the firefighters didn't want to be in their path. then crews focused on snuffing out the flames on the bridge. there will two train0s who passed under the blazing bridge. >> once the boards start going and burn, they'll fall down on the track and cause a derailment hazard. a good thing somebody called it in. >> crews had to pull chunks of the foot bridge apart, and one pipe carries raw sewage. right now it's spilling on the tracks below. >> you can see this entire pedestrian bridge has been blocked off. because to the fire damaged it pretty good and going to have to be torn down. also, department of public works crews are here to deal with the leaking sewage pipe. and caltrain was delayed for a while as fire crews were dealing with the fire but they have now returned to their regular schedule. abc7 news. [sirens] >> ama: a raging fire in san leandro gutted an apartment building this afternoon. one of our sky 7hd photographers, mike, grabbed a camera and south video just as forths -- firefighters arrived. crews were able to get it under control without any injuries. a second apartment building sudden minor damage. >> new details on the deadly crash at marine in greerntion near 14reu8 hours af

burned 300 acres now. conditions hot and dry. firefighters having a difficult time getting a handle on the blai.z it's one of four fires burning in the area right now. we'll keep an eye on it and you can follow us on twitter. >> the city of alameda dedicated a memorial today unlike any other in the bay area to honor fallen police officers. alameda unveiled tests on two who died in the line of duty. the other bus remembers robert daviddy killed during a drug raid. >> this is beautiful. i do see his eyes. those are the iz i fell in love w never forgotten. >> alameda current chief came wupt idea after the last police officer retire aid few years ago. >> another competitor entering taxi hailing smart phone apps challenging ride services like uber. next taxi allows users to call a cab, track the time and passengers next taxi comes to the market behind some other bay area companies. >> facebook held its first shareholder meeting today almost a year after troubled ipo. abc 7 news reporter david louie says this is the first opportunity for investors to grill mark zuckerberg. >> facebook went public at $38. investors jumped in thinking th

on either side and that's where this fire started. someone who works nearby shot the video from a rooftop. you can see the fire burning on the bridge. then moments later the flames jump to hillside below. the brush fire cased a problem because trains were running and the firefighters didn't want to be in their path. then crews focused on snuffing out the flames on the bridge. there will two train0s who passed under the blazing bridge. >> once the boards start going and burn, they'll fall down on the track and cause a derailment hazard. a good thing somebody called it in. >> crews had to pull chunks of the foot bridge apart, and one pipe carries raw sewage. right now it's spilling on the tracks below. >> you can see this entire pedestrian bridge has been blocked off. because to the fire damaged it pretty good and going to have to be torn down. also, department of public works crews are here to deal with the leaking sewage pipe. and caltrain was delayed for a while as fire crews were dealing with the fire but they have now returned to their regular schedule. abc7 news. [sirens] >> ama: a raging fire in san leandro gutted an apartment

firefighters say he and his fiancee and son escaped the burning on home moments before the entire house went up in flames and woke up to smell of smoke. he saw flames in the garage. you can see the roof of the wall collapsed. smoke detectors never went off inside snie the house. >> a fallen tree injured a woman when it crashed on her car. a branch about 70 feet long fell on her car near winchester boulevard. driver was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. the tree blocked winchester boulevard until it was removed by crews. >> a stunning tun of events of fired contractor edward snowden wanted by the u.s. on espionage charges. larry jacobs reports, anti-secrecy group wikileaks is standing by his side. >> he landed in russia, apparently the first leg of a journey that will take him going across the globe, to cuba and then to ecuador. traveling with him, four laptops of the country's most sensitive secrets. he described it to the guardian newspaper. >> i had access to the full roster of everyone working at nsa, entire intelligence community. >> the 29-year-old had been hiding o

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burned overnight on the altamont pass. it was burning on a hillside to the westbound lanes of interstate 580. there have been reports of heavy smoke and drivers were advised to use alternate routes. high temperatures and low humidity high pressured the fire spread 280-acre ifsen crews started fighting that fire on interstate 580 around 10:15 yesterday morning. it took them 3.5 hours to contain it. no word on what started it. >> police in sunnyvale are investigating a fatal shooting over night. it happened around 1:00 in the morning on east fremont avenue. when police arrived they found a man who had been shot to death. they are also looking into a possible second victim after receiving a call from a local hospital about a person who had been shot and no arrests have been made. >>> we are learning more about the suspect behind a shooting rampage in southern california. surveillance video shows customers ducking for cover as the gunman opened fire on friday. there it is. investigators say 23-year-old john swarhari was a forme

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on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest on the fire outside colorado springs which continues to burn out of control. >> brown: then, the supreme court rules unanimously an isolated human gene may not be patented. we examine what the decision means for the future of medical research. >> woodruff: our series on food security goes to india, where farmers are looking to the past for better ways to cope with changes in the climate down the road. >> brown: ray suarez gauges attitudes in the u.s. toward gays and lesbians on the heels of a new poll pointing to increasing acceptance. >> woodruff: spencer michels reports on how california is preparing for a major decision on same-sex marriage. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with author walter mosley about his famous fictional detective, "easy rawlins", and more. that's all ahead on tonight's

this cell phone video shows the fire burning on the bridge around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. then moments later the flames jumped to the hillside below. a couple of draitrains passed u the burning bridge before firefighters could stop them. >> once they started going and burned, they fall down to the tracks and pose a serious derailment hazard. it's a good thing somebody called it in. >> the flames also damaged pipes under the bridge. one carried raw sewage that dripped onto the tracks. department of public works crews fixed it. >>> tomorrow the u.s. supreme court could decide two major cases involving gay rights. one is prop 8, california's ban on same-sex marriage. a federal judge struck that down as unconstitutional. if the u.s. supreme court upholds that lower court ruling, same-sex marriages would begin again in california. the other decision is on a challenge to the federal defense of marriage act. doma doesn't allow legally married same-sex couples to receive federal benefits that straight couples enjoy. stay with abc 7 news for live coverage of the supreme court decisi

on the bridge around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. a couple trains passed under the burning bridge before firefighters could stop them. things fall on the track and it's a serious derailment hazard. good thing somebody called it in. >> pipes were damaged under the bridge and one carried raw sewage that dripped on to the tracks. department of public works crews were called in to fix that. tomorrow the u.s. supreme court could decide to you major cases involving gay rights. one is california's prop 8. the same-sex marriage ban that was struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional. if the supreme court upholds that lower court ruling, same sex marriages could begin again in california. the other decision is on a challenge to the federal defense of marriage act. doma does not allow legally married same-sex couples to receive federal benefits that straight couples enjoy. stay with abc7 news for live coverage of the supreme court decisions on air and online. it could happen tomorrow or any time during the week. we will bring you the decisions when they happen. >>> the gay pr

the cars. we will tell you who is affected. >> an evacuation order still in effect. firefighters finally gaining serious ground on the maps of wild fire burning north of los angeles. we will have the latest details of the powerhouse overnight. >>> why prosecutors have dropped the charges against one of the men accused of killing a man just last year.

. >>> haze in singapore has risen to the worst level on record triggered by slash and burn farming in neighboring indonesia. the singapore prime minister is calling on the public to remain indoors as much as possible. nhk world's mark ho reports. >> reporter: singapore is proud of its pristine streets and clear air, but today a thick haze is blocking the view of its skyscrapers. air quality in the city state deteriorated to levels officially classified as hazardous on wednesday and thursday. the density of pollutants in the air hit the highest reading ever based on the five-level index set by the government of singapore. smoke comes from slash and burn farming on the indonesian island of sumatra. the method also triggers accidental forest fires. seasonal winds blow the smoke across the strait of malaka. prime minister li held a press conference on thursday to address the situation. >> we can't tell how this problem is going to develop. it can easily last for several weeks and quite possibly it could last longer until the dry season ends in sumatra. >> reporter: the pollution is affect

the fire. it looked apocalyptic to me. >> and it is not long before things go from wad t bad to wo. >> another one burningt it is on the other side of the highway still. we are right in the middle of it. >> minutes turn into hours and the second fire starts to send smoke downwind towards richard's house. as the sun' sets richard realizes he was surrounded. >> i was in my front driveway. i was scared at that point. there is fire all around you and not a lot that you can do about it. just hope that it doesn't get you. >> rather than sit and wait for the fire to reach them, richard takes off in his truck driving toward the smoke. >> looks like i'm rolling through a war zone. >> i wanted to make sure that if there was something that i could put out i was going to put it out. >> richard takes a proactive approach. partly because of his good samaritan spirit on partly out of self-preservation. >> i'm going to take this golf cart trail right here. i don't normally get to do this. >> i went up on the hill, went behind the homes. i pulled my fire extinguishers out of my truck and got my shovel and started doing wh

crews in contra costa spent the day in antioch on a controlled burn. you see the crews are just coming in. this hillside is blackened tonight. now experts are also warning that we can expect fires to ignite easier and faster this year than we're used to. >> what we're seeing is we're seeing burning conditions in june that we normally would see in august and september. >> reporter: that's got firefighters in contra costa county on their toes. firefighters spent the day practicing their mobile attack techniques and fighting fire with fire. as they removed dangerous brush from several hundred acres of undeveloped property in antioch. >> what we've done is we've turned this into a training opportunity so our folks can come out and get practice. >> reporter: and they'll likely need it. firefighters say another rain-light winter has left the bay area with drier than normal vegetation. add the recent windy weather we've been experiencing plus cutbacks in fire personnel bay area-wide, the fire season could be disastrous. >> all it take is one spark, and you can

the carstens fire is burning in mariposa county. cal fire lifted some evacuation orders in the area. the fires burned 1600 acres. it's 55% contained this morning. investigators say an unattended campfire sparked the fire on sunday. >>> people were force out of their homes in jefferson county 30 miles southwest of denver yesterday. more than 100 people evacuated as a wildfire tore through 500 acres. lightning caused that. >>> it's it's over the water it's a massive waterspout on louisiana's gulf coast yesterday. look at this video. you see a large cloud funneling into the gulf of mexico and kicking up the water down below. there was some minor property damage. nobody was hurt. but they sure were scared. >> if you are looking at that, right? it almost looks unreal. >> that's amazing. hey, by the way, did you hear that mr. brian hackney won five emmys the other night? >> i heard that. >> how impressive is that! very good. i know. >> congratulations! >> thank you, appreciate it. >>> changes in the weather coming up in the next couple days. warmer weather on the way as high pressure begins to build in overhead and looks like we are going to see a little less. still breezy toward the afternoon. out the door we

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and you will see with your own eyes the burn marks on each of his sweat shirts. where the hot led went through. he shot him because he wanted to. >> reporter: at one point his father began crying as the prosecution detailed on how officers tried to save his son's life. pictures support george zimmerman's claims. >> suggesting that george zimmerman took a wallop in the face. and then the blood. still glistening. >> reporter: no word on whether george zimmerman will testify in his own defense. in florida, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the white house warned there would be consequences after china allowed a fugitive slip away -- to slip away. >> we were working with other countries to make sure that rule of laws is observed. >> edward snowden is charged with espionage for unveiling a secret u.s. program. edward snowden fled to hong kong and the u.s. asked china to detain him but today officials said they didn't have enough information for a arrest and let him fly to russia. >> this was a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a arrest warrant an

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the founder of burning man and he is here to talk about the amazing place and phenomenon known as black rock city. he is one of the original planners and architects. we are going to talk about the path of burning man, the future as well. before we jump into the question that had to do with what is going on, tell us about your new headquarters and how that came to be, why the move into the heart of san francisco? >> well, we were on third street, in what is left of san francisco's industrial district , and we got lonely, really. [laughter] we saw real estate values dropping precipitously. as far as we were concerned, that was a good thing because it enabled us to move into market street. the city had encouraged us to do so, too, as they were very much interested in revitalizing market, 6th and market, which is essentially part of the tenderloin. we thought there were a lot of opportunities there. we know something about making urban environments vital. given the present political move, people are open to new ideas. that is true across the country. our burners are being asked to come into centers of various c

las vegas, still not the hottest part of the day, and the surface on the strip, reading 164. >> don't go barefoot. we'll see sometimes kids with burns on the bottom of their feet because they're not realizing it. we see adults that it happens. sometimes someone passes out or has a seizure and lands on the pavement, they can get fairly severe burns. >> reporter: 20 to 30 emergency room patients a day come to this hospital alone straight from the strip. >> especially tourists who may be unfamiliar with how to deal with it. they come in, hanging out at the pool, walking on the strip, they don't realize they're getting dehydrated. >> i can't imagine alcohol doesn't play a factor? >> alcohol definitely makes it worse. as you know, sometimes in vegas people drink to excess. it makes you more dehydrated and it makes you a little bit more vulnerable to heat exhaustion. >> reporter: in phoenix, temps near 120, they have ice for the monkeys. fish-sicles for the keeping the big cats cool. and the melon is frozen for those big guys. i don't think we're going to hit that all-time record high, but i do think we could get to 130 degrees in death v

the air, a military response. national guard helicopters and air force c-130s called in to coordinate a steady attack, across colorado, four major wildfires burn. one threatened the iconic royal gorge suspension bridge, for now still spans the burning canyon. >> our challenges are really boiled down to this. very dry, dry conditions out here. >> reporter: tonight, the threat is far from over. as neighbors pick up the pieces to their lives, looking for what they've lost and what has been left behind. stubborn wind are a problem, they can hamper firefighters, not just by fanning flames tree top to tree top. but by slowing down the air attack. the next 24 hours on the ground will be critical. >> miguel, thank you. >>> and the former government contractor who revealed top secrets said he will fight america's attempts to bring him to justice. the latest comments from edward snowden came in a hong kong newspaper. andrea mitchell with the latest. >> reporter: there are 7.2 million people in hong kong. the fbi believes edward snowden is one of them. from hiding, he leveled new charges today, telling "the south china morning post" that u.s. has been hacking

normal people don't have silverware drawer at home where the response are burned on the bottom. burned spoons, don't they have pots and pans to cook their food. they must eat small portions of top ramen. yeah, if that. if life was fair, teachers in this country would get made -- paid $1 million a year and professional athletes would work for tips. if life was fair, children wouldn't be born h.i.v. positive or missing limbs and they would all have the same advantage economically, socially, parentally. if life was fair, i wouldn't visit a prison on a sunday afternoon and talk to a general population of 500 or 600 and walk through the lobby and see children waiting to go through the metal detector and the look on their faces and they are already used to it. that's a felony. it's no big deal for a 6-year-old to walk through a metal detector to visit their parents. that has to stop. now, for the normal people, if life was fair, your property would still be worth what it was four years ago. that's one of the rest of us clap. my landlord, screw him, we don't care if life was fair, when

they rushed to the burning houses to help the homeowners escape. they all made it out safely but one officer was hurt in the process. this morning the families what they could salvage out of their burned homes. >> they are thankful to be alive. when you see something like this, human value is more important than anything. >> no other homes on this street were damaged, but everyone around here was evacuated. one more thing i do want to mention. sources tell me that since all the kids involved were juveniles, that means their parents were responsible for paying for all this damage. >>> authorities in san francisco have not released the identity of the woman that drove her vehicle into the bay. the miw any van was pulled from the water in the morning and body still jumped outside. it jumped a curb going about 20 miles an hour and plunged into the bay. >> it's horrible. it's very sad. we are fortunate the soccer field wasn't loaded but loss of life but thankfully no one else was injured. >> members of a boating team tried to break the back window but they didn't succeed. the woman was di

the fires. some farmers on the island are burning patches of forest illegally to fertilize the soil and kill insects. the smoke is carried by seasonal rains to malaysia and singapore. thick haze forced malaysia on sunday to declare a state of emergency. two days earlier, singapore said pollution reached the highest level, indicating extremely dangerous air quality. some restaurants were forced to close, and an international conference was postponed. experts say the economic impact on singapore and malaysia could cost them $9 billion. the most since 1997. singapore prime minister conveyed serious concerns in a letter last week to the president of indonesia. he replied on monday by issuing a rare apology. >> translator: we apologize to the people of singapore and malaysia and ask for their understanding. >> reporter: indonesia has stepped up efforts to put out the fires with measures including water bombing planes and cloud seeding. on monday, authorities arrested two farmers accused of illegally starting fires. the president says his administration is doing everything in its power to bring the situat

they rushed to the burning houses to help the homeowners escape. they all made it out safely but one officer was hurt in the process. this morning the families what they could salvage out of their burned homes. >> they are thankful to be alive. when you see something like this human value is more important than anything. >> no other homes on this street were damaged but everyone around here was evacuated. one more thing i do want to mention. sources tell me that since all the kids involved were juveniles, that means their parents were responsible for paying for all this damage. >>> authorities in san francisco have not released the identity of the woman that drove her vehicle into the bay. the miw any van was pulled from the water in the morning and body still jumped outside. it jumped a curb going about 20 miles an hour and plunged into. >> the bay. >> it's horrible. it's very sad. we are fortunate the soccer field wasn't loaded but loss of life but thankfully no one else was injured. >> members of a boating team tried to break the back window but they didn't succeed. the woman was

something else he says he went to save her, however he doesn't have really things associated with the burns ony that are of the nature or gravity you would think if you're going to save someone. and also there's no blood on him. so it makes -- it begs the question did this really happen? in addition to that, ashleigh, you look at the cell phones he burned the day prior to her murder, you look at the hard drives he burned the day prior to her death. and the fact is that while you may have good explanations when juries look at things in context of everything, it sort of, you have to wonder, does it all add up. he has some explaining to do, whether he explains it effectively is always another matter. >> there's such a dynamic. his demeanor and the whole jodi arias checking off every perfect thing and didn't work out well for her. >> no, it did not. >> joey jackson, thank you. a lot more coming on that. >>> i want to get you to aive picture right now the fairmont hotel in san jose, california. this is no vacation for the president, by the way. he's expected to speak any moment. the question is wil

the fumes ignited. one man suffered second and third-degree burns over 50% of his body. the other worker was also burned but not so seriously. >>> one man is in custody and two others are on the run after an armed carjacking that occurred at a georgetown gas station. police say that three men approached a woman while she was pumping gasoline at the key bridge exonon m street northwest. the woman ran into the gas station and the men took off in their car. the suspects were caught a few hours later after they crashed on the clara barton parkway near chain bridge. >> reporter: just because you're a person with a disability doesn't mean you can cycle across the country. coming up, we'll tell but ryan's journey and his stop in virginia today. >> first robbed at lunch. one minute. one minute this person is stuffing his face with pizza and the next minute he's looking down the barrel of a gun. we'll tell you how you can help police in the district @ >>> d.c. police are investigating a robbery at gunpoint outside a pizzeria. we're looking at security video from pizzoli's pizzeri

came from that fight, as did the cut on the back of his head, which was reopened in the fight with lomez and hernandez. but he still insists they were the ones that burned him with hot water. >> sanchez, do you want to file charges? >> should i? >> it's up to you. i will tell you that if you don't file charges, the county is going to file them anyway. that's serious bodily injury. >> yeah, i'll press charges. >> on all four of them? >> what four? the two from two days ago? we really can't do anything about that right now. the only thing we can work on right now is this case right here. >> yeah, i want to press charges. >> okay. that's all i need to know. >> that's what they get. they assaulted me. i got assaulted. so they're going to see what they can do. what it will come to now. >> as a member of the arian brotherhood gang, todd al rn has seen his share of violence behind bars, as well. >> that's what we was trained here for. whatever we've got to do. we need to pull. grab whatever you can grab and hit somebody over the head with it. i found out there was a child molester in here. man, you don't do that. >> those that have charges against children, th

that is when they watched their home burning on live television. saw the house go up in flames. they also saw an american flag on fire, which belonged to his late father, a navy colonel. >> are other stuff, that means nothing. that is what we buy insurance for. but it is the things that represent our family's heritage. future,do have a bright though, through their newborn grandson. even just talking about the baby makes their emotional stress away for awhile. heartbreaking. imagine watching your home burn on television. things you just cannot replace. fireproof boxes, right? keep them under your bed. >> we have a surplus of rain here. -- at the the dp dewpoint, 70 degrees. most people start to feel uncomfortable when it is about 63, 65. being at 70 is quite high. you may feel like you're melting like the wicked witch of the west when you walk outside this afternoon. this hour had dallas. culpepper a little warmer at 84 degrees. maybe a couple of sprinkles in hagerstown where the temperature is 81. up to 87 degrees yesterday. hour rainfall departure is up about half an inch. we do

the exposure on the one next to it not really any heat. this is a good demonstration. >> the interesting deal right off the bat is that one burned down and this -- >> has yet to ignite. >> i see spoke. >> just the products inside that are burning. >> wow. very exciting. >> so i can imagine -- i'm with the building department, there are real implication for providing fire resistive safety in buildings if we can figure out how to properly apply it and make sure people don't cut holes in it. >> there are fire service and dynamics that go there. the building industry and manufacturers love the late weight trusses and guszet plates, things that perform great until you expose them to fire. firemen have to walk on these. >> more firemen have been killed because of building collapses than ever documented before. there are buildings engineered strong under normal conditions. add the fire component to it, and the fire -- the line is for a firefighter, the building is your enemy. know your enemy. if you know how it is put together you know how it will come apart. now you add this product -- >> a new unknown. i am not saying this is going to effect the b

burned this evening. this is video from a viewer of one of the fires that was burning on interstate 780 near glenclo parkway. one man pulled out a hose to protect his home from the flames. firefighters say it's not cheer what sparked the fires but they say it might be something as simple as a car sending off sparks. >>> a sign of how dangerous this fire season is so far. flames broke out again near kelly park and we are live near happy hollow park, and this is the fourth grass fire in the past three days, correct. >> reporter: that's right. firefighters have been very busy. the last firefighters from san jose left this scene an hour ago. the fire burned up into these trees and it wasn't especially destructive it is a reminder of an already worrisome fire season and hotter temperatures are on the way. a helicopter along with 35 firefighters battled this fire this afternoon right next to the east parking lot of happy hollow park and zoo. >> my wife called me and said a fire, in front my house. >> reporter: andrew chong's wife packed up her son and left but they did not have to leave. firefighters kept the fla

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the trucker said he heard a loud pop and by the time he pulled over his rig, one of the cars was already burning. at least 7 of the 9 cars on the trailer were a total loss. nobody was injured. the fire, though, did shut down westbound highway 24 for hours making a big mess out of the morning commute. the highway though is completely open right now. >>> a massive wildfire in colorado just became the most destructive in the state's history. the black mountain fire near colorado springs has charred 15,000 acres since it began on tuesday. the el paso county sheriff says the latest survey shows at least 360 homes have burned and that number could rise even higher. officials say so far, there is zero containment. about 350 homes burned in the same area in a fire last year. >>> checking some bay area headlines now on this thursday, a smartphone summit to stop rampant cell phone they have been under way now in -- cell phone theft under way now in new york. george gascon and other law enforcement are trying to create an industry standard to discourage cell phone robberies. this week apple announced plans

the plug. >> a field trip making a dangerous turn on a muni bus. the place that the kids were going. >> and in colorado homes go up in flames we'll have an update on wildfires burninge fight against a hospital accused of dumping patients in california. the group is now stepping into the fray. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> police to enforce our laws. i don't think cameras are doing any good, at all. >> the city of belmont turning off red light cameras. many call the experiment a failure. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm carolyn johnson well. begin a story only on abc 7 news. vic? >> this is the intersection and over there you can see one of the red light cameras. in july the cameras maid fade to black like they did in redwood city and burlingame. red light cameras are at two intersections. in the second set at ralston and old county road. the council member has been a critic from the start. >> that is what we pay our police to do. to enforce our laws. >> the cameras made by red flex traffic systems averaged about 170 citations per month. mostly for rolling stops. police chief believes the cameras were able to accomplish for public safety what officers could not.

. >> reporter: the smoke comes from burn on the indonesia island of sumatra which also oftentimes causes seasonal fires. hazy skies are an annual phenomenon. the singapore government has analyzed satellite images and found more forest fires than average on sumatra this year. a gauge of air pollution in singapore monday night hit its highest level in 16 years. singapore and indonesia have to tackle the problem. but companies also burning the fields and generating the smoke. the role is escalating into a diplomatic issue. the three countries are scheduled to hold a meeting soon to discuss the situation. for the time being, singapore is urging children and the elderly to stay indoors as the haze is expected to linger for several more days. mark ho, nhk world, singapore. >>> members of japan's self-defense forces have staged a landing drill with u.s. troops on an american island. it's the first training exercise by amphibious japanese units overseas. about 1,000 personnel from the ground and maritime self-defenses took part. u.s. osprey aircraft landed about 80 marines on the island off the

burned this evening. this is video from a viewer of one of the fires that was burning on interstate 780 near glenclo parkway. one man pulled out a hose to protect his home from the flames. firefighters say it's not cheer what sparked the fires but they say it might be something as simple as a car sending off sparks. >>> aign of how dangerous this fire season is so far. flames broke out again near kelly park and we are live near happy hollow park, and this is the fourth grass fire in the past three days, correct. >> reporter: that's right. firefighters have been very busy. the last firefighters from san jose left this scene an hour ago. the fire burned up into these trees and it wasn't especially destructive it is a reminder of an already worrisome fire season and hotter temperatures are on the way. a helicopter along with 35 firefighters battled this fire this afternoon right next to the east parking lot of happy hollow park and zoo. >> my wife called me and said a fire, in front my house. >> reporter: andrew chong's wife packed up her son and left but they did not have to leave. firefighters kept the flame

on. >> we asked experts to conduct tests to determine the difference. >> the experts compared coatings that are more than 1.5 millimeters thick to those this are less than one millimeter thick. the experts burned the cables for 20 minutes. after six minutes, fire engulfed the cables with a one-millimeter thick coating. it happened with a number of samples. it is evident, thinly coating cables burn easily. so plant operators need to examine the thickness of fire retardant coatings to determine the effectiveness of fireproofing. regulators haven't specified how they will verify the performances at cable networks at nuclear plants. some say similar problems remain with other equipment and facilities. >> checking not only cables, but all the equipment will be extremely difficult expecting plants to verify safety. >> there 15 nuclear reactors in japan. monitoring all those reactors is not going to be easy. it may even prove impossible. the nuclear regulation authority has 80 inspectors. they will likely need more manpower and more expertise. >> that was nhk world. >> here's a look at the latest market figures. . >> next up, the weather forecast for this weekend. >> adults and children are looking f

janis dean reporting for us. >>> the burning glare on the spotlight is squarely now back on the attorney general, eric holder. he's fending off allegations that he misled congress. mr. holder will meet behind closed doors next week with a house judiciary committee looking to clarify earlier testimony on the justice department's surveillance of american journalists, including fox news reporter james rosen. molly henneberg is live in washington with more on that. hi, molly. >> hi, gregg. attorney general eric holder will meet with lawmakers privately sometime next week and answer questions in writing for the house judiciary committee by the close of business on wednesday. house judiciary committee chairman, bob goodlatte, say they're giving him a second chance to clarify his may testimony on the james rosen leak investigation, specifically why holder appeared to tell lawmakers that he did not approve of that type of investigation. later it was revealed holder signed the search warrant. congressman said in a statement, quote, after learning of the rosen warrant, it was clear his, meaning ho

the high desert city of lancaster. more than 25,000 acres have burned. and nearly 3,000 people have been forced out of their homes. six homes have been destroyed. >>> the blaze is burning dense brush on rugged terrain that hasn't burned for more than 80 years. people living in the fire's path say they can't believe what they're seeing. >> i'm completely humbled. it's really hard to see your community like this. >> this is the most devastating fire that i have ever experienced. it's terrifying. >> three firefighters suffered minor injuries. the fire is about 20% contained. and the cause is under investigation. >>> fire crews are also trying to contain a couple of wildfires burning out of control in new mexico. about 50 homes have been evacuated as the two blazes expand in the northern part of the state scorching a combined 9,000 acres. officials say severe doubt conditions not seen since the 1950s -- severe drought conditions not seen since the 1950s are fueling the fire. >>> people still unaccounted for after the latest violent storms in oklahoma. friday's tornadoes and floods killed 13 people in the el reno area there. more than 100 others were injured. in some cases, people sought

. >> at this point, i can feel the burns on my hands as i'm trying to stop. i hit the side of the wall with the back of my head right here, and i believe that that knocked me out. >> you hear one hit, you hear the second hit and then you hear the final thump. in my mind, i'm just wondering what just went on, what happened. >> david scrambles to the canyon's edge and peers down. >> i got into kind of panic mode. >> hey, you okay? >> i'm like is he dead? because he's not responding. >> at the bottom of the wall of rock, eric comes to. >> i looked at my hands, saw a bloody mess, checked myself out, immediately stood up. >> and it dawns on him, amazingly, he's still alive. >> i knew i had just been part of a miracle. modern day miracle caught on tape. >> david now has to rappel to his friend in the canyon below. >> i asked him what happened, you okay. he just shows me his hands and his hands were just all blistery, all meaty. >> i knew i had just survived a fall that i should not have survived. >> and now there's only one way out of the canyon. >> i'm a little sho

so gruesome, we could never broadcast them. >> all of these are bullet holes and you can see the burn marks onhe wall. >> the attack meant the tournament was cancelled. but then something unexpected happened. the very next day soldiers were back on the court. >> thank everybody at home. i love the sport. >> insisting the games would go on. >> what does that say about the strength of the u.s. military? >> that we stand together, regardless of the situation. >> it says that our resolve to win, our resolve to continue this mission, is what it's all about. >> in some places basketball is more than just a game. >> this unit gave them an opportunity to get a slice of america here in afghanistan. >> in a week where the world's eyes are fixed on the nba finals, it's a reminder, the power of sports played by those who love it has the power to heel. >> when people think about basketball, they may not realize how important basketball can be in a place like this. what would you say to them? >> basketball fans, it's cool. >> i would say enjoy the game, enjoy watching the finals at home. you know, and be bl