shooting remains in critical condition at a seattle hospital. doctors say she has woken up enough to respond to her family but she still has a long road ahead. komo s denise whitaker spoke to her father and doctor. reporter: amina bowman s dad john was overjoyed to see his daughter awake and aware that her parents and grandma were by her side. even though she s on a ventilator in intensive care. she was in very close to death yesterday. and now she has stopped bleeding but still is critically ill and has a long road ahead of her. it s it s like a burden being lifted, you know. it s just daily show i can t describe the feeling. reporter: amina was just enjoying her school day wednesday when out of nowhere a third-grader brought a gun to the classroom and shot amina. reporter: the gun that fired and hit the 8-year-old girl was concealed inside a classmate s backpack. police s it was a semi-automatic pistol. a .45-caliber. so that creates a significant forc
good evening on this sunday and happy father s day. across so much of the south tonight, growing concern over those multiplying wildfires. one official put it best today, saying the conditions firefighters are facing in the american southwest can t get any worse. just take a look at this map tonight. the red zone, an area about 1,000 miles wide, covering portions of seven states, is now under what s called a red flag warning tonight. meaning weather conditions pose an extreme fire risk. the largest fire in arizona has now burned more than a half million acres. nationwide, wildfires have burned as much land so far this year as were burned all of last year. we re going to check in with a team of reporters from texas to new mexico, but first, the latest pictures coming in and the numbers tonight. the fires have burned more than a million acres in just the last 72 hours. in what was already a record wildfire season, with more than 4.3 million acres burned this year. authorities c