planes and blackhawk helicopters from the air force academy, doing what they can to put out the flames. around the country, wildfires are also wreaking havoc in oregon, new mexico, and california. where this week, 28-year-old fire fighter luke sheehy was the killed by a falling tree. black forest fire has now become colorado s most destructive wildfire ever. since it started tuesday. authorities say crews have still not been able to make a significant impact containing it. john, diana, back to you. john, thank you. today marking the six months since the school massacre in newtown, connecticut. 20 children, six educators killed by a gunman. some victims pushing members of congress for stricter gun laws. yesterday they met with president obama. in newtown today the names will be read aloud and a moment of silence will be held. a work place shooting in st. louis left four people dead. police say the owner of a home health care company opened fire on his business partner and two empl
bosh combining to score 84 points in the heat s win. the series is tied two games apiece. those are some of our top stories on this friday, june 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. nba series, by the way. going to go right down to the wire. it sure is. tit for tat right now. absolutely. positively. that s right. we begin this half-hour with new details in a white house plan to become more involved in the syrian civil war. this major change comes after confirmation that chemical weapons have been used by the assad regime. abc s alex marquardt live in istanbul with the white house s plan. an the impact on the region. good morning, alex marquardt. reporter: good morning, john, diana. that is absolutely right. the white house is now making it clear that they believe the forces of president bashar al assad in syria have used chemical weapons, crossing that famous red line that president obama has so often talked about. t
three have serious injuries. matt gutman our reporter was on the scene. he was describing some of the injuries he was able to see. people lost teeth. gashes, head wounds. lots of head wounds. he was saying this is shallow water. trying to understand. trying to understand how people could be so injured. though it is pretty significant fall. he was saying people fell and couldn t get to their feet. very slippery. they felt like they were drowning. they were trapped under all the debris. all of the and drinking too, no less. awe thought s right. they were there for the nba finals. makes it tough to do anything. that s true. two bodies have been found in colorado s charred black forest. the most destructive fire in the state s history burns out of control for a fourth day. 24 square miles and hundreds of homes have gone up in flames. and the fire is only 5% contained. abc s john schifrin has the latest. reporter: thursday, authorities launched a criminal investigation aft
i can tell you it is a wet morning here. but these protesters who have been camped out for the past two weeks are still there. in the past two days prime minister recep tayyip erdogan issued what he called his final warning to the protesters to leave the park before he cleans it. but overnight the prime minister met with protest leaders, he said his government will comply with the court orders, to suspend the construction project in the park. which was at the issue that sparked the protests. that is one small issue. the anger with the prime minister and his government is still very high. the protest leader said the protesters will decide for themselves when to go home. so at least this morning, the standoff continues. john, diana. abc s alex marquardt reporting live from istanbul, turkey. thank you. polls open in iran as voters select a replacement for president mahmoud ahmadinejad. six candidates are in the race, a moderate, four conservatives and a hard-liner. all loyal to iran s
three have serious injuries. matt gutman our reporter was on the scene. he was describing some of the injuries he was able to see. people lost teeth. gashes, head wounds. lots of head wounds. he was saying this is shallow water. trying to understand. trying to understand how people could be so injured. though it is pretty significant fall. he was saying people fell and couldn t get to their feet. very slippery. they felt like they were drowning. they were trapped under all the debris. all of the and drinking too, no less. awe thought s right. they were there for the nba finals. makes it tough to do anything. that s true. moving on, two bodies have been found in colorado s charred black forest. the most destructive fire in the state s history burns out of control for a fourth day. 24 square miles and hundreds of homes have gone up in flames. and the fire is only 5% contained. abc s john schifrin has the latest. reporter: thursday, authorities launched a criminal invest