Vacationing on marthas vineyard. He travels later today to nevada where he will deliver a speech on green energy. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, august 24. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with weather. Still extremely dangerous wildfire situation in Washington State. Across that state, 16 large wildfires are still burning. They cover more than 2920 square miles, more than a third of that area has been consumed by a massive complex of fires. Abcs Kendis Gibson is there. Reporter tonight, the wildfires in washington growing to a staggering 374 square miles. Authorities fearing the return of extremely dry conditions and no rain in sight could make fighting these fires more difficult. The atmosphere instability has the potential to affect all fires in the comrix. Reporter thousands of residents under evacuation orders. Mark desdier rushing to save his lake house at the height of the fires, caught in a firestorm. Instantly it looked like i was in the middle of a napalm explosion. It was awful. Reporter the 59yearold instinctively drives his quad bike into a lake, waiting out the flames for 35 minutes. What made you say, i have to go in the lake, and thats my way of surviving this . I had no other choice. It was the only thing i could think of to get out of the flames. Reporter battleweary fire crews getting muchneeded reinforcements. Dozens of firefighters from new zealand and australia now en route, along with hundreds of volunteers expected on the front lines within days. Everybody helps somebody out. Whether you know them or not. Reporter the weekend weather conditions that allowed ground crews to make progress fighting the flames also dealt a setback. Low visibility preventing air tanker pilots from flying. Kendis gibson, abc news, washington. In southern california, San Bernardino dino mountains firefighters appear to have the upper hand in the new fire burning in big bear. It forced the evacuation of about 400 homes, many of them vacation cabins. Accuweathers molly con rack is watching the tropics. Now not the best of news to kick off the workweek across the pack northwest. Wildfires continue to burn across washington, oregon and idaho. So the heat remains on for monday. Also some winds coming out of the west. Southwest helping to fan some of those blazes, as well. So something to be on alert about. Meanwhile, woo he keep an eye out on danny pushing into the northern Leeward Islands expecting to continue to weaken. But still feeling impacts such as heavy rain, gusty winds and also some rough surf. Also keeping an eye out on kilo, unlike danny, kilo is expected to strengthen for the early half of the week. Could become a category 1 hurricane and bring impacts to hawaii. Reena and phillip back to you. Thank you. Three americans who took down a suspected terrorist on a european train are receiving frances highest award today. The longtime friends honored with whats call the prey french legion of honor at the embassy in paris yesterday. They said they were going on gut instinct when they tackled gunman and hog tied him using a conductors tie. An attorney for the suspect says hes no terrorist and he only intended to rob people on train before jumping off. Quick thinking of those gentlemen. There are fears that the death toll could go higher after that crash at an air show in britain this weekend. Investigators looking into whether improvements should be made to safety standards. Heres jennifer eccleston. Reporter at the popular air show, stunts in the sky turning to disaster on the ground. Leaving up to 11 dead in southern england. All of the victims in cars, on bikes or standing. Another horrible accident in switzerland. Two planes colliding. The allure of air shows is undeniable. Thousands lining up for daredevil aerobatics and that little bit of danger. But is the risk worth the thrill . In reno, nevada, 2011, ten spectators is killed and 70 wounded. Ramstein, germany, be 1988, 67 dead, over 300 injured. And u craik, 2002, 77 People Killed among them 28 children over 500 injured. Each accident ideally bringing a review of regulations and a sharper focus on public safety. We never accept a high number. We always want to bring that number down. Its going to take a fairly concerted effort to brings standards to a higher level to reduce the number of mishaps we see every year. Reporter as the death toll continues to rise here, people are asking if any risk is just too high. Jennifer eccleston, abc news, london. Thank you. If you have concerns about the current volatility in the stock market, your concerns seem very well founded. The stock selloff resumed across asia today. All the monch averages suffering steep declines, some as much as 7 that could signal another big selloff on wall street. All the selling driven by concerns about slowing economies around the world and a possible Interest Rate hike. Well, to president ial politics now and vcht joe biden still considering a run for 2016. An important indicator may have emerged over the weekend. A top level meeting with a democratic rising star. Heres devin choir. Reporter its the summer of the political wild card. Vice President Joe Biden is stirring up intrigue among democrats after that secret political meeting with popular star senator elizabeth warren. Warren is an icon among liberals. An endorsement eagerly sought by all the democratic president ial candidates. So far, shes been cool to frontrunner Hillary Clinton, telling wbz friday she thinks the race is wide open. I want to see all the president ial candidates lay out where they stand on key issues. Reporter the meeting with warren, whose stamp of approval could catapult biden, is the strongest sign yet hes getting serious about the 2016 race. While clinton vacations in the hamptons, seen in this dailymail. Com photo, biden supporters see an opening in the polls. In a recent quinnipiac poll, only 37 say they trust Hillary Clinton, while 58 say they would trust joe biden. Biden, also said to be privately grappling with the wishes of his late son beau, who recently died of cancer. I know beau wanted his dad to be president. I know that he wanted that in 1988, and he wanted that in 2008. Unbelievable. Reporter on the other side, frontrunner donald trump, once seen as a longshot, showing staying power. Shaking up the republican field with his call to round up and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. I still dont hear specifics on how youre going to do this. Well, youll see my specifics. My specifics are very simple. Im going to get great people that know what theyre doing, not a bunch of political hacks. Reporter sources in both the biden and trump campaigns say whats energizing supporters for their candidates this summer can be summed up in one word, authenticity. Bidens expected to make his final decision on a run in the next six weeks. Devin dwyer, the white house. Harry reid has thrown his full support behind the Nuclear Agreement with iran. The nevada senator says it is the best path to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. His support will make it difficult for upons to muster the veto proof numbers needed in the senate. Four days after telling the world that cancer has spread to his brain, jimmy carter was back at sunday school. Hes taught as his Hometown Church for more than 30 years. Bazi kanani has more. In the tiny town of plains, georgia, the population nearly doubled. Hundreds lined up outside the Baptist Church for former president jimmy carters First Sunday School talk since he revealed on thursday his battle with brain cancer. When i heard the announcement, i actually cried. Why dont you tell me what state youre from. D. C. I used to live there. President carter told the crowd he may be finished with radiation and his treatment will now be done within iv medications. Then turn to his teaching for the week on love. Citing his 69year marriage to rose lynn carter. But i would say that just being able to admit you might be mistaken and the other person might be right is a very important aspect of christianity and its an important aspect of love, as well. Reporter theres a new campaign in support of plains most famous politician. The 90yearold peacemaker promises to keep at it for as long as physically possible. Bazi kanani, abc news, washington. He looks great. Sure does. Back at it. Yeah, and such strength and passion. I love that. I love that. If youve been watching our show, you know weve been telling you about a couple of beers made with cheat wheaties and even count chock cue la brings. 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Yef ashton brought the case against Casey Anthony. Our orlando station reports. Jeff ashton says he never met anyone from the site Ashley Madison but still called using the service an error in judgment. While no laws have been broken, these were incredibly stupid choices. Reporter the husband and father says he accessed the site while at work over a twoyear period. He says he used a personal. Credit card and laptop while on the public wifi network. My hope is only that this incredibly poor judgment in a personal matter will be compared by the public to 35 years of what i hope were very, very good judgments. Reporter the news broke over the weekend with his web article from the east orlando post. The websites founder has been critical of some of ashtons cases in the past. We asked the state attorney if he thought this was a political attack. The post may have been politically motivated but they had every right to do it. I did something incredibly stupid, and i should have been called on it. Reporter the state Attorney Says he regrets giving ammunition to people looking to discredit his office. He says he does not plan to recuse himself from any cases because of the revelation. Hes set to be in court on monday for a murder trial. The local county government is now planning to review its databases to make sure no other county employees were accessing the sites on taxpayer time. Abc news it, orlando. You know in addition to this, there are two firms suing the company because of all the personal information thats out there from all the users. So its just keeps growing and growing. Tearing a lot of lives apart. Coming up, rebuilding after katrina ten years later. The incredible journey of one new orleans woman. From stranded on a rooftop to a budding culinary career. Youre watching world news now. World news now nearly ten years ago, katrina slammed into the gulf coast. The destructive floods forcing countless people to rebuild their lives. Youre about to meet a woman who started over from the kitchen proving that food prepped with hope tastes that much intermediater. Robin roberts has her story. Maui set time is before and after katrina. Stuck on the roof of this house was 15yearold serena johnson. Now 25. Nobody came for a long time. She was evacuated to houston, eventually making her way back to new orleans but her Old Neighborhood a ghost town. I could have ended up in bad places for where i came from. I chose to work instead of stay out in the streets to finish school. Reporter and she close to enter a program called libertys kitchen. For at risk youth and its a program that teaches you job skills through cooking. Reporter she caught the eye of chef josh besh, at the time a rising celebrity chef who picked her for a scholarship in new york city. Tell me about your first meeting. We talked for a while. I went home and i was like i think i might have this. This man sees something in me. She has the energy, she has the smartses. She went to new york and just killed it. Reporter soon after graduating, serena began working at some of new orleans top restaurants. No sooner did she arrive in new orleans than she started working, training those in the same Outreach Program she came from. You all need this program. Shes made a difference in her world. Reporter so when habitat for humanity helped her dream of Home Ownership come true, a certain someone arrived as a surprised at the dedication ceremony. When i think of one hern person that embodies the soul of what this is really all about, its serena. Now im crying. Reporter her life, once tattered by katrina, now whole again. Of all the stories robin highlighted, that was my favorite one because ha shes still giving back. She still comes back that scene with the two of them was so emotional. 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