. >> brandon bunch had been a member of the crew until a few weeks ago, he'd reluctantly left the job to spend more time with his family. >> they were my best friends man. you travel with them, you eat with them, you sleep with them. you do everything as a unit. i was really close with them they were like my brothers. >> it's hard to explain, it's like somebody taking half your soul right out of your body. my son was my life. >> david caldwell's son robert was just 18 when he started, he'd asked his dad for a check to cover the initial training. >> that's been the hardest thing for me to bear, that, that i helped him along. maybe if i had guided him into something else, you know, i wouldn't be talking to you today, you know. >> the last time david saw his son was two nights before the fire. >> they were getting into the car, before he closed the door i waved to him and said robert don't be a hero. and he just smiled backed to me. that's the last thing i said to him. >> david turbyfill also lost his son travis. a metalworker, he's honoring the fallen firefighters in the best way he can

brandon scott's house literally flew away. >> it ripped the roof off my house and threw a bunch of insulation, shingles down to the bottom of the stairs. >> reporter: in some areas, hail up to 4 feet deep had to be shoveled away. whipping winds took down power poles, lightning piercing the sky. the wild weather even buckled roads. a police car swallowed by a sinkhole. >> lightning and thunder and everything continued for hours and hours. >> reporter: now it's rain doing the most damage. eight inches in parts of colorado. but states like wyoming, missouri and arkansas face their own severe flooding. along the red river, expected to reach its highest level in 70 years, evacuations are now under way. >> these storms have been going off and on now for about 72 hours. soils are saturated. tornado warnings continue to be issued. >> reporter: dangerous storms packing a powerful punch. tonight they're on the move. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> tonight in the ever-disturbing case surrounding former house speaker dennis hastert, a voice we haven't heard from before has emerged, telling nbc news about his conversation decades ago wit

brandon saad beats him. his 8th of the playoffs. it's 2-1 blackhawks. final seconds, the lightning coming back with a flurry. looking for the equalizer. a bunch of chances, none better than there. steven stamkos on the doorstep can't get it to go. the hawks hang on and win 2-1. the series is tied. >>> the u.s. men's soccer team is developing quite the flair for the dramatic. for the second time in six days they scored a game winning goal in the final 3:00 of regulation. a friendly against germany. bobby wood scored the game winner against the netherlands on friday. does the deed again today. their first ever victory on german soil. >> really. >> yes. >> thank you for joining us tonight. our next newscast, morning on 2. beginning at 4:00 tomorrow morning. have a great night. >> good night. sfx: engines revving. listen up. ready. ready. steady. sfx: engines revving. go! ♪ it's more than a movie. it's now a ride. fast and furious. supercharged. ride it at universal studios hollywood. [door opens] oh, good. you're up. oh, it is such a beautiful day. let's go have brunch somewhere outside where i can wear my new sunglasses, huh? ew, gross! what ha

bunch of teens that was just a pool party. it got out of hand. it kind of become a racial incident. and according, as you know when brandonture or the video, you said yourself if you want to look at the actual community, no it wasn't just a race theme. they came and said okay we're going to -- it's a black-on-black. we're going to take them down. now, when the officer got there, we don't know what his intentions were. but his intentions did look like it was race motivated. >> and then when you see him do the barrel roll, that was a bit odd. they definitely came in you know looking, at least from the video, looking aggress i have. once they get to young lady in the bathing suit right and then the officer was on the ground were you anywhere near that in. >> yes, sir. i was right there in the situation. >> so then the people are all around the officer. that's when the officer pulled his gun. what did you think of that? was that threatening? >> that was very threatening. i was very concerned for my cousin that was right near the car. >> but do you think the people were threatening to the officer? >> no, sir, they were not thr