climate change and wildfire.he undersecretary of agriculture, howard sherman, has submitted this link exists. the chief of the forest service has admitted this link exists. scientists around the world approve in this link exists. earlier this week in massive job of vice twice the size of the island of manhattan broke off the p. deming glacier in greenland. scientists point to warming of ocean temperatures as the culprit. i have suggested that we rename it to nighter island where those who question the science behind global warming can spend the summer cooling off and escaping the heat waves, the draft plan the wildfires that have beset the united states. today to of those bills seem to be legislating from to nighter island. the goal that i have is to introduce here legislation that will make it possible to recognize that we have a problem it also recognizes that we don't have the type of scientific certainty to lock in logging and grazing projects for ten and 20 years like the other measures proposed. instead, my

when catastrophic wildfire breaks out, there are no winners. not the wildlife, not the communities of the taxpayers. that is why we are here today to discuss real immediate relief to the dangerous situations on a near our public lands. last year in arizonaalone with a million acres burned up impacting 100 ranching families in displacing 18,000 head of cattle. as of this week, over 1.5 million acres have burned this year in the west alone. the overall cost of wildfires ranged from three to 10 times fire suppression costs, not counting property laws, personal injuries and death. for ranchers, the cost includes just with cattle, loss of infrastructure and livestock. what's the cost of this destruction? we should start by looking at me that. agencies face a tremendous workload of hourly analysis with other regulations. they planned, study, get sued for months and even years on end, creating backlogs. extreme anti-logging an anti-grazing environmental groups within the rings to file suit on procedural point blake missed deadlines often times collect

drought contributed to wildfires in colorado. check this out.his increased amount right here that caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. nationwide. this is a nationwide number here. the size of wildfires has tripled in just the last 15 years. see this spike. the culprit behind these extreme weather events, no surprise is climate change. as the earth continues to warm, scientists are predicting we're going to see a lot more. with just a one degree increase in temperature parts of some states like colorado are going to see more than 600% more wildfires. the dark patches right here, the super dark ones between 500 and 600, 700% jump in wildfires. and it is massive elsewhere too. you're seeing this huge uptick. but even though climate change is having the catastrophic impacts, guess what? it barely gets a mention in the news. according to media matters wildfire stories that mention climate change are infit es mal. they attribute climate change to the increasing challenges. television, there were 258 segments. of those only four mentioned

climate change and wildfire. the undersecretary of agriculture, harris sherman, has admitted this link exists. the chief of the forest service has admitted this link exists. scientists around the world have proven this link exists. earlier this week a massive chunk of ice twice the size of the island of manhattan broke off the peterman glacier in greenland, and scientists point to warming ocean temperatures as the culprit. i have suggested that we remaim it denier island where those who question the science behind global warming can spend the summer cooling off and escaping the heat waves, the brought and the wildfires that that have bet the united states. and today two of those bills seem to be legislating from denier island. the goal that i have is to introduce here legislation that will make it possible to recognize that we have a problem with our forests. it also recognizes that we don't have the type of scientific certainty to lock in logging and grazing projects for 10 or 20 years like the other measures pr

so where the wildfires are located, temperatures, with winds, up to about 15 miles an hour. with the trough digging in, we're looking at winds gusting up to 25 miles an hour. so the sooner that the firefighters can get a handle on the fire, the better. it doesn't look like mother nature will offer any rain in sight. tomorrow, looks like things are windy, especially in the east bay here at home. cooler temperatures, we'll talk more about the rest of the week's forecast, coming up in a while. >> the wind has been a big problem. >>> federal officials looking at protecting whales near the bay area, there is a spike of the number of them killed in the past years. so the endangered whales, the hump whales, the blue whales, are lured to the area. the new routes are supposed to start being used next year. >>> thousands of people participated today in the 26th annual aids walk in san francisco. congresswoman barbara lee and agree actress marie jones, among the celebrities who spoke before the walk. about 20 thousand people took part this year. now that there are new drug therapy for

three dozen wildfires now burning up the western u.s.them is being called the most destructive in the state's history. we have been reporting on this. ahead, the latest on the battle to keep more homes from going up in flames. a lifeguard runs in to help a man who is struggling in the water. today, he is unemployed. what does he do that got him fired? do you agree or disagree with his punishment? we report. you decide. that is coming up as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. >> hi, this is first lt. with the first military battalion stationed at bob joyce, afghanistan. i want to wish 9/11 tucson, arizona a happy fourth of july. enjoy the holiday. eseses mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 1943. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa.

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the c-130 planes dumped gallons of water on wildfires. the planes were temporarily grounded following the sunday crash of one of them that killed four crew members. six of the planes are back in business. >>> a judge found a jetblue pilot who had a midair melt down not guilty by reason of insanity. captain clayton will now be sent to a federal mental health facility for observation. back in march he was piloting a plane from new york to los angeles when he started yelling things about terrorists during the flight. several passengers wrestled the captain to the floor when he began running down the aisle. the flight crew locked him out of the cockpit and made an emergency landing in amarillo. he had been charge with interfering with a flight crew. >>> a culpepper county man is behind bars for assaulting a store clerk over the price of a bottle of water. police say 29-year-old steven seen here got into an argument with the clerk at the horizon food store on madison road. sayinger apparently started yelling at the clerks that he could prove h

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. >>> as colorado's most destructive wildfire gets under control, california prepares for what could be a rough summer. allison seymour tells us the story of one group of elite firefighters called smoke jumpers. >> reporter: when wildfire breaks out and the flames are too remote to access on land, smoke jumpers get the call. this highly trained elite group of firefighters parachute into some of the most challenging wildfires in the country. they can be airborne in minutes and can reach any fire line in the west in a few hours. it's extremely demanding. after fighting fires, they have to hike for miles to get picked up. rico gonzalez is one of more than 400 american smoke jumpers and has more than 200 jumps in his 14-year career. >> we do move around. you don't know where you're going to be at tomorrow. >> reporter: when they're not on a fire, they spend time maintaining fire equipment like chain saws and hand tools and they have to maintain an important tool of the trade, their parachutes. you might be surprised to find out they adept at sewing and when not working with a needle and

forest service, 54 major wildfires are now burning in the united states. and today a colorful reminder that it's not just nature they are fighting. according to officials, fireworks are one of the most frequent causes of wildfires prompting communities in up to 20 states to ban their use and cancel tonight's displays. police in hard hit colorado have teams on special fireworks patrol. >> are there any fireworks in your apartment? >> meantime in utah, it is another man made cause being blamed for at least 21 blazes. gunfire. the governor has authorized bans on shooting outside cities and towns where fire risk is deemed extreme. the move has sparked a political firestorm. >> i don't think it's all necessary. most shooters have a level head and they make good decisions. it only takes a few knuckle heads to give everyone else a bad name. >> reporter: but man made or mother nature, firefighters say their work this season is likely just getting started. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and what would july 4th be without some presidential politics. bo

. >>> the fallout from the wildfires in the west. the damage left behind after the flames are out. >>> to catch a thief. do these faces look familiar? what some police departments are doing these days to find their most wanted. >>> hooked. the hidden epidemic. tonight a solution that seems to be working helping teenagers stay clean and sober. >>> and air brush. are all these pretty women fake? what happens when an eighth grade girl took on america's biggest teen fashion magazine? grade girl took on america's biggest teen fashion magazine? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. i'm kate snow. i'm in tonight for brian. if you're living in alaska or oregon you may be starting to wonder what all the fuss is about. but for about the past week much of the nation has been in the grips of dangerously high heat. it just won't let up. take a look at these high temperatures today. all or parts of 24 states and the nation's capital were either under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings to

let's move out west an focus on those all-important wildfires. when you talk about weather that's critical for firefighters on the front lines. any good news for them? >> there really isn't. there are three weather aspects -- temperature, wind and moisture. moisture is the only good thing. right? temperatures make it all burn faster. the wind feeds energy into the fire. we are going to see wind today from the southeast, especially around the waldo canyon fire. winds sustained between 10 and 15 miles per hour, gusts 30 to 40. temperatures not moving much. not in the hundreds but still in the 90s and not going anywhere. no rain really in sight as well. >> in the middle of winter you hope for something like this, then it comes and it's awful and it's dangerous. >>> heat also an issue for firefighters battling the waldo canyon fire near colorado springs. more high temperatures and gusty winds expected today. the fire forced thousands from their homes and some of those residents will be allowed today for the first time to board a bus and go back and s

luckily this is a controlled burn not a wildfire. winds here are blowing less than ten mimes an hour and this is moving incredibly fast. i can't imagine what it would do if the wind is blowing 20, 30, 40 and just this close it's incredibly hot. but how do we put this thing out? >> we're not. we're going to let the fire go through the pine community here. it will go into the hardwood community just downslope and it will go out on its own. >> but some controlled burns can get out of control. >> the percentage of prescribed fires that go bad is minuscule, 1% to 2% nationwide. we really don't have a choice. these woods are going to burn. we can burn them now or they'll burn when mother nature wants to and we have no expectation of being able to control it. >> there are some challenges controlling burns in florida. the state fire manager says it's much more difficult in western states. >> the relative humidities are much lower out there. they have steeper terrain out west which does make it more difficult to plan trolled burns. >> right n

. >>> colorado battling high temperatures and deadly wildfires. meteorologist rob marciano has been there in colorado springs, covering the wildfires for us. rob, we're going to get to the latest on the fires. first, can you update us on the extreme heat? >> unbelievable heat that we've seen over the weekend, zoraida. over 1800 records have fallen in the past seven days. 150, over 150 all-time record highs so in many cases this is unprecedented heat. and certainly dangerously so. take a look at the record high temperatures, just from yesterday. chattanooga, 107 degrees. atlanta, georgia, 105. some of these again, all-time records, in nashville, 105. laguardia seeing a high temperature of 97 degrees as wellth and d.c. getting into the mid 90s. those temperatures measured in the shade, they don't include humidity. we do have a weak cold front and i emphasize weak, that's sliding across the northeast. we don't have nearly as many heat advisories and warnings today. still, there's a slew of states from the western great lakes to the southeast, includi

news coming from southern california right now hundreds of firefighters battled this fast-moving wildfire it broke out less than two hours ago and palmdale and northern alicante already has scorched more than 250 a. firefighters say at least one structure is threatens they're not evacuating anyone at least not yes. reporters do mandelas and helicopter and. firsthand look at those flames. >>> is the most active phlegmy haven't palmdale county fire has been battling the fire on the ground and almost an hour you can see that fire is working its way up low grass into a lot of wins is what members in this fire along that's what's great is growth by this time over 200 a. has burnt 300 firefighters and three firefighting helicopters are in the air right now dropping water luckily has been moving away from homes in the area. and up into the hillsides top lid on how this fire contained in the next couple of hours. no word yet as to how this fire started temperatures right now are in the '70s with wind gusts up to 20 mi. an hour. conditions could be right for a supervisor in northern california. an

the governor has banned personal fireworks in the state this year to try to prevent new wildfires from starting. >> it's always important. this year is exceptional. you can tell by the wildfires that we've had throughout the state. >> the danger isn't just limited to the west. public fireworks displays have been called off in dozens of states. record high heat is a big reason. more than 15,000 record high temperatures have been recorded this year. dried out land is providing fuel for potential fires leaving officials little choice. >> this is a tough call for municipal leaders who are trying do the right thing. >> on capitol hill, a different weather system caused problems. rehearsals for the capitol hill concert were cut short and the crowd evacuated from the lawn when severe storms moved in. more than a million people are still without power after a strong storm rolled through the mid-atlantic last friday. for them, the fourth of july will not be the celebration it would have been. >> sweat and stay inside and then you're trying to get ice to keep your food cold. it's a hardship. >>

in colorado, families are getting their first look at what remains of their home, after a deadly wildfire tore through the neighborhoods of colorado springs. on cnn state of the union, the colorado governor described what he saw as he flew over the pike national forest. take a listen. >> it was like the apocalypse or what armageddon would look like. we flew a helicopter over top. and this is when the fire was going on. i thought it was trees burning. it was home. >>> a mississippi federal court judge has issued temporary restraining order which will keep a clinic open until july 11th. the clinic was facing closure under a new state low. in a few minutes, we'll go to jackson, mississippi, for the latest. >>> exit polls in mexico show that rico pena nieto. many cast ballots after waiting in lines. in neito wins, the revolutionary party will return to power for the first time in 12 years. >>> until today, we did not have the kind of road map. >> hopefully diplomats plan syria won't be a road map to nowhere. secretary of state hillary clinton praised the new plan today while admitting it may

. >>> out west returning home to what's left after wildfires torch their towns. >>> moment of crisis. new details about what led an american student into harm's way before he was brutally mauled by chimps. >>> desperate measures, cash trapped cities selling ads in places, firing chicken wings on fire hydrants. >>> more than half a century of your doctor being loved by his town just $5 a visit seven days a week without ever taking a day off. >>> this is "nbc nightly news with lester holt" substituting tonight kate snow. >>> it has been a frustrating weekend. more than 2 million customers remain without power tonight and couldn't have happened at a worse time. with the holiday approaching crews are still trying to clean up the mess from a deadly storm that killed at least 14 people. they cope with stifling heat. it was a scorcher across much of the nation. washington, d.c. and 23 states recorded triple digit temperatures today. we'll tell you how long the heat will last. we begin with christen welker in washington. good evening. >> reporter: kate, good evening to you. scenes like this a

in history but they warn the waldo canyon wildfire has not run its course.hat fire is now 70% contained. firefighters hope to have it fully contained by july 16th. most of the 30,000 people who were evacuated have been allowed to return. so far, the fire has scorched 26 square miles and destroyed nearly 350 homes. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> the military grounded seven air tankers including flames in colorado after a deadly crash battling another wildfire in south dakota. six crew members were on one board a c-130 plane when it went down sunday night. one crew member died. the plane was out fitted with a mobile airborne firefighting system, or mafs. this is the first time a mafs equipped plane was damaged. >>> today researchers will begin an expedition to try once again to solve one of this country's great mysteries, what happened to amelia earhart. the team will leave from hawaii and head to the republic where scientists and historians believe earhart's plane went down. researchers believe she and her navigators were not killed

wildfires. i would like to express my appreciation to everyone working to protect lives and property of our neighbors. i have a slide show to show and some of the impact of these fires. the district i represent is one of the largest congressional district in the country, encompassing a of arizona's 13 oral counties. it contains over 37 million acres. that acreage includes national forests. last year our communities were victims to some of the largest fires in history. one fire grew to more than 800 square miles. the horseshoe fire, the stanley fire, and the monument fire blackened another 200,000 acres. this year if has not been much better. over 900 fires have charged over 6000 square miles in states, and over 50,000 of those acres are in arizona. it is clear the process of planning and consulting and litigating are failing us and our forests. the frequency of fires are increased markedly since 1990. the five largest wildfires in my state costs history -- in my state's history have all occurred

. >>> a new threat in the west right where the wildfires scorched thousands of acres. it's a nasty surprise for the people who live near theurn zone. >>> war of words. the president, mitt romney, and bain capital and the approaching announcement of a gop running mate. countdown to london. even before the games begin, tonight they're setting a big new record there. >>> and the legends. aretha franklin, bruce springsteen, willie nelson, all part of an american treasure trove you may not know about. part of an american treasure trove you may not know about. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. it's now official we are living in one of the worst droughts of the past 100 years. the part of our country we call the bread basket, the section of the u.s. that feeds its share of the world, is burning up right now. the worst conditions they've seen since 1956. governor thompson of illinois says his state has never seen anything like this. he calls it a disaster of epic proportions. over one-third of the u.s. corn crop is in bi

new ims tonight from inside the wildfire. new worries fireworks being spark another. >>> tonight the imanls that driver tossed in the back seat and the new technology, the sensors that know you're about to get into an accident. >>> off-course, the flyover gone wrong. the fighter jet, shattering glass, shaking the people below. and america's sheriff -- remembering andy griffith, that famous whistle, that folksy charm, and his boy. opi loved his dad. >> i don't want to leave you, pa. >> and i don't want you to leave. >> tonight that tv son remembering his father. >> good evening, it's great to have you with us on a tuesday night. we begin tonight on the eve of what could well be the hottest 4th of july ever in many parts of this country. if you thought it felt warmer today, there is good reason. look at this. with humidity on the rise, combined with the temperatures and you get the heat index, what it feels like, hitting a hundred and above across much of the nation. check out this video from wisconsin, a highway buckling under

it is now the state's most destructive wildfire. the military cargo plane went down while fighting a wildfire in south dakota. >>> we are learning more about the navy yet that crashed into a virginia beach apartment complex back in april. the navy saw a rare dual engine malfunction caused the jet to crash after taking off from the naval air station. twenty-seven apartments were destroyed. seven people were hurt including the two navy flyers on board who ejected but amazingly everyone survived that. >>> bad news. a damper for july 4th celebrations. friday's big storm means some local fireworks shows won't happen. >> what about the big one on the mall? that is what everybody wants to know about. we'll have the details on that coming up. >> we'll take a look at the radar coming up. julie wright has a look at your traffic. we'll do that all after the break. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we

this thanks to runoff from weekly wildfires. kai yaerks showed this video result when heavy rains helped filled the rushing water with ash, charred degree, and mud. it came from the high park fire which burned for more than three weeks. >>> in virginia, a security camera captured the force of the storm that officials believed was either a small tornado or a microburst. debris was send crashing to the ground. nooeb a cheerleading school and dabs school were ripped apart with people inside. >>> a teenage girl jumped from a chair list along the jersey shore rather than just wait for her turn to get off. the storm rode in which left her in midair. the girl did at mitt she freaked out but said she was willing to risk breaking bones rather than be struck by a bolt. >>> who knew animals could be such squares. a new zoo exhibit features giant leggo replicas not far from their real life counter parts. one of the animals took 37,000 bricks and nearly 400 hours to create. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weatherer, here's m

this is no ode wildfire, it's a phenomenon known as a megafire. m sanjayan reports on why they are happening now. >> we will show why they will create megaforms and guaranteed to destroy homes. >> pelley: and when life dealt the woman who lives here a limitment johnny decide to make lemonade, wyatt andrews on giving back. >> she helped us, and now it's time to help her. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. whooping cough sounds like a disease from an earlier age but we learn today that we're in the midst of an epidemic that may be the worst outbreak in the united states in more than 50 years. today the centers for disease control said there have been 18,000 cases so far this year. more than double the number by this time last year. nine children have died. whooping cough also known as pertussis is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs. where is the outbreak the worst? and why is it happening now? here's jon lapook. >> reporter: this clinic in everett, washington, has

heat waves droughts, storms, flooding widespread wildfires. you've seen the wildfires throughout. again, it is overall trend right? so let's go to what happened in 2011. here's a piece. >> a marathon of dangerous punishing heat. >> 75% of the lone star state is in what's known as an exceptional drought. the last nine months here have been the driest ever recorded. >> vermont where they had a month's worth of rain in one day there. >> this is a chrysler caught up in the kind of flooding most haven't seen in living memory. >> the blizzard of 2011. it is a giant -- >> so that's 2011. you see -- you say that's one year. we had some weather events that were pretty extreme. okay, how about 2012? let's go down the list. here's flooding in 2012. >> southeast, all along the gulf coast from pensacola florida to mobile, alabama residents there are dealing with record rainfall. >> significant flooding in minnesota. >> this was a bridge. a road to a bridge that's no longer passable. a lot of duluth looks like this. >> former tropical storm debby continues to dump rain at record levels. >> over

wildfires were getting close to homes.first taste of just how important the guard is. announcer: be there for your community, at nationalguard.com. >>> there's a new rule limiting flags at a north texas cemetery that's created a controversy. city officials say wait a minute, maybe we better reconsider this. that city ordinance says flags must be gone within 21 days of burial unless in a approved container. city officials say it was to keep the cemetery neat and orderly and say flags are fine year-round, as long as they're in vases or something similar. flags honoring veterans and volunteer firefighters are allowed without restriction in the weeks before and after memorial day and veterans day. what about independence day? back to our lawyers now. jennifer, the supreme court, if i recall, has said flags are covered by the first amendment, free speech, an expression of your beliefs. so isn't this a violation of the constitution? >> yeah. arguably it is an infringement on people's way of expressing their love and honor for lo

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a new wildfire tearing through the dry brush in the suburbs of los angeles. >>> and a lesson for anyone barbecuing today. a woman ingesting one of those wire bristles. her advice for her. >>> and we're lighten up with some youngsters just playing around. >>> good morning. happy fourth of july. >> yes. we got our patriotic colors on today. we're good. >> i'm sunny hostin in for paula faris. >> i'm rob nelson. ho happy fourth. millions under record heat. many struggling without power, days after the deadly storms in the east. still, though, the celebrating and the fireworks are on today. but this morning, aggressive reminder about leaving all that fun to the pros. >>> fireworks danger on display even before the holiday. the quiet of this new hampshire neighborhood shattered by loud explosions last night when something went horribly wrong with a homeowners annual fireworks disply. the fireworks exploded on the back deck of a home, injuring nine people. seven of them rushed to the hospital. >> our firefighters found multiple people that had been injured. burns ranging from minor to serious.