good morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes. and i m reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we re following this morning on world news now. a gunman opened fire in a louisiana movie theater before killing himself. at least two other people are dead and about half a dozen wounded. police say they don t have a motive, but they believe he acted alone. the latest in just a moment. texas prosecutors say preliminary results from an autopsy seem to confirm that sandra bland committed suicide. there were no injuries indicating a struggle or homicide in the young, black woman s jail cell. the family has ordered its own autopsy. president obama heading back to his ancestral homeland. he arrives in kenya today, the birthplace of his father. he will also visit ethiopia. and a republican presidential candidate is threatening to take his voter support and run as an
consumed by flames collapsing 1 of 200 buildings and homes in the path of this wicked wildfire in napa county, california. oh, my god! reporter: this car that crashed and caught fire could be what started this blaze. the fire now nearly 7,000 acres. 15% of it contained. we were pretty active there for a few hours. reporter: the driest conditions in history fueling at least 18 western wildfires. three hikers rescued and families across two communities under mandatory evacuations. they made me get up out of my chair, turn my tv off and get moving. reporter: the flames jumping this dirt road, threatening wildlife and sending these cattle and horses running. what makes this fire in napa county especially challenging is that it s so tough for firefighters to get to it. look at the smoke rising on the from the steep hills and the conditions bone dry. aditi roy, abc news winters,
latest on that deadly shooting rampage in chattanooga, tennessee, a gunman opening fire at two military centers just minutes apart. four marines were killed and three people wounded. a 24-year-old gunman is also dead. he s been identified as muhammad youssef abdulazeez, a naturalized american citizen from kuwait. and this morning, the motive still unclear. our coverage begins with abc s jim avila. reporter: bullet holes and shell casings at the military recruiting center where the rampage began. 10:45, a man in a silver ford mustang convertible, the top down, driving into the strip mall. offices here for all four branches of the military. he just pulled up, and next thing you know, he lifted up his arms like this with a big, black gun, and just, it was one shot and then it was just endless shots, one after another, just unloading into the army. reporter: dozens of shots. one marine hit in the leg. but within seconds, the gunman flees, racing seven miles down the highway to a na
spend a little personal time with his daughters in new york over the weekend. i don t anticipate we ll have a lot of details in advance. all right, at the white house there, white house press secretary josh earnest reminding people the president does believe it s appropriate for the department of defense to review security. we understand that the pentagon has conducted an initial review of security at military bases and recruiting centers as a result of what took place yesterday with this gunman opening fire at the security and recruiting centers and we have certainly heard from a number of people who have been questioning and wondering why is it these military men and women would not be armed given that they are in a very vulnerable situation at these recruiting centers. let s check in with barbara star at the white house for the latest on this initial security review that s been conducted and what is the conclusion? well, in the hours since chattanooga, in fact, an initial
and we do begin now with the latest on that deadly shooting rampage in chattanooga, tennessee, a gunman opening fire at two military centers just minutes apart. four marines were killed and three people wounded. a 24-year-old gunman is also dead. he s been identified as mohammed youssef abdulazeez a naturalized american citizen from kuwait. and this morning, the motive still unclear. our coverage begins with abc s jim avila. reporter: bullet holes and shell casings at the military recruiting center where the rampage began. 10:45, a man in a silver ford mustang convertible, the top down driving into the strip mall. offices here for all four branches of the military. he just pulled up and next thing you know he lifted up his arms like this with a big, black gun, and just it was one shot and then it was just endless shots, one after another, just unloading into the army. reporter: dozens of shots. one marine hit in the leg. but within seconds, the gunman