Tonight, a new clue. Its great to have you with us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with a nightmare travel day for thousands of airline passengers. The affects of an air traffic computer failure rippling all across the country tonight. Some are travelers stranded. Here they are at washingtons Reagan National airport, waiting for the system to come back up. That airport, the hardest hit with cancellations and delays. This map showing just how bad it was at its peak. See that hole right there . Empty skies from South Carolina up through new york. Abcs linzie janis starts us off from new Yorks Laguardia airport. Reporter tonight, long lines and hours of waiting at airports across the country. Hundreds of Flights Canceled and more than 2,000 delayed, with major east coast hubs hit the if you want to just shut them both down, you can shut them both down. Reporter it all started around 11 30 a. M. And isnt over yet. The faa blaming an automation problem at its air Traffic Center in virginia. A Computer System there responsible for processing flight data critical to air traffic controllers. They said the screens had gone blank and they were not able to, i guess, track the planes coming through that area. Reporter the result, chaos. Airlines across the country forced to delay flights heading in and out of the northeast. In some airports, up to three hours. Planes in the air diverted away from d. C. Air space. That flight map showing no planes in the skies above d. C. , virginia, maryland and north carolina. Brian bartlett, trying to get back to d. C. After going to a graduation in denver. He said that it was going to be an indefinite delay. They wanted to deboard the plane. It would be at least 90 minutes before they even had another update. Reporter tonight, the faa assuring passengers the technical problem was just that and not the result of a hack attack. But the incident comes just five weeks after a computer malfunction at United Airlines triggered the delay of 800 flights. Now, another summer trip interrupted for thousands more. Cecilia, the faa tells us that system is now back up and running and it is trying to figure out what went wrong. The outage lasting five hours and, cecilia, the airlines now working hard to clear the backlog. A long day for so many people. Linzie, thank you. We turn to the west now, and the raging battle against wildfires. 68 fires in seven western states burning out of control at this hour. This one right there in washington. Tonight, the nation fighting more fires with more crews and more equipment than any time in the last 12 years. And with that comes the soaring cost, but now, federal money used in the night fight runs out in just a few weeks. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is on the fire lines. Reporter more than 13,000 firefighters battling 17 blazes across california. Temperatures peaking at 106 degrees, sending some firefighters to the hospital with heat exhaustion friday. These firefighters, theyve been doing this a long time, and they know they have to hydrate. But you know, those temperatures can creep up. Reporter the 2,800acre cabin fire sending this plume high into the sky. The terrain described as the steepest in los angeles, making it hard to use engines. In simi valley, flames coming way too close. I got a call from my daughter and she was on her way home and shes crying and she goes, mom, it is our house. Reporter in washington state, you can hear the winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour. Fanning the flames, thousands of acres burning, hundreds evacuated. I just hope and pray our house will be okay. Reporter hundreds more with no other option but to get out. I fought fire in the past, but its different when your home and family and all your possessions are sitting in the way. Reporter a photographer from our seattle station right there. Watch as fire retardant is dropped right on top of him. This junkyard is consumed by fire. A race against time for so many rushing to clear brush around their homes. The droughtstricken west in dire straits. Crews fighting the cabin fire are gathering water from this nearby reservoir. And can you see and you can see the plume of smoke behind me. Thats where the fire is. This aerial attack is so important that they actually ordered nine air tankers, but with so many fires in the state given two. Kayna, thank you. Rob is here now. The crews are really struggling out there. Are they going to catch a break any time soon . Reporter well, theyre going to see the winds diminish. Not much in the way of dry lightning, but theyre not going to get much in the way of rain. Still very, very dry. Residents are going to have to deal with air quality. Very, very poor. Highlighted yellow areas mean the smoke is just lingering. Especially in the valleys. Parts of montana. And look at this dry air. Numbers during the day tomorrow for fresno and sacramento. And then of course, theres the heat, especially across the southwest. Heat warnings that are in effect at least through tomorrow, and in some cases through monday. Thats likely to be another palm springs, 118 degrees, cecilia. They could have another record, too. Rob, thank you. And next, to that epic drought in california, may have played a role in the death of two young came persons in Yosemite National park. A tree limb crashing down on their tent in the middle of the night. Heres abcs aditi roy. Reporter officials at Yosemite National park tonight are investigating what caused a tree limb to come crashing down on a tent with two young came persons sleeping inside, killing them both. I heard a woman screaming at the top of her lungs and i knew something was wrong. Reporter park rangers arriving at the campground to provide medical help the tree branch fell and struck them and, unfortunately, they died. Reporter the tragedy took place early friday morning. In one of the parks most popular campgrounds. Just last month, a 70foot tall pine tree fell on a group of kids coming out of a Childrens Museum in pasadena, california, injuring eight of them. Experts say trees are especially susceptible, because of the statewide drought and heat. The u. S. Forest service says the drought has killed more than 12 Million Trees in california just this past year. Its still unclear whether this latest incident in yosemite is a result of the drought, but Officials Say that while the chances of being struck by a falling tree are pretty low, you should still be very careful of dry tree limbs. Park officials in yosemite are still piecing together the latest tree collapse. A grim reminder of the unpredictability of nature. Aditi roy, abc news, san jose, california. We turn next to a terrifying moment at the chicago air and water show today. Two military parachutists apparently colliding midair during their performance. One jumper landing on the lakefront beach, the other crashing into a building. One of the men seriously injured. And to politics now, all eyes on iowa this weekend. The state fair drawing president ial front runners for some politics and a lot of fried food. But one candidate coming in for a landing like no other. Abcs devin dwyer is right there covering it all. Reporter donald trump arrived at the iowa state fair like a billionaire would. The only president ial candidate to arrive in a helicopter. A never before seen iowa attraction. Who wants to go first . Reporter trump announcing free flights for kids as he promised to unveil new specifics tomorrow on his signature issue of immigration. You are going to love me in terms of immigration and illegal immigration. Were building a wall, its going to be a wall that is not nobodys going through my wall, trump builds walls, i build walls. Hes bold. Speaks his mind. Reporter the republican frontrunners grand entrance captivating iowans. Mobs flocking to the golf cart taking trump to the famous 600pound butter cow. Hillary clinton was also there, though she and trump never crossed paths. How are you, bill . Reporter the democratic frontrunner who lost iowa in 2008 back at it, doing what iowans do. Petting the animals, sampling the pork. Addressing, sort of, the controversy about an fbi investigation of her private email server. This is the usual partisanization. Which i may have just made up a word. Reporter whats the biggest mistake you think youve made so far in the campaign . Im just having a good time. Its mostly, for me, a continuing conversation with the american people. Reporter todays enjoyment coming mostly in stick form. And amidst the hay bealsalebales, where cattle are shown up and sized up just like the candidates. And trump and clinton spent an hour here at the fair, braving the crowds in a true president ial right of passage. Cecilia . Sure is. Devin, thank you. And one of those getting a ride on trumps helicopter, our own martha raddatz. Reporter you dont think this is a little much . No. Reporter its very trump, right . Yeah, its me. I am who i am. Its good for the kids, the kids love it. You can watch marthas full behind the scenes report tomorrow morning on this week. And we turn overseas now to china. That massive warehouse disaster growing tonight. New blasts and more evacuations in tianjin. Authorities finding potentially deadly chemicals in the air there. This Police Officer wearing a gas mask to protect himself. The death toll now stands above 100 and is expected to rise. Abcs bob woodruff reporting in once again from the scene. Reporter three days after those massive explosions, a miracle emerging from the charred rubble. Rescuers pulling a 50yearold man to safety. Many of those rescuers wearing protective masks as they carry him to an ambulance. The man reportedly spent three days trapped in a shipping container, but tonight, hes recovering in a hospital. The race to find the missing, more urgent than ever, as explosions sparked new blazes. The government insisting the air is safe. You can see that the police are clearing out the area. They have growing concerns. And now authorities have identified some of those dangerous chemicals unleashed by the disaster. One, sodium cyanide, could be deadly. Relatives of missing firefighters stormed a News Conference today, demanding answers. We are extremely worried, this woman says. Our son, hes just turned 18. Now, weve seen two mothers in extreme tears surrounded by friends, one of them was barely able to stand. Cecilia . So many tough images out there. Bob, thank you. And we turn next to the philippines. A double decker ferry with more than 500 passengers erupting into flames. This video capturing it all. Some passengers jumping into the water to escape. Remarkably, no passengers were hurt. And to cuba now. The American Embassy back in business. The stars and stripes waving and now, the question when will u. S. Visitors follow . Abcs jim avila reports in from havana. Reporter american businesses streaming into havana airport, researching the market and potential. This skys the limit. The cuban people are wonderful, opportunity. Reporter american tourism up an estimated 35 to 50 . The secretary of state, who toured old havana himself, encouraging americans to take advantage of the newly relaxed regulations that allow specific types of tourism. Americans getting to know cubans and cubans getting to know americans is the way that, in fact, a transformation is going to be affected. Reporter this minnesota couple here in cuba, staying with airbnb, which now rents 2,000 rooms, helped by a Hotel Shortage and a rush of americans who want to experience cuba before it changes. A great time to come. Its a special time in history. Reporter do you feel like youre being watched . Do you feel as though you are living in a communist or visiting a communist Country Police state . No, i havent noticed. Not at all. Reporter cuba, defying the old cold war perceptions of secrecy and intrigue. Jim avila, abc news, havana. And back here at home now with a new scam at the gas station. Security cameras catching it all. A line of cars filling up, but the stations computer showing nothing going out. Heres abcs Ron Claiborne with this high tech hacking. Reporter take a close look at this security video at a suburban chicago gas station. Police say what this mans doing is selling gas that hes hi jacked from the stations butpumps. Hes filling up cars and pocketing the money while the cashiers computer inside shows nothing. I noticed that gas was being pumped, but nothing was indicating on the register. So, right away, my instincts kicked in that, okay, somethings going on. Reporter its a new and growing kind of theft. Criminals hacking into gas pumps. There are several ways to do this. I believe the suspect in this case may have used some type of remote device that would manipulate the components inside the gas pump. Reporter more often, criminals purchase a stolen master key to unlock the pump, open it and then enter the manufacturers default code, which turns off the stations computerized system of monitoring sales. Amazingly, those default codes can sometimes be found on the internet. Punch in the manufacturers passwords and chances are, you get a 50 50 chance that youre going to be able to override the electronic control system. Reporter its a sophisticated and high tech way to steal gas, often without anyone at the gas station even being aware. Some gas stations are now protecting themselves against hackers by resetting those codes that can so easily be found on the internet. Cecilia . Yet another thing to watch out for. Ron, thank you. And we have much more ahead on world news tonight. Up next, you know the voice. My name is siri. Yeah, siri helping one lucky man with a lot more than just directions. Siri, the lifesaver . And are video games bad for your health . Apparently not this one. How doing this could keep you from doing that. It may seem strange, but people really can love their laxative. Especially when its miralax. It hydrates, eases and softens to unblock your system naturally, so you have peace of mind from start to finish. Love your laxative. Miralax. [ male announcer ] over time, youve come to realize. [ starter ] ready [ starting gun goes off ] [ male announcer ] its less of a race. 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Reporter this frantic plea coming from a tennessee teenager trapped beneath his nearly 5,000pound truck. Send help, please help me reporter 18yearold sam ray was working on his vehicle when it slipped off this jack, pinning him down. His phone out of reach in his back pocket, ray says he shifted his legs and hips and heard a familiar sound. It took a couple of tries, but ray managed to lean on his iphone, activating siri and asking her to call 911. Help we have everyone on the way. Reporter Emergency Responders rescuing a badly injured ray. Four broken ribs, an elbow burned by the exhaust pipe, internal injuries. He probably crushed his kidney and so his kidney was torn and bruised. Reporter its not the first time siri has been hailed a hero. This minnesota toddler knew how to use it to reach 911 when her mom had a medical emergency. Sam ray says he wasnt a big siri user before, but recovering a month later from his injuries, hes calling her a lifesaver. 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Right here. Reporter but there was also this guy, george mendonsa, who says he was at a movie with his street around 2 00 in the was over and found the nurse to kiss. I looked at the features and i said, that is me. Reporter mendonsa even had a computer take his face back in time to prove his point. The problem with his claim, physicists have recently analyzed the shadows in the photo, and they place the kiss at 5 51 p. M. , almost four hours after mendonsa said it happened. Well, whoever you are, or were, you could have just turned your faces ever so slightly in our direction and thered be no mystery. On. And on. And on. John donvan, abc news. It sure does. Thank you for watching tonight. Gma and this week in the morning. We will see you right back here
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