Of course. Well get to it. She had a very exciting day. Very busy morning. Well start with the breaking news from Southern California. A fashion moving wildfire forcing more than 80,000 people from their homes. It just started yesterday and already burned more than 18,000 acres and despite their best efforts firefighters say its still zero percent contained. Dry brush and wind gusts caused the flames to race through the hillsides and are making them very hard to control. Just watch how engulfed this cross during that onslaught. Look at that. Destroying just about everything. You see how fast the winds were whipping up there. Humidity very low. That cross is gone just like that the fires burning along interstate 15 outside los angeles. People are familiar with this. Its the main route between Southern California and las vegas. That route parts of it shut overnight. Good morning, alex. Reporter kendis and diane, good morning to you. The winds are still strong. Around me theyre pushing fl
Healthy lead in the gold medal count sitting nine ahead of great britain. They are 83 medals ahead of portugal and belize is only 84 medals behind the United States. 28 is the lucky number. 28 gold. 28 silver. 28 bronze. Pretty cool. Weve heard about how the use of dating apps in rio skyrocketed over the past couple weeks. Athletes who are h each other as well as with civilians. Well, it appears one of the civilians really missed out. This is a post from a young lady offering a screen grab of her brief conversation with gold medal swimmer Joseph Schooling representing singapore. She captions it, my tinder match just won the 100 meter butterfly and beat Michael Phelps. This is my greatest accomplishment. But she later adds, and not greatest failure. Oh, man. Im guessing she cant just call and say it went to my filt filter does it have a filter . I dont know anything about tind ir. One of the young girls injured in a ferris wheel accident is speaking out. Hear the latest on her sisters r
Unmaking a murderer . The conviction against Brendan Dassey overturned. The subject of the popular Netflix Series making a murderer is set to go free. What it could mean for his uncle steven avery. Trial experts weighing in. And gator attack. Florida woman fighting for her life after a trip to the everdmrads. As she reached in to retrieve the can thats when she was bitten by the airlifted to this hospital overnight. The witnesses who jumped in to save her. Good saturday morning, everyone. As you can see dan has the weekend off. Ryan smith is here. Ryan, can i discuss say we always love it when youre at the news desk. I love being here. I really love being here. Im channeling my inner dan. Please dont. Dont go there. It is a day when team usa is celebrating a slew of swimming victories. Oh, my goodness. Take a look at this scene. Katie ledecky so far ahead in the 800 free, looks like she was swimming alone. 11 stecks of the runnerup breaking the world record she set seven months ago. Ad
Well see what happens. Reporter following disastrous weeks fuelled by off the cuff remarks, trump is trying to stay on message, delivering his plan to combat terror with the help of a teleprompter. We cannot let this evil continue. Reporter this comes amid reports trump has been huddling with a powerful conservative player ousted fox news hon choe, roger ailes. The saying hes not helping with debate prep. Theyre long time friends, but mr. Ailes has no formal or informal role with the campaign. Sources saying trump is going to ailes for advice on debates. Over the weekend the two meeting at one of trumps new jersey golf courses. Ailes was forced out of fox after he was charged with sexual harassment. Trump defended him. Hes been a friend of mine know how much hes helped them. Reporter ailes is sitting across from Ronald Reagan here, helping him prep for a debate in 1984. In this election ailes presided over four fox news debates featuring trump. One of them, the epic showdown with megyn
A crash landing. The plane demolished. How a family of four managed to walk away from this completely uninjured. A woman in Critical Condition after an alligator bite. Tonight new details about that desperate moment and who helped pull her to safety. The 11second victory lap. Katie ledecky shatters a world record. Tonight the final swim from Michael Phelps and simone manuel. The gold rush is on for team usa. Good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. Im cecelia vega and we begin with two major and deadly threats tonight. Dangerous heat for millions in the east and in the deep south historic flooding. Louisiana in a state of emergency at this hour. This is the scene near baton rouge. More than two feet of rain falling in 24 hours. Entire neighborhoods now under water. The National Guard called in. More than 1,200 rescues. Time to escape. That heat, take a look at this, the sidewalks here in new york, 136 degrees, more than 50 million americans under a heat alert tonight