Collisions . Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin with the growing danger from californias raging wildfires. The worst of them, west of sacramento. The fastmoving rocky fire. Take a look right there. Nearly doubling in size overnight. More than 12,000 people evacuated. The fire, only 5 contained. California. Major fires burning in nine states tonight. Clayton sandell starting us off tonight. Clayton . Reporter good evening, tom. You can see the flames flaring up here. Firefighters actually set that fire. Theyre trying to burn through all of this dry, unburned fuel. The goal is to try and hold the line at this highway here, trying to stop a monster fire that has doubled in size in the last 24 hours. Firefighters are working day and night in close handtohand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. Its already chewed through nearly 50,000 acres. Destroying at least 24 homes. Threatening thousands more. Today, the u. S. Military called up two more c130 firefighting planes from colorado to california to join large dc10 tankers. Hes coming in, going to drop fire retardant. This plane can drop 12,000 gallons at once. There it goes. The terrain here is bone dry. And lightning isnt helping. Since thursday, 13,000 lightning strikes sparking more than 260 fires. We had seen a couple spot fires and those pretty much escalated and got pretty big and took off the whole side of the mountain. Doomsday, thats what it looked like. Reporter more than 15,000 people evacuated. David barreda is temporarily camped in an rv with his pets. Just keep an eye on it and see when we can back in there and they give the okay. Reporter and tonight Fire Fighters mourning one of their own. David ruhl, 38, lost his life as he surveyed the fire zone. And tom, the firefighters we talked to along this road, theyve been at this for 30 hours straight. They are hoping to get a break from the weather in the next couple of days. Tom . They need it. Okay. Thank you. And rob marciano is here. Weather . They will get a break. A big change in the weather pattern, the hot, dry rig is sliding to the east. And some breaking news out of the midwest . Some sad news, one dead, 15 injured from a severe thunderstorm that rolled through. In illinois, winds over 60 miles an hour, causing a tent to collapse. And another severe thunderstorm watch through lower michigan. Tonight and to the east tomorrow. Thank you. And now to the southwest, where explosions rocked two churches. The places of worship targeted during sunday service us. The blasts, just 30 minutes apart in the same city. Kayna whitworth has the details. Kayna whitworth has the details. Reporter tonight, the fbi investigating two terrifying explosions at churches in new mexico. It sounded like something had fallen off and shattered the glass in the back. Reporter 8 00 a. M. , an explosion in a mailbox outside Calvary Baptist church, parishioners left with their ears ringing. 30 minutes later at 8 30 a. M. Just as worshipers were receiving communion, another explosion. Shattering the glass front doors at Holy Cross Church in las cruces. That bomb exploding in a trash can near the entrance. Police arrived, escorting everyone out. I didnt even see the police walk up to the altar and then all of a sudden i hear, hey, we need everyone out of the church. And i was like, what happened . What did we miss while we were, mass was happening . Reporter instead of sunday school, she spent her morning making this sign letting everyone know services were cancelled. Nobody was injured but after the deadly attack in South Carolina in june, many here left wondering where they can truly be safe. Kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. And now to the president ial race. With the first Republican Debate days away, word another democrat may be jumping in. Vice president joe biden. And there are reports its someone very close to his heart that urged him to do it. Mary bruce is at the white house tonight. Reporter tonight, the question facing joe biden, to run or not to run. His advisors telling abc news, bidens Political Team is ramping up. Clear signs that hes considering jumping in the race for the white house. Hi, how are you . Reporter his chief of staff quietly talking to bidens supporters and democratic donors. In the past, bidens been clear, hes interested. Yes, theres a chance, but i havent made up my mind about that. Reporter one thing weighing on his decision. My father, my hero, joe biden. Reporter his son beau, who died of cancer just two months ago. The New York Times reporting that on his deathbed beau had a mission he tried to make his father promise to run. Bidens a tested campaigner. So give me a break. Reporter this would be his third run at the white house. But from his touchyfeely side to his blunt straight talk. Biden is also a master of the faux pas. A biden run could complicate things for president obama, forcing him to choose between his number two and his former secretary of state. So far, the president isnt taking sides. Not only have i run my last election, but i am not in the business of prognosticating future elections. Reporter no decisions have been made yet. Biden says he will make up his mind by the end of the summer. Tom . Thank you. And lets bring in jonathan karl. The race is well under way. Does the Vice President have enough time to raise enough money and pose a serious threat to Hillary Clinton . He would start way behind on fundraising, organization, and popular support. But he would instantly give clinton a formidable challenger. He could give her a run for the money. We would have a real race on the democratic side. Jon, thank you so much. And president obama with 17 months left in office, preparing new riglations that could put business. Saying theyre the single biggest source of carbon pollution. The full plan will set limits on emissions emissions. And overseas to the hunt for the search for the malaysian passenger jet that disappeared 18 months ago. Raising hopes that something would be found. Alex marquardt reports in. Reporter new excitement today over this twisted piece of metallic debris found wedged between the rocks on a beach. Immediate speculation another piece of mh370 had been found. But officials soon poured cold water on the discovery, saying it was just part of a ladder. Not the doomed boeing 777. It was on this beach that the object was found, quickly reported to police who came and picked it up. That out there is a vast ocean but this is also a big island, and as you can see from everything strewn across this beach, there are new objects washed ashore every day. Were going to have to be weve found one piece, i think that theres going to be a lot of junk floating around the indian ocean thats going to look like its a piece of a 777. Reporter the false alarm just days after a sixfoot part of a 777 wing was found here on reunion island. Transported to Southern France for analysis at a military lab. Were not aware of any other instance where this sort of component has been lost from a 777 aircraft. Inch could offer revelations, the way the metal tore on impact. Even the barnacles, which could give a better idea of where the plane went down. Every piece of the airplane that we can find will hopefully give us some clues. But its only going to tell us what happened when that airplane hit the water. Reporter why the plane went down, and what happened before it hit the water, tom, may be only be answered if those black boxes are ever found. In the meantime, the analysis of that piece of wing is due to begin in france on wednesday. Tom . Alex, thank you. So many talking about the killing of that protected lion in africa. In new york, images projected to 33 stories high, 160 images in all, including cecil, the slain lion. Heres abcs phillip mena with an upzat update on the reporter tonight, this image of jericho the lion standing proudly sunday, providing a sigh of relief. A report emerging saturday from the Zimbabwe Conservation task force claiming jericho was illegally killed by a hunter. The group today, apologizing for what they say was a case of mistaken identity. The news comes as zimbabwes government announced that a second american is wanted in connection with another illegal lion killing back in april. That investigation is ongoing. As is the countrys pursuit of dr. Walter palmer, the minnesota dentist wanted for killing its most famous lion, cecil. Now, more details about that infamous hunt last month. Bronkhurst telling a newspaper the hunt went wrong from the saying they were never meant to hunt on the land where cecil was shot. While dr. Palmer hasnt been seen since closing his dental office six days ago, his representative did voluntarily reach out to u. S. Fish and wildlife investigators. The agency acknowledging his cooperation. In the wake of the killing, these images saturday night of endangered species illuminating the empire state building. And the zimbabwe government announcing that all hunting of endangered and conservation efforts rely heavily on the highpriced so, theyre counting on donations. And a troubling outbreak of legionnaires disease, possibly linked to air conditioning. Aditi roy investigates. Reporter tonight, a growing outbreak of legionnaires four dead, dozens sickened, and a community on edge. And now, one of the citys Top Health Officials is warning people who live or work near the area where the latest outbreak started, could be at risk. I was about to wait one more day to go to the hospital. If i had, i dont think i would reporter the news comes at a time when legionnaires cases in recent years. The bacteria is spread by breathing in a contaminated vapor such as from an air city officials have linked this outbreak to city cooling towers and they have all since been cleaned. Its safe to drink happen water, because it is an airborne disseminated condition. However, if youre in close quarters where theres a cooling system and you feel sick, its important to Pay Attention to that. Reporter tonight, new york Health Officials are warning there may be even more cases that pop up this week from this latest outbreak. Tom . Aditi, thank you. Now to the fearless surfer that fought off a shark. For the First Time Since that scary encounter, he got back in the water. Something was circulating right by him. Reporter mick fanning captivated the world. A shark attacking him from behind in south africa. Shaken but not deterred, cameras were there whit him as the World Champion got back into the water off the coast of australia. Youll never believe what caused him to race back to shore. We are sitting on there and then we looked and saw a tiny little fin. You are kidding me . Yeah, i swear to god. Reporter from the state of the safety of the shore, he spots the shark again. There it is. Straight out. I just saw it. Directly straight out. Reporter shocked, but certain he will compete again. This tough and daring surfer getting a muchneeded hug from mom. Its all right. Oh, is that funny. Glad mom was there. The next competition is in two im sure he will be scanning those waters. Still ahead, riding a bike has never been more dangerous. This collision caught on tape. The driver speeding off. T not so fast. How this cyclist was more than ready. What you may want before you jump on that bike. And more on this image. No, its not moon dust. Take a close look. 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Reporter now, this goes back some six years to when a very little brayton was first diagnosed with a rare blood disease and needed to get to the faroff hospital that is one of the few places that can treat it. And an Organization Called angel flight east volunteered to fly him. I got to see him when he was just a baby with tubes coming out of him. It just broke your heart. Reporter well, six years go by, a lot of flights back and forth, a lot. And a bond grew. Based in part on being up in the air. Which was about the only good thing about making the journey. He gives brayton his own headset and braytons learned when he can talk. Hes learned how air Traffic Control works. Reporter theres another thing going on here. Craig doing this for brayton saved his family thousands of dollars. Not to mention its helped keep him alive. There were times craig actually slept overnight near the hospital so he could make the return trip without burning a lot more fuel. 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