Katie ledecky beat her off the start. As recordbreaking Katie Ledecky dominates in the pool and americas golden boys pick up another first place. The United States is going to win the gold medal. Michael phelps adding two more gold medals to his recordbreaking tally. Were live in rio for all the action this morning. Good morning, america. And good morning, simone biles, and all the rest of america. How about that team usa dominating the olympics blowing away the competition. Four more golds on tuesday. Including Michael Phelps winning his 21st gold. There he is celebrating with his son boomer. Amy is at our olympics desk in rio this morning. Good morning, guys. So much excitement for team usa in the pool and on the mat and im not trying to brag here, but i did get to be in the Pavilion Team win in gymnastics and that was just one of the nights big moments. Cant wait to bring you the rest. We cant wait. Amy, thanks very much. Much more from rio ahead. But first, that new trouble for don
And we began at five with the state of emergency in effect right now in the california county just west of las vegas. The fire that flied up flared up has a scorched 65,000 acres and shows no sign of letting up. Marie so many people caught in the mill. More than 84,000 people have been forced out of their homes including the entire community of wrightwood. Fire tallied the number of homes and other structures that have been wiped out by the flames. And this fire is still zero percent contained. Jim long battle ahead and give you some perspective on this. This is the sky over the city of in california. You see the orange glow from the flames, the smoke completely blocking out the sun and making it very difficult to see anything on the ground too. Marie the fire disaster is the california town. Just to give you an idea of where i am, i am right off the 138 between and wrightwood. I will say was going on behind me. Theres air support overhead, there are pockets of fire here but just about
Center but we begin with tom in sky 3. Tom well get a live report from boulder highway and 95 on the ground. We wanted to give you the scene from the air right now where its been closed for hours. You can see its a heavy police presence. Not affecting traffic on the 95 other than people cant make an exit to boulder highway. Not affecting lamb boulevard and desert inn where they intersect. Its just the area between the two here i station with the complete closure. Well have a live report from the scene coming up. Jeff your at mat route fur headed that direction florida , thisclosure expected to last r some time as that shooting Investigation Continues on this friday. We have slowing from 215 to the bowl. Now that weve reached the end of the week, lets get a check of the forecast. Kelly dry right now. You are not going to need the umbrella but bring it with you. 94 by noon. Slight chance of showers by noon. By 4 00 more widespread chances there. 9 is our forecast high for the day. What a
Shortly breaking overnight. A man is in the hospital. And the suspect is still on the loose. After a shooting on the strip. It happened just after 1 this morning. According to police. Two men were fighting in front of the miracle mile pulled out a gun. He shot the victim. Who sustained nonlife threatening injuries. Police are still looking for the suspect. A man was shot and killed in henderson this weekend. Now people who live in the gated community are questioning their safety. Saying their neighborhood gate was once reassuring. But this attack leaves them with more questions than answers. Fox 5s Abby Theodros has more. Laurie lucero,witness we heard two loud bang, bang gun shots. Laurie lucero and her husband sam were walking their dog when they heard gun shots in their normally quiet neighborhood. 1022 sam lucero what i thought was strange was the first time we walked around because we walk around several times, there was nobody there. So the cars just got there. And it just happen
Up. The big story is thunderstorms developing later this afternoon. Dry conditions this morning. 87 at 9 00 a. M. 94 by noon and better chance for storms at 4 00 today. 97 is our high. Thats going to be cooler this weekend. Were going to talk about that in 10 minutes. Tom i want to tell you about the 515 or 95 and the lamb boulevard desert inn intersections. Its a complete closure. We have a camera showing you a live shot nhp has it blocked both directions. Have you to take an alternate route. There is an accident on the surface street now that has part two scenes to watch out for on the surface streets. Freeways doing ok for now. Dana the reason the boulder highway is shut down, a nevada Highway Patrol trooper was shot on the scene. Craig joins us from the 95 and boulder highway. This just happened several hours ago. The good news to report is the trooper is alive. He is and this is really an incredible chain of events. Closer look. You are looking toward 2 area where there was a traf