>> it's creeping up, it's creeping up, and two days, the scariest days so far. >> reporter: and a mandatory evacuation zone. some of those who choose to stay getting to the every night to keep a lookout. >> my advice says when they go, i go. >> reporter: the fire is still threatening structures and more than a thousand animals at this structure. >> everywhere we can fit animals, we've done it. hopefully everybody gets home soon. >> reporter: firefighters doing everything they can to attack the flames that spread over 230,000 acres. from the sky, hitting it with an aerial assault. fixed-wing aircraft drop retardant. and building backfires. tuesday the fire grew by about 2500 acres. if you think about the way it's been progressing over the last week, that's actually good news, but the red flag warnings continue until

>> it is quite an effort for the tens of thousands of firefighters still there. we move on to florida. there are meningitis fears in miami after the deaths of two children who attended the same day care center. both were cared for at a facility inside miami dade's main government building, a 2 year old boy just this past sunday and another last week. and spieth spaace is a litt crowded. four european satellites were on board a rocket, they will work in coordination to reduce europe's reliance on american gps systems. more satellites are set to be launched next year. >> they areally getting ahead with this space race. remember postal stamps? the postal service

the designs for next year. >> the new stamps include one for sally ride. the first woman in space. >> john lennon. >> and you'll be able to send a letter to mr. rogers neighborhood. but so far, there is nothing for the legends of hollywood series. >> oh. that's too bad. >> hmm. >> a lot of people respected there on the stamps. >> we can send a stamp to sesame street with the mr. rogers stamp. >> and we can send a stamp to space with sally ride. coming up, down sizing your life, we meet two members of the minimalist movement. and a look inside the security lab of the fite in tut. new high-tech gadgets

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burns. the 27-year-old allegedly mocked the president on facebook before posting, you failed to protect your nation. i faces multiple charges, including providing material support to a terrorist group. >> the department of homeland security is developing high-tech gadgets to protect bus and train stations. >> david kerley got a look. >> reporter: homeland security is working on high-tech gadgets to spot terror before it happens. some may come out of this secure research lab near washington which we got exclusive access to. who would have thought pictures from wi-fi. >> yes. >> reporter: but it works. the idea that panels like this could be mounted in stations. you might not even notice them, but the radio waves could highlight metal or liquid objects. >> it is taking advantage of signals that are very low to give us indicators of what you have in your

be carrying under your jacket, things like that. >> reporter: this technology may be three to five years away, but changes, too, for transit police use across the country right now like here in philly. >> what we have is a link to over it 20,000 cameras. >> reporter: those cameras and video could take a sci-fi leap forward. dhs is working on a computer program monitoring all those video feeds to determine if a bag has been left unattended in a station. the computer will figure that out. >> yes. we want to make sure that we give these operators the information surrounding the circumstances of that bag being there. >> reporter: those operators then can rewind the tape to see who left the bag, even highlight the person and search other cameras to find out where that person went. that video technology is already being tested at the metro here in washington. another tool to target the terrorists who see train stations like this as a potential target. da

washington. >> going to be another one of those privacy versus safety debates, where some people say it's safer and others feel violated. >> it's always one of those things. you look at bus stations and train stations and you consider them the so-called soft targets. there's no security as you walk into those buildings as opposed to airports. that's something we have to get ahead of. coming up, the secret to sustainable happy nis. there are a couple of dudes leading a movement. >> they're preaching the goose pelf minimalism. that's next on world news now. bacteria 'l but adding lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria with 0% bleach. lysol. what it takes to protect. tha...oh, burnt-on gravy?ie. ...gotta rinse that. nope. no way. nada. really? dish issues? throw it all in. cascade platinum powers through even burnt-on gravy.

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at balancing that. >> they're called minimalists, and they're teaching people how to down size their way to a more fulfilling life. and we caught up with two leaders of the movement. >> hello. >> hi there. >> reporter: josh and ryan, aka, the minimalists. think edgy black tee shirts and a no nonsense, no clutter mind set. >> it's not about having stark white walls and owning nothing. it's about having the things in your life that add value to your life and what adds value to your life as a family. >> reporter: these childhood friends are a well-known brand, even a documentary on netflix. >> there's this underlying discontent and it starts to manifest in our stuff. >> reporter: but the minimalists are about clear, careful thinking about how to navigate a world with ads and consumer debt at its highest level ever. >> here's first

of me and ryan as teenagers. >> reporter: they learned through hard personal experience. >> we both grew up like really poor in dayton, ohio. i was on food stamps and government assistance. i thought we were so happy and discontented when we growing up because we didn't have any money. >> that was my goal, i want to make as much money as i can. i'm going to never be in this position of discontent. >> reporter: and thus began their dual quest for the american dream or what they were told it was. >> i had six figures worth of debt, my mortgage. and i felt trapped in this lifestyle. i wasn't spending anytime with my mother who was dying, and i fo foresook the people close to me, inclusion my marriage. >> reporter: that's when he learned about minimalism. >> the stuff is the material man fessati fesstation o

>> reporter: fast forward to several years of maparing down. they have become the most famous faces of the minimalist movement. >> we want to add as much value as possible. >> reporter: the average american home has 300,000 items inside, and we throw out 13 million tons of clothing every year. so i am deaf fifthly open to the concept that maybe something is slight lay out of whack. >> so you're saying it's not about the stuff. it's about our attitudes about the stuff. >> absolutely. we see 5,000 advertisements a day. where are . >> reporter: a day. >> all of these things start to seep and seed into our sub conscious. >> it's not about giving up all possessions as much as it is shaping our impulses around this materialistic culture that we live in. >> reporter: we wanted to see if

they really practice what they preach, so we paid them a home visit out west. >> welcome to my home. this feels very mtv. used to have a couch here. but ella, our 4-year-old, she prefers to have a tipi. >> reporter: ryan's loft is his take on minimalism isn't filled with just his own. it's just enough stuff for him. >> it's about functionality. >> reporter: do you think you're making a difference? >> i want to share a recipe that works really well for me, not in hopes that people will replicate it, but that they can find an ingredient that will add into their lives and add a little bit more intentionally. >> one of the big challenges is cleaning out your closet. one of their tips, if you haven't wourn urn it in the

days and don't expect to wear it in the next 90 days, donate it. does it bring you joy? >> and all my apple devices, yes. and the samsung ones. >> i don't think you're understanding the way this is supposed to work. >> why? i like just --

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there's gala. >> so the oklahoma city zoo and botanical garden welcoming a pygmy hippopotamus named francesca. she was transported from her previous home there to the wonderful san diego zoo. >> do you think gala's been waiting for this moment her entire life? >> she's like i sang this song so long ago. >> hugh's francesca doing? >> they welcomed her with presents. you'd think they'd unrap wrap ir her. look at that, all the people there. >> and zoo staff provided an a little update on how francesca's adjusting. >> she's pretty chill. she seems pretty confident for a hippo. she likes cucumbers, apples and cantaloupe. >> all right, so we know what to get her for the holidays. >> over to

making the rounds this morning. this is a mother posting a photo of her son on santa's lap, typical this time of year, but pay close attention to the little boy's hands. the boy is signing "help" in this photo. she writes, we taught our baby sign language. this is a sign for "help." it turns out she does reveal she encouraged him to make the sign. so the kid is not actual lly in distress, but it makes for a hilarious photo. over in ireland there's a grandmother who bought what she thought was a christmas ourn amount. >> very pretty and sparkly. >> you see the bulb there. was shocked to discover the ornament contained a glittered, dusted, lavender g-string. >> did she think it was a christma b

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this morning on "world news now," the shocker in the south. alabama goes blue. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life, and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> doug jones will be the first democrat in a quarter century to represent alabama in the senate, beating embattled opponent roy moore, who was backed by the president. there's new reaction coming in, and we are live in montgomery. >> and the president is taking aim at senator kerstin gillibrand. and the couple's honeymo