miguel almaguer, nbc news, ft. jones, california. >>> and still ahead for us on this friday night, the investigation into the death of joan rivers. new fallout tonight at the clinic where she went into cardiac arrest. >>> and later, history is about to be made in late-night again. >>> tonight, the medical director of the new york clinic where joan rivers went into cardiac arrest is out of a job. but the clinic refuses to say much about his departure as new reports surface about who was in the room when something went wrong. we have late details tonight from nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: two weeks since joan rivers went into cardiac arrest during a procedure at yorkville endoscopy. the medical director, dr. lawrence cohen, is out. the news confirmed by the upper east side clinic today which said dr. cohen is not currently performing procedures at yorkville endoscopy. nor is he currently serving as medical director. according to "the new york times," dr. cohen, a gastroenterologist, reportedly allowed rivers' personal

our own miguel almaguer is in pollack pines, california. east of sacramento tonight. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. investigators say this bowl of smoke, this fast-moving fire was sparked by an arsonist. tonight an arrest has been made. the smoke behind me a clear indication of how powerful and quick this fire is moving. tonight, there is plenty of fuel, plenty of dry forestland in its path. >> look at that. oh, my gosh. >> reporter: working around the clock the king fire named for the road it began on, races out of control even at night, when fire activity typically slows. firefighters are exhausted. little time for sleep, no break in sight. >> everything down here is burni burning, it's doing what it's doing. >> reporter: investigators say the blaze was intentionally set. 37-year-old wayne allen huntsman has been arrested on suspicion of arson. >> mr. huntsman is in the el dorado county jail with bail set at $10 million. >> reporter: the fire began saturday, expanding thousands of acres every day, then suddenly exploding overnight, tripling i

nbc's miguel almaguer has our report. >> reporter: in las vegas a desert resort now a raging river. in arizona the wettest day on record. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: this quickly became a state of emergency. the monsoonal storm triggered rescues across the southwest. near tucson two women died when dozens of cars were swept away. >> our entire region saw levels of rainfall we haven't seen in nearly a century. >> reporter: streets turned into waterways. interstate 10 like a river. >> it was up to my waist. and i rolled my window down and i got out. >> reporter: as fast as the water rose, it vanished. this in 90 minutes. what a contrast. over the weekend a dust storm swallowed the same area that today was submerged. southern california was also hit. >> rivers across the freeway within a matter of minutes. >> reporter: tonight, the cleanup from l.a. to phoenix underway as the west braces for more. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> now to the happier news that the world woke up to today, prince george is going to have a sibling. the announcement this second time ar

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> back in a moment with easily the most forwarded video of the day, the delicate dance caught on video. >>> richard kiel has died. he gained fame as an actor who just happened to be 7'2". he converted his height to roles that made the most of it. most notably he played jaws, the indestructible james bond villain. when people met him in person, many were surprised to find out he didn't actually have that mouth full of metal bridgework. he made a living as an actor for 50 years. westerns, dramas and comedies including "happy gilmore." he was 74. >>> you might have heard word of a solar flare headed our way. while there was a substantial eruption of energy on the sun, it appears we'll be fortunate, it will cause minimal effects here. perhaps some radio and satellite communications and gps affected. it is a reminder we're at the mercy of that giant boiling star. a big enough flare hitting earth at the wrong spot could cripple power grids and communications. >>> a sign of our times tonight beginning with a question, ask yourself when was the last

brian. >> miguel almaguer, that surreal scene in northern california tonight. miguel, thanks. >>> there are more developments tonight in this unfolding scandal inside the nfl. late word from arizona police say cardinals running back jonathan dwyer, formerly of the steelers, has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, another serious incident for the league to deal with. meantime two other teams with players in trouble with the law made very public reversals today trying desperately to contain this damage while the nfl's customers continue to voice their anger. a report on all of it tonight from nbc's peter alexander. >>> late today police marched him past camera shortly after his arrest for allegedly assaulting his 18-month-old child and the child's mother in july. dwyer denies the allegations. less than 36 hours after the minnesota vikings announce think star adrian peterson would play on sunday, another reversal. >> we made a mistake. and we needed to get this right. >> reporter: overnight the vikings ordered peterson to stay away from all team acti

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> now to the other piece in this somewhat unbelievably this hurricane could end up hurting in the effort to extinguish multiple wildfires burning in california right now. all of the wind and none of the rain will impact the fire fight. our report from nbc's halle jackson in orange county, california. >> reporter: a heat wave blanketing fire crews. a dozen wildfires are now burning in california with others torching parts of oregon and washington. >> with the heats and humidities we're expecting again today, with those dry conditions it causes extreme fire behavior. >> reporter: near yosemite national park about 1,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. the fire there burning over some 20 buildings. nancy worried her house was among them. >> saw a flame, some smoke right over my house. and so i knew i had to get out. >> reporter: she found out today she's one of the lucky ones. heat advisories are in effect in southern california with temperatures above 100 degrees. and it's even hotter inside canyon walls chr, which acts lin ochb bak

nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: this was the sonic blast that made headlines around theoot meteor slicing across the sky in siberia last year causing widespread damage and injury. now, an asteroid even bigger and nicknamed pitbull will whiz past planet earth again. >> any time somebody says there's an object from space coming close to earth, everybody sort of gets a little uneasy. >> reporter: astronomer ed krup says there's no chance the asteroid will slam into us. >> it is on the cosmic scale coming fairly close to us, but of course not close enough to do any damage. >> reporter: how close? from the earth's surface the asteroid, the size of a house, will fly by us 25,000 miles away, ten times closer than the moon catapulting at a speed of 40,000 miles an hour. >> i'm not worried about it. >> we're not really worried about it. >> reporter: at the griffith observatory in los angeles. >> i feel safe, hopefully. >> reporter: no alarm bells just yet. >> concerned? a little bit. >> reporter: when the asteroid passes over sunday, it will be the middle of the afternoon. even w

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miguel almaguer tells us why you shouldn't be worried. >> reporter: this was the sonic blast that made headlines around the world. a 65-foot meteor slicing across the sky in siberia last year causing widespread damage and injury. now an asteroid even bigger and nicknamed pit bull will whiz past planet earth again. >> any time somebody says there's an object from space coming close to earth everybody sort of gets a little uneasy. >> reporter: astronomer ed kreps says there's no chance the asteroid will slam into us. >> it is on the cosmic scale coming fairly close to us but not close enough to do any damage. >> reporter: how close? from the earth's surface the asteroid, the size of a house, will fly by us 25,000 miles away. ten times closer than the moon. catapulting at a speed of 40,000 miles an hour. >> i'm not worried about it. >> yeah. >> we're not really worried about it. >> at the griffith observatory in los angeles. >> i feel safe. hopefully. >> reporter: no alarm bells, just yet. >> concerned. a little bit. scared, not much. >> reporter: when the asteroid passes over sunday it w

miguel almaguer reporting. the blaze in weed roughly 15% contained. crews have made progress, but when the fire is still advancing in mountainous terrain, the weather over the next 24 hours certainly going to play a major role in what the fire does next. >>> contra costa county firefighters now helping to protect hundreds of homes from a raging wildfire west of lake tahoe. strike team members met yesterday afternoon near fairfield to gear up. this is the strike team from alameda county now on the front lines of the king fire. that fire has doubled in size from yesterday to more than 11,000 acres. hundreds of homes threatened. firefighters say again the rugged terrain making it difficult to battle from the ground. evacuations are in effect for several neighborhoods in pollock pines, between lake tahoe and sacramento. right now, that fire, 5% contained. >>> happening today, a kickoff ceremony for a project to fix a dangerous roadway. here's the area that we're talking about. it is rollins road to bay shore high

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here with a closer look is miguel almaguer. >> reporter: it is the stuff movies are made of. a killer asteroid hurling towards earth, the end of mankind. >> damage, total, sir. it is what we call a global killer. >> reporter: drama fitting of hollywood, though not exactly what will zip past our planet today. >> it is much more dangerous here in southern california, across street or get in the car than it is to worry about what is out there in space. >> reporter: astronomer ed crop has been tracking the asteroid. he's not the least bit worried. >> it is on the cosmic scale coming fairly close to us, but of course not close enough to do any damage. >> reporter: there has been close calls before. last year over siberia, a 65 foot meteor exploded 18 miles above earth. that near miss so powerful there was widespread damage and injuries. this time, the house sized asteroid double dubbed pit bull for its scary demeanor will miss earth by 25,000 miles. catapulting by at a speed of 40,000 miles an hour. >> concerned, a little bit. scared, not much. >> reporter: at the griffith observa

our own miguel almaguer is in the community of weed, california, north of reading, prepared to show us the extent of the devastation there. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. this is the biggest neighborhood in weed. we are just off of oak street. it's an eerie example of what we saw over and over again today. just yesterday children were playing in this front lawn, their toys are still tossed everywhere. now home after home obliterated. jumping from house to house, fanned by 45-mile-an-hour winds -- >> over the hill big time. >> reporter: -- a hundred structures, nearly a quarter of this small town, was damaged or destroyed. 1500 people scrambled to get out. >> horrendous. absolutely just devastating. >> reporter: tammy gonzalez ran to evacuate children from a nearby school as flames barreled down on them. did you think you were going to make it out alive? >> at one point, no. >> reporter: with smoke choking this community of 3,000, it wasn't until today that the full scope of the damage became clear. the holy family catholic church is where corey rodriguez was baptized.

>> miguel almaguer in weed, california. former sex crimes prosecutor and two other women to help develop the league's policies on domestic violence and sexual abuse. minnesota vikings star runningback adrian peterson is being allowed to rejoin his team. he was benched last week after he was accused of injuring his son while disciplining the 4-year-old with a tree branch. peterson's lawyer is denying new reports not verified by nbc news that peterson injured another of his children while disciplining them. radisson hotels has pulled its sponsorship of the vikings. >>> president obama will announce a major increase in u.s. aid to fight the ebola outbreak in africa when he visits the cdc in atlanta today. he will authorize sending up to 3,000 members of the u.s. military to help train health care workers and build clinics. they will divert half a billion dollars to the efforts and get an update on the severe respiratory illness that has sickened hundreds of children in the midwest. >>> the trump plaza casino closed its doors fo

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miguel almaguer, nbc news los angeles. >> yeah. watching on-line probably the safest bet.w we like to see these things. >> that's true. >> reassurance when hes says not close enough to cause any damage. >> correct. >> but not here. you were talking about in space. if you saw the movie "gravity" that stuff can be very real. >> we brought that up because the asteroid is only going to be 25,000 miles above the surface of the earth. that's a long way. the weather satellites, the geostationary satellites we have taking the satellite pictures they're at about 22,000 miles. this is going to be really close. doesn't look like it's going to turn anything that we have up there in the sky into space junk, but it could potentially hit something. it needs to be watched very carefully. the other thing we're watching carefully, the good-bye of summertime. >> what an improvement. >> summer in september. it's only the seventh day of the month. five of the first six days this month have been 90 degrees or higher and the other one day was 89. one of our warmest starts on record to the month

nbc's miguel almaguer is in california with the latest. d bowls fire ripped out of control. about 1:45 the blaze began to kick up, pushed by 45-mile-an-hour winds. at least 100 structures damaged or destroyed including this historic church reduced to rubble. just bricks and a steel bell here. much of the community beginning to clean up after first light. neighborhood after neighborhood destroyed. this fire hop skoching from community to commune. the assessment teams are out here. will hope to get a better idea of just how bad the damage is. this place is roughly 350 acres. but the damage here was extensive. the concern today is going to be those gusts, upwards of 40 miles an hour. it's going to be a long day for crews here on the frontline doing what they can to keep this fire in check. natalie, back to you. >> miguel, almaguer in weed, california. thanks so much, miguel. >>> the nfl has hired a former sex crimes prosecutor and two other women to help develop the league's policies on domestic violence and sexual abuse. meantime minnesota vi

for "today," miguel almaguer, san francisco. >>> up next, golden globe nominee james mcavoy on his newole. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:51 with james mcavoy, he earned great acclaims in the blockbuster "x-men" franchise. eleanor rigby follows a married couple torn apart after and i vent in their lives. take a look. >> what are we doing here? >> you tell me. you are the one that said you need to talk. you need to talk. what are we doing? >> recently an hour ago you walked into my bar in the perfect storm here. >> this is funny. >> james mackay voy, good morning. >> good morning. >> jessica chastain says it's a haunting love story, it's a role you turned down. why did you come back to it? >> i thought it was harrowing at titles and it was about people in a lot of ways. so i said, no, however, two years later it was still in production. the company at last minute came back to me. two years down the line it wasn't still raw. >> you say it's about parental loss. the way the story unfolds to the viewer is normally at the beginning we are given lay of the land. here we

>> miguel almaguer, gracias. >> very, very fancy this morning. >> we can't slip into spanish, i aspolgzologize. >> if this was a spanish language show like telemundo. >> i'll slip into english now and we'll perfect it. we are talking about a category 3 hurricane right now. you can see the defined eye. this storm has 120-mile-per-hour winds. it's not going to make landfall in the unite, howevd states. however, we'll see dangerous rip currents and seas on the california coast as high as 10 feet. we also have to watch out for strong storms and wind gusts stretching into new >>> good morning, 6:16 the time, low clouds all the way from the coast to the inland valleys from santa rosa, fairfield, half-moon bay to pleasanton. by this afternoon, look at the highs, temperatures very comfortable, 85 in the south bay, peninsula 79, east shore 76, but the tri-valley, warm at 90 this afternoon. san francisco at 73. more on the forecast coming up this morning at 7:00. >> thanks so much. one woman's passion for being in weddings becomes a booming one woman's passion for being in when folks think aboutm

nbc's miguel almaguer is there. good morning, miguel. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. this is one suburb in the community of weed. damage and destruction stretches much farther than you can see here. this morning, families are picking up the pieces to their lives, while crews battle a blaze that's already taken so much. overnight, the firefight on the front lines. the fire still a threat in weed but no longer the raging monster that swept through 100 properties in this tiny town, kids driven from their schools, families from their homes. >> my daughter's bedroom here, my two sons' bedroom was right here. >> reporter: the bernsteins fled a wall of flames. they returned to a pile of debris. >> i'm just glad nobody got hurt. >> reporter: with 6,000 firefighters on the front lines in california today, a dozen fires are being fought across the state, nearly 90,000 acres have already burned this year. fueled by record temperatures and parched terrain. we flew with california's top fire chief and the state's director of emergency services. exclusive access in the air and on t

nbc's miguel almaguer is in reading.e, good morning the air attack will be used to reach hot spots. cruise on the ground find difficulty reaching. there are more than 12 major wildfires burning all across california. it's going to be a red flag warning today. which means it will be difficult for many of these planes to get into the air. still it will be an important asset to so many of these crews on the ground. some 6,000 firefighters trying to put out hot spots. more than 90 acres have burned across california today. there are several fires threatening home. just this week, more than 100 homes were lost north of where we are today. it will be a busy day, not just here on the ground, in the air, for firefighters putting out hot spots across california. natalie. >> we can see how windy it is where you are there. they will have their jobs cut out for them. >>> police say they have foiled a chilling isis plot to seize random victims in sydney, australia and to publicly behead them. as thousands of police officers spanned o

for "today," miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> really scary. >> very scary stuff. >> no question. >>> natalie is here right now with some encouraging news tied to the ebola outbreak. natalie? >>> the third american stricken with ebola is showing some signs of improvement. it's still too early to say if dr. rick sacra is in the clear. he contracted the illness while working with pregnant women at a hospital in liberia. he is being treated at the nebraska medical center in omaha where doctors are using a research drug to treat him. >>> rescue efforts are under way in india this morning to find victims swept away by violent floodwaters. thousands of people are stranded in kashmir and northern parts of pakistan. 320 people have died, 2500 villages have been submerged and thousands of people have climbed on to rooftops to try to survive. it's been called the worst flooding in the country in 60 years. >>> a car crash leads to a gas explosion and partial collapse of a hotel in lexington, kentucky. police say a man accidentally drove his car into the side of a fairfield inn. they say he

miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> back in a moment with easily the most forwarded video of the day, the delicate dance caught on video. he delicate dance caug on video. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. >>> finally tonight, she's a service dog who was called into service on 9/11. britney is now 15 and among the last surviving rescue dogs from ground zero. after the attack her handler was watching television at home in texas and was soon called in to service with her specially trained golden retriever. well, this week they returned to the site. and tom brokaw caught up with them at the 9/11 memorial museum. as you might imagine, the memories there are still fresh.