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abc's gio benitez has more. >> reporter: chaos at prison in north carolina.e responding to attempted prison break. incident. i have multiple patients. some are critical. >> nrt caorth carolina public s saying, fires were at the sewing plant. >> officer struck multiple times with a hammer. unresponsive at this time. working on iv access. significant bruising and bleeding. >> reporter: at least nine people rushed to the hospital. more expected. >> i will have several walking wounded we need to clear some beds. >> we don't know the condition of those injured or how many were prison employees. >> i have ambulances inbound. police are setting up some sort of triage. and mass casualty within the facility. >> reporter: for a time at least three schools were put on lockdown. and students on a school bus were sent back to the schools. at one point tonight, local officials were searching nearby woods for any possible escaped inmate after three counts word that no prisoner escaped. and a massive prison with more than 700 prisoners. they also have an electronic prevent e

>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. >>> and now, to the devastating and deadly wildfires in california. california's fire chief tonight warning it is going to get worse before it gets better. fierce fires burning in the hills of napa county. strong diablo winds ramping up today. thousands forced from their homes. the entire city of calistoga, 5,000 people, ordered to evacuate. and you can see right there, the lines of traffic. and now comes word, two fires have combined as one. abc's linzie janis is in santa rosa. >> reporter: tonight, dc-10s, and this 747 supertanker, part of the all-out effort to contain what could become the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in california history. >> we are not out of this emergency. we're not even close to being out of this emergency. >> reporter: this team from san francisco in a hand-to-hand, house-to-house battle. on the font lines, firefighters dealing with thick smoke and rough terrain. so, this fire is about to jump this road here up this hillside. >> th

and if you don't, you're done. >> reporter: do you think that a kid as smart as gio is, would he haven vulnerable to taking angel dust? >> i think if the crowd is doing it, i think he would do it. the peer pressure isn't easy, you know. >> reporter: and thus the move up river: different peers, different pressures. just ask gio and josie. >> the people down in yonkers, they are very mean in a way. >> reporter: mean? >> yeah. they-- they like get angry a lot and they like to pick on kids and i didn't really enjoy that. >> and in ossining, there's like kids who are like so nice to you like when it was my first day. the kids were asking me like," do you want to play?" and stuff. it's just not like yonkers at all. >> reporter: but it could be that the people in yonkers are as mean as they are, i'll use your word, because they don't see much of a future for themselves there. >> that's true. >> reporter: where people here do see a future for themselves. >> yeah. >> reporter: which is their mom's whole point. >> i want to show them that in order to be able to live well and not live paycheck t

abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: videos are stunning. luggage on fire and tests conducted by the faa. tonight warning airlines about a possible danger in putting electronics bigger than a cell phone in checked luggage. because of a potential for a catastrophic fire. inside the bag a laptop with an aerosol can. the wire mimics a laptop battery. it explodes. the goal the faa says is to get all airlines onboard with a plan to keep large personal electronics out of the checked luggage and carry them on with you. the fear, lithium-ion batteries leading to fires that have played at least a part in three planes being destroyed and they're and worried about more because a person wouldn't be able to fight a fire in the cargo hold but still not a danger in the cabin too. >> bringing them up in the cabin is better because there you can isolate the fire and have tools to put out a lithium-ion fire. >> gio the faa plans to bring this up at a meeting next week? >> reporter: that's right. if this moves forward, it could take about a year to go into eff

gio gonzalez getting the start.ve game five against the cardinals and lost. so, dusty baker says he went with geo because he knows he has a little extra juice. he needs to get that win. who has some extra juice. i'm going to talk to my man steven over here. steven, what time did you start getting in line? you were the first one here. >> i got here about 3 o'clock today. >> reporter: you've been here since 3 o'clock. it would have been five hours by first pitch. now, let me ask you, the history of d.c. sports, 19 years since getting to a conference championship, let alone a championship. how do you feel? do you feel more exuberant like getting off the side or here we go again. >> we're going to do it. it's going to be a historic night. >> reporter: why do you think that. >> well, it's going to be historic. we're going curse. going to break the curse tonight. >> the cubs are going down. >> reporter: they had their curse last year. d.c. gets their broken tonight. dusty baker was asked about that today and he says he's

good morning, gio. >> reporter: robin, good morning to you. we're talking about seven reported tornadoes across the carolinas and just take a look behind me. look at this unbelievable damage here at the airport. you see that plane. you see that hangar and this is just some of the destruction here. torrential rains and damaging wind taking aim at the carolinas. >> there it is. >> reporter: in north carolina at hickory's regional airport, cars flipped on top of one another after a reported tornado touched down. this airport hangar ripped apart. winds picking up and tossing private planes. >> it flipped that hangar over the hangar that's still standing. >> reporter: the roof ripped off the post office in lawndale. trees crashing down onto homes. >> all i heard was stuff hitting the back of the >> reporter: many roads impassable. umbrellas not holding up, cars barely able to navigate the streets of asheville. in spartanburg, sblg secretary of state -- >> this is my truck. >> reporter: another reported tornado knocking this tractor trailer to its s

you just can't do that. >> back on the scene now, gio benitiz, you there? >> yeah, george. we've been talking about that community college in the area. we're with one of the students. tell me, what did you see? >> i just saw him walking with his gun down the sidewalk. that's all i see. >> you actually saw the gunman? >> yeah. >> with the gun. at that point, what were you seeing? at that point it must have been crazy at your community college because we're told a lot of security guards were starting to lock it down. >> yeah. i was outside. >> you were on the street? >> yeah. on the streets, yeah. >> did you hear anything? >> i did not hear anything, no. >> by the time you got out there, were there people on the ground, what was going on? >> i was upstairs down there. i just saw him walking, i didn't see the road up there. i couldn't see the road. i was up there. i just saw him walking down the sidewalk with his gun and hoodie, maybe. i have a video of it. he was wearing a hoodie, something, i think, yeah. >> reporter: i can just imagine we have an elementary school here and

abc's gio benitez is there. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, jon and paula, good morning to you. listening, everyone here talks about those water pumps to get water out during a rainstorm because just a few months ago during a regular rainstorm, a lot of new orleans was just flooded because many of those pumps weren't working, so with that in mind you saw people just leaving town here. you saw streets that were completely empty. i mean, imagine saturday night the french quarter in new orleans usually bustling with cars and people. it was just totally empty. it looked more like a ghost town and that's because officials weren't taking any chances and put a short curfew in place to make sure people were inside, indoors and safe and away from any potential flooding, so thankfully we did not see any flooding here. but it's incredible to see how this threat of flooding actually shut down this city. in fact, the only police cars -- the only cars we saw were actually police cars. jon and paula, back to you. >> a goo

abc's gio benitez is there. gio, good morning. >> reporter: hey, jon and paula, good morning to you. listen, everyone here talks about those water pumps to get water out during a rainstorm to prevent flooding because just a few months ago during a regular rainstorm, a lot of new orleans was just flooded because many of those pumps weren't working, so with that in mind they were looking at nate and got concerned. some people left town but the mayor actually shut down the city because the mayor put in a short curfew to get people off the streets. what we saw is a lot of people weren't on be road. you just had nobody out. you had very few people on the street. in fact, the only cars we saw were police cars out making sure that that curfew was being listened to. paula. >> a good sight to see from new orleans. thanks for your reporting, gio. >>> the mayor of san juan is keeping the dire situation in puerto rico from hurricane maria right in the spotlight through a series of tweets. overnight the mayor writing, power

gio gonzalez looking for his 16th win of the season. not happening. line, bases-loaded, ouch. three pirates score. 4-0 pittsburgh. the play of the day as far as nationals fans were concerned, sanchez into the gap. bryce harper, tearing around the bases, all the way from first to score. i would say his knee looks good. nats lose 11-8. next up, game one of the nlds against the cubs friday night. and all forget about washington's "road to the championship," the first installment right after the newscast tonight. another prime time battle for the redskins for the second straight season, this time on the road against the chiefs. lifetimeins are 1-8 against the chiefs and have never won at arrowhead stadium. he gets ridiculously loud, not imagine the chiefs are undefeated there. says thengener happened in the past. what's happened in the past at arrowhead, the only thing we have to do is prepare for kansas city. that's the only thing that needs to be said. robert: ravens hosting the steelers. alex collins, the starting running back for baltimore. fumble. that proves costly. the stee

gio bonita has with the details. lookingtigators are into the first-ever collision between a commercial plane and a drone. officials say the drone slammed into a plane carrying six passengers and two crew members as it was about to land in quebec city. >> should not of happened and this drone should not have been there. >> we almost got hit by a drone appear. about 20 feet. >> with more than 250 drone related safety issues reported every month, that is up more than 50% from last year. the faa is take emergency action to ensure more drone flight plans are reviewed before takeoff. ,> it was to the left side maybe 100 feet away. >> if you are flying a drone around an airport, you put people in danger. safety officials are looking into an incident last month when a drone hit the wing of an army helicopter that was flying security for a meeting of the united nations. officials arrested ager road pilot after his drone alleged life-saving operations while trying to put out massive fires. >> as drones get acre and more sophi

. >>> a little gee-- a little gio graph -- it covers 1222 square miles which is less than twice the size of washington dc. there's a population of 445,000 people which makes it one of the world's smallest and densely populated countries. >>> tonight a tennessee boy is showing off his letter from president t. after the inauguration. he over heard his president talking about the -- the boy decided to send the president $3. on monday he got his money back in the mail. >> i thought well, how is he going to eat or drink or you know, pay -- if he needs to pay for his water bill. >> my first impression was you're going to give your money away, but at the same time i was like i don't want to discourage his generosity. >> i didn't expect for him to return it, but i'm like okay. >> it's simple. to the point. but at the same time coming from the president, makes it -- i don't know, just wonderful. >> in the letter, president trump wrote that he could not accept the money. he told elijaho -- the president wrote to think big and dream bigger. >>> we're talking about the leaves. >> we are. not so much

gio gonzalez with the wild pitch, which eventually lets in two runs. he's pulled after the third and matt albers holds it down for an inning -- but jump ahead to the fifth, and here comes max scherzer. you'd think the ace would deliver, even out of the bullpen. but this was a disaster. a would-be strikeout ball gets by catcher matt wieters -- he panics - throws to first, and a runner comes in. and the cubs tack on another run after a catcher's interference call and a hit batter, and then two earned runs to boot. the bleeding finally stops after the nats have given up four. and try as they might, they couldn't battle back to get back out front. it was a slugfest, the cubs winning -- 9-8. our suzanne kennedy is live in the aftermath this morning. suzanne, sadly, this aftermath this morning. suzanne, sadly, this is all too familiar. as for the team - players, reeling this morning from yet another playoffs. that nightmare fifth inning, still so fresh. max scherzer on the mound, watching as it went from 4-3 nats to 7-4 cubs.. as suzanne mentioned, this is t

game one at home 3-0 as with baseball there's another at bat get another shot tat tomorrow game two gio gonzalez on the mound 5:30 first pitch but head home all the ep arey in that building stephen strasburg the way he pitched you needed to win the game. >> this was best of five. >> best of five-er isyes game three you have matt sherz who will pitch in kick check you needed this one.ad the linep they were supposed to have beginning of year to this game and best lineup and they could not put together the hits. >> that's okay let's -- they'll get it. the next three. >> okay. >> geo. >> he's been great year. >> not always great most season but great this year. >> speak your world into exist wednesday. sweep it from here. >> all right. we'll switch goorz a little now learning new details tonight about the gunman that opened fire on congressional baseball practice. the shooting that injured congressman steve scalise and four others james hodgkin sons fired round that led from semi-automatic rifle 7:06 from first base bug-out and exchanged fire with the security team and alexandria police off

with your gma first look i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> an important report because we areking forward to that, we had a lot of drones flying in the north bay fires and that was told to stop, everyone had to stop flying their drones and that continues in the north bay. i will look forward to that. we will check in with mike. >>> the weather we want to see what's happening with now two areas where fires are concerned this morning, mike. >> the weather has been getting better and better and it will get probably its apex of best fire conditions, if you will, come with that rain thursday into friday. hi, everybody, let's go down south, san jose 280 at 17 you may see a little smoke later today from the bear fire in the santa cruz mountains. it's more parallel with you than it is north of you because the winds will be blowing from northwest to southeast. i think from morgan hill southward that's where the smoke will be an issue, places like watsonville, also down into the salinas valley. let's talk about highlights. more clouds, warmer than average today, tonight steady lows, mai

we have gio benitez behind us as the mad hatter. >> exactly. >> and kendis with his face painted. >>ve on to dick van dyke. >> he apologized for his accent in "mary poppins." he received a british award and blamed the all-british crew and julie andrews for never telling hem how terrible it was. >> you're a man of high position. esteemed -- >> when he accepted the award he revealed that he only spent one hour with a coach. to brief fprepare for the role. and the coach was irish, not english. >> van dyke promises he'll be better the second time around when mary poppins returns starring emily blunt. he'll be in it. >> oh, with a jolly holiday. it. >> oh, with a jolly holiday. start the interview with a firm handshake. ay,no! don't do that! try head & shoulders instant relief. it cools on contact, and also keeps you 100% flake free. try head & shoulders instant relief. for cooling relief in a snap. i had this chest cold, but my medicine kept wearing off. (coughah! i missed you! then i discovered mucinex. one pill lasts 12 hours,and i'm good. why take 4-hour medicine? one mucinex lasts 12

sky map 7 gio locates streets, highways and local land marks. you can see cougar lane for example getting a lot of smoke. this is in a remote area near hood mountain regional park and sugar loaf ridge state park at the sonoma and napa county lines. our cameras spotted flames shooting high into the sky. look at pearson road there. stern ranch road. and these flames were shooting high into the sky in that area with a lot of smoke. >>> sonoma county residents are waiting for the go-ahead to return to their fire-ravaged neighborhoods but the air remains smoky and many will be returning amid health worries. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in is a nome th sono sonoma, word of a death relatives believe was triggered by smoke. >> reporter: the fire creating so much pain for people, kristen, as we found in the huge staging area in santa rosa at oakmont, all the teams here to frekt the sonoma valley, many headed into kenwood this morning. among them a man who says he lost someone to this fire. darren barr is volunteering this morning on the fir

abc's gio benitez and diane macedo have the details in this morning's techbytes.ear and panic as lives. brand new video of the moments following the las vegas massacre. this morning - what we are learning about the killer. plus - help puerto rico. we are live with where you can donate the most needed items for those just trying to survive. good morning washington. toss to eileen - highs running 10-15 above average through the weekend - much need rain returns sunday through early next week - tropical depression 16 to become t.s. nate later today - another fall cool-down late next week today: sunny to partly cloudy. very warm. highs: 83-85 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. patchy fog. lows: 56-64 winds: sw 5 mph friday: partly sunny. unseasonably warm. highs: 82-85 winds: s 5-10 mph happening today. the deadline for thousands of to renew their immigration status as part of the daca program. suzanne kennedy is live on the hill this morning. and suzanne if they don't renew..thousands could lose protection from being deported. developing now - a socc

abc's gio benitez is on the scene in elizabeth city, good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning. more than 700 inmates are inside this massive prison behind me. the resociety seemingly coming out of nowhere. a violent prison uprising at a high security facility in north carolina. >> i've got ambulances inbound, please start setting up some sort of triage and mass casualty within the facility. >> reporter: inmates reportedly attacking correctional officers with hammers as they attempt an escape. >> an officer struck multiple times with a hammer unresponsive at this time working on iv bleeding. >> reporter: a corrections officer and a prison worker identified as the two dead this morning. at least ten others rushed to local hospitals. >> we do have a mass casualty incident. i have multiple patients, some of them critical. >> reporter: it began when inmates set fires inside the prison sewing plant where prisoners work sewing uniforms for the state employees. neighborhoods and schools surrounding the prison on lockdown, residents fearing for their lives. >> telling us we might need t

. >> gio gonzalez will start in that game, too. >>> let's not forget. it's still friday, so that means it's still football season. about 10 miles from national park there was a big game. chris williams has more. >> reporter: no. 5 gonzaga were their four-game winning streak. it was an interesting one, a lot of hype surrounding this game. pick it up in the 1st, caleb williams for the eagles hits his man john marshall. he makes a few people miss and he is going the distance, 26 yards, gonzaga 12 -0. later in the quarter flatt -- dematha on the attack and nobody will stop that man, 45 yards for the pick six. gonzaga stunning dematha. they're up 19-0 and eagles hold on for the upset. >>> look at this. it's the darren haynes fan club storming the field. >> look at that. >> my daughter was out there with a punch of her friends doing a poms routine at halftime. it was a cute tt game. they slaughtered paint branch. >> this sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100% fiber optic-network. think about i

he said he would be checking on the condition of everybody indicating maybe gio gonzalez or tanner roarkto wait and see. you can expect fans,he be arriving in droves tonight for game five at nats park. mentally prepare yourself for that and also think about how you're going to be getting home because metro reminding fans that the last train leaving here is 11:48. game starts at 8:08 and so far every game in the nlds has lasted over three hours so take that into consideration. it's likely that they will be shutting off service before the game ends. no word yet if metro is going to be extending those hours so stand by for that. we'll keep you posted but most importantly whether you're coming to the game or not, rock the red. we want to see the area a sea of red for our team. if you post pictures or share your thoughts on social media, use the #one pursuit. we want to see thousands. i mean twitter was on fire last night. everybody so, so excited about this game tonight. back to you all in the studio. >> hm. >> all right annie. thank you very much for that report. [laughter] >> rocking the r

our gio benitez is in north carolina. >> here at hickory regional airport, we're seeing some unbelievable damage. take a look. a hangar just destroyed. planes tossed around like toys. >> reporter: a half foot of torrential rain causing flash flooding in boone. this vehicle floating away. wes berry caught in his minivan. >> wave of water washed over the hood and it stalled out. >> reporter: in the west, critical fire conditions in parts of southern california. the region now a tinderbox. more than 4,000 firefighters battling blazes across the state. and david, these storms have made a mess at airports. more than 750 flights canceled. nearly 300 of them here at newark airport. david? >> linzie janis, thank you. let's get right to ginger zee tonight. and ginger, you're tracking these storms and the record heat and the fires in the west tonight. >> reporter: absolutely, david. both, and let's start on the east, where we've seen the front just passing now here in new york city, but to our north and southeast, near boston, hearing of numerous trees down. back toward that low pressure system att

abc's gio benitez is here with more. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning, michael.etween a regular home surveillance camera to catch crooks and what they found in this house. a hidden camera in the bedroom smoke detector. the couple thinks other airbnb customers may have been recorded. police say this company had no idea they were being secretly recorded in their airbnb rental. a camera hidden inside a smoke detector looking down on their bed and now looking at their confused faces. >> we seized a lot of storage computer devices. >> reporter: the florida couple renting the home from this man. the listing provided to our affiliate wfts advertises the nice large townhouse in longboat key, police say they found two smoke detector cameras. they record audio and hd video. >> we're also wi-fi capable so they beamed a signal and he didn't have to hard wire them in. >> reporter: the couple only realizing it because the husband works in i.t. and noticed the pinhole camera and told wfts, my wife and i are distressed by this situation. i hope more victims will come forward. >>