biles making history with her fourth gold in rio flipping in a flawless floor routine on the final night for america s final five and from the mat to the track, that heartwarming moment, putting spirit ahead of medals. and you ll meet the american man called the olympic selfie king who called his boss saying i can t return to work until he lands the one star that got away. can our team help him get to the finish line? square and rio de janeiro, this is good morning america. and we do say good morning, america, on this wednesday morning. and what a stunning night at the olympics. simone biles as you said, david, making history with her fourth gold in rio. she is just incredible. and take a look at this, simone on the cover of sports illustrated along with katie ledecky and michael phelps and they simply just say the greatest. that they are. a medal but they won our hearts and a lot of praise. abbey d agostino and nikki hamblin helping each other up on the track.
moving into the end of the week, smoke looks to subside but that is dependent on the firefighters controlling the fire. temperatures will fall back to normal values for this time of year between 102 and 106 degrees along with lighter winds and mainly sunny skies through sunday. by monday and tuesday clouds build to partly sunny with humidity slightly rising but no chance for rain is expected. there are now 26 wildfires burning in the west. the largest burning so intensely...the governor declared a state of emergency for parts of southern california north of los angeles. the blue cut fire is affecting a number of communties and leaving some residents suddenly looking for a place to stay. abc s adrienne bank-ert has the latest. royce bordes evacuee 27-30 eric sherwin public information officer san bernardino county fire 50-53 don gordon/cal fire lead arson investigator burned . homes reduced to rubble . some narrowly escaping with their lives .watching everything they own burn.
us - right here in the valley. (((yasmeen tosses to mahsa))) mahsa is live along 15 past main street mahsa adlibs bacchus who is in the midst of it all newscast you can see live pictures of the fire in the here in the valley let s check in with.. 13 first alert.. chief meteorologist bryan scofield.. thursday but due to the wildfire near the cajon pass, smoke and haze will stay in the valley. mountains will be effected by the smoke the most; into unhealthy levels for children, the elderly and people with respiratory issues. we could at times see these levels settle in the valley through the rest of the week. weather will be quite settled through the week an highs will be near normal the next few days with overnight lows near the seasonal temperatures as well. if it was not for the haze we would have clear skies each day and no rain chances to mention through the weekend. winds will determine how much smoke heads our way from the blue cut fire. as of now they are from the cover
they spent most of the day hosting a car wash in wendy s honor.trying to raise enough money to give her a proper burial. tonight they tell me this still seems unreal.and theyre desperate for closure. lizeth cuevas, best friend : it hasnt sunken in into many of our heads.we cant believe it. she didnt deserve what happened to her. rodriguez. a twenty five year old whose body was found half clothed in a pool of blood. her suspected killer - still on the loose. lizeth cuevas, best friend : i dont know why he picked her. i dont know why. but i hope they find him soon. he is jaime santana. also twenty five and a suspect in rodriguez s murder. her body was found inside . richard frias- guzman, friend : its very tragic. its very upsetting. as rodriguez s friends and family cope with the sudden loss - theyre also funeral expenses. richard frias- guzman : you feel like you re a lone. you feel like nobody has gone through what you re going through. but thats what we re out here to do. w
daytime high sunday and it looks like we could do it again to start the week. we remain under the influence of a ridge but a trough pushing toward the coast will set up some southwest winds today. it will remain dry and will trigger some winds for monday. another trough moves across northern nevada on tuesday allowing for a little more cloud to develop over our area. temperatures will start to cool off as we head into the middle and second half of the week. the uv index for monday is 9 or very high. over the sudden loss of a las vegas woman. now they re doing what they can to help raise money for her funeral. fox5 s abby theodros tells us how the community is coming together for the victim. lizeth cuevas, best friend : it hasnt sunken in into many of our heads.we cant believe it. she didnt deserve what happened to her. she is wendy rodriguez. a twenty five year old whose body clothed in a pool of blood. her suspected killer - still on the loose. lizeth cuevas, best friend : i