This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition firefighters who are out in force tonight, where there are 11 large wildfires burning. In the town of weed, more than 100 buildings have been destroyed. Throughout the state, nearly 200,000 acres had burned. John blackstone shows us what the crews are facing. Reporter it is one of the worst combinations for firefighters bonedry timber, rugged terrain, hot and windy weather, and homes scattered in the forest. This one, called the king fire east of sacramento, exploded cr overnight threatening more than 1,600 homes. Holy moly reporter fueled by Late Afternoon wind gusts and dry brush, the fire ran up steep suntain sides and into deep canyons. Thousands of firefighters worked overnight to slow the blaze, eventually holding the fire from jumping over the main road, highway 50. Captain barbara rabisky, is with the u. S. Forest service. It is the end of summer, but fire season is far from over. Absolutely. Fire season will continue until we get rain, snow, and the help of mother nature. Reporter almost 20,000 acres have burned in Eldorado County and many residents have been told to evacuate. Daniel adams and his family left their home as the fire bore down. Its pretty freaky. Its like i hope its going the other way because if thats coming our way, its not going to be good. Reporter fire crews and resources are stretched thin in california. This comes just one day after a fire tore through the town of weed, destroying 150 homes. Here in the eldorado forest, smoke from this fire is billowing thousands of feet into the air, evidence of just how dry this forest is. Fire officials are warning that conditions will only get more dangerous, scott, with every day that passes without rain. Pelley and no chance of rain around there for at least the next 10 days. John, thanks very much. As californians pray for rain, arizona is bracing for a flood. Remnants of Tropical Storm odile nge moving up from mexico tonight, and carter evans is in tucson. Reporter people were filling bags with sand as a matter of fact the city of tucson could truck it in. Theyre rationing the sand and the bag here, only ten allowed per person. Ruben moreno got the maximum. So where is the water going now . Into the house. Reporter when the remnants of hurricane norbert slammed into arizona last week, it flooded roads and trapped people in their cars. Moreno had two inches of water inside his home. Do and it ran downhill, along that wall, and soaked all this carpet. Reporter arizona hadnt been hit by a Tropical Storm since 1997. When you bought this home, did you ever think about the elevation . No who thinks about that . Because, you know, were away from the flood plain. Reporter this storm is forecast to drop up to five inches of rain. That would make it the wettest month on record for tucson. Lowlying areas like this are a big concern. A 53yearold woman died here last week when her car was swept away in fastmoving water, and now, scott, Tropical Storm paulo is gaining strength in the pacific and may be heading this way. Pelley carter, thanks very much. There is a killer on the loose tonight, and police say he is this man, eric frein, charged with ambushing two Pennsylvania State troopers last friday night, shooting them with a rifle. One was killed. The other remains in critical condition. The Police Describe frein as a selftrained survivalist with a grudge against Law Enforcement who has talked about committing mass murder. Hundreds of officers have looking for him in a heavily wooded area of pennsylvania, and don dahler is following the hunt. Don . Reporter yes, scott, this is the rugged terrain these searchers are having to make their way through. It has thick underbrush, hills and its heavily wooded, and the man theyre looking for is said to be very familiar with these woods. He is heavily armed and extremely dangerous. Wearing full camouflage and body armor, grimfaced officers geared up for a sixth day of searching the dense forest. Today, they hunt a man who might also be hunting them. George bivens of the Pennsylvania State police i want you to know one thing, eric. We are coming for you. Reporter 31yearold eric frein is suspected of lying in wait just before midnight friday in front of the state police war inaction blooming grove. Just as the shift changed. He alleged shot and killed Bryon Dickson and seriously wounded alex douglas. It is not unusual for Police Officers to be shot at in the course of doing their duty but this is different. This is being targeted. It is a cowardly act. The troopers did not have a chance. They did not even know what hit them. Reporter two days after the shooting, freins car was found partially submerged in the pond two miles from the barracks. They found evidence in it linking him to the ambush, including shell casings and his drivers license. The son of a retired army major, frein was a member of a group who dressed up in Eastern European military garb and grayed war games. In 2007, frein also played a german soldier in a short, independent film. His father described him as an expert marksman who cant miss. More than a dozen schools in the area were shut down today. Lisa leonawicz only ventured out f get food. I mean, if he does that to Police Officers, then he can do anything to anybody. Reporter police say frein has shaved the side of his head and has grown the top hair long, sort of like a bushy mohawk, and, scott, the police say they ak47 as well as a 308caliber hunting rifle with a scope. Pelley and the officer killed was a married father of two. Thank you very much, don. Now to the nfl scandals. Overnight, the Minnesota Vikings called a reverse. Their star running back, Adrian Peterson, will not take the field on sunday, following his indictment for felony child abuse. Dean reynolds is following this. Good morning. Reporter bowing to mounting public pressure, the Minnesota Vikings made a difficult and glaring admission. We made a mistake and we needed to get this right. Reporter so Adrian Peterson was put on something called the exempt commissioners permission list by order of nfl commissioner roger goodell. It means he will not be suiting up this sunday or any sunday until his legal case has run its course. But he will be paid, 691,000 a week. Zygi wilf is the vikings chairman. Adrian will be away from the team and focused on his personal situation. Reporter that personal situation involves petersons indictment on felony charges of child abuse for whipping his fouryearold son with a switch, something the pro bowl running ack has admitted doing as discipline. Reporter kevin washen of the Vikings Front Office tried to clear up one point about petersons departure. The Players Union said this decision was made by adrian to withdraw and the you guys say the vikings made the decision. So who made the decision . Its very clear that the Minnesota Vikings are the ones that initiated this process with the National Football league in regards to this current situation. Stronger is what we believe in at castrol. Reporter by this afternoon, corporate sponsors castrol, nike, and radisson had downgraded or dropped their commercial ties to the vikings or peterson. And millions are at stake for the nfl as well, scott, with huge corporate sponsors, including anheuserbusch, fedex, mcdonalds, pepsi, and visa all saying they are closely watching how the league handles these troubling allegations of abuse away from the game. Pelley dean, thanks very much. But theres more on this. Late today, word came that an g other nfl running back has been arrested for domestic violence. Jonathan dwyer of the arizona cardinals. Its not known if hell play this weekend. Also today, the Carolina Panthers put defensive end greg hardy on paid leave. He was convicted in july of assaulting his exgirlfriend and threatening her life. Late this afternoon, the house of representatives voted grudgingly to approve president obamas plan to arm and train moderate Syrian Rebels to fight the terrorist army known as isis. Over at the senate, secretary of state john kerry testified that other countries have signed up to join the u. S. In air strikes against isis. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. The United States will not go it alone. Reporter secretary kerry said more than 50 countries will participate in the fight against isis, but some senators argue the administrations strategy still isnt clear. Republican senator bob corker do you realize how unserious the things that you have laid out and the things that were laid out yesterday, sound. I must say to you, i i really find it somewhat surprising as we have come back from a week of very serious meetings with nations around the world, all of whom are committed to this, that you sit there and suggest that its not serious. The amendment is adopted. Reporter across the capitol, the house voted to authorize arming and training moderate Syrian Rebels, but only after dozens of lawmakers expressed their opposition, including democrat loretta sanchez. We dont know if somewhere down the line, they will turn our guns right back on us. Reporter and republican Duncan Hunter the last thing that we should do is arm islamic rebels to fight other islamic rebels. Reporter hunter is a former marine who served in iraq and afghanistan, and several other veterans in congress sided with him. But supporters of the plan argued it is the best of a bunch of bad options and that its certainly preferable, scott, to sending in u. S. Ground forces. Pelley nancy, thanks. The president spoke about u. S. Ground forces in a visit to some of his top commanders today. Heres Major Garrett. Reporter at a visit to u. S. Central command in tampa, president obama rejected comments made yesterday by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, that u. S. Ground troops might be necessary in iraq and syria. The American Forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. They will support iraqi forces on the ground, as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. Reporter confidence in the president s leadership as commander in chief has never been lower. A new cbs News New York times poll found 57 of the country believes mr. Obama has not been tough enough in dealing with isis. When it comes to fighting terrorism overall, only 41 approve of the president s performance. 50 disapprove, a steep decline ppom the 72 approval he had after the killing of Osama Bin Laden in may 2011. In an interview with cbs news anna werner, robert gates, the president s First Defense secretary, questioned the strategy against isis. Theyre not going to be able to be successful against isis strictly from the air or strictly depending on the iraqi forces or the peshmerga. So there will be boots on the aound, if there is to be any hope of success in the strategy, and i think that by continuing to repeat that, the president in effect traps himself. Reporter scott, the president will not approve any u. S. Military mission organized and carried out by u. S. Military units, but he will consider sending advisers to the front lines with iraqi forces to improve the accuracy of air strikes or combat tactics. Pelley Major Garrett at the white house. Major, thanks very much. 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