Caused its closure is not even close to being out. In fact firefighters say theyve never seen a wiildfire grow so fast and with such strength. Chris martinez has the latest on efforts to extinguish the blue cut fire. There are signs fire crews are making progress to contain the the blue cut fire east of los angeles. The wildfire forced tens of thousands to evacuate since it erupted tuesday morning. ,,but now have been lifted. Interstate 15 which links los angeles and las vegas has fully reopened. Some like josh owens and regan irwin who live in the community of wrightwood defied evacuation orders. josh owens wrightwood resident were packed up and ready to go. regan irwin wrightwood resident our whole life is here. Everything that we own is in this place. Fire crews are attacking the fire from the ground and heavily from the air. But have struggled to keep it from growing. nats on wednesday, flames ripped through neighborhoods in of homes. Strong winds have helped spread the flames. eri
The state Department Says the 400 million payment to iran was contingent upon the release of american prisoners. We felt that it would be imprudent not to consider that some leverage in trying to make sure our americans got out. So, getting away from the word leverage which in basic english, youre saying that you wouldnt give them the 400 million in cash until the prisoners were released, correct . Thats correct. Deirdre my colleague, Doug Mckelway has more. So downgrade, when you hear these facts, that is to say including the state departments comments, what is your take . Well, my take is these things are exquisitely connected. That was conveyed in the wall street journal piece today. Theres lots of evidence they were connected. Its circumstantial evidence but it is pretty much overwhelming. Keep in mind, the president said in his press conference at the pentagon before departing for Marthas Vineyard, that the administration laid out advanced notice of this payment. They said they di
The coast guard on the scene. What sparked the blaze . And overnight, the sweet sweep at the olympics. One, two, three for the americans. The u. S. Women making history taking gold, silver and bronze in the 100meter hurdles as usain bolt strikes again on the track and team usa dominating on the court. Rolling over argentina with gold medal glory in sight. Now, former olympic Champ Lebron James is here live talking the games, his nba title and the mvp is now on a mission telling all on gma. Good morning, america. Announcer live in times square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. Good morning, lebron, and good morning, america. What a night again for team usa, the womens track team making history with that sweep in the 100meter hurdles. Wow, it was such an amazing stealing the show nia alis son. Who made it out on the track for that ultimate photo finish. Can i just say i need to up my game around here. You look stunning. King james is coming around. So thats what it is. An
Accounts about a robbery surrounding ryan lochte and other u. S. Swimmers. The overnight developments from brazil coming up right now on today in the bay. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im kris sanchez in for laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. Some good news for folks have been dealing with a lot of heat here the last few days and weeks. A cooldown head into the weekend. Temperatures will come out of the 90s into the 80s for the trivalley. That has been baking. And the good news, air quality will start to improve. Today not so much p. It is the spare the air alert day. You may want to carpool or use mass transit. Bike into work. Heres a shot from san jose. Beautiful sun rise over the mountains. There are the clouds off across the foothills. We have some clouds in parts of the bay area and the inner bay and the coastline. 50s and 60s to get going this morning. Later on this afternoon, good mix of 60s and 70s for the coastline. 70s around the inner bay and 80s and 90s today for the
But when you do theres a sequence of events that will occur to get you safely on the ground. Michael Stevens we dont know much about the pilot other than he has nearly 30 again, he was the only person in the jet at the time. And only suffered minor injuries. Back out here live. Investigators will be out here for several hours. Assessing the wreckage and figure out how the plane went down today. brian loftus michael, have you talked to anyone in the a child was killed in a dog attack at a friends house last night. The attack happened in the far inn and hollywood boulevard. There are more questions than answers at this point. Police say the familys pitbull ran outside and started attacking the child. They have not said what prompted the attack. And a neighbor says the dog was quiet cesar moreno neighbor ive never even seen a pitbull around here. Never even heard. Im from new york. I hear all those types of dogs and stuff you know, so i would recognize a pitbulls bark nothing. brian loftu