New years eve im Frances Rivera im cori coffin we begin with breaking new urge. Wildfires rage in some of the countrys most populated arease witnessed massive flames creating columns of smoke over 8 miles high the columns are generating their own weather. Now authorities also say at least four people are missing and a firefighter was killed when extreme winds flipped his truck. Its the third firefighter death there in two weeks the major concern now is for the roughly 4,000 people who are trapped by the flames along the coast. Many of them fleeing to boats for safety take a look here at this video its just w50iild to see there are reports that there may have been they have been told to jump into the water if the firee engh and if fire authorities sound their sirens thats the dire situation theyre dealing with now in australia. Lets turn now to texas where an emotional vigil took place overnight. A community continues to mourn near fort worth after two churchgoers were killed when a gunman opened fire during their sunday service we are learning new details about that attack and the Security Team that stopped the shooter. Nbcs blayne alexander joins us now with the latest. Good morning, blayne reporter frances, good morning to you the church goer who brought the shooter down said he walks into this Church Every Day armed and prepared for a possible threat that he never dreamed he would have to acon it took less than 6 seconds to shatter the peace at west Freeway Church of Christ Police say 43yearold Keith Thomas Kinnunen walked into the sanctuary and sat among the congregation you see him Exchange Words with someone, then pull out a shotgun and fire twice just seconds later, he is fatally shot by armed members of the churchs volunteer Security Team i fired one round the subject went down. Reporter jack wilson trains that team here at his home gun range. He said the shooter immediately raised a red flag. The wig, the fake beard, and he kept trying to adjust there was concern that there was a possible threat. Reporter from the moment he walked in . From the moment he walked in, yes. Reporter officials are not releasing a motive tonight we are learning more about those in his path. 67yearold richard white, a member of the volunteer Security Team from his grieving family, god placerd you where you were needed you stood up against evil and sacrificed your life and 64yearold tony wallace, a grandfather serving communion, his daughter says, when he was shot he didnt have to take an innocent life. My dad was a great man reporter it comes two years after 26 people were killed at First Baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. Soon after members here started their own Security Team. A controversial concept wit wil his team saved lives i dont feel like i killed a human. I killed an evil and thats how im coping with the situation. Reporter and this morning we are also learning that the shooter had been arrested at least three times on charges ranging from gun possession to aggravated assault frances . All right, blayne, thank you. Now to an update in the case of the Hanukkah Party stabbing attack prosecutors have filed federal hate crime charges against the man accused of bursting into a rabbis home and stabbing five people during a hanukkah celebration. Police say 37yearold Grafton Thomas has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Authorities have revealed they discovers one of the five victi remains in critical condition. Heres nbcs kathy park. Reporter frances, good morning to youl prosecutors rev details about the suspect and what they found during their investigation. During the search of the suspects home, they found a journal with antisemitic writings a chilling look at the Moment Police say Grafton Thomas armed with a machete launched his mission to attack a jewish congregation celebrating hanukkah Court Documents allege he said no one is leaving as he charged through a packed rabbis home in southern new york. He used his table to fight off the attack i saw he was looking at me. I smashed it in his face reporter Hours Later Police found thomas in manhattan with his car smelling of bleach Authorities Say he had a machete and knife. Both had traces of other dry blood. In his home the fbi said they found handwritten journals which included references to hitler and nazi culture as well as drawings of a swastika and a stan searching f nearby temples were going to have patrols out of Community Members of different ethnic backgrounds working together t tolerated. Reporter local officials promised increased security amid fears of rising antisemitism. Like the deadly attack on a jersey city deli nationwide there are more than 1800 antisemitic incidents last year thomass mother and his attorney said he suffers from mental illness. My impression from speaking with him is that he needs serious psychiatric evaluation reporter of the five chassidic men injured during the attack, one is in critical condition. Thomas pleaded not guilty to five counts of attempted murder. His attorney asked that his client undergo a Mental Health evaluation frances . Kathy, thank you. Heightened tensions in teheran this morning in the wake of punishing airstrikes on an iranianbacked militia, overnight secretary of state p. M. Tweeted he spoke with allies in the region as well as the u. N. Secretarygeneral about the military action. All of this comes as President Trump faces new questions about just how far he was willing to go to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rivals Nbcs Kristen Welker has more. Reporter new video of bombed out weapons storage sites after the United States launched air strikes against five targets in iraq and syria belonging to an iranianbacked militia that has taken aim at American ForcesPresident Trump has been pretty darn patient and hes made clear at the same time that when americans lives were at risk, we would respond reporter it comes as President Trump is intensifying his battle back at home over impeachment and new details about the central issue, the president s decision to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for investigations into the 2016 election and the bidens the New York Times reporting the president s demands dated back to june, earlier than his july 25th call with the president of ukraine in which mr. Trump asked for those investigations chief of staff Mick Mulvaney played a key role and the threat sent shock waves, with one white house advisor warning, expect congress to become unhinged. The times also reports on an Oval Office Meeting in augus esper,ecrery of state mike pompeo, and former National Security advisor john bolton tried but failed to convince the president to release the aid the white house declined to comment. The senates top Democrat Chuck schumer saying it all underscores the need for those officials to testify in a senate trial. Cori all right, kristen, thank you. An explosive new years match up at the orange bowl between florida and virginia, the gators but first michael scorched the calves defense with the 61yard touchdown. It was his first of three for the night. Virginia quickly countered in the air with a 44yard dagger from quarterback Brice Perkins but they couldnt slow down the ga game. Fln 3628. Lets get a check 69 weather. Nbcs janessa webb, with all you need to know we have the southern storm thats been acting up since christmas eve. Its starting to finally exit. 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