. >> we have dozer lines in place that are in front of the houses, so we have a buffer between where the fire is and where it wants to go. >> reporter: the king fire even seen from space sending plumes of smoke to the northeast. officials arresting wayne allen huntsman on suspicion of arson in connection to the blaze. huntsman pleading not guilty friday as crews continue to battle the flames with no end in sight. and those huge white trailers behind me, those are actually mobile sleeping units housing hundreds of firefighters. one thing on their side, by the way, is the weather. it rained here last night bringing clouds and humidity that all helped temper this blaze. dan. >> good to hear that but as you said, no end in sight at this point. aditi roy, thank you. >>> and now from wildfires in the west to wild end of summer in the midwest. check this out. heavy rain in ann arbor delaying the michigan/utah college football game, fans evacuated from the stadium known as the big house and meteorologist rob marciano is tracking it all. of course. rob, good morning to you. >> good morning. y

the only kurdish armored vehicle we saw was a homemade one that had been improvised from an old bull dozer. >> pelley: holly williams in erbil, northern iraq tonight. thank you. the rise of i.s.i.s. also known as i.s.i.l. was a surprise to u.s. intelligence. president obama acknowledged that and another intelligence failure to steve kroft, in an interview for "60 minutes." >> how did they end up where they are in control of so much territory? was that a complete surprise to you? >> well, i think the head of the intelligence community jim clapper they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> reporter: well, he didn't just say that we underestimated i.s.i.l. he said we overestimated the ability and the will of our allies the iraqi army to fight. >> that's true. that's absolutely true. >> reporter: and these are the people we are now expecting to carry on the fight. >> well, here's what happened in iraq: when we left, we had left a democracy that was in tact and a military that was well equipped and the ability for them to chart their own course. that opportunity was squandered

> that was a close call, a rescue after the fire burned over an inmate crew with the captain and a dozer operator. a lot of folks are watching this fire. it's officially 3900 acres, we expect that number to go up considerably. late today with flames moving closer, firefighters launched an air attack. residents looked on. despite efforts, firefighters from the air and ground, it has grown considerably and burned close to dozens of homes. so far, no structures have burned but many were evacuated in and around pollock pines and north and east. >> we had a heads up we're going to probably have to evacuate. and when it came to getting 15 minutes of we need to get out, we just got ourselves and on we went. >> i wanted to get my cat out. some pictures is all i worried about. really. >> officially, cal fire says the fire was just 10% contained. >> the location is in a canyon. very steep terrain. very dry fuelled drought in this area. temperatures are warmer, humidity is down. >> sharon has a cabin, one of 43 in the area where the flames were headed >> we've got cabins here. and trying to keep co

that fire crew that escaped the burnover as it were, we are told again it was a cal fire captain, a dozer operator and a prison crew, inmate crew that often come out to fight these fires. we were told they had to deploy their fire shelters, the small tents and after the fire burned over, they were actually rescued by one of the helicopters that you see doing the firefighting from the air. that helicopter had to drop its load of water and was able to pick up those firefighters. we understand no serious injuries to those folks and they were flown out. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> now let's go to mendocino county where an evacuation order has been lifted near a fire that has destroyed at least five structures. the black fire as it's been called broke out saturday and has burned more than 400 achors. it's now 50% contained. these are pictures from the ukiah daily journal. three people have been hurt. about 450 firefighters are on the lines battling that blaze. >>> a preliminary report is out on the crash that killed a san jose pilot at the reno air races. the national transportation safety

> that was a close call, a rescue after the fire burned over an inmate crew with the captain and a dozer operator. a lot of folks are watching this fire. it's officially 3900 acres, we expect that number to go up considerably. late today with flames moving closer, firefighters launched an air attack. residents looked on. despite efforts, firefighters from the air and ground, it has grown considerably and burned close to dozens of homes. so far, no structures have burned but many were evacuated in and around pollock pines and north and east. >> we had a heads up we're going to probably have to evacuate. and when it came to getting 15 minutes of we need to get out, we just got ourselves and on we went. >> i wanted to get my cat out. some pictures is all i worried about. really. >> officially, cal fire says the fire was just 10% contained. >> the location is in a canyon. very steep terrain. very dry fuelled drought in this area. temperatures are warmer, humidity is down. >> sharon has a cabin, one of 43 in the area where the flames were headed >> we've got cabins here. and trying to keep co

> that was a close call, a rescue after the fire burned over an inmate crew with the captain and a dozerrator. a lot of folks are watching this fire. it's officially 3900 acres, we expect that number to go up considerably. late today with flames moving closer, firefighters launched an air attack. residents looked on. despite efforts, firefighters from the air and ground, it has grown considerably and burned close to dozens of

. >> the fire is not quite to this area yet, but we have dozer lines and hose lines in place that are in front of the houses. if the fire does come up, we have a buffer between where the fire is and where it wants to go. >> the crews are standing by to set backfires that are carefully controlled designed to burn brush and vegetation so there is nothing left to fuel the fire when it arrives. >> the fire is creating problems in the bay area. let's go for the details. hi, drew. >> the problems are with the smoke. the winds are shifting and the smoke could make its way into portions of the bay area. look at the satellite imagery. you can see the smoke that is billowing to the east. the winds are about 5 to 10 miles per hour and that is carrying the smoke in the portions of the north bay. there is a possibility we could see increased problems with people with asthma or respiratory issues. the wind between 4 and 11 miles per hour. we have an air quality look for sensitive groups. the good news, the wind will shift come monday. we are tracking a chance of rain and we will let you know when t

they have dozers and aircraft fighting the fire.o far there are no road closures and no homes are threatened. >>> i want to bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. pretty hot today. >> yeah. we mentioned it, i was talking to mark tamayo yesterday. we had a hot day yesterday. right? another hot one today. you get a couple days in a row and you see brush fires and here you go. firefighters have a handle on this but temperatures in the area, mid-90s. humidity 15%. if you look at the smoke you can see you don't have a lot of wind blowing. smoke is hanging in the air. the lack of wind helps firefighters and the terrain is manageable. hard to see but we have roads and access points. again conditions in the area, and around the bay area, ripe for fires. it is hot and dry. we are not seeing the strong gusty winds which is a big help to firefighters. we will stay on this story. this fire is under control now but it dig grow from 5 acres -- how big? >> 20 acres. >> 20 acres. 4 times the size in an hour. as we look back here. at home. we

. >> the fire isn't quite here to this area yet, but we have dozer lines in place, hose lines in place that are in front of the houses. so if the fire does come up here, we have a buffer between where the fire is and where it wants to go. >> crews are also standing by to set those backfires, the carefully controlled fires designed to burn brush and vegetable so there's nothing left to fuel the wildfire when it arrives. >>> in madera county, crews are making progress against a wildfire near bass the court me fi >>> the san francisco firefighters who helped save camp mather from a wildfire in the sierra last year were honored last night. supporters of the popular summer family camp gathered for its 90th anniversary party and rim fire benefit last night. last summer, crews were able to contain the massive rim fire in yosemite before it reached camp mather. proceeds will be used to protect the camp from future fires. >>> unfortunately it's that time of the year. >> right. but we do have showers in the seven-day forecast. right now, we're talking about lots of cloud cover and balmy conditio

are tackling this fire alone, that includes nearly 300 fire engines, 15 helicopters, and 49 bull dozers. the king fire is just one of nearly a dozen wildfires burning up and down the state. there is a press conference on the king fire expected in about a half hour. we will take you there live as it happens. >>> arizona cardinals running back jonathan dwyer left jail early this morning, booked yesterday on several criminal charges, including aggravated assault and causing a fracture and one count of assault involving a minor. it's an 18-month-old toddler. dwyer left jail after posting a $25,000 cash bond. he's also ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device. the arizona cardinals deactivated dwyer yesterday. the charges against him, just the latest in the string of domestic abuse cases in the nfl. >>> happening later today, a panel of judges will hear an appeal from home run champion barry bonds. the slugger wants the court to overturn his 2011 obstruction of justice conviction. just last year another panel of judges from the same court upheld that conviction. bonds originally found

. >> the fire isn't quite here to this area yet, but we have dozer lines in place, hose lines in place that are in front of the houses. so if the fire does come up here, we have a buffer between where the fire is and where it wants to go. >> crews are also standing by to set those backfires, the carefully controlled fires designed to burn brush and vegetation so there is nothing left to fuel the wildfire when it arrives. >>> in madera county, crews are making progress against a wildfire near bass lake. the courtney fire is now 90% contained. about 320 acres. evacuation orders have been lifted, but 56 buildings have either been damaged or destroyed. >>> the san francisco firefighters who helped save camp mather from a wildfire in the sierra last year were honored last night. supporters of the popular summer family camp gathered for its 90th anniversary party and rim fire benefit last night. last summer, crews were able to contain the massive rim fire in yosemite national forest before it reached the camp. proceeds will be used to protect the camp from future fires. >>> meteorologist lis

. >> a lot of the roads we're traveling are dirt roads or dozer lines.u throw a little bit of water on those and it makes things difficult with the traction for the crews, the vehicles moving in and out. >> thousands of firefighters from as far as florida and alaska are helping firefighters in california. the wildfire is only 10% contained. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> today is technically the last day of summer but those temperatures are cooler outside right now. summer is coming to an end and the fall air is really trying to we go into tonight. that's when fall officially starts is tonight. chilly and cold in some spots as we go through the overnight hours. i'll show you the lows in just a second. some areas could be in the upper 30s by tomorrow morning. the rest the week at least most of the week does stay on the cooler side. it's certainly going to feel like fall almost every day this week. live look outside, looks like we lost the camera. it's a nice shot of philadelphia and it is clear, things are ni

so let's bring in cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozer.uch do we make if there's a rift between obama and his top military advisers. >> i wouldn't call it a rift. i would call it a debate. a debate that goes on behind closed doors. military commanders say don't limit our options. let us get in there on the ground and see what else we think needs to happen. see if the methods and tactics we're using alongside the iraqi military work. don't prejudge this. at the same time you have to look at the fact that when a member of the military, the retired general john allen, criticized the obama administration and called for speedy action in an editorial in late august, he was afraid he might get fired from his last position advising the state department. instead of firing him, they hired him. so you can see them embracing some of this criticism. >> it's not unusual, i suppose, for a general to want every option in front of them when it comes to possibly combatting an enemy, right? >> absolutely. what we're also getting into is a bit of an argument

megaphone me, goes up again, dozer line lincoln beachey will try for the altitude record. beachey goes up, sure enough he gets to 11,641 feet, and they know this because they have a thing called the aircraft mounted on the plane to use their pressure to measure altitude which i don't completely understand. he is a dot in the sky, half a million people are watching and all the sudden a dot starts to circle, gets larger and larger and larger, and the people see that the propeller isn't moving because beachey had used all his fuel on the way up. he's out over the lake where the crashes he will certainly die. he circles down and in front of half a million people he lands his airplane in front of the grandstand not 200 feet from where he took off. now that is flying. beachey's signature trick he called the dip of death. he would take his airplane 3000 feet, 5000 feet in the air, and then had straight down. sometimes he would cut his engine. sometimes he would put his arms out and control the airplane with his knees. and would seem like it would be impossible for him not to cras