The white house after two weeks 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. 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. Inst
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
Im jim axelrod, and this is the western edition of the broadcast. We begin tonight in france with a story that sound like something out of a hollywood thriller that stars three very real american heroes. One is an air force airman, another an Army National guardsman, and the third is a pal from california they were traveling with on a train from anthony amsterdam to paris. Thats when the three americans jumped into action. Charlie dagata picks up the story. Reporter video that appears to be shot inside the train shows the suspect face down and tied up. You can see a rifle he was carrying and one of the american men who brought him down after seeing a french passenger first confront the gunman, 22yearold National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos and his two friends moved in. I saw a guy entering the train with an a. K. And a handgun, and i just looked over at spencer and said, lets go, go. And he jumped up, and i followed behind him by about three seconds. Reporter u. S. Air force airman firstc
Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with that heroic moment on a high speed train, two american servicemen and their friend on vacation in france praised for stopping what could have been a mass killing. Tonight this video inside that train. Theres the attacker tied up. Those americans beating him with his own rifle. One of them seriously hurt in the takedown, and we are learning more about these heros, their quick decision to act. Today president obama calling each of them to thank them for their courage. Abcs Ron Claiborne leads us off. Reporter Spencer Stone waved as he left the French Hospital tonight where he had been treated for cuts to his neck and hand sustained in a furious struggle with the heavily armed suspect on that high speed train. This video showing the dramatic scene on the train. Stone, shirtless and bleeding, tending to another passenger. His attacker, the gunman, tied up a few feet away, not moving. On a nearby seat
A blast site in china. Workers frantically digging as they rescue a firefighter who has been buried in that rubble. So grateful to have you with us as always on a saturday. Here with newsroom, im christi paul. And im victor blackwell. Its a big political day in a couple of hours, many president ial hopefuls, a lot of them, will descend on the iowa state fair, Hillary Clinton, bernie sanders, and lincoln chafee, we also have Rick Santorum and donald trump as well. And donald trump will make a grand entrance. To say the least, yes. The business mogul expected to arrive in his helicopter. How else would he, correct . Thats just the way. Thats just the way. Meanwhile, clinton heads to iowa after taking shots at each other and the rest of the gop field is essentially whats happening this morning. Weve got the latest. We know, jeff, that hillary spoke last night. Wondering, first of all, what was the reaction to her speech . Reporter hey, good morning. Youre right. This is ground zero of the