Most cases, it would be a grand jury, but here in minneapolis, the County Prosecutor has decided he alone will review evidence and determine whether to pursue charges. David . Alex perez leading us off tonight. Alex, thank you. There is also a State Of Emergency playing out tonight. 43 major fires burning. One in particular forcing nearly 5,000 from their homes as the fire now gets closer. And tonight, it is moving in on Yosemite National park. Smoke so thick in the park, you cannot see what makes it most famous. Abcs Kenneth Moton on the fire lines from california. Reporter tonight, the Detwiler Fire, exploding in size to more than 70 square miles. Firefighters calling it the most powerful of their careers. Talking to firefighters, its been over ten years since weve seen fire and fire growth like this. Reporter 2,200 firefighters trying to keep up in grueling conditions on the ground. These firefighters are the first line and pretty much the only defense watch over these flames hosing them down because look. Walk with me here because you can see theres a home they are trying to protect just a few feet away. From the air, this firefighters
in the meantime, were also following severe Storm Warnings at this hour. A potentially dangerous heat wave for much of the country. Triple digit temperatures on tap, and i want to go to ginger zee tracking it for us. Ginger . Reporter and david, trees are uprooting right now as we speak. 70 Miles Per Hour winds, and a severe thunderstorm watches. Even embedded Tornado Warnings in that line in minnesota and iowa. I want to take you south of there where in this heat dome, there are excessive Heat Warnings and advisories that stretch from oklahoma, through missouri and then all the way here to new york. Numbers will look like this. 110 in kansas city, it feels like here tomorrow, nearly 100 in new york. David. Ginger zee with us. Ginger, thanks as always. We are also following breaking developments involving President Trumps soninlaw and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. We have just learned he will now appear before the Senate Intelligence committee on monday. Abcs senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, with what she has learned tonight. Reporter tonight, abc news has learned Jared Kushner will be the first person in the president s inner circle to appear before senate
known sessions would have stepped down from that probe. How do you recuse yoourus . If you would have done that before the b jo, i would have said, no thanks. I wont take you. Thats unfair in a mild word, to the president. All right, lets get live to cecilia vega at the white house. You learned that donald trump jr. And former campaign chair, paul manafort, have both been asked to testify on capitol hill next week . Reporter representatives for both those men confirmed they have received these invitations, but their appearances are not confirmed. Both said they would be willing to cooperate, and you remember not long ago, President Trump said if don junior wants to testify, he should. Cecilia vega, thank you. President trump, meanwhile, bringing Senate Republicans to the white house today, and issuing a new order. Do not leave washington until you come up with a new plan to repeal and replace obamacare. But then the white house was asked, is the president promising the same himself . Will he stay in washington until it happens too . Abcs mary bruce on the hill again tonight. Reporter first, the president said he wanted to repeal and replace. Then when republicans blindsided him, he said, just repeal. Then it was just let obamacare fail. And today at the white house, a new order, to go back to repeal and replace. I intend to keep my promise, and i know you will too. Reporter it was a signature promise he made repeatedly on the campaign trail. Were going to repeal and replace obamacare. Reporter then as president elect, he promised to do it quickly. Probably the same day. Could be the same hour. Reporter and today he told senators they should not leave town until they get it done. We should repeal and replace and we shouldnt leave town until this is complete. Until this bill is on my desk. Reporter the president reminding republicans sitting there that they voted more than 60 times to repeal all or part of obamacare while obama was in office. Im sitting in that office. I have pen in hand. You never had that before. You know, for seven years, you
had an easy route. Well repeal and replace. He is never going to sign it. But im signing it. So its a little bit different. Reporter the president also making a veiled threat against one of the senators who signaled he might bail. Senator dean heller of nevada sitting right next to him. He wants to remain a senator, doesnt he . Okay . Reporter meanwhile back on the hill protesters swarmed the capitol making clear whats at stake for republicans. [ chanting ] tonight, republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is pushing ahead. He says the senate will still move to vote on a bill to just repeal obamacare. But some republicans are still not on board. No replace with repeal. Whatever part of the process is, im not voting for it. Mary bruce live on the hill again tonight, and the senate could go ahead next week to vote in a straight repeal, and were learning from the Congressional Budget Office the score. How Many Americans could be affected . Reporter a straight repeal could leave 32 million more americans uninsured over the next decade, and premiums for some could double. Thats only if republicans dont come up with a separate plan to replace obamacare. What about that other issue . What about the president . The white house was asked, is he willing to stay in washington as he has ordered Senate Republicans on this . Reporter the white house says the president is willing to stay in town so long as senators are right here on the hill and working on health care. David . Mary bruce, thank you. Next tonight to o. J. Simpson. The decision comes tomorrow. A parole board could clear him to leave after nine years behind bars. One of the men he is accused of robbing telling abc news he should go free. Abcs Senior National correspondent, matt gutman, outside the prison tonight. Reporter after nine years in lockup in lovelock, nevada, o. J. Simpson is headed to that fateful Parole Hearing with an ace up his sleeve. The man you see simpson heading to rob at this casino telling abc news hell testify on behalf of the nfl hall of famer. That 2007 heist instead got him an up to 33year sentence. I thought i was confronting friends, and retrieving my property. So im sorry. Im sorry for all of it. Reporter former prison guard, craig arnett chatted with simpson regularly during his first years in prison. What was he like . To tell you the truth, he was just like anybody else on the yard. He was never disrespectful. Reporter thats the case simpson will try to plea to the parole board, and it happened beyond the barbed wire, and through that little blue door there. That parole board comprised of six commissioners will also consider the potential risk he poses to society should he be released. Now simpson needs four of the six majority in order to be granted freedom, david, but given his age, the pristine record he has and of course, the support of his victim, its likely he will get paroled. Still, he cant walk free until at least october 1st. David. Matt gutman in nevada. Matt will be there tomorrow, and stay with abc news for complete coverage beginning with gma in
the morning. A live interview with fred and kim goldman. Then live coverage on abc of the Parole Hearing and a wrapup here of course, on World News Tonight. Next this evening, troubling images from a Baltimore Police officers bodycam. Authorities say it appears to show him planting evidence while other officers watched and then turning on his bodycam. Now that evidence leading to an arrest, raising doubts about that arrest and dozens of other cases he has been involved with. Abcs linzie janis with the video tonight. Reporter tonight, one Baltimore Police officer suspended and two others placed on limited duty as authorities investigate this video. Im going to check here. Reporter the officers body camera shows him walking down the alley, sifting through some trash and finding a bag of drugs inside a soup can. Yo reporter but the body camera records 30 seconds of silent footage before the officer turns it on. In those 30 seconds, you can see the officer in that alley, appearing to plant the drugs. Two of his fellow officers standing right there. This is a serious allegation of police misconduct. Reporter the citys Public Defenders Office says the video was used to arrest and charge a man in january. Those charges dropped in recent days, only after the video was discovered. David, the officer is a witness in more than 50 active cases. The Public Defender is calling for a full review of the cases as well as those involving the other two officers, david. Linzie janis with us. Linzie, thank you. There is still much more ahead here on World News Tonight this wednesday. The video coming in. A Gunman Opening Fire on a busy road. The female driver and her passenger targeted. The confrontation turning violent. The womans suv riddled with bullet holes and you will see Surveillance Video coming up right here in a moment. Also ahead, the helicopter making the Emergency Landing on the water. The Police Rescue and tonight, we are learning who was on board that chopper. And new jersey governor
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for the person who pulled the trigger this afternoon in alameda county, killing the man but leaving the baby unharmed. Thousands of acres burned. Thousands of people evacuated. Were live at Mare Posa County tonight with hopes and fears. Next door to the rubble of one site begins the construction of another. Todays groundbreaking in oakland is not just making a building, its taking a stand. This is creepy or cool . Were going to explain what stanford researchers have created then let you decide. The Crackling Flames Ignite fears in thousands of people because this could become one of the most destructive wildfires this season. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Calfier says 1500 homes are threatened by whats being called the Detwiler Fire burning
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