The airline said it was 30 feet away as he was landing last airport. Those are some of our stories on this monday it, august 3rd. From abc news, this is world news now with t. J. Holmes and reena ninan. We start this half hour with those devastating wildfires in california. The largest fire doubled in aggressive effort. Abcs Clayton Sandell is there. Reporter firefighters are working day and night in close hand to hand combat against the rocky fire raging north of sacramento. 2,000 firefighters are trying to stop it. Its already chewed 50,000 acres, destroying at least 24 homes, threatening thousands more. The u. S. Military called up two more c130 firefighting planes from colorado sending them to california where theyll join large dc10 tank percent right there is a dc10. Hes coming in. Hes going to drop fire retardant. This plane can carry 12,000 gallons of retardant at once. There it goes. The terrain here is bone dry. And lightning isnt helping since thursday, 13 ,000 lightning stri
And good monday morning. Our top story this half hour, the extreme weather in the midwest. A number of tornadoes touched down in iowa last evening. This one is in crescent, west of des moines, iowa. Yeah, another one was spotted in eastern michigan. As abcs rob martian knows reports, storms put a tragic end to summer celebrations all around chicago. Reporter a chaotic scene at the perry fest about 25 miles northwest of chicago. It was just hail and rain and just unbelievable wind. Reporter one person was killed and more than a dozen injured after a tent blew away with people inside. Victims carried out on stretchers taken to nearby hospitals. High winds, rain and hail sending debris flying. All of a sudden, you could see the rip in the dome, and it just kind of blew down. Reporter witnesses say the tarp hand landed on several people and rescuers had to cut hoes to get them out. It was the final day. Police say those in attendance were in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Storm briefly shuth down
Lifelines. Like noahs arc scenario. Jimmy this special edition of nightline, Hurricane Irma, monster storm, will be right back. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. M telling been trying to prepare you this is that there will be moments in your life that. Youll never be ready for. This is a special edition of nightline. Hurricane irma, monster storm. Good evening and we take you straight to florida tonight. Reeling from Hurricane Irma, now more than 6 million customers without power. State Police Setting up roadblocks to stop people from returning home and the storm is not finished. Now spreading destruction to the north. Reporter in the battle of man versus nature, irma is proving shes a force to be reckoned with. These stunning images showing the hurricanes incredible power. Whoa jimmy Storm Chasers pushed back as they try to measure wind speeds. A tourist knocked over by the sea. The devastation it left from one end oflorida to the other is just coming to lig
Lifelines. Like a noahs arc scenario. Jimmy this special edition of nightline, Hurricane Irma, monster storm, will be right back. This is a special edition of nightline. Hurricane irma, monster storm. Good evening and we take you straight to florida tonight. Reeling from Hurricane Irma, now more than 6 million customers without power. State Police Setting up roadblocks to stop people from returning home and the storm is not finished. Now spreading destruction to the north. Reporter in the battle of man versus nature, irma is proving shes a force to be reckoned with. These stunning images showing the hurricanes incredible power. Whoa jimmy Storm Chasers pushed back as they try to measure wind speeds. A tourist knocked over by the sea. The devastation it left from one end of florida to the other is just coming to light. And as irma continues its relentless march north in jacksonville a flash flood emergency. Thank you, guys. Jimmy water rescues along the swollen st. Johns river. The city
Christine, didnt only just get game tickets, this he got tickets to the tailgate on wednesday night as well. They arrived in Lambeau Field on tuesday and say he cried the entire time. Thanks for watching everybody. Well see you on the next all new rtm. Id like to be remembered as somebody who played some positive part in changing the social sexual values of his time and had a very good time doing it. And he did. Both. Those are the words of hugh hefner, the larger than life publishing titan who helped redefine how americans look at e also died at the age of 91. Abcs brandie hit has more on his life and legacy. Reporter hugh hefner was the ultimate playboy, hosting wild parties at his mansion, in his trademark robe and pajamas, surrounded by a harem of young women, celebrities and always an aura of sex. Made for a good party. Reporter for hefner, the Party Started in 1953 with the first issue of Playboy Magazine and featured a cover of a featured a photo of a nude Marilyn Monroe. And wa