Zoo says no animals are missing. Calling out nicki minaj over her tweets. Are there artists tweeting into the fray . Today, wednesday, july 22nd, 2015. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome on a wednesday morning. Lets ask the guys in the control room to put the images up of a massive warehouse complex fire in north brunswick, 40 miles from manhattan. It has grown to five alarms. Well have much more on that story coming up. But on this wednesday morning, lets start with another breaking story overnight. A United Airlines crew reported being the target of lasers at a new york area airport. This after a dozen similar incidents there last week. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation. What can you tell us . This problem has been growing worse over the past few years. Laser pointers start out with a small light but as the distance grows, that beam of light grows bigger and bigger. So big it can light up a cockpit and blind the pilots. This morning, the police
Cards that have been streaming in here all day. The police chief says they have lost a warrior, a leader a friend the day july 22nd became the end of watch for Sergeant Scott lunger. Scott loved this job. He did it eagerly. It is a tragedy that someone has done this. Reporter calling it a dark and devastating day, Hayward Police are dealing with a loss of one of their finest. They say Sergeant Scott lunger was shot and killed after he pulled over a pick Truck Driving erratically through a hayward neighborhood about 3 00 this morning. Partner down partner down. Police say the officers partner fired back into the suspects vehicle. A short time later the bulletriddled truck was found abandoned in east oakland. Based on information from the vehicle we have identified a person of interest. Tonight haywards police chief say they have arrested a suspect, 21yearold Mark Anthony Estrada, an oakland man they say has ties to a gang. They spent the day searching the suspects east oakland house. Ne
Brush, a lot of dry vegetation very erratic winds that were dealing with so our biggest concern is to start getting some containment around this and make sure people are safe in those evacuation areas. Amy head from cal fire joining us. We mentioned the people being safe. We also said three hikers have already been rescued. Any other people in danger right now as far as you know . There is the conanyon Creek Campground that is under evacuation as well as the mix canyon area we are evacuating. I do not have an exact number of homes in the area. Its as i say, were work on that number. We do have some road closures along 128 and are asking people to stay out of the area to make sure they are safe as well. 0 containment at this point. Amy, thank you for your time. Well check back with you later through this newscast and through the night. We appreciate your time. Lets accepted things over to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. You heard the captain talk about the types of conditions theyre d
And killed in cold blood it is but first the breaking news out of napa where a fast moving brush fire has really exploded in size. Good evening, everybody. That wildfire near Lake Berryessa has bushed more than 2,000 acres and is spreading rapidly. Campers at a camp ground in napa county have been evacuated and people in the mixed canyon area have been told to leave. Dozens Fire Fighters were on the ground battling flames. In addition to the crews fighting on the ground, theres a dc10 as well as several helicopters and air tankers trying to get the fire out from the air. The fire began around lake bearsias at 2 30 initially reported that it began from a car fire but now the cause sunday investigation. According to the chp highway 128 is still closed right now between rag canyon and monticello dam. Joining us by phone is paul loenthal with the lower district management team. First can, we get a handle on the exact size of the fire. Early in the day 300 acres and then 1,000 and 2000. Whe
They had to be rescued. The fire is burning on the south side of Lake Berryessa near the boat dock. I believe we have someone on the phone with us who can give us some more information . Yes. Hello. My name is Susie Blankenship with cal fire. Hi. This is the allen martin. What can you tell us . I have it at 700 acres. Yes. I can confirm that the wildland fire is currently at 700 acres with zero percent containment. And this got started about 2 00, it was a vehicle fire that started this . It was a vehicle fire. I dont have information on how the vehicle sparked the wildland fire. But it was a vehicle accident. What can you tell me about evacuations in the area . Evacuations are in the mix canyon area for homeowners. And as you spoke of the campers in the canyon screen campground, they have been evacuated. I would assume here we are in the middle of summer those campgrounds have to be pretty packed. Well, i dont have the number of evacuations but i do know that that campground has been