you. the firefighters thanking the girls. really appreciate it. if we didn t have to worry about this coronavirus, i d give you a big hug. how about an air high five? yeah! and tonight hi, david! nyla and tate say they ll be back to check on those firefighters. we just wanted to thank you guys so much for being so brave and we honor you so much. we have so much thanks. so, so, so much thanks. and tonight here, one more sign of hope. the famous california redwood trees in california s oldest state park, some 2,000 years old, have been saved. firefighters still working. we re up here, from here, my parents live around here, so, there s no way i m going anywhere until it s over. and we thank the firefighters, too. i ll see you tomorrow. in just moments, the first update today from cal fire on the czu lightning complex.
national convention getting under way. four members of the trump family, including the president and first lady melania trump, she ll speak this evening. the first time ever from the rose garden during a convention. and secretary of state mike pompeo under fire tonight for his unprecedented appearance tonight, also a first at a convention. news on the coronavirus tonight. the new report. researchers on how one conference in the northeast attended by fewer than 200 people led to an estimated 20,000 cases, they say, in boston alone. we have news on potential vaccines tonight. dr. anthony fauci warning against rushing out a vaccine before it s proven safe and effective. the chopper pilot killed in a crash while battling the wildfires in the west. conducting bucket drops at the time. jerry falwell jr. resigning tonight. one of president trump s most powerful evangelical supporters, stepping down as head of liberty university. what he s now saying tight about the sex scandal involving
element that this was taped in jerusalem, where mike pompeo has been traveling in his official capacity as secretary of state. all right, jon karl. jon, we ll see you shortly for the convention. i hope you ll join george, linsey and me, the entire political team tonight for coverage of night two of the republican national convention. 7:00 p.m. eastern, abc news live and then 10:00 p.m. eastern, right here on the network. we re going to turn now to the coronavirus tonight and the new report which shows just how quickly this can spread and multiply. how one conference in the northeast attended by fewer than 200 people, researchers say then led to an estimated 20,000 cases in the boston area alone. there s also news tonight on potential vaccines and dr. anthony fauci warning against rushing out a vaccine before it s been proven safe and effective. here s steve osunsami. reporter: there were fewer than 200 people who came to this boston hotel in february for an international biotech
tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air in the west. that tropical storm has just become a hurricane, about to slam into the east. millions from the carolinas to boston and new york city. wind gusts 60 to 70 miles an hour. and the coronavirus tonight. the hospitals in the path of this, already filled with patients. and we re also tracking the exploding fires in the west tonight. but this storm, expected to make landfall in the carolinas. several major cities along the i-95 corridor, all the way to new england. watches and warnings in effect right now. the doctors and nurses bracing. icus already filled with covid patients. and the shelters bracing for the storm tonight, how they ll screen for symptoms of the virus.
there s nothing to do with anyone else. it s about him. everything is in the context of him. reporter: and tonight, former president obama making his first appearance at that biden fund-raiser. more than 175,000 people signing up for that virtual event, raising more than $7.6 million. the former president slammed trump s handling of the pandemic and these big campaign events that he s been holding, saying, unlike our current president, we recognize that we have a public health crisis going on and it means we have to show restraint in how we structure campaigning. david? all right, mary bruce, live at the white house. mary, thank you. and one more note on the coronavirus tonight, because so many of you at home still have questions, among them, what happened to hope that perhaps the summer months with the heat would help bring a showdown? so, let s bring our chief medical editor dr. jen ashton, back with us tonight. and jen, first off, the seriousness of this moment. i know you w