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>> my -- i am -- this is a very difficult time for them and my condolences and my thoughts are with them and their families. >> powerful reminder this is difficult on first responders, as well. will carr joins us from the marina where the boat departed. and will, of course, the question that remains tonight, what caused this fire? and authorities are now interviewing the crew? >> reporter: thats right, david. tonight, the big question is why. authorities want to know exactly what ignited that fi...

There, across from me, and he was crying. and he said that they had celebred thrys "the conception," departed on friday for a labor day weekend scuba trip. the companys website previously poedmages of the boat and the bunk room where the passengers slept. late today, the coast guard recovered four more bodies after finding four earlier in the day. tonight, the coast guard is on the scene looking for survivors. you can also see, there is a thick fog. you can barely make out the shore. that is ham...

California. more on that horrific scene, that boat explosion on a weekend diving excursion. authorities before the cameras just a short time ago. that explosion and fire right in the middle of the night. passengers were sleeping below deck. the crew injured, but they survived. we hear their desperate calls for help right here tonight. a massive search for the 34 missing. family members arriving at the coast guard station, desperate and waiting for news on their loved ones. tonight, what authorit...

Woman on four wheels, in ainrvi emotional conversations with her mother about the dangers involved. >> shes like, is there anything i can do. really, mom, theres not anything you can do but you can help me get ready. >> reporter: combs recently posted a picture walking behind her jet powered car, saying, people say im crazy. i say thank you. tonight authorities say the cause of the crash is under investigation. it comes as combs boyfriend says a documentary will come out down the road detailing ...

Tonight, if you see them, dont approach them but call 911. tom? >> kayna, thank you. now to the stunning death of a professional race driver and tv host, jesse combs, known as the fastest woman on four wheels. she died in a crash trying to break her own land speed order in oregon. you see how fast she goes there. the accident occurred as she tried to go more than 500 miles per hour. heres will carr. >> reporter: jesse comb seen barrelling across the dessert died chasing her dream. the 39-year-...

More than 30 seconds as the couple traveled down the interstate around 70 miles an hour. >> out of the corner of my eye, i could see the guy in the car next to us was fast asleep. >> reporter: at the end you see the man seem to wake up and put his hands back on the wheel. abc news has not spoken to the driver in that video. in the race towards self-driving cars, current autopilot functions in cars have hit a number of speed bumps in recent years, including fatal crashes. according to tesla, your...

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Of those weapons, will? >> reporter: thats right, david. we know that ar-15 he allegedly had was illegal here in california. authorities now want to know exactly where he got it from. and weve heard across the country that saying, if you see something, say something. tonight, authorities are strengthening their language, saying if you see, hear or even read something suspicious, you should report it. david? >> will carr leading us off. will, thank you. we are also tracking flash flood watches ...

Tonight, employees at the marriott where the suspect worked are grateful that hotel management called police after learning about the alleged plot. >> so blessed that im alive and im -- that im fine and everybody here is fine, because thats horrible. >> reporter: since the tragedies in dayton and el paso, there have been more than a dozen arrests for alleged threats of mass shootings across the country, including in ohio, where this man, who police say wanted to shoot up a jewish community cente...

Hundreds of rounds of ammunition, an ar-15 among the weapons. and this all comes amid two more cases today, two young people arrested for alleged threats to open fire at school with the school year just under way. but we begin with that hotel plot in california, and abcs will carr leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, the man accused by authorities of plotting americas next massacre appeared in court for the first time. 37-year-old rodolfo montoya behind that glass divider, now charged with four f...