Tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. Day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states, turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on firefighters and forced the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter the view from the air over washington state. National guard crews navigating smokey skies over scorched ground, helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the gr
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. We begin with a remarkable number. Right now around 95 wildfires are burning in the western u. S. And tonight the u. S. Military is answering an urgent call for help. At least 100 troops have been called up in Washington State. The first deployment of active duty soldiers to battle fires in nine years. The fires are burning across at least six states. The stakes are high, and so is the cost. 100 million a week. At that rate Officials Say the money will run out next month. Our team is deployed across the region. Lets start in chelan, washington with National Correspondent miguel almaguer. Miguel . Reporter hey, lester, good evening. Heavy smoke hangs in the air here. Behind me there is destruction. In front of me two miles ahead a wildfire is moving in multiple directions. At least 56,000 acres here are been destroyed. More than 32 homes are gone. This as that fire is on the
Lived here 33 years. So its hard to see this. Reporter tonight lives in ruins as this fire rages on. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, washington state. This is joe fryer in simi valley, california. Wildfires are tearing through miles of parched wilderness grassland and creeping dangerously close to neighborhoods. You can see the flames just about maybe 20 feet away from that one fence. Reporter a small brush fire in simi valley spread quickly. Hundreds of homes in its path. Started over there. And it just came like a whirlwind through. The only thing we had on our side was it was not windy that day. Reporter with a quick aerial attack and strike teams on the ground staying ahead of the flames, all the houses were spared. Firefighters fear conditions are ripe for a perfect storm here. The ground is so dry fires are moving unusually fast and the warm santa ana winds are still to come. If we get to the point where we have a santa anadriven fire, were going to be looking at some real scary condi
Back open. Both directions are okay. Were watching this around the vine street expressway. Typically we see a closure here. Thats in between this point eastbound and south street. So right now, back open. Just on schedule. Youd be good to go once you head out on 76. This time 95 through delaware, 11 minutes northbound. 295 to 495. Speeds into the 60s. Well end in new jersey where no problems on route 38 in mowerinstown at nixon drive, eastbound and westbound are dry, empty. And not seeing fog there so far. This morning, city inspectors are checking out vacant row home in philadelphia that collapsed last night. No injuries reported are. The house on west fisher avenue gave way just after 10 00 last night. Now theyre looking for problems with the neighboring homes. A man and woman dead after they were found shot in a car in philadelphia. Both shot in the head. Police now say this appears to be a murder suicide. Nbc10 at amber and venango in the kensington neighborhood where police say th
Now for may 10th, 2017, this is entertainment tonight. Abc is promising that the new American Idol will be bigger, bolder and better than every. Thats a bold statement. It may start with bringing back the greatest champion ever. What do you make of Kelly Clarkson may become a judge on American Idol i heard the same rumors. First, shes incredible. She was so remarkable and sincere and lovely when she came on in the last season. So, think shed make a fantastic judge. Multiple sources tell e. T. That idol producers are seriously interested in hiring Kelly Clarkson as a judge when it relaunches. Will it happen . Three reasons it could be a smart move for both kelly and idol. First the new audition process, a source close to production tells us instead of the traditional grueling crosscountry audition tour, this time around, auditions could be held at disneyland and disney world. It could be Family Friendly who has two children at home. Second, kelly has the experience. Kelly Clarkson Clark