welcome to "world news tonight." the deadly plane crash in the heartland. smashing into a building at the airport. the pilot, moments before the crash. >> just lost the left engine. >> we're on the scene tonight. the lava emergency and now the national guard called in. meteorologist rob marciano is right there. the governor's demand. telling that nurse to take a blood test now to prove she doesn't have ebola. if she's now out on her bike. how far is too far? what happens in vegas doesn't stay on vegas when caught on tape by the fbi. you'll see it here. and the science experiment, that explosion, and now, the new warning tonight.

good evening on this thursday night. and we begin with that deadly plane crash. the pilot can be heard just moments before the crash saying, i need to declare an emergency. then crashing into an airport building. >> it happened today in wichita, kansas. molts after impact, look. the fire raging. thick smoke billowing. that building, part of it collapsing what was left on that plane on the roof and inside. remarkably, also in that complex, pilots taking advanced courses on flight simulators. 100 people inside, many of them trapped. this evening, the audio from the final moments from inside that cockpit. abc's ryan smith is on the scene for us. >> reporter: the roof where the plane hit burned for hours, sending out thick black smoke that could be seen for miles. >> i seen an airplane with its left tail -- wing, straight down, banking really hard, really loud. it just slammed into the top of the building. >> reporter: about 100 people were inside at the time.

some trapped by a fire authorities called "horrific." the pilot and three people inside the building were killed. another five were rushed to the hospital. some with serious injuries. the plane had no passengers when it took off shortly before 10:00 a.m. the pilot of the beechking air 200 quickly issuing a may day. >> i need to declare an emergency. we just lost the left engine. >> reporter: moments later, he lost control. veering left, slamming into the top of the flight safe at this time international building, which houses advanced flight simulators and is owned by crime scene investigators are still on the scene.

tonight, the aircraft controller's association says mark goldstein, a distinguished controller who only retired last year, died in the accident. aviation sources telling abc news that he was the pilot. david, people come here from all over the country to advance their flying skills in the simulators in the building behind me. but nobody today could have imagined they'd be living through an aviation tragedy. david? >> ryan smith, thank you. and now, to new developments this evening in that lava emergency. it seems we've been watching that disaster in slow motion all week. and tonight, that 2,000-degree lava engulfing power lines and nearing homes. the national guard this evening being called up. and now growing concern over the air quality for people who live on parts of the big island. our team has been right there around the clock. and tonight, listen to this. tiny pops, explosions of gas from the lava. abc's rob marciano is right there again tonight. >> reporter: slow torture,

that's what residents are calling the engulfing flow of lava. it's reshaping this island yard by yard, as it makes its relentless march toward the town of pahoa. just watch the lava engulf this telephone pole in a time lapse video. fingers of lava, just 100 feet from the nearest house. only one structure burned so far. once it crosses the road, it will cut this town in half. the national guard called up to help manage the slow-moving disaster. today, we hiked back to the lava field. look how much this lava field has expanded in just two days. this is the same spot we were two days ago, except we were able to walk well out there. but we're not going there today. look at how hot it is underneath now. the lava flow underneath has certainly expanded. fires and burn lag have a taking out all vegetation in its path. look at that. trees coming down as the lava encroaches on the outskirts of the flow. the lava burning the trees from the roots up. as the lava moves over the land,

you can hear the explosions from methane gas igniting. officials are monitoring the air for toxic gases like sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide. residents are stocking up on masks. >> rob, incredit blg reporting the last couple of nights. stunning imagery when you put it against the beauty of hawaii right behind you. but those gas feerms from the lava, very rear tonight? >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, the air is much cleaner where i'm standing now, but after two hours near that lava flow, the hike back, i felt a little bit woozy, no doubt from the smoke and the fumes coming from the flow. folks will have to deal with that on a long-term basis. the unhealthy breathing is a real threat. >> to the other weather headline tonight, rob. the coldest air of the season on the way in some parts of this country. and a possible nor'easter hitting right around halloween. take us through it. >> reporter: yeah, this is a big storm that's going to be developing over the next couple of days. drop down across parts of the great lakes. we could see several inches of

snow from the eastern tennessee area up through west virginia and then kind of bombs out across the northeast coastline. more or less a very wind-driven event saturday and sunday across i-95. so, hold onto your costumes and your pumpkins. >> good advice, rob, thank you. tonight, the showdown over ebola, between that nurse and authorities taking an unexpected twist. the american nurse quarantined, even though she didn't have ebola when she returned. tonight, home in maine, and telling authorities she should be allowed to leave her home. sending a message to officials with a bike ride today, despite their requests to stay inside. and now, the governor of maine the and inning she take a blood test to prove she doesn't have ebola. how farm is too far here? abc's linzie janis in maine. >> reporter: today, a defiant kaci hickox on a bike ride with her boyfriend. a state trooper following her every move. >> thank you guys. i have to go speak with the health department now. >> reporter: today, maine's governor, paul lepage, telling

abc news, hickox should be forced to take a blood test to prove she doesn't have ebola. >> she's pushing my patience. >> reporter: lepage saying the small town is, quote, scared to death. >> the problem with it is, she just doesn't care. she just doesn't want any restrictions. >> reporter: but hickox says the community has nothing to worry about. >> i am completely healthy. you know, you could hug me, you could shake my hand, there is no way that i would give you ebola. >> reporter: the nurse add egg, she's craving pizza from her favorite restaurant. but even that setting off a firestorm. so, people were calling you all dale to find out if she was coming and if she was coming, what, they weren't going to come? ? >> yeah, they weren't going to come. didn't want to be here if she had been here or if she was going to be here. >> reporter: but the restaurant wasn't scared. and tonight, they delivered that pizza right to her door. david, kaci hickox's boyfriend just came out to say she and her legal team will not be

responding tonight. the situation here remains a standoff. with neither the nurse nor the state of maine giving up any ground. david? >> thank you, linzie. new fallout from that rocket explosion and new questions, that mission for nasa lighting up the sky. stunning spectators. $200 million lost. tonight, the russians have now deliversed supplies to the international space station instead. nasa hiring private contractors. that rocket has soviet engines from the '60s. tonight, questions of a different kind about the future of private space travel. again tonight, abc's david kerley. >> reporter: questions tonight not just about what caused this massive rocket to explode, fall back to earth and burn, but also about this country's move to commercial space travel. the owner of the failed rocket looking for answers in the rubble. and elon musk's spacex are the two companies contracted to carry supplies to the space station. are you guys up to the task? >> no, this isn't necessarily a comment on commercialization.

this is a comment on rockets, and launching rockets is a high energy endeavor. >> reporter: a risky endeavor. but despite that, there are other private companies preparing to fly humans, tourists, into space. including richard branson and his virgin galactic, having already sold tickets to some of hollywood's elite, leonardo dicaprio, brad pitt, angelina jolie. might they re-think riding a rocket? should we reconsider commercial flight? >> private enterprises can handle certain parts of spaceflight now and i think it's important that we transition to that. >> reporter: a transition that comes with danger and has now seen a setback. david kerley, abc news, wallops island, virginia. david, thank you. one of america's most wanted has been captured tonight. eric frein, accused of ambushing two state troopers in pennsylvania, killing one of them, according to authorities. abc's pierre thomas live in washington with late word. pierre? >> good evening, david. we just got an information from a federal law enforcement source, as you said, that eric

frein has been captured. now, this ends a long odyssey in which after he killed a state police trooper and injured another, he had been on the run, literal little for weeks. schools were shut down. he had survivalist skills. this was a man that was extremely dangerous. law enforcement officials vowed to capture him and apparently he is now in custody. >> all right, tonight. one of america's most wanted in custody. ere iic frein captured. pierre, thank you. apple ceo, no stranger to that famous apple stage, the world often looking, following his cues, waiting for the next big thing. just weeks ago, the apple watch. tonight, though, a far more personal message, delivered with others in mind. abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: just weeks, the eyes of the world watching him. apple ceo tim cook about to reveal the next big thing. >> we set out to make the best watch in the world. >> reporter: but tonight, a much different game changer. a very personal one.

tim cook, now the most prominent ceo in history to reveal this in a new article. writing, quote, "i am proud to be gay and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me." a very private revelation from a quiet, southern gentleman, shaped by his boyhood growing up in alabama. never forgetting his roots. >> growing up in alabama in the 1960s, i saw the devastating impacts of discrimination. >> reporter: at apple, famous for his tireless work ethic, waking before 4:00 a.m. every morning, hand-picked by steve jobs to run the company. david muir asking not long ago about cook's tweets about martin lupter king and about his love of his alma mater, auburn football. >> reporter: is it a little bit of a window into a ceo that a lot of people have thought is a little more private than certainly steve jobs before you? >> it became clear to me that people wanted to know a little more. i'm still an incredibly private person. that's not going to change. but i think having some window

where people don't view that you're a robot of sorts is a good thing. >> reporter: now, after quietly pushing for equality in the workplace, taking a stand for his team at apple and fighting discrimination in workplaces across america, this is what cook said just days ago back home in alabama. >> i am most often struck by the things we share, a desire for respect, a desire to matter, a desire to be accespted for who we are. >> reporter: now, he writes, "my desire for personal privacy has been holding me back from doing something more important. we pace the sunlit path towards justice together, brick by brick," he says. "this is my brick." rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> rebecca, thank you. and we move on now to another very familiar face. this time, for new englanders. a political powerhouse has died. tom menino.

that city's longest serving mayor and, remarkably, more than half of all bostonians say they personally met him. a college dropout who never lost his thick boston accent, an italian mayor in a city famous for his irish roots. tonight, president obama calling menino the embodiment of boston strong. menino was 71. i had so much fun covering him as a young reporter there in boston. and we move on tonight to las vegas. and that big gamble by federal agents, dramatic video of their undercover sting. smashing an accused international gambling ring. the bust proving that what happens in vegas doesn't necessarily stay in vegas. here's abc's david wright. >> july 5th, 8:43 a.m. >> reporter: surveillance video from las vegas. a scene straight out of "ocean's 11." >> we're up and running. >> reporter: this video, shot by state and federal aagents on the trail of an illegal sports meting operation for the chinese

mafia at caesars palace casino, in the villas reserved for high rollers, the agents pretend to be internet technicians. >> we're gonna see if we can get >> connected right now? can you show me? >> reporter: what the suspects don't know is the fbi cut the internet connection so they could get in for a closer look. check it out. the tvs are all tuned to the world cup and the agents say all the computers logged onto illegal gambling sites. the suspects deny any wrongdoing. their defense lawyers claim the search was unconstitutional. the evidence, inadmissible. are there cases where this type of search would be justified? >> there are. when we're talking about terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, yes. but gambling? in las vegas? come on. give me a break. >> reporter: the u.s. attorneys office says it will respond next week in court. david wright, abc news, new york. >> david wright, thank you. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. watch this. the science experiment, that explosion caught on camera. that was unbelievable.

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long after that last out. kansas city, cover your eyes tonight. >> a world series win for the san francisco giants! >> reporter: the third time, definitely the charm. three times in five years, in fact, for the giants. and look at this. the before picture, snapped by the giants radio announcer, tweeting, probably not supposed to show this. but that's okay. because we all know now what came next. >> celebration has started. >> reporter: but there was another moment millimeters did not see. the two managers, mutual respect, after taking the series to seven games, bottom of the ninth, two outs, they could have tied it. but they didn't. champagne flowing. but tonight, we discovered a small gift for every one of those royals fans out there. the boy with the crown, the woman holding her face. the man with that sign, it's been a royal season. we heard about this video. millions of royals fans across the country will approach it. the fans who stayed even after the game was long over and listen to what they were still chanting. >> thank you, royals!

thank you, royals! thank you, royals! >> reporter: thank you, royals. being shared tonight. because for them, it was a triumph, too. 29 years since they've been to the world series. they won in 1985. so, tonight, as giants fans celebrate their team an their mvp, 25-year-old madison bumgarner and his record-breaking run, we also celebrate the royals, those royals fans, still there when the series was over. >> thank you, royals! >> thank you, royals, thank you, giants and thank you for watching tonight. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow night. until then, good night. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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