kenneth moton, abc news washington. >> a colorado judge will formally sentence movie theater shooter, james holmes today. is he facing live in prison, 11 jurors wantsed to give holmes the death penalty but they needed a unanimous decision and the other panelists voted for life without patrol. >>> and 100 mig rantss that were drifting in the mediterranean sea, this is 125 people on a rubber dingy, two children and five pregnant women were among them. italy rescued them who miles off the coast of libya, and new reports that greece's coast guard rescued another 100 mig rans over the last 24 hours. >>> justin wilson is giving the gift of life even after his death, he suffered a head injury during a crash at the poconos raceway the day before and was an organ donor and is helping people that are on the transplant lists. >> i am proud to be his brother and it exemplifies the life he led. >> stephan wilson tweeted his brother keeps setting the bar higher and one organ donor can save up to eight lives. >>> still ahead on "action news" the high flying performance that will take over the shore

more from abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: it's a fire fight across the pacific northwest. tens of thousands of acres in california, washington, oregon, destroying homes. >> our state's resources are stretched so thin. it's up to us to defend our own property. that's what people do. >> reporter: the worst, the ridge viewer in washington. burning more than 50,000 acres. an assault from the air and on the ground where thousands of firefighters are getting backup from the washington national guard. 75 homes and businesses, possibly more, are gone. at one point, more than 10,000 people were without power. >> we don't have enough resources to put this huge containment line around all this fire. they have to prioritize what is near structures. >> reporter: in drought-stricken california, light winds helped crews increase containment on the fire near laings will. firefighters treated for heat exhaustion, minor injuries. home others did what they could to save the properties. >> it was a panic zone. we had enough time. people coming up and telling us, hey, man, it's heading your wa

abc's kenneth moton has more from moneta, virginia. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see behind me virginia state police are still watching over the scene because the investigation will continue. meanwhile, this community is honoring the fallen journalists who had bright futures ahead. late into the night investigators searched for clues and answers at the home of the man accused of gunning down two roanoke, virginia, journalists on live television. >> it did not register it was gunshots. it probably should have, but she's doing a feature story. >> reporter: wdbj reporter alison parker and the man behind the camera, adam ward were in the middle of a live interview when vester flanagan opened fire. the news crew was killed. the woman they were interviewing vicki gardner seriously injured. flanagan was later captured after a crash and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> at some point in his life it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the 41-year-old who went by bryce williams

kenneth moton with the latest. >> reporter: could al gore be making another run for the white house? one-time high-ranking political adviser to the former vice president said a group of friends and aides are having conversations about gore 2016. overnight, a spokeswoman said a newspaper, he's not exploring a run. this comes as current vice president joe biden spends time this month. meanwhile gop front-runner donald trump is taking a one-two punch from rand paul in a new ad claiming trump is not really a republican. >> the billionaire is leading major polls and he's hiring. more staffers, that is in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and maybe in nevada. trump is also making more headlines for a controversial video featuring one of the vicious killers in the isis ranks, jihadi john, posted on social media with the caption not under my watch. donald trump is headed straight for iowa this weekend to the state fair, he and the other candidates, republican and democrat will shake hands, talk to voters and eat all of the deep-fried food they can handle. >> deep-fried anything is good. >>

kenneth moton, channel 6 "action news." jim? >> thank you, kenneth. >>> it turns out tragedy is tied to this area. both victim's areas partners were from here. alison parker was dating co-worker chris hurst, the 11:00 anchor at wdbj. he went to conestoga high school in chester county and later lived in philadelphia. >>> photo journalist, adam ward engaged to the morning show producer, melissa ott hailing from gibbstown, new jersey and graduating from penn state. in a horrific state of circumstances today was supposed to be her last day at the station. she accept add new job in charlotte and she was producing the show in the control room as her fiancee was murdered on live tv. >>> "action news" anchor monica malpass was at the white house today for a one-on-one interview with president obama. they discussed a number of topics including the tragic shooting in virginia. >> what we know is that the number of people who die from gun-related incidents around this country dwarfs any deaths that happen through terrorism and we're willin

kenneth moton live in virginia. thanks again. >>> investigators have been searching the gunman's apartment and the surrounding area trying to piece together what was a clearly troubled life. we know he was fired by tv stations at least twice because managers said he was causing problems with other employees. with more, here's abc's pierre thom thomas. >> reporter: he was known as local tv reporter are bryce williams. here he is holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> some point in his life, it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the crew when they were most vulnerable even using his skills to film the murderers. >> you have a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but then used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a suicide note to abc news at 8:26 nearly two hours after the shooting. it shows a deeply angry man laying out h

abc's kenneth moton is watching it now from washington, and he joins us now live. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and reena. yeah, busy weekend ahead for the candidates, and you better believe neither the donald nor the jeb plan to back down on the immigration talk. a bush and a billionaire, a head-to-head battle over immigration. donald trump who is surging in popularity and expecting to have his largest campaign event tonight is vowing mass deportations of illegal immigrants. >> we're going to get them out so fast and so quick and it's going to be tough. it's not going to be like oh please would you come with us please. would you please come with us. >> reporter: jeb bush fired right back. >> there should be a little more focus on solving the problems rather than just kind of coming in like a tidal wave and saying things that are just outrageous and don't make sense. >> reporter: the only thing the republican rivals agree on is the use of the controversial term anchor babies. it's used to describe the american-born children of undocument

reporting live from washington kenneth moton for channel six "action news". >> kenneth, thanks for the update. >>> breaking news here at home police are on the scene of an accident that has claimed two lives in lawncrest. this is a live pictures of the scene at adams and whittaker avenue. police are still on the scene there this morning. the the crash happened just before 2:30. vehicle flipped over with two people inside. both were thrown from the vehicle and died from the scene. this is at adams and whittaker in lawncrest. two people have been killed. we will have much more on this story throughout the morning and on six abc.com. >>> new this morning two people are in the hospital after a car slammed into a home and caught fire in northeast philadelphia. the action cam was on the scene just after 11:30 here on the 8600 block of bustleton avenue. the car crashed through a window in the house and caught fire, witnesses had to rescue the driver from the burning car, both she and elderly man inside the home were taken to the hospital. we're told the man was in the room, that the car crash

abc's kenneth moton has more from moneta, virginia. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and phillip. you can see behind me virginia state police are still watching over this scene because today the intense investigation will continue. meanwhile, this community is honoring the fallen journalists who had bright futures ahead. late into the night, investigators searched for clues and answers at the home of the man accused of gunning down two roanoke, virginia, journalists on live television. >> it did not register that it was gunshots. it probably should have, but, you know, she's doing a little feature story. >> reporter: wdbj reporter alison parker and the man behind the camera, adam ward, were in the middle of a live interview when former colleague vester flanagan opened fire. the news crew was killed. the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, seriously injured. flanagan was later captured after a crash and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> at some point in his life it would appear things were spir

abc's kenneth moton is watching it now from washington and he joins us now live. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, busy weekend ahead for the candidates and you better believe neither the donald nor the jeb plan to back down on the immigration talk. a bush and a billionaire, a head-to-head battle over immigration. donald trump who is surging in popularity and expecting to have his largest campaign event tonight is vowing mass deportations of illegal immigrants. >> we're going to get them out so fast and so quick and it's going to be tough. it won't be like will you please come with us. back. >> there should be a little more focus on solving the problems rather than just coming in like a tidal wave and saying things that are just outrageous and don't make sense. >> reporter: the only thing they agree on is the use of the controversial term anchor babies. it's used to describe the american-born children of undocumented immigrants who have them to an authorize them in the u.s. >> people find that hurtful. >> you mean it's not political a correct

abc's kenneth moton is tracking that live from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and reena, clinton's campaign has repeatedly said she did nothing wrong. this could all mean big trouble for clinton, handing over the e-mail server she's been under scrutiny for months. during her time as the nation's top diplomat. former secretary of state hillary clinton's private e-mail server will finally be in the hands of the government. this, as the intelligence community's inspector general revealed at least two of the e-mails on that server contained top-secret information. two others had classified details of the time they were sent. it's a development that the clinton camp has denied. clinton directed her team to turn over the server to the justice department and a thumb drive containing copies of her 55,000 e-mails that were already provided to the state department. a campaign spokesman said she pledged to cooperate with the government's security inquiry. and if there are more questions we'll continue to address th

abc's kenneth moton reports. >> reporter: from the east. >> triple digits. >> miserable. to the west. >> the humidity was out of control and it made it hotter. >> reporter: it was muggy monday in new york city the first heat wave in two years as temperatures soared. millions of americans baked in that dangerous summer sun so many headed for water looking for ways to survive the extreme heat. >> just to cool off on this hot day. enjoying the water. >> reporter: across the west the heat and dry conditions have fueled wildfires burning out of controls in several states. on the front lines, 30,000 firefighters who are stretched so thin active military troops are being called in as reinforcements for the first time in a decade. in washington where dozens of homes have been destroyed dozens more threatened fire officials are putting out a call for help overseas. >> we'll also be looking at other nations that we generally work with like australia and new zealand. >> reporter: to make matters worse there are air quality problems as the smoke moves across the country. so many just

with more details, here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: washington is in a state of emergency requesting immediate federal help hours after three firefighters were killed and another four injured while battling a raging wildfire in the eastern community of twist. the sheriff describing it as a hell storm. >> the bottom line this was hell in here. it's just obvious. it was blowing in every direction and we lost three. >> reporter: more than 230,000 acres burned. several homes have been evacuated in okanogan county and emergency management posting "it has been a rough day. we have lost three firefighters, homes and security." the national guard is on the ground trying to protect thousands of homes. >> the past ten hours we're up here, it's hot, you know, i got new boots yesterday. we're breaking them in, getting blisters on my heels. >> reporter: nearly 100 wildfires have been wreaking havoc across the west. in california they forced evacuations at national parks. in eastern oregon, governor kate brown toured the destruction where three dozen homes were destroyed including one belonging to

he's enjoying the water. >> reporter: kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >>> more extreme weather to tell you about. tornadoes roaring across a number of states. >> this video from colorado shot almost directly underneath a tornado that had yet to touch down. several structures were damaged in the storm near denver. some power lines were also taken down. but we're happy to report there were no injuries. [ sirens ] >> that sounding in southern mississippi as another approached and wound up causing structural damage. once again no reports of any injuries. >> taking a look at the radar now, that severe weather from colorado now making its way through kansas and oklahoma. damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes are possible. accuweather's justin povick has today's forecast. good morning, ju shg, justin. >>> we're concerned about tornado, damaging wind and large hail over the nation's heartland. an intense storm system. numerous travel delays expected from des moines to chicago and all the way south toward kansas city and wichita but it's not just the center portion of the country we're

with more details here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: washington is in a state of emergency requesting immediate federal help hours after three firefighters were killed and another four injured while battling a raging wildfire in the eastern community of twist. the sheriff describing it as a hell storm. >> the bottom line this was hell in here and it's just obvious. it was blowing in every direction and we lost men. >> reporter: more than 230,000 acres burned. several homes have been evacuated in okanogan county posting it has been a rough day. we have lost three firefighters, homes and security. the national guard is on the ground trying to protect thousands of homes. >> past ten hours we're up here, it's hot, you know, i got new boots yesterday. we're breaking them in, getting blisters on my heels. >> reporter: nearly 100 wildfires have been wreaking havoc across the west. in california they forced evacuations at national parks. in eastern oregon, governor kate brown toured the destruction where three dozen homes were destroyed including one belonging to carolyn hodge. >> obviously w

abc's kenneth moton reports. >> reporter: former secretary of state hillary clinton's private e-mail server will finally be in the hands of the government this as the intelligence community's inspector general revealed that at least two of the e-mails on that server contained top-secret information. two others had classified details at the time they were sent. it's a development that the clinton camp has denied. clinton directed her team to turn over the server to the justice department an thumb drive containing copies of her 55,000 e-mails that were already provided to the state department. a campaign spokesman said she pledged to cooperate with the government security inquiry and if there are more questions we will continue to address them. more ammunition for her opponents including republican counterpart donald trump who is back on the campaign trail yesterday for the first time post debate. >> ♪ >> reporter: trump more confident and defiant than ever at a rally in michigan appears to have made peace with fox news and proceed with debate moderator megan kelly. >> leading in iow

abc's kenneth moton is watching it now from washington and he joins us now live. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, busy weekend ahead for the candidates and you better believe neither the donald nor the jeb plan to back down on the immigration talk. a bush and a billionaire, a head-to-head battle over immigration. donald trump who is surging in popularity and expecting to have his largest campaign event tonight is vowing mass deportations of illegal immigrants. >> we're going to get them out so fast and so quick and it's going to be tough. it won't be like will you please come with us. >> reporter: jeb bush fired back. >> there should be a little more focus on solving the problems rather than just coming in like a tidal wave and saying things that are just outrageous and don't make sense. >> reporter: the only thing they agree on is the use of the controversial term anchor babies. it's used to describe the american-born children of undocumented immigrants who have them to an authorize them in the u.s. >> people find that hurtful. >> you mean

he's enjoying the water. >> reporter: kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >>> more extreme weather to tell you about. tornadoes roaring across a number of states. >> this video from colorado shot almost directly underneath a tornado that had yet to touch down. several structures were damaged in the storm near denver. some power lines were also taken down. but we're happy to report there were no injuries. [ sirens ] >> that sounding in southern mississippi as another approached and wound up causing structural damage. once again no reports of any injuries. >> taking a look at the radar now, that severe weather from colorado now making its way through kansas and oklahoma. damaging winds, hail and a few tornadoes are possible. accuweather's justin povick has today's forecast. good morning, just shgs, justin. >>> we're concerned about tornado, damaging wind and large hail over the nation's heartland. an intense storm system. numerous travel delays expected from des moines to chicago and all the way south toward kansas city and wichita but it's not just the center portion of the country we'

with more on the fires and the scorching summer temperatures, here's abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: across the west the heat and dry conditions have fueled wildfires burning out of control in several states. on the front lines 30,000 firefighters who are stretched so thin, active military troops are being called in as reinforcements for the first time in a decade. in chelan, washington, where dozens of homes have been destroyed, dozens more threatened, fire officials are putting out a call for help overseas. >> we're looking at other nations that we generally work with like australia and new zealand. >> reporter: there are air quality alerts as the smoke from those 90 wildfires moves across the country. so many just looking for some relief during these dog days of summer. from the east -- >> triple digits, miserable. >> reporter: to the west -- >> the humidity was out of control, and it made it even hotter. >> reporter: it was a muggy monday in new york city. the first heat wave in two years as temperatures soared. millions of americans baked in that dangerous summer sun, so many h

we begin with abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: former president jimmy carter is in atlanta this morning preparing himself for a battle against cancer. the 90-year-old shared with the world in a statement yesterday recent liver surgery revealed he has cancer that is now in other parts of his body. >> cancer from many different parts of the body can show up in the liver. doctors will work to figure out where did this come from? >> reporter: the prognosis is not clear. we learned in a tweet from vice president joe biden that president carter is upbeat and optimistic. the vp sending prayers, along with president obama. who spoke with president carter last night, saying in a statement, jimmy, you're as resilient as they come. along with the rest of america, we're rooting for you. it was just in july when president carter sat down with george stephanopoulos and talked about slowing down. >> i know that in a few years, since i'm -- i'll be 91 in october, that my travel capability and my vigor -- physical vigor is going to die down. >> reporter: the statesman has been one of the most active for

abc's kenneth moton is watching it unfold and joins us from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and reena. yeah, it's been a crazy week of dueling campaign events, tense moments on the campaign trail and large rallies for presidential hopefuls who appear to be gaining ground. democrat bernie sanders is continuing to gain support holding a large rally in nevada. also in the state yesterday, front-runner hillary clinton who had a heated exchange with a reporter at a las vegas campaign event. the topic, yes, her ongoing e-mail saga. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? >> reporter: the former secretary of state asked, does she try to wipe her private server to hide the mishandling of classified information? >> what, like with a cloth or something? we have turned over the server. they can do whatever they want to with the server to figure out what's there or not there. that's for the people investigating it to try to figure out. but we turned over everything that was work related. every single thing. >> rep

kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >> a 12-year-old is recovering this morning after he was injured while playing in the sand on the beach in surf city, new jersey. he was digging a hole yesterday afternoon when the sand caved in on him. lifeguards and bystanders were able to free him. we're told the boy was breathing and in stable condition when he was flown to a hospital. no word on what caused the sand to collapse. >> new this morning police need your help identifying the burglar who broke into a camden apartment in broad daylight. surveillance video from two weeks ago shows the area of 33rd street and westfield avenue. the burglar breaks in through a back window and later just walks out the front door. if you recognize the man you're asked to call camden police. >>> meantime police in gloucester township are looking for the men who broke into three dunkin' donuts stores. early yesterday morning police say the men used a hammer to break the front door at one location on black horse pike. two hours later they entered another dunkin' donuts on white horse pike through the drive thr

kenneth moton live in virginia. thanks again. >>> investigators have been searching the gunman's apartment and the surrounding area trying to piece together what was a clearly troubled life. we know he was fired by tv stations at least twice because managers said he was causing problems with other employees. with more, here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: mr. flanagan was known on air as local tv reporter bryce williams. here he is holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> some point in his life, it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the television crew when they were most vulnerable, a live report, even using his skills to film the murders, posting them. >> you have a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but then used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a suicide note to abc news at 8:26, nearly two hours after the sh

we get more details from abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: shots fired overnight in ferguson, missouri, the moment captured during an interview with interim police chief andre anderson. [ shots ] the violence broke out around 11:00 p.m. police in riot gear trying to keep peace and order. st. louis county police say officers got into a gun fight with protesters, leaving cars with bullet holes. >> what we've done to date is we've allowed people to protest, but we've also allowed people to disseminate. we've given them plenty of egress so they can leave. >> reporter: the unrest comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of michael brown, an unarmed black man killed by ferguson white police officer darren wilson, who was later cleared of wrongdoing. the incident sparked outrage across the country and protests from coast to coast igniting the black lives matter movement. >> give all my love to my family my friends, my people, my new friends. >> reporter: yesterday brown's father led demonstrators in a quiet march. they also surrounded a memorial, the spot brown's lifeless body lied in t

abc's kenneth moton is near the shooting scene with details. kenneth. w-j-l-a dot com for continuing coverage of this shooting. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. the washington monument -- back in working order tonight an elevator outage last night stranded 63 people -- including two pregnant women -- at the top of the monument, 500 feet above d-c. crews came out and helped those people down last night. they got the elevator back online around 9 o'clock this morning. turning to the weather- and a beautiful day outside. let's see what's ahead tonight and into tomorrow. meteorologist ryan miller has more. a quick programming note... right now, dish netork subscribers can't watch abc-7. talks broke off yesterday between sinclair broadcast grup, that's the parent company of this station, and dish network. dish network made the decision to remove abc-7 from the channel lineup. we apologize for the inconvenience and hope to return to dish network homes soon. this station is still available on direc-tv - your local cable provider - and always

for from kenneth moton. >> reporter: shots fired overnight in ferguson, missouri. the poemt captured during an interview with interim ferguson police chief andre anderson. >> chief? where you at? >> reporter: the violence broke out around is 11:00 p.m. >> what we have done to date is we allow people to protest. we allow people to disseminate. we have dwichb them plet plenty of egress so they can leave. >> reporter: the unrest comes on the one-year an verse i have of the death of michael brown. a young black man killed by officer darren wilson. outrage across the country. and protests from coast to coast were sparked. movement. >> give all my love to my family, my friends, my people, my new friends the. >> reporter: yesterday, brown's father led a march. they surrounded a memorial. a washington post analysis 140es 4 plaque men shot and killed by police this year. so many here still demanding justice. >> they are not going to give it to us! yet. >> reporter: and the protests will continue today in ferguson. it's a planned day of civil disobedience. police are ready t

. >> reporter: kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >>> oppressive heat is expected again on both coasts. >> temperatures nearing triple digits sent millions to los angeles county beaches this weekend. >> according to a tweet, the attendance at l.a. county beaches, 2,067,000 people. >> thank you, phillip and marci. we have the threat for excessive heat coming into the northwest monday through wednesday. not the best of news, as we continue to have wildfires burn across idaho, washington, and oregon. farther to the east, the threat for afternoon severe thunderstorms from denver to colorado springs. monday, some of those storms could bring isolated tornadoes and the threat for hail. this area of low pressure will be gaining strength as we go throughout tuesday and wednesday. moving into kansas city and wichita. and then by the middle half of the week, impacking chicago as well. the heat is going to be felt across the northeast for the early half of the workweek from new york city to d.c. phillip and marci, back to you. >> thank you, molly. >>> search and rescue teams are preparing to reach

abc's kenneth moton is watching it unfold and joins us from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and reena. yeah, it's been a crazy week of dueling campaign events, tense moments on the campaign trail and large rallies for presidential hopefuls who appear to be gaining ground. democrat bernie sanders is continuing to gain support holding a large rally in nevada. also in the state yesterday, front-runner hillary clinton who had a heated exchange with a reporter at a las vegas campaign event. the topic, yes, her ongoing e-mail saga. >> my personal e-mails are my personal business, right? >> reporter: the former secretary of state asked, does she try to wipe her private server to hide the mishandling of classified information? something? we have turned over the server. they can do whatever they want to with the server to figure out what's there or not there. that's for the people investigating it to try to figure out. but we turned over everything that was work related. every single thing. >> reporter: it's been that type of

. >> kenneth moton, thank you. >>> turning to the devastating explosions in china. a burned-out warehouse still moldering. >> powerful back-to-back blasts ripped through a storage terminal sending up massive fireballs. lefing buildings flattened or up in flames. at least 44 people killed, more than 550 injured. windows and doors blew out miles away. >> this morning, at least 12 firefighters are among the dead. many more remain on the scene as smoke still rises more than 12 hours later. abc's bob woodruff is in china with the latest. >> reporter: hundreds injured. many still missing. the horror beginning just before 11:00 p.m. a fire at a warehouse storing hazardous materials. firefighters respond. the worst is yet to come. 11:30 p.m. two explosions. one after the other. >> my whole building shook. i thought it was an earthquake. i kind of woke up in a panic. looked out the window. and the sky was red. >> reporter: miles away, people watched from their windows. seconds later, the force of the blast sweeping them off their feet. scientists say it packed the power of 2

for from kenneth moton. >> reporter: shots fired overnight in ferguson, missouri. the poemt captured during an interview with interim ferguson police chief andre anderson. >> chief? where you at? >> reporter: the violence broke out around is 11:00 p.m. >> what we have done to date is we allow people to protest. we allow people to disseminate. we have dwichb them plet plenty of egress so they can leave. >> reporter: the unrest comes on the one-year an verse i have of the death of michael brown. a young black man killed by officer darren wilson. outrage across the country. and protests from coast to coast were sparked. igniting the black lives matter movement. >> give all my love to my family, my friends, my people, my new friends the. >> reporter: yesterday, brown's father led a march. they surrounded a memorial. a washington post analysis 140es 4 plaque men shot and killed by police this year. so many here still demanding justice. >> they are not going to give it to us! thai have not given it to us yet. >> reporter: and the protests will continue today in ferguson.

for from kenneth moton. >> reporter: shots fired overnight in ferguson, missouri. the moment captured during an interview with interim ferguson police chief andre anderson. [ gunfire ] >> chief? where you at? >> reporter: the violence broke out around 11:00 p.m. police in riot gear trying to keep peace and order. st. louis county said officers got into a gun fight with protesters, leaving cars with bullet holes. >> what we have done to date is we allow people to protest. we allow people to disseminate. we have given them plenty of egress so they can leave. >> reporter: the unrest comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of 18-year-old michael brown. an unarmed black man killed by white police officer darren wilson, who was later cleared of wrongdoing. the incident caused riots in the city. outrage across the country. and protests from coast to coast were sparked. igniting the black lives matter movement. >> give all my love to my family, my friends, my people, my new friends. >> reporter: yesterday, brown's father led hundreds of demonstrators in a quiet marc

abc's kenneth moton has the latest. >> from the east -- >> triple digits. miserable. >> reporter: to the west. >> humidity out of control. made it hotter. >> reporter: a muggy monday in new york city. the first heat wave in two years as temperatures soared. millions of americans baked in the many heading for waters looking for ways to survive the extreme heat. >> trying to cool off on this nice day. he is enjoying the water. >> reporter: across the west, the heat and dry conditions fueled wildfires burning out of control in several states. on the front lines, 30,000 wildfires stretched so then active duty military troops have been called in. in washington, where dozens of homes have been destroyed, dozens more threatened, fire officials are putting out a call for help overseas. >> we will look at other nations that we work with like australia >> reporter: there are air quality alerts as the smoke from the nearly 90 wildfires moves across the country. so many looking for relief during the dog days of summer. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. >>> all the h

kenneth moton live in virginia. thanks again. >>> investigators have been searching the gunman's apartment and the surrounding area trying to piece together what was a clearly troubled life. we know he was fired by tv stations at least twice because managers said he was causing problems with other employees. with more, here's abc's pierre thomas thomas. >> reporter: he was known as local tv reporter are bryce williams. here he is holding a gun, a man slowly descending toward madness. >> some point in his life, it would appear things were spiraling out of control. >> reporter: the former tv reporter targeted the crew when they were most vulnerable even using his skills to film the murderers. >> you have a journalist by trade who not only carried out a workplace attack but then used the tools of his trade to communicate about that attack. >> reporter: a man identifying himself as flanagan faxed what he called a suicide note to abc news at 8:26 nearly two hours after the shooting. it shows a deeply angry man laying out

kenneth moton, abc news. >> today through the connecting power of social media, we are learning more about the victims and the loved ones they leave behind, first to the reporter shot and killed. allison parker, she had just moved in with her co-worker, chris hurst, a philadelphia native, saying we did not share this publically but allison and i were very much in love and i am numb. they were together almost nine months and we wanted to get married and they just celebrated her 24th birthday. he says she was the most radiant woman i had ever met, for some reason she loved me back and she loved her family and loved her parents and brother and we are comforted by everybody at the station, we were a team and i am heart broken for adam's fiance. >> and adam was shot and killed and he was engaged to be married. melissa ott was from bridgetown, new jersey, and today was the last day on the job in virginia. ward graduated from virginia tech and as you can see, ward be parker was a close team, working for the morning show in all kinds of conditions in the early morning hours, and they were wo

kenneth moton, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> deep fried twinkie sounds good. thank you, kenneth. >> they eat that in philadelphia. >> you used to work with kenneth in philadelphia. >> it's good. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans. >> here we go, we take a look from our camera on the roof up the hudson, even over to the reservoir. out to flushing bay looking pretty this morning with a lot of clear skies. hardly a cloud at all. we will have a lot of sunshine today. as we go into the day today, 70 to start. we will look at low humidities, lots of sunshine and clear skies back to the great lakes. by the time we get to 8:00 this morning, temperature of 71 degrees. 78 by 10:00. 81 by lunchtime. 87 later on this afternoon. a great start to the weekend. we will have a gorgeous sunset. it gets hot and humid for saturday and sunday. we will talk about that next in the accuweather forecast. debbie duhaime is in for heather. how is it going? >>> we start off in queens. a problem. heading to the maps, on the gr