marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to marci. >>> some business news this morning. louis vuitton's owner is edly oerg to buy tiffany. >> the luxury jewelry store has hired advisers to review the $4.5 billion offer. it would be one of the largest purchases ever for lvmh, which also owns christian dior and givenchy. the offer comes as tiffany's is facing declining sales along with other challenges. >>> when we come back, what the stars have been wearing for halloween. >>> and the big honor for dave chappelle. chappelle. you've never tried a retinol like this. olay's retinol24 complex hydrates better than the #1 retinol. visibly smoother brighter skin in 24 hours. a skin upgrade? crushed it. new olay retinol24. face anything.olay. and also available in retinol serum and retinol eye cream. ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny >>> time now for "the skinny" on this monday. we begin with a huge honor for the dave chappelle. the comedian's being celebrated for his comedy. comedy like this. >> hello, eddie murphy. >> prince, what's up? >> i'm a big fan of your comedies. >> that's

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: a major payout for an immense tragedy. just days after mourners marked the second anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. >> charleston hatfield, 34, henderson, nevada. [ bell tolls ] >> reporter: mgm resorts agreeing to pay as much as $800 million to settle claims from victims of the las vegas massacre and their families. >> there's no money that could have her back to me. >> reporter: gus castilla's daughter andrea was 1 of 58 people killed when a gunman opened fire from his hotel room at the mandalay bay towards concertgoers below. chelsea romo was one of the hundreds injured, the mother of two still injured. >> i still have shrapnel all throughout my forehead and my brain. the fact they say i can see out of my right eye is a miracle. >> reporter: mgm initially faced criticism for suing hundreds of victims preemptively in an attempt to consolidate all lawsuits into one special case. the company now saying in a statement, our goal has always been to resolve these matters so our community and th

here is abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: this arizona school bus driver facing charges after a rideen on board outraged. >> you better get your [ bleep ] down there. >> reporter: police say a boy threw a piece of paper and miss the trash can, the driver slamming the brakes. >> i'm going to [ bleep ], >> reporter: this 11-year-old boy flying into the windshield, cracking it. the driver throwing him toward the back of the bus. >> if you were behind the seat, you wouldn't be flying around the bus, would you? you are the biggest [ bleep ], you know that? >> state your name and date of birth. >> jamie taez -- >> reporter: facing charges that include child abuse and reckless driving. the boy who was thrown was injured but is okay. the driver was placed on leave. the school district calling the behavior inexcusable and recommending termination. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you, marci. >>> a bounty has been put on the head of a dangerous species of fish in georgia. >> wildlife officials say a northern snakehead was found outside atlanta. the fish is considered invasive an

here's abc's marci gonzalez. ♪ you don't own me >> reporter: the iconic feminist anthem brought to the cult classic "the first wives club." ♪ you don't own me >> reporter: recently given new life in a series with the same name with a noticeable distinction. all of the leading ladies are women of color. "the first wives club" reboot now streaming on b.e.t. plus stars soul singer jill scott, ryan michelle bathe, and michelle buteau. >> the bartender, he wants to give me the deets. >> reporter: with their takes on the original film's characters played by bette midler, diane keaton, and goldie hahn. the sassy new york women in the original story coming together to overcome some major life struggles. >> and remember. >> what? >> don't get mad, get everything. >> reporter: traded in for younger women. >> my, my. the bulimia certainly has paid off. >> reporter: a mother searching to find her voice. yet through their bond as best friends, they come out stronger, a theme repeated in the reprisal. >> no, that is not life. we've got to start living our lives for ourselves. >> we are amazing. >> r

marci gonzalez was there asevac their homes survived. >> reporter: tonight the destruction left behindcalifornia wildfires coming into focus. powerful winds blowing burning embers into houses. firefighters doing all they could to keep those flames from spreading. but there were dozens of homes they could not save including monica and drew silvers. >> i wish they would have been earlier to save mine. it's not their fault. they are fighting the fires where they are fighting them. but it was pretty crazy how fast it came. >> reporter: those fast moving flames here in los angeles county destroying nearly 8,000 acres and nearly everything the silvers owned. their wedding rings, childrens' keepsakes and their entire photography business. >> all of the props, all of the equipment. we don't have a place to work. >> reporter: tonight with all evacuation orders lifted and thousands returning home, the silvers say they too feel lucky. >> the stuff doesn't matter. >> reporter: and firefighters are still out watching for hot spots while investigators look into whether powerlines may have started th

marci gonzalez, abc 7 news, granada hills, california. >> a clear reminder of how wildfires can evolve and create their own weather. abc 7 news was in menlo park yesterday where the fire nato truck made an appearance. the truck was caught in the redding area wildfire last year. it created a fire-nado that had wind speeds that measured 147 miles per hour, wiping out just about erything in its path. organizers of yet's event say they hope the truck can provide a teaching moment. >> so people who weren't there, people who didn't live through that, can come here and see it and understand how prevention, preparedness for themselves, what would they need to do to survive an event like that if it happened to them. >> the pancake breakfast helped raise money for those affected by the fires. >>> thankfully the winds have subsided. >> they have, and we have a nice week ahead. abeautiful day in emeryville, a little hazy out there. we have fog and a partly cloudy sky. we'll have a cooler finish. all the details straight ahead. >>> also next, the blue angels thrilling crowds in san francisco. month

>> marci gonzalez tonight, thanks. >>> next tonight, new images just in after that u.s. military training exercise gone wrong in camp shelby in mississippi. nightscope video now showing hundreds of paratroopers making a nighttime jump, scores of them, then missing their marks. many badly injured, rushed to the hospital. many dangling in trees for hours. here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: it is one of the largest military parachute accidents in memory. a nighttime training jump in mississippi from a c-130 that left every one of the 87 paratroopers from that aircraft landing atop a grove of pine trees, instead of the intended drop zone. 23 were sent to the hospital with injuries. many left dangling from their chutes in the trees. one of the soldiers stuck for nearly 12 hours, all night, before he could be brought down. the weather was reportedly clear. the winds were calm. >> the investigation will kind of reveal exactly why so many jumpers ended up in the trees. >> reporter: jumping out of airplanes is inherently dangerous. >> i've got multiple patients with spinal

. >> marci gonzalez tells us people got up early just to watch. >> reporter: that greeting from high historic moment. >> wow. that is amazing. >> reporter: both of the astronauts seen outside of the international space station working to replace a broken power controller are women. >> there have been many other female space walkers before us. this is just the first time that there have been two women outside at the same time. >> reporter: the first all-female space walk completed by americans jessica mere and christina cook, who paused to talk to president donald trump. >> one small step for man. >> reporter: the first president to speak to astronauts outside of their vessel in space since the 1969 moon landing. >> i just want to congratulate you. what you do is incredible. you're very brave people. >> you know, for us this is really just us doing our job. >> reporter: the history-making accomplishment celebrated across the planet beneath those humble women, especially by young girls who woke up early to watch and be inspired. >> it's really cool. we usually hear about just guys in s

marcie gonzalez reports from one of the hardest hit communities. >> massive fires tearing through southern california, destroying z dos of homes. >> my house i can see where it was from here. and it's all gone. >> santa ana winds spreading flames quickly as families scramble to evacuate facing a nightmare on the roads. >> the embers in the air above me, it's coming this which. we're getting out. >> firefighters in los angeles county hosing flames creeping towards this backyard. >> without regard for their own life they've done everything to protect us. >> reenforcements moving in. >> here comes the helicopter we got a water drop on the way. >> officials say one man suffered a heart attack and died while trying to stop the fire fromingme >>errest someone revived by our paramedics but died at the hospital. >> this community in river std community where more than 70 mobile homes destroyed pennsylvania 89-year-old woman killed. it startwood the burning trash in the truck the driver dumped igniting dry grass on the side of the road. >> i was pleading with him, begging with him don't stop here.

. >> marci gonzalez has the story from porter ranch, one of the hardest hit communities. >> reporter: massive fires tearing through southern california. several now burning out of control, destroying dozens of homes. >> my house, i can see where it was from here, and it's all gone. >> reporter: time lapse video shows flowers devouring this hillside. powerful santa ana winds with gusts up to 70 miles an hour spreading the flames quickly as families scramble to evacuate, facing a nightmare on the roads. >> the embers in the air above me. it's coming this way. we're going to get out. firefighters in los angeles county hosing flames, creeping towards this backyard. reinforcements moving in. >> here comes the helicopter. we've got a water drop on the way. >> reporter: officials say one man suffered a heart attack and died while trying to stop the fire from reaching his home. >> obviously, that's very tragic. >> reporter: in this community in riverside where more than 70 mobile homes were destroyed, police say an 89-year-old woman was killed. the cause of that fire captured on a doorbell ca

abc's marci gonzalez joins us from l.a. good morning, marci. >> reporter: eva, good morning.efighters are out here keeping a close watch on these destroyed homes. you can see the walls of this one are barely standing, yet incredibly the vehicle in the driveway is still intact. these flames moved in so quickly, the family next door says they had just minutes to grab their two kids and a few belongings and get out. newly released video shows the ferocity of one of the fires that ravaged southern california. in los angeles county, nearly 8,000 acres burned. this morning, firefighters sll t avoid a flare-up, and the kind of nightmare monica and drew silver walked out of their house to find thursday night. wind whipping burning embers, flames closing in on them from three sides. >> we looked at each other and knew we weren't going to come home to a house. the embers were flying horizontally across the walkway and the driveway, and the kids went, we're not going out there, and i said, if we don't, we die. >> reporter: they returned with an insurance adjuster confirming their fears.

live in san bernardino, marcy gonzalez, nbc 7 news. dion, back to you. >> what's the containment like in terms of the fire? >> reporter: they've already got it up to about 50% containment which is pretty good. they said they're going to lift the evacuation orders in this area so they are definitely feeling optimistic about things here in san bernardino, larry. >> stay safe and thanks very much for your report. >> good to see that progress. spencer christian now joining us once again with a look at conditions in the area. marcy did mention the winds will be dying down soon. >> she did. let me give you a quick look. the winds have calmed down quite a bit. you can see most locations that have wind speeds right now in the range of single digits to teens, gusts up to 35 miles an hour or higher yesterday at this time. so the calmer winds certainly should be helping the firefighting effort. however, it's still dangerously -- we still have dangerously high fire danger there and extreme red flag warnings still in effect for a wide expanse becau

marci gonzalez is in los angeles with more about how this all played out. od morning. >> reporter: good morning. whit, you talked to that coach shortly after that close call at parkrose high school but now we're seeing, not only the courage in his reaction but his compassion. this morning new video shows the tense moments a portland high school football coach disarmed a student roaming the campus with a loaded shotgun. the powerful surveillance footage obtained by abc's station k2 shows coach keanon lowe tossing the gun's slip into the hallway and walking out of the classroom one hand on the gun, the other on the student. lowe handing that shotgun off and hugging the 18-year-old. you see him talking with angel granados-diaz he slowly backs them away and students running out, rowe holding grandnados-diaz until police closed in. >> i need a rifle operator to start heading towards parkrose. >> once we heard there was a gun everybody started panicking more, people crying and shaking. >> reporter: following this shooting scare in may, police and students praised

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: a major payout for an immense tragedy.he second anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history -- >> charleston hatfield, 34. henderson, nevada. >> reporter: mgm resorts agreeing to pay as much as $800 million to settle claims from victims of the las vegas massacre and their families. >> there's no money that can, you know, have her back to me. >> reporter: gus castilla's daughter andrea one of 58 people killed when a gunman opened fire from his hotel room at the mandalay bay toward concertgoers below. chelsea romo was one of the hundreds injured. >> i still have shrapnel all through my forehead, i have it all throughout my brain. the fact that i can see out of my right eye they say is an absolute miracle. >> reporter: mgm, which owns the mandalay bay, initially faced criticism for suing hundreds of victims preemptively in an attempt to consolidate all lawsuits into one federal case. the company now saying in a statement, our goal has always been to resolve these matters so our community and the victims

marci gonzalez, abc news, brentwood, california. >> a big thanks to marci there.ng the already tough job of firefighting even more difficult. >> accuweather meteorologist adam del rosso joins us with details on how long they might last. good morning, adam. >> kenneth and janai, good morning. we still have those gusty winds across southern california leading to that extreme fire threat. good news is we get some help with calming winds into the afternoon. firefighters are certainly going to appreciate that. still a tough job on hand as those fires continue to burn. we've already got those calmer winds across northern california. we've got breezy winds and snow across the great lakes as we head into tonight. 3 to 6 inches from eastern iowa into the u.p. of michigan. we've got plenty of rain and wind along the east coast of the u.s. bad news for trick-or-treaters along the appalachian mountains and into the east coast as well. severe storms even a possibility. kenneth, janai? >> all right, adam, thank you. >>> the federal reserve cut interest rate busy a quarter of a

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> marci, thank you. >>> three parents are expected guilty toat college admissions scandal. >> they're expected to admit participating in testing and athletic bribery schemes. this is the largest group of parents to cave to prosecutors. it could signal a major shift with other parents changing their pleas to guilty to avoid going to trial. meanwhile holdouts could face new charges as soon as this week, including bribery. >>> in the time you'll be on board qantas' new flight from new york to sydney, you could binge watch two seasons of "friends," take a nap, and take a few laps around the shiny boeing 787-9 because it's now the longest commercial flight in the world. >> it was a test flight and it carried 49 passengers and crew around the world in just under a day. >> the first commercial airline is is pa oour fro sunrise." this is the first of three test flights that's going to come up with recommendations about how we manage pilot fatigue, how we actually manage passenger jet and after 19 hours in flight, i think we've gotten this right. >> pas

here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, the destruction left behind from those ferocious california wildfires coming into focus. powerful winds blowing burning embers into houses. firefighters doing all they could to keep those flames from spreading. but there were dozens of homes they could not save, including monica and drew silver's. >> i wish they would have been here earlier to save mine. it's not their fault. they are fighting the fires where they are fighting them. but it was pretty crazy how fast it came. >> reporter: those fast-moving flames here in los angeles county, destroying nearly 8,000 acres and nearly everything the silvers owned. their wedding rings, children's keepsakes, and their entire photography business. >> all of the props. all of the equipment, everything, we don't have a place to work. >> reporter: tonight, with all evacuation orders lifted, and thousands returning home, the silvers say they feel lucky. >> the stuff doesn't matter. >> reporter: tonight, firefighters are still out watching for hot spots while investigators look into whether power lines may

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, this arizona school bus driver facing charges after a ride that left the parents of the children onboard outraged. >> you better get your [ bleep ] down here and pick that up right now. >> reporter: police say 50-year-old jamie tellez became upset when a boy threw a piece of paper and missed the trash can. tellez soon slamming the brakes. >> i'm going to [ bleep ] knock the [ bleep ] out of you. >> reporter: this 11-year-old flyingshld n ro. towards the back of the bus. >> if you were behind this seat, then you wouldn't be flying around the bus, would you? you are the biggest pain in the [ bleep ], you know that? >> state your name and date of birth. >> jamie tellez, 12-8-68. >> reporter: tellez now facing charges that include child abuse and reckless driving. the boy who was thrown was injured but is okay. the driver was placed on leave. the school district calling the behavior inexcusable and recommending termination. david? >> marci, thank you. >>> when we come back tonight, the concern late today near new york's times square. a man

here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, detectives in texas searching for the home invaders who inexplicably killed this young father as he tried to defend his family. >> someone just bre y sbd. hr h young children up early thursday morning. he confronts two men. and within moments is shot in the chest. >> the person that shot your husband, is he still there? >> no, i don't think so. but i'm so scared. >> reporter: investigators say the men took nothing and drove off. surveillance video capturing what they believe is the getaway vehicle. brenton's family arriving from his native australia. >> still hasn't sunk in that it's real. >> reporter: heartbroken and baffled by why this house, the family only lived in for six months, was so violently targeted. >> the cars were in the driveway. anybody would know that there's obviously children in that house. but yet they still had the audacity to break a window and enter the home. they're going to pay for this. >> reporter: investigators are now also looking into whether there may have been a third suspect involved. tonight, there's a $25

marcie gonzalez, abc news. port o ranch, california. >> now berkeley firefighters will be working front lines in l.a. after leaving the bay area yesterday. the strike team is stocking a special engine designed to perform in off road areas. you have to look at this. this rabbit is in a hospital being treated after being singed by flames. a crew with our sister station captured the video of the rabbit in the parking lot of the the ymca. >> they stopped the flames from reaching the y and a local viewer came and took the rabbit to the vet so it could be treated. >>> developing news, power turned back on for nearly all customers left in the dark by the week's planned out analysis. pg&e says 99% of bay area customers have had service restored less than 13,000 still without power. pg&e says it found 30 incidents of weather related damage to infrastructure. wires fell. tree branchs that blue into lines. our reporter chris reyes in napa where wineries are still scrambling to recover. >> everybody was pretty frantic. we

marci gonzalez joins us from l.a. with more on this investigation. good morning, marci. >> reporter: eva, good morning. this is such an unsettling and unusual case. investigators say from the outside of the house it would have been clear to anyone that a family with kids lives there and that they were at home. now they're trying to figure out why the house was targeted and how things turned violent so quickly. >> someone just broke in my house and then shot my husband. >> reporter: overnight investigators releasing the gut-wrenching 911 call made moments after intruders broke into a texas home in the middle of the night, killing this young father as he tried to defend his family. >> i need help. i need help so bad. >> reporter: brenton estorffe's wife telling the dispatcher they and their children, just 1 and 3 years old, were startled awake early thursday morning by the sound of a window shattering. >> brenton gets up, confronts two individuals inside the residence, at which point in time he was shot and killed. brenton was there to protect his famil

live in porter ranch, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> do we know how the fire where you are actually gottors haven't given us an official answer but we did hear from one witness who says he saw the flames start near a transmission tower and then spread to the nearby brush. and, of course, you know that was the major concern going into this period of extreme fire danger. that is why the utility companies shut down power to hundreds of thousands of californians because they were so concerned with the high winds that there could be issues with the power lines sparking fires. now investigators again aren't saying that was the cause here, but it is something they are definitely looking into. >> we'll have to wait for that official word. thank you. >>> this little rabbit also suffering from the fires in southern california. look at this little bunny. its fur is a bit burned. otherwise, it appears okay. i don't know. i hope it got to a vet and got checked out. stay with abc7news.com for continuing coverage of the fires. >> at least he was moving. >> a lot of horses got displaced, too. hope they

marcie gonzalez, abc. news, los angeles. >>> wow, that video gives you chills. incredible. after taking a break for fleet week, you should know b.a.r.t. is reassuming work this weekend on the tracks in the east bay. if you are traveling through, here is what you need to know. trains will be single tracking between the orinda appear walnut creek stations. riders should expect delays up to half an hour high pressure drivers will be affected as well. two lanes of highway 24 in the eastbound direction will be closed until 7:00 this morning. they will chess again tonight at 11:00. and open up by 9:00 tomorrow morning. and happening today, it's battle of the best chowder. wharf fest back at fishermen's wharf. the classic competition over chouders between restaurants. looking at video from previous years. you can get all theive m as wel. tickets are $60 online. streets on the embarcadero will be closed in the area keep in mind until midnight tonight. and it's pretty perfect weather, lisa for a little bit of clam chowder doentd you think >> we have the cloud cover and cooler temper

abc's marci gonzalez reports. >> reporter: wildfire after wildfire igniting in southern california. >nd of worst-case scenario, what can happen here. >> reporter: firefighters near los angeles stretched thin, trying desperately to contain these massive flames. powerful santa ana winds whipping the fires towards homes. >> this might actually be the one instance in which having a garden hose, look at that, was able to put out the palm tree. >> reporter: that man incredibly saving his house. but others here and in northern california engulfed. >> we just can't keep ahead of it. we're almost just chasing it, trying to get ahead of it. >> reporter: in wine country, firefighters driving through tunnels of flames. hundreds of people in sonoma county forced to evacuate. >> they were going door to door, house to house, and they were really, get out now! grab your keys and your dogs and go! >> reporter: despite widespread preemptive blackouts in the area, the utility company pg&e says the kincaid fire started beneath a power transmission tower that was left activated, sparking frustration as th