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park in vacaville right now. thank you for joining us tonight i mer theory mcsweeney. peggy bunker has the night ochl you can probably still hear them going off at this hour know the legal fireworks shows are over. on the left on your screen now is what thousands saw at the fireworks show in san jose. that s a legal one. right now, what many are dealing with tonight, illegal fireworks going off in their neighborhoods. we have full coverage. ian coal is live in san jose. first let s go to chuck copel in oakland. chuck, we hear there is a fire burning not far from where you are. reporter: within the hour a brushfire broke out in the 14,000 block of skyline boulevard. firefighters have responded. it is spreading slowly and is as of now not yet contained. no structures threatened at last report. here where i m standing at standard and crest month it sound like popcorn. before the fog came in as thickly as it is now we and 30 neighbors stood outside watching an hour-long ....
action is tonight. drew. reporter: people are eagerly awaiting for the fireworks to get up in the sky. you can see the roofs are still down there. an energetic crowd. people say this is the best sfotpot to take it all in. the rockets red glare still a beautiful city. we still represent. everybody from across the world still come here. reporter: we found quite a mix of people on the parkway. even a canadian celebrating this american holiday. it was canada day this week and now it s the fourth of july. look. i m here. reporter: with a little help from the mayor, phillie s own the roots rocked the largest concert. i just want to see mmiguel. you see a lot of the police officers out here. reporter: police came prepared. it s a holiday. it s been going on. reporter: very encouraging number from police. people are out here behaving. this is a friendly crowd and they re all excited for the fireworks that will be launching in a couple of minutes. that ....
fourth of july activities. but as they say, the show must go on. and it did. culminating with this fireworks display at the national mall. darcy spencer joins us now live with all the fun. reporter: it was pretty dicey earlier today with the big storms that rolled through. all of that is over as you said. the fireworks went off tonight. it was just a great night to be here on the national mall. it s what everyone was waiting for. they were wonderful. they were so awesome. . i loved the part when it said usa. it was so cool. reporter: what everyone got drenched for. the spectacular fireworks on the national mall. we re all excited. this is an experience that we ve never had before. reporter: the display attracted tens of thousands of people. among them kyrie who has another reason to celebrate. it s my birthday. i m 5. reporter: happy birthday! the crowds are lighter this year. but for so many, it s a tradition they wouldn t miss. for others, it s a first-t ....
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zone right now. and caught on camera. elephant rampage. the angry animal gone wild chasing down his handlers tossing this car like a toy, so what set him off? all right, hey, good morning. we re going to start here with the story that is still developing this hour. firefighters tell us they ve never seen anything like what happened overnight on this freeway in california. the video shows the moments when a fast-moving wildfire swept across this highway. the drivers were surrounded by those flames. hundreds of them running for safety. their cars and trucks left to burn. and an infuriating question this morning, were efforts to fight those flames from the air hampered by the interference of amateur drone operators? let s get the latest now from abc s matt gutman who is on the scene in phelan, california. good morning, matt. reporter: good morning, paula. that fire is still smoldering. now, it raced across the countryside here chewing through thousands of acres in ....