Vacationing on marthas vineyard. He travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with weather. Still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in Washington State. Across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. They cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. Abcs Kendis Gibson is there. Reporter tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. Authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. The atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. Reporter thousands of residents under evacuation orders. Mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. Instant
Good morning, im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. We begin this morning with the three young americans. Late least week, they were a group of guys heading from one European Capital to another. Now theyre the recipients of frances highest medal of honor. Abcs Stephanie Ramos joins us this morning. Reporter good morning. The president of france this morning thanked the three brave americans permly for their courage. In a ceremony at the president ial palace in france, three american friends humbly received frances highest honor, the leej on of honor. Alek skarlatos, spencer stone, and Anthony Sadler and a british businessman were thanked for their courage. They made a splitsecond decision to stop a gunman. It was do something or die. Reporter stone showing a lack of regard for his own life sprang into action. We hit the ground. Alek came up and grabbed the gun out of his hand while i put him in a chokehold. It seemed like he kept pulling more weapons left and right. Reporter the gunman
Nothing on the storm team 4 radar morning. 65, martinsburg. 66 gaithersburg. 72 now in downtown d. C. So bus stop weather, a mild start, temperatures mostly in the upper 60s to near 70 this morning. Be umbrella ready for later on today. A chance for showers and thunderstorms. Highs near 90 degrees today. As you send the kids out the door, you need the small umbrella in the tote bag for the walk home later on this afternoon. But you need the sunglasses and short sleeves for all the warm weather ahead of that. Seven day forecast coming up in a bit. And right now, this morning really dont have too many problems. We have some construction hanging around. Branch avenue here at suitland parkway, we have some road work. Southbound and northbound we have two lanes blocked. A warning twin. It should be out of the way in a little bit. If youre headed out soon, you may see that here this morning. B. W. Parkway, 95, 29, everything there is nice and green and moving. Same thing when looking at 66 a
Low 70s in and around washington. Timing out the rain chances, 2 00 to 5 00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. In the metro, between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Rain chances later than that as you get into Southern Maryland and out to the eastern shore. Do have your umbrella ready to go. Still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. Yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. Its not slowing anything down so you dont have to worry about that too much. Just letting you know its there in case youre leaving. 66 east of sudley, a little bit of traffic headed inbound. Volume not a problem at this point. 270 south blocked at buckeystown pike. Hopefully thats out of the way soon. Of course, those kiddos going back to school this morning. B. W. Parkway, no problem. 95 and 29 everything looking good. So is the top of the beltway here. Looking at Prince Georges County moving along nicely. See you at 5 11. A live look at 95. Thank you. Its 5 02 no
The way to germantown. Chuck . All right, outside, back to school. Everybody wants to know will you need to put the umbrella in the backpack . Yes, you will. Heres the live picture of the sky this morning. Still waiting on sunrise about 30 minutes away. But theres nothing on storm team 4 radar so were dry this morning. Current temperatures mid to upper 60s in the twes earn suburbs. Near 70 from the bayside area communities into the inside of the beltway. Commuter forecast, mild and dry here for the next hour or two. Sunny and plenty warm from 8 00 to 10 00 this morning. Nothing to worry about early on, but after lunch time today, after about 3 00 or 4 00, there will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms coming through as a cold front comes our way. Todays high up near 90 degrees. Back to you. All right, chuck, thank you. 6 01 now and today its back to school for thousands of students in the district. As you finish preparing the lunches and backpacks we want to let you know about so