. >> you are looking at a live picture from the sister station kabc. we love that. it is called the bluee map. cut fire, and it is burning in the cajon pass nearin san berna los angeles. >>> authorities say the fire has burned 47 square miles and that is almost the size of san francisco. you are looking at live pictures right now of the blue cut fire. it is raging out of control despite the efforts of 1300 firefighters. >> they are doing everything they can. more than 34,000 homes and some 82,000 people are under evacuation warnings. abc 7 news reporter let he'sia juarez is on the fire lines and filed this report a short time ago. >> reporter: i'm standing on lone canyon fire road watching this fire all morningcreeping o has gotten into the canyon where it is starting to burn and we're starting to see possibly a little bit more anxiety in the firefighters here as they are now really really concerned because this fire has reached -- reached down into that canyon and not far below it are those homes. there is a hotshot crew from santa clarita and they are known as the

kabc's chopper pilot was overhead. kabc chopper pilot was overhead. >> this is a monster of a fire moving faster than any fire i've seen in a very long time. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency allowing more state resources to be devoted to fighting that fire and we'll stay on top of this breaking story throughout the morning. >>> the arson suspect in the major northern california fire is due to make his first court appearance today. officials say he's an ex-con who once trained as an inmate firefighter. his arrest. >> it is my pleasure to announce the arrest of damon anthony pashil on 17 counts of arson. [ cheers ] >> reporter: relief mixed with outrage for a community reeling in lower lake, california. >> it makes me angry. so angry. >> reporter: police say he's a serial arsonist who sparked fires across this california county, including the one that exploded over the weekend businesses. longtime resident todd mays is not mincing words. >> if it was up to me, i would have him be in a place where he foun

kabc-tv chopper reporter this is a monster of a fire that is moving faster than any fire i have seen in a very very long time homes and cars have been torched in the 18-thousand acre fire. right now..it's not clear how many structures have burned. firefighters say the wildfire it's still at zero containment this morning. and it's still not clear how it started. here's a look at the area we're talking about. although the fire is quite aways from vegas..the impact is being felt here. the i-15 is of course the major strech of freeway connecting los angeles and las vegas...and a big portion of it is closed right now. yasmeen hassan is tracking delays from the traffic center, but let's get to parker collins parker adlibs parker adlibs

nats kabc helicopter reporter scott reiff: "this is biggest flare-up we've seen so far this morning. but to the north and south-a different scene.the clayton fire slowing down- 4,000 people in the lake county area are finally returning home. nats of helicopter in san diego, a wildfire that started yesterday is under control. back in san bernardino county, even with the extreme conditions?firefighte rs doing whatever it takes to slow this fire down. major adrien leon, san "i know for the majority of the guys here, the firefighetrsd, the fire service, it's just a job that we do and we'll fight this fire to the end. stand up close: we're just learning a major roadway for southern california to las vegas, the i- 15 through the cajon pass has now reopened to california, danya bacchus, abc news. time/initial: (mar) chopper 13 fast and first over the scene-- in a desert area -- just outside of nelli that is where a fighter jet -- came crashing down. we know the pilot -- a civilian contractor -- ejected just in time. he's doing okay. people there -- are used to hearing the jets -- but not li

nats kabc helicopter reporter scott reiff: "this is biggest flare-up we've seen so far this morning. but to the north and south-a different scene.the clayton fire slowing down- 4,000 people in the lake county area are finally returning home. nats of helicopter in san diego, a wildfire that started yesterday is under control. back in san bernardino county, even with the extreme conditions?firefighte rs doing whatever i guys here, the firefighetrsd, the fire service, it's just a job that we do and we'll fight vegas, the i- 15 through the cajon pass has now reopened to california, danya bacchus, abc news. former n-f-l star-- darren sharper-- will spend the next 18 years behind bars. he was sentenced for drugging and raping a woman. in court today-- sharper held back tears as he apologized-- these crimes. he's accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women in several cities-- including las vegas. officials at an orlando hospital say the only survivor of the pulse nightclub massacre who's still hospitalized-- is improving. the unidentified patient's condition has been upgraded to guar

that overnight continued to spread in the california desert (nns-kttv) embargo kabc the tens of thousands of residents ordered to evacuate -- still being kept from their homes. vehicles destroyed, burned out debris in communities they fled. the ski town of wrightwood evacuated but only half of the area's residents heeded the warning. sot: elisa gurley, lives in wrigtwood "my husband wouldn't go uhh he's the basic kind that says i want to protect the house, i want to stay here." 37-thousand acres have been square miles. helicopters have been working round the clock to halt the flames ...and make sure they stay put out nats on the ground responders have made significant progress cutting back the bone dry brush. nats firefighters on the ground. sot - glenn barley, the san bernardino unit chief calfire "we don't like losing homes and uhh its challenging when we're up against a fire that's nearly 200 miles to the west in santa barbara another wildfire charred through brush and threatened homes. )) lauren lyster tag some of 96 homes at least will be returning to damage like this. lauren lyster

kabc's long time chopper pilot over the fire. >> this is a monster of a fire that is moving faster than fire that i've seen in a very, very long time. >> reporter: and this is just the late nest a rash of wildfires that has consumed some california counties. this wildfire called the clayton fire scorched at least 4,000 acres and 175 structures since saturday. most of the area is still off limits with thousands forced to evacuate. but for one california community where they witnessed fiery blazes get way too close to their homes a sigh of relief mixed with outrage. >> it is my pleasure to announce the arrest of damin anthony pashilk on 17 ounce of arson. >> reporter: police say he's a serial areas in heist sparked fires across this california town including the one that exploded over the weekend. with a serial arsonist behind bars that's a win but fires are still raging in california. governor jerry brown declared a state of emergency in the state as firefighters tried to put out the intense fires. stephanie ramos abc news, washington. >> happening today, kathleen kane will step down as

kabc's george pennacchio explains. ? >> reporter: many of the "dancing with the stars" pros are gearing up for season 23 and on wednesday evening some of them were on a different stage giving a mini dance lesson to fans. >> side, together, side. >> reporter: this gave the pros and their fans a chance to meet, take pictures. maybe even bond a little. >> it's just amazing to get their advice and perspective on life, dance is more than just getting out there and moving. it's a lifestyle. they're all just amazing people. nice people. >> the show has given me an opportunity to become friends with a lot more people than i would have otherwise become friends with. >> to see them on tv and then we sort of try to do our own like amateur ballroom dancing is just great time and it's been awesome meeting them today. >> reporter: it's also been awesome for the pros to see young talent join them on stage and cha-cha their hearts out. >> they were wearing the right shoes, the right pants and here to have fun and brought back so many me

kabc's longtime chopper pilot over the fire. >> this is a monster of a fire that is moving faster than any fire that i've seen in a very, very long time. >> reporter: and this is just the latest in wildfires that consumed some california counties. this wildfire called the clayton fire scorched at least 4,000 acres and 175 structures since saturday. most of the area is still off-limits with thousands forced to evacuate. >> it's not as if we can just open the door and allow people to come home. >> reporter: but for one california community where they wiessed fiery blazes get way too close to their homes, a sigh the arrest of damin anthony pashlik on 17 counts of arson. >> reporter: police say damin pashlik is a serial arsonist who sparked fires across this california town including the one that exploded over the weekend. stephanie ramos, abc news. >>> now to the other disaster that is unfolding in louisiana. thousands of homeowners are starting the heartbreaking task of trying to salvage what's left of their water-damaged homes, and they face an uncertain financial future since many don'

he talked to our station kabc. >> they didn't arrest me or anything like that. they explained to me, you know, crazy stuff happens in the airport, and within two or three minutes after they approached me, it was over. >> reporter: the incident at l.a.x. coming exactly two weeks after chaos erupted at new york's jfk airport. reports of gunfire outside a people running in panic and the governor has ordered an investigation into the police response. a guy in a zorro costume, only in los angeles would that be the norm. normal operations resumed at l.a.x., one of the busiest airports. so, you can imagine there will be a ripple effect today in air travel. >> a lot of people at l.a.x. this morning. >> yeah. >>> the other big story that we're following, we're tracking several active tropical storm systems. >> so, hurricane gaston is getting a little stronger, but its a new depression is now just south of key west and headed northward in the gulf. another depression appears to be headed for the outer banks of north carolina, and a tropical storm watch is now in effect th

and you're looking live tonight at pictures from our station in los angeles, kabc. their chopper flying above the abc's lauren lyster is on the fire lines with late word another community is now being threatened. >> reporter: tonight, on the front lines, hundreds of firefighters on the attack. >> this is nuts. fire on both sides of me. >> reporter: the fire out of control. ripping through 30,000 acres north of los angeles in just over 24 hours. >> this is a monster of a fire that is moving faster than any fire that i've seen in a very, very long time. >> it hit hard. it hit fast, it hit with an intensity that we haven't seen. >> reporter: the furious winds whipping up tornadoes of fire. more than 82,000 people told to get out. >> the firemen are doing a wonderful job, thank you. please save us. >> reporter: roads jammed with evacuees. the main freeway engulfed in flames. firefighters are putting out the flames now on the side of the 15. this is the main highway from los angeles to las vegas. it's been closed. now, they are battling these raging flames to get it open

. >> the wildfire we were talking about, these are live pictures in kabc. this fire is burning near 15 freeway there in the san bernardino area. the cajon pass. if you've ever driven from vegas to los angeles, this fire is burning right near that. it really exploded in less than 24 hours. >> remarkable. it started yesterday. earlier we saw some dramatic video showing a fire-nado basically whirling as the fire continues to spread. the flames were shooting up 100 feet high. crews are trying to get it under control. several times and a historic inn have been destroyed. driven by strong winds, this fire has burned at least 15,000 acres. kabc's chopper pilot was overhead. >> this is a monster of a fire moving faster than any fire i've seen in a very long time. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency allowing more state resources to be devoted to fighting that fire and we'll stay on top of this breaking story throughout the morning. >>> the arson suspect in the major northern california fire is due to make his first court appearance today. officials say

our sister station....kabc interviewed the man after he he was so shaken he didn't want his face on camera... sot zorro: i get police all around me saying get your hands up get your hands up. i wasn't thinking about what's going on and what i was wearing. weapons on me. the reports of an active shooter proven to be nothing more than "loud noises." this comes just weeks following a similiar evacuation at jfk..... that scare provoked by loud all at lax have since been cleared..... earlier this morning...a memorial mass was held in mississippi for the two 68-year-old nuns who were stabbed to death.... hundreds of mourners lined the pews to remember sister paula and sister margaret. meanwhile.. the sheriff said a suspect in the case has confessed without giving a reason. one of the sisters will be buried in wisconsin and other one will be buried in kentucky..... donald trump is preparing for a the republican candidate's $10- million ad buy is his largest to date and plans to target hillary clinton in 9 swing states... sot - matthew dowd / abc news political analyst "the economy's the number on

you might remember he was arrested in 2009 for felony assault on his rihanna and we are told by kabc there have been five times in the past year police have been called to the home for various complaints. >> during the day. >> brown using social media to send out videos. his attorney mark geragos is on the scene. we will update as needed as this progresses. >> pinpointing the weather for you live your cleveland 19 first alert forecast. >> jeff: we will be the way tomorrow. and it could get in here these showers as the morning drive tomorrow. i am thinking later in the afternoon, the risk of rain will be winding down. 80 degrees the high and it will be fairly humid. we will see isolated showers tomorrow and lake-effect and sprinkles on thursday here. look how much cooler it will be. windy mostly cloudy and 73. 80 tomorrow. 73 thursday. windy day on not real windy but, you know, will you know something moved through. partly cloudy sky and 72. down to 57 friday night. it won't be real warm for friday night football this week. now over the holiday weekend. saturday sunny and 75. sunday,

john phillips, kabc talk radio host and trump supporter.nd matt lewis, senior contributor to the daily caller trump's polls are making prominent republicans have been defecting. now this shake up. and the lawyer called this an expansion of winners. what's the reality here? >> the reality is that donald trump realized that what was going on with his campaign and the struggle of trump being trump and trump being a traditional politician was just not going to work. we're going to be very critical of the shake up because of the timing and the fact that we've seen two campaign managers fired in the last 60 days. but skryou have to look at it a say would it be worse had he not made a change? donald trump needs to make a change if he's going to beat hillary clinton. all the polls show he's losing specifically in the five or six battleground states he needs to win it. >> there was this whole meeting with the family and donors. and someone got in his ear or was it just the polls? >> i think the polls are a yard stick of basically the overall feeling

his parents asked kabc do make ryan's dream come true and they did a story on him and this past saturdaygers came if by the droves to support him. >> and we saw the broadcast about him not having many people at his birthday party and so we drove from palm springs. >> i jumped on the opportunity to bring up a present and attend the party here today. >> how awesome is this? his mom said this is the happiest that she has seen him in years. look, the star wars characters. >> that is awesome. >>> some rescuers save some stranded dolphins over the weekend in cape cod. they raced to help the dolphins. at one point there were ten dolphins stranded in shallow water. several were able to refloat back into open water but two grounded themselves to the point where intervention was necessary. beachgoers called for help. >> a lot of pop think i have to push the dolphin back into the water because they can't breathe but they are mammals, they could breathe outside of the water, that is not the issue. it is something like sun burn, which because of their skin could really affect them quickly. >> the fun

kabc chopper pilot was overhead. >> this is a monster of a fire moving faster than any fire i've seen in a very long time. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency allowing more state resources to be devoted to fighting that fire and we'll stay on top of this breaking story throughout the morning. >>> the arson suspect in the major northern california fire is due to make his first court appearance today. officials say he is an ex-con who once trained as an inmate firefighter. we have more details on his arrest. apsil on arson. >> it makes me angry. so angry. >> reporter: police say the man is a serial arsonist who sparked fires across this california county, including the one that exploded over the weekend incinerating 175 homes and a long time resident is not mincing words. >> if it was up to me, i would have him be in a place where he found a began of gasoline and a lit match and let things happen the way they happen. >> reporter: investigators say they tracked the suspect for more than a year. is it possible that all of this destruction could be avoided. >> it's difficult

john phillips, cnn political comment tart, talk show host on kabc and a donald trump supporter. i think i got everybody in. i love the brady bunch effect. >> we're smaller than everyone else. everyone else gets their own box. john phillips, first you. as we said by our count, it's been about 12 hours since donald trump has commented on the feud with the gold star family. he did not talk about this from the stump yesterday. do you get any sense that donald trump in the campaign is trying to move on from this? >> yes, as soon as he stops talking about it, it's going to go away. i've never been more of the belief that melania should tell him it's time to go on vacation. that's go on one of these kathie lee cruises, let this thing blow over and talk about something else. he's the guy making sure this story stays in the news. i was on with john in the morning, the day after the father spoke at the democratic convention. we talked about it. but it didn't become the story until donald kept talking about it. i would advice him to shush. >> alex, eric trump said on cbs today saying this

he later spoke with kabc, >> i got police all around me. i'm not even thinking about what i was wearing. >> reporter: the latest panic triggered by a false alarm. two weeks ago at jfk airport, passenger ran to the streets after hearing loud bangs that many mistook for gunshots. three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries after they were trampled. police don't know what the noises were that prompted that initial 911 call. abc news, los angeles. >>> now to a daring re rhode island as workers were dangling from a bridge. they were inspecting the bridge when their bucket tipped over leaving them stuck. after about two hours -- can you imagine two hours? the men were transferred into another bucket and hoisted back up to the bridge. both men were treated at the hospital for minor injuries. >>> now to breaking news of an accident 3.2 million years ago. a researcher believes that the human ancestor known as lucy died when she fell from a tree. lucy is one of the most famous discoveries in paleontology. evolution, but how she died h

i have a radio program on kabc. what i keep hearing from listeners there is enough enough. if somebody is going to fight back, they're going to say, whatever, and i don't care what he says as long as it's extreme and pushing and putting my country and my job first, i'll get behind him whatever says. there's disregard for the content. >> we need to examine ourselves. donald trump needs to examine himself. >> listen, why we watch reality television -- >> speak for yourself, dr. drew. >> that's all about us. why do we do this? let's examine that. >> thank you, dr. drew. i always watch you. i don't watch reality tv but i do watch dr. drew. what time does your show air again? >> 7:00 eastern. >> on hln. you may know that. thank you, sir. >>> coming up, donald trump called wife, melania, one of the most successful models of her time, but the "new york post" has printed, let's put it up over this camera, some pretty racy photos that may shock some voters. this was the least racy. the day before, yesterday's, was even racier than this. we're going to discuss it when we come back. i

kabc reporter -- radio, excuse me, host, john phillips, donald trump supporter. betty mccaughey, a trump supporter. such a great panel. if you guys could keep it short, i'd appreciate it. first of all, betsy, i want to get your take on this whole thing with anthony weiner and the photographs. >> ordinarily i'd want to -- remember, she has played a key role in the corruption that hillary clinton brought to the state dedepartment, turning the state department literally into a cash machine for the clinton foundation. i'm very troubled she continues to play such a close advise ary position with hillary clinton literally at her side every minute she's on the payroll of the foundation and the state department at the same time and have to remember this threatens to bring the corruption right back to the white house. >> simone, do you think this should be politicized? >> no, i don't. actually i'm going to show huma abedin the respect her husband apparently couldn't and i'm going to give her the privacy that she asks for. but i do want to note that this suggestion mr. tru