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 hi

i've been there and i've seen the kilauea lava flows. attraction, it's at the top of the list. but it's not something you want to see where you live. chad myers is great at this. he's looking for the science of it and where this lava is going and why. take a peek. >> there's been flowing lava on the big island of hawaii for many years, from kilauea, for more than 30 years. but the lava's always flowed toward the ocean, not toward the down up here to the northeast. even the kilauea flow moved down toward the ocean, created a bigger island because of it out. but as we move the lava to the northeast and not the southeast, we run into more villages, more towns here. so we take this track right through here, we've taken it down to the northeast rather than the southeast do into this town. t advance has been happening for many months now. we've seen this advance between 10, 15 yards per hour. it's slowed down overnight. the slowdown occurs because there's cracks in the lava tube. the lava tube is the hardened black crust that you see. and all

that lava, 2,000 degrees. and it was last night here we showed you the structures beginning to burn. so tonight, we go back to find out what was left. there is also an urgent effort to save the power. tonight, what they're doing to save those power lines. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano taking us up in the chopper tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the 2,000-degree lava is closer than ever to the town of pahoa. now in the backyards of residents. that first structure we saw burning yesterday, from the ground today, just ash. and this smoldering pile of tires. officials warning residents about air qualify. today, we got a view from above. just incredible to see the expanse of lava for miles and miles. still steaming with lava breakouts happening in various parts and just fingers of lava reaching for anything in its path. and we could see residents putzing up a fight. a private resident actually built his own berm, hoping to protect himself. you can see the lava is less than 100 yards from his home there. tea

it's basically a bathtub full of lava. it's crested over on top, but it acts as insulation keeping the lava underneath incredibly hot. >> you're looking into lava tube. >> reporter: that crust is like ice on a lake. underneath are these tubes, that's what's funneling the lava right towards civilization. it's been about 17 weeks, and this thing has traveled 12 miles. it shows no sign of stopping just yet. it's nature at its most powerful. breathtakingly beautiful, dangerous and devastating. >> that report just sent in to us from nbc's hallie jackson in the air over the big island tonight. >>> in the coming days in ferguson, missouri, we are expecting to learn whether the officer who shot and killed michael brown will be indicted for it. and police there who have faced much public scrutiny for the shooting and the handling of the aftermath, they are bracing for the possibility the city could erupt all over again. we get our report tonight from nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: with ferguson on edge and prosecutors set to soon an

in this lava tube.hink of this lava tube, carol, like this, the black part that you see but under that it's all molten lava so it's going under here. it looks like it hardened but it isn't underneath. the more breaks we can get the less pressure is here so therefore the slower it's going to go that way. maybe it just fills in here for a while, and this slows down and that whole tube can harden up. that would be the good news. >> terrific news. chat myers, thanks so much. i appreciate it. >>> still to come in "the newsroom," a chilling look inside the minds of captured isis fighters. >> what would have happened to me if when you were with isis, if you guys had found me? "they would torture you for sure. they would not simply shoot a bullet in your head." >> ivan watson talked with three isis foot soldiers captured by the kurds. one claims he was given hallucinogenic drugs before going onto the battlefield. means keeping seven billion ctransactions flowing.g, and when weather hits, it's data mayhem. but a

it just broke out from underneath of what was cooled, hardened lava. it is incredibly hot right here. we're still three miles from the lava front. this is only a few yards wide. you can just imagine lava front over a football field wide would feel or look like going through your neighborhood. as the lava spreads, the safest course of action is getting out of dodge. for "nightline," i'm rob marciano in hawaii. >> of course, we hope everyone gets out safe. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow and, as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. hey. hey. you know, i almost died today. really? that's what you say when i tell you i almost died? what am i supposed to say? "oh, my god, ray! are you all right?!" what happened? i'm in the press box, right? i'm watching the game, and i'm eating a soft pretzel, but these pretzels they have, they're not moist, you know. they're bigger than the otherer ones, but they're very dry. anyway, the salt doesn't stick to them. it just falls everywhere. oh, my god. are you ok

lava underneath very hot. that is like ice on a lake. underneath are these tubes, that's what's funneling the lava towards civilization. >> something to see there. that was nbc's hallie jackson. >>> the federal aviation administration is investigating a deadly military jet crash in southern california. a hawk hunter nk-58 aircraft crashed near a naval base on wednesday. the pilot who was the only person on board at the time was killed in the incident. it happened as the plane was preparing to land. we don't know yet whether the pilot had reported any problems before that crash. >>> time to get a look at our weather, nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with a soggy thursday forecast. all eyes on halloween as well. >> we all want soggy trick-or-treaters. we'll have some. it doesn't look horrendous out there. very active weather pattern. this map, all sorts of things going on. big huge storm will head to british columbia, the gulf of alaska. another piece of energy will rotate around it. and that's going to pus

it's basically a bathtub full of lava. it acts as insulation keeping the lava hot.hat crust is like ice on a lake. underneath are the tubes funneling the lava toward civilization. it's been about 17 weeks and this thing has traveled 12 miles. it shows no sign of stopping just yet. it's nature at its most powerful. breathtakingly beautiful. dangerous and devastating. >> yes, stunning from above. dangerous and devastating from below. that was halle jackson reporting. >>> still ahead, how did the giants do it? we have the full game recap of the world series game seven. it was a nail biter. later, ellen degeneres pulls a trick on a top actor. what spooks jake gyllenhaal? that when "way too early" comes back. >>> along the new jersey coast, extensive flooding. extraordinary rough seas of 20 feet. out in the open ocean, we have had reports of seas 50 to 70 feet. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me... zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morn

does what lava wants to do.e have dr. jim wester curator at the american museum of natural history. dr. webster recently wrap up a research trip to mt. st. helens in washington state. now we tried to blow them up before. >> absolutely. in fact in 1935 the army air corps in hawai'i tried to blow up, with five bombers a flow from the neighboring volcano and they had limited success. one issue is the idea is to divert the lava. you can't stand the lava so the idea was to bomb it, put a breech in a live levee and get it to dave out but the lava flow seemed to stop from the source at the same time. >> we'll get to at that time part. you couldles build a berm to do that. divert it a little bit. right? >> you can build a berm. if the lava flow is significant enough it may overflow the berm but you're redirecting the lava to another person's property. >> could you then direct it out to sea? it's a couple thousand degrees. >> we're talking about 2,000 degrees fahrenheit and is headed towards the sea. if the feeding lava

it just broke out from underneath of what was cooled, hardened lava.t here. we're still three miles from the lava front. this is only a few yards wide. you can just imagine lava front over a football field wide would feel or look like going through your neighborhood. as the lava spreads, the safest course of action is getting out of dodge. for "nightline," i'm rob marciano in hawaii. >> of course, we hope everyone gets out safe. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow and, as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. re discovering the real risks behind prop 46. it was written and paid for by the trial lawyers to make them millions... while, for the rest of us, health care costs go up. no wonder every major newspaper in the state opposes prop 46. they say 46 "overreached in a decidedly cynical way." it's a ploy "for trial lawyers to enrich themselves." and prop 46 has "too many potential drawbacks to be worth the risk." time to vote no on prop 46.

carter evans is on hawaii's wig island where slow-moving lava has residents ready to make fast break. jeff pegues on a growing security threat that has law enforcement on the edge. >> he could have took the chance to let our people out. >> pelley: and m sanjayan on one giant leap for panda kind. >> oh, my god. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the pieces are scattered all over the coast of virginia. valuable clues in determining why an unmanned rocket bound for the international space station blew up last evening moments after liftoff. the rocket was 13 stories tal, owned and operated by orbital sciences, a private company, a $200 million mission wiped out in seconds. it is first failure in nasa's commercial space program, and we have more now from chip reid in wallops island, virginia. >> one... >> reporter: for a brief moment, it looked like a perfect launch. >> and we have liftoff of antares. >> reporter: but just seconds later, the base of the unmanned rocket suddenly became engulfed in flames as it fell back to

. >>> and lava footage from kilauea. it's dangerously close to one hawaiian town. >>> thanks for joining us, everyone. we begin with the latest developments on ebola in the united states. a nurse quarantined in new jersey who had tested negative for the virus is heading home to maine. >> not the end of her ordeal, because kaci hickox recently returned from treating ebola patients in west africa. she had harsh words for governor chris christie for putting the quarantine in place in the first place. >> it contradicts revised cdc guidelines that call for voluntary home quarantine only for people at the highest risk of infection. those include health care workers who suffer a needle stick while caring for an ebola patient or who treated someone while not in protective gear. >> but you see, the cdc says most health care workers, including most returning from west africa should need only daily monitoring, not full isolation. miguel marquez takes a look at this controversy. >> reporter: new jersey chris christie not backing dow

. >>> lava emergency. cnn crews taking you to the front lines. >> we're just on the outskirts of the horn now, about 25 feet above the treetops, and take a look at this view. it almost has the look of another world. >> our marty sav inl on the big island, right after a break. from fashion retailers to healthcare providers, jewelers to sporting good stores, we provide financing solutions for all sorts of businesses. banking. loyalty. analytics. synchrony financial. engage with us. creeping up on you... fight back with relief so smooth... ...it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum, tum tum tum... smoothies! only from tums. uh, hi. i'm here to drop off my password? . i'm sorry, i'm just here to what's the password. uh,synergy? datafication! gamification! university of phoenix has had alumni at every fortune 100 company... ...so we can help open the door to your future. go to phoenix.edu to get started today. >>> a 2,00

type of lava consists after a fluid.av that. kind of breaks out into individual fingers. it's very erratic in its behavior. it can move in kind of fits and starts. so that is a challenge to forecast its behavior. >> matt patrick is a researcher with the u.s. geological survey at the hawaiin volcanopen observatory and the rocks we are standing on, we are walking on? >> tefras is the technical term. it was shot out of the volcano in an explosive eruption. >> we met him at the edge of the source of the active. acting for thousands of years. >> that magna chamber, which is below us, about a mile or more supplies the eruption here at the summit, which you can see by the fume. >> that's a lava lake that's consistently churning. >> there is a lava lake back there? >> yes. yes. >> the big island of hawaii has six volcanos and kilowa is the most eruptive. it started in 1983. some of these lava flows are 80 feet deep. these flows have wiped out 200 homes and caused tens of millions of dollars in damages. but this time, the lava is

there's no way to stop the lava as it moves around. they will just have to wait to find out where it's going and rebuild after that. >> thank you. >>> some bay area restaurants are taking tips off the table. instead, diners will notice a new charge on their bills. five restaurants will be adding a 20% service charge no matter how large the party. the service charge will be divided evenly and paid to the staff. the restaurants say the idea is to close a widening income gap between servers and people who work in the kitchen. some people we spoke to today tell us they are okay with the charge. but others say it eliminates incentive for good service. >> the waiters wait on the tables deserve the tip. >> i wouldn't like that at all? >> reporter: how come? >> because if the service is poor, you don't feel like you have to pay that much. >>> oakland mayoral candidate libby schaaf is picking up a big endorsement today. barbara boxer announced she's backing her. earlier, she received jerry brown's endorsement. there are 15 candidates running in

the unstoppable lava. the structure on fire, the evacuations. and abc meteorologist rob marciano right in the middle of it. the lava, 2,000 degrees. >>> also developing right now, just days after that attack in canada, the gunman running through parliament, homeland security here and the new move tonight at hundreds of federal buildings across america. >>> the breaking development in the joan rivers case. her daughter taking action tonight, after what the medical examiner revealed. >>> vanishing without a trace. the american dad with his son at an nfl game, the dad suddenly missing. our team asking about the cameras. what they're saying now. >>> and breaking tonight, millions affected. has your cell phone company done something to your cell phone service? have you been asking, what's wrong with my phone? >>> good evening on a very busy tuesday night here. we begin this evening with breaking news from nasa. the pictures coming in at this hour. nasa now reporting an unmanned rocket exploding on liftoff from virginia. these are the pictures as we'r

a river of molten lava is oozing toward a village in hawaii. also coming up. >>> in four more years, you're going to see another example of the ford family never, ever, ever giving up. >> it's election night in toronto, and believe it or not, rob ford has won another race. >> welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. let's begin with what's happened in the state. kaci hickox says her quarantine in new jersey violated her basic, human rights. now the nurse who treated ebola patients in west africa is expected to be at her home in maine today. new jersey governor chris christie ordered her released from isolation after she tested negative for ebola. >>> a 5-year-old boy in new york who had a fever, has also tested negative for the virus, but he'll remain in the hospital in isolation for now at least. also in new york, dr. craig spencer is now in serious but stable condition. he tested positive for ebola last week. >>> and take a look at the american mood toward ebola. a new poll shows 8 in 10 americans believe s

from slow-moving lava to slow-moving data. today, the federal government sued at&t, claiming that the company deceived millions of smartphone customers. we dialed up wyatt andrews to find out more. >> reporter: the accusation is that at&t, while selling unlimited data on smartphones, was slowing down or throttling the data if the customer used too much. the federal trade commission says up to 3.5 million of at&t's high-use customers, those surfing the web or using g.p.s., had their data stream throttled 60 to 90% leaving some smartphones practically inroperal. edith ramirez says the issue is simple-- unlimited means unlimited. mike weinberg of the consumer group public knowledge calls throttling commonplace, even for consumers with unlimited plans. >> what you thought was a great 4 g connection that will be able to access all sorts of things, all of a sudden becomes incredibly slow and not as useful. >> reporter: typically without you knowing it. >> often without you knowing it, yes. >> reporter:ate's called the charge baseles

this is so slow moving, the lava is hardening and blackening. there's still red hot lava under it. right now, it feels like we are in a furnace. we are close to the lava. you can see the breakout. it's smokey and thick. this is what is feeding the lava flow that is heading over the town of pahoa. it's basically a bathtub full of lava. it's crusted over, but acts as insulation keeping it hot. that's like ice on a lake. under beneath are tubes funneling the lava toward civilization. >> fascinating images there. >>> the federal aviation administration is investigating a deadly crash. mk-58 aircraft crashed on wednesday. the pilot, the only person on board at the time was killed in the incident. it happened as the plane was ready to land. >>> the big question in ferguson, missouri, will there or won't there be a shake up in the police department. attorney general, eric holder, thinks there should be. >> it's clear, the need for wholesale change in that department is appropriate. >> i gave you a lot of information. >> the police chief denied rumors he will resign. for as many times, hol

it just broke out from underneath of what was cooled, hardened lava.l three miles from the lava front. this is only a few yards wide. you can just imagine lava front over a football field wide would feel or look like going through your neighborhood. as the lava spreads, the safest course of action is getting out of dodge. for "nightline," i'm rob marciano in hawaii. >> of course, we hope everyone gets out safe. thanks for watching abc news. tune into "good morning america" tomorrow and, as always, we're online at abcnews.com. good night, america. [dramatic music] [cheers and applause] ♪ >> yeah! oh! oh! oh! oh! [cheers and applause] thank you and welcome to millionaire! i'm your host, terry crews, and you may know me from my night job over on brooklyn nine-nine. [cheers and applause] our first contestant has been the voice behind many audiobooks from medical texts to adult fiction. i can only imagine what happens when she gets excited... about winning money, of course. from new york, new york, please welcome barbara mcculloh! [cheers and applause] hi,

that's the lava field. most of this lava is moving underground. you can see how it transforms the landscape. it just wipes out the rental station. >> reporter: on its way it invaded a local cemetery surrounding the white tombstones. >> there's nothing that can be done. in other words, if you're thinking why don't they divert it or try to dig a channel to go around the town, hawaii has tried all that in the past. it's never been effective. >> reporter: on the ground crews race to construct new roads around the lava to keep an evacuation route open and businesses connected to the nearby city of hilo. >> hopefully we'll always be able to stay open. >> reporter: even as the danger creeps ever closer, some residents say they will stay if only to watch their homes burn. >> when the lava flow comes through their area, there will be an opportunity for them to remain on site provides it's safe to do that. >> that was martin savage reporting. the eruption started back in 1983. the lava flow came to a standstill in september before it resumed its movement. w

a giant flood of lava headed straight for homes. we're in hawaii tonight where evacuations are underway. >>> and "making a difference." would you believe a night on the town with clooney for $10? a big idea that is changing charity giving as we know it. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. there is more evidence tonight that the panic over ebola, the public fear of ebola, is getting in the way of the facts surrounding ebola in this country. like the fact that it is very difficult to transmit. and the fact that thousands more will die of the flu this year. on friday the governors of new york and new jersey declared a blanket, 21-day quarantine for health care workers coming back from west africa. by today they had changed their tune. after complaints by the white house, and a nurse who felt victimized and criminalized when she returned from volunteering in africa and spent the weekend in a quarantine tent. now members of the u.s.

in 1990, lava from kilauea swallowed 200 homes. volcano threatens to take whatever is in its path. >> it is real. now or never. you pack and have to get out. >> reporter: tonight hundreds are ready to go. they need to be out by tuesday. >> it will be sad watching our house go down but at the same time i would like to be here and if it happens. >> reporter: with locals warned and roads closed, this red hot river remains unpredictable and on the move. what could be a slow-motion disaster no one can stop. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> still ahead, the high school football players giving new >>> still ahead, the high school football players giving new meanin you could be at the corner of "i'm throwing away money" and "i had no idea." well, walgreens has your back. our expert pharmacists make it easy for you to save on your prescriptions. so you can keep your money where it belongs. swing by walgreens... ...where you could save even more with medicare prescription copays as low as zero dollars. at the corner of happy and h

the good news about these kinds of lavas are gas escapes out of the lava, out of the magma relatively easily, so they're peaceful flows, slow flows. very hard on property, but nobody's going to die or have a problem with it. >> what that is when the lava reaches a house? does it catch on fire or is it drowned in the magma? >> it's a very interesting thing. if we can back to the vent where it is coming out, that's more than 2,000 degrees fahrenheit in temperature, as it flows in a thin sheet, it loses heat to the ground, to the air and you see those black crusts with the orange lava inside. a lot of times, if the lava comes up and cools fast enough, it will make its own insulation or protection around something, so you don't really feel the whole 2000 degrees. you'll see for some of these houses, they're going to be surrounded by lava. the wood's got to get above 600 degrees fahrenheit before it bursts into flame and we'll probably see some of these videos soon. >> can the village do anything to stop the flow, such as barricades, could they dowse it with water to keep their homes safe?

that's the lava field.of this lava is moving underground. >> a bird's-eye view of a river female announcer: right now, at sleep train save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic. even choose 48 months interest-free financing on the new tempur-choice. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train. >>> larry biel has the highlights, mike schuman is in kansas city. >>> but first to hawaii, and the slow-motion disaster. it's being called a river of fire. unstoppable lava, incinerating virtually everything in its path. rob marciano is on the big island. >> reporter: the 2000-degree lava is closer to the town of pahoa. now in the backyards of residents. that first structure we saw burning yesterday, from the ground today just ash. and this smoldering pile of tires. officials warning residents about air quality. today we got a view from above. >> just incredible to see the expanse of lava for miles and miles. still steaming. lava breakouts happening. and fingers of l

for months, molten lava had been closing in on a small village on the big island. well, late today, it arrived. mileka lincoln is there. >> reporter: with the lava flowing toward it at almost 2,000 degrees fahrenheit, a shed on the edge of the village of pahoa department have a chance. today it became the first structure destroyed by the relentless movement of lava from the volcano. theresa zendejas is one of hundreds of residents ordered to evacuate. >> it's real. it's now or never. you pack and have to get out. >> reporter: the eruption that threatens to destroy the village began on june 27. since then, lava has been moving erratically from the volcano summit, sometimes pausing for days, other times flowing close to 300 yards in just 24 hours. >> it's a special type of lava we called pahoi-pahoa. and it's flowing a long distance from where it started. >> reporter: michael manga is a geologist at the university of california berkeley. >> you look at hawaii, it's a volcano. the whole island is made from lava flows, so what we're seeing now is what hawaii is made of

the lava continually creeping up to e town of pahoa. now, it's just yards away from burning through the first of several homes. the relentless flow of lava steadily searing its way tos pahoa swallowed up this she the edge of the village and is threathening to do the sameo dozens more. moving quicklyt has charred through miles of thick brush at around 15 yas an hour.there is nothing th can stop it. hundreds have evacuated..making the decisn to leave their homes and sa themselves. (sot darryl oliveira - hawaii county cil defense director)(:28- :30) "they're obviously very sad because they love where they live. this lava flow began june after the eruption of e kileauea volcano and is now closing in one of pahoa's mn roads. people here have had weeks to prepare but still themselves overwhelmed. (so mos, no name available) it heartbreaking, sad. we don't know what is going to happen from now on. in an attempt help residents find some comfort, officials are allo people to witness the lava destroy their homes. they he it will bring them a sens

we have reached the lava flow. you can see how big it is. the lava is a 2,000 degree force that stops for nothing. standing here is extremely hot. almost like standing literally inside an oven. there is no way to successfully divert the lava, officials say. the only thing now is to let nature run its sometimes destructive course. >>> bark on the mainland, nature's power coming down hard in the north west too. a fierce storm coming off the pacific, reaching through the region, strong enough to knock streets in homes, and power lines. rob marciano is here now. it's not over yet. >> no, very active. the next storm system. and there is left overs of hurricane ana. not as much wind as we saw yesterday. but heavy know in the high elevations. and teps, 10 to 20 degrees above average. and look at denver, changes in store. >> and halloween is in store friday. have a trick or treat forecast? >> the northwest and the northeast, questionable areas. maybe rainle and maybe snow. might have the to improvise with some of the costumes. >> rob marciano, thank

. >> pelley: hawaii's national guard is called out as the lava moves in. carter evans is on the scene. and dean reynolds on lebron james. >> lebron! >> pelley: the king returns to his court, winning hearts on the rebound. >> he's captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: god evening. in that air disaster in kansas today, a small plane was taking off in wichita. it lost engine power and tried to return to the airport. it didn't make it. the plane crashed into a building instead and adriana diaz is on the scene. >> an air plane down. >> we have a huge plume of smoke. >> a large, two-story commercial building hit. >> reporter: these are some of first images moments after a small plane struck the roof of a pilot training facility, leaving this gaping hole. the plane was a beechcraft king air 200 like this one. shortly after take-off, the only person on board, 53-year-old pilot mark goldstein, radioed for help. >> tower, i'm declaring an emergency. >> reporter: goldstein, a retired air traffic controller, was kille

joining me now is a woman whose home sits directly the lava's path.erstand it's raining and you can't quite see the lava from where you are but this home is so important to you, you have been there for 30 years? >> 33 years. >> this is the first home you bought since leaving the philippines. tell me -- >> yes. yes. >> are you frightened? are you angry? >> oh, i'm frightened. not angry. i can't understand. i accept the fact already that it's coming but even though the lava is not headed towards my home right now, it's still scary because i know that the lava is closing in around the homes behind my home right now. hopefully it doesn't change direction. so -- >> that's the thing with this lava i think with a lot of other disasters, it happens so quickly but it's creeping closely. have you accepted the fact -- it sounds like you have -- that you will lose this home that you have been in for 33 years. >> yes. because we are told before to get ready. so just now the neighborhood that i live, we are just waiting for the mandatory evacuation notice. for us t

but the lava's next target two-story home yards away. >> reporter: we are at the origin of the lava flow. this is the kilauea volcano. moving fast underground, it's slowing down as it gets closer to the town but not stopping. the lava's traveling at a rate of 10 to 15 yards per hour, sometimes slowing down or speeding up, depending on the terrain. 40 to 50, maybe 60 homes and businesses could be in this flow's path. no mandatory evacuations in place yet. you are seeing in some cases folks packing up and leaving. but in other cases people staying until up to the last second. that's okay. hawaiian officials are allowing folks to watch as lava takes over their property. part of what they call the grieving process, allowing people to say good-bye to land that's been in families for generations. one school is closed indefinitely. students shuffled around because the school's in the lava's path. coming up on the "today" show, we take you above this thing. we show you the destruction and path it's cutting all wait from the vent, the source of the lava, down to town. you won't want to miss it. >

the lava made its way towards the community for weeks. dozens of homes and businesses will likely be hit. >> some bay area schoolchildren had scientific experiments on board a rocket that exploded on take-off. the unmanned ship was supposed to deliver cargo to the iss. but something went wrong shortly after take-off in virginia. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." >>> good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 6:00. 162 regular season games, 16 play-off games later and it comes down now to one final game tonight. >> yes. the giants and royals will battle it out one last time for that world series title. and anne makovec is live at civic center plaza in san francisco where fans are already used to torture and will gather one more time. >> reporter: what's a world series run without a little torture? it is the giants' way. you can see the jumbotron set up behind me in civic center plaza ready for the big watch party tonight. san francisco city ha

lava burned down a shed, covering the yard of two homes officials say lava is flowing at ten yards per hour, forcing residents to evacuate. up to 50 homes are threatened. >> the lava flowing is part of a continuing eruption that began in >> 6,000,000 yards paved an area so vast, it's nearly impossible to show clearly. most population is here. now try to imagine a crack in the earth. the difference here is that this also contains lava this way. >> the homes burn. squeezed by by lava. geologists scurry, playing guessing games. they get her out. the church becomes a focus. see the way it curls out, rolling over one piece after another. it's hard to see it moving unless you get close. saturday afternoon, this lava moved another hundred yards or so. >> remarkable. >> yes. >> coming up next, california health insurance who should set the rates? >> inform tiff look at proposition 45 on the ballot ne it's a fresh approach on education-- superintendent of public instruction tom torlakson's blueprint for great schools. torlakson's blueprint outlines how investing in our schools will reduce class

it's much more of a -- what we call an effusive lava emitter, sort of slow lava flows, they can certainly cause problems to property but it's very rare, almost unheard of, for somebody to get killed of by it. >> normally the lava flows into the ocean from this volcano but it changed direction. can you explain that? >> sure, the place where the lava is coming out of the ground is a vent or a cone called puoo. so for most of this eruption that began in 1983 the flows have gone south, as you point out. and puao'o is at the rest of a ridge so if anything comes out the the south it all goes to the south. but very rarely something pops out to the north and then it can't get back over the ridge so it has to go wherever the downhill direction is and that's where it's going now. >> is there any way to stop it? >> not really, no. there's always a chance that it will stop naturally. flows take different paths and they stop and they start. but in terms of human intervention, you might be able to divert it but then you're just making it somebody else's problem. >> i would imagine -- it's hard to imagi