Live from the kgo Broadcast Center this is abc news. All of a sudden the flames started to race up the hill and it was really intense. A fire comes dangerously close to homes in contra costa county. Tonight, firefighters warn this fire season is only going to get worse. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. It burned fast, hot and still watched by fire crews tonight. Abc 7 News Reporter is live in contra costa with more on the fire that got close to homes. Lisa . Reporter very true. The backyards of these homes on fascination circle suffered the brunt of the damage. As you can see, the fire crews are back there checking the lines. They will be doing this all night long to make sure this fire stays out. They fought the fire from the air and from the ground as it leapt to life on this dry, grassy hillside. It was i scary, absolutely scary. Reporter homeowners also leapt in to action without much success. I dropped the hose and took off. Reporter it burned several retaining walls and tr
Watch and it ends in a tie . A tie . Because even when they say its not it is always about winning. Melissa sigh of relief from the Housing Market. Money told you about the twoyear recovery faltering in the Housing Market amid rising prices and low paying jobs. Existing home expectations beat expectations seeing the highest monthly gain in three years. Here is fox businesss own Charlie Gasparino, jo ling kent and wall street journal spencer ante. What do you guys make of this . What do you think, charlie. Economy is still pretty slow. I think were bouncing off the bottom when you talk about housing making a come back. If you look at the numbers from, ill tell you, we were first to talk about this, again, i think this is the biggest economic story out there, jobs on the low end, jobs on the highend. Those aei numbers and other numbers in the New York Times say were not producing jobs in the middle. This is not a good economy. Melissa why would existing home sales rise by 5 . I dont know
Adrift for 14 hours in florida, this couples lastminute rescue by fishermen, speaking out about their escape. And peanut takes manhattan, and takes the title as the worlds ugliest dog. The mutt with the comeback story is live in times square and ready for his closeup. But are you . We love you, peanut peanut yeah. Hey, americans all around the world on that emotional roller coaster watching that world cup match. Kansas city to new york city. Wow. Celebrating the goals by team usa. But wait a minute, wait a minute. This was the shock in chicago when portugal, you know, scored that lastminute goal. I think our living room in shock as well. Team usa just seconds away from escaping that group of death into the next round. But, no fear, theyre still very much in it. The tie was not bad. Paula faris has the dramatic details from rio. Good morning, paula. Reporter good morning, george. The u. S. Had this game all but won. They were moving on to round two, but with 30 seconds to go, heartbreak
At the time of the attack, and the suspect should have known she is a nun. Thats what makes the crime so appalling. Dedicating their life to that mission, to be assaulted in stuff a way is completely disgraceful, it really is. It is pitiful when i hear that. It is like it makes me scared not to want to come to the supermarket or come outside. Paranoid not knowing who will come up behind you and take your car, money, keys. You just never know. The victim is underably traumatized by what happened. She told me her face may be permanently scarred but feels her faith in god saved her life. Only able to give a very vague description of her attacker, lightskin black male in 40s wearing a tv tshirt. They interest trying to nail down the license plate on the vehicle. Politics did not play a role in the case of Jerry Sandusky according to a report released by Pennsylvania Attorney general, kathleen kane. That report says the delays in that case by police and prosecutors, and now we have the resu
To go. From abc news World Headquarters this is abc world news. Good evening, im dan har ris. After rainfall of historic proportions, more National Guardsmen are on the scene trying to shore up homes and businesses against the coming surge. That hospital in minneapolis that lost part of its property in a mudslide, one of the most visible scars in this disaster, they are carrying on still treating patients. We begin with neil reporting in from minneapolis. It only takes one look at this buckling bridge in henderson, minnesota to get a sense of power of a flooded river. The bridge is slowly collapsing. Old cracks and new cracks. Reporter one of many that roger reinheart has been inspecting all day. Is this bridge going to go . This bridge is gone. Reporter waterlogged minnesota had its rainiest start to the year ever and after a torrential week, mudslides and high water arent going away, even though the rain has stopped. Two homes were wiped out by a mudslide here friday. Just to give yo