Athletes. Is it safe . Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Right now fires are burning from one end of california to the other. The worst of them northwest of sacramento where at least 24 homes are destroyed, 6,000 structures are threatened and 13,000 people have been urged to gather up their belongings and head to safety. In all an incredible 9,000 firefighters are working more than 20 fires across the state. But the socalled rocky fire has proven the most dangerous and confounding, tripling in size over the weekend. Nbcs joe fryer is there with the latest. Rowdy good evening, lester. You can see we are surrounded by smoke from the rocky fire. 2,500 firefighters are now on the ground here. And weve heard from veterans whove been doing this 10 20 even 30 years who said they have never seen a fire behave like this one. The villain of Northern California is a massive agile wildfire
Will bring muchneeded rain, but theres no guarantee. Most of the rain that gets impacted by el nino falls in Southern California but we really need it to fall in Northern California where all of our reservoirs are. For now all eyes are on the rocky fire, which wont go down without a fight. More than 5,000 homes are threatened by this fire, which has already destroyed two dozen homes. Firefighters are making progress. It is now 12 contained. Lester . All right. Joe fryer, thanks. From fire we go to floods and an emergency situation unfolding right now at the opposite end of the country. Flood waters so severe that mandatory evacuations have been ordered. Neighborhoods near tampa are underwater. Some people rescued from their homes by boat. The weather channels mike seidel is in Newport Richie, florida. Central florida is drenched. Pounded by incessant rains caused by a stalled weather front. In 12 hours we picked up a months worth of rain. Here at Newport Richie the river has spilled in
Next, cspan partners with the New Hampshire union leader for newspapers voters first forum. All 17 candidates were invited to participate with 14 taking part. This is two hours. Good evening from the dana center on the same in some on the campus of the saint anselm college. Tonights forum is cosponsored by the post and courier, the gazette, i heart radio and cspan. We want to thank the local sponsors, no labels, americans for prosperity, live free or die, and saint anselm college. Labels, americans for prosperity, live free or die, and saint anselm college. You will hear from 14 candidates this evening. With us is jeb bush, then carson christie, fiorina, graham, kasich, pataki perry santorum, and walk. Er. Via satellite cruz, paul and rubio. Welcome the moderator, jack. He is the host of New Hampshire today. Moderater thank you. There is a belief that the voters in the states and america deserve to hear from all of the chantix at the same time and answering the questions. The time will
And iowa, South Carolina or New Hampshire, 202 7488003. The website or send us an email. One of the local papers out of New Hampshire that cosponsor the event courtesy of museum. Gop. Ca meets the all eyes turned to the nations primary state as republican candidates take the stage. Each cast themselves as the most qualified candidate. Candidates took terms took turns answering questions about pressing domestic issues and they criticized the Iran Nuclear Deal and funding for planned parenthood and the Affordable Care act. 11 where in New Hampshire. Senators, tedan cruz, rand paul and marco rubio. They were in town for that vote on cutting funding and planned parenthood. Each of them participated for around of q a oneonone. They did two rounds of questions and the other candidates were sitting in the audience. View of these gop candidates . This is from the iowa paper. Also another cosponsor of last nights event. Gop hopefuls foul repeals. It says in a nationally televised voters first f
And now, were learning who this victim is and what happened to her. We sent fox5s Miguel Martinez valle to hunt for answers. Hes live in the newsroom with what we know now. Within the last 30 minutes friends of the woman who was found have identified her to me as wendy rodriguez, a person they describe as a wonderufl friend and Family Member whos life was taken too soon. They say they last heard from her last night when she went to the bank, they were searching for her until moments ago. We now know wendy was the victim of this horrible crime. Police say the homeowner called to report her body after midnight. When officers went in to investigate they found rodriguez on the ground. Officers tell me she was only wearing a bra and it looked like someone partially covered her with a blanket. They say it was clear there was a struggle there was lots of blood, and she had some kind head trauma. Night. And some of her friends were searching for her this morning. This morning i got up and go m