Tapping in a putt to seal his first pga championship victory. Day finished at 20 under par, the first ever player to win a major with that low of a score. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, august 17th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the west up in flames. Dozens of wildfires blazing across eight states, turning homes into smoldering shells. The flames driven by erratic winds and scorching heat took a toll on firefighters and forced the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. And theres even more damage in the pacific northwest. More now from abcs kayna whitworth. Reporter the view from the air over washington state. National guard crews navigating smokey skies over scorched ground, helicopters making water drop after water drop. But theyre battling conditions that grow worse by the hour as the temperatures heat up. The allout air assault is key to keeping residents and firefighters on the gr
A new debate this morning. Good mornings, im Marci Gonzalez filling in for reena ninan. And im the flames fueled by erratic winds and skornling heat are taking a toll on firefighters. And forcing the evacuation of campgrounds near los angeles. This firefighting plane dubbed the super scooper swooping down near beachgoers to fill up with water. More from abcs reporter its a fire fight across the pacific northwest. Tens of thousands of acres in california, washington, oregon, destroying homes. Our states resources are stretched so thin. Its up to us to defend our own property. Thats what people do. Reporter the worst, the ridge viewer in washington. Burning more than 50,000 acres. An assault from the air and on the ground where thousands of firefighters are getting backup from the Washington National guard. 75 homes and businesses, possibly more, are gone. At one point, more than 10,000 people were without power. We dont have enough resources to put this huge containment line around all
Annemarie green. Crews in five states hope calmer weather conditions will help their efforts. The fires have forced thousands to evacuate and destroyed dozens of homes. Relentless flames in california put this year on track to be more devastating than previous fires. Reporter Central Washington has been ravaged by wildfires all summer and now a sudden wind shift has made things worst as flames that had bur Matthew Anderson survived but his home burned. This whole hillside was on fire last night. It was nuts. Reporter this is how the fire looked from lake she lan, a popular recreational spot. So far at least 100 structures have burned. Hundreds more are threatened. So far this year wildfires have burned more than 6. 5 million acres. Thats more than 2. 5 times what bushed in the same period the same time last year and theres little relief with the relentless drought and exceptional heat, especially in Southern California where a fire continues to rage outside los angeles. Its already des
Road a little north of capitol expressway. The officers have been here sense about 10 00 last night. Thats when San Jose Police investigators say a couple of officers caught up with a male suspect. They were doing a followup on a previous investigation. We dont know exactly what that was. But they made contact with that suspect and then all of a sudden, that man reached for a gun. Two officers drew their guns fired a couple of shots. The suspect was hit and then he was pronounced dead here at the scene. No other injuries reported. That is all we know for now. Were being told that a Public Information officer will be coming out here to give us another briefing. But for now, a lot of officers on scene here a very wide area has been cordoned off. You cannot head north open center road. Thats on center road. That is been blocked off. You can however go past the scene heating south on center road. Kiet do, kpix 5. Thanks so much for the update. Today police will tell us more about why sunny
Today. Temperatures yesterday reached triple digits inland and 90 degrees in San Francisco. Breaking a 65yearold record. But the hot weather has definitely not been accompanied by Crystal Clear skies. Thats because High Pressure has been trapping pollution and driving smoke from wildfires into the bay area. I just know that the smell more than anything and i know its particulate matter, so im aware cognizant that its not good for your lungs. All right so the smoky skies prompted the bay area air Quality Management district yesterday to declare a spare the air day. Yesterdays record temperatures includes 97 degrees in san jose and 92 oakland and similar conditions are in todays forecast. Hot all over california and the hot weather is helping fuel wildfires in Southern California as well. This fire in the Angeles National forest has burned about 500 acres. Six structures near koa stan stock. Containment remains at 0 . The cause still under investigation there. There are two other signifi