With the stars. Well, good wednesday morning, im reena ninan. And im dan kloeffler. A u. S. Citizen in federal custody this morning accused of supporting i. S. I. S. Militants. He tried to help the terror group while managing a Convenience Store and spelling out his ideological hatred on social media. An american indicted, mufida. Elfgeeh tried to help the terror group while managing a Convenience Store and spelling out his hatred on social media. Authorities said tuesday he planned to kill u. S. Soldiers as they returned from iraq and attempted to recruit and provide support to individuals traveling to the middle east to join the extremist group. A naturalized u. S. Citizen from yemen and a devout sunni muslim, the 30yearold didnt hide his extreme views. Allegedly tweeting, al qaeda said it loud and clear, we are fighting the American Invasion over the earth and the people. I. S. I. S. Is using message boards, urging supporters to attack times square and other popular tourist attractions. I. S. I. S. Creates a new threat for us. They are also in a position to inspire. The increasing sophistication of their outreach in the social media. Reporter this came as they opened the room for Ground Troops in iraq. The white house said no boots on the ground. If we reach a point where i believe the advisers should accompany troops against specific aye isil targets, ill recommend that to the president. Reporter president obama will be in florida today to meet with the nations top military brass. The fbi wants more arrests like this one. Attorney general eric holder said the agency is focused on the front end, getting these guys before they can travel to the region or recruit other supporters. The other major story, the Severe Weather across Southern California, new mexico, arizona. All from Tropical Storm odile. Part of Southern California hit by torrential downpours, strong wingds during the afternoon rush hour. Streets were flooded and trees and power lines knocked down. The athletic fields of a High School High school were damaged, and there were many traffic accidents. The san diego area also got its bit of extreme weather. One plane hitting parked cars there. That region had downpours, lightning, even hail. Thousands of homes and businesses also without power. Those storms are now heading for arizona, but the area south of phoenix has been hit by a microburst. It damaged several Industrial Buildings and derailed a freight train. Nearly 40 cars left the tracks, no injuries and the rail cars were empty. That is just a preview of what is in store for arizona and new mexico today. Accuweather meteorologist jim dickey tracking it all today. Good morning. It will fizzle out, but the impacts just starting in the United States. The moisture from this storm working its way into arizona and new mexico. Heavy rain has begun to fall, and more into arizona and new mexico through the day on wednesday. And the storm tracks through on to arizona and new mexico. And locally very heavy amounts of rainfall. 6 to 10 inches in tucson, locally higher amounts leading to significant flooding through saturday. Back to you. Thank you for that. Across the west, thousands of Fire Fighters on the ground as tinderbox conditions spark more wildfires. At least 15 major wildfires are now raging up and down the west coast, mostly in california and michigan. And they have driven thousands of people from their homes. Some families in Northern California have no home to return to after a devastating wildfire ravaged their tiny town. Flames raced through the town of weed with stunning speed, damaging or destroying 150 buildings. Two churches, a library and a saw mill. But mostly homes. People were forced to flee at a moments notice. But no one was killed or seriously injured. One woman whos house burned to the ground was overcome, as you can see, by emotion. Brought to tears after a fire fighter digging through the rubble spotted something priceless in the ashes. We just found my wedding ring of 44 years. It in all of this mess god answers prayers. Amazingly, they found another ring, an heirloom, passed down from her mother. That fire, now, 20 contained, still tearing through the surrounding forest after three years of brought. And breaking news in the case of Minnesota Vikings star adrian peterson. Early this morning his team changed course and told peterson to stay away from all Team Activities until his legal matters are behind him. Initially they said he could return to the field while the felony child abuse case against him moved through the courts. Now after heavy criticism, the vikings say they will support peterson, but that hes not welcome to come to practice or play in games. As expected, the Nfl Players Association appealed ray rices indefinite suspension, he was caught on camera punching his thenfiance. They say its based on a Domestic Abuse case that has a lack of fair process. Those scandals have several big name, big money sponsors calling out the nfl. Anheuser bush jyesterday saying they were concerned about how the scandals were being handled. And others voiced similar concerns. The nfl replayed that it is taking action and theres more to come. Now to the fight against ebola with an american survivor taking center stage on capitol hill. Dr. Kent brantly taking center stage on capitol hill, he returned to the u. S. After doing missionary work in liberia. He says there needs to be a global effort and gave a powerful description of this deadly disease. We can not fool ourselves into thinking that the vast mode of the Atlantic Ocean will protect us from the flames of this fire. Before the hearing, he met with president obama at the white house. And the president visited the cdc, outlining steps the u. S. Will take in west africa, including deploying 3,000 u. S. Military personnel. If you want a ride into space, flag a taxi. Thats what nasa is doing, with boeing and spacex are going to build and fly space taxis, replacing the russian ship going to the space center. Nasa pays 70 million for each passenger. They are due in three years. But you have to wonder the metered fare will be on that kind of a ride. Yeah. Coming up on this wednesday morning, downsizing that starbucks . The new mini drink the coffee giant is now testing out. And new developments in the deadly racetrack incident involving tony stewart. What authorities have decided to do with the evidence theyve uncovered. Plus armed, dangerous, and ready to kill. Investigators know who ambushed two state troopers. Why finding him is proving to be so difficult. Welcome back. Some good news about poverty this morning. It was down last year only 14 and a half percent of us were living below the poverty line. It was 15 a year earlier. Its not much, but the first drop in eight years in the u. S. The Census Bureau says part of the reason is more people are working fulltime all year now than in 2006. Apples mobile users get a free upgrade today. The ios 8 has many new features and functions and improvements. And the work on the iphone 4s or newer, the ipad mini and touch 35. Fedexis raising rates, 5 for express, ground and express services. They hope it will increase revenue and operating income. It is facing competition, particularly from the postal service. And United Parcel service is hiring for the holidays. Ups plans to hire nearly 100,000 Seasonal Workers this year and expects more applicants than last year. And starbucks is test marketing the frap chee know mini. Its smaller and 30 cheaper. The tests will determine if it will be expanded to locations. Its like taking a page from the apple book. 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He struck and killed driver kevin ward jr. The case will be presented to a grand jury. Experts say he could be charged with Second Degree manslaughter if hes found to have recklessly caused wards death. Schools in the poconos will be closed today as the hunt is intensifying for the man who killed two state troopers. Eric matthew frooen was identified as the shooter. His car was found, and shell casings, camouflage face paint and his i. D. He could be hiding anywhere. Hes made statements about wanting to kill Law Enforcement officers and also to commit mass acts of murder. This fella is extremely dangerous. We have no idea where he is in the community. The troopers were shot during a shift change. The suspects father said his son is an excellent marksman who does not miss. And searching for a missing university of virginia student. A Surveillance Video puts 18yearold Hannah Elizabeth graham in a different area than thought. Friends heard from her when she texted she was lost. Her family is heartbroken but hopeful she will be found. A cancer doctor is in the middle of medicare fraud. Dr. Fareed fata put patients through unnecessary chemotherapy and billed insurers. He defrauded medicare of 225 million. Prosecutors now plan to seek a life sentence. Next, a scary situation for a guy trying to travel every country on earth. He was in buenos aries, when a guy on a motorcycle held him up at gunpoint. The guy demanded his camera equipment that hes going to use to document the trip, and he ran away and rode, with the help of locals to a nearby officer. The number of deaths due to painkillers are up. Those due to prescription pain medication quadrupled in a decade. It was ages 55 to 64, but the number of deaths may be leveling off. The key, they say, is awareness. Patients should know that medicine, when overused, can be deadly. Well, if you dont get enough sleep, your memory may be playing tricks on you. 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We were chasing down severe thunderstorms, much like doing the weather today here in the west. And they jump out of the car, the reporter and the photographer, and there were trees dropping. And they said, listen, we have to get this shot. Just drive the car up the road and well meet you a half mile down the road. I was in the cruiser, the chevrolet, four door, the big 5, i think i was the coolest guy ever. They were like, thanks, how old are you . I was 14. Leave the headline away from that one, obviously. Just a couple of years later. But look where he is today. Congratulations, david. He looked terrific. I thought you had to be 18 to intern. When its a news story, anything goes, right . The passion of david muir, got an internship at 14. We love our pets and technology, but which comes first in our hearts . A new survey reveals a lot about us. Researchers asked what we would grab first, aside from loved ones, if there was a fire. 31 said the smartphone, 18 said the pet, and 13 of us would grab the cash. Sounds about right. Oh, gosh, fido. Were so addicted. But the dogs wake up the entire family when they smell smoke. Thats true. Right. We have to show some love. They have a homing instinct, probably would be out of there before we would. Thats true. We usually dont feature a hot dog eating contest unless its the fourth of july. Its hamster versus human. Kobayashi taking on a hamster named bogart. Kobayashi devouring hot dogs. And bogart has hot dogshaped food. Its made out of grapes, dates and carrots. Its bogart judged to have one, and none other than kobayashi who puts the medal around bogarts next. Theyre going to have to check the rules on the competitive eating contest, can you have that much fur and walk on two legs . I see. For some of you, your local news is next. Two legs . I see. For some of you, your local news is next. Oh, theres an Energy Crisis happening alright. A human one. And its time to fight it. Quakers good energy is just what you want. Its how we help keep gogetters like you. Going. And getting. One bite at a time. Try quaker warm crunchy granola for the crunchy side of oatmeal. Quaker up. At 15, i was addicted. By 40, ill have lung disease. At 50, ill die of a heart attack. Dr. Regina benjamin cigarette smoke causes immediate damage that leads to health problems, even death. Those who quit or die are being replaced by a new generation of smokers. Im dr. Regina benjamin, United States surgeon general. Go to cdc. Gov. Learn how to make our next generation tobaccofree. Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. 4 28. This is a weather system on the way. It could bring rain. How close . We will check with meteorologist mike nicco. Mike . Not close enough to bring us anything today. That is the key. Good morning, everyone, live doppler hd is tracking clouds cross the north bay. A few along the coast. That is it. Clouds return late this afternoon. Temperatures are close to average. 72 to young around the bay. The 80s in the south bay and north bay. Inland east bay is warmest up to 86. Coast and San Francisco are 64 to 71. Now, how about some knowledge . Good morning, everyone, nothing but green on the map. We are looking clear. We have 12 bart trains rolling. On the north bay it looks like this is cleared. As you make it to san jose we do have a fire off of the freeway of 50 of 17 and the rest of the area along 280 away from 101 to cupertino has no delays. Breaking overnight, c. H. P. Is investigating a fail crash on interstate 580. The impact and the fire after obliterate add car. Amy hollyfield is in pleasanton at the scene. Two people died in the crash. A family was lucky to survive. We are on the front average road. Look behind me up the embankment is express 580 where the car was. It came flying over the embankment and set the hillside open fire. Officials did not realize a car was in the middle of the fire it was so big. When they got the fire out all that was left was a big chunk of metal. The car was traveling eastbound at 11 oclock last night. It clipped a white s. U. V. With a family including children. The car crashed down the embankment and the two inside died. [ inaudible ] the white s. U. V. Recovered and pulled to the right shoulder and there were no injuries. Had were several small children in the wreck. Everyone was okay. Driver of the s. U. V. Said the car that crashed was speeding and it veered to the right suddenly and clipped the s. U. V. And crashed. Everyone inside the s. U. V. Is