I grabbed my purse and that was it. We had to get out. Reporter jessica watt spent the night at a friends house last night. Tonight shes not sure where she and her dad will be. Bob yates is heading to his dads place in placerville. I can get a shower change some clothes and feel a little better anyway. Reporter cal fire chief mike watson told residents going home will be tomorrow at the earliest. At the very very earliest. Reporter tonight the fire is burning south and east of Lake Berryessa. Where the fire is at right now, its very very remote. There arent really any homes right there right now. Reporter for the folks waiting to get pack to their places, it is just a matter of time. It is also early in what will be a long fire season. This is the second time in a year, and frankly its getting old. Reporter there have been nearly 7,000 acres burned. The fire is being attacked by 10 helicopters, four air tankers and 1300 firefighters who are working to get this fire contained. Right now
Matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on friday morning. 7 00 on the west coast. We hate to say it but another week, another tragic shooting in louisiana. Were getting more information as we speak. Authorities have just released this new information about the gunman. His name, john houser, a 59yearold from alabama. Authorities describing him as kind of a drifter. We know that disguises including wigs and glasses were found in the search of his hotel room. Were going to get more on that in a live interview with Louisiana State police in just a moment. But lets start on this friday morning with nbcs john yang. John, what can you tell us . Matt, right now investigators are processing this crime scene. They say the theater is littered with personal belongings, shoes, purses, keys, cell phones, things people dropped and ran whether the shooting started. Were learning more about the shooter, more about the victim, and mor
More. Gunfire sent police swarming to the movie theatre in lafayette, laws an. Officers entered the theater to engage the shooter. If they did hear shots being fired at that time. Eyewitness describe the desperate rush to escape. Whole group of people teenagers mainly running out telling everybody to run for their life. We saw a lady with blood all over her leg. I just grabbed my chilled and we just all ran. Cars or something came. Told everybody to get out. Ran outside. And they had a lady she was in a dress and blood everywhere. Thats when we realize what was going on. At least 9 people were taken to the hospital by ambulance. We hear gunshots. Siren in the inof the theater starts going off and we need to evacuate this quick. Lady laying down. She was shot in the leg. Shooter died of self i hope afflicted gunshot wound. The governor rushed to the scene. This is an awful night for lafayette. Awful nature for laws an and awful night for the united states. We will get through this. Movi
They did hear shots being fired at that team. Reporter eyewitness describe the desperate rush to escape. Whole group of people teenagers mainly running out telling everybody to run for their life. We saw a lady with blood all over her leg. I just grabbed my towel and all ran. Guard came. Everybody to get out and ran outside. Lady was if a dress and blood everywhere. Realize what was going on. At least 9 people were taken to the hospital by ambulae. Obviously we hear gunshots. Syrians in the inof the theater starts going off. Telling everybody we need to evacuate the building quickly. We see a lead laying down outside. Shooter died of self inflicted gun shot wound. The laws an governor rush to the escape. Awful nature for lafayette. Awful nature for louisiana. Awful night for the united states. But we will get through this. Movie goers watching train wreck. Amy new comedy tonight the star tweeted my heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone if louisiana. Dave pac
We stayed until the flames were out the back window. They were 30 feet tall at that point. Thats when i decided we need to go. Reporter this evacuee says thanks to Defensible Space the flames burned around his house leaving it untouched. His brother stayed behind and told him the good news. He is a fighter. He didnt want to give up nothing. He is going to stay to the last second. Reporter quite a few people ignored the Evacuation Order and stayed behind. At 6 00 hear from them and from a woman who showed up to work in a place that closed off to the public. Now, before i leave, i want to show you that house back there up on that hillside. It talks about the importance of defense i believe space because you can see everything on that hillside is basically charred leaving that house alone so its foreign have that Defensible Space its important to have that Defensible Space. Da lin, kpix 5. A strike team from San Francisco consisting of two dozen firefighters and five engines drove to the