wildfires to ignite and one of the worst affected regions is the area around reading city and shasta county police there have confirmed the fires killed two young children and their great grandmother. neighborhoods reduced to ash and rubble the smell of char still hanging in the air some families in this northern california community had only fifteen minutes to flee. the wind just took off and i don't remember exactly what they called it the it's almost like a tornado with fire in it and it came over the hill and. it wiped out our house it wiped out our next door neighbor's home. firefighters and emergency personnel have been working around the clock to alert residents before the wildfires reach them and shasta county some thirty eight thousand people have been evacuated so far. but with firefighters struggling to contain the fast moving flames the local fire department cautions that it could be a while before people can return home we understand how that feels a lot of us are evacuated as well we want to get you back in and help this community come back together so you just know and be patient wi

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police found the body of someonwho had refused to leave. these pictures of the re sweeping in were filed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving twog younildren and their great-grandfather among the dead. the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, northern. californ jane: california.cenes in today the italian prime minister eame calling at the white house president trump war to welcome the populist leader with open arms. during the press conferenc t they stress ir common bonds on the economy and immigration. then mr. trump doubled down on his threat to close the government if he doesn't get what he wants. pres. trump: as far as the border is concerned, and personally, if we don't get borderit sec after many many years of talk within the united states, i would have no problem doing a shutdown. jane: that wasn't the only headline. when asked if he would meet with iran's president, this was hison re. pres. trump: i would certainly i meet with

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found they of someone who had refused to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among james cook, bbc news, in northern california. the other top stories so is respecting the rainy and asian‘s writes and respecting diplomacy at things that can be respected to improve relations between iran and america. that is the latest tweet from 0rion‘s president, rouhani. president trump said he would be open to meeting iran's leaders with no preconditions. he made the offer at a press conference with the new italian prime minister. relations between the us and iran have worsened since mr trump pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. i would certainly be willing to meet with iran. i do not know if they wa nted with iran. i do not know if they wanted to meet, but i am certainly willing to. also making news today: more than four million people in the indian state of assam h

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found theed to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. it still takes quite a lot of cool to the stand in front of that and talk about the fire just being a little bit enthusiastic right now. the latest headlines: india has stripped more than 4 million people of their citizenship in this psalm, mostly bengali muslims. —— assam. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldier's lot — drudgery and danger — now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why these people should wander in and say, "you'r

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found theomeone who had refused to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. let's ta ke let's take you to the scene now in sa nta let's take you to the scene now in santa clara, california, where it is approaching 5pm in the evening and as you can see the fires are causing devastation for the communities. houses are still smouldering. a number of firefighters have been trying to tackle wildfires across the state. they say they have made some progress since sunday but still a long way to go, utter devastation, millions of people affected bees. in fa ct, millions of people affected bees. in fact, tens of thousands of people displaced from their homes and as we hearing from james's report, at least seven people have lost their lives. we ar

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found the by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. fresh from his tour de france victory, the welsh cyclist geraint thomas has arrived back in the uk. discussions are underway in cardiff about how to mark his achievement, as sian lloyd reports. the city waiting for geraint thomas to come home. flags have gone up at cardiff castle. behind the scenes, plans are being made to give him a hero's welcome. i think it is amazing that geraint thomas has won the tour de france and, you know, it inspires little kids to get onto their bikes. i was watching the tour de france and i want to know when is he coming back to cardiff, geraint thomas? we don't know yet, but when we do, we'll let you know. all right, thank you. one step closer to home, geraint thomas is back in the uk and headed to the one show sof

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found theave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. a look at some of today's other stories. the home office is to launch an independent review of modern slavery laws after its own research revealed the crime costs the uk up to £45 billion a year. the report estimates that each instance of the crime costs around £330,000 including support, lost earnings and law enforcement. pope francis has accepted the resignation of australian archbishop philip wilson. it's after the 67—year—old was found guilty in may of concealing child sexual abuse. he's the most senior member of the catholic church to be convicted of the offence. doctors are calling for women in england to be allowed to take medication at home to have an early abortion, instead of hav

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found theof the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. senior doctors and politicians are urging the health secretary to change the law, regarding the rules for women taking abortion pills. in england, they must be administered in a hospital or clinic, before a woman is allowed to travel home, to wait for the abortion to take place. but bbc news has been told that some women are illegally taking pills they ve bought online, to avoid visiting clinics. jean mackenzie has more. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. 20 minutes into herjourney home from the clinic, zoe felt the effects of the abortion pill kicked in. the pain and the nausea was so extreme, i had to get off the tube. i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any furt

carr fire in shasta county.( darya ) that fire has killed 6 people and burned more than 110- thousand acres. scott mclean is in redding with the latest. chief roger moore, redding, ca police"carr fire"-- continues to leave a path of destruction in california's shasta county. it's one of more than a dozen fires burning across the state right now-- but this one is so large and the temperatures are so hot that it's creating its own weather system and can be seen from space!josh lister, family lost home in fire: "it looked like an atomic bomb went off. after the fact. we got a few pictures from friends, but it was a firestorm when we left." while crews are gaining ground-- they say they're dealing with the perfect recipe for the flames to spread erratically-- low humidity, high temperatures, and high winds.those gale- force winds are whipping up what crews describe as "fire tornadoes" that are destroying everything in their path.don hoff, evacuated home: "i saw to the right of me that vortex and that fire moving and i told my daughter get home now let's leave. that one scares me."cullen kreider, redding fire deputy chief: "some of our guys lost their homes as well. probably h

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found thethey show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. we are staying in america for a meeting of two populist minds. italy's prime minister guiseppe conte is in washington to meet donald trump. on the issue of immigration, both the us and italy have similar views. italy has recently closed its ports to boats carrying migrants rescued from the mediterranean sea, and donald trump has campaigned on building a wall along the us border with mexico. this, he claims, is to keep unwanted migrants out. a few hours before conte arrived at the white house, president trump tweet tweeted, "we must have border security... go to merit based immigration... protect the law enforcement agencies... and of course, keep building, but much faster, the wall!" the two leaders held a news conference a few minutes ago and it didn't take long befo

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found theo leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. james cook, bbc news, in northern california. the headlines on bbc news... the supreme court rules legal permission will not be needed to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state trying to get back on track, after months of passenger misery, northern rail reinstates most of its cancelled trains. the polls have closed as millions vote in zimbabwes first presidential election since robert maugabe was overthrown last year. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hi there. think you very much. tyson said he hasn't talked with the bbc champion for a fight later on this year. there is some flash for tariq ricci coming up. here he made his return to the rink after nearly three years out last mon

in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced to ashes, police say they found the were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. now it's time for a look at the weather, with matt taylor. hello. fewer but still quite heavy showers across parts of the uk today. still some around at the moment, across the east of scotland in particular, they'll become confined to shetland later on, a few other showers largely fading away but some will continue through the night particularly towards southern counties of england and wales, where it will be another mild night, not quite as muggy as last night. further north, temperatures down into single figures away from towns and cities. now, early risers across the south—east into east anglia, east midlands, can see a spell of heavy rain through the early part of the morning commute. that'll clear away quite quickly and then sunshine comes out. a few isolated showers furth

shasta county, just 10% contained. more than 1,000 firefighters are on the front lines. a broken-down car is the suspected cause. cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> santa clara police say a campbell man who was very well liked was found dead at a santa clara park and was murdered. the body of 54-year-old rainardd hyde was discovered across the street from the safeway where he worked. his co-worker is under arrest. lilian kim is in santa clara tonight with the story. lilian? >> caller: >> reporter: dan, ray hyde and his accused killer worked at this safeway on homestead road, about a ten-minute walk from where hyde's body was found. 54-year-old ray hyde worked in the meat department at the santa clara safeway, across the street from central park where his body was found near the duck pond on friday. >> there was no obvious sign of trauma, no gunshot wound or knife sticking out of him, anything like that. but there were things at the scene that investigators were concerned about. >> reporter: the coroner confirmed their suspicions and on tuesday, his co-worker was arrested, 25-year-old gage mccartney. officials are working on details. he'll be arraigned on friday. un

we know the redding police chief, he lost his home as well as several firefighters with the redding fire department. we also know a deputy with the shasta county sheriff's office also lost his home and he apparently posted on facebook that he was back here in these neighborhoods making sure that looters were not taking advantage of this already devastating situation. back out here live, resources are stretched thin with multiple wildfires popping up in northern california and cal fire crews are starting to feel that fatigue setting in. that's the latest in redding, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> melissa, thank you very much. you mentioned possible looters up there. redding police stepping up patrols in evacuation zones because officers say looters are taking advantage of empty home the that were evacuated because of the carr fire. last night, police spotted this man, mitchell brian stubgen in an evacuated neighborhood, wearing camouflage clothing, carrying weapons including a gun and nunchakus. police said he admitted to knowing the neighborhood was evacuated. officers arrested him for being in an evacuated area but he has not been ch

in the fires police say that seventeen people are missing in the city of reading serious kristen salumi reports. smoldering scenes of devastation after wildfires blaze through shasta county in northern california the fast moving flames leveled entire neighborhoods claiming two lives and some five hundred structures i want to give a word of caution to folks here that if they do receive a call one time either on a home phone or a cell phone or they see something on social media that if they have an evacuation at their house or that zone i would like them to leave this fire is very unpredictable and we have seen it overrun neighborhoods fierce winds whipped up at least two flaming tornadoes that toppled trees and shook the ground residents say it was unlike anything they'd seen before it was a big swirl it was like it was just just like in oklahoma you see like on the wizard of oz and also you just seen points like a wall flames and then there are sheets of metal flying around like two hundred feet near the fast moving fire is still largely uncontained at times firefighters had to switch from defending property to helping people escape some thirty seven thousand people have

carr fire in shasta county.( darya ) that fire has killed 6 people and burned more than 100- thousand acres. scott mclean is in redding with the latest. chief roger moore, redding, ca policeo us. this is something we haven't seen before in the city."the monstrous "carr fire"-- continues to leave a path of destruction in california's shasta county. it's one of more than a dozen fires burning across the state right now-- but this one is so large and the temperatures are so hot that it's creating its own weather system and can be seen from space!josh lister, family lost home in fire: "it looked like an atomic bomb went off. after the fact. we got a few pictures from friends, but it was a firestorm when we left." while crews are gaining ground-- they say they're dealing with the perfect recipe for the flames to spread erratically-- low humidity, high temperatures, and high winds.those gale- force winds are whipping up what crews describe as "fire tornadoes" that are destroying everything in their path.don hoff, evacuated home: "i saw to the right of me that vortex and that fire moving and i told my daughter get home now let's leave. that one scares me."cullen kreider, redding

police are still looking for the shooter. ( james ) we continue to follow breaking news this morning... the carr fire -- burning in shasta countyo flee for their lives. ( terisa ) 2 firefighters are now dead. kron 4's sara stinson joins us live in studio with the latest. sara... ( sara ) that's right we have just learned the devastating news that a second firefighter has died fighting the carr fire - all we know is that he or she was a redding firefighter working to save their own community. the first crew member to die in this fire was found just last night- he was a private contractor and a dozer operator. at least three firefighters are injured.this fire is threatening the lives of thousands of people in shasta county.take a look at the video of the flames...the carr fire has burned nearly 45-thousand acres and since the wildfire doubled in size it is now only three percent contained. cal fire has just confirmed 65 structures have been destroyed, 55 have been damaged and almost five thousand homes are threatened right now.governor jerry brown issued a state of emergency for the carr fire. here is a map of the area - you can

police officers lost their home too. >> the haven humane society in shasta county posted a video on its facebook page that shows 200 oranimals there caring for, animals left behind due to the fire and evacuations. there are dogs, cats, birds and reptiles and turtles. the public is bringing in additional cages and crates to help house the animals. the humane society has raised $3000 to offset the cost. you can make a donation by going to ktvu.com . >>> police investigated homicide, officers responding to a home on the 1200 block of pine creek way they did find a man dead inside the home, no other description of the victim or a possible suspect or motive is available. we will keep an eye on this and keep you updated. >>> chp says the shelter in place order has been -- lifted. concerns about possible hazardous material situation. crash happened around 10:00 last night in an area off walnut lane and highway 29. chp worked overnight to clear the scene and nobody was injured. >>> for many bart riders the violent death last sunday night the growing perception that bart can be unsafe. numbers show that is bart riders increase

police say the suspects towing the car were able to get away and no arrests. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> we're going to take you to shasta county our friend and our former co-worker and executive producer carrie, she has a home in redding and carrie, first of all, good to talk to you and i'm anxious to find out how you and your family are doing? >> hi, reggie. unfortunately you guys are getting me at a bad time. we pulled up on my [ inaudible ] on what used to be my [ inaudible ] and it's not here. >> oh. >> carrie. >> oh, sorry, sorry. my god. okay. so this was a 6,000 square foot house and a shop. and i'm looking at it and there's two chimney stacks standing, metal roof on the ground. everything is ashes and it's still burning. my mom got out safely last night. her and the pets. my sister and my family we all got out safe. but yeah, her house is gone. >> we're glad to know you andil >> you too. >> under these circumstances so difficult to talk to you. you were able to get up there. there is still fire burning in the is area. do you feel safe? >> there's still -- well i'm with a support team who -- this is what they're trained

shasta county. hundreds of homes are destroyed, including the police chief's. >> this fire is scary to us. this is something we have not seen before.>> reporter: he remained focused on evacuees making a fast getaway. >> please leave early, please have your items ready to go. >> it has been amazing how everyone has pulled together.>> reporter: evacuations are continuing. it is warm enough outside, some evacuees will bid >> everyone got out okay. all basic needs are being met. like you said, we have all just been working together.>> reporter: from sky fox, the car fire is deep into the underbrush. winds did not kick up. as daylight faded into smoke, a loan helicopter continued dousing the neighborhoods that burn from cosmic dams -- kaz wick dams. residents wants everyone to know, redding still stands. >> it is not like it some peop be. >> this is our community, these are our people. >> reporter: to give you some perspective, we are in a neighb it is only about a mile through -- from downtown. the fire just hit and missed. >> as far as those evacuations are going, they seem orderly. how would