. >> may 4th, 1988, henderson, nevada, just ten miles from the las vegas strip. dennis todd is doing routine repair work on a tv transmission tower on the top of black mountain when he notices an extremely bright fire down below. >> we looked down and we saw this fire with the brilliance like a fourth of july sparkler and unlike anything i'd ever seen before. >> the fire is so bright because it's fueled by a highly volatile chemical used to make rocket fuel. todd grabs his video camera and begins recording. >> i set it on a tripod, pointed down at the fire, and went back to eating my lunch. >> the fire has broken out at the pacific engineering and production company, known as pepcon. the ammonium prochlorate is developed for solid rocket motors and shuttles. >> the solid rocket motors of the shuttles that take off are filled with ammonia perchlorate. >> pepcon employees run for their lives. >> the employees knew what was happening and they just self-evacuated across the desert. >> before firefighters arrive, there's a massive explosion. >> ooh, that is going to be

mulroy: the las vegas strip uses only 3% of all the water that we deliver. and when you think about it, it's the largest economic driver in the state, the largest employer, bar none. they knew they had to go the extra mile. and they've embraced conservation. and it's almost beyond belief that they're right now in the process of building another 15,000 rooms. southern nevada recycles 100% of its wastewater. so for every gallon we put back in the colorado, we can take an additional gallon out, or we send it to reuse facilities. and we deliver it to golf courses and parks and other outside applications. man: water's about a third of our budget. that's a lot of money. the lake right over here, 24 hours ago that was in somebody's house. it's been through a treatment plant. and now it's in our lake and we're watering with it. narrator: these reuse and conservation techniques enable las vegas to exist in the desert. another important form of conservation is preventing leaks. man: every drop counts. all water systems have what they call an efficiency rating. so if y

well, like cities the country, las vegas lost that bet. me prices here have dropped more than 61% from the peak in 2006. president barack obama's federal mortgage relief program have helped 3.4 million homeowners with government-backed mortgages to refinance. he wants to expand that to 3.5 million homeowners with mortgages guaranteed by private banks. >> if you're ineligible for refinancing just because you're underwater on your mortgage, through no fault of your own, this plan changes that. >> reporter: it will cost the government $4 billion to back the refinanced mortgages. that has met stiff resistance in congress. governor mitt romney advocates a different approach: get government out of the way and let the market work, he told the las vegas review journal last year. >> don't try and stop the foreclosure process. let it run its course and hit the bottom, allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them. >> reporter: when we asked the romney campaign for more details they directed us to this statement from a speech last month. >> and th

. >>> then, later in "the pulse," las vegas seeing a boost in business thanks to a certain v.i.p. >>> welcome back, on this friday morning. a study finds that those nearing retirement age have suffered the most since the financial crisis. the typical household income for folks 55 to 64, is almost 10% less now than it was three years ago. and their home values have fallen sharply, as well. retirees often count on money from the sales of their homes. >>> while we're awaiting a u.s. federal jury decision in the apple/samsung patent battle, a court has weighed in. they're both at fault. the korean judge bans some older devices, as well. they say there's no way consumers would confuse their smartphones. >>> kodak hopes to sell off its imaging unit and concentrate on printing and business services. that means kodak will no longer make film, or scanners. >> film? what was that? >> a foreign word. >> the good old days. >>> if you bought an ab circle pro exercise device, you could get a refund. the company is settling charges that the marketing is deceptive. the marketing promised you can lose

. >> reporter: a 1 call this morning alerted calfire to smoke sights in the las cumbres neighborhoodsspotted flames around boulder creek, because of heavy cloud cover, the fire was initially believed to cover 30 acres. it turned out to be just over six acres, but on tougher terrain. >> it's tough accesses, one way in, one way out, so from were evacuations it could have been a difficult situation to get fire equipment in and residents out. >> reporter: chp and the santa cruz fire department was on scene to assist is roadblocks or evacuations. >> the area is mountainous and farly rural. it takes a long time to get here. >> reporter: with wind threatening to whip up the fire, one homeowner evacuated voluntarily while others got ready it leave. >> it wasn't sort of immediate danger, but i thought let's pack our stuff. right through the canyon and over the house here. >> she said she watched from her deck as men and machines fought fire with water and retardant. as the hours passed she packedp her pets and prepared for the worst. >> i have stuff prepared. we are all pretty prepared up here

. >>> fire investigators are still on the scene of a glass fire in santa cruz coming up next the las cumbres fire is now out, but investigators say it will take days to figure out what sparked the fire. as ktvu's patti lee tells us mountain residents knew what to do when the fire started. >> reporter: 250 firefighters, four air tankers and two helicopters were key to beating back these flames. >> i woke up to helicopter sounds. and then i looked out and it was all of? smoke and he thought it was smog at first. >> reporter: a 911 call this morning alerted calfire to smoke sightings in the las cumbres neighborhood. crews spotted flames around boulder creek. because of heavy cloud cover the fire was essentially believed to cover 30 acres. it turned out to be just over six acres, but on tough terrain. it's tough acserious one way in and one way out, so if there were evacuations it could have been a difficult situation to get fire equipment in and residents out. >> reporter: chp and the santa cruz sheriff's department were on hand to assist. >> the area is rural and mountainous. >> reporte

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the las vegas photograph: viral. >> but first, signs offering quick sales and cash for your home. what you need to know about the sneaky real estate scam, coming up >> i'm lawrence karnow in the cbs five weather center. lots of sunshine in the,,,,,,,,, >> on the consumer watch, a desperate homeowners are being warned about a scam known as blind real-estate deals. signs are posted on street corners are free to buy your home for quick cash or to sell its just as quickly. the video from the santa clara county district attorney's office wants homeowners to not call them. >> the buying your home for cash kind of deals, you end up possibly selling your home undervalue, partially because you are desperate. he may not have been contacting someone who was scrupulous. >> investigators are taking down the signs as soon as they're spotted. if you have a consumer problem called a hot line we have volunteers there to take your calls. >> bad housing market picked up in july that has not lifted the market slightly. take a look at the dow on this wednesday, down but not by much. the national associ

the idea, of course. sandra: thank you for joining us. >> pleasure, thank you. sandra: nude and loathing in las vegas. the city of sin plans to cash in on the princes naked rump. details next. you can never have too much "money." ♪ (birds chirping) at earthjustice, we defend the environment in the courtroom. join our fight. when you take a seat, you take a stand. earthjustice. because the earth needs a good lawyer. ♪ sandr a: we are joined by the fox business' own adam, and we learned this week what happens in vegas does not always stay in vegas. somebody partying with harry posted cheeky photos of him in the nude ending up on the cover of tabloids worldwide, and now the las las vegas tour has a new campaign to put the offender to shame. they are encouraging visitors to report people who post embarrassing pictures on facebook. does this make you more or less inclined to go to vegas, adam? >> i think you go to vegas if you're an adult for a couple reasons. one is to gamble. sandra: that's all that's done in vegas; right? >> no. if you're not a gambler, you go for other things you hope don't end up on th

the jackpot on lvs. they're teaming up for a trade and get you to las vegas sands for under $2. they'll break it down. >>> why were all those options traders discovering discover's financial call. >>> live from nasdaq market site, the world's largest equity exchange. these are the traders in sometimes square stock despite having nice gains interday today. only one stock traders are watching, apple, the world's most valuable company making fresh highs this week, seeing huge call volume. let's get in the money right now and tech one of the strongest sectors. apple in focus. certainly was in focus in options pit as well. >> early in the week, short day just exploded and the call volume, traders reaching for short weeklies. they were dominating the most active call and put volume early in the week, monday, tuesday, wednesday. three days in a row. ironically this happened when their competitors, hewlett and dell, on the pc side, are giving basically a horrible outlook, very murky visibility for the next quarter as it relate to pc sales in front of what people expect to be a very big u

hours after the violence ended i visited the army compound in south la, where an officer of the 18th, that had come to rescue the city, introduced me to two of his troopers. years old. story. they had come into la late on the 2nd day, and they walked up a dark street, where the mob had looted and burned every building but one, a convalescent home for the aged. the mob was heading in, to ransack and loot the apartments of the terrified old men and women. when the troopers arrived, m 16s at the ready, the mob threatened and cursed, but the mob retreated. it had met the one thing that could stop it: force, rooted in justice, backed by courage. [applause] greater love than this hath no man than that he lay down his life for his friend. here were 19 year old boys ready to lay down their lives to stop a mob from molesting old people they did not even know. and as they took back the streets of la, block by block, so we must take back our cities, and take back our culture, and take back our country. god bless you, and god bless america. [applause] >> tomorrow on "washington journal" dave lev

the mast broke near angel eyend la. the boat was in serious danger of capsizing. >>> the san francisco 49ers settled their lawsuit against santa clara county, and tonight construction of the team's new stadium is unimpeded. the team and the county agreed to share roughly $30 million in redevelopment funds that were seized by a county oversight committee for public education. the money had been earmarked to help pay for the $1 billion stadium project. under this settlement, the county school district will get $7 million, and that should be enough to balance its budget and avoid teacher layoffs. the 49ers will get $23 million over the next five years. >>> a richmond family welcomed a new member this week, but the little boy couldn't wait until they got to the hospital. she got into her car to go to the hospital, but the baby was coming too quickly. the soon to be new father called 9-1-1, but he ended up delivering the baby himself in the back of their suv. >> i just told her no, i can't do it. i was waiting for the baby an

get this, a chimp escaped for the second time in las vegas. what police had to do for safety's sake. but, second time. >> second time. >> same chimp. >> partner in crime. cj. i know about the story. i covered it this morning. cj, partner in crime, buddy, shot dead four weeks ago. >> a chimp expert here. >> the man right here. >>> later this half-hour, lumping five wedding ceremonies into one celebration. see why this was five times the fun. >> five times the cost? >> five times as cheap, i imagine. >>> speaking of expenses, right, not cheap, it was a spectacular end to the olympic games. fireworks lit up the sky as millions watched the closing ceremony. >> games turned out to be far more successful than anyone expected. nbc's tom rivers is there. >> reporter: the athletes marched into the olympic stadium for the last time and stood to honor the last gold medalist, the marathon runner from uganda. then it was time to party, dancing into the nights to the sound of british rock and pop. the olympic flag was lowered. the olympic flame extinguished.

the ad directs you to visit the las vegas website and shows a video how to obey the code. you can tweet, post pictures on facebook about what happens on facebook. but don't go too far about breaking the vegas code. or you will be shamed. >> someone broke it in this case, badly. you know it's a party when you pack a gas mask. >> yeah. just for safety measures. i have a feeling he won't be going back to vegas for a little while. >> probably not. >> maybe i'm wrong. >>> coming up here on the broadcast, the desperate mom and the mystery. why did this high school cheerleader vanish without a trace in the middle of the night? the latest from the fbi investigation coming up. >>> plus, the so-called internet casanova. police search for an alleged con artist who charms women through online dating sites and then scams them out of their cash and valuables. find out how this smooth operator works. >> the hunt is on for this man this morning. >>> and how do you give a 4-week-old panda a medical exam? very, very carefully. this video, which is incredibly adorable, coming up after a quic

african-americans being in the nba, my second question is would you ever want to be the head coach for the la lakers, and my third question is could you tell me who your favorite african american athlete is? >> i guess i will handle this with the last question first. my favorite inventor is lewis latimer and doctor charles schultz. what they did for people was so significant all the way around the world. lewis letter, by doing alexander graham bell's application drawings, he was right there at the salvation of telecommunication and electronics. also because of what he did with illumination and these are important things all around the world. modern lights would not be able to exist without artificial lighting. i think that his invention is very important. doctor charles has saved so many lives and impacted so many lives because of the knowledge that we have through the science of blood typing. again, this is a very important contribution worldwide. i think and i hope that answers your questions. sorry don't have time to answer all three. >> let's move on to charlotte in south bend, indiana. >

and the man who runs sin city's hottest hotel is here with a las vegas update, mandy. >> >>> we begin with president obama at the white house wrapping up a press briefing. john harwood wraps it up for us. john? >> reporter: mandy, president obama had been taking flack for not having press conferences and not being available to the press. he chose today in the aftermath of the comments of congressman akin saying that people who have been the subject of what he called legitimate rape can't get pregnant or usually don't get pregnant, that's been denounced by a wide variety of republican politicians. president obama came out, said those were offensive comments. he went on to make some other political points. among them, he was talking about the things that he wants congress to do on jobs and in what may qualify as the understatement of the year, said he wasn't expecting much returning from the august recess. here's the president. >> i would love to say that when congress comes back they've got a week or ten days before they go out and start campaigning again that we'll see a flurry of act

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i think it's from, like, 2005 or something, but -- prince harry was hanging out by the pool in las vegasn friday. by the way, if you are googling harry nude photos right now, be sure you spell harry right. trust me on this. [ applause ] so, they were at the pool, with friends, and the prince. one thing lead to another and the story says he and his friends brought a group of women up to the room for a game of strip bill yards. they had a pool table in their room. here is one of the photos. that's one of the individuals believed to be prince harry. wearing the same necklace that harry had on at the pool. he's covering the crown jewels there, so -- and there was another picture, i think he's giving the heimlich maneuver there. fortunately, he was wearing a big red star on his butt. [ laughter ] buckingham palace today confirmed that the pictures are harry. which was -- with an ass that white, we at least knew he was british, if not -- of course, this has caused quite a come motion in london. i'd be disappointed if my prince wasn't having naked parties in vegas. this is what princes do. at l

plus the petaluma zero in la. plus the petaluma kids. sports >> good evening. giants inch back that first place in the national league west. ahead of the dodgers. with madison leading the way tonight in la. warriors owner what do they talk about for 9 innings. pitcher dual. that was the best my. diving. to make the catch on blanco bunt. wow! madison dealing smoke in the third. then in the fifth. aj up. swing and myself. double my. 8 scoreless frames struck out 10. giants led 1 nothing on a sac. fly then again in the sixth. comes up throwing. angel. barely. bottom 9. cholesterol it out or not. ramirez. solo bottom. 19 and second against romo this year solo pez comes in. he gets the final out. andre there. giants back in first place by half game. 2-1 the final in the series opener. a's and twins. minnesota the worst record in the american league but they didn't lack like it tonight. former josh double in run. base hit to right. one run scores. feeling frisky. testing the arm of jsh. off line. 3 and third gave up 6 runs. early today watching petaluma in the little

plus the petaluma zero in la. plus the petaluma kids. sports ♪ ♪ i'm thinking sweet ♪ and i'm thinking new ♪ i'm thinking all these brilliant colors ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] [ female announcer ] 40 delicious flavors that feel as good as they taste. yoplait, it is so good! >> good evening. giants inch back that first place in the national league west. ahead of the dodgers. with madison leading the way toght in la. warriors owner what do they talk about for 9 innings. pitcher dual. that was the best my. diving. to make the catch on blanco bunt. wow! madison dealing smoke the third. then in the fifth. aj up. swing and myself. double my. 8 scoreless frames struck out 10. giants led 1 nothing on a sac. fly then again in the sixth. comes up throwing. angel. barely. bottom 9. cholesterol it out or not. ramirez. solo bottom. 19 and second against romo this year solo pez comes in. he gets the final out. andre there. giants back in first place by hal

spain also away to challenge for letty's men as under lock and malaga make up the rest of the group the la liga side competing in the competition for the very top. in group j. last season's top flight runners up spot at moscow face the ominous task of taking on barcelona the catalan side have won europe's premier competition twice in the last four seasons portuguese side benfica and scottish champions celtic completed the group. and the reigning champions chelsea who won the competition for the first time in may are in group eight their opponents are italian champions eventis shut down yet ukraine f.c. north said last. time there had to be one group they could be called the group of death the champions of spain will face the champions of england israel madrid for the draw against manchester city to form a winners of the competition complete the line up one thousand nine hundred. five thousand nine hundred ninety seven champions produce here taught me. and you can say that full draw on the dot com now and the euro plates has come moscow or carney in action against qualifying round second li

the gsa is holding another convention right now. >> reporter: first, there was a las vegas conferencend this now infamous photo. the general services administration spent more than $800,000 of taxpayer money on the vegas gathering in 2010. now, lawmakers and the inspector general are looking into more spinning sprees. >> the taxpayer wants to know why. >> reporter: the agency is under investigation for spending more than $260,000 on a one-day conference in arlington, virginia. $20,000 was spent on drum sticks for attendees. >> and there are serious allegations of excessive spending and activities of dubious merit. >> reporter: lawmakers are asking questions about as many as 77 conditions. after the las vegas scandal, a handful of gsa employees were let go and the administrator resigned. >> we had requested, of course, mr. tangerlini, and as you said, he had the family issue. we invited the deputy chief administrator and. >> reporter: the chief administrative officer did attend today. >> we have cancelled 37 previously scheduled conferences. those are a few of the reforms administrator

no. >> prince harry's royal excursion to the realm of las vegas has come to an end. so fun. so memorable. so naked. >> we have the greatest photographs of the coolest royal, prince harry, naked at a party in las vegas. >> yes. prince harry as you have never seen him before. >> basically prince harry was in vegas over the weekend. went down to the bar with his boys. met random girls. brought them up to the suite and started to play strip pool. >> random girls, gamessk

and the las vegasç visitors bureau is thrilled. em to remember what happens in vegas should stay in vegas. >> should is the word. >> those cameras. >> just ahead, more than a year after she was acquitted of murder, casey anthony is enjoying something she has not had for a long time. >> a close call for the goodyear blimp. how crews are managing to keep a raging inferno at bay. >> a search for solutions to end the violence plaguing one of america's safest big cities. for all your news, weather, traffic, check us out on facebook. >> reporter: at this hour san jose police on the scene of the city's latest deadly çoo

plus the petaluma zero in la. plus the petaluma kids.áááááááááá ♪ ♪ i'm thinking sweet ♪ and i'm thinking new ♪ i'm thinking all these brilliant colors ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] [ female announcer ] 40 delicious flavors that feel as good as they taste. yoplait, it is so good! >> good evening. giants inch back that first place in the national league west. ahead of the dodgers. with madison leading the way tonight in la. warriors owner what do they talk about for 9 innings. pitcher dual. that was the best my. diving. to make the catch on blanco bunt. wow! madison dealing smoke in the third. then in the fifth. aj up. swing and myself. double my. 8 scoreless frames struck out 10. giants led 1 nothing on a sac. fly then again in the sixth. comes up throwing. angel. barely. bottom 9. cholesterol it out or not. ramirez. solo bottom. 19 and second against romo this year solo pez comes in. he gets the final out. andre there. giants back in first plac

the la la palooza concert they had to evacuate 80,000 people this afternoon. ics flairing up. tropical storm ernesto with maximum sustained winds at 60 miles per hour. its track will take it towards the west and eventually across the yucatan peninsula of mexico and may re-emerge across the gulf of mexico. very warm water out here. what's going to happen after that to be determined. tropical storm florence now beginning to weaken a little bit and expect it to be an area of low pressure as we move toward the end of the upcoming work week. heading closer to home, our future cast shows mostly cloudy skies overnight, a little patchy fog, another hot day tomorrow but off to the west of us, this is the cold front that's going to slide on through. it will have the potential to bring strong to severe thunderstorms through our area tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours complete with gusty winds and heavy downpours and cooler temperatures on monday. a forecast tonight, warm, humid patchy fog may develop. 70 to 78 degrees. daytime highs into the 90's tomorrow with afte

>> rose: before i leave you i want to talk about this because it is central to your book, what is the la america. >> it is a remarkable story, carlie that actually begins with the holocaust, in the late 30s, jewish fur traders who were able to flee europe, many of them resettled here in new york and they needed a new source for petals to make coats and hats, they turned to afghanistan for the fur of the newborn persian fat tail sheep and in the late 30s and early 40s afghanistan exported between 1 and 2 million of these pelt as year to the united states. the sale of each one put a few more dollars in the afghan king's treasury, at the end of the second world war afghan was sit okay an windfall that $1 million in gold reserves in the treasury so the after fan king who had been very impressed with what the united states did during the great depression with the tennessee valley authority says said i am going to hire american engineers to try to modernize my country and so he hired the american company that had built the hoover damn and san francisco bay bridge to come to southern afghanista

>> rose: before i leave you i want to talk about this because it is central to your book, what is the la america. >> it is a remarkable story, carlie that actually begins with the holocaust, in the late 30s, jewish fur traders who were able to flee europe, many of them resettled here in new york and they needed a new source for petals to make coats and hats, they turned to afghanistan for the fur of the newborn persian fat tail sheep and in the late 30s and early 40s afghanistan exported between 1 and 2 million of these pelt as year to the united states. the sale of each one put a few more dollars in the afghan king's treasury, at the end of the second world war afghan was sit okay an windfall that $1 million in gold reserves in the treasury so the after fan king who had been very impressed with what the united states did during the great depression with the tennessee valley authority says said i am going to hire american engineers to try to modernize my country and so he hired the american company that had built the hoover damn and san francisco bay bridge to come to southern afghanista

one of the wettest days in las vegas history. we even have rain this morning pushing right through arizona. so this little upper level low that's spun itself here and brought us the wet weather will slowly be working its way out today. best chances of those rain showers and storms will be from phoenix towards albuquerque, also a chance of some showers in the northwest where it remains a little cool you san diego, morning clouds, afternoon sunshine. looks like a drier day tomorrow clouds, afternoon sunshine. looks like a drier day tomorrow. >> my mom was very unhappy with you. >> one day of rain. >>> new hope for fed dollars. and more airline fees. you still won't believe this one. >>> plus believe it or not, one of the children of hollywood's real couple is already making their showbiz debut. >>> coming up, another suspension in baseball, a first for derek jeter and a pair of hat tricks on the diamond. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. >>> the army of da