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>> a massive firefighting response saved a heavily populated neighborhood north of los angeles. strong winds, a smoldering fire started by a man using a weed whacker to clear brush. ten homes briefly evacuated. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, april 28th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> good morning. we begin this half hour with breaking news out of baltimore. fires set by outraged rioters burning into the early morning hours. >> yeah, there was a call for calm falling on deaf ears. a lot of people upset over the death...

>> i think he owes him more than one beer. cnn's dan simon is in seattle. dan, tell us more about this hero. an incredible story. >> reporter: it really is. everybody is so thankful he had the presence of mind to grab that pepper spray and basically put down the alleged shooter here. what we know according to seattle times is he is quiet but comes prepared and has that pepper spray with him. he's being hailed a hero today. >> unbelievable. do we know anything more about this gunman and why he decided to open fire on this college campus? >> reporter: you know, that's the real question. at this ...

Nice to talk to you. >> hi. >> he says you're quite his hero today. >> yeah. but he is more of the hero. >> how is that? >> he saved me. well -- >> let's become up. you and your friend, who is in the hospital, you and your friend are walking down the hall and you hear something screaming about blood. take it from the. >> yeah. so, what happened was then as soon as the kid looked at his hand with the blood, he -- this kid just -- he comes don the hallway, silent and no expression, and just starts stabbing people, and brett jumped in front of me -- >> brett is your friend in the hospital -- >> y...

You are a terrorist. to give you that reference, to call you a soldier gives you far too much stature. whether the offices of government do it or your attorney does it or if you think you are a soldier, you are not. you are a terrorist. and we don't negotiate with terrorists, we don't meet with terrorists, we don't sign documents with terrorist, we hunt them down one by one and we bring them to justice end quote. judge young -- [ applause ] >> here's my thought. if president obama has another vacancy on the supreme court, i can't think of anybody better to pick than you to be on that court. th...

You are a terrorist. to give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. whether the officers of government do it or your attorney does it or if you think you are a soldier, you are not. you are a terrorist. and we don't negotiate with terrorists. we don't meet with terrorists. we don't sign documents with terrorists. we hunt them down one by one and we bring them to justice." [ applause ] judge young, here's my thought. if president obama has another vacancy on the supreme court, i can't think of anybody better to pick than you to be on that court. thank you for...