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pelley: a suspect in the motorcycle road rage attack last weekend turned himself in to police today. our john miller former deputy commissioner of the n.y.p.d. has late-breaking details. john. reporter: scott, we learned late today from sources what the man s of in custody s alleged role is and an urgent plea by a couple under siege to get police help. robert simms is alleged the man seen here, trying to open the door of the range rover after it slowed on the highway. by then, the occupants had ....
Outside of the united nations security council. that process is well under way and particular emphasis is being placed on violations allegedly of the geneva convention and the chemical weapons convention. pelley: major garrett, thanks very much. also in the news tonight, thousands of firefighters are continuing their battle against one of the biggest wildfires that california has ever seen the rim fire in and around yosemite national park has burned 234 square miles and it s now threatening san francisco s main water supply. bigad shaban is on the scene. reporter: more than 3,000 firefighters have battled gusty winds and dry brush to contain 15% of the massive fire. this weekend, the governor declared a state of emergency for san francisco. though the rim fire is about 130 miles east, it s burning closerr to a reservoir which supplies 85% of san francisco s drinking water. glen stratton is operations section chief and says the ....
Danger now ash getting into the water. how soon could bit before the fire creeps right to the edge of the reservoir? probably a couple days i would say at the rate it s been moving. i d say two or three days. reporter: are you confident in the meantime you ll be able to keep the reservoir safe? yes, yes, i think so. reporter: about 20,000 acres are burning in the park which pumps about $400 million into the economy. a major attraction are are the majestic groves 206, 000-year-old 2000-year-old sequoia trees. don newbacker is s pt of the park. a low intensity burn around the bases won t be bad. some of the seedlings need fire to regenerate. so if we can keep it to low intensity burns then we could help the sequoias. reporter: so in some aspects you re welcoming the fire. yeah, well i think we re going to use the fire to to ....
reporter: more than 3,500 firefighters are in this battle staged along three flanks. to the northeast, nest and southeast, still about 20 miles from el capitan and other yosemite treasures. their job, dig up dry shrubs, bulldoze the land and set backfires at night, all to rob the biggest flames of more fuel. they also have small teams putting out spot fires that spring up. here s one of the challenges. no fire here, blue sky and then all of a sudden, a spot fire breaks out. it s like this for miles up and down the road. then there is this, a fire team deployed to protect three dozen of yosemite s ancient sequoia trees, some of the oldest living things on earth, in need of protection now. neal karlinsky, abc news, yosemite national park. we also want to show you some dangerous flash flooding tonight in the southwest, including the desert city, las vegas. interstates awash in water and ....