Custody of his father. The national Highway Safety administration actually held a press conference in washington, d. C. , today, about kids in hot cars, and they pointed out that the temperature outside, even when its in the 80s, can get to deadly levels inside of a car in just ten minutes. Were live in hackensack, new jersey. Tracy strayhan, news 4 new york. Thank you. It was 90 degrees in hackensack as this happened. We go to storm team 4 meteorologist janice huff for the latest on the heat that has taken over the tristate area. We knew once the front came through yesterday, the humidity levels would go down. But the temperatures necessarily would not. Still expected 90s today. And we saw that in some areas, not central park, just missed it by a degree, with a high of 89. But newark at 93. And so was Laguardia Airport with a 90degree reading in islip and bridgeport. It is still hot, and dangerous for you to leave pets and children in cars. Just shouldnt do that at all. The cars insid
Its going to be a matter of following the fire around in kind of a curve and trying to stay ahead of it. Reporter white ash falls from the sky like snow. Those white specks are a remainder for neighbors that the fire is reminder for neighbors that the fire is moving closer to town. Its moving and rolling in like fog, the smoke and ash. Reporter we have been seeing that ash come down all day but taking a look at this fire, you again can just really see how ferocious, how aggressive it is. Again, cal fire told us we will have to be leaving the scene shortly. But we wanted to give you an up close look at whats been going on. They have a lot of work ahead of them. So we do wish them the best because its going to be one long day. Reporting live in lake county, cate caugiran, kpix 5. The rocky fire is so big that it could be seen from space. The smoke cloud was captured by one of nasas satellites. The red outlines show where the satellite detected heat from the flames. The wind is a major fa
Burning across the western united states, and now another threat is sparking concern not only are the fires burning through acres of land, theyre also burning through firefighting budgets, the u. S. Forest says its spending 100 million a week to fight the flames. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer begins the coverage. It may be the most explosive inferno in the nation. What began as five small lightning fires merged into this monster. It looks like a war zone here, because it is. In the air and on the ground, the National Guard has arrived. But for now, theyre losing the battle. It was heartbreaking. Im getting phone calls from people saying can you see if my house is on fire . The complex fire torching tens of thousands of acres, destroying lives. In Washington State alone, nearly 3,000 forced to flee the flames but not everyone escaped alive. This man lost his father, who died of a heart attack as he scrambled to flee. He loved me, a good man. Across the west, nearly 100 uncontrolled wildfires are
Stunningly posted horrific video of the attack which we will not show. He sent a 23 page document to abc news saying the Charleston Church massacre had stoked his rage and bullying he faced because he was a gay black man. Parker and ward were natives of the roanoke area and worked together about a year. They were young and in rips with coworkers, only deepening a tragedy that has shaken their newsroom. You can hear people behind us in the newsroom crying. Its just really hard to its hard to comprehend. During the shootings, wards camera fell on its side but still captured this haunting image of the shooter gun in hand. The woman being interviewed by alison, Vicky Gardner was shot during the incident but is out of surgery and in stable condition. Abc news has talked to robert avon, his former roommate from 2006 to 12 00. He texted with flanagan minutes after the shooting. Rob says flanagan, known to say odd things admitted to shooting two people and says flanagan was on the phone with h
Shock and grief in a newsroom after a photographer was killed live on the news it was it. At the two victims identified as 20 fouryearold Allison Parker and adam ward worked together for almost a year on that morning shift. The governor the shooter was an exemployee he worked as a reporter with the name Bryce Williams and he later shot and killed himself but not before posting his own video of the murders on social midi media. Dan joins us now with the latest on the investigation. Allison and steve this was an attack that played out on my television in front of thousands of viewers. That that manifesto this godman described himself as a human powder it was an attack on the charleston shooting. While investigators the deeper into his motives people are remembering the victims. Allison parker and adam ward were doing their jobs on an interview about tourism. Then out of nowhere, gunshots on live television, the reporter and photographer killed. The women there interviewed was badly injur