anymore than an inch here, david, will cause more problems this week. >> all right, rob marciano on the scene through "good morning america." rob, thank you. >>> and we turn next here to the breaking headline from milwaukee tonight. a mandatory curfew for young people, about to go into effect, after fires wer were thrown at officers in their patrol cars. several businesses destroyed. cars burned to their shells. police in riot gear moving in, clashing with some of those protesters. and all of this began with the police shooting of a man who authorities say was armed, and they are bracing for what could be another tense night ahead. abc's eva pilgrim, in milwaukee tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a crackdown to stop the raging protests against police. the neighborhood that was set on fire now closed from dusk until peace. >> reporter: the flash point? when police pulled over civil smith in a traffic stop. >> before he even spoke to anyone, two individuals were fleeing from a car, one with a gun in his hand. >> reporter: the officer, also black, shooting and killing smith. that police offic

ly elet's get right to rob marciano. the same system is bringing severe weather tonight. >> reporter: three tornadoes on the ground right now. there you see it on the radar. also one thwarts ft. wayne, and defiance. zell mo several more rounds of this. and what doesn't bring severe weather, flooding potential with these storms. heading into chicago by tomorrow morning, and again in up there indiana. so, folks will have to be on guard tonight. particular, the model showing it headed towards florida. >> reporter: we are concerned about this tropical wave. gaston is not going to be an issue. hurricane hunters have been in this thing, measuring 50 miles an hour. we're confident this coming to florida on sunday, but we're not confident on how strong it's going to be. >> all right, we'll stay on this. rob, thank you. >>> we turn to other news tonight, and to the american university in attack tonight. student, barricaded in classrooms, ocean mroexplosions fire erupting. and the state department now warning americans in the city

rob marciano joins us live tonight. rob, you were telling us, the flood threat extends from louisiana all the way north? >> reporter: it has. >> and as you can see, the audio always tricky when we're dealing with that much water. we'll check back in with rob. in the meantime, to the fires now, the wildfires burning out of control at this hour. the worst of them, north of san francisco. tonight, in one community, most of main street is gone. buildings and vehicles destroyed by the fire. the charred frames all that remain. abc's mary bruce is on the fire lines. >> reporter: tonight, an all-out battle to tame the flames. gusty winds and bone dry conditions fueling a blaze that barreled through the rural town of lower lake. more than 4,000 acres charred, 175 homes and businesses burnt to the ground. >> this is where we all grew up. >> this is all we've known all our lives. >> our whole life. and now all of our neighbors. look at what they have to come home to. it's horrible. >> reporter: thousands of residents scrambling to

>> robs mars rob marciano with us from louisiana tonight. rob, thank you. >>> and from the floods to the fires now, and the wildfires burning out of control at this hour. the worst of them, north of san francisco right now. and tonight, in one community, look at this. most of main street is now gone. buildings and vehicles destroyed by the fire. the charred frames all that remain. abc's mary bruce tonight from the fire line. >> reporter: tonight, an all-out battle to tame the flames. gusty winds and bone-dry conditions fueling a blaze that barreled through the rural town of lower lake. more than 4,000 acres charred, 175 homes and businesses burnt to the ground. >> this is where we all grew up, you know? >> this is all we've known all our lives. >> our whole life. and all of our neighbors, look at what they have to come home to. it's horrible. >> reporter: thousands of residents scrambling to escape as firefighters struggle in 100-degree heat. jay and his son jumping into their pool as the flames closed in around them. >> it got intense, smoke

>> rob marciano with us tonight. thank you, rob. >>> and there are new developments tonight in the deadly police shooting of an unarmed father in north carolina. that young father was deaf. daniel harris was shot during a traffic stop near his home. a state trooper opening fire. and there are questions from neighbor and family, asking, was harris simply trying to use sign language when it happened? police now searching for dash cam and body cam video, and demanding answers tonight. >> reporter: tonight, officials searching through police dashboard and body camera video to find out why an unarmed deaf man was shot to death by police just feet away from his home. >> highway patrol's been involved in a shooting. >> reporter: police say they were trying to pull daniel harris over for speeding, but he didn't stop for seven miles, until he made it home and got out of his car. why harris didn't stop is unclear. eyewitnesses suggest he may have been using hand gestures or sign language with police. he didn't even hear the sir

abc's rob marciano is in a hot and humid new york city tonight. rob? >> reporter: tom, these ci and the concrete is retaining and radiating all the heat. it's going to be another hot one tonight. and take a look what it felt like along the big cities, 107 in d.c. and 101 in boston. tomorrow, i wouldn't say we're cooling down but it's not quite as hot. 100 degrees in d.c. more significant cooling later in the week. the devastating flooding in mid south and the midwest. flash flood watches from arkansas and indiana through at least tuesday night. tom? >> rob marciano tonight, thank you. >>> next to rio where ryan lochte and three other team usa swimmers were robbed at gun point. recounting a flightening scene. suspects flashing police badges before ordering them to the ground. when lochte refused the situation, it took a more dangerous turn. matt gutman on rio's darker side. >> reporter: tonight, organizers are scrambling after lochte and his teammates were held up at gun point earlier in morning. ryan lochte was in a taxi with teammates after an evening

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>> rob marciano tonight, thank you. rob, of course, traveling to the fires from those historic floods authorities tonight saying the flood damage is now the worst natural disaster to hit the u.s. since superstorm sandy. and tonight, that flood threat is now moving. just look at the homes there, under water as far as the eye can see. abc's phillip mena is in sorrento, louisiana, tonight. >> reporter: tonight, an upclose look at where the floodwaters that inundated baton rouge have hit next. in sorrento, we met russell williams. his own home under water. he helped others get out. >> the worst part of this, these people who sandbagged for days and days, trying to save their houses, and then still lose it. >> reporter: in parishes downstream, they're bracing for approaching floodwaters, and hoping their sandbags hold. >> hope we are wasting our time, but you can never be too safe. >> reporter: in ponchatoula, the cleanup underway. many here still reeling from disastrous flooding, just months ago. >> we were already back in t

>> rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thank you. >>> the major international headline at this hour. and it's an issue that will likely blow up on the campaign trail. donald trump already asking, how this happened. there are new revelations tonight the obama administration delivered $400 million in cash to iran, just as iran was releasing four american hostages back in january. tonight, the administration vehemently denies it was ransom, so, let's get right to abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. and martha, if it wasn't ransom, what was it? >> reporter: well, the white house insists the timing is a coincidence, but david, that $400 million payment, first reported by "the wall street journal," was delivered on an unmarked private plane using foreign currency, stacked on palettes, arriving in tehran within 36 hours of the release of those american prisoners, including jason rezaian of "the washington post" and former marine amir hekmati. and within years of the formal implementation of the iran nuclear deal. >> and martha, the u.s. maintaining tonight that it was m

rob marciano with more on that. first, phillip mena on where the >> reporter: tonight, deep water turning deadly in the deep south. in louisiana, more than a foot of rain in 12 hours. floods powerful enough to sweep this tractor trailer right off interstate 10. trapped residents can only wait for help. >> you can see behind me, there's basically no way to get out. >> reporter: the high water already taking the life of a 68-year-old man who was swept away east of baton rouge. in amite, louisiana, this morning, jordan temple rescuing this terrified elderly driver from his swamped suv. >> i just told him, "don't panic, i'm here for you, gonna get you out these waters, gonna rescue you." >> reporter: putting him on his shoulder, carrying him to safety, struggling himself. the water, over their heads. the governor calling in the national guard. 140 rescues by noon in just one parish. >> i'm glad y'all are okay. >> reporter: including these men schools shut across the state. in zachary, louisiana, this school bus was load

let's bring in senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all. any relief in sight? >> not for several days unless you get a thunderstorm that cools off with some rain. that's not a bargain either. another group sent to the hospital because of a lightning strike in lake george. this i'm -- time it's radar showing thunderstorms. some severe across the northeast and continue until the sun goes down. tomorrow hot and humid. heat up over 100 degrees from d.c. boston you're getting into the party as well. the other big story is the flooding refusing to move west of the flood zone in louisiana, and some streaming northward. parts of the midwest until thank you. we want to turn to the race for the white house and a new call to action from donald trump. he is telling his supporters to go out and vote on election day, but to not stop there. he wants them to be on the watch for cheating. this comes after trump said that if he does not win pennsylvania, it's because the system is rigged. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: tonight donald trump with a message to pennsylvania

let's get to rob marciano with us live tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. much of the country in the august soup right now, where it's not raining, it is super humid. and we're adding to the flood zones, not just the southwest, but looking at parts of minnesota. they're getting another round of severe weather over saturated ground today. and the rain onabsolute across the gulf coast continues. rivers will be on the rise the northeast seeing severe thunderstorms today, but the big story is the building heat. philadelphia, new york and boston will be into the 90s, plus humidity. that is hot summertime soup. david? >> rob marciano with us, thank you. >>> next, to rio, and the absolute gold rush for team usa. michael phelps winning two more gold medals, as you know. hiss personal medal count now is more than many countries have earned from their entire teams. katie wiledecky earning her secd goal. and the american women gymnastics am an historic margin. take a look at the standings tonight. so far, american athletes still well ahead in the medal count. with phe

>> rob marciano with us tonight on the weather watch. rob, thanks. >>> next, to rio, and the absolute gold rush for team usa. michael phelps winning two more gold medals, as you know. his personal medal count now is more than many countries have earned from their entire teams. katie ledecky earning her second gold. so far out ahead, the only real race was for second place. and the american women gymnastics team, also winning by an historic margin. take a look at the standings tonight. so far, american athletes still well ahead in the medal count. and with phelps, ledecky and those gymnasts slated for more competition, we're hoping for more gold to come. abc's matt gutman, leading our team in rio tonight. >> reporter: not bad for a guy who retired a couple years back. michael phelps now out of retirement, chugging his way to a third gold of these games. phelps notching his 21st gold medal after a particularly personal race. facing off against his south beat him in the 2012 london games. le clos at mid stroke, seemingly glancing at phelps i

meteorologist rob marciano tracking the severe storms hitting tonight, all part of this system. but first, abc's alex perez with the first tornado pictures coming in now. >> that's a tornado. >> reporter: tonight, tornado emergencies in and around indianapolis. >> seek shelter, lowest level of your house immediately. this is a confirmed tornado. >> reporter: multiple twisters touching down. >> right there. >> reporter: the national weather service calling it a particularly dangerous situation, as school children hunker down in hallways. the people inside this now destroyed starbucks, hiding in the bathroom. miraculously surviving with no injuries. homes ripped apart. roofs gone. that same system now pounding the heartland for more than 24 hours. near omaha, winds gusting to 96 miles an hour, snapping trees and crushing cars. >> it's a mess. it's going to be a little while getting this out of here. >> reporter: more than eight inches of rain in parts of iowa, flooding roads. and david, still a very active situation with these storms. vice presidential candidate, indiana's governo

rob marciano, great reporting all week there. thank you. >>> we are also following major developments in the wildfires tonight. word of an arrest now, and one community breaking out into cheers. was a serial arsonist to blame for more than 100 homes and businesses now gone? and right now, look at this. a fire raging out of control east of los angeles, on the way to las vegas. we are covin abc's mary bruce is in lower lake, california. >> it is my pleasure to announce the arrest of damian anthony pashilk on 17 counts of arson. >> reporter: tonight, relief mixed with outrage for a community reeling. in lower lake, california. >> oh, it makes me angry, so angry. >> reporter: police say damian pashilk is a serial arsonist who sparked fires across this one that exploded over the weekend, incinerating 175 homes and businesses. long-time resident todd mayes is not mincing words. >> if it was up to me, i would have him be in a place where he found a can of gasoline and a lit match and let things happen the way they happen. >> reporter: i