las vegas. sources say the suspect possibly seen on video and what police are now saying tonight. just in this evening, news of an arrest in canada after a major manhunt for days. they believe the suspect under arrest and his brother stabbed and killed ten people, 18 others stabbed and injured, too. the war in ukraine tonight. and the new message from president zelenskyy at this hour. the major counteroffensive, he says, is working, outside ukraine s second-largest city. but tonight, vladimir putin also with a message, defiant. and what he claims about this war. back in the u.s., longtime trump ally steve bannon expected to surrender to authorities in new york tomorrow, facing charges involving the group called we build the wall. promising donors their own bricks in a wall at the southern border with their names on them. the group promising donors 100% of the money would go to that wall, that it wouldn t line someone s pockets. but tonight, prosecutors say that s exactl
conserve. and it s not just the fires and the record heat, we are also tracking a hurricane that will affect the u.s. chief meteorologist ginger zee is timing all of this out. but we are going to begin tonight with will carr in the fire zone. reporter: tonight, thousands of firefighters battling flames heat across the state of california. in riverside county, east of los angeles, the fairview fire doubling in size in just 24 hours. you can hear the planes overhead with that thick plume of smoke growing, the fire already raced through this canyon, destroying everything in its path. the fire already claiming two lives. authorities believe the people died in their car trying to escape. north of here, the radford fire also out of control. this is what is saving big bear. it s the dc-10s and the tankers dropping the retardant non-stop. reporter: the fires driven by drought and an unprecedented heat wave that s now in it s eighth day, straining the state s power grid to its absolute li
a state of emergency as well? reporter: that s right. the state of emergency is in place due to so many downed power lines and trees. look at this. they ll be out tomorrow to survey the damage. right now, it s not clear whether this was a tornado or straight line winds. gio benitez, thank you. and we ve not forgotten the west tonight. yet another new fire exploding in size breaking out overnight. this time in ventura county. north of los angeles. at least 2,300 buildings and homes threatened. thousands of families forced to evacuate there. tonight, the battle from the air to save the homes. abc s matt gutman on the fire lines tonight and the forecast on the santa ana winds. he was the santa paula, california. reporter: tonight, the last gasp of the historic santa ana wind event sparked the fast-moving maria fire. new evacuations under way, 8,000 residents already ordered to leave their homes. boy, a shift in the winds has really turned things for the worse here. reporter: d
dc-10s imagine the pilots bouncing around to drop and protect the residential areas below. and in the surreal scene, it was almost a perfect day for surfing on world-famous malibu beach, and those that ignored the evacuation order was enjoying the swells and sharing the ocean with the super scoopers, and they would take the water to take to the canyons to fight the fires. those perfect waves, despite the mudslides that are certain to come and the relentless fires. that picture was everything. amazing reporting. thank you for showing on what is
flames just to survive. but so many facing the same thing did not survive. ten more bodies have been discovered tonight. we have both stories, that potential nor easter in a moment, but first, the urgent effort to knock down the fire from the air. abc s will carr tonight, leading us off from california. reporter: tonight, an all-out assault on the woolsey fire. the terrain is too steep, you can t get hand crews in here. reporter: dc-10s and chinook helicopters attacking a new flareup after a week of intense firefighting. our gio benitez saw the battle first-hand, firefighters taking no chances. the camp fire, north of sacramento end hundreds still mi missing. many happy to be alive. there s explosions everywhere. oh, my god. people s tires are popping. reporter: michelle and daniel simmons and their four kids barely escaped the flames. ah! it s okay, you guys, it s okay. just keep going, baby, just keep going. there was a woman on the side of the road running with her baby.