A woman in Critical Condition after an alligator bite. Tonight new details about that desperate moment and who helped pull her to safety. The 11second victory lap. Katie ledecky shatters a world record. Tonight the final swim from Michael Phelps and simone manuel. The gold rush is on for team usa. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecelia vega and we begin with two major and deadly threats tonight. Dangerous heat for millions in the east and in the deep south historic flooding. Louisiana in a state of emergency at this hour. This is the scene near baton rouge. More than two feet of rain falling in 24 hours. Entire neighborhoods now under water. The National Guard called in. More than 1,200 rescues. Residents say they barely had time to escape. 136 degrees, more than 50 million americans under a heat alert tonight. But now the biggest threat those rivers are still rising and rising fast. Abcs phillip mena starts us off from hardhit baton rouge. Reporter flood waters ravaging louisiana and after hundreds of high water rescues some are still stranded. Emergency crk. Firefighters hoisting residents in waistdeep water. This could have ended badly if they didnt come and help us out. Reporter these families taking only what they can carry. We have lost trailers, our apartment, our house has gone under. Nothing left. Nothing. Reporter louisiana in a state of emergency after record torrential rainfall. The hardest hit, livingston drenched with 21 inches in 24 hours. Away from his home. My son came to pick us up and get us out the water and he failed and me and my son and another guy tried to get him but too late. Reporter this family rushing to get out of their home as the water started rising. How quickly did it rise . Like in ten minutes. All this happened in the last ten minutes . Uhhuh. Reporter the only way in and out of the flood zone by boat. The water rising all the way up to the window in these homes. Mailboxes barely peeking out. To give you an idea how deep and dangerous these waters are, look at that stop sign, tt sign and that car right around the bend. Almost completely submerged. We got you, man. Reporter in baker, police chief carl dunn working nonstop to rescue anyone he can. Big chief. Been out here all night. Got some families to go get. Cmon, maam. We got you. Maam, cmon sit back here with me. Reporter some residents still trapped. Major highways closed and authorities urging people to its there for a reason. Reporter two hours ago you could see the pavement in this neighborhood and now look at it. Residents evacuating as quickly as they can. There are some refusing to leave even though the water is quickly rising. Cecelia. And an incredible scene. Thank you. We want to turn to the extreme heat baking so much of this country. The northeast right in the bulls eye. Here in new york the temperatures more typical of the desert than the city. Over. Take a look. Washington, d. C. , feels like 114 with the humidity. New york, 110. Even hartford, connecticut at 113. From the carolinas to new england there will be no relief this weekend. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is testing the temperatures and wait until you see what she found. Reporter tonight a brutal heat wave blanketing the east coast. This is ridiculous. The heat is a killer. Sweltering in major cities. Skyscrapers and streets absorbing and radiating the heat. New york city under its first excessive heat warning in three years. Checking the reading the temperature here, 105 degrees. But as you get closer to the sidewalk 20 degrees hotter. In central park some relative relief at 90 degrees. Temperatures like this are not only uncomfortable, theyre dangerous. Sparking sto multiple patients struck by lightning, Mansion Square park. Reporter a Deadly Strike in poughkeepsie, new york friday killing one man and injuring four others. He got blown off the bench. And his heart stopped. Reporter this year already at least 27 children have died after being left in hot cars. In this texas parking lot friday a 6monthold losing his life. And with this heat, experts say to of course stay hydrated and to try to stay inside between those are the most dangerous hours to be out in these temperatures. Cecelia. Good advice. Get inside. Thank you. Lets bring in senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all. Any relief in sight . Not for several days unless you get a thunderstorm that cools off with some rain. Thats not a bargain either. Another group sent to the hospital because of a Lightning Strike in lake george. This time its four radar showing thunderstorms. Some severe across the northeast and continue until the sun goes down. Tomorrow hot and humid. Heat up over 100 degrees from d. C. Boston youre getting into the party as well. The other big story is the flooding refusing to move west of the flood zone in louisiana, and some streaming northward. Parts of the midwest until tuesday flood watches. Rob, you get inside, too. Thank you. We want to turn to the race for the white house and a new call to action from donald trump. He is telling his supporters to but to not stop there. He wants them to be on the watch for cheating. This comes after trump said that if he does not win pennsylvania, its because the system is rigged. Abcs mary bruce has more. Reporter tonight donald trump with a message to pennsylvania voters. If he loses there, it will be because Hillary Clinton played dirty. The only way we can lose in my opinion, i really mean this, pennsylvania, is if cheating goes on. I really believe it. Reporter urging supporters not just to vote but to be on the lookout for cheating. Watch and study and make sure other people dont come in and vote five times. Reporter and making the call for volunteers to help stop hillary from rigging this election. Trump crying foul as he plummets in key Battle Ground states like florida and North Carolina and showing signs of campaign fatigue. I want to get the hell out of here. I want to go home. Reporter hes giving voters whiplash flip flopping on his i said the founder of isis. Obviously being sarcastic. Then, then but then not that sarcastic to be honest with you. Ive been saying and keep saying because its true but somewhat sarcastically. Ive been saying hes the founder of isis and i say shes the close second. Reporter clinton coming to her defense. On another front. This is the biggest load of bull i ever heard. Reporter dismissing claims clinton lied when she said she never read classified emails on her private server as secretary of state. Mary, back in the news tonight that hack on top democrats. The fallout continues, but were learning that many big names in the party are being told to change their phone numbers because of this breach . Reporter cecelia, even House Democratic leader nancy pelosi is receiving Text Messages after what shes describing as a electronic watergate attack. Shes changing her phone number cecelia. In new mexico a Police Officer killed in the line of duty by a fugitive on the run suspected of a murder in ohio. It began with a traffic stop. Three men inside the car. Police say the driver shot the officer, then sped off, stealing another car and shooting its driver, too. After a chase Police Caught up with them and tonight all three are in custody. To colorado, and a controversial sentencing in a college rape case. Much lighter sentence than prosecutors recommended. Tonight what the young woman he admitted to raping told the court how he changed her life. Heres abcs Lauren Lyster with the growing outrage. Reporter this former university of colorado student Austin Wilkerson convicted of sexual assault. Tonight his punishment drawing attention for what some are calling a light sentence. Rape is serious. Normally one gets a prison but its not a uniform rule. Reporter wilkerson facing 4 to 12 years in prison. The judge allowing him to serve two years of work release, nights and weekends in jail. According to local reports, that judge saying wilkerson deserves to be punished, but we need to find out whether he can or cannot be rehabilitated. Wilkerson claimed his victim consented, later admitted to sexually assaulting the woman after celebrating on st. Patricks day in 2014. He definitely in our opinion and as we argued to the court throughout the process has given whatever version of the story at that moment is best going to serve him. Reporter the victim making her impact statement from court public saying when im not having nightmares of rape, im having panic attacks, even trying to take her own life. The case coming on the heels of stanford swimmer brock turners sixmonth sentence for sexual assault. The defense attorney pointing out he was a first time offender decision and will have to register as a sex offender for life. Cecelia. From des moines, iowa a family of four walking away unharmed after their plane failed after takeoff. The plane was destroyed by fire coming to a rest on a road. It was the planes parachute that saved this familys lives. Abcs Gloria Rivera has the store. And the images just coming in. Reporter a frightening scene. A small prop plane engulfed in black smoke momentaf emergency parachute landing in iowa. A father was at the controls. His wife and two children on board when he realized after takeoff they were in serious trouble. We have engine failure. He just went down off of park. Looks like the chute was deployed. On fire. Reporter he deployed the planes builtin parachute allowing the aircraft to float into an intersection hitting power lines on the way down. Aircraft erupted into flames. We just had the pilot call us and everybody is out of the plane, nobody injured. Reporter here in 2015 it was a loss of oil pressure that forced a pilot to deploy his parachute man down. As this plane went down in arkansas. It landed on a busy highway and was hit by a truck, but, again, everyone involved is okay. Parachutes on this type of plane have been deployed more than 60 times saving many lives. Cecelia. We want to turn to rio. It is transition day. Track and field starts as swimming comes to an end. But what a finish for Katie Ledecky winning another gold with that massive lead and Michael Phelps shares a silver in his final individual race. One last competition for him tonight and in the medal count team usa still way out ahead holding that lead. Abcs matt gutman is in rio for us once again. Reporter tonight the baton has been passed. Gold foiled by a Joseph Schooling from singapore. Phelps losing decisively. The most decorated medal winner in olympic history sharing the silver medal stand with two others. The gold medallist took this picture in the 2000 olympics in beijing. A younger idol Katie Ledecky, four medals around her neck. Torpedoing through the freestyle. So far ahead seen swimming the wrong way. Vesting her own record for another gold. You win the race, touch the wall, 11 seconds ahead of the next competitors. That is a long time in sports. Can you tell us more about what was going through your mind . Nothing different than any other time. I mean, i think throughout the race i was just appreciating every moment of competing at the olympics. Reporter hasnt been all some has been emerald. The diving pool has been green all week. Organizers admitting it was algae. Acknowledging they put the wrong chemicals in. And as track and field opens, to a mostly empty stadium, history being made. Michelle carter becoming the First American woman ever to win gold in shot put and feats of strength run in the family. Her father won silver in 1984 becoming the first father daughter duo to medal. In usa history. Also on the track, speed. The 100meter heats. American Justin Gatlin winning his heat and usain bolt taunting his opponents for a third consecutive gold in the 100. And Michael Phelps saying this is it, tonight will be his final olympic swim. But as Katie Ledecky told us earlier today hes got nothing left to prove and it could take cecelia. We are all cheering them on. Thank you. Still much more ahead on world news tonight this saturday. A woman in intensive care after an alligator attack. She nearly lost her hand when she reached into the water in the everglades. New details tonight about how she survived and who pulled her to safety. The teenage boy stranded on a popular hiking trail. The race to save him caught on camera. And the little gymnast that could. 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Reporter 49yearold Kimberly Sexton was in a remote area when she reached into the water to grab an empty soda can. She was standing on the dock, dropped a can into the water. As she reached in, thats when she was bitten. Reporter witnesses say the gator bit right above the wrist. Two family members grabbed her to prevent her from being dragged into the water freeing her from the alligators jaws. The hand was still attached though but almost a severe almost full amputation of the hand. Reporter the woman going in and out of consciousness transported to by helicopter to a local hospital. Her family says she will have her third major surgery tomorrow. As for the alligator, it was caught by wildlife officials. Cecelia. Thank you. When we come back, orlando a survivor of the pulse nightclub attack celebrates a major milestone two months after that massacre. And we have a passing to report tonight. You may not know his face. 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Reporter two young gymnasts you havent heard of yet. Jamari wilson. Medaled already at the state level. And sheridan ramsey, who has rubbed shoulders with olympic star simone biles. Both very good young gymnasts, and both part of a terrifying disaster last year when a tornado hit the aim high academy. The tulsa, oklahoma studio they both belong to. 50 young gymnasts were trapped in the basement that day, praying. One by one, firefighters brought them out. Wrapped for the rescue. Our senior meteorologist rob marciano spoke to jamari that day. Bricks are laying, that was our uneven bar area. Reporter which has meant, ever since, the aim high Academy Girls have been struggling in borrowed space. Until this week, when they were brought by busablished studio and told, that thanks to a Million Dollar donation from a local businessman. This is now aim high academys new home. And when sheridan heard this i was speechless and i just started crying. I dont know. Ive always wanted a gym like this. Like a relief. Reporte i feel at home. I see the olympic sign and the American Flag reporter you could just tell where being tougher might take these kids yet. John donvan, abc news. Thank you for watching tonight. Gma and this week in the morning. Im cecelia vega. Danger. The new threat from wildfires setting the headlines ablaze. Nats screaming sheer panic caught on camera. In North Carolina police are desperate to find the person accused of opening fire inside a mall. Sending shoppers running for their lives. But first you put your trust in metros finest. You expect them to protect them is behind bars accused of possessing child pornography. Good evening and welcome to 13 action news, live at six. Im christopher king. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department is investigating one of their very own. Officer Ruben Delgadillo arrested yesterday accused of having child pornography. 13 action News ReporterMichael Burton joins us live from metros headquarters with more. Hristopher delgadillo faces one count of possession of child pornography and one count he was booked into ccdc yesterday. Police say they served a search warrant at a home after receiving allegations that the officer had child porn in his possession. The search led police to arrest the officer. These allegations are being investigated by the internal Affairs Bureau and the internet crimes against Children Task force. Many locals say they feel betrayed. Harr theyre supposed to protect and serve, but if theyre doing Something Like that its kind of dangerous because everyone has children. I wouldnt want my child being on his computer. Delgadillo joined the Police Department in july of 2015 and was assigned to the Community Policing division. Delgadillo is on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the investigation