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This is nbc nightly news. Good evening. A nationwide manhunt is over for two convicted murder heres bluffed their way out of a florida jail. Joseph jenkins and Charles Walker are back behind bars after being arrested unarmed at a florida hotel. Police say they were tipped off by an acquaintance. The convicts had he is came using falsified release forms and tonight florida Officials Say they expect to arrest others who may have helped them. Sarah is in orlando where the two were last spotted and where folks are understandably relieved. Good evening. Reporter good evening, carl. Officials believe the pair had help along every step of the way. From those forged documents ordering their release to their time on the run. And they say, more arrests are coming. Theyve been looking for them. Those are u. S. Marshals. Reporter cell phone video captures the moment heavily armed u. S. Marshals raided the Coconut Grove motor inn. And life on the run ended for Charles Walker and joseph jenkins. Their escape which utilized phony paper boring was an embarrassment that could have been deadly according to the head of the prison system. These were two hard yepped convicted felons and the thought of them being out there in our state caused me great concern. Reporter a tip from a close associate and interviews with people who visited the men in prison led authorities to panama city beach. Officials say neither man in the room was armed but they were on the move. Today, both were back in prison orange. Jenkins joseph. And before a judge. Reporter to hear new charges of escape read against them. Theres been a request that you be held without bond. Im going to honor that. Reporter the Investigation Continues into how the men were able to fool the Justice System to release them. They have heard speculation that inmates could buy forged documents for several thousand dollars. But are not sure if the alleged document dealer worked in the criminal Justice System. They are confident the pair had extensive help throughout the ordeal. I can tell that you there will be more arrests. Reporter for the families of walker and jenkins victims, the news of the capture was a relief. My heart was filled with joy that they had been an rehenlded and it was without violence, without bloodshed. Reporter the best possible outcome following a week of uncertain days and nervous nights. Since the escape, florida has changed the way sentence reductions are verified. Now instead of a Current Court clerk, a judge must sign off on them. One judge we spoke to said he would have caught the red flags and the documents in this case. Inskingsys, those without a legal background might have missed. Thanks. Other major story were following, a state of emergency in effect in australia where 56 wildfires are still burning. A dozen of them out of control near sydney in the state of New South Wales and conditions are getting worse. We turn once again to our partner, australias seven network, ashley brown is in the town of bell outside sydney. Reporter hello. Temperatures are already climbing. The humidity has dropped and the winds have picked up. So these are fierce fire conditions facing the blue mountains. An area that is about an hour and a half drive from sydney. Two major fires are burning. Were talking about an active fire front of more than 180 miles. This is a huge task for firefighters. A great deal of back burning is being done but it is really, it hasnt been enough. Were already seeing 200 homes in this area that have been destroyed and many more homes are under threat. The biggest fear is that two major fires will join, creating a mega fire that will just be simply uncontrollable. That is the magnitude. I sincerely hope it is not realized and we end up somewhere in between. What we cannot ignore are the probabilities. Reporter an emergency warning has been issued to the town of bell where i am by the rural fire service. It means residents have been told to leave their homes unless theyre prepared to defend them. In saying that, new powers have been given to Emergency Services which means no matter what decision they have made, they could still be ordered out of their homes. Ive been getting a lot of calls from people saying, you know, get home, pack. Get out. Reporter water bombers are attack have the fires from the air. Hundreds of firefighters are on the ground across the blue mountains. Residents are simply on edge and firefighters are exhausted. Theyre going to give it everything they can to bring those fires under control. Ashley brown in australia. Thanks. One more example of the toll these fires have taken. Look at this photo showing exhausted firefighters, resting as the fires burn around them. It was taken by a photographer from australias newcastle herald. It has been seen by almost 4 Million People on facebook. Prompting thousands of messages of thanks. Back in this country, the new Health Care Law remains under fire with many republicans vowing to continue their fight against it. The president will highlight tomorrow how many people have managed to apply for the new insurance plans despite troubles with the governments website. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristin Welker has more. Reporter they may have lost the battle but the republican war against the president s Health Care Law isnt over. Obama care is the biggest job killer in this country, and the problem is washington, d. C. Isnt listening to us. Obama care is indeed a train wreck. A visit to the website is kind of like a trip to the department of Motor Vehicles in your state. Reporter on meet the press, jack was in damage control mode. I think theres no one more trusted than the president at the difficulty in the website. Reporter he said officials are working around the clock to fix the technical glitches which have prevented people from all across the country from accessing the website. In a sunday blog, the department of health and Human Services said it is bringing in the best and brightest from inside and outside the government to help. The test will be in january, how many people are enrolled and what is the quality of service that theyre getting. Were confident we will be on track to do. That. Reporter according to officials here inside the white house, nearly half a Million People have filed applications through federal and state exchanges. But Officials Say they dont know how many people have actually enrolled. Those figures are expected next month. The fight on obama care, the Affordable Care act, took us off message. Reporter while republicans may be united in their fight against obama care, they are bitterly divide over their strategy after their crushing tea feet last week. Senior republicans took aim at the Tea Party Led by senator ted cruz. All of those involved went on a fools errand. Thats just a fact. Cruz didnt hesitate to fire back. When youve got Senate Republicans saying, we cannot win. We will surrender. This is a fools errand. It sabotages the effort. Reporter Law Enforcement Officials Say that they are investigating threatening tweets that have been sent to senator ted cruz. Of course, that is separate from all of this. Meanwhile, hhs secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been called on to testify before a congressional hearing this thursday about those glitches. And hhs Officials Say she is unavailable on that day but willing to work the committee. At the white house tonight, kristin, thanks. While the Government Shutdown may be over, the pain it caused is not. Many people who were furloughed or otherwise affected are still paying the price and will do so for quite some time. We get that story from cnbc correspondent bertha coombs. Reporter jessica moss from antelope, california, is busy making holiday presents because she cant afford to bias much this year. We might spend about 50 on our own kids for Christmas Gifts and use a lot of has nnd me dow gifts. Reporter she usually shops at the bases Discount Store but during the shutdown she had to shop elsewhere which took a big bite out of her budget. Some people might be getting back pay. Im not going on get 33 of my grocery bill back. Its gone. Reporter she is not the only one feeling the pinch. A new survey says about 40 of consumers cut their spending because of the Government Shutdown. And store traffic was down 7 compared to last year. Retailers are hoping the shutdown doesnt become the grinch that stole christmas but theyre worried it will. Most of the recovery since 2009 has been based on Consumer Spending and were very worried that a retreat from the consumer could push us back. Reporter it was alsofeldt in housing. Mortgages fell on a 6year low. In baton rouge, the malloys were in the process of buying a bigger home for their family of seven when their loan was stalled due to the shutdown. They were forced to get a new mortgage which cost them an additional 10,000. That will be the christmas present. They get a new set of bunk beds and new bedding or Something Else for the house instead of some big gifts unwrapped. Reporter more than gifts, jessica moss will miss her family this holiday. Furloughed this month, her grand parents cant afford to visit, special when i another budget cut in january. Those are memories. My husbands side of the family handle even seen our youngest son yet. And it will be even longer until they get to finally meet him. Reporter a gift theyll never get back. Nbc news, new york. We turn to the crisis in syria where for the second time in as many days, a suicide bomber struck a government shut point, killing at least 37 people. It came as there was increasing talk about a peace conference aimed at ending syrias long civil war. The fortune correspondent has been following developments and he joins us. What is so striking about syria is how much this story has been changing. If you remember, just about a month ago, the United States was on the verge of bombing that country. And now the u. S. Is putting all of its home in a peace conference. And i think this peace conference is really still just tentative at best. Today, the secretary general of the arab league said that a date has been set. That there will be this peace conference in geneva, in the, in late november. But then a u. N. Envoy came out also today and said, no, no date has been set. The Syrian Rebels say that this is all a ploy and the Syrian Government said it will not negotiate with terrorists. So a lot still needs to come together for this conference to take place, let alone discuss any substantive issues. Then on the ground, in almost a parallel reality, there is this daily carnage, a massive bomb. A 1 1 2 truck bomb that exploded today killing more than 30 people. Almost all of them civilians. A lot to keep track of. Richard, thank you. There is a new revelation in the nsa surveillance story. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden showed the nsa hacked into the email account of the former president of mexico, felipe calderon. It is according to a report today in the german magazine. The agencys top goal, gaining details on the mexican drug trade. A spokesperson said the nsa wont comment on specifics but said the u. S. Gathers foreign jenls of the tape gathered by all nations. When nightly news continues, getting a good nights sleep and some of the best evidence yet on why it is so important. And ravaged by floods. They almost look like ghost towns. The people, theyre not about to give up. Before copd. I took my son fishing every year. We had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. 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It found the system that cleans out toxins from the brain goes into high gear during sleep allowing more waste to be flushed out. Thats important because the waste contains protein thats have been linked to alzheimers disease. Could it lead to better understanding of dementia and possible treatment. It has been a slow recovery in colorado after fires took anybody lives and ripped apart the landscape. 80 of the damaged roads are now passable if not fully repaired. Some remote areas are still ghost towns. Mike taibbi reports from one of them. Glen haven on the front range of the rockies. Reporter with permission from the county sheriff, we eased over the officially closed roads leading to glen haven. The town of 400 overrun that cement week by four days of floodwaters some called biblical. Then becky childs at the century old general store strained to sound hopeful. It wouldnt be the same anywhere else. Reporter on this splendid weekend work the elk in residents and no tourists to enjoy them, becky and husband steve surveyed the still dawning task in front of them. I was in awe of everything. Maybe in shock. I have yet to really cry. Reporter and vowed to start from scratch. Even if they get no Disaster Relief at all. Will you do it . Somehow, some way. Reporter but theirs was the lone sign of life in an otherwise lifeless dounlt. The old inn, the popular stables and the town hall in ruins. A dozen shops and office sites, no empty slabs. It is easy to use the words ghost town where every place has been flattened or nearly obliterated. Hundreds of homeowners have fled. The socalled thousandyear flood is less about its buildings than its people and these people are not ghosts. Not scott, who the vehicle road shot indefinitely led us on the long, long hike to his mostly evacuated hillside neighborhood. Two miles. Reporter certainly not tim and travis. Working on a front end loader on their own dime to shift the river back in its place and to try to open one road in one slice of the hills. Were trying to get everybody home. Reporter it was she who brought lunch to her husband and sob. Their home and their notion of what homes means intact. It doesnt matter whether there is a town hall down there. No. Reporter we ease back down carefully, back to the ghost town part of town. But not the circle family, as dug in as ever. There is no way they would drag us out of here. No way. Reporter they and some other sturdy folk still here. Others heading back. Not done by a long shot. Mike taibbi, nbc news, glen haven, colorado. For some, jumping takes on a whole new meaning. Moking. Chantix. Its a nonnicotine pill. I didnt want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer ] along with support, Chantix Varenicline is proven to help people quit smoking. [ mike ] when i was taking the chantix, it reduced the urge to smoke. 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Reporter this is life off the edge. A spectacle that drew some 80,000 onlookers to the new river gorge this week in West Virginia. Bridge day, the largest extreme sports event of its kind. Amazing. Reporter why in the world would somebody do this . We only live once. Enjoy it. Reporter b. A. S. E. Jumping has been taking off since the 70s. One study pegged it five times more ricky than sky diving. The more the altitude, the more can go wrong. Your feet are shaking, your hands are shaking. There is a tangible adrenaline rush. Reporter b. A. S. E. Is an acronym for the wild thing people jump from. Buildings, antennas, spans or bridges, and earth. Cat thannan from arizona just finish her 193nd drop. Reporter how did you get into this. I always wanted to jump off thing since i was a kid. Reporter hes been b. A. S. E. Jumping for 19 years but even more remarkable, as he paraplegic after his parachute didnt open. That was the first question from my doctor, how long do you think it will be before i can jump again. And she said lonnie, im sorry to tell you but you suffered a spinal cord injury and youll never jump again. And i looked at her and i said im sorry. You dont know who youre talking to. I will jump again. Reporter this time with his custom wheelchair attached. 876 feet down. Unbelievably, a perfect landing. Never give up. Dont give up on your dreams. Anything is possible. Reporter jumpers reaching for the sky as they fall to the earth. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, fateville, West Virginia. Up next, making a difference from adversity to creating a strong message for tolerance. Y. [ babies crying ] surprise your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises . Now you can get all the online Trading Tools you need without any surprise fees. Its not rocket science. Its just common sense. 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Kristin dahlgren on how he is making a difference. Reporter looking at jacob today, you would never know just a year ago, the High School Junior wanted to everybond his. A day in and out battle. I was bullied because i was fat and then because i was gay. Reporter he hid the bullying from his family but his mom knew something wasnt right. He became more angry. He was more withdrawn. He would not really talk to me that much. Reporter until one particularly bad day at school. Thats when he broke down. He said mom, ill getting picked on at school. It was so severe that he wanted to take his life. Reporter she took her concerns to the school board. When the bullying didnt stop, she and jacob took mat enters into their own hands themselves started tipton against kids being bullied. A Group Offering advice and resources to kids. There is a support system. They can meet other kids to establish friendships. Reporter soon jacob and his mom started hearing from people outside their small town. All these people are having their own fights along with me having my own fight. That is when i i said, we can do this. Since we have started this, the School System incorporated an antibullying program. Reporter last week he was given an award from the Matthew Sheppard foundation. This award has opened my eyes on how much my story is helping other people. To say im proud of him doesnt even come close to what im actually feeling inside. Reporter a boy who once thought he wanted to die now living with the pretty impressive goal. I want to be activist. I want to do something to change america. Reporter nbc news. That is nbc nightly news for this sunday. Brian williams will be here tomorrow. Coming up, football night in america followed by the broncos versus the colts. Im Carl Quintanilla reporting from new york. From all of us here in new york, good night. Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television Lucas Oil Stadium in indianapolis, a city with a football buzz this week, not seen here since they hosted super bowl xlvi. While there is no championship on the line tonight, there is a homecoming, as Peyton Manning returns for the first time as a denver bronco. It was 19 months ago that manning left indy. His future in doubt because of a neck injury that cost him the previous season. Now, at age 37, he comes back at the leader of a 60 Denver Broncos and in the mix of whats shaping up statistically, at least, as the best season of his career