. >> on the alaska peninsula, they haven't been hunted. it's remote, so the general public doesn't go there. we can get in to areas and see bears up close. you just can't do that anywhere else. >> in the spring of 2013, brad is leading a tour of photographers when he decides to set up his go pro camera. >> i knew a stretch of bear trail that that intersects the river. a great spot for bears to happy in and try and get a fish. i placed the go pro on a rocky area. i didn't want the bear to see the camera. i wanted to get its natural behavior. >> brad moves to a safe distance. he soon gets more than he bargained for. >> it mother frames herself perfectly and turns and looks over. sure enough, the cub follows her. the cub was bored and curious, checking everything out. the cub looks straight at the camera, then the bear decided to taste it and chew on it a little bit. my heart sank because i thought, uh-oh, we just lost another go pro. >> after giving the go pro a serious tongue bath, the cub moves on. brad grabs the camera and is relieved to

>>> live from america's news headquarters, rain is in the forecast for alaska's peninsula tomorrow, af for firefighters battling this wind wind chilled wildfire north of anchorage the flames covering 250 square miles and only 30% contained so far no reports of injuries or structure damage. nearly a thousand homes have been evacuated since yesterday. the memorial day weekend now drawing to a close after coast to coast salutes to our nation's war heros. at arlington national cemetery the president placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns paying tribute to those lost in battle. the president also made a brief reference to widening va hospital scandal saying the country owes it to veterans to get them the care they need i'm kelly wright. now back to o'reilly factor big things. number one, did anything stand out for you? >> what stood out for me is that the seeds of today were started a year ago this month in chicago is at an event with the president where he was highlighting a program called becoming a man which is sort of an after school sports program in chicago. the president was vi

. >> more than people were affected by the fire in the kenai peninsula in alaska. that wolf pup only about two weeks old when rescued by firefighters and a biologist. what happened was, they heard some yipping near a break that they had cut and they believed there was a wolf den nearby. the wolf den about ten feet tall. they said once they got a volunteer the female pup walked out on her own. however, somebody did have to go in and go get the four remaining live male pups out. they were only about 2 1/2 pounds, a half pound lower than what they should be. all of them had porcupine quill injuries and said they had started to fester. you can see they are getting treated. these pups were abandoned by their parents and the biologists felt these wolf pups needed to be taken in and cared for because they felt that the parents were not going to come back and pups this young will not be able to take care of themselves. they are at the alaska zoo in anchorage. to tell us how the five wolf us. are doing, we have zoo director pat, "right this minute," via skype. tell us what

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mid-atlantic stretching to the eastern sea board and they could do with rain over in alaska, and the kanii peninsulang a significant wildfire and you see the clouds spilling in and that is a good sign and i'll come back to that in a moment but the funny river which is not funny extends ayos some 642 square kilometers and only 30% contained. it would perhaps be somewhat surprising to think about wildfires occurring here without two things, first during a wildfire season they have 4,000 square kilometers of wildfires across the alaska region. but also we have had a very dry spring across the region and, in fact, drought has been a factor here as well and looking at states like texas where it's been going on for quite a long time and alaska and lack of rainfall has been an issue but there is likely to be changes coming in the next day or so certainly in the forecast and looking at fairly heavy rain beginning to move in across the region and the temperatures are up and fair banks is 19 and going to 20 degrees and really across the region there should be enough rain to dampen down the fire. >> reporter:

. >>> a huge wildfire is expanding in alaska, the blaze on the kenai peninsula has grown to more than 218 square miles, churning through -- look at that -- churning through dry brush. >> oh, wow. >> high winds really fueling this thing. the fire has now forced more than 1,000 structures to be evacuated. fire crews have as far away as montana have been brought in to help with this fight. luckily, so far, no reports of damage or injuries from this blaze, but smoke can be seen as far north as anchorage, some 60 miles away. >> wow. >>> in arizona, crews making progress in their fight against a huge fire near sedona. the slide fire is now 25% contained after consuming more than 14,000 acres. some of that's the result of back fires to burn out dry tinder fueling the blaze. authorities lifted a pre-evacuation order for nearly 3,000 residents nearby. >> it's early in the season, right? >> very early. >> we're talking about all these fires so early in the season. let's talk about the memorial day forecast. jennifer gray that's. good morning. >> good morning to you two. we need the rain in new

. >>> overnight a wildfire in alaska exploded in size and threatened a thousand buildings. the fire is burning on the key nigh peninsula south of anchorage. it's burning larger than the city of seattle. no injuries are reported. wildfires in remote parts of alaska are not unusual. an average of a million acres burn each fire season. >>> president obama returns to washington this morning following a quick unscheduled visit to afghanistan. on the way home, the president talked to afghan president hamid karzai about the withdrawal of u.s. forces. wendy gillette reports on mr. obama's visit. >>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> reporter: president obama got a rousing welcome from hundreds of soldiers after making a secret trim to bagram airfield in afghanistan just before memorial day. >> i know i'm a little late. i was in the neighborhood and thought i would stop by. >> reporter: news of the visit to the largest military base happened only after he landed. he shook hands with troops after he promised there would be limited presence of the military in the country starting in 2015. >> america's w

alaska. people living in the peninsula southwest of anchorage now fleeing. next fight isn't until september, but the undefeated boxer getting an unexpected tuna. mayweather and rapper t.i. brawling at a restaurant in las vegas. the fight reportedly broke out over the rapper's wife who had been hanging out with mayweather >>> caught on camera, the terrifying moment a motorcycle crashes into a rider's windshield. watch this. wow. the driver was riding behind the two motorcycles on a pennsylvania track when one of them lost control and fell off the bike. the motorcycle goes airborne and right into the glass. both riders did suffer some bumps and bruises. but if anybody had died in this, we wouldn't have shown the video. that's what you would have thought would have happened. those are your headlines. rick, over to you. >> the folds of honor foundation and patriot golf course are honoring our heros by hosting the patriot cup golf tournament. joining us from oklahoma is former f-16 fighter pilot and founder of folds of honor, major dan rooney, and this time he's

. >>> to alaska now where hundreds of people have been forced from their homes as a large fire keeps on growing. the fire on kenai peninsulauth of anchorage is now about 218 square miles. the size of that blaze is not unusual for alaska, but the state does not usually see such large fires this early in the season. >>> severe weather is on the move this memorial day across much of the south and midwest. flood watches and warnings are posted across texas as thunderstorms and downpours march eastward. accuweather's molly cochran has the latest memorial day forecast. >> if you have this memorial day holiday off, break out the shorts and t-shirts. feeling more like summertime across the northeast. temperatures well into the 80s from new york city to boston. don't get too comfortable, though, as we will see a cooler trend pushing its way into the new england states on tuesday then making its way into much of the northeast by wednesday. different story across the south central picking up some heavy rainfall on monday. want to keep a watchful eye to the sky as we can expect some thunderstorms in there, as well. now across much of

. >>> a huge wildfire is forcing the evacuation of part of alas alaska's kenai peninsula.ned more than 240 square miles and is still growing. crews are fighting it by air. more than a thousand buildings are being evacuated. >>> a 59-year-old hiker is recovering this morning after a frightening fall on oregon's mt. hood. the man had to be rescued by helicopter over the weekend after he fell, then slid about 500 feet down the mountain before landing in a cave. he's described as very banged up with leg and rib fractures, but he's expected to make a full recovery. >>> and the nation's oldest person was honored at her church sunday after turning 115 this weekend. jeralinetally was born in georgia in 1899, when william mckinley was president. she lived in the detroit area since 1935. she credits her long life to clean living and religious faith. she also enjoys time outdoors and even went on a fishing trip last year. happy birthday. it is 8:05. let me send it back to everyone hanging out on the plaza. >> that is the way to live. thank you, tamron. >>> let's get a check of the me

would you include canada, mexico in the peninsula of alaska in that we are not exporting natural gas? >> i would say lng of the ones that we have equipped in this process and the pipelines to canada and the region. >> we are an exporter already and we do offer at the peninsula at this point, we are exporting, not importing. >> we are not an exporter yet but we are poised to become one big >> what is the timeframe on that? >> i think as the exports -- it's hard to predict that. 2018 is the prediction they have for becoming the next exporter, and i would like my colleague address that. i think it's important to say as we get permits for the department of energy they have to be built in the decision to be able to sell it. >> we mentioned the amount that we've already permitted. how many exports on those do you anticipate will actually be constructive? >> i can't really say mr. chairman. >> gives us your best guess. what is your best guess on how you think it would be built. >> i would say a couple things mr. chairman. first of all, certainly it is being built right now. in terms of makin

alaska grows larger. the flames now burning 218 square miles on the kenai peninsula. fire like this is rare in alaska this early in the season. >>> some encouraging news from the firefight in arizona. the wildfire between sedona and flagstaff is 25% contained. pre-evacuation orders are expected to be lifted today. >>> and a man who made his fortune by selling chocolate has been elected president of ukraine. pro-european billionaire petro poroshenko is promising to end the political chaos and crime plaguing that country. today the russian government said it is ready to begin a dialogue with him. >>> and a manhunt is underway for the man caught on this surveillance video calmly walking into the jewish museum in brussels, belgium, before opening fire killing four people. workers and tourists were among his victims. security now being tightened at synagogues across that region. >>> and back in this country near fresno, cameras rolling as a tractor-trailer stalled on the railroad track, the driver run away. the train unable to slow down slamming into the truck sending its

firefighters in alaska struggling to gain the upper hand on a massive wildfire that is moving through the rugged forest of the state's peninsula south of anchorage. state troopers now going door-to-door telling people to leave their homes. about 1,000 homes already have been evacuated. the fire burned nearly 250 square miles and is 30% contained. so far no one has been hurt and the cause is under investigation. >>> in arizona, slide rock state park remains qulo s closed thisg because of a wildfire burning there. they are making some progress. up from 5% on saturday. and preevacuation warnings for more than 3,000 people are expected to be lifted today. it's burned just over 20 square miles near sedona and the exact cause has not been released, but officials say it was caused by people. the park is one of the most popular tourist spots in arizona and would normally draw thousands of people over the memorial day holiday. >>> well, still ahead "today in the bay" hunter pence left without a ride to work this afternoon. what he's doing this morning to try to track down his beloved scooter he says was stolen. >>> and welcome back to

a much larger fire is burning in alaska south of anchorage. 2,043 acres have gone up in kenai peninsula for 1,000 homes and businesses and that fire is only 30% contained. >>> wildfires is just part of the threat as much of the u.s. faces drought conditions. severe drought covers more than half the land. "time" magazine senior righter bryan walsh covers energy and environmental issues. brian, good morning. >> good morning. >> which states are facing the worst conditions? >> really it goes to the west. california, nevada arizona, exas basically all your southwestern and western states are in really bad shape right now. >> why is it so severe? >> you've about had dry weather continuing now and when you get that, you have a water deficit that just grows and grows and becomes harder and harder to actually catch up with that. >> some of the states you mentioned, particularly california, are really key to agriculture in this country. is it going to have an economic impact? >> it will. that's wheef beef prices are going up. it's high to keep the beef. the hay is so much. it will be felt outsid

. >>> firefighters in alaska struggling to gain the upper hand on that massive wildfire moving through the rugged forest of the state's peninsulath of anchorage. fire officials say state troopers now going door-to-door telling people to leave their homes. about 1,000 homes have been evacuated. the fire has burned nearly 250 square miles and 30% contained. so far no one has been hurt and cause still under investigation. >>> meanwhile in arizona, slide rock state park remains closed this morning because of the wildfire. firefighters say they are making some progress. 25% contained up from 5% on saturday. preevacuation warnings for more than 3,000 people expected to be lifted today. the fires burned over 20 square miles. this is very close to sedona. the exact cause has not been determined, but officials are quite certain it's by people. the park is one of the most popular tourist spots. >>> it is 5:48. want to welcome anthony slaughter to set. up early with us this morning. christina has the morning off. >> i have been waiting all day, well, yesterday. i'm funny in my head. it doesn't translate. >> we all are, my friend. >> it is

. >> in alaska, crews are hoping that mother nature helps them to battle a 250-square-mile fire in in the peninsulahoms s are under evacuation. >> and now who makes the most in america? who is the top ceo? what is moving your money, we are joined by mandy drury, and who are the top five and what are the numbers? what do they make? >> yes, francis. you have anthony petrello coming in at whopping $68.2 million, and the head of cbs leslie moonves at $65.6 million, and richard adkerson at 55.3 million, and so the median pay package for a ceo rose above the eight-figure mark for the first time this year which means that the top job at a typical large company earned a record $10.5 million which is an increase of 9% from 2012. to put it in perspective for you, because there is a lot of the figures here, a ceo now makes about 257 times the average worker's salary, to just get your head around that, and it is up sharply from 2099 which is a lot. and the top highest female is carol mirowitz the head of marshalls and t.j. x. x.? and it is just an extra zero than you and i, right? thank you, mandy drury. we wi

alaska. firefighters there are struggling to contain a 63,000 acre fire burning close to a nearby airport on the peninsula. right now it is 5% contained only. no reports of injuries or structure damage there but that fire started four days ago. authorities say it was likely caused by a camp fire. >> i'm no climateologist, but when alaska is on fire, seems to be very strange. >> yeah, very dry out there. in order to get snowfall, you need that dry air. so, very interesting. but, yeah, for us here when it comes to fire danger, we're looking okay. 5:46. as we head outdoors and we get into the next cup dales, temperatures will warm up for us. san francisco kicking off the day at 56 degrees. so, locally, we are looking really good as we head throughout the next couple days, though, warm ups on and then we'll cool you right back down. no extremes in your weather forecast and, in fact, rather quiet which is good news. after that we had that heat wave last week. temperatures for today, pretty comfortable. 82 in the south bay and east bay 84. let's talk about your beach cities. you probably have tomorrow off and i

alaska? we are a net exporter already of natural gas and we do lng off the kenai peninsula. importing create >> we are importing today. you're not in that x order but we are pushed to become one. >> what was the timeframe on that? >> as our exports -- it is hard to predict that. i 2013 which is the prediction myt dia has, i will let colleague address that. as we get permits, they have to decisions have to be made to sell it. words do you anticipate will be constructed? >> i cannot really say. >> give me her best guess. you are -- give me your best guess. all, the terminal is being built right now. in terms of making predictions about what will happen subsequently, my experience is that i came to this job, i spent 11 years at chevron before i came to government. i worked on this one it was an lng importd alan terminal. going to demur from giving a numeric total. energy -- have seven permits out there. 24 pending. do you think we will build 31 terminals? >> i do not think 31 will be billed. -- built. -- buil e built 15 d? >> i don't know. willat has been permitted generate hal

. >>> meanwhile, firefighters in southern alaska hope the weather will help them control a large wildfire. they were forced to leave along the peninsulaado mudslide is so unstable it's limiting the search for three missing men. rescuers in the air have found no signs of those men. a ridge collapsed after heavy rain. >>> the university of california santa barbara will hold a memorial service today for the six students killed in elliott rogers rogers' deadly rampage. classeses are canceled, flags at half-staff at all uc campuses around the state. >>> in los angeles last night ucla students held a vigil for the victims in isla vista. three people injured in friday night's attacks are still in the hospital this morning. >>> today first lady michelle obama takes a rare role in a political issue. the debate over nutrition standards in schools. mrs. obama will meet at the white house with school leaders and experts to see how well the guidelines are working. last week a house subcommittee approved a gop bill allowing some schools to opt out of the nutrition standards program. >>> new research out this morning finds your cancer risk may depen

our state being a peninsula that sticks down into water surrounding it on most sides -- therefore, you would not be surprised that we have the longest coastline of any state save for alaska. and when it comes to beaches, the state of florida by far has more beaches than any other state. but because we have so much exposure to the oceans -- the atlantic on the east, the gulf of mexico on the west -- we are particularly subject to climate change that the earth is heating up. now, why is the earth heating up? well, there is the effect known as the greenhouse effect, and what this is, if you put certain gases into the atmosphere that are as a result of man-made efforts -- so, when we burn things like oil and coal and we don't scrub out a lot of the stuff, it goes into the atmosphere -- well, one of the things that goes into the atmosphere is carbon dioxide. and what carbon dioxide does is it goes up into the upper atmosphere, and it forms this greenhouse effect by creating an invisible shield that what happens when the sun rays come and strike the earth at daylight, those rays then reflect off the earth's surface, and under normal times, they bounce back out and radiate back