kaylee hartung from the region again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the california wildfire sparked by a gender-reveal celebration, taking the life of a first responder. the u.s. forest service confirming a firefighter was killed overnight while battling the el dorado fire near san bernardino. new video shows the fire flaring up, crews fighting flames on both sides of highway 38 in rugged mountains. this afternoon, a solemn procession carrying the firefighter's body through the charred landscape. officers later saluting the flag-draped gurney. wildfires now claiming the lives of at least 36 people out west this year. the wind-fueled bobcat fire just north of los angeles another big concern tonight, forcing new evacuations in juniper hills. an orange haze there blotting out the sun. >> the winds just driving flames towards homes here. >> the fire is right behind the house, up on the little hill up there, and i just said, screw this. >> reporter: that fire inching dangerously close to the famed mt. wilson observatory. the smoke even closing yosemite national park, marring its natural bea

i don't think they understood that. >> kaylee hartung reporting in tonight. thank you. >>> and yet another major breaking story today. this one in the deadly police shooting of breonna taylor. six months after she was shot and killed by police, serving a no-knock warrant. taylor's family has now reached a $12 million wrongful death settlement with the city of louisville. it also comes with a list of police reforms and what's next now in the criminal case? abc's alex perez from louisville tonight. >> reporter: tonight, one of the largest settlements involving police excessive force in u.s. history. louisville agreeing to pay $12 million in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by breonna taylor's family. >> i'm deeply, deeply sorry for breonna's death. >> reporter: today's announcement comes six months after plainclothes officers barged into the 26-year-old emt's apartment at night on a no-new yo no-knock search warrant. her boyfriend kenneth walker, who says he never heard police announce themselves, firing a warning shot with his legally owned gun. police shoot

parts of the town of oroville still under threat and that is where kaylee hartung is this morning. >> reporter: it is a difficult firefight in this area. two wildfires converged here and those flames exploded when they met in the middle of the night. authorities really struggled to notify people who were asleep in their beds at the time, and you can see that this home is one of thousands daughter in tcaught i destrublgts difference pade strublg structure difference path. and the fire burned so hot at times, it melted glass.destruct. and the fire burned so hot at times, it melted glass. the homeowners did everyting that they could to try to save this place. and it seems like they were able to get animal to the safety, but this family last everything else. like so many others. and again, this fire exploding in the middle of the night leaving little warning. we know that at least three fatalities in this area just a couple miles from here, others trapped more than 100 rescued and so many more injured. kaylee hartung, abc news, oroville. >>> and air crews are helping to battle thes creek

abc's kaylee hartung is there. >> these trees are acting as dry fuel, and as you feel this wind kick up, you understand why authorities say the creek fire is uncontrollable until the weather improves. >> reporter: a massive rescue effort still under way late tuesday for more than a dozen people trapped by flames. one woman desperately waiting for her husband and two sons. >> so i'm just anxious for them to come home and for me to see them step off, then i can breathe. le denof anima e california >> just incredible there. megan, thank you. >>> a major development in the race to develop a covid-19 vaccine. one of the leading vaccine trials is now on hold because of an unexplained illness raising safety concerns. meanwhile, with coronavirus outbreaks in other parts of the wbe-state to require visirs travelers to fill out registration forms. abc's faith abubey joins us with the latest on this pandemic beginning with that vaccine news. faith, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, kenneth. there's a lot of pressure right now in these companies to produce a vaccine. but a temporary

and here's abc's kaylee hartung from portland. >> hey, time to move the hose line up! >> reporter: dramatic new helmet camera video shows firefighters battling a massive wall of flames in california. the creek fire incinerating homes on both sides of the street near the sierra national forest, about 200 miles east of san francisco. crews racing through the firestorm to escape. tonight, 17,000 firefighters battling 25 major fires in california. >> we still have 38,000 plus people that have been evacuated and again over 3.4 million acres have burned to date. >> reporter: in oregon, officials calling in a mobile morgue for the first time ever, at least eight people killed in the devastating wildfires. 50 more still missing. this couple from salem searching for the firefighter who rescued them from their camper as they slept. >> you deserve our heartfelt thank you. and we need to meet you. you saved our lives, literally. >> reporter: the fire destruction is unprecedented. more than 2,400 homes and businesses destroyed. david, we are in the most polluted air in the entire w

our kaylee hartung is in butte county. >> the fires scorching a record three million acres this year alone, more than 26 times what burned at this time last year, and these firefighters are stretched thin, some working nonstop for nearly a month. >> reporter: with four months still to go until the end of wildfire season, this year has already produced historic destruction. in washington, fire claiming the life of a 1-year-old boy and badly burning his parents. 600,000 acres burned the past three days alone. the town of malden nearly burned to the ground. the governor pointing to climate change. >> we talk about this as a wildfire. i think we have to start thinking they're more climate fires. they're climate fires, because that's what creates the conditions that makes them so explosive. >> just a devastating scene again tonight. matt gutman in phoenix, oregon. and we can see the pictures there behind you. i know that just in the last couple of hours they've announced at least two deaths in the community where you are tonight, and i know they're bracing for the possibility that that to

our kaylee hartung is there. >> two fires converged here. years of drought and high winds exploded this fire into one of the largest in california's history. >> reporter: one man unable to escape, sheltering inside a sheet metal shop. >> i thought i was going to die. at least from -- if not from the fire, the smoke inhalation. >> reporter: and tonight, we are learning there are multiple burn victims. >> this is just an awful scene unfolding. let's get to matt gutman. he's live in phoenix, oregon, tonight. and matt, i know you were telling us that these devastating fires are spreading so fast that authorities have been unable to get a handle on just how many people are missing? >> reporter: we've been asking authorities for 12 hours already how many peoplare missing and they say they simply don't know at this point. and the reason i'm actually riding on the back of a truck is because the devastation here is so widespread, the only way you can get a sense of the scope is to drive through it. david, 180 homes in this community. this goes on for

kaylee hartung joins us with the latest from malibu. orter: good morning, amy. as a mother we should never underestimate the strength of a parent or grandparent when a child is in danger. right here in his home, joe montana and his wife were faced with a nightmare scenario, and they jumped into action. football legend joe montana making the greatest play of his life, he and his wife saving their 9-month-old grandchildren from an attempted kidnapping. they were in their malibu home on saturday evening when the nightmare unfolded. according to the los angeles county sheriff's department, the child was asleep in a playpen in the family's living room when a 39-year-old woman entered the home and snatched the baby. authorities say the couple confronted the woman, tried to de-escalate the situation, and asked for the suspect to give back their grandchild. a tussle ensued and mrs. montana was able to safely pry the child out of the suspect's arms. the suspect, sodsai dalzell, fled the home. the woman was taken into custody soon after charged wi

. >> some of the people starting with dwyane wade and gabrielle union, kaylee hartung sat down with themng your kids as they are. it's weird to get credit for that. >> reporter: gabrielle union and dwyane wade are on the time 100 list for good reason, like speaking out against injustice at the espys. >> the racial profiling has to stop. >> reporter: they shared this intimate moment on social media. >> being true to yourself. what's the point of being on this earth if you try to be someone you're not? >> reporter: revealing wade's 13-year-old coming out as transgender. >> she helped us see life differently. she's allowed me to be informed so i can help others. >> what surprised you most as you shared zaya's story? >> the level of hate. that's really the only way to put it to be completely honest. the level of hate based off of like everything but the facts. >> it's a lot ofeoe in cha a t that will not accept someone of transgender community, you know. look at them as different and not worthy of, not worthy of life. >> it seems impossible to separate the work you're doing with the lgbtq pl

it's a story we first saw in "the new york times" and kaylee hartung joins us with the new big questionood morning, whit. some of these tiktok influencers have massive followings. we are talking about millions of fans who want to join in the conversation that's created in the comment section of each post but when those conversations turn ugly, it's a new form of bullying online. tiktok's known for singing and dancing. ♪ but this morning a controversy is trending on the popular app. lgbtq users say they're experiencing a wave of bullying against them after chris singled them out in a duet. >> i was getting tons of dms of people, like, calling me slurs saying that they wanted to kill me. >> reporter: the duet feature allows one user to react to another user's content. seth and madeline both say they experienced hatred online when chris started sharing his reactions to their posts with his more than 2.5 million followers. ♪ in the videos chris doesn't speak. the harassment happening in the comment section by his fans. >> his comments have been filled with death threats, negative message, h

creek fire now spanning more than 150,000 acres, continuing to incinerate dry hillsides and our kaylee hartungight there. >> as you feel the wind pick up you understand why authorities say the creek fire is the weather improves. >> firefightersreildfires in california alone. many of them are up those wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour and forests decimated by the bark beetle. just south of big sur a life or death scenario. more than a dozen firefighters by the dolan fire when it more than doubled in size. we're in the middle of all those houses fully engulfed. >> copy, troy. you have all parties accoued for? >> parties are in their shelters except for myself as far as i know. >> reporter: the fire engulfing the fire station and three of the firefighters life-flighted to a nearby hospital. one in critical conditn. >> these dedicated firefighters njuries including burns and smoke inhalation. the fire station was completely destroyed. >> reporter: one store own his general store open to support first responders. >> we can't shutn able to get fuel at 3:00 in the morning might save somebody else'

kaylee hartung has more on that. marriage was perfect on their reality show, but this divorce came as a surprise to many fans earlier this year. now kristin is explaining why the choice to split is the hardest decision she's ever made. >> this season on "very cavallari" -- >> reporter: this morning reality tv star kristin cavallari breaking her silence from april split of former nfl quarterback jay cutler to peopletv.com. >> it was the hardest decision i've ever made. when you work at something for so many years and nothing's changing, i think you have to just make a decision, and, you know, life is short. i want to be happy. >> relax. >> reporter: their nearly seven-year marriage profiled across three seasons of the e! show "very cavallari." talking about it for the first time, the couple who shares three young kids had been struggling for years. saying, quote, i always thought it was interesting when people would refer to us as couple goals. i was, like, if you guys only knew. >> we might want to work on that pre-nu

the suspect making her first court appearance tuesday and entering a not guilty plea and kaylee hartunglifornia, with the latest. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: yeah, michael, good morning. she entered that not guilty plea but her attorney says she's not trying to shy away from what she's done here. we still don't have any clue as to why she tried to steal that baby but the defense says they'll focus on trying to get her the help she needs. the woman accused of attempting to kidnap joe montana's granddaughter now formally charged in a los angeles court. the judge setting bail at $200,000 calling 39-year-old sodsai dalzell a clear danger to the public. >> this was an extremely violent attempt to kidnap a child. that's what's alleged here. >> reporter: dalzell pleading not guilty and her defense attorney said it's help, not jail time, that dalzell needs. >> we will do our best to make sure she gets the help she needs because clearly this seems to be some type of incident that was probably onset by some type of depression or maybe drugs, and miss dalzell is extremely apologetic, very c

the most polluted cities in the world are now on the west coast of our country and kaylee hartung joinsnow from portland, number one on that startling list. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, michael. with this n95 mask on is the only way i'm willing to be out here. the smoke in the air is nearly suffocating and you don't need to be anywhere near active flames to smell it. all across the west coast from canada to mexico the air is polluted as this historic wildfire season rages on. this morning, wildfires still ravaging the u.s. across three states at least 27 deaths reported this week. at least nine deaths in the state of oregon. as destructive flames and worsening air quality are pushing the state to its limits. governor kate brown imploring president trump to declare a major disaster. >> it's really hard for all of us to wrap our heads around the devastation that these fires have caused. the smoke blanketing the state is a constant reminder that this tragedy has not yet come to an end. >> reporter: and california in crisis as 28 major fires burn across that state. a new

kaylee hartung is there with the very latest for us. ylee, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, whit. several manhunts this morning across the country after this string of ambushes on police. we start in phoenix, arizona where authorities are looking for a suspect reportedly involved in a shooting yesterday. one 17-year-old has been arrested for firing an assault rifle at those officers. now we move to camden, new jersey where there's an urgent manhunt for people behind an ambush on two officers at home with their infant. these officers were home with the baby when these suspects fired six shots at the house. the fbi is involved in that one. >> kaylee, one of the sheriff's departmen deputies in los angeles has been released from the hospital. >> reporter: yes. the male deputy shot in his vehicle has been released from the hospital. you see the horrific video there. he and his female partner are expected to fully recover. the reward up is now up to $650,000. whit? >> kaylee, thank you. michael? >> thank you, whit. >>> turning no

kaylee hartung is in california with the latest near that massive north complex fire scorching more than,000 acres. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: and good morning, michael. it has been an extremely difficult firefight here. we're just off of lake oroville. this is where those two wildfires collided and exploded overnight. authorities here struggled to notify people who were asleep in their homes. this home, one of thousands that was in that path of destruction. you see that flame still burning and you can still feel the heat coming from these embers alive beneath this wreckage. this fire at times was burning so hot it even melted glass. that means temperatures were around 3,000 degrees and it appears that these homeowners did everything they could to try to save this place. there's a garden hose right here and an empty stable ahead of me. it seems that they got their animals to safety but they couldn't save anything else. michael? >> all right, thank you so much, kaylee. >>> now we go to ginger with a look at whether any relief is in sight. good morning, ginger. >> good morning, mic

our kaylee hartung is in butina county. >> reporter: these wildfires burned a record 3 million acres this year alone. that's more than 26 times what burned by this point last year. fire crews are stretched thin. some have been working nonstop for nearly a month. >> is this your parents' home? >> yeah. is there an a-frame house to the left? >> reporter: seeing the destruction at her parents' home in this facetime call with our sacramento affiliate. >> can you show me again, please? >> reporter: at first she feared the worst but her parents were later found safe staying at a casino. in washington state a fire claiming the life of a 1-year-old baby and badly burning his parents. 600,000 acres have burned there in the past three days alone, more than any entire year except for 2015. the town of malden destroyed. the governor now saying the culprit is climate change. >> we talk about this as a wildfire. i think we have to start thinking they're more climate fires. they're climate fires because that's what creates the conditions that makes them so explosive. >> reporter: now, law enforceme

kaylee hartung has the latest. >> time to move the hose line up! >> reporter: this dramatic video recorded on a firefighter's helmet capturing how fast the creek fire overwhelmed crews in california earlier this month. enormous flames engulfing homes and cars melting in the street as whipping winds and thick clouds of smoke plague overnight those walls of fire still moving. a ring doorbell camera capturing when it rages through the forest and closes in on this home. in oregon, toxic air blankets the state. you can see the destruction this wildfire left behind me. look around me. the smoke hanging so thick, this is the most polluted air in the world. the state already says one in ten visits to the emergency room are related to this air quality. did those numbers line up with what you're seeing here? >> absolutely. we've seen an increase in respiratory illness, particularly in people predisposed to it. >> reporter: so the air quality index, it works sort of like a thermometer and runs from zero to 500 degrees. anything above 300 is considered hazardo