Past weekend, 20,000 acres burned through brush baked hard by fur years of drought in the west. Thousands of people have evacuated. The red soxy fire is the largest of more than two dozen wildfires tonight out west. Carter evans went to the front lines in lake port, california. The wildfire burning northwest of sacramento exploded over the weekend, scorching 94 square miles, an area larger than the city of seattle. Dozens of air tankers and National Guard helicopters are giving support to 3,000 firefighters below. On the ground, theyre lighting backfires to burn out dry brush ahead of approaching flames that threaten thousands of homes. But huge columns of smoke as high as 35,000 feet are making this firefight especially challenging says battalion chief jeff ohs. Once the energy reaches that level, the column collapses. Thats a big, big problem because then we dont have one direction the fire is going. Its going in several directions. Reporter we saw firsthand how quickly the fire can
The United States brought an end to world war ii by dropping an aatomic bomb. We begin this hour with the dueling and intensifying campaigns over what congress should do with the iran nuclear agreement. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke to one o of the effort critics, and he lobbied hard against it. And he disputed president obamas assertion that opponents want a warra iran. At the white house, president obama met with jewish leaders facetoface. He urged them to support the agreement and said that the dangers from iran will increase if the deal falls through. John has more on the lobbying effort. Reporter good evening from washington, where Vacation Time is looming, and in fact, the house is gone, and the senate is about to leave town. So the race is on to plant iranstyle messages in the politicians who will have to vote on this message in the fall, so they can resume innate while at the beach. The toughest critic is Benjamin Netanyahu, decreasing jewish leaders my vide
G. O. P. Showdown. The top ten participants have been revealed for the first Republican Debate. Donald trump will take center stage. I will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. And the others are already taking aim. Plus not forgotten. A moving new exhibit. Well talk to nasa about the Lasting Legacy of the the astronauts lost. A legionaires disease. There have been 86 confirmed cases and as those numbers grow so does public fear. It was first identified in the United States in 1976. They estimate 18,000 people are hospitalized with it every year. Only 3,000 of those cases are typically reported to the cdc. That makes the mortality rate hard to track. But it is believed 5 to 30 of those infected die from it. Nashs mayor seeking to quell fierce of the city in the city. There is no risk to our Drinking Water. There is no risk to our water supply from legionnairess disease. It can be treated. It is treatable with antibiotics. A day earlier hundreds of residents pack this t
Having armed police on campuses, who are not as well trained as city police puts everybody in danger correspondent bisi onileere takes a deeper look at the latest Police Controversy after the shooting death of daniel by a Campus Police officer. Well, good evening, thanks for joining us. Im adam may sitting in for joie chen. A controversial shooting and another man left dead. This shines a light on a different type of police agency. Campus police. Across the country a number of armed University Police officers is on the rise. But they are their training may not be at par with brothers and sisters in blue. Bisi onileere has more on what the rise of Campus Police means for students, and those living in surrounding communities. Hows it going man. D. C. Police. Do you have a licence on you. To watch the footage is analogous to watching a black man lynched on a tree and what its meant to do is strike fear into the hearts of black people. Reporter within minutes of being brought over, 43yearo
Having armed police on campuses, who are not as well trained as city police puts everybody in danger correspondent bisi onileere takes a deeper look at the latest Police Controversy after the shooting death of daniel by a Campus Police officer. Well, good evening, thanks for joining us. Im adam may sitting in for joie chen. A controversial shooting and another man left dead. This shines a light on a different type of police agency. Campus police. Across the country a number of armed University Police officers is on the rise. But they are their training may not be at par with brothers and sisters in blue. Bisi onileere has more on what the rise of Campus Police means for students, and those living in surrounding communities. Hows it going man. D. C. Police. Do you have a licence on you. To watch the footage is analogous to watching a black man lynched on a tree and what its meant to do is strike fear into the hearts of black people. Reporter within minutes of being brought over, 43yearo