delta. you can see the devastation here. firefighters have just gotten the blaze under control tonight. good evening, i m erik thomas. and i m anna dates. abc 7 news reporter allen long has the very latest. reporter: you can see behind me they re just now putting out the remnants of this fire. it s still burning very hot back there. but they say it s under control. they finally got it under control about an hour ago. but the solano county sheriff s department says it destroyed eight homes before they stopped it. this is the eighth home destroyed by this fire. it is still burning out there, but firefighters say the flames have reached all the way to the river so it no longer poses a threat. now, the fire actually started after embers from the first one in collinsville blew about a half mile east of here. this is a small community across the san joaquin river from pittsburg. it broke out around 1:30 and destroyed several homes and collinsville road. the winds were blowing
pope francis reveals he s auctioning off his harley. he s even signed it on the gas tank, but what lucky buyer is headed for hog heaven? come on. get in the game. let s go. pull our money together. like 5 million each? we re talking about this right here. it s autographed. i love it on the gas tank like that. no telling how much that will go for. it s going to be amazing to see how much that gets. heavenly harley. the proceeds are going to benefit a soup kitchen in rome. people could be eating very well at that soup kitchen for many years to come. that will fetch a pretty penny. great to see. also some surprising comments from the first lady right before her 50th birthday saying she s not ruling out plastic surgery or botox. a lot more to come on that. first, let s get to ginger with that situation developing in california. driest conditions yet. fires all across the state. right. it was the driest year on record for california and now we ve got pictur
and photo-bombing at the white house. the nba champs and the first lady bringing the heat in a brand-new push to get everyone working out. is her photo bomb making king james a slam dunk? ooh. and good morning, america, boy, the snow is already hitting. it is hitting hard. let s go right to the midwest right now. oh, that is east chicago, indiana, north indiana, see how hard it is coming down. the snow total predictions are going up right now and driving conditions right outside chicago right now. and it s heading this way. the heaviest snow expected on the coast straight up the i-95 corridor. looks good right now. won t be that way in a short amount of time. as much as 14 inches in some places. our extreme weather team led by our own ginger zee all ready to bring us the latest. good morning to you. we are talking right now hours from now we ll be seeing this major snowstorm take form here along the east coast. it s already in parts of indianapolis, parts of cincinnat
and the billion-dollar challenge from warren buffett. march madness kicks off early with a legendary investor putting a billion dollars on the line for anyone who predicts every winner in the tournament the oracle of omaha will tell us how. and good morning, america. let s go right to the snow. it s still snowing in scituate, massachusetts, just south of boston right there. already a foot and a half of snow and at least 5 inches coming more to boston right now as well. that s boston highway just outside of boston right there. snowing all night in new york city. walked kj in that. it was a blast. take a look at this. that s the iconic apple store on fifth avenue. and look what happened overnight. one of those giant window panes cracked when a snowplow accidentally rammed into it. wow. completely shattered. one of the most photographed places in new york city. people flocking to it. we ll have full coverage of all the snow. millions waking up to the snowy mess. ging
earth. tonight, baseball s biggest stars with their own special tribute. good evening on this fourth of july holiday. diane is off. we begin the night looking up at the sky, not just for fireworks, but at hurricane arthur, now hitting the new england coast. bringing with it flash floods, powerful winds at 80 miles an hour, so dangerous for anyone outside. the view above north carolina, homes and hotels surrounded by water. business owners trying to save what they can from the floods. tonight, this image from nasa s eye in space. over the eye of the storm. the system is 400 miles wide and on the move. let s get right to ginger zee and our extreme weather team. they are ready to go. matt gutman starts us off in atlantic beach, north carolina. reporter: arthur crashing the north carolina coast overnight. winds topping 100 miles per hour. a drive-by hurricane, blowing up transformers and wind whipping these trees. we felt arthur s force as the eyewall approached. and just m