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Our other big story tonight closely watching wildfires in southern california. One is in the heart of los angeles. For much of the day, a stretch of the 405, major high was closed. Fires are being fueled by santa ana wind which are expected to kick of again overnight. Nearly 200 structures have burned. Thousand were evacuate from some of l. A. s prestigious and densely populated neighborhood. And carter evans begins our coverage on this. Reporter at day break, a traffic nightmare. The northbound 405 shut down. Dont want to be on the west side this morning. This is what commuters saw on interstate 405. Oh, no. One of t free ways. This is freaking crazy. On the ridge above bel air one of l. A. s most exclusive neighborhood as flames raced up the hillside, multimillion dollar homes laid directly in their path. A battle on the ground became desperate. You can see the fire burning ininside it this home right now. The staircase and burning through the garage door even the roof of the home. N
The most extreme manager was sentenced to seven years in federal prison today for his role in the emissions scandal. Oliver schmidt pled guilty to fraud. Led the office in michigan and covered up the scheme to cheat on diesel emissions test. One day after john conyers stepped down. Pressure building on minnesota senator, al franken to do the same. Same reason. Accusations of sexual misconduct. More than half of frankens fellow democrats in the senate want him out. Here is chief congressional correspondent, nancy cordes. Enough is enough. Reporter female senators led the way today lowering the boom on their friend and colleague. Probably in the best interest of a lot of people he resigns. Final straw a report this morning in politico, former democratic staffer said franken tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006. Insisting its my right as an entertainer. Mashed his lips against my face. Leeann tweeden made an accusation, producing this photo of franken ape en
Going on the record. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] maria good morning, everybody. Maria stephanos, along with newscenter 5s political reporter janet wu. Ed harding is on assignment. Quite a stretch for political junkies. The dnc, rnc, and today we have former Massachusetts Attorney general Martha Coakley to talk about all politics with us. Since leaving Public Service coakley has joined the Boston Law Firm of foley, hoag. Good morning, Martha Coakley it was quite the week. Janet very exciting week but there were so many particular moments, seeing the nomination of the first woman, and every thing else in between. Ms. Coakley im excited about what happened and we have 100 fort 104 days until the general election. Janet youve had the spotlight on you in some tough races. Last night Hillary Clinton change voters minds. Hillary clinton had four days to answer the question, and she be
Im sorry you dont believe in miracles. Reporter even under oath i cant be any clearer that ive never taken drugs. Reporter today, sources say armstrong is attempting to apologize by phone to a select few former friends, including exteammate floyd landis, who broke his silence to abc news in 2010 and sparked armstrongs downfall. I think that the team had become paranoid that the police or somebody was watching the hotel rooms. Reporter but can a tellall with oprah repair the enormity of armstrongs disgrace . The man who once hung out with expresident s and movie stars is now just scraping for a second chance. I think hes at a point where he realizes hes lost this game and people have been wanting an apology. Reporter the stakes are huge. Lance armstrong risks hurting himself even more in the hopes of winning sympathy and restoring a lost reputation. Oprah says the interview lasted 2 1 2 hours and that armstrong came, quote, ready. It was reported to be an emotional interview but no word