north of los angeles teresa garcia explains one of the challenges fire crews in face tonight >>> more than 500 firefighters working to battle the blaze. >>> we're headed to help them >>> firefighters face a triple challenge that terrain is extremely steep and very high and nearly triple digits and the wind is picking up >>> it makes every aspect more difficult it makes it difficult to move personnel and equipment into the area >>> the train so steep firefighters must use aircraft to fight the fire thousands were told to leave camp sites along the san gabriel river, 100 residents to evacuate some with young children took shelter at this evacuation center. a couple dozen others have refused to leave the camp williams community despite mandatory evacuation. >>> we decided to stay here and put up the fight better than wondering how your place is doing i have animals and friends and family >>> so far the fire has not earned any structures teresa garcia cbs news >>> a man shot and killed by officers in vallejo did not have a gun but police said it sure looked like a gun they opened fire on

teresa garcia has those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: tom hanks and his co-stars in the movie cloud atlas attended the world premiere at the toronto international film festival saturday night. hanks takes on six different identities in the drama, which spans from the 1st century to the future. >> who am i again? the fourth time i read words on the page, i said oh. oh. >> reporter: the movie also stars hue grant and is based on david mitchell's best selling novel. justin timberlake is trying to buy the memphis grizzlies. the nba has yet to approve the deal. >>> taylor swift has a new song out on itunes. swift wrote the song in honor of a three-year-old cancer victim after reading a blog written by the boy's mother. >> swift performed the song for the first time on friday's stand up to cancer telethon. >>> new on dvd tomorrow, snow white and the huntsman. and that is your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> i liked that movie. >>> good morning and thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> and i'm mike haid

teresa garcia takes a look at how they carried out the potentially explosive heist. >> the manager ofbank of america hid her face and reportedly had tears in her eyes as police questioned her. she told them two masked gunmen kidnapped her, strapped what looked like a pipe bomb to her stomach and forced her to rob her own bank. >> according to the woman, the robbers told her to get money from the bank and throw it out the back door where the robbers were waiting. they got away with an undetermined amount of cash. the bomb squad safely removed the device. from around her waist. >> there's absolutely no indication that this woman would have put this on herself and done this herself. >> a robot inspected and disabled the device with a loud explosion. the bomb squad also inspected the bank manager's car in the parking lot to determine if it had any more explosives. police say the woman is cooperating with their investigation, but they haven't said whether she knew the robbers. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a 7-year-old girl is recovering after surviving the plague. sierra jane

teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> good morning. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika. >> good morning. yes, i was at madonna last night. she came out at 10:30. >> a lot of consideration for your hours i see. >> i won't say how much sleep i got. >> you're doing great. well done. >>> weather wise you may need a jacket or two depending on where you are. one of my weather watchers in old town maryland, down to 33. thank you for that report. that is some chilly weather out there. most of us are in the 40s here locally. here's a look at our day planner on this tuesday morning, the day after the big madonna concert. 69 degrees at noon with

that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> you're missing so much. good morning. thank you for watching 9 news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> little river kind of wheeling around. i'm mike hydeck. welcome to wednesday. it's wednesday, right? >> whacky wednesday. >> good morning, monika. >> good morning. >> how is traffic? >> it's okay. >> you're going to detail that? >> i will. >> just making sure. how is weather?

teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> gorgeous day there. >> do we have her to thank for this ?er cay, excellent friday. i'm loving it. >> i would love to take credit for this. we are going to see the threat for thunderstorms coming into the forecast tomorrow. that's not great timing. we love to keep the dry weather in our forecast during the weekend. it will be short lived. i'll tell you more about that in a second. let's take a look at that michael and son weather cam. mostly sunny skies. that will not last long tomorrow. we'll see an increase in cloud cover. the dew point is 60 right now. supporting the possibility of thunderstorms. as we head into tomorrow. right now, taking a look at our temperatures. manassas and leesburg, it's 77 in martinsburg and winchester and 77 degrees right now in hagerstown as well. and those dew points will start to increase even more as we head into the afternoon tomorrow. but right now in our weather headline, still feels like summer out there. some nice weather for us as we head into tomorrow morning, but then a cold front is on the way and tha

teresa garcia has those and more at this look at entertainment. >> reporter: musicians james taylor andige will join earth wind and fire as headline acts at the democratic national convention in north carolina. they're part of a full slate of musicians set to perform this week. mark anthony will sing the national anthem thursday when president obama accepts his party's nomination. randy jackson, one of the original judges on american idol since 2002 looks to be leaving his post. industry sources say this next season he'll still remain part of the show as a mentor. his replacement is not a sure thing yet, but industry insiders are pointing to pop singer mickey menage. keith urban is also in negotiations for a judge position. pop diva mariah carey is the only confirmed judge. american idol has traditionally signed its judges to multiseason deals, but producers say they may consider keeping the judges for a single year and they may even decide to add a fourth judge to the mix again. some big names are in italy this week for the venice film festival. director spike lee got a warm welcome at

teresa garcia has those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: fewer americans went to the movies this summer according to box office tracker hollywood.com. attendance was down 3% from last year. hollywood insiders say moviegoers were not as interested in this year's crop of films, and the ticket prices were higher. the summer's biggest earner was the avengers earning $1.5 billion globally. oscar winner russell crowe has some new buddies in the coast guard after they had to rescue him over the holiday weekend. he and a friend had gone kayaking off new york's long island and got lost. the artor is there -- actor is there shooting a biblical film called know would. -- noaa. kim kardashian was turned down her request for getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. part of earning a star is receiving an award or more. so far acting credits to kardashian's name include guest roles on two tv sitcoms and a tyler perry film due out next year. and oscar nominee michael clarke duncan died monday in a los angeles hospital. doctors were treating him after he suffer add he

teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> a 7-year-old girl is recovering after surviving the plague.erra jane downing was returned to a hospital in colorado last week after she had a seizure and a temperature of 107. it's the first case of the bubonic plague in the states. she could have been infected by insects on a dead squirrel she wanted to bury. >>> about 26 million people tuned in tuesday night to watch michelle obama's speech at the democratic national convention. on last night 'episode of the late show with david letterman, she presented the top ten reasons to watch the dnc. here are a few. >> number seven. >> finally, you get to see some coverage of the presidential campaign. >> it's about time. >> number 4. >> there will be no kiss cam. >> no. come on why not? >> number two. >> joe biden says it will be a big you know what deal. >> wait a minute. the number one reason to watch the democratic national convention. >> at long last, i'll reveal who i'm voting for. >> there you go, ladies and gentlemen. >> first lady recorded the list when she was dave's guest last week. >>> rus

teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> we agree we didn't like the last installment of indiana jones. >> the first ones were great. >> thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. hope you still like us. i'm andrea roane. >> happy tuesday. we know you do. we're glad you're here. good morning, monika samtani. we're glad you're here. guess what's coming down the pike later today. >> we've been watching the cold front so it's not like we didn't have a good warning for it but we're trying to work on the timing for you. we want you to know exactly when the steady rain is going to be coming through. so far it's been light to moderate. we're getting a bit of a break right now but things will change later on this afternoon. doppler radar shows we do have steady rainfall in the panhandle of maryland off to the north and west and again the bus stop forecast for this morning does look as though at least the pavement will be wet but the raindrops will not be falling as the kids head out,

that's your eye on entertainment, teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >> paul mccartney, 70 years old. can you believe that? >> can't believe it. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. good morning, monika samtani. good to see you. good morning, howard bernstein. >>> today is wednesday. we'll get through it. today we'll see a couple of showers and storms but it's not

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