of denver. and they'll see if the t was straight line winds or a tornado.

numerous areas of heavy rain trying to head towards pittsburgh and nebraska. but the worst of it, by far is in omaha and chicago overnight. weave arer had flash flood ywarnings in downtown chicago and omaha and the worst of them are no'rw south of the downtown area. 7 million people are in the slight risk and it's a spring time set up with the cold front coming through. we'll have a chance of isolated tornados or o timing will be late this afternoon to this evening. and then by about 5:00 or 6:00, we should get numerous storms through the cold front. and again, a few tornados are possible.. so, iqep an eye on that forecast. that ias your national tweth l al weather.

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and in north carolina one dead three injured. and tragically the death toll is excelerating. they estimate during the first months of 2015, nearly 19,000 people died. a 14% increase over last year. and the number of injuries up 30%. >> it is equal to the amount we saw in 2007. >> reporter: soon after the great recession began with fewer people on the roads but today, olower gas prices and a straunger er stronger economy mean more people on the roads. and cell phones a factor and speed. time to get down to business, airlines expecting a record number of travellers over labor day weekend. 14.2 million expected to fly.

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right now, new regulations go into effect today to stop the spread of leej nears. plus, fixing the hudson tunnel. and mystery solved. "today in new york" starts now. good morning, everybody. 4:30 a.m. right now on this tuesday, august 18th, i'm michael gargiulo. >> i'm kerry barrett in for darlene rodriguez. >> this will be day 5. we're also dealing with thunderstorms overnight. we have some working across somerset county. another cell o or lower manhattan moving over long island city. if you're in this area, heavy downpour. it will be hit-or-miss isolated thunderstorms around the morning.

the heat builds up. we're 88 at noon. the heat wave could be going. she watches the roads for us every morning. good morning. >> good morning, chris. n lines are running and then n and q you have delays on coney island-bound trains. you have it on the 1, 2, and 3. no service between 134th street and south ferry. then, of course, no 3 train service. we'll have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >> thank you very much. police need your help to track down a rapist. >> reporter: this was a violent attack. the suspect had a gun which he used to threaten the victim. we're here at putnam avenue. this is where the suspect first encountered the victim, according to police, but it was also at a different location where the rape happened.

we're getting a look at the suspect. he's described as in his 30s and muscular. he threatened a 52-year-old woman early yesterday morning, 3:00 a.m. he pointed a gun at her, forced her to go to a building on lead ford's place and police say that's where it happened. at one point hi e shoved his hand into the woman's mouth. she lost two teechlgt she was traumatized. according to investigators she was checked out and later released. you saw that video, that image of it. we have it on our website if viewers want to take another look at it. >> hopefully contact police with information. thanks so much. 4:32. right now police are also hoping your help can help identify a suspect in an attempted rape in the bronx. they say he attacked a