Tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. Robert muellers star witness on the stand in the trial of Paul Manafort. Rick gates is asked, were you involved in any criminal activity with Paul Manafort . His answer, yes. And what rick gates also said in that courtroom just a short time ago. The deadly nose dive, the plane crashing into a parking lot. Tonight, the identities of those onboard now revealed. The pilot declaring an emergency in the moments before that plane went straight down. The dangerous heat tonight on both coasts. 16 major fires now burning. And the new fire tonight in orange county. Authorities concerned about hikers in the area. The secondlargest in history. And in the east tonight, bracing for blistering heat in the next 24 hours. The public outcry tonight. Authorities before the cameras
and their new plea to break the code of silence, after 14 people were shot and killed, dozens wounded over the weekend in chicago. The deadly highway blast. The tanker truck explodi
A roundup of the days events. Reporter he was a background political operative on the trump campaign, literally right there behind the candidate at the Republican National convention. But today, rick gates took the stand in a virginia federal courthouse playing the role of special counsel Robert Muellers star witness. Coming facetoface with his former business partner, paul manafort, gates testified that they committed crimes together, including not reporting more than a dozen offshore accounts. The prosecutor asking, were you involved in any criminal activity with mr. Manafort . Yes, gates answered. Did you commit any crimes with mr. Manafort . Yes, gates answered again. The two men spent years working sidebyside. In february, gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to federal authorities. But today, as a flipped witness cooperating with the special counsel, gates told the court he lied because manafort told him to. And he also admitted he embezzled several hundred thousand dolla
janssen wants to help you explore cost support options. next tonight, the fiery car rescue in atlanta. police officers battling flames to save a passenger trapped inside. and we re now hearing from those officers. here s abc s steve osunsami. i got the extinguisher! reporter: this is early sunday morning, the end of the night shift for these atlanta police officers. and they re responding to a crashed car that s on fire, with someone still trapped inside. come on! get out! reporter: charles tierney is the officer seen here using the fire extinguisher. he s so new to the atlanta police department, he doesn t officially graduate from the academy until next month. y all got to get the door. you got to get the door. reporter: what you can t see yet is offic conn!he s trying r. pull an injured man twice her size up and over the front seat and out through the back, but his leg is stuck.