thanks to dry brush and strong win winds. so far, dozens of structures have been burned, but there are hundreds more homes that are threatened this morning. one of the worst of the fires burning right now is in luther, oklahoma. investigators there are looking into the possibility that the fire was deliberately set by a man allegedly throwing burning wads of paper into a pasture. more extreme weather now and tropical storm ernesto is moving west toward jamaica. people in southern jamaica are being warned that the storm is coming. it already swept past the windward islands with heavy rain and 60-mile-per-hour winds. ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane some time tomorrow, but the latest tracks don t have it reaching the u.s. and right behind ernesto is a brand-new named storm, tropical storm florence with winds at 40 miles per hour. relatives of former penn state coach joe paterno are fighting for the school and his legacy. paterno s family says they plan to
from a navy notification team. alex sullivan s friends called him a gentle giant. the young husband loved to cook. he was celebrating his 27th birthday at the theater where he also worked. he would have celebrated his first wedding anniversary tomorrow. also in the audience, jessica ghawi, the aspiring sports reporter narrowly escaped a mall shooting in canada just last month. now the country is grieving the loss of their lives and the deaths of seven others whose dreams were cut short. somebody shooting in the auditorium. 315 and 314, there is at least one person that s been shot, but they re saying there s hundreds of people just running around. as soon as we heard the first shots, my sister immediately grabbed my arm and wanted to leave as quick as possible. it was terrifying. i just remember thinking, i m not going to die in here. me and my kids, we are not going to die in here, i need to get them out. everyone was kind of in an ethereal state, just puzzled, won
now lawmakers are trying to change that. it s our 10:30 talker. we start this hour with the weather. we are all hoping for a break from this oppressive heat. well, sorry, not today. i hate to see all that red on these maps we re about to show you, but those are the heat warnings. and as you can see, it is going to be pretty bad today. the record triple-digit temperatures are being blamed for at least five deaths. and don t forget about the 350,000 people still without power after storms tore through the atlantic states last week. it has been a week with no power and no air conditioning, but in many of those places, cooling centers have opened up to help try to cool people down. now to afghanistan and a commitment from the united states. secretary of state hillary clinton spelled out the partnership that will take the two countries beyond the planned troop withdrawal in 2014. afghanistan is now designated a major non-nato ally. that means the u.s. will keep up defense, s
mainstream media until now. fox news pounds eric holder after a house committee votes to hold him in contempt while msnbc acts as the attorney general s defense lawyer. nobody in the mainstream media was paying any attention to this scandal. fox news was. nobody else was covering it. well, not quite. but have journalists blown the story, or is this scandal manufactured by the right wing media? and we ll tackle these television topics. ann curry appears to be on her way out at the to dashow. why was her partnership with matt lauer such a flop? 20/20 sits down with rielle hunter. do you think he wanted the baby? i think that he thought the timing was terrible. do we really need to hear more from john edwards s mercurial mistress? and erin sorkin s the newsroom debuts tonight. i didn t know people didn t like working for me. do you care? of course i care. anybody would care. but honestly, i don t. i do. i am a perfectly nice guy. i have the focus group data to