a huge car bomb rocked the southern suburb of beirut. this is known as a hezbollah stronghold, one with heightened security. this is the second such car bomb in two month, really going to show there is more spillover from the syrian civil war. i say that because what s happening here is many people are convinced that hezbollah is being targeted because they are participating in syria s civil war, because they have sent fighters in to support the syrian military in their fight against the rebels. we saw very chaotic scenes on lebanese television tonight, thick, black plumes of smoke, many cars set ablaze, we got disturbing reports that people were stuck inside burning buildings. one resident said he s concerned this will continue to happen because he believes hezbollah is being targeted by sunni militant islamic groups and they say they
there are casualties, but it is a complicated political situation, not just in that part of the country but that part of the city. fill us in on what you know, mohammad. michael, we ve gotten reports from hezbollah media office that just about half an hour ago there was a large blast in a southern suburb of beirut. this is a stronghold for the militant shiite group hezbollah. the spokesman i was talking to said that they believe there could be several casualties. they don t have a casualty count just yet. the television outlet for hezbollah has said there are at least nine wounded, two possibly critically. pictures show a very dramatic scene. a lot of devastation. huge plumes of smoke. many cars there set ablaze. nobody has yet claimed responsibility for this attack, but there was a similar attack in early july in the same neighborhood. and the consensus opinion that s
from the february 17th martyrs brigade. in tripoli, a diplomatic security officer runs into hicks villa yelling. greg, greg, the consulate is under attack. he calls stevens who is hiding with shawn smith in the safe haven. we said greg, we re under attack and the line cut. the attackers set the main residence ablaze and the safe haven fills with thick, dark smoke. more than a mile away, at the cia annex, the former navy s.e.a.l. tyrone woods get their weapon ready. they were mobilizing a response team there to go to our facility and provide reinforcements to repel the attacks. 9:59 p.m. as an unarmed surveillance drone heads toward the compound, hicks places a call to washington where it is just turning 4:00 in the afternoon. i called the operations center at the state department to report the attack. did you report to anyone in
hope that the winds have certainly died down since earlier today. reporter: the black forest fire is one fire ablaze across colorado. some 150 firefighters and the national guard aiding in the battle. we have other fires around the state that are also draining resources, but right now, i could not be more pleased with the support we ve received. reporter: this area is no stranger to devastating fires. last summer, the canyon fire killed two and destroyed 346 homes. i m not experienced with wildfires. i tell you what, i won t underestimate it again. reporter: and colorado is not alone. in northern california, a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning also the cause of another growing wildfire near kingston, new mexico. an early and devastating fire season not showing any signs of slowing down. well, back here in colorado, this black forest fire is not contained at all. 0%. with fires raging throughout the
all of a sudden north korea may be a lot scarier than most americans thought. the day after we learned of a pentagon assessment that the north may have developed the ability to fire a nuclear missile pyongyang is now threatening to set japan ablaze. officials are wrangling over just what the north can or cannot do. that comes as the secretary of state john kerry is visiting seoul, south korea, warning north korea against making what he calls a huge mistake. let s go straight to our white house correspondent brianna keilar. reporter: they are downplaying this intelligence assessment there is modest confidence north korea could fit a weapon on a ballistics missile and fire it. officials are saying this is just a snap shot not an assessment widely accepted by the intelligence community. today here at the white house press secretary jay carney