There are reports of a 20foot wall of water caused by a years worth of rain in one day. Even weather experts calling it biblical. As you see here whole towns have been cut off by the floods. Drivers have been stranded, rescuers working hard to save them. Abcs Clayton Sandell is right there. Reporter the rain is still pouring tonight. Right behind me you can see a couple of houses. This used to be their front yard. Right now its nothing but a raging river. Thousands of gallons every minute carrying tons of dangerous debris. Every house on this street suddenly has new riverfront property. This new shore line stretches another ten blocks. The rain tonight is relentless, a nonstop soaking stretching up and down colorados rocky mountains. By 6 00 this morning enough to suddenly wipe away this road. When we got to the scene there were three cars that were in the water. Reporter two drivers were rescued. One car was upside down. Rescuers braved the rushing water, attaching cables, pulling the car upright. They break a window and suddenly a hand appears, a man inside trapped alive and under water for one hour. The car was filling up with water and as soon as he opened the back door another truck fell on top of his car and pinned him under water. Reporter as they hand him a left vest, the car tumbles, finally they pull him free. Miraculously, all the drivers injuries were minor. The deluge is washing out roads train tracks, causing dams to fail, cutting off rescue teams from the towns of lyons and jamestown, surrounded by massive walls of debris. Weve lost roads, weve lost bridges, weve lost homes, cars and we are now just beginning to try to assess the scope of the damage. Reporter there are new evacuations tonight in the big thompson canyon. It might seem like the threat is abating but its actually not the case. Reporter many are ignoring the warnings, getting dangerously close to the worst flooding here in decades. In boulder which just had its wettest 24 hours on record, neighbors pitched in for a mostly futile effort to save homes. This man is pumping seven feet of water out of his basement sounded like a jet. I counted 1001, 1002, 1003 and that was it. Water . Water everywhere. Reporter officials believe three people have been killed in this flooding but tonight one of the local sheriffs worries there could be more dead in some of those towns they havent been able to reach yet. Thank you so much, Clayton Sandell. Now to breaking news and another tough blow on the iconic new jersey shore, the people there still recovering from hurricane sandy. A monster fire broke out on the boardwalk of seaside new jersey. Tonight smoke and flames are filling the air. The fire started in a popular custard shop and spread to businesses which had just built and reopened. Abcs byron pitts with the latest at this hour. Reporter thick black billowing smoke can be seen for miles as fire eats away this iconic boardwalk in seaside, new jersey. Authorities say it started in an ice cream shop and at this hour continues to spread. There it goes oh, no reporter burning now for more than three hours, firefighters and several pedestrians have been treated for smoke inhalation. Nj governor Chris Christie watched in disbelief. This is an unthinkable situation for us to be standing here and watching this, whats going on behind all of you is just unthinkable. As soon as this is over well pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and get back to work. Reporter this is the same area devastated during super storm sandy one year ago last october. Work crews had just completed repairs to the board walk just before memorial day. Tonight much of that new wood is gone. It got out of hand. This board walk survived hurricane sandy. I dont know how much more we can get beat up. Were jersey strong. Well come back. Reporter another setback in the recovery of the battered jersey shore, first by mother nature, now flames. And now we head overseas and a big new headline in the war on terror. Last night we showed you the faces of americans who have signed up to help al qaeda, including this man from alabama. The u. S. Government calls him one of the most wanted terrorists in the world. Tonight we have word he may be dead. Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross has a surprising turn in this story. Reporter he came from alabama with jihad on his mind. Waiting for the enemy to come. Reporter the state Department Said today it was working to confirm reports of the death of omar hammami. Try to blow up and get as close as we can and kill as many as we can. Reporter the 29yearold american citizen had a 5 million u. S. Reward on his head. One of the things that we seek for in this life is to die as a martyr. Reporter considered so dangerous by the fbi because he lead and recruited other americans to the Al Qaeda Group in somalia and urged attacks on targets everywhere. Hes alleged to have made significant contributions to the terrorist organizations media and military activities. Reporter he grew up in the small alabama town of gaffeny, the son of a Baptist School teacher and syrian father, in what he called the privileged life of an american child. School pageants, sports teams, prom dates. But by the age of 22, hammami had come to hate his country and moved to somalia where he joined a group called al shabab. His flamboyant videos glamorized terror including this rapper jihad and put him at odds with other leaders who vowed to kill him. I feel that my life may be in danger. Reporter in the end he was marked for death by his fellow terrorists. Brian ross, abc news. Now we turn to a showdown of world titans, Vladimir Putin in a public dual with president obama about global leadership, strength and why the syrians say they are really giving up chemical weapons. Abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent martha raddatz. Reporter president obama today voicing optimism about a possible deal on syria. I am hopeful that discussions that secretary kerry had with foreign minister lavrov can yield a concrete result. Reporter when asked about Vladimir Putins oped taunt splashed across the new york times, silence. Its no wonder, putin portraying himself as a man of peace, challenging the idea that america is an exceptional country, saying were all equal and warning president obama that his threat of a military strike means millions around the world see america as relying solely on brute force. It just turned knots in my stomach because i said how could he believe that he could come to the United States via this oped and try to divide the american people. It made me nauseous to be very honest with you. Reporter but assad on russian tv rubbed it in even further. Syria is handing over its chemical weapons under International Supervision because of russia. The u. S. Threats did not influence the decision. Syria today said it wanted 30 days to provide technical data on its chemical weapons. Secretary kerry said the u. S. Would need more than words. This is not a game, he said. But with the astonishing turn of events in the past week it sometimes seems like one with Russias Putin playing quarterback. The u. S. Says the russians have to prove they can deliver on their promises and that test, diane, will play out over the next few weeks. Thanks for reporting in tonight. We want everyone at home to know about an abc news exclusive. George stephanopoulos will sit down with the president for the very latest on the deal on syria and the interview will be seen sunday on this week. Today a cultural controversy, everyone talking about American Culture and a confession from a Television Host julie chen. She says shes proud of her chinese heritage but had surgery to change other eyes to give her a better chance at her career. What do you think. Reporter talk show host julie chens revelation that she had Plastic Surgery to make her eyes look bigger is raising eyebrows across the country. Look at chen before and after. Members of my family wanted to disown me if i got it done. Reporter she says she got the controversial surgery only after a, quote, big time agent told her the same thing her boss said, that her asian eyes would limit her success. He said you look disinterested, bored, because your eyes are so heavy, so small. Reporter eye lid surgery is the most popular for Asian Americans, more than 10,000 do it each year. That number is on the rise. From 2011 to 2012 cosmetic plastic surgeries for Asian Americans jumped 21 percent. One of the more common Plastic Surgery procedures for africanamericans and hispanics is nose reshaping while 76 percent of botox and breast augmentations were performed on caucasians. We see it as a global phenomenon. Reporter chen says the surgery catapulted her career. After i had that done everything kind of the ball did roll for me. Reporter her admission is not without backlash with comments like this is a sad message for asian women. No one is more proud of being chinese than i am. Reporter decide for yourself if the difference likely meant a second look for her career. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. And now we have a program note tonight about an incredible conversation. Linda ronstadt, the woman whose singular voice captured so much beauty and yearning for generations. You can hear her singing long long time and tomorrow night shes going to talk with us about so much including for the first time her battle with parkinsons disease. My dreams are kind of crowded now. 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If his parents had any worries about zachs future, he quickly eased those fears. He would crawl around and you could almost tell immediately everything was going to be fine. This kid was awesome. He could do anything. Reporter zach learned to adapt at a very young age. He played everything from basketball to baseball. He even surfed. The only time i really felt it was when i was out in public and people would look at me. When im playing sports its a different thing. Reporter basketball became his first love. Zach took me to the courts for what i thought might be a friend little little game of horse. It quickly became a route. Lets say youre at a ymca where people dont know you, people are picking sides. You know what its like to be picked last . Yes. I like when they do that. Once they do and i get out there and start making a bunch of jumpers its a lot of fun to see their reactions. Reporter now his phenomenal playing is catching the attention of several Big Time College Basketball programs including university of Florida Gators who offered zach a guaranteed spot on next years team. This takes work and desire and a lot of heart as zach says, a lot of heart. Reporter a whole lot of heart and a reminder that it is not what you are born without but the stuff deep inside that you are born with that matters most. For Zach Hodskins, it makes him america strong. Josh elliott, abc news, new york. And we are so glad you were with us tonight. Were always there at abcnews. Com with the latest. Nightline will be here later and well see you right back here again tomorrow night. Good night. Ou right back here again tomorrow night. Good night. Tonight video obtained by the i team who. Is to blame for this crash . We investigate charges of Fire Department corruption. Plus, sacramento lawmakers approve a name change for half of the bay bridge. Willie brown says hes tickled but guess what . Someone is going court to stop it. Im Nannette Miranda in sacramento. Domestic workers in california not eligible for overtime pay. Governor brown must now decide whether she the should be included. Latest news on the fire burning like this for hours. Along the jersey shore. Watch what happens here. A fire truck collides with a motorcycle in a San Francisco intersection. Tonight the i team has exclusive new information about a possible cover up in this case. Good evening, everybody, im larry beil. Im carolyn johnson. The firefighter behind the reel is accused of being under the influence at the time. The i team obtain that had video and uncovered new information about a corruption investigation at the San FranciscoFire Department. Dan noyes is here with the developments. The victim from that crash in june now has an attorney and they sent a claim to the city and county of San Francisco. In addition to the dui case, ive learn thered is another criminal investigation into a colleague who may have tried to cover for him. 43yearold firefighter just left station one in a ladder truck on a saturday night in june. On what turned out to be a false alarm, drove three blocks until the Surveillance Video picked up. That is heading right to left. The motorcycle west on howard, the road top to bottom. Quinn blew through a light and smashed into the motorcycle. Sending the rider into a fire hydrant. Rules state the driver has to have control of an intersection before going through. I can now identify the victim as a 50yearold jack frasier. He suffered several broken ribs a punctured lung, broken leg, ampk, foot and neck and back injuries in a hospital for a month