for the very latest let's go to abc's donya bacchus from las vegas. [gunfire] >> reporter: terrifying gunfire on what started as a peaceful night at the country music on the vegas strip. >> i heard it boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: blasts of automatic gunfire on concertgoers enjoying the festival with jason aldean. >> people started dropping around us. a lot of dead bodies. a lot of people were piling on top of whoever. >> reporter: a high wall enclosing part of the concert venue. >> there was no encase. we were just penned inism it was. it was a kill box. >> reporter: so many shot and wounded. >> a gentleman was shot. he said could you help me. i had six people in my car, people without shoes. >> reporter: police jumping into action. >> one police officer he just was so brave. he was like jumping over the fence like to go -- to go fight this like to take on this guy. >> reporter: police say the gunman 64-year-old stephen paddock sprayed bullets from the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel. s.w.a.t. teams racing there to breach paddock's hotel room w

abc's donya bacchus is live now in santa rosa this morning with more.d morning, donya. >> reporter: good morning, tam. just to give you a scope of the devastation, around me are signs of intensity of the fire. house after house is gone. charred cars and charred chimp niece on lots that were once home and this morning the fire fight continues. the massive wildfires in california's wine country are burning out of control. stretching firefighters to their limit. >> we have folks on the fire line starting their third shift right now that have not been relieved. >> reporter: throughout sonoma county entire neighborhoods have been devastated. >> and this fire was fast. >> firstly i think it will be one of the worst disasters in california history. >> reporter: at least 2,000 residences and businesses have been destroyed like this winery and this hotel. >> we were awoken to a red glow coming out of the north and -- and had just minutes to actually get out of -- get out of the house, wake our kids up. >> reporter: crews battling fires in santa rosa were forced

abc's donya bacchus has more from santa rosa. >> reporter: the out of control fires now twice the sizere line starting their third shift right now that have not been relieved. >> reporter: sunday, the fires sparked strong so-called diablo winds pushed hot, dry air across california, exploding in size so quickly many didn't have time to evacuate. >> we got out without anything except for our dogs and medicine. >> reporter: nancy cook returns to what's left of her home, sifting through the rubble, trying to salvage anything she can find. >> this was the kitchen. >> reporter: across sonoma county, entire neighborhoods are now unrecognizable. at least 2,000 residences, businesses like this winery and even hotels destroyed. >> it's with sorrow that i tell you today that we have confirmed two fatalities. charles and sara rippey, ages 100 and 98. >> reporter: the rippeys were married for 75 years. tuesday, their son mike helped sift through their home. >> my father, he never made it to her room. and even if he had made it, there was no way he was going to leave her. >> reporter: in southern c

donya bacchus. adrianna: you spoke earlier this morning with the suspected gunman's family. how are they reacting to this? eileen: abc news did speak to the brother of stephen paddock, eric paddock, who basically told our reporters that his family was in shock and disbelief, they can't believe what's happened and they said that they knew we were going to dig into the brothers past, as we usually do in these situations and he said they would find nothing. thank you so much for the update. be sure to stay with us online and that wjla.com for the latest . you can also follow us on facebook and twitter. feels like fall. last week we had -- brian: humidity. adrianna: and this week? brian: the morning, chile this morning in the burbs. each day i think we will tack on a few degrees, back in the 80's by late in the week. brian: oh, ok. [laughter] cool morningsave with mild afternoons, which is typical for this time of year. taking a look at the hyatt regency cam, lots of blue skies with a few loud popping up here and there, lots of blue as far as the eye can see. 69 degrees in the city. wind out of the south southeast, the a