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the fbis new warning about threats to its agents. maryalice parks and aaron katersky standing by. also tonight, the rushdie attack. the author who spent years in hiding now hospitalized with serious injuries. the man accused of stabbing him in court today entering a plea of not guilty. what were learning about the suspects alleged support for the iranian regime that called for rushdies death. the warning about polio. with traces of the virus found in new york citys waste water, the...

Multiple times. >> once he got mr. rushdie on the stage floor, he just continued to go at him. >> reporter: first responders airlifting rushdie to this erie, pennsylvania, hospital where he underwent surgery and is now being treated. rushdies agent telling abc news friday evening that he is on a ventilator and cannot speak, and that salman will likely lose one eye. the nerves in his arm were severed, and his liver was stabbed and damaged. matar charged with attempted second degree murder and sec...

Los angeles county said its considering doing similar polio-monitoring tests just to get ahead of any potential risk there could be to the public. mary? >> phil, thank you tonight, tracking these concerns from coast to coast. now turning to that deadly monsoon weather out west. flash flooding caused by relentless rainfall led to two deaths in las vegas. one victim was found in a flood channel following thursdays downpour. a news crew from our abc affiliate ktnv discovered a second body late fr...

Ayatollahs prior call to assassinate rushdie was a motivating factor in fridays attack. >> mola joining us now from outside the hospital where rushdie is being treated. mola, has there been any reaction from the iranian regime to this attack? >> reporter: no specific comments. we have heard from news outlets with close ties to the regime. one newspaper writing the attacker was courageous and another one running with the headline "satan on the path to inferno." mary? >> mola, thank you. turning...

>> reporter: tonight ukraine forces hitting russian positions in the kharkiv region in an attempt to regain control of their eastern villages. ukraine claiming to have struck the last of four key bridges over the dnipro river, crippling russias ability to resupply its military. it comes after a week of attacks in and around europes largest nuclear power plant in zaporizhzhya. [speaking foreign language] the citys governor today warning of irreparable consequences. russia is using the plant as a ...

A split-second decision would be justified in using deadly force." murietta-goldings brother eventually pleaded guilty to that homicide. but murrietta-goldings family has filed a lawsuit. >> this young man was trying to run away. and you can be as critical as you want about how you shouldnt do that, but that doesnt give the police the right to use lethal force. >> reporter: and david, that independent review did have ten policy recommendations, including putting body-worn cameras on more officer...

The fbi says he may be armed and potentially dangerous. a national manhunt now under way with police searching for a silver blue toyota matrix that lynch may be driving, like this one -- his with virginia license plate vem-9071. our abc affiliate wric reporting that he is known by the family. the small town community of louisa county, virginia, horrified. >> as a new mom myself, like, i cant help but get choked up about that. >> reporter: hicks family praying she can somehow get word to them. >>...

Cal. its getting really dicey there with new fires breaking out. extreme fire conditions, l.a., ntura county mountains with gusts over 60 miles an hour. and then tomorrow, maybe shifting a little farther south, but still gusty all day long from l.a. all the way down to san diego. what spawned this is that snowstorm across parts of texas. now diving south into southeast texas. going to tap into a tropical disturbance in the gulf that will bring heavy rain to houston, up the mississippi during the...

Teenager in california. the video shows the 16-year-old being shot from behind while running from officers. what those officers can be heard saying. the teens family is outraged tonight. and heres abcs kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, outrage over new video showing a fresno, california, police officer shooting and killing an unarmed 16-year-old. this is the moment in 2017 when a police officer questions isiah murrietta-golding. >> down on your -- >> reporter: he then flees, jumping this fe...

California tonight. a desperate scene already in the north. this is sonoma county. families there forced to evacuate in the middle of the night as the kincaid fire has already burned homes and buildings, scorching 10,000 acres. one woman trying to fight back with a garden hose. and all day today, firefighters putting out flames in buildings that were already destroyed. the winds are picking up now. another very tense night ahead. and abcs will reeve leads us off from california tonight. >> repor...