. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. the church has been a fixture in the neighborhood for over 100 years. the flames are just a punch in the gut for parishioners. >> yeah. first congressional church lies on the edge of the cal campus. flames began pouring out of the church on channing drive shortly after 1:00 this afternoon. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from the scene. laura? >> reporter: hi, kristen. let's give you the very latest here. i'm standing at channing and dana. behind me the first congressional church or what's left of it. i can tell you obviously the flames are out at this point. the fire is contained. they did manage to keep it from spreading to the main sanctuary, but obviously the building sustained some major damage. it's a fire that could be seen for miles. heavy smoke billowing from a church that's just a few blocks from the uc berkeley campus. nicole suarez told us she took this video just before 1:00 as she walked by on her way to class. at that point just a few flames coming ou

i'm kristein sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> one city in particular is getting a good look. orenda, where a couple was attacked right in front of their own home. vic lee is live in fremont with more. vic? >> reporter: well, dan, the reason we're in fremont is because the prosecutor says that the suspects arrested are linked to at least two of the home invasions in this city. in fact, in this upscale neighborhood. now, this is a very broad investigation launched by the fbi's safe streets task force. the investigation is far from over, but the d.a. tells us that the task force wanted to get some of the suspects off the streets before more investigations. >> reporter: five armed intruders came in through the patio door and the video captured them in their identifying attire as they moved through the house. this was one of two home invasions that happened in fremont in the same month. both had similar m.o.s. a wide ranging investigation but the task force resulted in the arrests of six people friday and last night. for the home invasion robberies in fremont, livermore as well. c

. >> and i'm kristein sze in for ama daetz.ood news, the hurricane has been downgraded to a category 2. there are power outages, flooding and lots of damage already from hurricane matthew. abc news reporter marci gonzalez is live in florida. marci? >> hi. we're already seeing "people" people coming out and assessing the damage. as the storm moves north of here the threat is just beginning. hurricane matthew battering parts of florida. its eye brushing the cove line bringing flooding from the beaches to the cent o

. >> and i'm kristein sze in for ama daetz. the good news, the hurricane has been downgraded to a category 2. there are power outages, flooding and lots of damage already from hurricane matthew. abc news reporter marci gonzalez is live in florida. marci? >> hi. we're already seeing "people" people coming out and assessing the damage. as the storm moves north of here the threat is just beginning. hurricane matthew battering parts of florida. its eye brushing the cove line bringing flooding from the beaches to the center of the sunshine state. >> when you factor in this with high tide, this, again, could be some flooding in some locations. >> reporter: forecasters calling for potential storm surge as high as 11 feet with wind gusts surpassing 100 miles per hour in some places bringing down power lines and trees. >> hear like a big bomb and it came down. >> reporter: death toll climbing. the interior ministry saying nearly 300 people were killed and with many areas still inaccessible, local officials suggest that that number could

good evening, i'm eric thomas in for dan ashley. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us.he bay area. you can see it in this live picture we're going to show you looking across the bay. this is from our emoriville camera. >> the storm brought rain which, of course, brought problems, none bigger than this nasty accident on high what 101 in marin county which we'll show you a picture of, and there it is. blocking traffic there causing nokes to detour. >> yeah, we'll have more on that in a little bit, and there's also been power outages, more than 12,000 homes and businesses are in the dark. nearly 8,000 of those are in the east bay. an outage forced contra costa college in san pablo to cancel classes. >> team coverage from the santa cruz mountains not north bay and let's bring with abc 7 meteorologist two tuma. >> we're starting to see it exit the north bay that's beginning to dry out and the south bay receiving drops from the storm. you can see the back edge of the system working through south

. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. fleet week always brings in thousands of tourists and san francisco has increased the number of officers on patrol. more from along the embarcadero with why the extra manpower doesn't always work. >> reporter: yeah. it has gotten so bad here in san francisco that the city is thinking about requiring that rental car companies provide some kind of written disclosure for customers, for example, don't leave your valuables inside the car and look your vehicle. the family we interviewed this afternoon was unaware. >> we have passports. we have our bags and cell phones, cameras. >> reporter: in a matter of seconds this family's life visiting from china was turned upside down, a victim of a smash-and-grab incident near the crooked sectionch l cch -- sect lombard street. >> we went for photos for five minutes and everything happened so far. >> up here on lombard street another window was broken into. >> reporter: community ambassadors who provide a safety presence say it's hard to keep this ki

i'm kristein sze. >> thanks for >>> tonight, breaking news. the monster hurricane.the category 4 storm already deadly. tearing through the caribbean at this hour, haiti and jamaica bracing. and then, the models that show it coming toward the u.s. states of emergency already declared along parts of the u.s. coast. >>> also breaking, donald trump just moments ago, with his answer tonight. to the bombshell headline involving his taxes. reports he might not have paid federal taxes for nearly 20 years. what trump says now. >>> the outrage tonight over this video. a call to 911 about a suspicious person. the man telling police he was simply waiting for his mother to come home on her porch. >> what are you doing? >> then taken down by police. it was his mother's home. >>> the aborted landing. the passenger jet and the emergency moments before landing.

i'm kristein sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we >>> tonight, breaking news. a direct hit. hurricane matthew strikes. >> pray for us! >> the category 4 storm, deadly already. 700 miles wide. and here in the u.s. tonight, states of emergency declared in several states. massive evacuations planned. and the new track, showing it moving right up the coast, florida, the carolinas, potentially right through philly and new york. >>> also tonight, the massive gas explosion. two homes leveled. authorities had a 22-minute warning. >>> donald trump, after reports he might not have paid federal income taxes for nearly two decades, tonight, trump in his own words. what he says is unfair. and the vp showdown tonight. >>> late developments. the man who showed up at the white house with a gun, shot by police. his alleged plan, and now his fate. >>> and the famous actor revealing his battle with cancer. tonight, the test he says he took, believing it saved his life. >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with the monster hurricane, and its deadly impact already. and tonight, u

i'm kristein sze. >> thanks for >>> tonight, breaking news. the monster hurricane. the category 4 storm already deadly. tearing through the caribbean at this hour, haiti and jamaica bracing. and then, the models that show it coming toward the u.s. states of emergency already declared along parts of the u.s. coast. >>> also breaking, donald trump just moments ago, with his answer tonight. to the bombshell headline involving his taxes. reports he might not have paid federal taxes for nearly 20 years. what trump says now. >>> the outrage tonight over this video. a call to 911 about a suspicious person. the man telling police he was simply waiting for his mother to come home on her porch. >> what are you doing? >> then taken down by police. it was his mother's home. >>> the aborted landing. the passenger jet and the emergency moments before landing. >>> and america celebrating the ryder cup. but what's wrong with this picture? >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with the deadly hurricane on the move. a category 4. winds reaching 140 miles an hour. tonight, authoritie

i'm kristein sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> one city in particular is getting a good look.re a couple was attacked right in front of their own home. vic lee is live in fremont with more. vic? >> reporter: well, dan, the reason we're in fremont is because the prosecutor says that the suspects arrested are linked to at least two of the home invasions in this city. in fact, in this upscale neighborhood. now, this is a very broad investigation launched by the fbi's safe streets task force. the investigation is far from over, but the d.a. tells us that the task force wanted to get some of the suspects off the streets before more investigations. >> reporter: five armed intruders came in through the

. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us.anford public safety department says the victim did not know her attacker and an alert has been sent out to students. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live on the campus with the latest. melanie. >> kristen, this is deeply troubling for the students here on campus that we've spoken with today. it was the third party who reported this rape. the public safety department says the victim has not made a statement yet and while that department very much understands why, they say without that statement it could be difficult to investigate. stanford university's public safety department says a third-party campus security authority who was required to report it notified the department about the rape that occurred early friday morning. >> victim, female student, and the perpetrator and the victim did not know each other, and this occurred in the perpetrator's dorm room. >> reporter: that dorm room according to the public safety department is on the east side of campus. campus officials sen