gma will follow up for the more detailed report. sunday, great program note, george stephanopoulos has an exclusive interview with president obama. at this critical moment in his presidency in the diplomatic showdown with syria. as always on line at abcnews.com. hope to see you back here tomorrow. have a great night. announcer: every day more americans choose abc news. america s number one news source. or how to get great deals the easy way. you do enough flying around. that s why we give you real big club card deals. this week, a super low price on breakfast. honey bunches of oats is only $1.88 a box. arrowhead water is just $3.33 a case. make it a triple scoop. dreyer s ice cream is just $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. only at safeway. tonight new development in the mountain diablo fire. we know the cause and there is full containment that once threatened homes to the east bay. good evening everyone. abc 7 news r
at least now being discussed with russia now involved, with the vote in congress put off at least for now, the president will use this air time tonight to remind people of the stakes. why the use of chemical weapons is different, why it can t be tolerated around the world, why syria in his words, needs to be held accountable and what a limited u.s. military strikes means. this has sparked a huge public debate. we re having our own town meeting in real time tonight as the president speaks and it all goes back to two words of his choosing. red line. that is the line the president said syria should not cross. tonight, we get to hear about the consequences as he comes down to hall to the podium to address the nation. my fellow americans, tonight, i want to talk to you about syria. why it matters and where we go from here. over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of bashar al assad has turned into a brutal civil war. over
attack and gunfight at u.s. consulate in western afghanistan. attack happened near the town here and suicide bomber detonated explosives and damaged fence at the perimeter and taliban militant ran through them and began firing on consulate building. early reports indicate afghan translator and 5 of the attac attackers killed. 7 civilian were injured. keep mop toring that for you and continue to follow it on twitter at our web site. now to the fire in new jersey. leave in doubt the destruction south of lincoln avenue is complete. l as soon as this is over, we ll picower selves up and dust ourselves off and get back to work. reporter: that is governor christy talking about the jersey shore hammered by super storm sandy now experiencing more misery from the massive fire. it broke out along the boardwalk in sea side park today and spread. this is the same area definite stated when sandy hit nearly 1 year ago. work crew completed repair to the boardwalk destroyed by storm wat
shooting a gun sparked the fire that raced up mount difficult ab will and burned more than 3000 acres. first 911 call came from address on morgan territory road very close to byron williams home. my brother was here the day it started. i was actually at my girlfriend out of town and he heard either tirtion popping or gunshots some kind of loud sound like that prior to the start of the fire. shooting out here is kind of common. reporter: neighbors here suspected it started on somebody private property but fire sparked by gun is rare. everybody is real safe with the firearms. never heard of anybody getting shot or no other fire starting from that. reporter: with the fire nearly out crew return to the stakes but a lot of work to be done. fire burned away a lot of brush and concern now is the rainy season that could setoff mud slides down the mountain. channel down the valley and stuff like that. reporter: that s one of the things that the fire suppression repair folk