With china, the first phase. What the chinese are saying. The horrific attack at a Shopping Mall in the uk. Late today, the explosion near u. S. Special forces in syria. Turkey saying the strike was in response to terrorists firing mortars near there. Saying turkey was not targeting u. S. Troops. And the School District taking action after one of its middle School Teachers and the 3yearold girl found alone in a church. Longtime fox news fixture shep smith reveals hes leaving the network. What he said on his last day. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a very busy friday night. We begin the emergency evacuatio evacuations. 100,000 people on the move. The saddle ridge fire in the San Bernardino valley. Fire officials calling it major emergency. Flames destroying about 800 acres as hour. The escape routes filled with blinding smoke and flames. And strong winds fueling the fires. Matt gutman is on the scene. He leads us off tonight. Reporter tonight, los angeles communities caught in a whirlwind of fire. The saddle ridge fire exploding overnight. More than 1,000 firefighters in an allout battle against the flames. Fueled by the howling santa winds. Look at the inferno down there. Weve watched hundreds of acres burn. Abou 100,000 people ordered to evacuate. Many driving through tunnels of fire. Fire crews scrambling to save homes. Spread thin. This basketball court, the last line of defense. Reporter firefighters using saws to hack into gated properties. Is that your house . Reporter this woman, suitcase packed, on her knees praying her home can be saved. Using anything including garden hoses to fight the fire. One man dying, suffering cardiac arrest. By sunrise, the fire scorching seven square les. Thats 11,600 retarda retarda retardant. Reporter some residents losing everything. East of San Bernardino, the sandalwood fire destroying dozens of structures in hours. Those pops . Thats ammunition inside the house popping off. That fire apparently caused by burning trash from this garbage truck. The vegetation was ignited. Reporter at least one person did not survive. Matt, we know the winds have been driving the fires all day long. Gusting more than 60 Miles Per Hour at some points. And there are still red flag warnings . Reporter yes, expected to persist through the night and tomorrow. And you can still feel it. The fires will be kept alive. Embers from across the valley ignited this house, incinerating it in minutes. All that is left is this chimney. David . Reporter matt, thank you. And the red flag warnings are being extended in california through tomorrow night. And were followin blizzard warning, and were tracking a noreaster on the east coast. Heres rob marciano. Reporter the cold front of the blizzard is slicing through louisiana now. The thunderstorms will create another rough night for fi firefighters. And there will be pockets of really bad stuff. Blizzard warnings, freeze warnings tomorrow morning. Windchill in the 20s through chicago and oklahoma city. And Tropical Storm melissa will be southeast coast. And a dramatic day on capitol hill, the former ambassador for ukraine did show up. What she said, telling lawmakers she had been told there was no wrong doing on her part, but the president wanted her out. 24 hours of two associates of Rudy Giuliani were arrested, is giuliani now part of the investigation . Heres mary bruce. Reporter up until the very moment she walked up to the capitol, it wasnt clear she was coming at all. The state department told her not to appear. But the former ambassador showed up anyway. Behind closed doors, she said she was forced out under pressure from President Trump. According to a statement, she was told to come back on the next plane in april. Saying that the president lost confidence in her, and there had been a Concerted Campaign against her. But she was assured she had done nothing wrong. I heard very, very bad things about her for a long period of time. Not good. Reporter in a july phone call, trump called her bad news. Later saying she was going to go through some things. Today, she called the idea that she was disloyal to President Trump fictitious. She described herself as incredulous that she was removed from her post based on unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. And placed blame squarely on Rudy Giuliani, who claimed she was blocking investigators from looking into political opponents, including joe biden. The former ambassador also points a finger at giulianis former business associates. See you in ukraine soon. Reporter she says these businessmen may have believed their personal financial ambitions were stymied. Mary, live on the hill, the former ambassador, describing the state department as attacked and hollowed from within. We know tonight, House Democrats are holding a call at the end of a very busy week about how to move forward. What are you learning . Reporter Democratic Leaders feel theyre building a strong case against the president , especially after the ambassador warned theyre selling conspiracy theories to anyone who will listen. She said someone was listening, and the nation is worse off. And President Trump saying hes reached phase one of a trade deal with china. What china is saying. And the president launching a vicious attack on joe biden. What he. Said heres jonathan karl. Reporter President Trump announcing a truce in the trade war. Tee the president called it phase one. The chinese vice premier said its a step in a positive direction. And the markets sure liked it. The dow closing up more than 300 points. The president said china had agreed to take steps to intellectual property. Theres a question as to whether or not our farmers can produce that much, but i believe they can. Reporter the president suggested he may ask the chinese to investigate joe biden last week. What happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with with ukraine. Reporter can you assure the American People that you did not bring up joe biden with the chinese . China can do whatever they want with respect to the bidens. Reporter last night, calling hunter biden a loser. Your father was never considered smart or a good senator. He was only a good Vice President because he understood how to kiss Barack Obamas ass. Jon, President Trump with reporters a short time ago, attacking the impeachment inquiry. And i know the democrats want to speak with the whistleblower. What is the Whistleblowers Team now saying . Reporter were told lawyers for the whistleblower have informed the committees their client wants to answer questions in writing and not in person. They have cited concerns for the whistleblowers safety. David . Jon, thank you. Late today, the explosion near u. S. Forces in syria. Turkey says it was a response to terrorists, saying they were not targeting u. S. Troops. Ian pannell in syria for us again tonight. Reporter a narrow miss for u. S. Special forces in syria, as a turkish shell lands nearby. The troops uninjured. The Turkish Military is fully aware of the locations of u. S. Forces. Reporter and turkish shells also landing near one of the prisons holding isis militants. Raising fears of a breakout. And further proof of the ongoing threat from isis when a massive car bomb exploded in a kurdi kui border town. Tell that to the 100,000 people now on the move. Homeless, hungry, and scared. One voicing his anger at america. Trump said were allies. No, were not, if theyre allowing turkey to bombard us. This underlines the grave dangers faced by American Forces and civilians across Northern Syria right now. Ian, thank you. Even as u. S. Troops have been pulled back from the border, President Trump is sending an additional 2,800 americans to saudi arabia. Bolstering their defenses. Now to the attack in manchest manchester, england tonight. A man stabbing three people, injuring two more. The Shopping Center on lockdown. Store owners closing their doors. The police arresting the suspect on suspicion of terrorism. And the author of the new book catch and kill, ronan farrow, tonight. Who says spies were hired to fire him during this. Heres linsey davis. Reporter ronan farrow taking aim at nbc, alleging the company was aware of matt accusers for years. At the time, nbc news said it was the first complaint in over 20 years. Youre saying thats a lie . The evidence in this book, the documentation and paper trail reveals there were multiple arrments to keep women quiet years before the one that got him fired. Reporter farrow claims nbc halted his investigation into weinstein because of intimidation nbc saying it lacked accusers willing to go on the record. In his book, he says it took him on a harrowing journey, claiming weinstein hired private investigators who followed him and other reporters and initi e initiated smear campaigns. When you start to suspect youre being followed, you start to see the same people behind you on the street, youre looking over your shoulder, a car is parked outside your apartment, that is an upsetting and alarming situation. Reporter farrow says one of the same spies who was allegedly paid to hack his phone and follow him ultimately ended up developing a conscience about it and came forward and allegedly told him what happened. Thank you. In other news, President Trump suffering a major legal setback over his tax returns. The d. C. Court upholding an appeal demanding he turn over eight years of financial records. This could go to the supreme court. 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Reporter its remarkable, how far he went on his own. All by himself. Look at that. If he can get up and build his leg muscles, hopefully have the opportunity to walk or have less assistance and walk later in his life. Reporter his health aide and teachers walking. He was so proud of himself. Oh, my gosh. Every adult in the room was filled up with tears. Reporter tonight, romans family sending us this. Hes now walking at home, too. Everyone at school never forgetting that moment. That eight feet back, his face just had determination on it. It was an amazing now from abc 7, live breaking news. A winddriven wildfire is carving a devastating path of destruction north of los angeles. More than 100,000 people have been forced out of their homes by the sandal ridge fire. Its charred 7500 acres and destroyed at least 25 homes, mostly in porter ranch near grenada ire crews are beginni make progress with the fire that broke out around 9 00 last night. Its now 13 contained up from 0 just a few hours ago. All right. So now we want to tell you that crews are well have a report coming up. Meantime, crews are working to reinforce containment lines on a wildfire burning in mariposa county. Its burned almost 5,000 acres stins broke out sunday. Its 30 contained. A section of highway 140 leading to yosemite remains closed. One structure has been destroyed. Good afternoon. Im ama daetz. Lets head to spencer christian. Boy are they are getting the winds we got the last few days. Mildly encouraging news. The santa ana winds which have been very powerful have diminished since yesterday. Wind advisories and wind rnings haven dropped as of 3 00 this afternoon. As you can see, a wide expanse of Southern California is still under a red flag warning. Red flag warning for high fire danger until 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. And the latest reports indicate that wind gusts, although theyve been generally a bit lower today than yesterday are still up to 40 Miles Per Hour or higher in the valleys and mountains. Not only Los Angeles County and beyond moving down into san diego county. Well update the graphics with more details. At the moment, red flag warning in effect for the entire area threatened by these fires until 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Thank you. Now to the