New poll numbers show him surging to his highest numbers yet. And there she is. The new miss america. Miss georgia crowned overnight. Wowing the crowd with her performance. Was it what she said about tom brady that helped her win the title . And Vanessa Williams is back. The emotional apology more than 30 years in the making. And good morning, america. Boy, those wildfires in california, so frightening. Look at the images right here. 50,000 acres scorched by one of those fires. Just exploded in size over the weekend. 1,000 homes and structures, gone. Thousands of people trying to escape. Look at the incredible images. One man escaping the flame, broadcasting it live to many on the internet. Californias head of Emergency Services says these are the worst fires hes seen in 30 years. Matt gutman on the front lines. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, george. That fire didnt so much as burn this town down. The open center of the fire came through here like a sledge hammer. Knocking houses off their foundations. Car after car. Cow can still smell the acrid smell in the air. People barely had time to get out of here. This goes on for block, after block. Charred house after charred house. Officials say when fire crews got here, the flames were 200 pete in the paper this wasnt about putting out the fire. It was about getting people out of here to safety. This morning, Deadly Wildfires racing through northern california. The valleyfire, 100 miles north of San Francisco, threatening napa county. Exploding from a small fire over the week end to a 50,000acre monster. Up to 1,000 homes destroyed. 20,000 people evacuated. So many unprepared for its speed, trying desperately to outrun it. This man driving through the worst of it. These timelapsed videos capturing the panicked exodus. You can hear the fires jet engine roar. [ roaring noise ] others cornered by the flames and smoke. Watch as flames consume this home. Just minutes. Scariest thing i have ever been through in my life. Weve lost all of our homes. And some pets. Were just devastated. Reporter cars, gas stations, garages, nothing spared. Whole towns reduced to cinders. Governor jerry brown declaring a state of emergency sunday. A woman posting the moment she realized she had toe vak wait. Its in the backyard. I know, i know. Lets go. We have two fires. Structured threatened. They dont want to lose this corner. Reporter farther east, more than 4500 firefighters battling the butte fire. This morning, chewing through 65,000 acres. Only 25 contained. Extreme fire behavior. It burned everything in its path. Reporter now the residents of this neighborhood and neighborhoods like it across this area are at a red cross shelter. There are hundreds and hundreds of people there. I want to give you a sense for how hot this fire burned. Now this is aluminum. Melted right off the rims of wheels like this. You think about how hot this was and what it did to metal like this, its miraculous that 20,000 people managed to evacuate. The vast majority of them unharmd. Robin . Thank you, matt. Thousands of firefighters are battling the fires. Vacations have been canceled. Clayton sandell is on the ground in kelseyville. Reporter good morning, robin. Nearly 1500 firefighters on the front lines this morning. Theyre working around the clock. Theyve had all days off, all time off canceled. Theyre working to save the homes that are still standing. Firefighters here are putting in grueling shifts. Technically lasting 24 hours. Its not safe. Reporter when he met captain wes day and his crew overnight, they had been going nonstop for 30plus hours. How many houses . Two right here. Reporter they used fire to burn a e protective barrier around the homes, saving them. As the fire turned an entire town into hell on earth, overwhelmed firefighters did what they could. Every engine has got multiple structures to try to protect and you just cant save everything. Reporter former firefighter todd sudmeyer puts this on per scope. Theyre putting water on this particular house because its on a corner. They dont want to lose the corner. The trees, the cars that were burning, theres a lot going on. Its chaotic. Reporter with the smoky haze grounding all aircraft, winning this fire fight sup to the boots on the ground. This is the dangerous stuff, because its so fast. Reporter four firefighters burned over the weekend are now recovering. One giving a thumbs up from the hospital. Now, a lot of the firefighters working this blaze actually live in these communities. Weve talked to at least two of them who watched their own homes burn to the ground. George . Such a devastating situation, okay, clayton, thank you very much. Lets get more from battalion chief scott mclean. Thank you so much for joining us. We know how difficult this spp whats your biggest channel right now . Biggest challenge, as you can imagine is the weather. When the fire started, there were 20mileperhour winds behind it pushing it. What are your firefighters facing on the front line right now . The fire went in so many different directions. So many areas to take care of access is poor in most places. It takes time to get in these things. Yesterday, for example, we had an inversion layer holding the the smoke to almost ground level. So the aircraft couldnt get engaged. The ground forces, doerzs, happened crews, engine crews, made significant process. Some of your firefighters losing their own homes. How are they holding up . Theyre all tired, as you can imagine. Especially, yes, losing some of their own homes. They understand that. The biggest challenge is the wind. What is your major job right now . Major job is to get containment on this. Provide safety and well being for the citizens. And we have heard, we though theres at least one fatality so far. As you go through the areas that have been hit so hard, any sense of if that death toll will climb . Not really. We still have a lot of work to do. Because that fire basically exploded. It went in several directions. We need to get a handle on it. Ever had to deal with a fire like this before . Not as severe, no. Were looking at over several hundred homes or businesses and structures of any type destroyed in just a few hours. Chief mclean, thank you so much for your service. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you. Everything conspireing to make this so damaging. Every time you see the video, george. Now the a new report being released this morning shining a spot light on the racial divide in st. Louis following Michael Browns killing and the violent protests in ferguson. It calls for major changes. Pierre thomas is in washington with that. Reporter good morning, robin. Critics will say this new report lace out a disturbing picture of inequali inequality. Among the findings, the ferguson commission, blacks were 75 more likely to be pulled over in missouri than whites. The findings similar to those of a blistering Justice Department review that also found africanamericans much more likely to be targeted in Traffic Enforcement than whites. Police and local officials were using traffic stops not so much for Public Safety but as a means of collecting revenue. This is about race. They suggest that blacks, at least some of them in missouri, are not living the american dream. Robin . All right, pierre, thank you. The race for president now. Your voice, your vote. And our brandnew abc News Washington post poll. Trump and ben carson surging. Hillary clinton and donald trump neck and neck. Reporter were just two days away from the next big republican debate. A new poll this morning shows trump and carsons tiest numb s highest numbers yet. Trump, 33 . Carson, 20 . Jeb bush, Single Digits for the first time in any abc News Washington post poll this cycle. This morning, donald trump is stronger than ever in the polls. And in iowa over the weekend, with the new camouflage hat, but keeping the same tough talk strategy. Saying he would hire ruthless negotiators in elected. If im elected, i know the smartest. I know the toughest. I know the meanest. Some are just horrible human beings. Reporter the donald trumping rivals into political punchlines. Heres the headline. Carly is surging. Shes got 3 . I hear ben, hes surging. But hes way behind me. I dont think ben has the energy. Reporter but dr. Ben carson on this week trying not the take the bait. I recognize i have plenty of energy. Reporter either way, voters are listening to the antipoliticians in the race. Trump and carson with more than 50 of the combined vote in the latest abc News Washington post poll. A sliding jeb bush is trying to show voters hes the real conservative superhero. Opening his white button down to show a vintage campaign shirt. A reminder, he says, of what leadership looks like. Today, donald trump is in the home of the dallas mavericks. 20,000 seats sold out. Some people are scalping tickets to a president ial political speech. 20,000 seats and probably now ratings records on wednesday night. Probably so. Now to the kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Protesters from both sides expected this morning as kim davis returns to work. T. J. Holmes is on the scene. Reporter good morning to you, robin. And the question this morning is what will kim davis do . Her supporters are already here out in force. And have been holding a bit of a minichurch service out here if you will. Everyone here anticipating her arrival, which could come at any moment. Her first time at work since a judge threw her in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. A strict instruction, do not disrupt your deputies from doing their jobs. Asking a court to delay the mandate she issue licenses. No word on that. Its up to her this morning seeing what she decides to do. She sees it as a choice between defying her god and defying a judge. The latter could get her back in jail. Were on it for you. All right, t. J. , thank you. People on both sides anxious to see what shell do, in anything. Police have made several arrests in the hunt for the serial shooter in arizona. Police in phoenix arrested three copycats sunday night. One person of interest in custody this morning. Kayna whitworth is on the scene in phoenix. Reporter good morning. As we get set for this busy sunday morning, authorities are monitoring some 200 traffic cam yas overlooking the phoenix area alone. Thats i10. This is all happening as the shooter or shooters are still at large. This morning, the Police Searching for the person or persons responsible for the 11 reported shootings along arizona highways in the last two weeks. Late sunday, authorities arresting three 18yearold men they say are copycats who used a slingshot to shoot at drivers and pedestrians on saturday night. These are kids out thinking maybe they come up with good ideas. None of this is fun and games. Reporter police say these copycats are unrelated to the 11 other incidents across this eightmile stretch of highway. On friday, Police Taking oscar munoz into custody. Hes been held on unrelated charges. The city on edge. Thousands of football fans heading to the cardinals game on sunday avoiding the highway. Hopefully, whoever this is is caught soon. Reporter mark spicer, a former sniper and Expert Witness in the 2003 d. C. Sniper trial says this is far from over. Ultimately, the goal for him or her will be to say to the police, im still here. Reporter thats a scary mentality for parents that are putting their kids on school buses this morning morning. Many district drivers ordered to avoid highways until the allclear is given. Now, ginger, you have up credible images you want to share. We had a volatile weekend. It displayed like this in long beach, new york. Thats a water spout. The water kicking up. No one injured there. We dont see them as much as they do in miami. Miami had a beautiful water spout. Stayed far away from shore. Heres the other headline. I mentioned a cold front. Were just coming off the heels of the record heat last week. This morning, record low some 30s in the mountain areas this touch of fall is not going to last long. Theres a warmup behind overnight. An urgent search under way for the man who shot and killed a kentucky trooper during a chase. Joseph cameron ponder was conducting a traffic stop when the suspect took off and opened fire, hitting poppeder several times. He died at the hospital. 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