To the top of the box office. Early today starts right now. Good monday morning to you, everybody. Wildfires, they continue to scorch the west coast, triple digit temperatures and drought on fueling those flames. Nearly every firefighter in the country was on call overnight because of more than 100 large uncontained fires in several states. Thb nbcs Gadi Schwartz has the latest. Reporter a small resort town surrounded by fire and residents here are traumatized by the destination. Reporter the battle to protect the homes in washington is fierce. The National Guard called in to make water drops after thousands were forced to evacuate. But, so far, only 50 to 100 homes and buildings are believed to have been destroyed. Hard to see this. Reporter all that is left of this house is a chimney and its foundation and families like this one trying to find what is most important to them. Trim from my moms wedding band. Reporter the fire has also burned a local economy to its core where building a
Americans who helped subdue a gunman on a parispound train. Spencer stone and Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler and two other men jumped into action to save passengers catching the suspect and beating him until he was unconscious and tieing him up until authorities arrived. Claudio lavangos is live in paris for us this morning. This is a remarkable story. Its heroism really. The three received frances highest honor because of that heroism. Reporter well, that certainly is the highest honor that could get here in france. The legion dhonneur is given to people. This is exceptional circumstances as the president of france holland during the ceremony said with their bravery, they have probably, almost surely, prevented a blood bath, a carnage. I saw he had an ak 47 and it looked like the jammer wasnt working and he was trying to discharge the weapon and we said lets go. Im glad they quickly took action. Belgium authorities identified the gunman as khazzani he was on the watch list but stil
Trillion dollar cap for the entire week and Dow Jones Industrials wiped off 338 billion so a lot of loss across the board and indiscriminate selling across the sector and blue chip names in the dow are in bear market territory with apple down off 21 from recent highs. Walmart is down just about 27 from its high in january. So some real concerns here for investors but we have been talking to analysts all morning and the messages do not panic. A lot of fear being generated around china. But we still have some uncertainty in that region and a lot of people are waiting for the Chinese Central Bank to come in with additional easing measures and that could give markets a bit of a boost. For the moment, it is not looking pretty. Another down day on wall street. Looks like another rough zone for investors who better buckle up. Thank you, nancy. A terrifying scene at Pocono Raceway in california. He hit the wall around 220 miles per hour. He walked out of the car and into an ambulance under his
Simpson released on parole i wish this would have never happened. The one time nfl great became americas most well known prisoner. Famously acquitted for the 1994 murder of his exwife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend ron goldman. Arnelle simpson oj simpsons daughter he truly is remorseful and we just want him to come home so that we can move forward for us. In july the nevada board of parole commissioners unanimously voting to grant the 70yearold parole. A source close to simpson says he will start his life outside of prison in las vegas but eventually moving to florida to be closer to his kids. Oj simpson released on parole right now, i am at a point in my life where all i want to do is spend as much time as i can with my children and my friends. Malcolm lavergne attorney i have no doubt hes going to have Perfect Performance on parole. Hell comply with anything his florida parole officer tells him to do. After signing paperwork in prison simpson left to start the next chapter of hi
Evangelical christians. Well speak with the president of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell jr. , one of mr. Trumps top spiritual advisers, about the president elects appeal to evangelical voters. Plus, well ask our sunday panel to look back on a tumultuous 2016. And ahead to what we can expect from President Trump in 2017. And our power player of the week a mission to honor our nations veterans. Its the quarter century mark. I think its really, its america. Its what America Needs to be. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again, and Merry Christmas from fox news in washington. Well, with terror attacks across europe, donald trump was talking this week about how he intends to keep our country safe, including plans to limit who is allowed into the u. S. Joining me now to discuss what the president elect will do is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Mr. Speaker, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas. Before we get to the war on terror, president elect trump seems to have in some sense vet