go to fk.com/abc news. >>> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. joel osteen is a day away from preaching at tens of thousands of people. we talk to the megaminister about why it's so important for him to share his message with the liberal bay area. >> the bay area woman accused of shooting and killing a man more than two decades younger than her makes a new court appearance. her answer to the criminal charges. >> up first, former hp ceo karly fiorina on attack at the gop debate. the lies she claims a >>> live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> here err the headlines where you live today at 4:30. aldon smith is no longer a member of the san francisco 49ers. the team released the star linebacker this morning hours after a dui arrest at his apartment complex in santa clara. its his fifth arrest. 49ers head coach jim tomsula called it a sad day and said the team will continue to support smith. david lui asked the coach whether he thinks smith can turn his life around and get back on the field? >>> donald trump is slamming fox news c

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leyla gulen, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. area police officer who promised to crack down on cyclists now riding two wheels himself. >>> and jimmy carter is skipping chemotherapy. we will hear from dr. richard besser about the alternative treatment the former president is undergoing to fight his cancer. >>> nearly half a dozen firefighters >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center this is abc 7 news. >>> here are the headlines where you live. a fire has charred 2,800 headacheers. sky 7 hd was over tesla fire. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony was there and tells us only an unoccupied house has burned and the fire is 25% contained. across our state cal fire information officers tweeted there are now more than 11,000 firefighters battling 15 major wildfires. to our north in washington state fires burned more than 88,000 acres. 40 miles per hour winds are making firefighters' jobs extra tough. abc 7 news reporter lauren lyster tells us the governor is calling the wildfire conditions unprecedented. >> reporter: crews face fast mov

leyla gulen, abc 7 news. >>> good stuff. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues with donald trump saying.hat happens when the gop presidential candidate tries to settle an issue. >>> the possible twist in the bay area kidnapping dubbed the real life of gone girl. the evidence defense attorneys say needs to be thrown out. >>> the personal plea, the father of the reporter murdered on live >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center this is abc 7 news. >> good afternoon. taking a look at the headlines where you live today at 4:30. police fatally shot a man at 8:30 in the area of mcarthur boulevard. police say the man repeatedly hit the officer's head and face with a metal object. laura anthony says neighbors are questioning this morning's shooting. we will have a full report at 5:00. san jose police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who killed a woman crossing the street this morning. investigators found the car but are still looking for the driver. abc 7 news reporter will give us an update on that story at 5:00, as well. in the wake of yesterday's deadly shooting of a news crew in virgini

just go to abc 7 news.com. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side. >>> happening today, get yourself down to oakland for the city's 15th annual art and soul festival. this well-attended event typically draws about 10,000 people throughout the weekend. it takes place in a ten-block area along the plaza and goes from noon until 6:00. sunday features a performance by grammy nominated percussionist sheila e. weatherwise, what can people expect for that fun event? >> the clouds will be lifting. more sunshine and really a nice mild day around oakland once again. we're waiting for that cooldown. we had a little bit of it yesterday in the east bay. that will continue as a stronger on shore push. that's how the marine layer continues its visit throughout the weekend and tomorrow. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. looks like the same oemd same old stratus. you notice the cloud mass here. an area of pressure to work to keep us mild the next several days with that stronger on-shore flow. notice the lightning strikes here. up

as the story continues to unfold depend on abc 7 news for updates on abc 7 news at 4:00 and 5:00 and on twitter. >>> the city of santa clara is moving forward with a minimum wage increase but not everybody is thrilled about. some are concerned it might drive business to nearby san jose. we are joined with more. >> reporter: there is already a competition of sorts here at the mall between workers vying for jobs. some workers say every dollar counts. others are worried about hours being cut especially if the cost of business keeps going up. for some life in silicon valley is anything but prosperous. >> if i was to live on my own i don't think i could be able to survive on my minimum wage. >> reporter: a full time student at san jose state university. to make ends meet she wurbs two jobs, one of which is at westfield valley mall. >> i wanted to go to where the higher minimum wage was. >> reporter: she works on the san jose side of the mall where minimum wage is $10.30 an hour. on the santa clara county side it is $9. the city council moved forward with a plan to possibly move minimum wa

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abc's mara schiavocampo with the details. >> reporter: commute collision.nto one another. drivers and onlookers horrified. >> oh, my god. that's -- oh! look at that! see the explosion? >> reporter: then more horror. a driver emerging from a truck with his clothes on fire. a couple visiting the u.s. running to his aid, tourists from australia. >> i think he was in shock. so we tried to get his jeans off and get the fire out and tried to get him away from the truck. >> reporter: thanks to their heroic actions, the driver miraculously suffering only minor injuries. a day later, the charred shells of the trucks still smoldering. the new jersey state police revealing one of the trucks involved in the accident was carrying paper, the other medical gas, an explosive combination. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> scary, scary tough. >> yeah, my goodness. you know, it was incredible, that video. >> the explosion, the fact you're driving on that highway interstate and then all of a sudden, it just explodes. >> yeah, right there. his legs on fire, people rushi

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chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >>> the u.s.-led coalition is beefing up its airpower in the fight against isis. six f-16 airplanes, support equipment and about 300 personnel have arrived at an air base in southern turkey. it's near isis strongholds across the border in syria. until now, the u.s. has flown only unarmed drones from the base. >>> well, a solemn occasion in japan, as people commemorated the 70th anniversary of the u.s. atomic bombing. people gathered at a mass in nagasaki. the bomb detonated about 1,500 feet from that church. mohr than 70,000 people died during the bombing including 8,500 of the cathedral's parishioners. the church was rebuilt from the rubble. >>> pope francis also remembering the anniversary of that bombing. he says it's a permanent warning to humanity to reject war and ban weapons of mass destruction. the pope says that the bombing symbolizes man's power to destroy and abuse technology. >>> well, to presidential politics now and donald trump refusing to back down from those comments he made about

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> i'd buy them out. >> eggs-cruciatng. >>> abc news at 5:00 begins with cherylennings. >>> i see a community healing and an ongoing recovery progress. >>> it is just beginning in some parts of the city tonight. live team coverage of a community that's rebuilding and bouncing back. plus, taking a plunge. wall street seesaw with your retirement plan in the balance. the unusual step by apple to stem the tide. and the hiring blitz, how a severe teacher shortage led to landing teacher of the year. >>> this week's accuweather seven-day forecast features a warning trend and a few drops. i'll have details coming up. >>> the top parapet was leaning. >> more than 120 -- >> business that is are closed. the roads need to be fixed. it's about more than that. >>> the most powerful quake to hit the bay area in nearly 25 years changed the community of napa in seconds. a look at one office building then and here is that same building today under construction and still waiting to be back in business. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings in san francisco. >> and i'm dan ashl

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stay with abc 7 for much more on the story. we'll have more on abc 7 news at 5:00 and at 6:00. >>> now to the east bay and a frightening sight from sky 7 hd. a firefighter carrying a little girl away from a school bus on interstate 80 in berkeley after the bus full of children was involved in a multivehicle collision. >> reporter: it looked scary on interstate i-80. that school bus full of children. injuries were my nor despite the fact none of the children were wearing seat belts. it was a school bus loaded with kids aged 5-15 headed to a park in oakland as part of their summer day camp experience when the bus suddenly crashed into a van in front of it on interstate 80. that set off a chain reaction that involved six other cars, an accident that prompted a large scale response from berkeley emergency personnel. >> and they had multiple drivers who had sustained injuries. fire was called to the scene. they immediately set up a triage, classified the injuries. most of them being minor injuries. >> reporter: chp reports 19 kids a

abc news reporter is live in washington, d.c. talk about trump's immigration policy. >> reporter: good afternoon, larry. on twitter donald trump has been promising a wild time at the rally that is just about to start. he is keeping up calls for a dramatic crack down on illegal immigration. as donald trump gears up for what he expects to be the biggest rally ever tonight in mobile's 40,000-seat football stadium his competitors on the campaign trail are divided over the immigration proposal brought front and center. >> the immigration policies brought up are not conservative, either. it will cost hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars. it will disrupt families. >> reporter: former front runner jeb bush going directly after trump for pledges to end birth right citizenship and launch massive deportation effort. at the iowa state fair ted cruz has only compliments for trump. >> the fact that donald trump is in the race more and more people are paying attention. >> reporter: cruz supports the calls to end the citizenship if born

on canned with watch abc and the watch app. see you again at 6:00. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." fires on the move. thousands of firefighters battling more than 80 major wildfires. now burning across eight states. homes destroyed. crews overwhelmed. why there's no relief in sight. >>> flying high. republican front-runner donald trump gaining momentum. tonight, his controversial new immigration plan. and just how much money he's prepared to spend to win the white house. >>> hero clerk. the man who came face to face with a suspected killer. how this man helped end a nearly three-week-long alleged crime spree. >>> deadly blast. new images tonight that shows how massive that blast was. massive crater in the middle of a big city. >>> and renter beware. the grandmother renting out rooms in her home now facing a massive fine. tonight, the profits and pitfalls of home-sharing sites like airbnb. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. and we begin tonight with the growing wildfire crisis, tinder-dr

chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >>> thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00.'m larry beil. we begin with dan and cheryl. >>> and we begin with breaking news in oakland. police chase a suspected gunman from one side of the city to the other and it ends in gunfire. we're live at the scene. plus -- >> learning their patterns, knowing when they were home, if they were home alone. >> a teenager may have attacked nearly a dozen times. we are live in alameda with the arrest of a sexual assault suspect. >>> also tonight, a gusher. it buckled a road and seeped into homes. >>> abc 7 news talks with a san jose professor just back. >>> abc 7 news starts with live, breaking news. >>> abc 7 news has two major breaking stories happening. sky 7 hd is over oakland where an officer shot and killed a man accused of an armed robbery. in nearby alameda a 17-year-old boy was arrested who they believe broke inside, and in one case is accused of sexually assaulting a young girl. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. we begin with a very active crime scene in oakland happening a

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abc news, roanoke, virginia. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news here at 4:00, former president bush returns to new orleans ten years after hurricane katrina. how he is addressing the low point of his administration. >>> and the kitchen is closed at some popular caves. >>> and the brand new parkway has been open just over a month. new at 4:30 who says part of the roadway is just too dangerous. >>> at 4:11 we are checking your south bay san jose commute. southbound is backed up but northbound looking great. 880 seems to be flowing in both directions over the top. we are back after a quick break. >>> one of the priciest homes sold in california has a new owner. this estate known as loxly hall just sold for $47.5 million smashing price records. this morning was over the 9,200 square foot mansion designed by julia morgan. it has jaw dropping views of san francisco, golden gate bridge. the home built in 1895 includes an elevator, four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a poolhouse, rose garden and wine cellar. >>> starbucks began closing the first of its laboulange restaurants. the north beach area sold th

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> so tragic. and it's estimated 40,000 people were watching the live feed as it was coming down that very moment yesterday morning. >> yeah, there are so many levels of how disturbing all this was. one, because of that. people weren't expecting that, they weren't at a crime scene or anything. they were talking to a chamber of commerce person, an official and then something like that happens and people were confused. not only the anchorwoman in the studio but the viewers, as you mentioned. they weren't sure what happened. but you knew something went terribly wrong. you heard the gunshots. you saw the camera fall. and just completely disturbing. from our end, like we mentioned earlier, we have all been out in the field and had our backs turned, we're not sure what's going on. and that's the last thing you expect, though. >> you're absolutely right. we want to remind viewers to stay with abc news as we cover these developments overnight. we'll take you live to virginia in our next half hour. >>> and

watch abc and the watch abc app. have a great day. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." the donald gets the boot on the campaign trail, told to stay home after this. >> you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. >> was what he said next an attack on women? the backlash coming in. >>> the packed jet, the shattered cockpit windows. the hailstorm so fierce, pilots couldn't see. >> we're having a hard time here. >> how they finally made that daring emergency landing. >>> an intruder inside the house, two girls home alone. >> no, there's no phone out there. she doesn't have a cell phone. and she's completely freaking out. >> the app that came to the rescue. >>> and, soaring to new heights. the daredevil going for the record. so, what is the secret to learning to fly? >>> good evening and thanks for joining us on this saturday, i'm cecilia vega. we begin tonight with donald trump, told today he has finally gone too far. the donald disinvited from a campaign appearance, ordered to stay home. and tonight, he is now facing a tsunami of criticism for an escalating serie

up, more news from abc.abc. stay with us. >>> this morning on "world news now," donald trump's hot-button issue, immigration. for the first time, he's revealing policy details while taking aim at mexico. the controversy as he dazzles the iowa state fair. >>> burning up. firefighters in several states facing explosive conditions. the property loss, the human toll, and a big threat today from accuweather. >>> and new this half hour, what a generous boss. >> his restaurant was closed for five months, and during that time, all the workers got paid. wait until you hear about the bonus. >>> and in "the skinny," the boy band getting even more attention from admirers. one direction's big honors at an awards show. it's monday, august 17th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for reena ninan. we usually only see each other in passing, in the field in stories, so it's nice to spend some time hanging out here this morning. >> you'll get a

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abc news was in hayward earlier this afternoon. it was raining going into and coming out of the tunnel. spencer christian joining us with the drizzlets and droplets. >> there is some left over although it's bright where we are in this location. moving mainly in the direction of the delta. producing spotty sprinkles. nothing steady or measurable. let's get to the conditions near the rocky fire. temperature 69 degrees and climbing as wayne pointed out. cloud cover held temperatures down. it's warming up. relative humidity much higher. 58%. winds still strong gusting to 18 miles an hour. and that does not help the frrth effort at all. this area outlined in red includes the acreage to which the fire spread. after 8:00 p.m. to midnight, between miss night and 5:00 a.m., very little wind at all. we expect winds to increase by late morning to midday tomorrow. look eastward, mainly blue sky over the bay. 69 degrees in san francisco. mid-70s in oakland. 71 in half moon bay and parting clouds over the golden gate right now. santa rose anovat

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from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j.s and reena ninan. >> and we begin with breaking news. a father and his daughter are dead after a circus tent collapsed during a performance in northern new hampshire. the little girl just 6 years old. >> more than 20 people also injured, some seriously. abc's gio benitez is covering the violent weather. >> reporter: strong winds moving through new hampshire causing a tent to collapse at fairgrounds in lancaster. >> it literally was lifted up through the air and just as the canvas was taken off, the poles that were holding it all the way up through the top of the tent were just coming at people. >> reporter: police say at least 250 people were under that tent at the time of the collapse. tampa, florida, inundated. torrential rains causing dozens of rescues. forcing dozens of rescues by boat, some carried out on shoulders. more than 40 residents evacuated from floodwaters up to four feet high. >> i've never seen it like this ever. >> reporter: further north deadly storms moving east aft

aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >>> the u.s.-led coalition is beefing up air power in the fight against isis. six f-16 warplanes, support equipment, 300 personal have arrived at an air force base in southern turkey. the base is located close to isis strongholds across the border in syria. till now the u.s. has flown only unarmed drones from the base. >>> more than 20 people are dead in the wake of a typhoon in asia. the storm moved from taiwan to the chip niece mainland bringing power out to more than a million homes and widespread agricultural damage. at its peak, the typhoon had winds as much as 140 miles an hour but it is now weakening. >> there are also severe storms here in the u.s. in the central storm yesterday in arizona that may have ignited yet another wildfire. there was also extreme weather in other parts of the country. abc's ryan owens reports. >> reporter: tampa can't seem to get a break. the florida city hit yet again. this neighborhood submerged after ten inches of rain in just eight days. pumps brought in to dr

e news from abc coming up. >>> this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades. >inan. >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> james holmes' mother speaks out in court. apologizing to victims of the aurora theater shooting for the first time. ahead, what's next for her son. >>> an inspector general's report cites u.s. ambassador to japan caroline kennedy and her senior staff are using personal e-mail accounts for official business. some of the materials sent were considered sensitive but unclassified. >>> forecasters say conditions near the largest wildfire in washington state history will be no help to fire crews today. temperatures will be in the 90s with low humidity and gusty winds. that fire already scorching more than 400 square miles. >>> a duststorm hit the phoenix area delivering powerful winds and torrential rains. it made a mess of the evening commute and some power outages have been reported. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, augus

the fbi tells abc news she is not facing any charges and calls this a "misunderstanding."s also a major inconvenience for hundreds of passengers who had to spend the night in denver. their flight not scheduled to leave until 8:00 tonight. cases of unruly passengers seem to be taking off. more than 28,000 worldwide since 2007. like in russia, when a drunk passenger threatened flight attendants. a group of men wrestled him to the floor, tying him up with seat belts and tape. and tonight, clawing her way onto that list -- this woman and her cat. ryan owens, abc news, los angeles. >>> still ahead on "world news tonight," nine days lost in the wilderness. a missing hiker found alive. why did it take so long for rescuers to find her? fact. every time you take advil you're taking the medicine doctors recommend most for joint pain. more than the medicine in aleve or tylenol. the medicine in advil is the number one doctor recommendation for joint pain. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil every auto insurance policy has a number. but not every insurance company understand

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abc. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.omniacs for two decades. informing insomniacs for two decades. >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. here are some of the top headlines we're following this >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." hundreds of people from the roanoke, virginia, area gathered to honor alison parker and adam ward last night outside the station where they worked. we're learning what the gunman had with him right after his attack. full details straight ahead. >>> savannah state university was on lockdown last night after a shooting on campus. one male was taken to the hospital and the school reopened shortly after. no arrests. >>> fire crews in washington appear to be holding. the forecast calls for wind gusts with a cool off this weekend. >>> mcdonald's and its supplier tyson foods are cutting ties with a chicken farmer accused of animal cruelty. a group released hidden camera video claimi

this from our abc stations.eamer ♪but i'm not the only one ♪i hope someday you'll join us ♪and the world will live as one♪ ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny so skinny >>> well, we begin with news about "sesame street" and what we hope is not a sign of the times. >> yeah, the iconic children's television show is apparently shrinking. yesterday, pbs announced that the hour-long version of "sesame street" will not be in their fall lineup. >> before you get all grouchy, take a deep breath, maybe count to ten. there will still be new "sesame street" episodes. it will just be half an hour. pbs made the move after receiving "positive station and viewer feedback." >> whoever those viewers are, they want less of "sesame street," shame on you! since 1969, this show has made millions of parents feel less guilty for using the television as a babysitter. >> yeah, but i have to say, i'm actually not surprised. i took my kids to "sesame street" place in pennsylvania this weekend, and i actually had to youtube "sesame street" episod

here's abc's david muir. >> hey!-- hoverboard. >> reporter: who could forget michael j. fox in "back to the future," that great getaway on his hoverboard? many of us wanted one ourselves. but what was back to the future is now here. ♪ i've been waiting all night for you to tell me ♪ >> reporter: the new images just released by lexus of a skateboarder floating several inches above the pavement, above the ramp, even above the water. but hold on. it isn't easy. a project 18 months in the making beginning in texas. >> got around the corner as fast as we could and then we started setting up the jump and making it higher and making the gap bigger and we progressed quick, real quick. >> reporter: here's how it works. superconductors bathed in liquid nitrogen inside the board create a powerful magnetic field and beneath the board a track embedded with magnets creating their own magnetic field. when the two fields combine, they repel one another, creating that lift, the kind of science that made marty mcfly fly. david muir, a

. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> we start this half hour with those devastating wildfires in california. >> the largest fire doubled in aggressive effort. abc's clayton sandell is there. >> reporter: firefighters are working day and night in close hand to hand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. it's already chewed 50,000 acres, destroying at least 24 homes, threatening thousands more. the u.s. military called up two more c-130 firefighting planes from colorado sending them to california where they'll join large dc-10 tank percent right there is a dc-10. he's coming in. he's going to drop fire retardant. this plane can carry 12,000 gallons of retardant at once. there it goes. the terrain here is bone dry. and lightning isn't helping since thursday, 13/,000 lightning strikes sparking more than 250 new fires. >> we have seen a couple spot fires and those pretty much escalated and got pretty big and took off both sides of the moun

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far from it according to abc 7 news meteorologist.a record breaking dry spell. >> we would have to get 2 1/2 times our average rain to wipe out the drought. our largest amount of rain above average ever was about 1.8. so we are trying to exceed levels never seen before and then trying to exceed over three years. >> locally it could help. east bay says the magic num

reporting live in ferguson, brandi hitt, abc 7 news. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, remembering robin williams. a year after his passing. how strangers are paying tribute to the comedian this afternoon. >>> will a drone help police the skies over the bay area's largest city. the debate is under way. >>> the east bear supermarket now just a pile of rubble. the clue leading some to suspect arson. >>> and we're checking your traffic. skyway jammed up in both directions. and there's a giants game tonight. on the right-hand side is your traffic trying to get southbound on the south peninsula and beyond. the left-hand side, the traffic trying to get on the lower deck of the they won't stay young forever. ♪music f♪rforever you♪gersion) but for 60 years there's been a place where we can stay forever young together. don't miss the disneyland resort diamond celebration. ♪ forever you♪g with an all-new electrical parade, fireworks spectacular and more. ♪ may you st♪y come see it all dazzle like never before. come feel forever young ♪ forever you♪g >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame and

abc's linzie janis has the video. >> reporter: this new video first obtained by abc news revealing howraced from their prison cells to freedom in just 20 minutes. shot by two investigators, the video shows how the inmates crawled through holes in their cells onto the catwalks behind. then shimmying down four floors to the prison's underground tunnel system. in nine minutes they made it the length of two cell blocks and are entering the last one. >> approaching the first significantly tight squeeze. >> reporter: minutes later, they're under the prison yard. >> underneath the asphalt yard. >> reporter: connecting with that now infamous steam pipe. >> i'm gonna get in this pipe. >> reporter: the investigators squeezing through. >> emerging from the steam pipe. >> reporter: and three minutes later, they're free emerging through that manhole on to the street. their brazen escape kicking off a massive manhunt across this dense terrain. police killing matt, capturing sweat alive just a mile and a half from the canadian border. sweat in court just days ago facing new charges. linzie janis, abc

reporting live in lake county, i'm sergio quintana, abc 7 news. >>> the abc news now fire has shared photos and video. smoke is visible as far away as santa rosa, antioch, oakland. if you want to share on social media, do it safely. #abc7now. >>> here's a look at the fire shortly after it got under way. this photo sent by abc 7 news viewer dana kelly. you can see the smoke around 4:00 this afternoon. it was still relatively small. >>> let's head right to abc news meteorologist for a look at the conditions firefighters are facing tonight, drew? >> matt, the dry atmosphere we have and the active wind throughout the afternoon really helped to spread this fire rather rapidly. we'll take to the jerusalem fire at this air. air temperature 71. the relative humidity is rather dry. only at 38%. still a busy breeze out of the northeast, three miles per hour. it is gusting right now to ten miles per hour. so we'll take you through the next 24 hours in terms of the wind gusts. it's not such great news for the firefighters. early tomorrow morning you can see an active breeze anywhere from 16 to 2

matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> 4:33 now. new this morning, isis is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack in baghdad. at least 62 people died overnight when a truck bomb was detonated in the city's largest market. police say another 125 were wounded. officials say that market is especially crowded on thursdays as people stock up on food for the weekend. >>> the death toll following a massive explosion at a warehouse in tianjin china remains at 34. smoke is still billowing from the warehouse which officials say was used to store dangerous chemical materials. blast and heat were so intense they destroyed office buildings and bloo you out windows at a nearby apartment complex. the explosion also melted roads and new cars in a nearby parking lot. officials say those cars are still too hot to touch this morning. no word what triggered the blast. >>> the exposure produced so much heat you could detect it from space. that orange dot there is the blast. this infrared image was seen by a japanese weather satellite over the blast

this is abc 7 news. >>> i'm ama daetz. coming up new at 6:00, beefed up security at oakland international airport. tonight we investigate whether it's enough to prevent a breach by someone who works there. >>> also a controversial by pass begins to take shape on the north coast. why aren't officials discussing the environmental price tag? >>> and a warning about increasingly popular auto loan. why many are calling it a debt trap all coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thanks very much. see you then. >>> abc 7 news was at stamford today for the expansion of the ronald mcdonald house there. it provides a place for families. when completed this will be the largest ronald mcdonald house in the world. >>> an event called fun day generated a lot of smiles on the peninsula. >>> abc news more than 350 bowlers with developmental disabilities hit the lanes. >>> participants from all over the bay area came out for this fun day celebration. >> makes them the happiest people in the world. they look forward to this event all year long.