Losers. Acknowledging some in the pentagon may not love him. Joe biden responding directly, calling the president unamerican. Holiday hot zones . After Public Health offic warned what happens this weekend will shape the covid19 fight this fall, the concerning scenes this labor day. Crowded beaches, busy bars, College Students back on campus. Some not following the rules. All as cases are now climbing in 30 states. Answerer in the streets. The labor day protests in portland, after another night of unrest there. Mattresses torched outside a police station. Dozens arrested over the Holiday Weekend. And in rochester, new york, a thousand marching for justice in the daniel prude case. The grand slam ejection and the new fallout tonight. Know vac djokovic thrown out of the u. S. Open after striking a ball in anger, accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat. The worlds number one player unable to plead his case. What weve now learned about how much the move may cost him. And seconds to spare. An elderly man with dementia apparently unaware a fire had started in his living room. What happened next that saved his life. And good evening, thank you for being with us on this labor day holiday. Im tom llamas, in for david tonight. And we begin with the state of emergency in california. More than two dozen wild fires burning, fueled by recordbreaking heat and already taking a record toll. More than 2 million acres burned with the most dangerous part of the season still on the way. The creek fire racing through the hills near fresno, forcing new evacuations tonight. Trapping came persons at a Popular National forest over the weekend. Some driving through the flames to escape. Others surrounded, hugging the water for safety. National guard helicopters, look at that, rescuing more than 200 people in a daring nighttime operation. While near San Bernardino, homeowners balled flames at the edge of their property. You can see it there. And near san diego, the valley fire already destroying nearly a dozen homes and outer buildings. And tonight, foors winds are now fueling those flames. Abcs zohreen shah leads us off from the fire lines. Reporter tonight, new evacuations for residents near the creek fire, burning out of control in californias Sierra National forest. More than 900 firefighters battling rugged terrain, heavy fuel and high temperatures. This after daring nighttime rescues over the weekend. More than 200 people trapped by flames northeast of fresno. We are completely trapped. Theres fire on all sides, all around us. All the roads are burnt. Reporter Jeremy Remington among those at the Mammoth Pool Reservoir when the fire came out of nowhere. A bunch of us are stranded here and supposedly theres well, we have no cell, no phone reception. This is hell, if you dont know what else. Reporter the meek family trying to escape in their vehicle. Forced to take shelter in the water as the flames moved closer. Your familys all jumping in the water to get away from the flames . Yeah. There was really no warning. The fire just moved so fast. So there was only so much we could do. Gets rescued right now. Reporter the California National guard using a blackhawk and chinook helicopter to transport everyone to safety. A middle of the night rescue operation in the heart of the fire zone. Some of them were in Critical Condition with burns or broken bones. To get aircraft to fly at night into mountains is is really something else. Reporter the smokey haze from the fire even invading Yosemite National park. Across california, more than two dozen major fires now scorching the state. In San Bernardino county, at the el dorado fire, families using garden hoses to help firefighters battle the flames. Officials say this out of control fire was sparked by a pyrotechnic smoke device somne t f part ofder reveal photo op. All right, zohreen shah joins us live now, and i want to pick up where you just left off there. That family that did the gender reveal, they could face charges . Reporter tom, it is up to the d. A. Officials say the family involved is cooperating. Meanwhile, the hot and dry conditions out here condition. It is going to be another rough night for firefighters tonight and tomorrow. Tom . Zohreen shah, who has been following these fires all through the Holiday Weekend for us, thank you. Lets get right to rob marciano. Rob, how long do we expect the extreme fire danger to go on . Reporter well, the heat we saw again today is going to be replaced by wind. Take a look at this map. This red flag warnings are now posted for 35 million americans. Those excessive heat warnings, they should be dropped. Now we have high Wind Warnings across the northwest and winter storm warnings with the next batch of major cold thats going to come down. Thats going to crank the winds tomorrow and jumping through burbank and san diego tomorrow night. Winds gusting over 60 miles an hour and Dangerous Levels of humidity. The cold air is going to drop denver to 3 to 7 inches of snow tomorrow. The earlier snowfall theyve seen in ten years. So much extreme weather out west. Rob, thank you. Next, to the race for the white house. The labor day holiday, no rest for the campaign. President Trump Holding an impromptu News Conference on the north port coe of the white house. And joe biden meeting with Union Leaders in the mustwin state of pennsylvania. Both of them sharpening their attack on the military, the pandemic and on bridging the nations bitter divide. Abcs Kyra Phillips tonight in washington. Reporter just 57 days to election day, and tonight, the president still facing the fallout from the atlantic magazine report alleging he called u. S. War dead losers and suckers. Its a disgrace. Who would say a thing like that . Only an animal would say a thing like. Theres nobody that has more respect for not only our military, but people that gave their lives in the military. Reporter the president speaking atop the stately stairs of the north portico, making this claim its within of the reasons, im not saying the militarys in love with me. The soldiers are, but the top people in the pentagon probably arent. Reporter abc has not confirmed the report that solely relied on unnamed sources. Tonight, a former top aide to general john kelly, joining others in denying the art kwicl saying, i did not hear potus call anyone losers when they spoke about visiting the world war i cemetery in france. Still, joe biden seizing on the scathing accusations today in pennsylvania. When it comes to veterans, hes down right unamerican. Calling those who have served, risked their lives, even gave their lives to our nation losers and suckers. These are heroes. Ill tell you something. My beau wasnt a loser. Or a sucker. Reporter the president using the white house this labor day to attack bidens running mate for casting doubt on his promise of a vaccine. I would say that i would not trust donald trump and it would have to be a credible source of information. Theyll say anything and its so dgerous f athesay. Reporter biden saying its not about politics. If i could get a vaccine tomorrow, id do it. It would cost me the election, i feel. We need a vaccine and we need it now. All right, Kyra Phillips joins us now from washington. And there is another recoport making news, this time from the Washington Post. The postmaster general, who has already come under fire for the cuts hes made to the postal service, now hes being accused of pushing his former employees at a private company to write checks to republican candidates . Reporter thats absolutely true, tom. And if proven, thats illegal. His spokesperson telling the Washington Post in a statement, dejoy believes he has always followed Campaign Fundraising laws and regulations. Now, when i asked the president today if these allegations of a Campaign Finance scheme are true, could dejoy lose his job . Trump telling me yes, if, indeed he did something wrong. Tom . All right, Kyra Phillips with that new reporting tonight. Thank you. This Labor Day Weekend is a critical moment for the coronavirus pandemic. Health officials fear holiday social gatherings could become covid hot spots in a matter of weeks. Tonight, the virus has taken more than 189,000 american lives. Crowds like this one could fuel the spread. This lake outing near indiana university. And all of it as we head into the fall, with the flu season on the way. Heres abcs stephanie ramos. Reporter tonight, the Labor Day Weekend dealing this country a crucial test in its battle against the coronavirus. In las vegas, crowds spotted with little to no social distancing, many not wearing masks. The tourists that are coming into town that are not staying six feet away from each other, but it looks like theyre social distancing six inches away from each other. Reporter recordbreaking heat out west sending thousands to seek relief on the beach in santa monica. Crowds also flocking to downtown nashville, as restaurants and bars eased restrictions. I feel safe. If i were scared, i would just stay home. Reporter just a week ago, cases were increasing in 13 states. Today, they are climbing in 30. But it will be weeks before we know whether Labor Day Weekend triggers a spike like the ones after memorial day and the fourth of july. I am very worried that if we dont take these precautions seriously, were going to go into the fall with school and colleges opening with a lot more cases and its going to be much more difficult to navigate and get through. Reporter the country now averaging double the daily cases it had going into memorial day. After this party scene on a lake near indiana university, the School Warning students they could face sanctions. 33 fraternities and sororities are already in quarantine. 1,000 cases and counting at james madison. Students told to go home, but some echoing the concerns from experts that they could bring the virus home with them. My grandma lives with us and both my parents are highrisk, so im staying on campus when i get my results back and then well go from there. Okay, stephanie joins us now from a crowded beach in brooklyn. And stephanie, it will be weeks before we see the impact from the Labor Day Weekend, but we are already seeing spikes in College Towns . Reporter we are, tom, as millions of people close out the summer this labor day, were seeing more colleges facing outbreaks. Schools quarantining students, cracking down on large gatherings, suspending even dismissing students. Some of these College Towns are really seeing the virus and experts say they are at high risk of community spread. Tom . All right, stephanie, thank you. Now, to the unrest in portland. Black lives matter demonstrators holding a labor day march as trump gathered to caravan in their. Protesesters sveetcl firhie to mattress this weekend. But overnight in rochester, a fifth night of protests ends in no arrest. The citys plan to keep the peace appearing to work. Heres abcs matt gutman. Reporter tonight, President Trump supporters gathering in portland, clogging the roads by the hundreds. Blm demonstrators also gathering there. Overnight, this mattress. This one is about to go, and behind them are police officers, behind them is the police precinct. Police soon marching in. It was 102nd night of consecutive protests here. At least 74 people arrested this weekend. Protesters turning fireworks into cannons, significant escalation, lobbing gasoline bombs. Oh, my god. Reporter one demonstrator caught in a splash of fire. Bystanders struggling to put out the flames. Police in full riot gear blanketing the streets with tear gas. You see that cloud of yellow mustardylike smoke. The entire corner here was lit up. And in rochester, there is also simmering unrest. That, after four nights of protests demanding justice for daniel prude, who died in Police Custody in march, around 1,000 protesters marched relatively peacefully to the Public Safety building. Police making no arrests. Today, President Trump criticizing both cities handling of the protesters. They throw rocks, they throw cans of soup, they throw lots of hard objects and rarely does anything happen. Reporter rochesters mayor saying in a statement, it is clear his only desire is to bait people to act with hate and incite violence. Tom, its unclear where the blm protests are headed. You can see this massive pro trump caravan may haved out behind me on the highway. Interestingly, they were supposed to head south, they are now heading north towards portland and there is some concern among Law Enforcement ain bwe right and r vlenc ft activists. Guanovering all th anyou. We head oveeas belarus, where a key leader has reportedly beekidnap she s allegedly seen being bundled into a van by men in plain clothes on a street in the capital minesing. Her team says they havent been able to reach her since. Tens of thousands marched again over the weekend, calling for the longtime president to step down after an election that is widely discredited. And theres news about alexei navalny. The german hospital where he is being treated reports hes been taken out of a medically induced coma. He was transferred there after becoming sick on a plane in siberia. German doctors determined he had been poisoned by a nerve agent russias used on enemies before. Back here to that moment of anger that cost tennis star Novak Djokovic his place at the u. S. Open. After losing a game, he hit a ball in anger, accidentally striking a line judge in the throat. The rules say he had to go, even though he was expected to win the championship. Tonight, were learning a mistake that could end up costing him a quarter of a Million Dollars in total. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter tonight, the tennis world rocked. The favorite to win the u. S. Open ejected. Novak djokovic hitting a ball in frustration, accidentally striking a lineswoman in the neck. He immediately runs over to see if shes okay. The worlds number one ranked player then makes his appeal to stay in the game, saying the official isnt seriously injured. Youre saying you have no choice, but you do have a choice, you just told me you have a choice. She doesnt have to go to the hospital for this. Reporter the usta citing gricules sinokov bdaerously or s not t fst time a player has been disqualified. In 2017, this match was forfeited after the chair umpire was accidentally struck in the face by a ball. Last year, michael mmoh threw his racket in anger, hitting a linesman. Oh, my god. This match is over. Oh, my. Oh, no. Reporter tennis legend john mcenroe has his own history of verbal spats with umpires, says djokovic should have known better. The pressure just got to him i think. Hes going to be the bad guy the rest of his career. Reporter now djokovic is apologizing in a statement, saying, this whole situation has left me really sad and empty. I need to go back within and turn this all into a lesson for my growth. Reporter that lineswoman is expected to be okay. Djokovic will lose 267,500 in prize money and additional fines and even more valuable, a chance to win a fourth u. S. Open title. Tom . All right, glad that line judge is recovering. Theres still much more ahead on world news tonight this monday. The frightening home fire. 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