Doing what nature once did, thinning out trees on the quintera ranch. We move heard in 1969. Reporter when you have a sustainable forest, what does that mean in terms of fires . It means were more fire resilient. Reporter forest fires are natures game plan for managing a forest. A forest fire isnt always bad, as long as its a cool burning fire. You know we do some prescribed burning, and well do more prescribed burning in the future as understory fires. Reporter thats the small fires . Yes. But when we get the big devastating crown fires that weve seen from california all the way through the west into colorado, those are extremely devastating, and were trying to prevent from those big catastrophic fires. Reporter the fires are bigger for several reasons. There are heroic efforts to put them out before they destroy the growing number of houses built in forested areas. But that undercuts natures way of burning off undergrowth, and that is making forests dangerously dense. Jonas feinstein
A scary moment during a Major League Game as a pitcher is hit in the face by a line drive. Lets see if hes okay. He walks off the field. How hes doing today, tuesday, august 18, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. There are certain moment s in sports where you realize how vulnerable the pitcher is those moments after letting it go. Brian mitchell is a rookie and that one instant after the followthrough the pitcher is exposed. Thats what can happen. Well tell you more. Well begin with active Duty Service Members being brought in for the First Time Since 2006 to contain raging wildfires out west. Lets start with Miguel Almaguer in Washington State with the latest. Good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning. This fire alone here has charred at least 56,000 acres, some 32 homes destroyed. The number could rise when the smoke here
Bill neely has the latest. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. Tragedy with 54 dead, but not the mystery we have seen with other plane crashes in the past year. The two black box flight recorders have been recovered along with all of the bodies. The plane was carrying three babies, two other children, and 49 adults. It took often heavy rain and fog and lost contact. Half an hour later crashing into dense jungle on a mountainside. Me planes that crashed there have never been found. This one was spotted frooam ts, air. Search teams still had to hike for two days to reach it. It was carrying nearly halfee million in cash for local villages. The money not found. The plane totally destroyed. The airline trigana has a deadly safety record. It lost ten planes in 20 years. It is the third deadly air saeter in indonesia in the past year. For peopl ore in this reemote area, planes are the only wayuout. All the dead here indonesian. Matt . Bill ne ely, thank you very much. O t top story in
The market than 1 . The dax down three quarters of 1 . In asia overnight, lower across the board. The hang seng index down better than 1 . Japan really fun on the session. A doubledecker bus crashes in london. The vehicle is limited through storefront during rush hour. Six people injured. Well have the latest coming out. Controversy at the va. Abc hospital fired for poor leadership put back on the payroll. Earnings to focus once again, we will hear from kohls, macys and nordstroms. Keeping an eye on snap as well. The watch service. Plus, from weight watchers, opera teams up with craft times to bring healthy dishes to your dinner table. All the stories coming out. Fox Business Network dagen mcdowell. Iraq and afghanistan here and the wall street journal Telecom Reporter jane does. Great to see you. Good morning. Maria were you surprised the provocations or north korea . This is what she did when you appease the regime prior to this one. They responded to the way weve react to them. Who