almond farm in california where the news hit hard. reporter: california farmers grow more than 80% of the world s almonds. and china, their third biggest customer, is walking away. we re very concerned as we roll into this harvest season. reporter: in northern california, dave phippien s third-generation family farm grows and processes 42 million pounds of almonds a year. their biggest worry: without the chinese as customers, almond prices will drop. as a farmer and a grower, you feel rather powerless. and so you re hoping that the handler that you ve chosen to market your almonds with has some kind of pathway that opens up markets. reporter: for all california farmers, china is the third biggest export market, worth $2.27 billion in 2017. $500 million of that was almonds, second only to pistachios as a total cash crop. dale moore is with the american farm bureau federation. here we are again going through battles over a number of issues, and farmers and ranchers
wow. investigators in detroit are looking into what sparked a massive home explosion in a residential neighborhood. the blast was so powerful it even damaged nearby homes. here s abc s alex perez. reporter: investigators in detroit on the scene of this massive blast. there s a dwelling that possibly exploded from a gas leak. reporter: the home exploding at about 1:30. it s like, boom! then flames start flying up in the air. reporter: two houses next door damaged. it was loud enough to shake the whole block. reporter: there have been a string of recent natural gas explosions rocking residential areas. in kentucky last week, this blast rocketing flames 300 feet in the air, killing one person. and in north carolina last month, one woman was killed in this explosion. her husband, who was trapped in the wreckage, rescued after using his apple watch to call 911. back in detroit officials combing through the wreckage say luckily it appears no one was killed. and in
this morning what the president had to say. our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. the question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. all that, plus saying good-bye, the heartfelt good-bye. the terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. and judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. i know it s a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community that s just really, really hurting right now. yeah, it s good
building of the brooklyn bridge, the second was my book about the building of the panama canal, and now this. all three of those extraordinary accomplishments took place in a handful of years, in the late 19th century into the first years of the 20th century. each in its own way was a major breakthrough without any historic precedent. but this one more obviously changed the world. in no time. because man had never flown the motor powered machine into the air before. when that happened, it was clear to a few, but not to all, that this was one of the decisive turning points in history. one of many things that were very surprising to me in writing the book was that you sort of imagine, ok, they flew the first time at kitty hawk in 1903, and everybody realizes it s terrific and changed the world, but it wasn t until 1908 that the world realized, yes, we can fly. we had said in our minds that it was impossible. this so often happens in history throughout life. seldom so dramatical
of pain and shows us through pain all the myriad ways we can come to love. al o donnell: and a young boy challenges the world to do random acts of kindness. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell. o donnell: good evening. this is our western edition. tonight as we come on the air, we have learned some disturbing information about what is happening in america. the f.b.i. now has opened investigations in all three recent mass shootings as there is growing concern that violent extremism is a top domestic terrorism threat. today the f.b.i. said it was opening a domestic terrorism case in gilroy, california, in addition to the massacre in el paso, texas. and now the f.b.i. says the dayton, ohio, gunman was obsessed with mass shootings and wanted to commit one. national correspondent dean reynolds leads off our coverage tnight. reporter: the investigation of the sunday morning massacre has given authorities the picture of a dangerous young man with a lust for blo