shooting, she was being interviewed live on august 26th when the gunman former reporter, vester flannigan walked up and shot and killed allison parker and adam ward, she instinctively dropped to the ground. >> i thought he would shoot me in the head. >> flannigan shot himself after the shooting, following a police chase. >>> and now searchers are looking for survivors after flash floods in utah, three people survived and four remain missing, the same storm system led to several rescues near los angeles, at least ten people were pulled to safety after a heavy downpour there. >>> today could be another day of progress against raging wild fires if the weather behaves as predicted. they expect rain to move through giving them a much needed helping hand, they have the valley fire 30% contained and 600 homes are destroyed so far though, the other fire in the foothills is 40% contained and some nearby communities have lifted evacuation orderers. >>> gop presidential hopefuls will square off again tonight in california. they are based on poll numbers, with second tier candidates debating earlier

meantime flannigan killed himself after a police chase. >>> an escape artist that works with famous magicianhris angel, is recovering after a trick went terribly wrong, he was placed inside a water torture chamber, chained and handcuffed it was suspended over the air on a north jersey street, angel was able to get all the locks off except for one, they made the decision to rescue him after 2.5 minutes under water, he is expected to be okay. >>> the family of a 93 woman is standing up to city hall after city hall refused to let that woman sit down, this is rose saints george, they likes to pass the days by sitting on her comfortable chair on her front porch. but code enforcement came out and said indoor furniture is not allowed outside, making her move it or pay a fine. >> is it doesn't baernlg anybody just sitting here. >> i'm going to charge you $350 because you have a chair on the porch. >> that is disgusting. >> rose's son robert who you saw there refuses to move the furniture and bowing to public pressure, they say they will not force the 93-year-old to take her chair inside but they are

the gunman vester flannigan took his own life. >>> and a philadelphia police officer was shot respondingto the wrong home, officers were looking for a suspicious person in the neighborhood and the caller only give a description of the house not an address. when they approached the house, shots rang out, the homeowner and the police officer were both shot in the leg. >>> a brave girl helped to catch a burglar trying to break into her home when she was home alone. >> i'm upstairs in the closet trying to hide. and i don't know what to do. >> not only did she call 911, the girl took video on her cell phone, as the man snuck around to a neighbor's house and snapped that picture you just saw of him. officers caught up with him and arrested the suspect nearby and that he has a long record of breaking and entering. >>> one family is driving from argentina to philadelphia to see pope francis, they are making the 13,000 mile trip in a volkswag volkswagonon bus, they crossed over for the first time at the texas border and plan to drive up the east coast and right here to pennsylvania, after they at

police were closing in after flannigan shot himself. >>> this movie doesn't open until christmas but it's already making the nfl top brass more than a little nervous. we are working the story in the newsroom. what's this all about? >> it's called concussion. the trailer was released yesterday and today the nfl issued a statement that seemed to be directed at this. in the film, will smith is star ing as a doctor, the real life forensic pathologist who discovered the link between pro football and brain trauma. and the great lengths that the league allegedly went to in an attempt to discredit him. the nfl did not directly fight the movie but released the statement today we are encouraged by the ongoing focus on player health and safety. we all know more about this issue than we did 10 or 20 years ago. we apply those learnings to make our game and players safer. >> and a multimillion dollar settlement with players who had sued the league. >>> the vote was unanimous. los angeles will ent aerobid to host the 2024 olympic games. they voted to proceed with the bid this afternoon. shortly aft

year during a live tv interview along with television reporter, allison parker, the shooter, vester flannigan was a former reporter for the station where they worked. james madison universe, parker's alma mater will have a memorial exactly one week after the shooting. >>> as we prepare for pope francis's first visit to the united states including a stop in philadelphia, the pontiff made a major change in the way the catholic church will treat women that have had an abortion. pope francis stated in a letter that he is letting all priests in this year upcoming year of mercy absolve the sin of abortion, that god's forgiveness cannot be denied to those that repent, until then all women that had abortions were excommunicated by the church. pope francis and the people. abc news anchor david muir was in the vatican to sit down with the pontiff and hosted a paperle audience with members in three cities. you can see it all here on 6 abc. you can get updates on the visit to philadelphia by following at 6 abc pope on twitter. we post pictures and news preparing for the arrival of post francis. >>> and a

the gunman, vester flannigan opened fire shooting reporter allison parker and ward. >> i realized thatm was down in front of me and alison was not to the side of me any longer. >> both died. vicki thought she would, too. >> i didn't know where he was. i felt as though the next shot -- i knew the next shot he was just going to shoot me in the head because that was what he was doing. >> she played dead laying in a fetal position. >> he did come back and shot me in the back. >> vicki says she's seen the video since and still has questions. >> my heart just goes out to alison and adam and they're so young. you know, why save me and take them? i just -- but obviously, there is a purpose and by golly, i will fulfill it. >> it takes a lot longer than three weeks to recover from something like that. >>> out in phoenix in interstate 10 there was a real scare after a projectile shattered the window of someone's car today. this is the same stretch of highway where the stretch of shootings was going on. at 3:30 this morning a driver pulled up next to him and heard a loud bang and the back window s