the banner is still up as a memorial to detective colson. we can still see evidence of the bullet holes in the front of the building. michael ford facing a trial. a new date needs to be set for the trial. district three headquarters, brad news, abc7 news. jonathan: for the officer killed jacai colson. he was posthumously given the gold medal of valor. before he was killed he did shoot and wound ford that ended the attack on officers. nancy: john miller pleading no contest to misdemeanor reckless driving and guilty to fail to yield that killed tristan schulz and injured mindy schulz. the prosecutors dropped serious charges afte could not prove miller was using the cell phone at the time of the crash. jonathan: developing right now a growing crisis in california as the wildfires continue to spread across the state. if you have not seen the video it takes your breath away when you see it. at this hour we know 15 people confirmed dead as a result. we are learning that federal aid approved to fight back against the fire claimed lives and destroye

colson holding a photograph of her late son so the ford brothers could see it. >> the colsons are obviously still grieving. they have suffered a loss that hopefully none of us ever have to experience and probably can never understand. brad: back live now. difficult to see through the door, but inside there, there is a sign that mentions the scars. the scars of the bullet holes are still in that door. when we come back at 6:00, we will tell you more about what may have been the motive, what the brothers were thinking that day. prince george's county police district three station, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: brad, thanks. abc7 has been following the developing story since it broke last year. if you want to see all of the original reporting, log on to the website wjla.com and search "colson." now the situation out west. if you haven't seen the v take a look at what we've got put together for you this afternoon. we are now getting a first look at how bad that fire is in santa rosa in northern california. before the fairs on google, you saw -- before the fires on google, you saw the earth ma

colson's hands in the courtroom do the talking for them. the prince george's county courthouse. >> the accused triggerman, michael ford has pled not guilty and will be tried by a jury next year. >>> armageddon. that's the word one homeowner used to describe the wildfires that torched his home, and are devastating parts of the california wine country. the flames have destroyed more than 250,000 homes and other structures. >> it looks like chaos here. like somebody dropped a bomb or somethg. to this. >> another wildfire is burning at anaheim. a thick cloud of smoke hangs over nearby disneyland. president trump has approved a major disaster declaration for california to help the state battle those flames. so far this year, california has had more than 1500 more wildfires than all of last year. >>> around here, it's muggy, sticky, and feeling a lot more like august tonight. topper is on the weather terrace, and it sounds like we're going to be dealing with some rain for tomorrow. >> a yellow weather alert for wednesday. we still kind of need so

in the chaotic fire fight, detective colson was killed by friendly fire. while the gunman who started it was wounded and captured. today, colson's family was among those who witnessed two guilty pleas in the case. the two brothers of the accused shooter admitted to driving him there, and remarkably videotaping the entire thing. malik ford elijah ford to 12. >> although, it's been a number of months ago, well over a year and a half, the hurt is still there. the sorrow is still there. and we need to rely on one another to make sure that we come through this process, whole, healed, and better than we were before. >> the colson family made no public statements about this today, but mrs. colson sat in the front room of the courtroom today, holding a portrait of her son, so that both of the men who pled guilty could clearly see it. scott broom, wusa9. >> the accused triggerman, older brother of michael ford has pled not guilty. he is going to be tried by a jury next year. >>> nfl commissioner roger goodell has sent a letter to all 32 teams, saying the recent nat

detective jacai colson died in that shootout. our bureau chief tracee wilkins has details from today's hearing. >> i don't think there is anyway we can ever make sense of this and kill innocent individuals. >> reporter: elijah and malik ford say they are guilty of contributing to the death of prince george's county detective jacai colson. they also admitted to aiding their brother michael in his deadly plot to shoot and kill as many police officers as possible. michael ford sprayed the prince george's county district 3 station in bullets in march of 2016. his brother malik ford was looking at the possibility of life in prison for recording the shootout as it unfolded. and miss directing officers who searched for the gun men as he fired. but through a plea deal, his time in jail is capped at 20 years and his brother elijah at 12 years. >> it does help. closure, however it comes, is beneficial to healing. >> reporter: during an exchange of gun fire, plain clothes detective jacai colson was shot and killed by friendly fire. that lan

but this is what happened in this case. >> this waneta tack on just detective colson, who was tragicallyon the entire community. it was an attack on bystanders. it was an attack on fire ems personnel. it was wreckless attack on a police facility. >> i appreciate the leadership, the skill that has been done on this work and i appreciate the outcome. >> attorney for the thirds brother accused shooter michael ford said he plans to take his case to trial. facing similar charges as his brother including first degree murder. >> also prince georges county man accuse pregnant girlfriend's apartment on fire was in court today. his attorney claims his client wasn't there when the crime happened. phillips is charged with attempted first and second degree murder and arson, for the incident back on september y being head without bond, as for the man's girlfriends, she was critically injured and forced to deliver her baby early. the baby is doing okay, but is still in the hospital. >> breaking news, silver spring gas leaked, building near plum orchard way, the 4-inch gas line struck by a grill this af

this wasn't an attack on just detective colson who was traj tragically lost, it it was an attack on theire community. the attorney for the third breather and the accused shooter michael ford plans to take his case to trialment ford is also facing first degree murder charges. the scandal surrounding hollywood producer harvey weinstein is growing. late tonight his wife announced she's leaving her husband following a report by the new allegedly raped three women. in a statement his manager denied those statements. also tonight gwenette paltrow and angelica lee jolie joined the woman of sexual harassment and assault. they fired the officer seen in this viral video because she re fused to draw blood from an unconscious patient. the chief says the police detective violated department policies when he arrested the nurse and dragged her screaming from the hospital. the officer did not have a warrant to draw the blood . the police have since apologized. tonight a couple in saint pairy's maryland is desperate for your help. over the weekend someone broke into their lexington home and stole some i

negotiating with nation trade agreements they are trying to put into those agreements human rights colson's which essentially say that these countries most live up to what the european union says standards on human rights and yet it's refusing absolutely refusing to condemn something that's happening in one of its own member states which any reasonable person would say was just provocative and an overreaction if people want independence then you should at least give them the option of the votes the fact that the spanish government has refused to do so and this crackdown in such a dangerous and ridiculous way has actually caused all i feel more feelings for independence from ordinary cattle and super ups previously would have thought it was fun. well meanwhile pro independence sentiment is on the rise across the you in over a dozen countries minorities are vowing to have their own state for example in belgium germany and france and it's not just catalonia that's held a referendum on this issue back in twenty fourteen scotland voted not to break away from the united kingdom this year a second

we saw earlier in the afternoon an aggressive air attack with a c-130 hercules from colson aviation.e had an east bay regional park helicopter eagle also equipped with a bambi bucket and cal fire helicopter. later in the afternoon we saw folks from a local cattle ranch company checking on their cattle. i see them now about 30 of them grazing normally. no reports of injuries. no houses were burned. and again, burned about 116 acres. you take a look at the hillside, those homes are to the north of the fire and again they were unscathed. we had fire engines up there. so at this point, we do have fire crews that will spend the night here to make sure there are no flare-ups. no reports of anyone injured in this fire which burned about 116 acres here in dublin. reporting live in dublin, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all right. turning the corner a little bit, changing gears we are going to talk about sports. this is a big night for the golden state warriors. they are back at oracle arena hosting houston in the first game of the new season starting in about an hour. >> before tip-off, the

rico is treated as one as are annoying calling colson a hind fulsom alito and then them account thrown him along on the board both recall as you know in a little can i do a lot of sense on the condition of the thumb the island is controlled by the us gov . and some puerto ricans crew even dependents do a little ceremony gonna. go by does it do it out either way like that i mean to sort of randomly go over digging again where you went last year early asking w still many do wish to join the u.s. hundreds more leave every day. on time along the. beings. with the country at a crossroads anger on the island is on the rise. as puerto rico continues to assess the colossal damage done by hurricanes arm and maria society has been debating the effectiveness of the government's response after what came across as a generally effective and media savvy response to hurricanes and houston and louisiana the president came under fire for a delayed reaction in puerto rico and whether it be paper towel throwing visit that seemed like more of an afterthought or the back and forth over whether or not to lif

jacai colson died after michael ford started to fire at the district three station. today his brothers malik and elijah pleading guilty to a variety of charges including conspiracy. alison: a birthday celebration in miami ends in the death of a bowie woman. they shot and killed cariann after they say she ran over a cop with the car. they say hithon was driving so fast as she crashed in two vehicles and drove off. after that is when they say she hit the officer. >> this is not the person i know. alison: hithon was with a friend from church and her father wants to know what led up to it. larry: tonight, at least 15 people are dead and more than 12,000 homes and businesses destroyed. reed andrews is live in santa rosa with the latest. reporter: there is no part of the town that isn't impacted by the fire. this part here is deavor stated. there is an endless sea that is ruined. first patch has come back to see if there is anything left to a advantage. most of them lost everything. >> diaz and her part of the past that survived. >> i find my bible but when i touch it, it

. >> reporter: state water project engineer don colson retired 20 years ago after working on many facilitiesville dam and its spillway. >> i think it has failed. it just hasn't collapsed. >> reporter: we examined two decad decades' worth of federal and state inspection reports, consultant letters and memos, nearly 10,000 documents in all. they repeatedly identify safety issues which concerned several engineers we spoke with. issues such as a 15-foot-long crack in the concrete at gate 8 in the dam's headworks or flood control structure that appears to be groelg. spalling, or deterioration of concrete in other areas. cracking tennion or trunion rods that helped move the gates which control the flow of water through the dam. and failure to come up with a long-term plan acceptable to inspectors which would monitor the amount and flow of water that naturally goes through the earthen dam. if that water comes out at the wrong place and at the wrong speed, it could wash the dam away. >> my driving force is out of concern for the public. >> reporter: this recently retired high-level dwr administrator

you see the c-130 hercules we have been talk about from the colson air company making several drops of fire retardant. certainly this fire was already pretty much contained before the arrival of the c- 130 hercules. i also see the eagle regional helicopter equipped with a bucket assisting in firefights from the air. that helicopter according to the website always carries the "bambi bucket" during routine patrol. sergeant kelly mentioned there are homes in the area, but earlier, we had strong winds probably moderate winds heading southeast but again, it appears that the bulk of the fire has been knocked down. certainly everyone has to be findsful of flare-ups and embers. a cal fire helicopter eagle and giant c-130 hercules trying to do their best to make sure these flames certainly don't pop up. that's the latest in dublin. back to you guys. >>> looks like you're in the more grassy area close to the fire from where you are have you been able to see any of the evacuations and people trying to get out of that area? >> reporter: we have not. i do say -- i do see some hills to the northwest

and that included a plan that i now know today he was developing with colson to file on -- against licenseesy to get their broadcast license and particularly the washington post. indeed, they would have conversations in some detail about setting up what today became fox news. not in that particular conversation. >> jeff, president trump loves to go after the press, loves to bluster, how seriously should this threat be taken? is this something he could do? >> i think the answer is no, basically. most -- the way the licensing works is that local stations are licensed by the fcc. nbc which he hates more than cnn at the moment, doesn't have a license to do news. cnn doesn't need a license from the government. but, i mean, the idea of government harassment of the news media simply because the news -- the government doesn't like what the news media is reporting is something that is prevalent in authoritarian countries, in russia, in china, in turkey. i mean, it is really -- the idea that a president of the united states would even suggest this is so repugnant that the fact that it is basically imp

david: we want to bring in danny colson, former deputy assistant director at the fbi.ny, you have seen a lot of incidents around the country. we worked together covering some of them. >> right. david: it does seem early stages for this guy, if the reporting is correct, and rick leventhal is a great reporter, he doesn't miss a report, that he is reporting now that the perpetrator did yell "allahu akbar!" as soon as he was captured. >> yeah. david: it took two bullets to stop him. seems to be at the very least, this was an active perpetrator. this was no accident. >> lord no, it was no accident. we're seeing a changing face of evil. in my business now i have to be concerned about bombs and knives and guns and now trucks, and now snipers and soon, drones. and, you know, not too long ago the fbi, jttf in new york city stopped an attack much more serious than this one having intelligence. that is the key to this stuff, do we have intelligence? this case we did not. fortunately one of the finest police departments in the world is new york city. they can respond to these thin

stanger: here is charles murray appearing on the "tucker colson" show in june. >> i expect it because have been briefed by the people of middle. ,hat the protest would occur but what we did not know if they were going to keep it up forever -- but what we did not know if tha is that they were going to keep it up forever. membersing to say, u.s. of the new elite have to be aware of all of the ways in which the elite is the working class in this country. >> what you think of that statement? aof. stanger: i think he has point. and that is another tragic irony. he wasn't even coming to middle buried to talk about the bell --ve, which was the 10 over which was rich and over 25 years over 25hat was written years ago. he was talking about his message about how this unexpected outcome could transpire. so it is sad that we cannot have a conversation about that book instead of looking backwards at something written long ago. brian: what is a micro-aggression? allison: that is when somebody offends somebody without even knowing it. out,ven when you point it they still think you are being too sens

eighte colson, congressional fellow. can give give me some of the hypothesis of why there is a higher rate of fighters in gitmo? in guantanamo you said there was a higher ratio of yemen fighters. >> i think it is because there are more yemenis who work committed to al qaeda then there were yemenis to isis. >> time for one more, i was expecting a little longer into. i want, going twice, the gentleman in the front will take it. jack,name is unaffiliated. i was wondering if you could contrast or compare the distinction between foreign fighters and recruitment. in other words, if a dueling coalition shut down the territorial area in syria, well recruitment go away, too, or will recruitment shift and how much can you get that kind of information in the future? >> yeah, that is a really good question. i used recruitment is a broad term. when you think about recruitment, you think about someone from room reaching out to people that they want to join the group. there's a elaborate initiation, organized crime in italy might do it