rocky mountain national park was at long last to reality. after much anticipation, the day had come to dedicate the new park, a watershed moment certainly in the history of colorado and the nation. the dedication was a festive affair as existing photographs clearly demonstrate. many of the attendees arrived early in order to visited picnic, and take full advantage of what the day had to offer. park residents and those staying at local ranches and hotels came on foot and on horseback, as well as by bicycle, carriage where can, motorcycle, and by automobile. by midmorning, a steady stream of cars from the towns had begun to arrive, the road coming up from the village past the fish hatchery and powerplant with steep and narrow, creating something of a logistical problem, but by that time the official ceremonies began at 2:00 p.m. some 267 automobiles and a large and enthusiastic gathering of spectators and guests by one count numbering as many as 2000 had managed to crowd onto the dedication site. as the denver times noted the day after, and i q

rocky mountains national park was a long last a reality. now after much anticipation commend the day had come to dedicate the new park, a watershed moment in the history of estes park colorado, in the nation. the dedication was a festive affair that existing photographs clearly demonstrate. many of the attendees arrived early, and order to visit and take it vantage of with the day had to offer. the park residents and those staying at local hotels came on foot and horseback as well as by bicycle, carriage, wagon motorcycle, and of course by automobile. by midmorning a steady stream of cars in the valley towns had begun to arrive in the roads coming up fall river from estes park village passed the fed treasury and the power plant was steep and narrow, creating something of a logistical problem. by the time the official ceremonies begin at 2:00 p.m., some 267 automobiles and a large and enthusiastic during of spectators and guests by one count, remembering as many as 2000 and managed to ground and the dedication site. the denver times noted the

of the national park system associated sites such as national heritage areas and various state grant accounts. in light of recent events rgs the display of the confederate flag has been the discussion of discussion. this amendment is consistent with the bipartisan effort across the country to promote harmony and no division in this great nation. . we were all shocked by the heinous massacre that took the lives of nine god-faring, african-american church goers in south carolina. this act of domestic terror was carried out by an individual who idolized the confederate flag and harbored racist beliefs calling for the run of human subjugation of others on the basis of race. unfortunately, that same confederate flag flew on the grounds of the state capitol amidst the funeral of a state senator and dedicated pastor who taught that we are all god ose children as the historic emanuel a.m.e. church. we have come a long way in america but we still have a long way to go in our march toward a more perfect union. racial hatred continues to adversely impact our society and people of good will must

flag with flags in the national park service national cemetery as provided in national park service directors' order 61 or memorandum january 24 2015 with the subject line containing immediate actionry quired. the chair: the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognize is the gentleman from california. mr. calvert: this amendment will codify national park service policy with regard to the declaration of cemeteries. i urge adoption of my amendment. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does the gentleman from seek recognition? ms. mccollum: i oppose. . . i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. calvert: i continue to reserve. the chair: does the gentlelady from minnesota wish to yield and close? ms. mccollum: i would rise in strong opposition to this amendment and i'm actually quite surprised that we find ourselves here tonight attempting to overturn the national park service recent policy changes to stop allowing the confederate flag to be displayed or sold in national parks. mr.

and national park service cemeteries. those amenents were adopted by voice vote. they reect the strong consensus in is country and hopefully in this congress that a symbol of slavery, is a digs segregation -- sedition, segregation has no place in our national par and cemeteries whose groundsave been llowedy the veterans who rest tre after havg sved and given their livesin defense ofreedom andustice and thevalues of our country. believablely, howeverr. spear, several hours ago the darof night, the chairman ofthe bcommittee offered an amendmentn this floor that would feively strikese amements whic sury reflect the vals to whh all of us have risen our hand and sworn to protect. today on the anniversarof the ratification of the 14th amendmt to our nstitution how ironic that we would meet this ve on this day whi enshrined the principle of equality for all amecans. we have this shamef confederate battle flag amendment on our floor. thismendment would keep in place the policy thatllows confedera battlelags in our national pars a

flag with flags in the national park service national cemetery as provided in national park service directors' order 61 or memorandum january 24 2015 with the subject line containing immediate actionry quired. the chair: the gentleman from california and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognize is the gentleman from california. mr. calvert: this amendment will codify national park service policy with regard to the declaration of cemeteries. i urge adoption of my amendment. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. does the gentleman from seek recognition? ms. mccollum: i oppose. . . i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. calvert: i continue to reserve. the chair: does the gentlelady from minnesota wish to yield and close? ms. mccollum: i would rise in strong opposition to this amendment and i'm actually quite surprised that we find ourselves here tonight attempting to overturn the national park service recent policy changes to stop allowing the confederate flag to be displayed or sold in national parks. mr.

. >> the john boehner plan to sell and display the confederate flag in national parks, it did not go over well. so john boehner had to pull that today. he pulled the bring back the confederate flags to national parks thing and pulled the whole bill, part of that whole bill that funds the whole part of the government, whole interior government, had to pull it over the confederate flag issue. and now nobody knows what's going to happen. >> i want members on both sides of the aisles to have a conversation on what has become a thorny issue. >> what does that conversation entail, some sort of special committee, commission, house? >> i have some ideas. when i firm them up in my head, i'll let you know. >> when they get firm in his head, he'll let us know. but after all this happened, the democrats were so freaking mortified that the republicans in congress wanted to pend the day putting up confederate flags in national parks while south carolina was voting to take down their state flag at their state capital, democrats after this went down john boehner put this out, take it back, democr

people are allowed into the national park only with a permit. in addition, the soldiers make sure no one smuggles anything out of the park. andrew: we have unique plants here which, if tampered with, can become extinct. we have, like, the lobelia elgonensis. if they are destroyed, then the whole world will miss it. they are only found up here in the mountain. reporter: as we continue, andrew tells us many animals used to live here -- leopards, buffalo, and elephants. but now there are only a few monkeys. humans have killed or driven out all the other large animals. andrew: for example, the elephants when they were hunted, these are animals with a very high memory, in that when one of them is killed they will never forget where their friend died and they will never cross there. so, like for the elephants, i don't think they will ever come back to uganda. reporter: at an elevation of 3500 meters, we reach our camp. it's quite cold up here, just 8 degrees celsius, but our campfire keeps us warm. early the next morning we start our final ascent. the

we go with seye to the nearby national park in the sine saloum delta.ls us that mangroves, which usually provide natural barriers, have been massively clear-cut, and that's why the salt water from the atlantic is pushing into the delta. in addition, increasing droughts and flooding threaten the region. el hadji ballÉ seye: conserving these natural resources is crucial to the survival the populations of of these communities -- because all their socio-economic activities are based on those natural resources. agriculture, fishing, and livestock breeding are essential to these communities. so conserving this potential in terms of biodiversity is crucial for these communities' survival. >> but the ranger tells us even the protected national park is under threat. the park is renowned for its many birds. thousands of gulls live on the ile aux oiseaux. the island is an important breeding habitat for them. but their numbers are decreasing. nicolas gomis:since last year, we've noticed that the island has deterioriated badly -- a great deal of erosion. if you walk

to us have some, you know, problems with fire. >> reporter: in the mojave desert, joshua tree national park has the same wildfire concerns. rainfall is scarce, and the park's iconic trees are dying. >> joshua trees aren't going to entirely disappear. right now the park looks lush and green compared to what it will look like in a couple of months. >> reporter: the drought isn't stopping millions from visiting both parks. they should just be prepared to deal with drier conditions. danielle nottingham, cbs news yosemite national park. >> by the way, yosemite falls runs dry in mid to late august during a normal year of rainfall there. >>> the south carolina governor is scheduled to sign a bill today that would remove the confederate flag at the state capital. lawmakers approved the bill this morning after 13 hours of debate. the decision follows weeks of protests sparked when nine people were killed by a gunman who posed with a confederate flag. after the governor signs the bill, the flag will be taken down tomorrow morning. >>> donald trump is not backing down from his controversial comments a

we worked with the national park service and have an agreement we worked with the bay land for that world-class interpretative centers and continue to work for the "x" ration for the which i 50 we don't see it as a real mutt i didn't there was something that happened they decided they realized they're going back marking towards the ships the load it won't stop not planned so i want to say thank you for listening we want to keep the story alive in the port of chicago no longer existed people are not happy about that and provide the racist injustice we want to exonerate those who were found guilt and want to send a letter to president obama and include a statement from the san francisco veterans affairs position and want to thank the veterans affairs commission they've been so supportive in this process and so we're in the process of building a visitor center we've located property and have an invitation to attend saturday july 18th but we have to reserve to be able to go bone the base it is an it's weapons station. >> thank you. >> thank you very much i wanted to take a moment t

. >> the famous national park, families, tourists sent racing. and the other giant wildfire, moving in on hundreds of homes, evacuations at this hour. >>> also tonight, the crash-landing. the passenger jet slamming down onto the runway. passengers panicked. that video, and now the new conclusion. what happened seconds before? >>> donald trump touches down and heads right for the mexican border. and just before, our cameras capturing this. authorities say two men trying to run across the border into the u.s. >>> the trouble on the tracks. he tries to stop the train. the limousine with the sweet 16 party stuck. the train barrelling right into it. the unbelievable ending. >>> and rushing out of the water today. multiple shark sightings. we have late details coming in now. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a thursday night. and we begin with the worsening picture. two massive fires we're following tonight. both growing in size. and we want to get you right to live pictures coming in at this hour from abc 7 in the bay area,

it was a close call for that national park in west virginia, but the same could not be said for several businesses. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in historic harper's ferry, west virginia, where a three-alarm fire took out four buildings, five businesses, and very nearly spread to the national park services and their historic area. video shot by neighbor ron clark at 3:00 in the morning. his wife laura heard screaming to get a tenant burning in a historic building out. the tenant made it, laura calls it surreal. >> i was yelling to get her out. i don't think that she realized how serious it was. >> reporter: too close for comfort. >> reporter: the national parks spokesman dennis frye thankful that the historic area where john brown was hung after leading a slave rebellion that lead up to the civil war was untouched. residence crediting local volunteers and firefighters from surrounding states for saving the town and the national park. >> as bad as this is, we could have lost the entire town. >> reporter: but the business owners like cindy dunn are in shock. lost with a -- lost was a pub,

amendments that would ban the sale of confederate battle flags and in our national parks and prevent the display of these symbols on national cemetery gravesites. i was cleaned i was pleased when it passed by voice vote. hopefully throughout the south in the same way that we have seen corporate america stuff up on this issue and realize we have to stop providing nostalgic cover for the symbols of racism and segregation and hatred and slavery, i thought we were there. in the last 24 hours, to see the reversal within the republican caucuses shocking and disappointing. two seed in the context of the procedural maneuvers and obstructionist tactics they have taken to prevent the resolution from having a vote in this house is also shocking and disappointing. i have no doubt the u.s. congress will do the right thing read we will step up and vote to get rid of the symbols of hatred and segregation and slavery as we should have long ago. unfortunately we are unable to speak with one voice on this issue today because of a faction within the republican caucus that is out of step with the times w

we refuse to process any wood from national parks -- even though the country's forestry laws permit itfor wood from certain regions in the parks. reporter: gabriel paun has heard very different stories from foresters who work in the nature preserves. >> anybody can buy wood here. doesn't matter who. they just have to pay the right price. reporter: week after week, thousands of trees are felled illegally in the carpathians. in some regions, wastelands now spread where forests once stood. just a few environmental activists are trying to fight it -- often alone or in small groups. that's risky. we receive a call from gabriel paun. he has been beaten, and is now in the hospital. when we arrive, he's explaining what happened to his lawyer. together with three other activists, he discovered a new illegal logging site, he says. within minutes, they were assaulted. they documented the attack on their smartphones. the alleged perpetrators approach in a red off-road vehicle. around ten of them surround the activists. there's an exchange of words. then the attack begins. as paun is being beaten,

there was national park conservation elements to what she did. part of beautification program was the committee for a more beautiful capital. they started in washington with cleaning up the urban blight cleaning up around the national mall, making a nicer place for people to visit. then there was the highway beautification act which was very difficult because part of that was to get rid of billboards along the highway. there were organizations that were strongly in support of those billboards. she had a fight on her hands. she took the discover america trip to the national parks to raise awareness of national parks and clean them up, and get visitors to go to the national park. she was involved in project head start. that was part of the war on poverty. it was to help underprivileged children, give them the tools they would need to be prepared to go to school with their peers. this was a very successful program. she was approached to be an honorary chair of the program and she said i will work on head start but i don't want to just be an honorary

niagara falls is the oldest state park, but visiting it never gets old. the readers of a national newspaper voted letchworth the #1 state park in america. watkins glen, #3. new york state parks are a gift. plan your vacation at iloveny.com/summer there's something for everyone. >> a lightning strike zapped the score board in florida. this is video from a minor league baseball field in pensacola. it caused power outages nobody was playing at the time. obviously you can't play in that kind of rain. >> reporter: for those people bolting into work on this monday morning. [laughter]. >> reporter: we have construction for you to watch out for on the ramp on the vine street expressway to i-95 southbound, we are partially blocked, this will out here again this week. it will cause huge delays. we have milling and paving work 7:00 p.m. crews start tearing up market street and 30th street and city hall and south broad. it will be a bumpy ride. >> reporter: i love your puns, matt. >> reporter: thank you. >> reporter: we have clouds in the area, you can see the area of low pressure south and w

dawn miller was in national park and saw people rushing to help. she learned that chris allen has been pulled under from the current he jumped off the boat from the sand bar without a life vest. >> another gentleman who seen him go down and tried to get over to him just as he got over to him he got sucked down again. the father of 4 took this picture on saturday. he it was a strong swimmer who went out often. the new jersey straight police and the marine searched the unit. all boats were told to stay in place at 1:30 when rescue cruise were rushed to help. >> people were saying somebody was drowning. >> very distraught. we all were. >> reporter: the search lasted around 7 hours his body was recovered around 8:30 last night. live in national park, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> thank you, katherine. developing right now two diplomats involved with the iran nuclear talks say negotiators plan to announce a deal today it would curb the nuclear program in returns for sanction relief. once the deal is completed a final agreement would be ope

a stub been wildfire in montana is interrupting vacation plans at glacier national park. since tuesday at least 4,000 acres have burned, forcing hundreds to evacuate camp grounds and hotels. no one has been hurt. another wildfire is burning in northern california near napa valley wine country. ben tracy is there. >> reporter: massive lines of flames chewed up the rugged hillside, fanned by 15 to 20mph winds. the fire created what looked like a thundercloud of smoke. animals in this rural area fled the flames, which sneaked up on christina hafner. >> i saw a red glow. about another 40 minutes later it was up and over the ridge and headed straight toward us. >> reporter: investigators believe the wildfire began with a fire from a car crash on a nearby highway wednesday afternoon. >> we got to go back down. >> reporter: it quickly spread from 25 acres to 6000 in just a few hours. but an all-out aerial bombardment and 1,300 firefighters on the ground dramatically slowed the flames. a nearby lake has allowed water-dropping helicopters to fill up faster and drop their 324-gallo

the national park service finished a renovation project to make the park safer for guests. ktvu's noelle walker got access to places more visitors don't see. >> reporter: if you want to travel back in time all you need is a boat. >> right this way, please. >> the rock. alcatraz island. loosely translated island of the sea birds. the national park gets 1.5 million visitors a year. and none of them have seen this. today the national park service completed a renovation project and pealed back the layers of history hidden by boat house now gone. exposing bestrews rival any i-- views to -- bay views to rival any. . >> reporter: the arch ways and entrance date back to pre-civil war times. before this was the world's most famous prison. >> that is part of the layering of history. what gets covered up by one generation is uncovered and reveals another layer of history. >> reporter: so many layers. bonit that great, down the -- beneath that grade, down the steps. >> this is the birth place of the world's most famous prison. >>> military dudgeon before there was a federal prison. one

. >>> each year thousands of big game hunters flock to the uncompahgre national park in western colorado. >> elk, deer, bear, mountain lion up in that area, so it is kind of a pretty area, very remote. >> on the second day of hunting season in 1995, doug kyle was relaxing in his camp when he heard a woman screaming. she said she found her husband lying on the ground near their camp. he had been shot in the chest. >> go ahead, sir. >> a man has been shot and killed up here. >> today? >> yes. his wife is here. she's going crazy. >> i could tell that, you know, he was deceased and i looked at her and i told her, ma'am, i'm sorry, but he's gone. >> the victim was 48-year-old bruce dodson. his wife janice said she went looking for him when he didn't return to their camp. >> right after this happened, i was being told, anyway, it was a hunting accident. >> he's a man walking upright through grass four inches tall, he's got a hunter orange cap on, he's carrying a rifle, the only thing that could have happened in this world would have been a one in a million chance of somebody, a canyon over, sh

spans 415 square miles in north-central colorado and up next we examined the creation of the 10th national park and this event, marking the centennial park is a little over an hour.

police are still working to track down whoever shot and killed a man near nationals park. reports of the shooting came in just before 5:00 last evening along the 1300 block of 1st street southwest. that's not far from first district police headquarters. officers found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his chest. he was rushed to the hospital but doctors were unable to save him. no word yet on any suspects or a possible motive. >>> the body of a second swimmer who disappeared over the weekend has been recovered. a charter boat captain found the body of 39-year-old douglas brown of mechanicsville yesterday near breezy point. it was two days after the body of his brother was found. douglas was part owner of the costa brava restaurant in d.c. brown put his passion into the eatery, patrons say. >> most everything around here, the walls, that was all doug. >> he was swimming with his brother daniel brown and his teenage nephew off cove point beach. they believe they got tired swimming against the current. only the nephew made it back. >>> turning now to the 20

the 13-year-old big cat cecil was found dead in a national park in zimbabwe. investigators say an american big game hunter paid tens of thousands to track and kill the anbam. jonathan betz has nor. >> reporter: the 13-year-old lion was supposed to be out of hunter's reach, he was tagged with a g.p.s. device, and so popular and beloved, he was named cecil. when his remains were found, his body was skinned, head cut off. tuesday, authorities in zimbabwe revealed the name of the hunter, walter james palmer, a dentist from minnesota. officials released his home address and passport for good measure. >> he is the guy that came into the country around the beginning of this month of july, and was enticed we are not sure yet, to have it. >> palmer admitted to the kill, blaming guides, saying i had no idea that the lion i took was a known favourite. i relied on expertise of local guides to ensure a legal hunt. palmer was on hunt when he or his team lured cecil out of the park, shot him, tracked the lion for 40 hours before killing him. a hunt that he paid handsomely fo

the national parks won't be selling any more items either with the symbol standing alone. the books with the confederate flag are still on store shelves the private shops in the fredericksburg area. that's different story. some owners told the fredericksburg post there's actually been an increase in sales over the past week. >>> a possible setback tonight in the effort to bring washington's football team back to d.c. according to the "washington post," the national parks service is not likely to allow construction of a new stadium unless the team changes its name. that matters, because the park service owns the land on which the stadium sits. president obama and the interior secretary believe the name is offenseive to native americans and others. >> what is the city saying about this? >> three quick points the team name is a controversy but the president obama is not likely to get too involved in this. it only has 18 more months in office and interior department has a lot of things to do other than this. secondly, the city has a 22-year lease still on the rfk site to do wh

getting word on the corner here at nationals park.t from nationals park. they say they work in building 197. another tenuous situation. we're getting the information as we hear it and relaying it to them. that's the latest right now from here about five blocks from the navy yard. back to you. >> and there's so much lack of information and we don't want to give out any wrong information. if there's any police source or whatever, we're monitoring all those social media outlets. >> if we could, could we go back to delia gonzalez? >> while we're trying to reestablish with delia, if you're just tuning in, day 26, monitoring for almost an hour now, reports of an active shooter in the navy yard. responses by homeland security and metropolitan police and getting reports from a d.c. police source that two shooters, two male ts last seen on second floor, they're investigating that. but no confirmed reports of anyone being shot or shots fired. >> what you were saying, the agencies responding, the park police, the metropolitan police, homeland se

. >> the national park service telling people to beat the heat at the indoor museums. stephanie tells us they are taking special heat precautions. >>> we all know how tight security here at nationals park. because of this heat, they are allowing things inside like battery operated fans and two water bottles. they also have misting fans and rooms inside as cooling spaces. that's how seriously they are taking the heat. especially in d.c. >> i'm sweating now. >> and it wasn't that sunny out yet when we spoke to d.c. fire and ems, edward pearson this morning who told us on days like today, they operate under a code red. >> air-conditioning on in the fire houses. air-conditioning on the ambulance units. >> also see firefighters drinking a lot more water on and off the call. basically, it's a plan on how the fire department should prepare under extreme heat conditions. the humidity, plus the afternoon sun, catching tournament go deers by surprise. >> i'm miserably hot. >> it's so hot, i had to bring the water. me and my sister are having so much fun. >> at the georgetown wat

the pilot at some point deviated from the original flight path, took a detour over yellowstone national park, but it is still unclear why. i'm mola lenghi live from adams morgan, wusa9. >> mola, thank you and the national transportation safety board is investigating the crash. >>> tonight a woman is under arrest accused of stabbing four people apparently high on pcp. this went down about 10:00 last night in the lincoln heights neighborhood in northeast. witnesses say that woman was causing trouble outside an apartment complex when she entered someone's apartment. >> the lady was high, so basically she didn't know what she was doing. we got into an altercation. so she came back with knives and mace spraying everyone. >> police say 34-year-old laquita ransom stab an 18-year- old in the face, stabbed a 31- year-old mom and her 14-year- old daughter, but the most serious injury was to a 19-year- old woman, a young woman who is still alive tonight because the d.c. police officers who arrived had the training and the equipment to make a tourniquet for her arm. our ellison barber is live at 6th dis

niagara falls is the oldest state park, but visiting it never gets old. the readers of a nationalewspaper voted letchworth the #1 state park in america. watkins glen, #3. new york state parks are a gift. plan your vacation at iloveny.com/summer there's something for everyone. >> 6:43, saying good morning to william penn. 74 degrees on city. getting up to 87 look out for showers later today. >> let's go over to matt pellman to take a look at what it looks like from your commute good morning. >> reporter: from his perch he could see delays on i-95 and turn the other see delays on the schuylkill expressway. from our perch we'll look at the delays on 76 the schuylkill expressway starting to form in the westbound lanes from the boulevard to gladwyn. you can see the sea of headlights heading westbound with speeds in the 30s and less in that normally busy stretch. in the 30s on the eastbound side as you head toward the vine street expressway passing girard avenue. i-95 southbound slowing by cottman, again, from the betsy ross bridge into girard. slowing on the ben franklin bridge westbou

all the streets surrounding nationals park are closed. they are really encouraging people not to try to drive up and drop their children off. they are saying if you must do that do it a block away. make a plan. so your children will have a safe way to get back to you. they absolutely do not want people dropping children off on south capitol street which is open. go a block away and make a plan. reporting live from nats park suzanne kennedy abc7 news. leon: thank you. doug: the weather looks okay. leon: i know. you care about this. kellye: we know you want a ticket. we'll work on it. doug: i can do the weather live from there, but it's just too late. we will keep an eye on it. a couple of showers around. it is looking pretty good. start with a time lapse. from this is from spotsylvania, virginia from spotsylvania county. during the day they have had a lot of clouds. showers this morning. we are keeping an eye on the shower and the storm activity to the southeast of spotsylvania. it's cloudy. the jackpot winner 1.61 inches in culpeper. remi

at the last minute an amendment that would allow for the raising of the confederate flags in national parks. we stopped it. we went to the floor. we fought them on it. at the end of the day, we force them to withdraw the entire bill . this is an example of the fact that these house republicans cannot govern or manage. their ideology gets in the way of everything they do. as a result, we don't have an appreciation's bill. -- appropriations bill. and we are headed towards another shutdown and fiscal cliff. we will fight them when their ideology becomes excessive. we will fight them until they learn how to govern efficiently and properly. >> can you imagine the confederate flag issue will play with democrats who have a lofty goal of trying to get back the 10 seats in the house? this is going to be an issue democrats can run ads on? how big of an issue will this be? guest: i don't think we should fundraise off this issue. it is too important. this issue reflects basic principles and values. republicans in the house are going to insist on raising the confederate flag wherever they can, whenever

there is no hunting in national parks.you can go into a national park and draw an animal out, bait it out, this is an animal, cecil, who has never lived under the pressure of human beings. it mad a radio collar on. these local guys are from the region. cecil was a celebrity. a 13-year-old stoic representative of this national park. wouldn't they have known who he was? >> i think there's so many things right now that have gone awry. here's the other element of this story. he was bow hunting. bow hunters have to be incredibly close to their target: it's not like a long range pursuit where you are hundreds or thousands of feet away. you have to be 40 yards or less. >> hey, jeff, i'm at the end of the show. i've got like ten seconds left here. what happens to the cubs? that are part of cecil's family? >> you know, this is a very tricky situation. it gets rid of your genetic competition and it brings the females to heat. >> there's no chance that the females -- >> but that's not true. the females do most of the work. if they pr

kimberly: the national park service says it is wrapping up efforts to fight the fire. we have not heard reports of anyone being injured. hopefully they were evacuating not trying to get the video. leon: literally too close for comfort. doug: we are sitting pretty here. it looks like it will stay pretty pleasant right through the weekend. let's get started with a time lapse from our weatherbug camera in middletown valley in frederick, -- frederick county, maryland. temperatures only in the lower 80's across central and southern rhetoric county. -- frederick county. we will see the temperatures slowly but readily drop to the evening through the 70's. by early tomorrow morning mostly sunny skies. it will be ranging between 59 and 69 degrees. 20 through the 23rd of july. beautiful weather so enjoy it. things will change. high pressure will tour north and west which is keeping a big chunk of the great lake and mid-atlantic nice and dry and comfortable. it is just a matter of time before things start to change. the wind will come out of the south and we will get more heat an

another national park in the headlines tonight, dramatic images out of glacier national park in montana. a wildfire exploding in size campers evacuated, rangers searching the back country at this hour. strong winds and dry conditions fueling the blaze. we'll stay on it. >>> we turn to a scare for passengers on board a royal caribbean cruise ship a plume of smoke, a fire breaking out as it approaches jam a ka. kendis gibson with the latest. >> reporter: the frightening scene. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: as royal caribbean's "freedom of the seas" pulls into port in jamaica. >> the ship's on fire. >> reporter: fire in the ship's mechanical area resulting in thick black smoke billowing, spewing from the top of the 18-story vessel. sirens wailing on board, crew members going door to door to alert passengers. >> saw a lot of black smoke with debris in it. >> reporter: the 4,000-plus passengers frantically grab life jackets and head to emergency evacuation stations as crews quickly put out the fire. royal caribbean tweeting all guests and crew members are safe and accounted for, and one crew m

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insert at the last minute amendment that would allow for the raising of the confederate flags in national parks and cemeteries. we stopped it. we went to the floor. we fought them on it. at the end of the day, we forced them not just to withdraw the amendment, they had to withdraw the entire bill. this is another example of the fact these house republicans cannot govern and manage. ideology gets in the way of everything they do. as a result, we don't have a highway appropriations bill. we don't have a bank extension and are headed toward another shutdown and fiscal cliff. we are going to keep doing what democrats do. we will fight them in their ideology becomes excessive and fight them until they learn to govern efficiently and properly. >> can you imagine the confederate flag issue will play aston kratz have a lofty goal of trying to win back -- try to get back the 10 seats in the house? this is going to be an issue democrats can run ads on? how big of an issue will this be? host: i don't think we should -- guest: i don't think we should fund raise off this issue. it is too important. this iss