Bully fire starter faces manslaughter charges. Freddie Alexander Smoke III, who accidentally started the Bully Fire in Shasta County, California has been charge
of fast moving water in a flash flood situation to move a big vehicle, even a big suv like this. two feet takes you to the top of the rim. that s not a lot of water. in arizona, monsoon rains filling the streets. georgia swears the water wasn t that deep when she entered the intersection. like a minimal amount, a little puddle. all of a sudden the water came rushing through with tree debris and lord only knows what, wood, everything, just came flying at my car. reporter: and after all that mess, the chill. well, relatively. you can see the numbers there. only in the 70s and 80s. some places like dallas dropping 20 degrees. a lot of people liking it. others saying, hey, where did july go? either way, ginger zee, abc news, new york. well, the problem in northern california hasn t been not enough water, which means threatening wildfires. the bully fire has consumed more than 8,000 acres and 18
wildfire in northern california has prompted new evacuations of residents there. firefighters say the so-called bully fire is threatening 15 homes. authorities say the blaze was sparked by a truck that was delivering fertilizer to an illegal marijuana growing operation. about 40 central americans detained briefly in new mexico have been sent back to their home countries. the adults and children were put on a plane bound for honduras. part of a wave of immigrants, many of them children, flooding detention centers. officials say there s now a renewed effort to quickly deport anyone arriving in a recent surge across the mexican border. the veterans administration already under fire over its health care is now being criticized over its disability payments. a new internal report says the va is making those payments to tens of thousands of veterans without adequate medical evidence. the report also found major problems at the va regional offices in philadelphia and baltimore. investigato
earning season gets into full swing this week from results from jpmorgan, intel, yahoo! ibm and google. we hear from the fed chair who will testifying before congress about the economy. citigroup and the justice department will a nouns a settlement today. resolving allegations that the bank sold toxic mortgages before the final crisis. $2.5 million of the settlement is going to go toward consumer relief. the owners of the trump plaza will send out notices to workers today warning them it play close in mid september. if it happen it is would be the fourth atlantic city casino set to close this year. that s a look at some of the business headlines. back to you. thank you very much. some of the other stories making news this morning over 1,000 california firefighters are working to contain the so-called bully fire. it burned almost 4,000 acres. authorities say a man on the illegal pot cultivation site started it. the accused is freddie alexander smoke.
the multinational negotiations are just days away from that july 20th deadline for an agreement to try and prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. but with no deal so far, they are expected to extend that deadline to allow even more time for negotiations. a lawsuit by retired football players, including former chicago bears quarterback, jim mcmahon, now sparking a federal investigation of the nfl for a prescription drug abuse. the new york daily news reports the drug enforcement agency is looking into the abuse of pain killers, sleeping pills and other drugs in nfl locker rooms. and police arresting a man accused of causing a massive wildfire in northern california. he was allegedly at a illegal marijuana growing spot when exhaust fumes from his truck ignited the dry grass. the so-called bully fire, which is north of sacramento, has now grown to nearly five square miles. i ll be back with arthel neville for a half hour of news.