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abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: it's the most compelling testimony jurors have heard so far. agreeing with justin ross harris' lawyers, his now ex-wife and mother of the child he's accused of intentionally kill something coming to his defense. very much. >> reporter: leanna was brought to tears learning the moment she learned cooper had died after he was left in this hot suv outside her husband's office. >> he was the sweetest little boy. >> reporter: he's charged with murder and is pleading not guilty. earlier this year harris and taylor divorced but she still told jurors harris was a good dad and that her son's death was an accident. >> it was the only thing that went in my mind is possibility. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >>> an ohio man is recovering in the hospital after spending two days trapped in his wrecked car. police say cory chambers skidded off the road in clairmont county found by an employee of the state transportation department. look at the wreck there. rescuers say chambers was alert and speaking when they lifted him out. a woman who live

>> steve osunsami in charleston for us. thank you, steve. >>> and in iowa tonight, the man suspected of shooting two police officers in two separate patrol cars ambush style is now charged with two counts of first degree murder tonight. scott michael greene was placed in the very handcuffs of the police officers he's accused of gunning down. investigators say bomb-sniffing dogs found the gun they say the suspect used. but still tonight, in clear motive for officers while they simply sat in their cars. >>> overseas tonight, and to afghanistan, where two american service members have died in a joint u.s.-afghan raid. those forces in the city of kunduz coming under fire. an air strike called in for cover. at least 26 civilians also reportedly killed, including children. it is still unclear whether it was from ground fire or from the air strike. nato is investigating. >>> back here at home tonight, over a skyscraper, a high rise, now teetering. the city's attorney in san francisco taking legal action, and tonight, families who

>> steve osunsami, thank you. >>> next, to the states of emergency along much of coast. 41 large fires raging from alabama to virginia. one of the most fierce, in north carolina there. growing 20% in the last 24 hours. in fact, tonight, the smoke creating serious health concerns. some families told to wear face masks. abc's eva pilgrim is in north carolina. >> reporter: tonight, across the southeast, 5,000 pyrefighters from as far away as alaska battling blazes that have especially with the fatigue they are going under right now. >> reporter: hundreds evacuated from their homes. the smoke so heavy in north carolina, some residents are wearing masks. >> it just went in my lungs and i had to get out of here. >> reporter: air quality in atlanta now unhealthy, and getting worse. >> this is all smoke, this kind of milky-white haze across metro atlanta and north georgia. >> reporter: officials say many of these fires were deliberately set in eastern kentucky. >> you just want to be extremely careful if you are out there. >> reporter: this aspiring facebook to beware of flames, allegedly conf

and here tonight, abc's steve osunsami. >> we've got officers going for the victims. we've got officers going for the victims. >> reporter: the video we've gotten tonight from police body cameras shows the heroic work of first responders who ran to the pulse nightclub, pushing gurneys. >> s.w.a.t. guy took one to the helmet. >> reporter: we see the aftermath of their gun fight in june with omar mateen -- >> there's bull lets here. >> reporter: -- who killed 49 and wounded 53. police snipers are still in their corners. >> this guy came prepared. >> reporter: the images are heavily deleted. >> please help me. >> reporter: the most tragic and difficult scenes are left on the edit root floor at the orange county sheriff's office. >> watch, the blood is slippery. >> i know. >> reporter: but for the first time, we see what officers were dealing with as they entered the building -- >> blue coming in. >> reporter: -- once the gunman was dead. >> let's go! let's go! >> reporter: survivors who had barricaded themselves behind doors came pouring out. >> please help my friends. t

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> who you gonna call? jeremy. thank you for watching on a monday night. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. good night. tonight. steve- tricia- double anchor: now.. neighbors at one apartment complex say they believe they heard sounds coming from one 13 action news anchor.... lesley marin joins us live..... near boulder highway and flamingo with more... lesley... neighbors say this little boy lived here-- at the siegel suites with his mother siblings and robinsons family. from the outside things looked fine..but neighbors living around them paint a picture of constant child abuse. the apartments around this one say they knew about the abuse - th beatings they heard the investigating this as a child abuse death police say this 7 year old boy was found beaten and strangled sunday. the man accused of killing him-- 31 year old kenneth robinson. neighbors like denis martin-- learning this wasn't the first time what authorities call abusive behavior was going on in the apartment. gosh man but somebody has to come fo

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: after months of being painted as a monster by intentionally leaving his son to die in this hot suv, 35-year-old justin ross harris is getting help on the witness stand from, of all people, the former wife he betrayed. >> i'm humiliated. if i never see him again after this day, that's fine. >> reporter: clearly, there's no love lost, but leanna taylor says she still doesn't believe harris meant to kill their 22-month-old son, cooper, in june of 2014. she agrees with his defense, that he accidentally forgot to drop the boy off at this daycare prosecutors say harris left the child in the car because he wanted a child-free life. and say, while his son was dying in the parking lot outside his atlanta office, harris was inside sexting with other women. she still says he wouldn't have hurt their son. >> did ross love this little boy? >> yes, he did. very much. >> reporter: another turn. there were accusations that harris went and researched hot car deaths online before his son died. but those were knocked down in court. tonight, testifying that he lo

>> steve osunsami with us tonight. steve, thank you. >>> next tonight, the fires, and now word this evening of the first blizzard of the season on the way. first, the air quality alerts in three states at this hour, as 33 large wildfires burn from georgia to west virginia. take a look at the skyline of charlotte tonight. thick smoke from those fires, triggering a code red alert there in columbia, south carolina, and in atlanta, as well, tonight. let's go live to meteorologist fires tonight, ginger. >> reporter: that's right, david. atlanta, georgia, is one of those cities now 30 days straight without measurable rain. that is having a huge impact. the drought on those wildfires. let's take it straight to the maps. where you can see, 33 large wildfires now burning in parts of kentucky, tennessee, west virginia, all the states there highlighted on the map. people are going to the hospital because of air quality. schools are closing. some of the air quality index numbers are nearing places like hong kong and shanghai, chin

>> steve osunsami with us again tonight. steve, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, and russia launching a fierce new round of air strikes on syria. launching missiles from warships, saying they targeted isis and al qaeda militants, but human rights observers neighborhoods, too. these new scenes of the devastation in aleppo, the attacks coming less than 24 hours after word that president-elect trump had a conversation with vladimir putin. and tonight, senator john mccain saying of putin's hope to improve relations with the u.s., quote "we should place as much faith in such statements as any other made by a former kgb agent who has plunged his country into tyranny, murdered his political opponents, invaded his neighbors, threatened america's >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday. the new medical headline breaking this evening. the cholesterol drug that may help cut the risk of heart attacks. >>> also tonight, new developments in the intens manhunt for an accused killer. the prisoner who walked o

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: for a good number of stressed out parents watching this trial, there was something uncomfortably relatable to justin ross harris's claim that he accidently left his son in this hot suv, where 22-month-old cooper harris died in 2014. >> we find the defendant guilty >> reporter: but a jury in georgia tonight is siding with many other parents who will forgot his son. harris sat nearly stone-faced as jurors convicted him of murder, cruelty to children and other charges that will likely send him to jail for life. they deliberated for more than three days, and asked to see this piece of police station video, where prosecutors say he and his now ex-wife were recorded going over the story. >> did you say too much? >> all i told them was the events of the day. >> reporter: she told jurors she >> he must have forgot. >> reporter: even workers at the day care said they thought harris was a good dad, but it wasn't enough. >> problem for justin ross harris is that he came across as a creepy bad guy. >> reporter: prosecutors argued that harris was leading a d

as steve osunsami explains-- that could put him behind bars cleaning up after two freight trains collided and derailed early yesterday morning.. in citra - that's about a half hour south of gainesville.. in all-- four people were onboard the injuries. it's expected to take several days to clean up the wreckage.. after more than four-thousand gallons of diesel fuel spilled from one of the engines. a new york city firefighter is being praised as a hero, after rescuing a man from a burning car.. in georgia. ciro napolitano and his wife were on vacation, celebrating their 31st anniversary. suddenly, they came across an accident scene on i-95. smoke was pouring out of a car, and a man was trapped inside. napolitano jumped into action-- grabbing a crowbar worked quickly to free the man. ciro napolitano says the mother of ciro napolitano says the mother of the man he rescued called him the next day. she thanked him, and called him an "angel." he says he was just doing what he was trained to do. for three teens accused of stealing puppies. two dachshunds were stolen from the country junction gene

abc's steve osunsami is at the courthouse. >> if somebody is running from you, you don't shoot them in the back. >> reporter: it isn't just this former police officer who's on trial here in charleston tonight. so is policework in this country, and the trust black americans have in the system. 34-year-old michael slager showed little emotion as his lawyers told jurors how they should see this disturbing cell >> not all awful things in this community are unlawful. >> reporter: they're saying those eight shots, five in the back, were lawful, because they say slager and 50-year-old walter scott, fought to the ground before the gunfire. but no struggle is ever seen in the cell phone video or on the dash cam video from slager's police car played in court. >> the reason for the stop is, your third brake light is out. >> reporter: jurors saw the routine traffic stop, and saw his mother says he was worried about unpaid child support and says he called her during the stop. >> all i heard was, get on the ground, and put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: the prosecutor says scott was no th

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> who you gonna call? jeremy. thank you for watching on a monday night. >>> next that 6 pm. help police say that in arizona parent prevented this. >>>into action . >>> taking action on voter fraud, so maybe pulling it off in arizona. >>> what is, was there a threat in it? >>> you may be out with her family person, we want this night to be a treat. is important to understand the halloween is the biggest night of the year for break-ins. joining us now live with what we need to know about th reporter: these may want to stay away from this house, they have to get past these creatures, crimes are a big problem tonight, we are getting these numbers from insurance companies. they are up 24% on halloween night. is not just burglars, it's vandals, the number of vandalism calls increased by more than 20% on a night like this to -- this. do not turn your porch light off. you want to let these fees that someone is home. and you may want to trick-or- treat earlier in the day. many people turned up at this may sound event earli