authorities now say the wildfire devastating eastern tennessee is, quote, "human caused" -- but didn't provide any other details. three people have died as a result -- and several families are still searching for missing have been forced to evacuate -- and the fires have consumed hundreds of buildings in the resort-heavy area. powerful storms hitting the south last night... if the fires in tennessee weren't enough -- officials say two people died and another nine are hurt after the severe weather... across the state line in alabama -- another three people were killed when a possible tornado hit a mobile home. the national weather service more possible tornadoes were spotted in tennessee, alabama and toss to weather weather light rain, snow and mix is possible and will likely thursday morning then staying mainly cloudy. sunny breaks expected friday into saturday but it'll be much cooler. highs will struggle to reach into the upper 30s. another storm system will bring the chance for rain and snow sunday into monday. stay tuned. showers. low: 35 wind: w 5-10 mph thursday: morning flurries

violent storms spawned two states, including tennessee. which is still reeling from the firestorm that exploded the night before in the great smoky mountains. and today we learned three more bodies have been recovered from the scorched ruins, bringing the death toll to at least seven. we've got it all covered, starting with nbc's jacob rascon in alabama. >> tornadoes reported in six states and nowhere was hit harder alabama. i'm standing inside what used to be the town's only shopping plaza. the owner climbed out of the rubble alive. while several of his neighbors did not survive. barrelling through the southeast, dozens of tornadoes reported from florida to mississippi. late today, pictures showing a possible funnel cloud near atlanta. threatening a major metropolitan area. >> it's devastating. i mean, it breaks my heart. >> overnight the town of rosalie, alabama, devastated. the one piles of wood and bricks. the owner, greg day, astonished to be alive. nearby, another survivor, bob wright, hoping to find pictures of his family members, w

>> all right, kerry sanders in tennessee, thank you. >>> there are new protests. prosecutors have decided not to charge an officer for the killing of keith lamont scott in charlotte, north carolina in september. authorities maintain scott, whose wife recorded the confrontation, had a gun on him. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> don't shoot him. don't shoot him. >> more than two months after this dramatic video stunned the nation, today the district attorney announced that brent vincent, the charlotte police officer who shot and killed keith charges. >> it's my opinion that officer vincent acted lawfully when he shot mr. scott. >> the shooting sparked nights of violent unrest here. social media catapulted the story into the national spotlight, based on false information, the prosecutor says. according to state investigators, initial witness accounts that scott was holding a book proved to be false. his wife's statement she didn't know he owned a weapon, also false according to month before about a firearm in his possession. and they say witness claims that i

violent storms spawned twisters overnight, killing five people in two states, including tennessee. that exploded the night before in the great smoky mountains. and today we learned three more bodies have been recovered from the scorched ruins, bringing the death toll to at least seven. we've got it all covered, starting with nbc's jacob rascon in alabama. >> tornadoes reported in six states and nowhere was hit harder than here in rosalie, alabama. i'm standing inside what used to be the plaza. the owner climbed out of the rubble alive. while several of his neighbors did not survive. barrelling through the southeast, dozens of tornadoes reported from florida to mississippi. late today, pictures showing a possible funnel cloud near atlanta. threatening a major metropolitan area. >> it's devastating. i mean, it breaks my heart. >> overnight the town of rosalie, alabama, devastated. the one shopping plaza, reduced to piles of wood and bricks. the owner, greg day, astonished to be alive. nearby, another survivor, bob wright, hoping to find pictures of his family members, who did not mak

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into shelters. one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught water spouting crashing ashore. in atlanta, tornado sirens sound the alarm, as residents shelter in place. >> you need to seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys among the wreckage. three adults and three child

violent storms spawned twisters overnight, killing five people in two states, including tennessee. which is still reeling from the firestorm that exploded the night before in the great smoky mountains. and today we learned three more bodies have been recovered from the scorched ruins, bringing the death toll to at least seven. we've got it all covered, starting with nbc's jacob rascon in alabama. >> tornadoes reported in six states and nowhere was hit harder than here in rosalie, alabama. i'm standing inside what used to be the town's only shopping plaza. the owner climbed out of the rubble alive. while several of his neighbors did not survive. barrelling through the southeast, dozens of tornadoes reported from florida to mississippi. late today, pictures showing a possible funnel cloud near atlanta. threatening a major metropolitan area. >> it's devastating. i mean, it breaks my heart. >> overnight the town of rosalie, alabama, devastated. the one shopping plaza, reduced to piles of wood and bricks. the owner, greg day, astonished to be alive. nearby, another survivor, bob wright,

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spouting crashing ashore. in atlanta, tornado sirens sound >> you need to seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys among the wreckage. thre who took shelter here serious

demarco morgan is in tennessee. >> reporter: we are standing in what's left of what once was a window to this three-bedroom home, now just part of the frame still left after wildfires destroyed the place, and now all you can see is remnants, burned out appliances and some of the items you can pretty much make outic like this a.c. here and the fireplace. this home had been in the cogdale family for more than five decades. if you look to my left, you can see the shed and the garage that was also destroyed here, a place that family members said held most of their memorabilia pieces, pieces that they cherish. they also told us that the fire actually started far behind us at this mountain here. the locals call it "the falls," and quickly spread over the highway to where we are now. it is a devastating loss. anthony. >> mason: demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. in north carolina, there will be no criminal charges in the death of 43-year-old keith scott. today, the prosecutor cleared charlotte-mecklenberg police officer brentley vinson, saying the evidence of the shooting in september was just

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing shelters. one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spouting crashing ashore. the alarm, as residents shelter in place. >> you need to seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys ang wreckage. three adults and three children who took shelter here

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing their stories now of one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spouting crashing ashore. in place. >> you need to seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys among the wreckage. three adults and three children who took shelter here seriously injur

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into shelters. one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spouting crashing ashore. in atlanta, tornado sirens sound the alarm, as residents shelter in place. >> you need to seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys am

demarco morgan is in tennessee. >> reporter: we are standing in what's left of what once was a window to this three-bedroom home, now just part of still left after wildfires destroyed the place, and now all you can see is remnants, burned out appliances and some of the items you can pretty much make outic like this a.c. here and the fireplace. this home had been in the cogdale family for more than five decades. if you look to my left, you can see the shed and the garage that was also destroyed here, a place that family members said held most of their memorabilia pieces, pieces that they cherish. they also told us that the fire actually started far behind us the locals call it "the falls," and quickly spread over the highway to where we are now. it is a devastating loss. anthony. >> mason: demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. in north carolina, there will be no criminal charges in the death of 43-year-old keith scott. today, the prosecutor cleared charlotte-mecklenberg police officer brentley vinson, saying the evidence of the shooting in september was justified. here's jericka duncan. >>

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into shelters. one of those parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spouting crashing ashore. in atlanta, tornado sirens sound the alarm, as residents shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys among the wreckage. three adults and three children who too

demarco morgan is in tennessee. >> reporter: we are standing in what's left of what once was a window to this three-bedroom home, now just part of the frame still left after destroyed the place, and now all you can see is remnants, burned out appliances and some of the items you can pretty much make outic like this a.c. here and the fireplace. this home had been in the cogdale family for more than five decades. if you look to my left, you can see the shed and the garage that was also destroyed here, a place that family members said held most of their memorabilia pieces, pieces that they cherish. they also told us that the fire actually started far behind us at this mountain here. and quickly spread over the highway to where we are now. it is a devastating loss. anthony. >> mason: demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. in north carolina, there will be no criminal charges in the death of 43-year-old keith scott. today, the prosecutor cleared charlotte-mecklenberg police officer brentley vinson, saying the evidence of the shooting in september was justified. here's jericka duncan. >> don't sho

demarco morgan is in tennessee. >> reporter: we are standing in what's left of what once was a window to this three-bedroom home, now just part of the frame still left destroyed the place, and now all you can see is remnants, burned out appliances and some of the items you can pretty much make outic like this a.c. here and the fireplace. this home had been in the cogdale family for more than five decades. if you look to my left, you can see the shed and the garage that was also destroyed here, a place that family members said held most of their memorabilia pieces, pieces that they cherish. they also told us that the fire actually started far behind us at this mountain here. and quickly spread over the highway to where we are now. it is a devastating loss. anthony. >> mason: demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. in north carolina, there will be no criminal charges in the death of 43-year-old keith scott. today, the prosecutor cleared charlotte-mecklenberg police officer brentley vinson, saying the evidence of the shooting in september was justified. here's jericka duncan. >> don't shoot him

demarco morgan is in tennessee. >> reporter: we are standing in what's left of what once was a window to this three-bedroom home, now just part of the frame still left after wildfir out appliances and some of the items you can pretty much make outic like this a.c. here and the fireplace. this home had been in the cogdale family for more than five decades. if you look to my left, you can see the shed and the garage that was also destroyed here, a place that family members said held most of their memorabilia pieces, pieces that they cherish. they also told us that the fire actually started far behind us at this mountain here. highway to where we are now. it is a devastating loss. anthony. >> mason: demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. in north carolina, there will be no criminal charges in the death of 43-year-old keith scott. today, the prosecutor cleared charlotte-mecklenberg police officer brentley vinson, saying the evidence of the shooting in september was justified. here's jericka duncan. >> don't shoot him. he has no weapon. >> reporter: this video, along keith lamont scott was unarm

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. those who were awake sharing their stories now of racing into shelters. one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, including a daycare center. tonight, this system reaching all the way up to the northeast, and we begin here with abc's phillip mena in alabama. >> tornado warning. >> reporter: tonight, a full-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spouting crashing ashore. in atlanta, tornado sirens sound in place. >> you need to seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this, after more than two dozen reported twisters overnight. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely awful. >> reporter: at least three killed in the town of rosalie, alabama. a tornado, a massive ef-2. wind speeds over 110 miles an hour. this daycare in flat rock, flattened. you can see the toys among the wreckage. who took shelt

violent storms spawned twisters overnight, killing five people in tennessee. which is still reeling from the firestorm that exploded the night before in the great smoky mountains. and today we learned three more bodies have been recovered from the scorched ruins, bringing the death toll to at least seven. we've got it all covered, starting with nbc's jacob rascon in alabama. >> tornadoes reported in six states and nowhere was hit harder than here in rosalie, what used to be the town's only shopping plaza. the owner climbed out of the rubble alive. while several of his neighbors did not survive. barrelling through the southeast, dozens of tornadoes reported from florida to mississippi. late today, pictures showing a possible funnel cloud near atlanta. threatening a major metropolitan area. >> it's devastating. i mean, it breaks my heart. >> overnight the town of rosalie, alabama, devastated. the one shopping plaza, reduced to bricks. the owner, greg day, astonished to be alive. nearby, another survivor, bob wright, hoping to find pictures of his family members,

demarco morgan is in tennessee. >> reporter: we are standing in what's left of what once was a window to home, now just part of the frame still left after wildfires destroyed the place, and now all you can see is remnants, burned out appliances and some of the items you can pretty much make outic like this a.c. here and the fireplace. this home had been in the cogdale family for more than five decades. if you look to my left, you can see the shed and the garage that was also destroyed here, a place that family members said held most of their memorabilia pieces, pieces that they actually started far behind us at this mountain here. the locals call it "the falls," and quickly spread over the highway to where we are now. it is a devastating loss. anthony. >> mason: demarco morgan, thanks, demarco. in north carolina, there will be no criminal charges in the death of 43-year-old keith scott. today, the prosecutor cleared charlotte-mecklenberg police officer brentley vinson, saying the evidence of the shooting in september here's jericka duncan. >> don't shoot him. he has no weapon. >> repo

more than two dozen reported tornadoes from louisiana to tennessee. many striking as people slept. the who were awak sharing their stories now of racing i shelters. one of those tornadoes leveling parts of rosalie, alabama, inuding a daycare center. toght, this system reaching all the way up northeast, phillip mena in alabama.c's >> tornado waing. >> rorter: tonight, a fu-on tornado outbreak is hammering the south. this massive funnel cloud caught north of miramar beach, florida. water spoutin cra ashore. in atlanta, tornado sirens sou >> y needo seek shelter immediately. >> reporter: this after more ts overght. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> reporter: residents emerged from storm shelters to utter destruction. >> the damage here is absolutely >> rorter: at least three alabama.n the town of rolie, a too, ave ef-2. wind speeds over 11 miles an hour. this daycar in flat rock flattened. you can see the toys among the the storms cutting a deadly path fromississip -- >> we're really lucky nobodwas hurt here tonight. >> rorter: -- to tennesse where two moreeople we killedn the s

wildfires have now killed seven people in tennessee. and authorities say the origin of the fire was "human caused." it's burned more than 15 thousand acres and damaged 400 gatlinburg says city leaders are discussing re-opening the city later this week after the fire forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate. many buildings in gatlinburg have burned right down to their foundations. and people worry about what they'll find when they return to their homes. ""that's the hard part. you just don't know if it's still going to be there or not. we may go back to absolutely nothing. but we have each other, and that's all that matters. we made it out with our lives." " although rain haf tennessee's wildfire threat is far from over. firefighters have contained only about 10 percent of the fires. a student at grinnell college faces charges for starting a fire that caused some damage on campus. the charges against rafael estrada include arson and criminal mischief. estrada is 21 and from los angeles. campus police say he started a fire i

. >> the thing is it will help the wild fires in tennessee. gaithersburg has been under a burn ban. >>> for us we are seeing the same rain system. some of that rain h we haven't seen much in the district. it's been pouring to the north and west. sometimes the rainfall rates are over 1 to 2 inches an hour. seeing a batch of rain down here watching this stuff from roanoke. that could be here at 9:00 give or take a little bit. more immediate concern, the stuff just off to our north and west. it's built south a little bit. some of this has been really been hitting loudin county hard. leesburg south and southeast east you have it. west of there you are trying out some. many montgomery county approaching an hour plus gusts with this heavy rain moving east towards laurel. going to hit college park. it's just a few miles west of there now. it's just about on top of silver spring. frederick county, north and east of 70 in frederick is where most of the rain is here. in leesburg not as heavy. this stuff from tyson's corner moving in towards arlington is

right now, live at five,the latest wave of distruction from wildfires blazing through tennessee. it's containment and the future of gatlinburg. first - a dreary fall >>> right now live at 5, the latest instruction from wildfires blazing in tennessee. it's containment and the future of gatlinburg. >>> first, a dreary fall day out there. let's check in with chief meteorologist terry swails with the weather rs is snowing. we were not expecting the snow and you can see it spends across southeastern iowa. nothing accumulated -- accumulating expected out of this. i don't think much will be south of highway 20. the showers are caused by a minor disturbance dropping to the southeast. once it spends by, it will take the snow showers later tonight. another dreary day and for the commute it will be dry and cloudy. temperatures will hover around 33-34 degrees. later in the afternoon, not much rise with temperatures and we should hover around 36-37 for the high temperature. in the next 24 hours, meteorological winter is december and into january and february. we are starting things off like t

the secretary of state search has officially narrowed to four names, tennessee senator bob corker, former new york city mayor rudy giuliani, retired general david petraeus and mitt romney. who joined the president-elect and his soon to be white house chief of staff reince priebus for dinner. after a chocolate cake dessert romney who said this just eight months ago -- >> his foreign policies would make america and the world less safe. >> reporter: expressed a friendlier opinion. >> we have another discussion about affairs throughout the world. these discussions i have had with him have been enlightening and interesting and engaging. i have enjoyed them very much. >> reporter: minutes ago word came down that mr. trump is set to meet with another secretary of state contender here in new york on friday, it's former u.n. ambassador john bolton. also a fox news contributor. who sat down with the vp-elect mike pence in washington, d.c. today. bolton is a longtime critic of the obama administration's foreign policy who flirted with a presidential run of his own this cycle. >> peter doocy, thank y

a motive is unknown. >>> crews in tennessee have bringing the total to 7. and gatlinburg officials say 400 build havings burned in the fire and no are at risk although they got some rain. the smoky mountains is one of the most bee loved national parks and they plan to bounce back from the devastation. >> we want to give that positive message that everything is going to be okay, feet in a short time. come and visit us. come back and vacation here. >> so many people will, officials may turn to fema. since monday more than 14,000 people have been evacuated from gatlinburg and many are still waiting to return to see what is left of their homes. the rain did help firefighters get the upper hand finally. >>> and much needed rain cam they are creating their own issues. this reto blame for five deaths. those fighting the fires in the area are now worried about mudslides and winds. the weather service is confirming that a tornado touched down in the metro atlanta area. this is of the damage where it has scattered debris. >> and this >> the weather service is surveyi

in tennessee.. ((sot)) don armando: "i'mappy that we still have our restaurant." ((sot)) roy rogers, business owner: "no one expected this!" authorities blaming the deaths there on both mother nature and the wildfires.. ((sot)) tn fire presser mayor: 8 new fires.. before rain arrived.. which officials say helped but ((sot)) tn fire presser chief greg miller: "we are experiencing some small mudslides and rockslides because there is no longer that foliage that is holding everything together." the storms.. on the move and threatening new areas tonight.. but the damage.. done.. homes and cars burned to the ground.. hundreds still in shelters.. and the fire chief saying their work won't be finished.. for quite some time. elizabeth tag: fortunately, officials in tn say the worst is over with more rain in the they can return home. let's go to 13 first alert chief meteorologist bryan scofield. bryan. the las vegas valley will be dropping into the upper 30s tonight with some areas into the mid 30s. make sure you protect the sensitive plants and bring the pets inside! after

maureen: severe weather brings fears for thousands affected by the devastating wildfire in tennessee. mop's fire killed seven people and forced 14,000 to evacuate. >> we have each other. that is all that matters. >> gatlinburg's mayor hopes to reopen the city on friday. so the business owners and the residents can assess damage. >> the stormwatch7 weather center constantly updates the forecasts and they are available on wjla.com, facebook and twitter. as well as on the storm watch the next phase of donald trump's transition to the white house. i appears to be getting underway for the finances at least. president-elect trump tweeted he will announce how he will leave his business next month. they are examining the possible conflict of interest to bring to the white house. trump's team is focused on the announcement that carrier will keep 1,000 jobs in the united states instead of shipping them to the border to steven mnuchin praised the president for the move. >> the president-elect and vice president picked up the phone and called the c.e.o. and told them we want to keep the jobs here

the same storm brought much needed rain to the parts of tennessee devasted by wildfires. 7 people are known dead. the fire destroyed a home a couple finished building just three months ago. they lost everything. "my mom and grandmother's wedding dress, and our pictures. my mom's hope chest." we're devastated, but our family's safe. we're all together. thousands of people are still out of their homes. the f-b-i says it's too soon to say if the attack at ohio state university this week was a terrorist attack. the f-b-i says the man who carried out the attack with a car and a knife may have been ?inspired? by the islamic state group and by al qaida.11 people were hurt in the attack. a police officer shot and killed the man. armed robberies, in the last place you'd expect: a local cemetery! the newsroom with a story new at six. thanks george and carole.it's happened twice in just the past few weeks: loved ones, paying their respects... then robbed! tonight, one of the victims talks about his terrifying experience. the unusual weapon the thieves used on him, before stealing his car and bel

. >>> devastating a tennessee spot. seven people have died. it appears the fire was started by a person and not by natural causes. a couple on vacation had to quickly evacuate a gatlinburg condo. there were no alerts or warnings in the wirral area where they were. there -- they are crediting god for their escape. >> i'm grateful to get up and i don't know what prompted me. the holy spirit. >> it was a fight for their lives. >> the moment i got in the car the flames rolled up. it was crazy. >> rushing to get to safety through ash and smoke. >> and the senate and the war. >> locked in certain overnight. >> intense hours letting their fear not prevail. >> the scripture say you would go through the fire and it would not harm you. >> when they returned this morning they found their building standing and special items still inside. forever.>> it is a step back. it's amazing how god works. it's amazing how you watch how he takes care of all of us. >> you may be seeing video from the fires and feeling helpless. there are ways you can help out right no

also in tennessee, the aftermath of the wildfires that forced thousands of people to evacuate. the flames also leveling of two popular resort towns. nbc's sarah rosario has more on the damage. >> reporter: in the gateway to the smoky mountains, home to popular tourist destinations, a historic wildfire reducing homes and buildings to rubble is finally letting up. >> i mean, it was literally like driving through hell. >> reporter: the largest fire for the volunteer state in more than 100 years. >> watch as we drive past. you're going to see a huge flame right here. husband are among more than 14,000 forced to leave. rushing to get to safety through ash and smoke. >> all you can think is we got out but we're going to die. >> reporter: now safe in a shelter, they're anxious to know the status of their home. sadly jerri and jeff morgan already learned theirs. >> that was our big beautiful stone wall. >> reporter: recently remodeling share pigeon forge house, parts are now burned beyond recognition. >> my mom and grandmother's wedding dress. pictures. my mom's of starting over now to

. >> mark: now the fires in tennessee. three more bodies have been recovered from the wildfires bringing the death toll to 7. right now it is believed more search-and-rescue missions are ongoing while fires rage in some places. the mayor of gatlinburg says officials are discussing reopening the city later this week after evacuations of residents and tourists. >> romona: all right. jeff tells me it is raining out there now l. it continue? >> jeff: slowing things down. it will be for the next three hours. it won't rain all night. we got colder ai here we are on doppler max network. we have had a few lightning strikes in this. a bit of a surprise. we did kind of get the instability going. enough to generate lightning strikes and this is the main squall loin geneva, mentor and east of cleveland and picks up again around wooster. in this area will you get a quick quarter to third inch of it is slowing things down and not moving things that quickly. but then it will diminish to light rain for the rest of the evening. it is mainl

. >>> historic wildfires continue to wage through eastern tennessee. right now, we can tell you in the area you, the death toll is up to 7. thousandses have been forced out -- thousands have been forced out of their homes. the smoky mountains, home to popular defendant initials, a historic fire is finally letting up. >> it was literally like driving through hell. the. >> reporter: the largest fire in the state. >> watch as we drive through. >> reporter: this man rushing to get to safety through ash and we're going to die. >> reporter: now safe in a shelter, they are anxious to know the status of their home. sadly, jerry and jeff morgan learned theirs. >> that was our stone wall. >> reporter: parts are burned beyond recognition. >> my mom and grandmother's wedding dress. our pictures. my mom's hope chest. >> reporter: with the prospect of starting over, others are still in harm's way. more than taking the brunt of the blaze but with eight new fires overnight and storms toppling trees and power lines, their jobs are becoming increasingly difficult. >> we

spokesman s the srt list.dy giuliani are on trump ialsosidering former untrdirector david petraeus and tennessee setor bob corker. >> green party presidential nominee jill stein has f for another recount this e is in the state of michigan. she discussed her rnt request on the view this moing on channel 5, in fact. wisconsin, where she also filed for a recount wilbegin tomorrow. speaki with newscenter 5's janet -- after the appearance on way raise her and her party's profile. >> when we annnced ts campaign, voters came , you know, just flooded in, to say that this is what they want to do. th isn't shing we went out an drummed up. >> she missed pennsylvania's refiling count deadline but still thinks she n get some precincts in thaate >> bob bennett man. >>ews one ngend paying ibute another. remembering a local pioneer we owe an awful lot to. panied because my baby was chokin but she was super calm. >> newt 6:00 a little girl coming to her mother's rescue and saving her baby sitter's life. >> it's anher it in of downpours. i'llw you e the aviest rain will fall and whenhe returns. >> it's wednesday,

across the border in southern tennessee, two others died, and dozens more were injured. some roads in the south were drenched with up to two feet of water, after two months without rain. >> woodruff: there is word today that the pilot of the plane that slammed into colombia's andes mountains told air traffic controllers that he ran out of fuel, moments before the crash. that is according to a leaked recording of the flight's final minutes. all but six of the 77 people on board died. most were members of a brazilian soccer team. >> sreenivasan: in syria, opposition activists claimed nearly 50 civilians were killed by regime forces today, as they fled rebel-held eastern aleppo. most of the victims were women and children. activists estimate more than 50,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in the past four days. >> woodruff: the director of the c.i.a. has decried president- elect donald trump's plan to scrap the nuclear deal with iran. in a bbc interview, john brennan said: "i think it would be disastrous. i think it would be the height of folly, if the next admi

amy: in tennessee at least three , people have died and hundreds of homes were destroyed after a wildfire tore through the resort towns near the great smoky mountains. as many as 14,000 people fled monday and tuesday as 90-mile-per-hour wind gusts pushed the fires into the towns. this is the mayor of sevier county, larry waters. >> we continue to learn devastating news about the magnitude of the losses thatat e are experiencing in the community in sevier county. i have now been able to confirm the loss of three lives in sevier county. we are deeply saddened by these losses, and we extend our prayers to the family -- families of all of them. we do not have information to release at this time regarding identities, as we are awaiting notification of next of kin. amy: this comes as early this morning, a tornado killed three people after it tore through a mobile home park in alabama, and critically injured four children after hitting a daycare center. in south carolina, a judge is permitting dylann n roof to represent himself at h his own trial, which opened monday in charleston. prosecutors s

tennessee... where the threat is now over. in the gateway to smokey mountains-- home to popular tourist destinations-- a historic wildfire, reducing homes and buildings to rubble, is finally letting up. sound tammy leng gatlinburg evacuee :10-:12"it was literally like driving through hell."the largest fire for the volunteer state in more than 100 years--- leaving four dead and several missin natural sound tammy leng's husband gatlinburg evacuee "watch as we drive past, to see a huge flame."tammy leng and her husband are among more than 14-thousand forced to leav rushing to get to safety through ash and smoke.. sound tammy leng - gatlinburg evacuee :30-:34"you could see glow from the fire coming coming at you but all you could think was we got out but we are going to die."now safe in a shelter -- they're anxious to know the status of their homesadly, jeri and jeff morgan -already learned theirs. natural sound jeff morgan "that was our big beautiful stone wall. recently remodeling their pigeon forge house parts are now burned be

suspected tornadoes ravaged parts of alabama and tennessee. the twisters leveled dozens of buildings. we're told at least a dozen other people are hospitalized after the storms. in tennessee, officials say three more bodies have been recovered after the wildfires in the great smoky mountains. bringing the death toll there to 7. authorities say the wildfires preed embers and flames into gatlinburg igniting new fires and forcing thousands to evacuate. county officials say more than 400 buildings hav even with significant rainfall hitting the state fire officials say the wildfire threat is not over. >> a home explodes in new york trapping a mom and her dog inside. police say the woman was waiting for her three kids to get home from school when her home blew up. the mom was trapped in the rubble but somehow managed to escape with the family's dog. she's expected to be okay. police aren't sure what caused that explosion. >>> one of two inmates who escaped from a california jail has been captured. authorities say they arrested one of the convicts to

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-- plus -- thousands forced to evacuate their homes as a deadly wildfire continues to spread across tennessee. and -- an ubelievable road rage incident caught on camera. a fender bender turning into something much more violent. what had other drivers fleeing for the safety. we hope to see you soon on this busy wednesday afternoon. to our website, rightthisminute.com, or check it out on our mobile app. >>> at the end of any big important game, you've got to champagne showers, not this rugby team. they did it like this. >> strapping, everybody. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, my god. >> and, oli, while you say strapped in, i say strapping, because this team is composed of a bunch of strapping young lads. who needs a you've got some water? >> oh, my gosh. this is awesome. >> this happened freshman year of college on our third floor dorm room. blocked the doorways, soaked down in water. i took off, i was like, somebody's getting in trouble. >> well, they didn't get in trouble, and you see them here in their skivvies, one man is mopping everything up while the other -- yeah, girl. while they just won a rivalr

>> parts of gatlinburg tennessee look like a scorched ghost town. with smoldering homes burned to the ground. >> we are still having because of the wind trees that are falling and they are taking down power lines. that is limiting access into some of the areas. >> the flames hollowed out homes and buildings. many people forced to evacuate sought refuge in shelters like this one run by the red cross. greg lanham and his family spent the night here. >> you are looking out of every window you can and watching for a glow in the distance. from mississippi a month and a half ago. they only had time to grab their 14-month-old son william. and his diaper bag. >> we don't know what to do or what we're going to do. we don't have anywhere to go. >> officials say more than 400 emergency workers from multiple departments are working on putting out the fire and clearing debris. >> we got calls from the warner is trying to aid his community while dealing with his own devastation. >> i had an opportunity to drive through town and my house was gone and my business o

tennessee... where the threat is now over. in the gateway to smokey mountains-- home to popular tourist destinations-- a historic wildfire, reducing homes and buildings to rubble, is finally letting up. sound tammy leng gatlinburg evacuee :10-:12"it was literally like driving through hell."the largest fire for the volunteer state in more than 100 years--- leaving four dead and several missin natural sound tammy leng's husband gatlinburg evacuee "watch as we drive past, to see a huge flame."tammy leng and her husband are among more than 14-thousand forced to leav rushing to get to safety through ash and smoke.. sound tammy leng - gatlinburg evacuee :30-:34"you could see glow from the fire coming coming at you but all you could think was we got out but we are going to die."now safe in a shelter -- they're anxious to know the status of their homesadly, jeri and jeff morgan -already learned theirs. natural sound jeff morgan "that was our big beautiful stone wall. recently remodeling their pigeon forge house parts are now burned be

in tennessee wildfires ravaged towns. the hope is they will merge bringing an end to the devastation, but first thieves are hunting for easy targets in several neighborhoods. good evening, i'm sarina fazan on. >> and i'm paul lagrone, carson chambers is going to show you how unknowing neighbors are showing the crooks what they want. >> this is a neighborhood where everybody talks to each other so this news also a lot of people have cameras on their homes.>> it was my first nascar. >> this is video of tammy's brand-new infiniti sedan. stolen out of her safety harbor driveway one week ago around 4:00 in the morning. >> a violation of safety but it is up to us to be vigilant. >> her garage was open and so office is fighting. a string of car burglaries have unfolded in the last two months. >> neighbor had surveillance of a car coming in four man checked the door handles got in the car and left. >> in august surveillance video caught three men on camera breaking into a home in the same neighborhood, getting away in a stolen ve

my name is dylan polin >>> went to coworkers in tennessee sharing the wealth. they hit the $421 million powerball prize. they have to split it. the tennessee 20 picked up their checks and now making plans. >> they have a lot to split, and so they're going to use some of the money to spontaneously give back to others. nicole oliverio has the story. records a phone call made 20 times over. >> said it's amy and i thought it was i'm going to get the coffee before i answer the phone. >> reporter: so early in the morning many went unanswered. >> it was 5:15 in the morning when amy called me and all she said was we won, we won, we won, we won. call me. and so obviously i didn't get that message until later. >> they wouldn't answer their phone. i'm like get up, you know. >> reporter: amy o'neill bought the winning lottery ticket near her home in lafayette, tennessee, and that's where the tennessee 20 met after the phone calls ended. >> they all come to my house and just screaming and just -- just the joy. [ applause ] >> reporter: that's when the group knew. >> we had

it didn't move through tennessee earlier on. the first batch is sweeping through. and a slow go for the evening some of the steadiest rainfall, boston medford, waltham, picking up steadier rain. heaviest rains at the moment, preliminary mouth, duxbury. the temperatures are in the 40s. what we saw last night were rising temperatures. and we'll see that again this evening. especially after midnight. timing it out we'll basically be in and out of in rain picks up around midnight into early tomorrow morning. and tracking showers and downpours. the last of which should be exiting around seven to 8 a.m. not having a big impact on the morning drive and we'll work in sunshine. a mild start to the month of december. tonight, areas of rain and fog. 40s to the north and west of boston. and temperatures rising through the 50s elsewhere. and the wind will start to pick up out of the east. and it will start to get gust night. we need 2 inches of rain before midnight just to get back to average for the month of november. so it's great to see but boston is still very much in a dro

: here in tennessee, polk county, about a 50-minute drive from chattanooga, up until 2:00 a.m. this morning, the story here, the fires, then it became the severe weather and possible tornado that came thug this town's post office. behind me, massive trees toppled over. amazingly, you can see the size of the trees showing the power of the winds. unfortunately, two people did lose their lives in this storm. 50 homes damaged. 15 buildings destroyed in this town. right now, teams are still out surveying the damage. they say rescue efforts are off for now and they're going back through the street checking is a main hit to the small town and a part of tennessee that has been through a lot over the last few days. i'm maria larosa, news 4. >> yeah, one of the things that tennessee has been battling is the wildfires around gatlinburg. they're now blamed for at least seven deaths. authorities just recovered three more bodies a short time ago. investigators say it appears the fires were manmade. the severe weather that swept through that area dealt another blow to crews who were trying to

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with several suspected tornadoes hitting parts of alabama, tennessee, louisiana and mississippi. first responders and rescue workers combing through damaged and destroyed buildings anxious residents return home. >> we got down to the basement and after went by come over here and building is tore up. >> we've had community member lose their residence but nobody got seriously hurt. nobody loft any live. so we got that to be hang full for. >> reporter: but other communities weren't so lucky. there have been several confirmed deaths and officials throughout the southeast are reporting multiple injuries. others say they're not sure if they'll be able to recover from some roof damage to some barnes and different things and like i say trees and some -- 18 wheeler beds and things that furtherually tilted over. north in tennessee crews are still battling the biggest wildfire to hit that state in a century. more than 14,000 people evacuated from the resort city of gatlin burg. hundreds of firefighters worked to save homes and businesses including their own. >> we got firefighters, first re

the storms could offer some relief to firefighters tennessee. there's now a flash flood warning with heavy rain expected. all right. let take a look add what's going on back here closer to home. how about rain showers coming? right about here and we've got a line of showers with some brief moderate bursts moving north and east. western suburbs of greater cleveland stretching that's your evening. it's mild. 62 in cleveland. currently 58. akron 56 in camp ton. joan i it. the temps are going down as we head through the-esque hours. the rain should end by 8:30 for the greater cleveland area. by 9 p.m. rain should be done and then the chill. look, by midnight or so, we're at 39. 24 in whatever you want to do this evening. 60s to start. it's back to normal as we begin december. even a few snow flakes coming up. >> all right. a hung jury or a biased jury? >> next some new information about the jury questionnaires released today from the trial of cincinnati officer ray tensing. the shocking things they had to say about police officers and race relations

reporter: from louisiana to tennessee a trail of destr destruction. in alabama the storms devastating with home after home leveled and thousands left without power more mississippi, but no one killed. >> we are really lucky that nobody was hurt here tonight. it could be the other way. reporter: in tennessee -- >> i'm happy that we still have a restaurant. >> known expected sh. reporter: 64 dead and necessity are blaming mother nature and the fires. >> a once in lifetime disaster. reporter: overnight eight new fires before rain arrived which >> we are experiencing some small mudslide and rockslides, because there is no longer that foal ladies and gentlemen that toil average that is holding everything together. reporter: threatening new areas tonight but the damage done. homes and cars are burned to the ground and hundreds still in shelters and the fire chief says their work won't be finished for quite some time. fortunately officials in tennessee say the worst is over with more rain in the forecast no timeline as to when they can return home. elizabeth