If NASA's Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars, it will become the first space mission in nearly 45 years to directly search for signs of microbial life.
that s from thomas hearn of the atf. an officer killed the suspect and was wounded in the fire fight. six others are dead. police face chaos and carnage as the attack unfolded. here s a recording of the police dispatch from earlier today. i need an ambulance. i do not see a shooter anywhere. i am on the just come in behind me. we re going to have more on this story in just a moment. first, the other headlines of the day right now. racetrack officials in pennsylvania confirming that lightning has killed one person and injured at least ten others. it happened during the pennsylvania 400 nascar race at pocono raceway. the cnn affiliate is reporting that the strike happened late this afternoon in the raceway parking lot. egypt s president vowing to capture those responsible for what he calls a traitor s attack. at least 15 egyptian soldiers were killed as masked men attacked a check point as the men was breaking their ramadan fast. that s from a northern sinai security
people driving away from home as smoke and flames engulf nearly everything. listen to evacuees tell what they managed to escape with. everything else can be replaced, but my babies can t be replaced. they just can t. it s my mom s mom s and and these were real important to her, my sister s wedding dress in the back. i have oklahoma s governor on the phone right now. mary fallon who just finished touring some of the hardest-hit areas. what s the toughest challenge that you re incurring right now? well, the toughest challenge, rob, right now is that it s still very, very hot outside. your state was up to 115 in some areas of the state. we, of course, are in the middle of a big drought in our state. we need rain and cool temperatures desperately, but we have all of the resources out working very, very hard. we re coordinating fire command centers, but i don t have a total estimate on the number of acres left, but from what i can best guess we re probably about 60,000 acr
temperatures desperately. at least 120 homes or buildings had been destroyed. live report from oklahoma straight ahead here on cnn. [ gunfire ] this is aleppo, the biggest city in syria. it is a battlefield now, but it soon might be the scene of an all-out warfare. rebels fighting for their, fighting there think syrian forces are getting ready to launch a major military offensive against them, it could happen any day now. tens of thousands of civilians have already fled the city. health workers in uganda say they re still trying to confirm more suspected cases of the deadly ebola virus. they want to make sure they re not overlooking any cases in the effort to contain an outbreak in the western part of the country, at least 16 people have died. the secretary of state hillary clinton touched down in nairobi, kenya. kenya is the fourth of six countries she is visiting. clinton plans meeting with kenya s president and prime minister during her stay. we re getting result
the players and owners have agreed to end the 149-day lockout. it will be 66 games instead of the usual 192, and it will start christmas day. a lot has to happen in the next month for this to go off as hoped. training camp would start december 9, free agency begins and trades will start happening fast and furious. that will be exciting for fans to watch. then, as we mentioned, december 25, the regular season would begin with a television triple header. the miami heat versus the dallas mavericks, the boston celtics at the new york knicks and the chicago bulls at los angeles lakers. we explain how this deal finally came together. the second longest work st stoppage in nba history may finally be over. they reached a tentative deal with regard to the lockout. we reached a tentative understanding which is subject to a variety of approvals, but we re optimistic that that will all come to pass and that the nba season will begin on december 25, christmas day. details of the agr