Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with the stunning images coming in from tennessee. Several major fires fueled by 60mileperhour winds, and we have just learned tonight that the fires have now turned deadly. It is hard to grasp the true scope of this disaster, just look through the windshield of this car, surrounded by flames there on both sides of the road. So many trying to escape tonight. An entire city evacuated. The flames creeping towards a cabin. A surveillance camera capturing it all. And Tennessee State troopers guiding families away from their homes through the thick smoke and fallen trees. Abcs linzie janis leading us off from tennessee tonight. Hit the gas hit the gas reporter tonight, the race to escape the flames. Go, go, go, go, go reporter embers flying over the windshield. That [ bleep ] going to melt these tires, arent they . Riding shotgun as he and a friend drove through the massive fire in the Great Smoky Mountains. Winds gusting to 60 Miles Per Hour fanning the flames. Police rushing door to door, evacuating the entire city of gatlinburg. Police pounding on the door and said, you got to go right now. Reporter the wall of fire engulfing this cabin. Terrified guests trapped inside the park vista hotel, as the one next door erupts. You had to lay, like, perfectly flat on the ground or the smoke was, like, just too thick. Dead. Officials calling apocalyptic. This is a fire for the history books. Because it is unlike anything most have ever seen. Look, its blotted out the sun. Reporter sunrise bringing images of the devastation in the hardesthit area. Just look at this home completely burnt to the ground. You can see this giant steel beam twisted and bent by the heat of the fire. Its still smoldering. More than 150 homes and looks like a bomb has gone off. Reporter the Great Smoky Mountains are a hugely popular tourist destination, and the home of Dolly Partons theme park, dollywood. 12 cabins there burned, but the main park is safe. In a statement, parton saying she is praying for all the families affected and the firefighters who are working so hard. David, the major of gatlinburg says the next 24 hours will be critical in putting out fires like this one at this burntdown motel. The bad news . The winds are expected to whip up tonight. The good news . Some muchneeded rain is on the way in the morning. David . Linzie, thank you. Just a devastating scene there behind you. And you heard me mention the winds at the top. So, lets get right to meteorologist rob marciano. Rob, when you hear about those 60mileperhour wind gusts, that certainly does not help. Reporter no, its a trigger, david. And just like last night, weve got high winds expected tonight. Take a look at this. High wind watches and warnings in the fire zone in advance of the next batch of rain, beneficial rains, but that tornadoes tonight in louisiana and in mississippi. A very dangerous situation. Folks who live in and around monroe, jackson, especially tupelo, mississippi, need to be onguard now for the next four, five hours. It moves east tomorrow, over the fire zone as a beneficial rain, and across much of the northeast, including here in new york and new england, which, today, its been raining all day. David . Rob marciano with us tonight. Rob, thank you. We turn next here to the other major story tonight, the deadly plane crash. The images of that team celebrating along the way on their journey. But then, the flight overnight crashing, nearly everyone onboard was killed. The flight was carrying a Brazilian Soccer Team to a finals match, crashing on a hillside in colombia. And we have just learned here what happened right before that crash. That team had so much to look forward to. Celebrating a cinderella rise on their way to a playoff game. 71 people killed. But miraculously, six were found outside the plane, somehow they survived. Abcs david kerley on what reporter only part of the fuselage of the jet was left intact, having slammed into a hill. Through the day, the grim task of recovering the bodies of the 71 onboard who were killed. But remarkably, those six survivors found away from the fuselage. It was to be a joyous trip for the regional Brazilian Soccer Team, the chap a. Making a big tournament for the first time in its history. Documenting their trip in the airport, then selfies onboard. And the tale of these two players. Alan ruschel, able to survive. Next to him, danillo padilla, a goalkeeper found alive. He was actually able to call his family, but then died from his injuries. And the heartbreaking story of this 22yearold player who was killed, his family releasing this video from just last week in their hometown, fans stunned by the loss. The jet, a British Aerospace 146, was owned by a charter company. It is often used to get into difficult airports, which this is. Abc consultant Steve Ganyard has flown into that airport. Even in the daytime, its a very sporty place, because not only do you have this very rugged terrain, but there is oftentimes weather. Reporter on the last leg of its flight, the short haul jet starts circling around in bad weather. The crew reports an electrical failure, declaring an emergency, then disappearing from radar. The black boxes have been recovered, but with an electrical failure, did they continue to record . And did the crew have enough navigational instruments . If you are on battery power, you dont know where you are. In this case, when you throw weather, nighttime, high terrain and no navigation, its a recipe for disaster. Reporter colombian Authorities Say the tail hit the top of a mountain, with the rest of the jet sliding down the those six survivors sitting, and how did they survive when so many others perished . So the tail of the get hitting that mountain. And david kerley, who covers aviation for us, there were some members of that team who did not board that flight . Reporter two members, actually, david, because of injuries, stayed home. And were dejected, they were in the locker room today, having lost the majority of their team. Also, the coachs son was supposed to be on the plane. He forgot his passport, he too survived. Really a hole in that community in brazil tonight. Yeah, just a horrible picture there of those two team members learning of the news. David, thank you. We also do have new reporting tonight of that horrific attack at ohio state. The student who crashed into a crowd, and then went on a rampage with a butchers knife. Tonight, isis is now calling him wouchb their, quote, soldiers. But this evening, the video of the attacker just a few months ago, celebrating his graduation here in america. So, what or who got to him . Reporter isis tonight is claiming the ohio state attack was carried out by what it called one of its soldiers of the islamic state. Abdul razak artan, cum laude. Reporter just five months ago, Abdul Razak Ali artan was graduating with honors from Community College in ohio. Leading one of his victims today to wonder what happened. Picture of the graduation shows a jubilant young man, so, to do this, for this to happen four, five months later, yes, i would be very interested what all the circumstances were. Reporter all smiles in his facebook pictures, artans name now is added to a long list of at least 14 young people linked to terrorist attacks in the u. S. In his statement posted on facebook before the attack in which he was shot dead, artan wrote, if you want us muslims to stop carrying out lone wolf attacks, then make peace. Authorities say artan was not known to the fbi, and as agents now seek to learn more, victims are beginning the healing process. Angry. Reporter 28yearold army vet Anderson Payne served two tours in iraq unscathed, only to be injured on an American College campus. He turned and went to swing the knife at me, and i reached up with my left hand and i grabbed the blade so that it couldnt hit me and that gave me enough time to duck under his arm and make my way back into the building to get away from him. All right, so, lets get right to brian ross tonight, because isis is now claiming this young man was one of their soldiers, is there any evidence to back this up . Reporter so far, david, theres not. And thats what the fbi is doing now. Going through his phone records, his computer, looking to see who he might have been in contact with. David . Brian ross and your team. Our thanks to you. At this hour, president elect donald trump is set to go to dinner with mitt romney and his wife, ann. Does this signal romney will get that role of secretary of state . Its become a very public jockeying for position, rudy giuliani, general petraeus among the names. But mr. Trumps own transition was overshadowed today by one of his own tweets about the reporter president elect trump starting his day with an out of the blue declaration on twitter nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. If they do, there must be consequences. Perhaps loss of citizenship or a year in jail. No explanation for what trigged trump, but the tweet came just 30 minutes after a fox news segment that a Massachusetts College removed all american flags after someone set one ablaze to protest trump. One flag was set on fire. Reporter flag burning is protected under the first amendment. 26 years ago, the Supreme Court decided its a form of freedom of speech. One of the justices who agreed . The late antonin scalia, who trump has often praised. In this country, we have a long tradition of respecting unpleasant speech. We have a responsibility as a country to carefully protect our rights that are enshrined in the constitution. Reporter trumps tweet busy day for the transition team. Republican congressman tom price of georgia picked as secretary of health and human services. Price is an orthopedic surgeon, and a fierce critic of obamacare. This is bad for patients, for all americans. Reporter hes one of few republicans with a detailed plan for replacing the president S Health Care law. It includes repealing the expansion of medicaid, which provides insurance for millions of low income americans. Nice to see you all. Reporter today, trump also tapping former labor secretary elaine chao to head the department of transportation. Chao, the wife of Senate Majority leader much mcconnell. And for treasury secretary, trump picking his Campaign Finance chairman steve mnuchin, who spent 17 years working for Goldman Sachs where he was a partner. But the powerful job of secretary of state still unfilled. Today, trump meeting with tennessee senator bob corker. And tonight, the president elect sitting down for a second time with mitt romney, who denounced trump during the campaign. Do you still think hes a reporter tonight, romney joining trump for dinner with their wives. And tom llamas with us live tonight from trump tower. So, tom, we had that first meeting between mr. Trump and mitt romney. Then Kellyanne Conway deeply critical of romney on our own air. And now, tonight, this dinner with romney again, so, is he in . Is he out . Reporter david, no doubt mitt romney is still at the top of that list. Rudy giuliani has been campaigning hard for that post. We know that jeernl petraeus and senator corker are in the mix. But tonight, it will be mitt romney who has Donald Trumps ear. The two successful businessmen who at one time hated each other break bread tonight. David . Tom llamas covering this transition every step of the way. Tom, thanks. Overseas tonight, and to syria, and to troubling pictures after a new round of air strikes killed at least ten civilians trying to flee aplepaleppo. Video shows the bloody aftermath after Government Forces pounded the city, trying to reclaim one of the final outposts held by president Bashar Al Assads opponents. 16,000 people have been displayed in recent days, trying to escape the fighting. Back here at home tonight, and to a stunning moment in court today. In south carolina, officer Michael Slager taking the stand in his own defense, charged in the shooting death of driver walter scott, after a routine traffic stop. Heres abcs steve osunsami. I made the decision to use lethal force, because mr. Scott never stopped. Reporter this former Police Officer took a giant risk testifying. Michael slager looked into the jurys eyes and told them that at this very moment, when he started firing at walter scott in the green shirt, he felt afraid for his life. I fired until the threat was stopped, like im trained to do. Reporter scott was unarmed, and is clearly seen in this cell phone video running away. Prosecutors say it was murder, and made slager stand up and hold a tape ruler to show jurors how far scott ran. A whole 18 feet before Slager Slager is claiming that scott grabbed his taser in a fight before the cell phone recording. And i saw that taser coming at me, coming at me like this. Reporter but he now admits that scott didnt run away holding it. People in the courtroom shook their heads as slager struggled to explain this why he picked up the taser from this location and moved it closer to scotts dead body. Was it because i was policing my gear . I cant even answer to that. Reporter slager told jurors he wasnt trying to plant but outside this courthouse, in the black neighborhoods where he once worked, they dont believe him. David . Steve, thank you. And there is a new turn this evening in the case of the missing mother, found alive, weeks later in california, bound and left by the side of the road. Her husband speaking to abc news about her injuries, and tonight, authorities now revealing to abc that she was branded. And that whoever did it might have been trying to send a message. Heres abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter tonight, sherri papinis husband speaking out, mixture of horror and elation upon first seeing his wife in the hospital. The officers warned me to brace myself. Her face covered in bruises ranging from yellow to black because of repeated beatings. The bridge of her nose broken. Weighing just 87 pounds, her now emaciated body covered in severe bu burns. She has been branded. That branding on papinis skin now being scrutinized. It is not a symbol, but it was a message. Reporter to who . It could be a message to her, it could be a message to others. Reporter authorities are still hunting for papinis captors, described as two armed Hispanic Women driving a dark suv. Keith papini says his wife was released with a chain around her waist and a bag over her head. David, keith saying his wifes long blond hair had been chopped off. The sheriff telling me, that psychological warfare to destroy her identity. David . Kayna, thank you. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. The growing crime in america and the dramatic video tonight. Watch this. Thieves ramming their truck into a store, and then a whole team racing in, trying to get their hands on guns. Police now saying its happening in so many cities. Where they are searching, at this hour. The abc news investigation, right after the break. The road rage battle in the parking lot. 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