diane: catherine:hurricane patricia is making landfall in mexico tonight. near the resort area of manzanilla. it s being described as the strongest hurricane ever in the western hemisphere. thousands of residents have fled their homes along the southwestern coastline. and tourists have been removed from coastal hotels and taken inland. forecasters say the storm s winds have eased only slightly and it s expected to be extremely dangerous . the pacific coast is dotted with sleepy fishing villages and huge resorts. many of them empty tonight. planes are being diverted but one air force reserve member says her crew flew into the outer edges of the huge storm. filling our roller-coaster. constant dropping out of your stomach we left it intensifying each half to the i ll last night they kept getting stronger and stronger. catherine:the view from outer space is feared. it went from a tropical storm to a huge hurricane in less than 24 hours. the potential to cause death and
toward the coast of mix mention. patricia is a hurricane five. it is a potentially catastrophic. it is expected to make landfall this afternoon or evening, people in the resort towns are boarding up the windows, tourist are being evacuated. the winds have increased to 200 miles an hour. many airlines are canceling nights to puerto vie area ta. sly arta. bell have a hive report coming up at 5:00 in the eastern pacific. are the cruise ships okay. i think everyone is in line for something. a lot are heading up and down the coast. they are not going anywhere. 200 miles an hour winds. that s warm water. it has a lot of energy and fuel to work with. heading light toward manz neo. it is tracking toward the western coast and will make landfall. 205 miles an hour wind. waves 25 plus feet. rainfall could be 20 inches for some. 47, other locations upper 50s. a lot of 50s here. a lot of cool morning. a few high clouds and patchy fog it will be nice to-mile to warm. 60s by the
it was an accident. he took the going to wrapped in a shirt not even knowing what it was. he is a home a homeless and destitute person. there is no evidence that there was an effort to commit a crime. reporter: they say that juan francisco lopez-sanchez was sitting in one of these chairs when the gun went off. ballistics show that the gun actually struck the ground before striking the victim. juan francisco lopez-sanchez said he then threw the gun into the water to keep it from firing in firing again. he said he was initially shooting at fish were seals which contradicts his testimony that it this fire. trying to put out an explanation for what happened because he doesn t understand american jurisprudence. reporter: it was decided today that he must stand trial on trial for murder. they say he admitted for he admitted to firing the weapon and he should not have even had the possession of a weapon because of radius arrest previous convictions. if he is convic
path of an suv driving on the great highway. good evening i m keba arnold. and i m frank somerville. it had to be a big surprise, a kite surfer blown right on to the road. the man was hit in the southbound lanes of the great highway just before it reaches lake merced. we have these new developments from amber lee. amber we heard the winds at the beach were strong 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 45 and looks like it s pretty windy now. reporter: that s right frank, ocean beach is often cold and windy but let me tell you not like this. as you can feel the sand hitting me in the face and you can taste it in your mouth. ocean beach is entizing yet volatile with its strong winds and currents and not more son than this today. today is on the upper limits of what s safe to ride. so you get a kind that match it is wind speeds. so you need a really small kite today. reporter: a kite surfer suddenly found himself being pulled by his kite away from the ocean and on to the gre
we ve got more breaking news. another tree down, seriously a man getting into a van in connecticut. this happened in old greenwich, the man was pinned and firefighters had to rescue him. nearby vehicles were damaged but no one else is is hurt. eye witness news aj ross is gathering new information right now. we re going to check in with her in just a few minutes. now to a wild shootout involving npd in brooklyn and tonight we know that police fired approximately 70 shots and the suspect fired those. all of this happened and eye witness news reporter [inaudible]. suspected in an earlier shooting. police say you could hear it. listen to this surveillance video. it felt like fireworks and louder than fireworks you know? something loud. police say they tried to arrest 27 year old who by the way has 12 prior arrests. he fired at them, but missed. they returned fire and missed and a chase began and 70 shots were fired and the suspect emptied 11 rounds and was eventually st