matt gutman is there. >> down these stairs in about 50 yards in that direction is where the shoreline used to be. now it's been consumed by the storm surge. >> reporter: beta stirring huge swells in the gulf captured by a boat engineer out at sea. the storm is expected to linger along the coast for two days dumping up to 6 inches of rain, even across areas of louisiana still without power after hurricane laura just three weeks ago. alex presha, abc news. >> our thanks to alex there. >>> southern california shifting winds have been pushing a wildfire towards the mt. wilson observatory. that's above los angeles. the bobcat fire is one of the largest in l.a. county's history. 105,000 acres. officials have identified the firefighter who died battling a wildfire sparked by a gender reveal party.

>> matt gutman, our thanks to you. >>> as portland prepares for what the night may hold, authorities are gearing up in rochester, where the officers involve in the daniel prude's death have been suspended, but some say that's not enough and are demanding criminal charges. abc's trevor ault reports from rochester. >> reporter: chaos in the streets of rochester. tonight, the city bracing for more intense protests over the death of daniel prude. a counter-demonstrator seen spraying protesters with an unknown substance. one protester jumping on the car as it hits him. and demonstrators storming this restaurant overnight. >> nobody's hurting us. we're shutting the party down. >> reporter: throwing chairs, sending diners fleeing for cover. >> i don't think that it's a fair comparison to say that this was a violent protest. >> reporter: alyssa bileschi was among those marching. she says the people disrupting diners were a small portion out of thousands of peaceful protesters. it seems like what a lot of activists are saying is that maybe it was bad, but it's small compared to what happened

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 house after house. you can still see some of the smoldering wreckage in the background. the governor here saying that this is just one of five communities that are substantially destroyed tonight. firefighters saying they have simply never seen anything like this in state history. david? >> we will stay on this in the days and weeks to come. matt gutman, thank you. >>> it was this time last night here, we reported on that key trial for a vaccine, t

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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 toll could rise? >> reporter: and david, that's because officials say that they have not been able to assess the damage or the death toll, because they are simply stretched too thin. and looking out over this, you can tell why the task for investigators of digging through this debris would be so daunting. and with that live drone shot, i wanted to show you the sbeweep the devastation here, this goes on block after block. entire developments incinerated as far as the eye can see. >> really just unbelievable. enr thanks to you, matt, and the yoven ts >>> the me, we're g conirus here in the ee from cdceon the tonight.the pre death toll could rise to 217,000 american lives in just the next three weeks, by the first week of october. tonight, more than 191,000 lives have already been lost including the toll on tea

look at the scene behind matt gutman tonight. he's live in salem, oregon. we know tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes and i know you just learned about an arson arrest tonight. >> reporter: that suspect was arrested in the medford area. that's where 600 homes burned to the ground. he faces six counts and a possible murder charge as the western half of oregon is smothered in this smog. it has been raining ash here. the visibility is near zero. you can barely make out that church behind me and the air quality is twice the amount that's hazardous to breathe. >> that image says it all. that's the scene playing out in several states in the west. matt, our thanks to you and the team again tonight. >>> of course, all of this playing out as the nation marks 9/11. it's hard to believe it's been 19 years now. president trump and joe biden putting the campaign aside to pay tribute. president trump and the first lady observing a moment of silence on their way to the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. joe biden and his wi

our chief national supreme court matt gutman on the fire lines again tonight. this time, from oregon. >> reporter: tonight, 35 wildfires wreaking edioriven incinerating entire towns. hundreds of homes destroyed. an unknown number of lives lost. >> this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our state's history. >> reporter: explosions illuminating the night sky. >> oh, my god. this looks really bad. >> reporter: tens of thousands racing to evacuate. >> medford is, like, completely shut down right now. >> reporter: some of them making desperate last stands to protect property. >> you can see him right there on his tractor, trying to keep these flames at bay. >> reporter: towns along interstate 5, that major west coast artery, now smoldering ruins. >> we came about a half hour ago to see if there was anything saveable, but everything's gone. there's nothing that can be saved. >> reporter: so many families losing everything. those out of control fires visible from space. huge plumes of smoke billowing thousands of feet in the air

>> matt gutman covering all the unrest there in portland for us. matt, thank you. >>> we head overseas now to belarus, where a key opposition leader has reportedly been kidnapped. maria kolesnikova was allegedly seen being bundled into a van by men in plain clothes on a street in the capital, minsk. her team says they haven't been able to reach her since. tens of thousands marched again over the weekend, calling for the longtime president to step down after an election that is widely discredited. >>> and there's news about alexei navalny, vladimir putin's prominent foe. the german hospital where he is being treated reports he's been taken out of a medically-induced coma and he is improving. navalny was transferred there after becoming sick on a plane in siberia. german doctors determined he had been poisoned by a nerve agent russia has used on its enemies before. >>> back here to that moment of anger that cost tennis star novak djokovic his place at the u.s. open. after losing a game, he hit a ball in anger, accidentally striking a line judge in th

matt gutman on the ground covering it all. thank you, matt. >>> moving to politics, a fiery day on the campaign trail. the discourse dominated by a report alleging president trump made disparaging remarks about american veterans and even our war dead. joe biden jumping right on this issue, and president trump and then the first lady responding. abc's andrew dymburt is on the story from washington. andrew, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. the president says this is nothing more than a political attack and denies ever saying anything that would desecrate fallen soldiers. joe biden meanwhile says the allegations show the president is unfit to lead this nation's troops. in the race for 2020, joe biden delivering a scathing condemnation of president trump. >> if these statements are true, the president should humbly apologize to every gold star mother and father and every blue star family that he's denigrated and insulted. who the heck does he think he is? >> reporter: pointing to an article in "the atlantic" all

ofonly smorning, m correspondent matt gutman is right there on the ground in portland with more on thet and the massive destruction from these fires. matt, good morning once again. >> reporter: good morning again, dan. the suspect faces two counts of arison for allegedly setting the fires that nearly incinerated the towns of talent and phoenix, leveling 1,000 homes, killing several people. 50 people are still missing there. because of those deaths, he could also face murder charges. this morning, police say the fires that tore through the towns of talent and phoenix, oregon, destroying about a thousand homes and killing five people were intentionally started. >> we were able to locate evidence and determine that this individual is likely the cause of the fire. >> reporter: michael jarrod bakkela was charged with two counts of arson and multiple counts of criminal mischief. that as 500,000 people, 10% of or population, are in evacuation zones. at least two fires have converged, creeping closer to portland, whose mayor has declared an emergency. from space, nearly half the state buried u

matt gutman, thank you so much. >>> we turn now to the pandemic. covid-19 has now killed more than 204,000 people in this country.d puerfor th first time in three months, new york state reports more than a thousand new cases in a single day. abc's stephanie ramos joins us now in new york with the latest. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. the department of health here in new york city says they'll enforce the wearing of masks and social distancing in areas where there's been an uptick in covid cases. if the city doesn't see improvements by tomorrow, the mayor may be forced to shut down nonessential businesses. this morning, the state of new york reporting more than a thousand covid cases in a single day for the first time in three months. this comes as new york city considers locking down some neighborhoods in brooklyn and queens after a recent uptick in cases. >> this may be the most precarious moment we're facing since we have emerged from lockdown. >> reporter: new york city health officials are warning against large gathe

abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman is on the ground in portland with an arrest tied to one of those devastating fires. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, eva. the sheriffs announcing overnight in the medford area that they made an arrest, charging a suspect with two counts of arson. that area saw several towns burned. several people were killed and still 50 people missing there and because there was a loss of life there, that man could face murder charges. this morning, police say the fires thatorthe s talent and phoenix, oregon destroying about a thousand homes and killing five people were intentionally started. >> we were able to locate evidence and determine that this individual is likely the cause of the fire. >> reporter: michael jarrod bakkela was charged with two counts of arson and multiple counts of criminal mischief as 500,000 people, 10% of oregon's population, are in evacuation zones. at least two fires have converged creeping closer to portland whose mayor has declared an emergency. from space nearly half the state buried under smoke. flurries

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: south l.a.till on edge just days after this video shocked the nation, capturing the moment two sheriff's deputies are caught in an ambush. last saturday night, a gunman seen approaching the cruiser before firing multiple times, hitting both of the los angeles sheriff's deputies in the face. both officers sworn in just 14 months ago. one deputy, an it 24 year old shot in the forehead, his partner, a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old shot in the jaw but still rushing to her partner's aid. >> she goes around the car, applies a tourniquet to him to stop the bleeding. she gets on the radio, and she's calling for help but having a hard time because she dancan't speak very well. >> that shooting takes place blocks from the station. >> a deputy involved at the blue line. >> reporter: while many of the details and motive of the ambush remain unknown, what happens here taps into unspoken fears for those in uniforms. after a summer of racial unrest, nearly nightly standoffs between protesters and police,

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. >> reporter: my colleague matt gutman was in oregon last week as the fires started spreading. >> reporterhave been covering fire force half a dozen years or month, i have never seen anything like this. the sky completely orange at 11:00 in the morning. >> reporter: here, retard ant could not stop the force of the fire. >> i want to show you the world of pink laid down, and it still did nothing to stop the progress of that fire which burned entire neighborhoods and developments here. so many with nowhere to live. this couple took refuge in a red cross shelter in salem, oregon. >> we had a neighbor that called us and screamed and said, get out, you guys need to leave. >> reporter: the single mom grabbed her sister's dogs and fled in to the night. >> i still have my swimsuit on. >> you had left in a swimsuit. >> yes, and the kids had pjs. >> reporter: they think their house is save, but they are not for sure. the upheaval of fleeing and homelessness being possible, they are tearing up about. >> we have not been able to start school and now we can't start school. and so, it's been hard. >> in

here's our chief national correspondent matt gutman. >> reporter: authorities say the man saunteringto this l.a. sheriff's vehicle and blasting away is tonight being charged tonight with attempted murder in that ambush. both deputies shot in the face. >> i can report today, we have found our suspect. >> reporter: security video from september 12th showing the female deputy helping her partner to cover. authorities today identifying the suspect as deonte lee murray, a felon with a long record. he was already wanted for an armed carjacking almost two weeks earlier. three days after he allegedly attacked those deputies, police spotted him. he fled. >> during that pursuit, the suspect threw a pistol from his car. that pistol was recovered and held as evidence. >> reporter: they closed in on him in this south l.a. neighborhood. you can see that bomb squad truck moving in behind me. that bomb squad robot blasting ohm the door. murray finally taken into custody. later, police say the ballistic s said that the gun used to shoot the deputies is untraceable. the sheriff said he didn't know wha

matt gutman is in portland, oregon, with the latest on this developing story. od morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, cecilia. when they issued that arrest warrant, they assumed he was armed and dangerous. he intended to fight and not surrender. overnight u.s. marshals shooting and killing an antifa demonstrator wanted for murder of an incident caught on tape last saturday. u.s. marshals say they were trying to arrest michael reinhoehl when he attempted to flee in his car. >> there was a confrontation between the officers that were on scene and the subject. the information that we have at this time is that the subject was armed. there was shots that were fired into the vehicle, and the subject fled from the vehicle at which time there was additional shots that were fired. >> reporter: reinhoehl was pronounced dead at the scene. the shooting happened just hours after vice news released this interview with reinhoehl in which he appeared to take responsibility for the shooting saying, it was in self-defense. >> i could have sat there and watched them kill

here's our chief national correspondent matt gutman from houston. >> reporter: tonight, the remnants of tropical storm beta stalling right over southeast texas. >> all these cars are stuck already. >> reporter: with blinding rain came rising water. we were there on highway up fast. >> looks like a car is stuck right up there. >> reporter: we mansioned to get out, but dozens of drivers in ers th jacke fourths fire depary beta made landfall and history overnight, the first storm named with a greek letter to strike the continental u.s. and david, can you tell by the cars that are trapped here how fast these waters can rise. and there's still eight more inches of rain forecast for houston through to louisiana. areas that got battered by hurricane laura. there are still more than 40,000 people without power in louisiana. david? >> that's just a stunning image tonight. matt, thank you. >>> now to the police shooting under investigation in salt lake city tonight. the mayor and police chief there both calling it a tragedy. new body camera video showing an officer firing nearly a dozen shots

here's matt gutman in portland. >> reporter: tonight, portland spiraling into turmoil. the 101st night of protests opened with a spasm of violence. gasoline bombs tossed at riot police. and firecrackers rocketing at officers, at point black range. jumping out ofne of those gasoline fires was a protester, demonstrators trying to put him out as he rolled on the pavement. overnight demonstrations targeting a police precinct. it was immediately declared a riot. police with that bull rush. in the stampede, our team knocked over.! police then drowning the street in tear gas to clear the crowd. they're pumping out tear gas like -- whoa. you can see the arch of tear gas in the air. that's going to be really bad in about five seconds. let's go, let's go. you see the cloud of yellow gas. this morning announcing more than 50 arrests. one of the highest since the iv rocks, explosive devices, and body armor they say they seized from protesters. portland remains a tinder box. right-wing protesters, many heavily armed, holding a memorial for aaron "jay" danielson. allegedly gunned dow

abc's matt gutman is in the fire zone. >> i've been covering fires for half a dozen years or more. i've never seen anything like this. a sky completely orange at 11:00 in the morning. later matt surveying the damage. the devastation here is so widespread that the only way you can get a sense of the scope is to drive through it. >> reporter: and now hundreds of thousands of families facing the task of rebuilding their lives. >> the house ain't even recognizable. it's just not. there's nothing -- i'm so surprised that the people was able to get out of here alive looking at what there is. it's hard to believe. >> and a fire is also threatening paradise, california, where evacuation warnings have been issued. fire destroyed that town in 2018. it was the deadliest fire in state history. >>> a former columbia university doctor is under federal indictment on charges he used his position to sexually abuse dozens of female patients. prosecutors say robert hadden's victims include minors. the wife of former presidential candidate andrew yang says hadden assaulted her while she was pregnant. >

just hoursare appearsn rb days ahead.lfthcity mar 100 matt gutman in portland tonight. >> i think we would all agree that we need to work collectively to tstop the violence in portland. >> reporter: over night u.s. martials shot and killed a man wanted in the death of a proof had trump protester. swooping in to arrest him in washington state. >> sound like fourth of july going off. >> reporter: officials say he brandished a gun and tried to flee in his car. >> there were shots that were fired into his vehicle, and the subject fled from the vehicle, at which time there was an additional shots that were fired. >> reporter: he was pronounced dead at the scene. we learned of the shooting at portland endured its 99th night of consecutive protests. they pushed the crowd back, made what appears to be a couple of arrests. his killing came after vice news released this interview with him in which he called the killing of pro-trump activist jay daniels self-defense. >> totally justified. had i not acted i'm sure my friend and i would have killed. >> reporter: danielson was part of a pro-trump

here's our chief national correspondent matt gutman from houston. >> reporter: tonight, the remnants of tropical storm beta stalling right over southeast texas. >> all these cars are stuck already. >> reporter: with blinding rain came rising water. we were there on highway 288 in houston when the water came up fast. >> oh, it looks like a car is stuck right up there. >> reporter: we managed to get out. >> and there he is. >> reporter: but dozens of motorists in the nation's fourth-largest city didn't. by midday, houston's fire department rescuing more than 60 people. motorists with lifted pickups plowing a path. >> i expect to have 100, 200-plus vehicle recoveries today. >> reporter: it took its time, but beta made landfall and history overnight. the first storm named with a greek letter ever to hit the continental u.s. and david, you can tell by the cars that are trapped here how fast these waters can rise. and there's still eight more inches of rain forecast for houston through to louisiana. areas that got battered by hurricane laura. there are still more than 40,000 people without

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, president trump supporters gathering in portland, clogging the roads by the hundreds. blm demonstrators also gathering there. overnight, this mattress. this one is about to go, and behind them are police officers, behind them is the police precinct. police soon marching in. it was 102nd night of consecutive protests here. at least 74 people arrested this weekend. protesters turning fireworks into cannons, significant escalation, lobbing gasoline bombs. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: one demonstrator caught in a splash of fire. bystanders struggling to put out the flames. police in full riot gear blanketing the streets with tear gas. you see that cloud of yellow mustardy-like smoke. the entire corner here was lit up. and in rochester, there is also simmering unrest. that, after four nights of protests demanding justice for daniel prude, who died in police custody in march, around 1,000 protesters marched relatively peacefully to the public safety building. police making no arrests. today, president trump criticizing both cities' handling of the p

abc's matt gutman is in phoenix, oregon. >> officials say they have not been able to assess the damage or the death toll because they are simply stretched too thin. and looking out over this, you would sunng. street, block aftr block, entire developments incinerated as far as the eye can see. >> just incredible images there. overnight we learned some great news, that missing couple from oroville couple, you saw their daughter there, the couple has been found safe. and some good news for firefighters. the winds are expected to die down today. >>> the idaho woman facing charges linked to the disappearance and deaths of her two children has pleaded not guilty. lori vallow appeared before a judge via zoom. her son and daughter vanished one year ago. then this past june investigators found their burned remains buried on property owned by her husband. vallow is charged with several felony counts. but so far neither she nor her husband have been charged with murdering the kids. >>> a federal court rejected president trump's attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census. a three-j

abc's matt gutman leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the massive creek fire exploding through central california. a massive rescue effort underway.trappemesabrhtesraaitig >>ju aious for to come home and for me to see them step off. then i can breathe. >> reporter: national guard and navy choppers scooping up more than 160 people from that inferno today. families now making emotional reunions. >> you guys smell like smoke so bad! >> it was such an anxious wait, not knowing what was going to happen and when they were going to be here. it's juster is real having them here in the flesh. >> reporter: these rescue missions executed in high winds and near zero visibility. it's extremely dangerous for the military crews carrying out those dramatic operations. in all, they've pulled more than 200 from the fires over the weekend in chinook and black hawk helicopters. >> the smoke's been so thick that the pilots don't have a visual of the terrain to land safely or to identify the locations where the evacuees are. >>ephisingle fire now consuming over 143,0 deroyi thousands to evacuate. >> we're i

abc's matt gutman in portland tonight. >> reporter: tonight, officials this portland calling the latest violence a tipping point. >> this is an all hands on-deck moment. i think we would all agree that we need to work collectively to stop the violence in portland. >> reporter: overnight, u.s. marshals shot and killed a man wand wanted in last week's shooting death of a pro-trump protester. the marshals swooping in to arrest him in washington state. >> it sounded like fourth of july going on. there was just anywhere from 20 to 30 gunshots. >> reporter: officials say he brandished a gun and tried to flee in his car. >> there were shots that were fired into the vehicle, and the subject fled from the vehicle, at which time there was additional shots that were fired. >> reporter: he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: we learned of the prests. they pushed the crowd back, made what appears to be a couple of arrests. his killing came hours after vice news released this interview with him in which he called the killing of pro-trump activist jay danielson self-d

making landfall erght, matt gutman is in houston with the latest. od morning, matt. >> reporter: robin, good morning. tropical stormwet. this is the 288 freeway major north/south through way in and out of the country. you can see that u-turn a lot of those cars are making and that sheriff's vehicle behind them. i'm going to walk this little catwalk here and show you the rest of what this highway looks like. three lanes in either directions and you can see those traffic pylons basically floating away. we were among one of the last cars to drive through here and it was scary to see how fast the waters rise in flash floods like this which is why officials across the city are warning people to stay off the roads right now. another foot of rain is possible here. michael? >>hank you, matt. can't seem to catch a break down there. we go to ginger who is tracking the latest on the flash flood warnings. good morning to you, ginger. >> good morning, michael. we've been warning about that much rain and more. that's what we're about to get. flash flood watches al

we will get in to the wildfire emergency not just in northern california but up in oregon where matt gutman is. we know that at least 14 states have the hundreds of fires, so much to cover. and i'll be tracking the latest on the air quality because i know you have seen every image possible, you lived it, but all the way down and up the pacific coast. plus the major challenges that millions of students are facing as they get ready for the new year and the big switch to school by screen. parents are calling the sd disastrous start a pure disaster saying that it was just not good at all. and this morning we'll tell you what is being done to make online school a bit more of a success. plus, i am not overselling this, this is our biggest surprise in gma history, i am know chris harr harrison, but there is a very deserving nurse with $1 million. you don't want to miss it. that is coming up on gma. >> wow. i can't wait to see that. first of all, thank you for the birthday shoutout yesterday. really appreciate that. but i also need to ask you, did you hear like these toys that are in the national h

matt gutman joins us now from talent, oregon with the very latest. good morning, matt. >>> michael, good morning. that emergency declaration still in place in portland. look at the destruction here. it's incredible the job law enforcement did here, evacuating people before the fire storm swept through, but they don't want to have to do that again. for that reason firefighters across the state -- the fires aren't yet over -- are starting to retrench. they're now focussed mostly on saving people's homes. this morning, at least 23 dead as wildfires ravage the west coast. those fires laying siege outside portland. the city's mayor declaring an emergency and evacuation orders are in place in suburbs submerged in that eerie orange. right now portland with the worst air quality of any major city on earth. the national guard moving in for assistance. all of oregon cities are under those eerie orange skies and across the state more than 500,000 forced to flee their homes. southeast of salem, chris tofte frantically tried to reach his family during the evacuati

our chief national correspondent matt gutman is in phoenix, oregon with the very latest for us. morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. i want to give you a sense of what a fire can do to a community like this. this was somebody's pick-up truck. this whole area here, this was a well tended garden, and just around the bend here i want to show you the charred remains of a child's bicycle. we're talking about what fires can do to rock and stone, well, they can absolutely pulverize them. i want to show you with our crane camera this is not just a sliver of a neighborhood but this goes on street after street for much of this town. overnight, three bodies found after two fires converged, created explosive conditions. another 12 people are unaccounted for and several injuries just outside of sacramento. the north complex fire rapidly growing into one of the largest in california's history. at its worst it torched 1,000 acres every 30 minutes, sending thousands fleeing. in oregon where 48 wildfires are burning throughout the state, killing at least three, one fire galloping thr

. >>> we'll get to that in a moment, but we start with matt gutman in portland for us this morning. good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: eva, good morning. in the hours that we were out in the streets, we noticed what seemed to be a significant escalation on the part protesters, throwing gasoline bombs at riot police for the first time, and what has become0 days into this protest movement is that it seems to lack a central cohesive message, and there's no end game apparently in sight. overnight, parts of portland looked like a war zone. marking a hundred nights of continuous protests. the violence erupting with fireworks shot at police at point-blank range. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and the cracks of molotov cocktails exploding. one demonstrator running through it, catching fire, rolling to the curb, bystanders unable at first to put him out. >> stop, drop, and roll. >> reporter: portland police almost immediately declaring a riot, carpeting streets with smoke and tear gas canisters. they're popping off tear gas, u can see the arcs of tear gas in the air. thyoat's going to be re

matt gutman is still up in oregon where now we know more than 500,000 folks have been evacuated, 17 people have died in the fires. so we'll talk about the air quality which i just heard mike talking about all the way down into southern california now moving into nevada andaron also the latest on president trump on defense after all of the allegations that he knew how dangerous coronavirus was, so we'll discuss what is going on with that story. and then i think we've got so much more coming up on gma nobody can stop talking carole . baskin, and that is why i think that she will still be around. >> you are our "dancing with the stars" expert, so if you say it, i totally agree with you. but what do you think -- because she is obviously a nondancer. so going into this, since you have been through this experience, the night before monday, what kind of butterflies did you have in your stomach? >> see, this is the difference too. carole baskin is not just a nondancer. i was a nondancer, but i work in live tv every day. when you add in the element of live and you cannot doagain,'m . or not. on my

matt gutman is on the ground. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it's dry out here. beta is a dying storm, but still dangerous. enough to royal up the oceans here, and this is the sea wall that protects galveston from the gulf of mexico, and i'll go down here and show you where the beach used to be. that surge is already up several feet and the beach line used to be about 50 yards in that direction. still is dangerous. it has been enough to engulf homes in this take on roads. of course the biggest concern is the fourth largest city in the country, that's houston. this storm could drop 10 inches there. you know how easily it floods there. george? >> thank you, matt. >>> as we said, a lot more ong ginsburg's life and legacy. >>> and we have more interviews with the big winners from tv's biggest night from zendaya to uzo aduba. and the cast that stole the show. >>> and millie bobby brown joins us live. uso aduba. in san diego, california. we've had a ton of obstacles in finding ways to be more sustainable for a big company. we were one of the first st

our chief national correspondent matt gutman joins us now from los angeles with the very latest on thatng, matt. >> reporter: good morning, amy. both of those deputies are now recovering after surgery at that hospital behind me. they're now in stable condition. i spoke the l.a. county sheriff last night and he said he's deploying every single asset to apprehe apprehend that gunman. this morning, that massive manhunt for the gunman who ambushed two los angeles sheriff's deputies walking up to their cruiser and unloading multiple rounds before fleeing on foot. >> stand by for a gsw. >> one deputy was hit four or five time, the other one was hit at least three times. >> reporter: the deputy is a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old and a 24-year-old were both sworn in only 14 months ago. somehow though shot through the jaw, the female deputy tends to her partner. >> and she goes around the car, applies a tourniquet to him to stop the bleeding and she gets on the radio and she's calling for help but having a hard time because she can't speak very well. you can hear the voice of that. >> been

abc's matt gutman joins us with more on all that. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning.the stunt that david blaine says he always wanted to pull off and it's pretty much what every kid incl but this feat wasn't nearly as easy as just grabbing balloons and floating off into the sky because blaine had to become an faa certified commercial hot air balloon pilot, a skydiver and he spent the past two years perfecting what he called his most ambitious performance yet. it took 52 giant helium balloons to get him up and gravity to bring him back down to the arizona desert floor. in his first major live event in more than a decade, the illusionist soaring more than 4.5 miles in the air and hoisted ng, .l tselo was a scene lifted >> reporter: blaine dedicating it to his own kid, 9-year-old dessa right there by his side as he took off. as he floated off into the stratosphere, the temperature dropping into the single digits. the air dangerously thin, available oxygen only at about half the amount at sea level putting him in a serious risk. >> hypoxia is when you don't get enough oxy

matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: overnight protesters skirmishing with police in portland and rochester. tensions are still running high. >> we got the power. >> reporter: in portland it was the 102nd consecutive night of unrest. protesters have lit this mattress. this one is about to go, and behind them are police officers and right behind them the north precinct. this following saturday night's spasm of violence, 59 arrested as protesters blasted fireworks at police at point-blank range. gasoline bombs lighting up the night. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: one molotov cocktail landed at the feet of a demonstrator, his legs on fire. he rolls on the pavement. protesters at first unable to put him out. police blanketing the street with tear gas. see that cloud of yellow mustardy like smoke, the entire corner here was lit up. in rochester, a city seized by demonstrations since daniel prude died after being detained by police, the mayor making a plea for calm. >> we can't continue to go down this same road that we've been down. we can't continue to have these protests end this way. >