Stop the online shaming. People say, critics forced him to. What do you say about that . I dont really think about it. We did the right thing. This seats what . 16,000 people . Why wouldnt you bring people in here . Why wouldnt you open this up . Right now, well take as many as we can, and were happy to do it if we need to do it now. Across from the church, this hotel housed evacuees from day one, but a nearby starbucks was closed due to water damage. Joel says the city never asked lakewood to be a shelter. Should you have prepared for this situation . Had we have known it was going to be this huge of a flood, we would have prepared sooner, but even our volunteers and our staff couldnt get to the building. Last night, lakewood held its First Service since the storm, and joel became emotional as he paid tribute to the victims. This morning, people on foot and in cars lined up to get essentials. Lakewood is accepting donations from 2 00 to 5 00 p. M. They especially need baby products. I
This is entertainment tonight. The stars continue to join forces to raise money and aid for victims of hurricane harvey. Kevin frazier joining us now on the ground in texas with more. Hi, kev. Im standing outside Lakewood Church here in houston, and people have been arriving all day long to get the simple essentials you need for survival. Now this is also the home church for joel osteen. Ill get to my conversation with the pastor in just a moment, but first, i have to say with so many people here in need, its amazing to see how hollywood is stepping up to help. I cant really talk about it. I dont know why it makes me so upset. It just really makes me just really upset. I really hope people know, you know, my grandmas sitting here, and i go home to my seven dogs and if i didnt have that anymore, it would be really hard. Im happy to help anyway that i can. Miley donated 500,000 to relief efforts. Leonardo dicaprio doubled that, giving 1 million through his charitable foundation. And were
3 we have a local breaking news alert. Crews are on the scene of a fire in dearborn county. It broke out around 3 45 this morning on Market Street in aurora. Initial reports are that someone was trapped inside. We have a crew on the way to the scene and will have a live report coming up in minutes. 3 a local mother and her daughter are remembered tonight. Five days after they were tragically killed in a crash. Desirae hensley. And her eight year old daughter jakyria were hit head on. Spring last thursday. Local 12s Adam Clements joins us live in the newsroom with details on how you can pay your respects. As well as the latest on the investigation. 3 sheila. This has been tough on a lot of people. Such a devastating loss. And right now. Still a lot of Unanswered Questions about how exactly this happened. Lets go back to last thursday evening. Right around seven oclock. Thirty year old desirae was driving with jakyria. Heading north on us27. When another car veered over from the southbou
Food for thought the school lunch warning. Does your kid even have time to eat . How to prevent them from playing beat the clock. Caught on camera. To catch a thief, the female robber armed with a gun, tying up the employees and loading up the jewels. Her multistate crime spree like something out of a movie. Hey, good morning. And lets get right to our top story now, a wildfire in california exploding in size overnight. Look at this picture out of middletown, california, the hills there ablaze as thousands of people are told to get out, to evacuate. Theyre calling it the valley fire, it has burned homes and a school. Highways have been shut down. Four firefighters are in the hospital this morning. More on their conditions in a moment. Meanwhile, sources on the ground say this exceptionally intense fire is creating its own lightning and gusty winds. Check this out. A professional fire photographer posted this live video on periscope right from the front lines. Lets listen. Lets go, man.
Rapidly spreading. In 24 hours this weekend, it went from nothing to the size of the the city of cleveland. It devoured 400 structures. We heart off from the heart of the flames. Reporter the roads are surrounded. The towns are ablaze. This is main street middle town. You can see theres all kind of torching going on. House after house, building after building that is going up in flames. Be careful, embers are raining down. Cautiously, we made our way through what looked like the gates of hell. This was a neighborhood, now its gone. All around loud explosions and thousand gallon propane tanks. You can feel the heat as the fire rips down main street. The roar of the fire is deafening and right across the street, that is an apartment complex that has just started to go. Its going to be a total loss. Fire crews overwhelmed as they tried valiantly to defend people homes. We heard them calling firefighters back after structures like this are just so fully engulfed in flames, there is no savi