A roundup of the days events. Service all go dark . Abcs will carr from california. Reporter tonight, an allout battle on the front lines of the holy fire. The blaze exploding overnight and still out of control. This is a frightening fire. It has just erupted. Now that its gotten so big, it is so difficult to defend. Reporter now threatening critical communication towers. Authorities telling residents to get out now. There is a major air attack going on right now, planes flying by, Dropping Retardant all throughout this area. We met a group of neighbors, including darla stewart, anxiously watching the flames approach their homes. Scary. Just scary. Yeah. Trying not to panic. Reporter and tonight, authorities arresting this man, forrest clark, now facing arson and other charges. Clark reportedly emailed a local fire chief, warning him, this place will burn. More than 14,000 firefighters, including around 1,000 National Guard troops, battling 15 large fires statewide. Making rare nighttime water drops and dealing with
excruciating conditions, including more firenados. The recordbreaking Mendocino Complex Fire expected to burn through september. David, tonight, Fire Crews Continuing to attack those flames on the hillside behind me. We have seen them make drop after drop. The roof on top of this home is now red. Theres Fire Retardant splattered on these windows. This is the firefighters making their stand. David . All right, will carr, thank you again tonight. The dangerous heat continues, really on both coasts at this hour. In the east, the heat index in the triple digits tonight. Three people recovering from Lightning Strikes in queens, new york. The statue of liberty, Staten Island ferry also struck in the last 24 hours. And there are now more storms possible this evening. Chief meteorologist Ginger Zee Tracking It all for us. Ginger . Reporter david, daily records broken again today. L. A. X. , 93, and some of the other numbers on the map are going to be super high in the next 24 hours. Spokane, 105. 103, bend. Thats with the excessive heat warnings. But we also have fire watches from Northern California through montana, because of this low
pressure system thats going to try to break down that ridge and all that heat, its going to come with strong southerly winds, really low relative humidities. We wish on the east coast we could get rid of some of this humidit humidity, its making it feel hotter than it really is. 97, the feels like this afternoon, david, in philadelphia. Ginger zee with us again tonight. Thank you, ginger. And there is a manhunt at this hour in camden, new jersey, tonight, after two Undercover Police officers sitting at a red light in an unmarked car were fired upon at close range. Abcs linsey davis on their conditions. Reporter tonight, an urgent manhunt is underway in new jersey for two suspects who police say opened fire on two detectives. All units to broadway and mt. Vernon, theres a cop shot. Reporter it happened in camden tuesday night around 8 30. Police say the two detectives, one male and the other female, were in plainclothes and were ambushed while stopped in their unmarked car at a red light. A male walked up and began opening fire. We have anywhere between 10 and 25 rounds that were fired at the officers. Reporter while officials are
not sure if the undercover officers were targeted, they point out that the shooting took place on National Night out, a night aimed at improving relations between police and their communities. Unfortunaly, on a night when were supposeto be celebrating safety, two of our detectives were engaged as victims. Reporter Police Say One of the officers fired back. Its unclear if either of the suspects were hit. Both of the officers remain here at cooper hospital. The female detective is said to be recovering from a Gunshot Wound to her hand, while the male detective is recovering from two Gunshot Wounds to his arm. But fortunately, david, both of the officers are said to have sustained nonlifethreatening injuries. David . That is the good news tonight. Linsey davis live. Thank you. Authorities have now released hours of interrogation of nikolas cruz, who has confessed to the massacre at parkland high school. Youre about to hear what he said to interrogators and what he said when they werent in the room. Abcs Victor Oquendo from florida again tonight. Kill me. Just [ bleep ] kill me. Reporter tonight, for the first time, a window into the disturbed mind of Parkland School shooter nikolas cruz in the hours after the massacre that left 17 students and teachers dead. You deserve to die because youre [ bleep ] worthless. Reporter Cruz At Times seen alone, talking to himself during an 11hour interrogation with the broward sheriffs office. Hes telling the detective hes attempted suicide with ibuprofen and alcohol, killed small animals and has heard a demon voice inside his head for years. Did the voice tell you to buy that ar15 . Yes. Reporter cruz claiming the demon talked to him the night before the shooting at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. What does it tell you to do . Burn, kill, destroy. Okay, burn, kill, destroy what . Anything. Reporter cruz asking to see his brother, zachary. What do you think mom would think right now if she was she would cry. She would cry. Reporter zachary, trying to calm his brother, feeling partly
responsible. This is a big part of my fault, also, because, you know, i grew up we grew up together, and i know i wasnt the nicest to you. Reporter david, we also learned that cruz considered an attack at a park just a week before the massacre. Specific details about the School Shooting given in that interrogation were not released. David . Victor oquendo. Victor, thank you. The Election Cliffhanger were still monitoring tonight. The major test for President Trump. Overnight, the district where republicans have held control for more than 30 years, the democrat coming within one point. Votes are still being counted tonight. The republican declaring victory. The president believing his visit was behind the onepoint win, but what does this mean for the midterms . Heres abcs david wright tonight. Reporter after a 35year dry spell for the democrats, ohios 12th Congressional District is finally up for grabs this year. Id like to thank President Trump. Reporter Republican Troy Balderson declared himself the
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