now from abc7, live breaking news. that breaking news is from san jose. i m ama daetz. dan: there is a tour bus crash on the 101. ama: let s get to katie. reporter: ama and dan, we were at the exit and this is why traffic is backed up. there is only one lane open. this is where the fire started and it didn t get very far because of the broken out windows on the side of the bus. this is what firefighters had to do to put the fire out. we have twitter pictures of the fire as this bus was burning. we want to show you those now so you can get a feel for what was going on. the chp on the scene tells me there were 16 passengers on this bus. he believes they were headed to a casino when the driver noticed the fire in the back of the bus. he was able to safely pull over and safely get off the bus. he tried to use his fire distinguisher, but it wasn t enough. the fire department had to be called in and the highway was shutdown. the tour bus company, medina tours, was able
threatening a woman at gunpoint in his home. what the star is now saying about that incident. fiery escape. the driver at a gas station backs into a pump, sparking a dangerous fire. the car behind him igniting with two children inside. how their mother sprang into action and helped save their lives. today, wednesday, august 31, 2016. this is today from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this wednesday morning. big, surprising news from donald trump overnight coming on twitter. we knew he would give a big immigration speech today. now we found out he s going to travel to mexico and meet with the president there. donald trump sent out a tweet saying he s going to mexico to meet with the mexican president. that before the highly anticipated speech on immigration. that comes later on this evening. we are going to hear from his campaign manager about the surprise trip in a moment. let s begin with nbc s hallie jackson. repor
he believes they were headed to a casino when the driver noticed the fire in the back of the bus. he was able to safely pull over and safely get off the bus. he tried to use his fire distinguisher, but it wasn t enough. the fire department had to be called in and the highway was shutdown. the tour bus company, medina tours, was able to get a second bus here. all of those passengers walked over and then they were put on another bus. we understand it was within 20 minutes and they were safely on their way. you can see this tour bus is up on the tow truck. it is almost ready to get pulled out of here. the clean up of the roadway is still under way. chp tells me they should be able to reopen all lanes of northbound 880 maybe in the next 15 to 20 minutes. our other top story, president obama commuted the sentences of more than 100 prisoners today including an east bay man arrested 30 years ago. he was found guilty of districting crack and cocaine in 1990. now he is months away
ocean s pier here. a wave came and grabbed her, they were holding on to each other, took her out, the guy went in after her. reporter: the women, went against her natural human instinct and didn t reis sift the rip resist the rip currents. she was floating way out there, but i could see that her head and like, [ indiscernible ] reporter: she eventually made it back to the shore. he on the other hand was trying to fight it and get back up, he actually got close to getting out, like, about two times, despite wastes taking him back in. reporter: using a long line, a coast guard rescue swimmer dropped from a helicopter in to the ocean to pluck the man out and load him in to an ambulance. hours later, surfers like greg enjoyed seven to eight foot waves hitting every 10 seconds and saying the beach is not to be trifled with. 10 feet deep, the water slams off the beach and that water suck in underneath under that hole as the next wave comes in, it s a cycle peck wher
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. rescuers test the limits, braving the dangerous bay area surf after a couple is swept out in to the ocean. just an hour ago, we learned that one of them has died. a big wave caught the pair off guard at shark park beach in pacifica. andria borba is there tonight. reporter: just a short time ago, the san mateo county coroner s office confirmed the name of the man who passed away, 60-year-old larry moore, pronounced dead shortly after he was pulled out of the water. on an unusually warm february day, people were pounding the streets of the pacifica. it s safe for me to be out there and they realize they re getting in trouble. reporter: around 2:00 this afternoon, a couple met the ocean s pier here. a wave came and grabbed her, they were holding on to each other, took her out, the guy went in after her. reporter: the women, went against her natural human instinct and didn t reis sift the rip resist the