. >> proxima b. home sweet home. proxima b. flames! and the videos are pouring in from viewers. our crews were fast and first to the scene to talk with firefighters near dean martin and harmon. that's where 13 action news reporter parker collins is right now... let's get right to him, parker? they tell us this started just after midnight. initally 70 firefighters were tackling the fire...right now there's still about 30 on scene injured. people were calling us overnight saying they could see the fire...and even smell it in the air. firefighters tell us this is still an active fire. thanks parker... megan telles is also on scene

>> proxima b. it sounds like a cream for an itchy scalp. >>> donald trump with a shift on immigration. suggesting some undocumented immigrants can stay in the united states. this is a huge -- >> what happened to deportation? >> what did hillary clinton say about this? she had an exclusive interview with cnn last night. she talked for the first time about the clinton foundation revelations. we will have the latest next. and use aveeno® absolutely ageless® night cream with active naturals® blackberry complex. younger looking skin can start today. absolutely ageless® from aveeno®. >>> a seismic shift on immigration from donald trump. would he now allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in the u.s.? no deportation force? that and his latest attack line on hillary clinton. >>> hillary clinton in the meantime gave an exclusive interview to cnn overnight. the first time she has spoken about the new e-mails released and the revelations about clinton foundation. welcome back to "early start." i'm john be

scientist believe proxima-b is only a mere 4- point-2 light years - roughly 24 trillion miles away... which apparently is close. they also believe it's surface could sustain liquid water-- the main ingredient for life. its being called one the biggest astronomical discoveries of the century. the national parks service is celebrating its centennial birthday week the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the u-s national parks service.to celebrate, it's waiving admission fees to all of its more than 400 national parks across the nation... today through sunday. still ahead - we'll get a look at the markets this afternoon... and -- milwaukee rally. when area dealerships are getting set to host thousands of hareley davidson riders... ...and the parties and concerts everyone can taking a look at the market the rumble returns to southeast wisconsin... labor day weekend for the annual milwaukee rally. area harley davidson dealers are planning huge parties.mark mcclain is from the house of harley davidson on 60th and layton... here to talk about what's happening at his place... the other d

it's called "proxima b"... and it orbits a star very similar to our sun. the planet is very similar to earth because it's within the same "habitable zone" from its star... as we are from our sun. that means liquid water could exist on the even ?life. this is actually an artists impression of that surface. and the planet is ?only four point two light years away... so we could reach it. but right i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. delivery. hey. lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. have a good one. let geico help you with renters insurance. ?? ?? ?? ? ba da ba ba ba ? the time is now 4xxx... and heres a look at the top trending stories today first up... the next "graceland" for music fans. you'll soon be able to tour the estate, where ?prince made all his amazing music. "paisley park" in minnesota will

at a mere 4.2 light years away, proxima b is sitting on our doorstep. huge news, ask theoretical physicist. >> astronomers have hit the jackpot. this is a dream come true. the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo-planet t a twin, doppleganger in outer space. now we have it. >> reporter: we have a planet more massive than earth. and a year on proxima b is 11 days because it is a lot closer to its sun. but that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler than our sun. which means surface temperatures are likely to fall some where between freezing and boiling, habitable. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. richard nelson was on the team that discovered the new world. >> i think the planet itself may what we call an ocean planet. or water world. >> look hours. >> yes, perhaps more water. >> reporter: there are other earthlike planet like this out there. but none so tantalizingly close. still it would take our fastest space ship tens of thousand of years to get there. but of the thought of life on a planet that is so nea

proxima b.e sweet home. >>> this morning on "world news now," daybreak over the devastation in italy. >> as the sun comes up the search forth quake survivors intensifies. the death toll rising as new images surface from the for ter moments. >>> thousands are without power in the midwest. we'll have more details in a moment. >> shots fired inside a restaurant. the way or the pulls out a pistol and pulls the trigger several times. we'll tell you why he says he did it. >>> and could they go all the way? the soccer squad showcasing their teamwork skills. it's their reaction that really wins. we'll show you that later on on this thursday, august 25th

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our reporter tells us about the snappily named proxima b.porter: scientists have discovered a planet that could be similar to ours, circling a neighboring s >> we have no clue whether this atmosphere has a planet or atmosphere ---- planet has atmosphere or not. the spectacular thing about it, that proxima is very close. proxima centauri is 2.5 light years away. reporter: thanks to advances in telescope technology, astronomers noticed shifts in the color of the light coming from the star caused by the gravitational tugging of the planet. thought to be at least 1.3 times the mass of earth, the planet lies within the potentially habitable zone of the star. it's the closest exoplanet discovered to date. >> we launch now would take 70,000 years to reach the planet. anchor: no cristiano ronaldo has been named france's best football player. ronaldo was the strong favorite. a reminder of our top stories, rescue workers in italy are battling strong aftershocks as they search for survivors of wednesday's earthquake, police 250 people now named to have

proxima-b is 25-trillion miles from earth.. so getting there would take 4.2 years.. traveling at the speed of light. for more stories trending right join us on twitter. our handle is @ktnv. use the hash-tag nowtrending. anchors adlib and toss to bryan mainly sunny skies will be common along with highs featured around normal values for this time of year. expect around 100 degrees valley wide with a bit of a breeze coming out of the south at 10-15 mph. we will watch the skies friday afternoon for a few clouds and a slight chance of valley rain. right now las vegas sits at a 10 percent chance of rain friday with a better chance into the weekend. saturday we will see around a 20 percent chance of rain in the las vegas could cause flooding. the rest of the weekend into the next work week, sunny skies return and dry air takes over. this will lead to a warming trend to slightly above normal values. expect highs just below 105 degrees early next week. we told you about fire earlier... destroyed so many school we told you about fire earlier... destroyed so many school supplie

the planet is called proxima b. it's a small rocky planet about the size of earth.t's orbiting the nearest star to the sun. researchers say liquid water might exist on the planet. it might be able to support life. they haven't found any evidence of it. >> proxima b is about 4 light- years away from earth. the full report on the findings is posted in the journal "nature." so 4 light-years. that will make your commute look not so bad this morning. [ laughter ] >> well, i don't know. but we do have a couple of crashes to update you on here. >>> first let's start with the dumbarton bridge. westbound 84 car sideways blocking the left lane and we have looky-loo traffic in eastbound direction, as well. let's check hayward northbound 238. there we go. ♪[ music ] >> now you're rolling. >> there we go. let's go to the other slide here let's advance if we can to northbound 238 at eastbound 580 connector here. there's a pickup truck in the center divide. also your altamont pass that is very heavy cars are driving slowly out of tracy because of an earlier accident. if you are ta

why sit proxima-b. >> proxima-b is the smaller star. this is all part of that same system.we have alpha centari. >> glad you cleared that up. >> didn't want there to be any confusion. >> anyway, derrick. thank you for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >>> coming up on "squawk box," dominos pizza pie from the sky. the company testing a new delivery service that could be available maybe even later this year. >>> and up later on the show, mylan ceo heather bresch will join "squawk box" for a first on cnbc interview. that's at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. energy is a complex challenge. people want power. and power plants account for more than a third of energy-related carbon emissions. the challenge is to capture the emissions before they're released into the atmosphere. exxonmobil is a leader in carbon capture. our team is working to make this technology better, more affordable so it can reduce emissions around the world. that's what we're working on right now. ♪ energy lives here. >>> delivery all the buzz by drone. now the pizzas are jumping on the bandwagon. dominos wor

named "proxima b".. is orbiting the closest star to our sun. astronomers say it could sustain life because it's in a location where liquid water is possible. that does it for this edition of 13 action news live at 11. jimmy kimmel live is up next.. and remember.. we're always on at ktnv.com and our next reports begin.... at 4:30- am.... on "good morning las vegas": thank you for watching... and... from all of us at channel 13... good night. finally... you've heard that blood.... >> dicky: from hollywood it's ?jimmy kimmel live?! tonight, bob odenkirk, kendall jenner, and music from kiefer sutherland with cleto and the cletones. and now, stay focused, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ? >> jimmy: hi, everyone. welcome. very nice. i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for coming.

and a year on proxima b days because it is a lot closer to its sun. but that star is a red dwafr, a lot cooler than our sun. which means surface temperatures are likely to fall some where between freezing and boiling, habitable. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. richard nelson was on the team that discovered the new world. >> i think the planet itself may be covered in water. what we call an ocean planet. or water world. >> reporter: there are other earthlike planet like this out there. but none so tantalizingly close. still it would take our fastest space ship tens of thousand of years to get there. but of the thought of life on a planet that is so nearby, significantly ups the odds of life forms further away. >> you really begin to wonder. are they really out there? and if so, how come they don't visit us? how come they haven't landed on the white house makes you wonder. >> reporter: difficulties aside, the race is on to try to reach the star system, the likes of mark zuckerberg and steven hawkings working on a sp

it is called proxima b. it is the right distance from its star for liquid water and possibly life. on the pin right of light coming from the closest start. they found an alien world orbiting around it. is an artist's impression. researchers know it is there because of tiny movement. it is a huge moment in the exploration of space. >> the nearest planet that potentially could have life and be in a sense somewhere to our own. reporter: it is hard to across distance in space and where the planet is. let's start with the moon, 239 thousand miles from us. further out, there is pluto, 4.6 billion miles away. he yawned our solar system to the next star, 24 trillion miles away. that sounds like a lot, but in space terms it is our neighbor. the reason scientists are so excited is that this alien world is the closest there is outside of our own solar system. our perception of how many habitable planets there are in the galaxy. the prospect for alien life elsewhere in the galaxy look more rosy. reporter: reaching the planets with the spacecraft now would take tens of thousands of years. bbc n

scientists named it "proxima b" and hope to get an actual image soon. >>> happening now, astronomers have found an earth like planet next door to earth. they hope to get an actual image soon. >>> and also trending on our website, bay area rappers are donating $25,000 to his alma mater. more news after this. every day, the oil companies pollute our air. putting their... ...profits ahead of our kids' health. now they're trying to weaken california's clean air laws. i'm tom steyer. we've had a million kids get asthma. we need to send the oil companies a message. tell your legislator to stand up to the oil companies and protect our clean air laws. don't let the oil companies put their profits... ...ahead of our kids. relief. today -- v-t-a, bart and u-s transportation leaders met to get updated on bart's expansion into san jose. ==take vo== transportation secretary anthony foxx got a firs >>> today, gta, bart and tramgs leaders get updated information on the expanse into san jose. anthony fox got a firsthand look at the first phase of the expansion extend frg fremont tot station in east

at a mere 4.2 light years away, proxima b is sitting on our doorstep. huge news, ask theoretical physicist. >> astronomers have hit the jackpot. this is a dream come true. the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo-planet a twin, doppleganger in outer space. now we have it. >> reporter: we have a planet more massive than earth. and a year on proxima b is 11 days because it is a lot closer to its sun. but that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler than our sun. which means surface temperatures are likely to fall some where between freezing and boiling, habitable. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. richard nelson was on the team that discovered the new world. >> i think the planet itself may what we call an ocean planet. or water world. >> look hours. >> yes, perhaps more water. >> reporter: there are other earthlike planet like this out there. but none so tantalizingly close. still it would take our fastest space ship tens of thousand of years to get there. but of the thought of life on a planet that is so nearb

it's called "proxima b"... it's rocky, like earth... and just a little bit bigger than us. it's not too not too hot... which means it ?could have water... if it had an atmosphere. and it's orbiting the nearest star to our solar system. but it's not exactly a short trip. it's about 25-trillion miles from here... but tiny, unmanned space probes could get there, before the end of the century. (wally fresh trouble for soccer star, hope solo. officials ?suspended the u-s goalkeeper for six months, wednesday... over comments she made about team sweden, after olympics. solo called the swedes, quote, "a bunch of cowards," for focusing on ?defense, rather than attacking. sweden ousted the u-s 4-3 on penalty kicks, in the quarterfinals. the u-s soccer president says: solo's comments were "unacceptable, and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our national team players." (wally) speaking of disgraced champs, it's been a bad few days for swimmer ryan lochte... he's lost four sponsorhips over the "rio robbery" scandal. it looks like... he's moving from the ?pool... to the

the planet named "proxima b" is orbiting the closest star to our sun. astronomers say it could sustain life because it's in a location where liquid water is possible. 4 seconds of nats fans can start buying tickets online tomorrow for tours that start in october. the estate in chanhassen, minnesota is where prince recorded, produced, and mixed most of his biggest hits. the singer's sister says this is something he always wanted to do. leslie jones is under attack online yet again. the "s-n-l" and "ghostbusters" star's personal website was taken down, after hackers reportedly posted personal information on the site... including explicit photos, and images of her passport and driver's license. last month, jones was bombarded with hate-filled comments on twitter. you can check out all of the stories that are trending today.. just download our free 13 action news mobile app. drying trend is taking over the valet for today. mainly sunny skies will be common along with highs featured around normal values for this time of year. expect 99 to104 degrees valley w

proxima b. home sweet home. proxima b. >>> this morning on "world news now," daybreak over the devastation in italy. >> as the sun comes up the search >>> this morning on "world news now," daybreak and devastation from italy. >> the latest is just ahead. >>> and a severe storm in the midwest is s tornadoes and destructive winds are tearing apart homes leaving many residents homeless. thousands are also without power. we'll have more details in a moment. >>> shots fired inside a restaurant. the waiter pulls out a pistol but pulls the trigger several times. we'll tell you why he says he did it. >>> and could they go all the way? the soccer team showcasing their skills but it's the reaction that really wins later on this >>> good morning, i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. the latest numbers are rolling in. at least 247 people are dead and we have new vid sheo showing th moment that the earthquake struck that would devastate three towns. many without a home. some survivors spent the night inside temporary

at a mere 4.2 light years away, proxima b is sith right on our doorstep. >> astronomers have hit the is a dream come true. imagine the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo planet to the earth. a dopple ganger in outer space and now we have it. >> reporter: what we have is a planet a bit more massive on earth and a year is only about 11 days. that's because it's a lot closer to its sun but that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler, which means surface temperatures likely to fall between freezing and boiling. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. ast rophysicist jordy nelson was on the team that discovered it. >> i think you might call it an ocean world or water plan. >> reporter: like ours? >> yes, perhaps more so. >> reporter: it would take our faste fastest space shift 10s of thousands of years to get there. but it significantly upped the odds of life forms. >> you really begin to wonder are they out there? and if so, why haven't they landed on the white house lawn? it makes you wonder. >> reporter: now difficulties aside, the race is on to

proxima b is huge for you science geeks out there >> chris: all right, dan. thank you for that. turned out to clean up a local park in disrepair. the company's global community day. hundreds came out to beautify patterson part in east cleveland. volunteers worked on landscaping, rehabbing a pavilion and uncovering a walking path. madison is 17 acres and second largest park in east cleveland. >> pinpointing the weather where alert forecast. >> all right. we will pinpoint bay village westlake area in north olmsted. 8:00 dry, 10:00 dry. this is our future model by midnight. we could have a thunderstorm in this area. we will have to see how things set up. right now clouds on the increase. humidity on the increase. getting light radar returns west of sandusky and could be sprinkles here. clearly this is where the severe weather is still going on with tornadoes around indianapolis. that's the cold front swinging through here tomorrow night. the risk of rain tomorrow low at 7 daulbaugh can you see it starts to go up 9:00 to 11:00, 40% coverage and cleveland area 50% coverage. starting

solar system.just scientist believe "proxima b" is only a mere four point two light years -- roughly 24 trillion miles away.they also believe it's surface could sustain liquid water-- the main ingredient for life.its being called one the biggest astronomical discoveries of the century! 3 ((???1:15 seconds??)) ((???tease ahead??15???)) ahead??15???)) forecast...today: nice day. high: 78tonight: storms late. low: 64saturday: scattered storms. high: 79sunday: partly cloudy. high: 81monday: partly today: nice day. high: 78 tonight: storms late. low: 64 saturday: scattered storms. high: 79sunday: partly cloudy. high: 81monday: partly cloudy. high: 81forecast...today: nice day. high: 78tonight: storms late. low: 64saturday: scattered storms. high: 79 sunday: partly cloudy. high: 81 3 3 taking a look at what's trending this morning....we showed you the teacher's note that went viral when she annoucned she would not be now an elementary school here in wisconsin is starting the school year with a new -- no homework policy policymany parents and students at winneconne elementary school are hap

discovery is social promising because at 4 .2 light years away could be possible in decades to reach proxima b. >> a year there lasts just 11 earth days. that's how long it takes to orbit its sun. >> might be our next home. >> thank you for spending time with us tonight. >> for all of us here, we appreciate your time. >> we'll see you again at 11:00 over on channel 7. until then, take care. narrator: this program contains material that may be disturbing to some audience members. viewer discretion is advised. today, a chilling murder-for-hire scheme shocks a quiet michigan town and the country as a young wife and mother of two takes the marriage vows "until death do us part" too far. julia: as terrible as it soundsit

it would take 30,000 years to travel to the planet dubbed proxima b. with current technology. a probe he is designing could get there in as little as 20 years. leon: interesting. would you want to to go? michelle: not one of the first trips. leon: that is the first trip. michelle: no. leon: you want somebody else to go first. michelle: yeah. figure it out. let me know what the landscape is life. how about you? leon: i'm with you. ja okay. want the second flight. this is earth in d.c. is a good place to be because the weather has been great. doug: we have had three gorgeous stays in a row. over the next five, six, seven days plenty of sunshine. it will get warmer. there is still summer, still august and we will feel that. very much so. get you started with a live look from one of the newer weather bug camera in mclean. haze in the sky but plenty of sunshine. we will see the numbers continue to hold in an hour, a little less. and then they drop off. 86 inform manassas. 86 in cumberland. winchester and martinsberg at 84. annapolis at 82. early tomorrow morning in the 60's in most

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it's called proxima b, a small rocky star about the size of earth. scientists say water "might" exist on the planet which could "possibly" support life outside our solar system. it's about 4 light-years away. they hope to send some robots to it in the future. >> maybe in 50 years. >>> five things to know at the :55. hillary clinton is in nevada after fundraising in the bay area yesterday. she is defending her ties to her family's foundation while secretary of state. rival donald trump sharpened his attack calling her a bigot who sees people of color as votes. >>> italy is searching for survivors after the central italy earthquake. it reduced three towns to rubble yesterday. hundreds are dead, others injured. >>> the mid western u.s. is cleaning up after yesterday's devastating tornado outbreak. homes and businesses were damaged in indiana when a massive twister hit the town of kokomo. several other tornadoes were reported in neighboring ohio. >>> police are looking for the man who randomly walked up to a woman in san francisco and started beating her

the planet is called "proxima b" circling a small star called "proxima centauri."own in this animation, it's thought to be about 1.3 times the mass of earth, probably rocky like the earth, and possibly warm enough for liquid water. let's learn more from our science correspondent and resident space expert, miles o'brien. miles, first of all, why are they so excited about this? we've heard about these planets, the goldilocks not too hot, not too cold places before? >> location, location, location, hari. we're talking more than 3,000 planets total and growing by the minute, but this is the closest one that's been discovered, and that is what has scientists quite interested. four light years is a trip to the convenience store in light years. so the idea there might be something somewhat within the realm of attainable if we come up with some really cool rocket propulsion ideas gets people think. >> sreenivasan: how do we know it is what it is? we can't see it with our eyes. the telescopes that see things didn't really get a picture of this planet? >> it's indirect. imag

nasa researchers confirmed the discovery of a planet called proxima b and it may be handable becausethere's water on the surface. it is in our solar system. scientists are now working to explore the planet's surface with robots. >>> californians likely won't get a break from changing the clocks. this week the state senate blocked a bill to let voters decide whether to keep daylight saving time. the bill could still be revived before lawmakers adjourn next week. >>> now back to your kpix 5 snapshot question. we would like to know should facebook share your political leanings with campaigns? we'll take a look at the voting: we'll have another snapshot survey tomorrow. >>> time to head back outdoors and let's join paul deanno who is live out in alameda. you have a jacket on. so it's cold. >> yeah. yeah. i vote for this weather to continue. it is pick your climate. you wanted super cold just go to the beach. we are in the 50s there. you want it in the middle there's oakland 60s and 70s. in alameda live with the weather lab in the 60s here. you want the 80s? we have those. they are only 9

they dubbed it proxima b. it is four light years away from us.1970s. i think all habitable planets look like the velour paintings of elvis. >>> let's get an early start on your money. record highs on hold in stocks until this person speaks. janet yellen speaks. that is the message the stock market is sending us. dow futures are lower. the lowest level in the past two years. stocks in europe are down. shares in asia are down. why is the market obsessed with chairman janet yellen and what she will say in wyoming? fed reserve members made comments the past few days that the economy, john, is almost ready for an interest rate hike. investors want to see what yellen says about this. if she gives a timeframe. the next fed meeting in september. expectation are growing of another fed rate hike. the u.s. treasury department issuing words of the eu over the tax probes of american companies. apple, starbucks and amazon. if the eu levies hefty fines, u.s. taxpayers could indirectly pay. these investigations have major implications for the u.s. particularly r

proxima b. >>> this morning on "world news now," daybreak over the devastation in italy. >> as the sun comes up the search forth quake survivors intensifies. the death toll rising as new images surface moments. >>> thousands are without power in the midwest. we'll have more details in a moment. >> shots fired inside a restaurant. the way or the pulls out a pistol and pulls the trigger several times. we'll tell you why he says he did it. >>> and could they go all the way? the soccer squad showcasing their teamwork skills. it's their reaction that really wins. we'll show you that later on on >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. topping the news at this hour the death toll from the earthquake in italy is rising overnight. >> the latest numbers are getting in. at least 247 people are dead. we have new video showing the moment the 6.2 quake struck. traffic cameras at a toll booth capturing the violent shaking that devastated thre >> it left many without a home overnight. some survivors were inside temporary shelters at a spor

scientists have discovered a new planet, called proxima b.came up with a picture of what it might look like. it's about four light years o away. it's just the right distance from its own star it would be warm enough for water, which is a key ingredient for water, at least life as we know it, and while researchers have discovered a lot of planets over the years, this is the closest one to us that could conceivably support life. so could sailialiens be living across the galaxy? chances aren't good but better than they were. >>> and on this day in 1814, british troops set fire to the white house during the war of 1812. president james madison and his wife, dolly, were not in the white house at the time of the attack when british soldiers arrived they apparently sat down to eat some leftovers they found there. they later ransacked the white house and torched it. the troops also burned the capital building nearby, damaging the supreme court located inside. historians say the invasion was retaliation for american's attack on the english city of yor

. >> proxima b. >>> this morning on "world news now," daybreak over the devastation in italy. >> as the sun comes up, the search for earthquake survivors intensifies. the death toll rising dramatically overnight as new images surface from the terrifying moments. the latest is just ahead. >>> and a severe storm in the midwest is spawning huge tornadoes and are tearing apart homes leaving many residents homeless. thousands are also without power. we'll have more details in a moment. >>> shots fired inside a restaurant. the waiter pulls out a pistol but pulls the trigger several times. we'll tell you why he says he did it. >>> and could they go all the way? the soccer squad showcasing their teamwork skills, but it's the reaction that really wins. we'll show you that a little later on on this thursday, >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> good morning, i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. >> the death toll from italy is rising overnight. >> the latest numbers are rolling in. at least 247 people are dead and we have new video showing the moment the 6.2-magnitude quake struc

the planet has been named proxima b. scientists say the planet may be home to life. and students at the university of texas at austin carried thousands of dildos to their first day of classes to protest texas' new concealed carry law, which allows license holders to legally carry guns on campus and inside university buildings. the new open carry laws went into effect on august 1 -- the same day texas marked the 50th anniversary of a mass shooting at the university of texas at austin when an engineering student and marine veteran opened fire from atop the university clock tower, killing 14 people on campus. this after he killed his mother and his sister. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. new questions have arisen this week over hillary clinton and the clinton foundation. on tuesday, the associated press published a new investigation revealing that while hillary clinton served as secretary of state, more than half of the private citizens she met with had donated to the clinton found

. >> proxima b. >>> making news in america this morning -- widespread damage after a tornado outbreak. homes and buildings leveled overnight. people iide a collapsed starbucks surviving after getting in the bathroom. plus, a new hurricane named late last night. >>> rescuers in italy are digging through piles of rubble trying to rescue any survivors beneath. survivors are being now pulled from the debris. >>> donald trump ramping up the rhetoric against hillary clinton calling her a bigot overnight. clinton responding. >>> and watch as bullets fly as a restaurant, customers forced to duck for cover. police say it's actually a waiter firing that gun. we'll tell you what started it

proxima b is sith right on our doorstep. >> astronomers have hit the jackpot. this is a dream come true. imagine the holy grail of astronomy is to find the closest exo planet to the earth. a dopple ganger in outer space and now we have it. >> reporter: what we have is a planet a bit more massive on earth and a year is 11 days. that's because it's a lot closer to its sun but that star is a red dwarf, a lot cooler, which means surface temperatures likely to fall between freezing and boiling. smack dab in the middle of what scientists call the goldy locks zone. ast rophysicist jordy nelson was on the team that discovered it. >> i think you might call it an >> reporter: like ours? >> yes, perhaps more so. >> reporter: it would take our faste fastest space shift 10s of thousands of years to get there. but it significantly upped the odds of life forms. >> you really begin to wonder are they out there? and if so, why haven't they it makes you wonder. >> reporter: now difficulties aside, the race is on to reach that star system, the likes of mark zuckerberg and proofes