Atlanta. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im Natalie Allen and this is cnn newsroom. Thank you for joining us this hour. This years fire season in the western u. S. Is already one of the worst ever recorded. More than 100 massive wildfires, 100 are now racing unchecked through one dozen states pushed by hot winds across bone dry landscapes. At least 26 people have been killed since the fires broke out in midaugust. And in an ominous sign, the death toll almost certainly will go much higher. Oregon officials are preparing for mass fatalities, as they search through burned out homes and communities. The governor says dozens of people currently are unaccounted for. And they issued this dire warning. I cant see this enough, if you are notified by emergency officials to evacuate, please do so immediately, you may not get a second chance. California, where at least 19 people have died is battling about two dozen major fires across the state. One San Francisco
Where she died. Two train cars on amtraks acela express breaking apart, separating on a trip from d. C. To boston. And the deadly earthquake. The magnitude 6. 4, nearly toppling buildings. People trapped in hotels. Bob woodruff reporting in tonight. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with that stunning launch. A new american rocket built not by nasa, but by billionaire entrepreneur elon musk. And millions were watching today. His 90 million gamble, launching his own rocket. The Spacex Falcon heavy lifting off into a clear sky, some very unusual cargo inside. Elon musks own tesla sports car carried into space, where it is tonight, with a dummy there in the drivers seat. That car now speeding toward mars. You cant make this up. Three rockets attached are supposed to come back down and stick the landing. But would they . Millions again watching that part, as well. All part of elon musks hope of carrying people back to the moon and startin
Lets go with Trace Gallagher with the latest announcements, put it all together altogether trace. The second accusers a woman name Meredith Watson who said this happened back in 2,000 undergraduates at Duke University and she claims at the time she share the account with several classmates who had apparently provided statements to authorities willing to back up that claim that her lawyer also says she shared the story with friends and a string of emails on facebook and if that is the case, it will clearly be significant social media footprint on the story. The woman calls this, excuse me, a premeditated aggressive assault. She is not offering details, but she says the details of her attack are similar to the one described by vanessa tyson. Remember that is the first accuser. In that case tyson said they were at a Dnc Convention in boston in 2004, and that fairfax asked tyson to go back to get documents and begin kissing. The consensual, and then, she alleges he put his hand behind her